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Really... You don't need a newer mod-init as it stands now with 9.1... It's all set up for 2.6 already.... The version after this coming one will have 2.6
As soon as Patrick deems it darn good 'n ready. :-D
Slack 9.1 is indeed 2.6 ready, though. As stated before, just compile and run. I've seen some unofficial packages laying around for 2.6 on slack as well.
Distribution: Slackware 10.2 kernel 2.6.13, Gentoo amd64, Some mish-mash of programs that started with slack 9.0
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I got a lot out of compiling my own 2.6.6 into slackware. Now I've got a kernel matched to my machine without a bunch of extra stuff and was able to add stuff I needed. If you want to learn linux and how it works, you owe it to yourself to compile your own kernel.
There are lots of good guides on how to do it on this site. Just make sure you understand what your hardware requires.
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