Debian GNU/Linux 9 "Stretch" Installer Moves to Linux 4.6, Adds MIPS64el Support | Linux Today

Debian GNU/Linux 9 “Stretch” Installer Moves to Linux 4.6, Adds MIPS64el Support

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Marius Nestor
Jul 4, 2016

The Debian Installer Stretch Alpha 7 release comes one and a half months after the sixth Alpha build, which hit the streets at the end of May, moving the development cycle forward to a final launch. And by the looks of it, there are some various exciting things implemented in this version. Let’s start with the improvements, as Debian GNU/Linux 9 “Stretch” Alpha 7 Installer moves the Linux kernel support from 4.5.0-2 to 4.6.0-1, bumps the support for the kfreebsd kernel to version 10.3.

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Marius Nestor

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