Linux-libre 4.16, Realtek, Radeon... More?

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jxself
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If you have a Realtek WiFi or Radeon graphics card (or maybe something else) that wasn't working properly (e.g, incorrect resolution in your Eadeon card) it may be useful to try with 4.16. The reasoning is explained in the release announcement [0]. It's also possible that other currently unknown things might start working.

It's just a technicality, not really new "support" for such things per se. So, as he says, there are no promises.

But: I see there's no harm in trying either.

I just added 4.16 to my repository [0]. It'll spread to the various mirrors over the next number of days. So if you use the mirror protocol, as I recommend in the setup instructions, there will be a propagation delay as the mirrors update.

[0] https://www.fsfla.org/pipermail/linux-libre/2018-April/003284.html
[1] https://jxself.org/linux-libre/