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    [โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    I'm not familiar with slackware but why is specific kernel called generic, while generic one is not called generic? I'm puzzled

    [โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    I have no idea either.

    Edit: Did some reading. "Linux-generic" is just the name of the linux kernel that is used in most computers (as opposed to Linux-realtime, which is the only other Linux kernel that's still relevant).