A different approach to kernel configuration

Actually, I don't even care what the defconfig is. But a "generic x86 desktop" config would be nice. My current method to get a base config for my desktop is to download a Debian or Ubuntu kernel .deb and extract the config.

You can get said debs at https://packages.debian.org/unstable/kernel/linux-image-a... or http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/?C=N;O=D . Make an empty directory to extract it to, and run dpkg -x <deb file> <destination dir>. Look in boot/ under the destination for the config. Copy it to your kernel tree as .config. If it's an older config, run "yes '' | make oldconfig" before using it.