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Re: problem with SATA disk, difference between standard kernel and Debian kernel



On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:05:26 -0600
"Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss03@volumehost.net> wrote:

> On Wednesday 2008 December 10 15:15:56 lee wrote:
> >what's the difference between a standard kernel and a kernel that
> >comes as a Debian package?
> 
> The Debian kernel has some non-free (as in: source not available) parts 
> removed.  There are also Debian-specific patches added.

The vanilla kernel has non-free stuff in it?  I thought it's all GPL.

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