The Raspberry Pi kernel is stored in GitHub and can be viewed at github.com/raspberrypi/linux; it follows behind the main Linux kernel. The main Linux kernel is continuously updating; we take long-term releases of the kernel, which are mentioned on the front page, and integrate the changes into the Raspberry Pi kernel. We then create a 'next' branch which contains an unstable port of the kernel; a
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