Linux Kernel 4.9 Now Unofficially Available for Slackware 14.2 and Derivatives

After announcing the availability of a remix of Raspberry Pi Foundation's Raspbian PIXEL Linux OS that features Refracta Tools, GNU/Linux developer Arne Exton informed us about the availability of a custom Linux 4.9 kernel build for Slackware 14.2, Zenwalk, Slax, SlackEX, or other distro based on them.

Linux kernel 4.9 was officially unveiled more than two weeks ago, on December 11, 2016, by Linus Torvalds himself, and it brought many cool new features. We recommend reading our report if you want to familiarize yourself with its changes, but if you've dreamed of using it on Slackware 14.2 or its derivatives, now you can.

Here's how to install Linux kernel 4.9 on Slack... (read more)

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