From: phil@pjd.me.uk (Philip Downer)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: Linux Kernel Version 3.x
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:02:30 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EE5DF46.6060401@pjd.me.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAD7Ssm-0VmX-mU3aDihaL0CBvp4bcV4GzGt7xL+W6hC4qU0v3A@mail.gmail.com>
On 12/12/11 04:14, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> Please help me understand the difference between Linux Kernel 3.x vs
> Linux Kernel 2.6. And also i have not understood
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTUwMg
> <http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTUwMg> about 2.6.40
> meaning 3.0 version. And also help me understand about linux-next and
> mainline vs stable branch on http://www.kernel.org/
Ok, so version 3.x was just a rename to celebrate the 20th anniversary
of Linux. However the rename apparently broke some userspace tools and
so I believe some distros rename 3.x to 2.6.4x as this does not break
their userspace tools.
Also as I understand it:
Linux-next is new upcoming unstable stuff
mainline is the latest release or release-candidate
stable is a version which is picked to be maintained for a long period
of time (6 months I think) and receives some backports and security updates
HTH
Phil
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-12-12 4:14 Linux Kernel Version 3.x Kaushal Shriyan
2011-12-12 5:27 ` Stephen Gream
2011-12-12 11:02 ` Philip Downer [this message]
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