Different Types of Kernel for Arch Linux and How to Use Them | Linux Today

Different Types of Kernel for Arch Linux and How to Use Them

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Dimitrios Savvopoulos
Oct 19, 2020

One of the reasons why people use Arch Linux is that it is a bleeding edge rolling release. You get most software and the Linux kernel before users of other distributions. But this doesn’t mean that you have to always use the latest mainline kernel. There are several kernel options available, and I am going to show you switch kernels in Arch Linux.

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Dimitrios Savvopoulos

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