kernel: clarify note about patched kernels in distribs

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel.md b/kernel.md
index db1680a..3e7a457 100644
--- a/kernel.md
+++ b/kernel.md
@@ -85,8 +85,13 @@ The official sources of the Linux kernel can be found in
 [kernel.org](https://www.kernel.org)[^distrib-patches].
 
 [^distrib-patches]:
-    Note that these are the *original* sources. Most GNU/Linux
-    distributions incorporate additional patches to their releases.
+        Note that these are the *original* sources. Lots of GNU/Linux distributions
+        incorporate additional patches to the source of their Linux kernel.
+
+        This might be done for various reasons, like for security, performance, or
+        additional experimental features (e.g.
+        [Debian](https://sources.debian.org/patches/linux/5.7.6-1/),
+        [Gentoo](https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/linux-patches.git/tree/?h=5.7))
 
 The official programming language of the Linux kernel is C. It is
 heavily documented in the `Documentation` subdirectory, using the