3.3. What to Do with the SourceNow that you have downloaded the proper kernel source, where is it supposed to go? We suggest creating a local directory in your home directory called linux to hold all of the different kernel source files: $ mkdir ~/linux Now move the source code into this directory: $ mv ~/linux-2.6.17.8.tar.gz ~/linux/ And go into the linux directory: $ cd ~/linux $ ls linux-2.6.17.8.tar.gz Now that the source code is in the proper directory, uncompress the tree: $ tar -xzvf linux-2.6.17.8.tar.gz The screen will be filled with files that are uncompressed, and you will be left with the following in the linux/ directory: $ ls linux-2.6.17.8.tar.gz linux-2.6.17.8/ |