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5 days ago · Unless you downloaded, compiled and installed your own version of kernel from kernel.org, you are running a distribution kernel. To find out the version of your kernel, run uname -r:

The following manuals are written for users of the kernel — those who are trying to get it to work optimally on a given system and application developers seeking information on the kernel’s user …

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Aug 6, 2024 · Kernel.org accounts are usually reserved for subsystem maintainers or high-profile developers. It is absolutely not necessary to have an account on kernel.org to contribute to the …

Aug 6, 2024 · If you're new to Linux, you don't want to download the kernel, which is just a component in a working Linux system. Instead, you want what is called a distribution of Linux, which is a complete …

The following manuals are written for users of the kernel — those who are trying to get it to work optimally on a given system and application developers seeking information on the kernel’s user …

There are a great many reasons why kernel code should be merged into the official (“mainline”) kernel, including automatic availability to users, community support in many forms, and the ability to …

Original: Core API Documentation 翻译: 司延腾 Yanteng Si <siyanteng @ loongson. cn> 核心API文档 ¶ 这是核心内核API手册的首页。 非常感谢为本手册转换 (和编写!)的文档! 核心实用程序 ¶ 本节包含通 …

The maintainers of the various kernel subsystems — and also many kernel subsystem developers — expose their current state of development in source repositories.