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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 month 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 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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).