JustCurious
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Kernel

Sat Jun 07, 2014 7:32 pm

Is the kernel of the RPi (letting alone which distro) comparable to regular linux kernels?

ShiftPlusOne
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Re: Kernel

Sat Jun 07, 2014 7:48 pm

In what way?

It's the normal linux kernel, with additional support for raspberrypi hardware.

JustCurious
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Re: Kernel

Sat Jun 07, 2014 8:14 pm

Ok, thanks ShiftPlusOne, that is what I ment.

Where do I learn the kernel version?

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Re: Kernel

Sat Jun 07, 2014 8:31 pm

Running uname -a will tell you about the kernel.

The source for it is here https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux.

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