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Steven Pasternak wrote:
| How come the big popular kernels are even numbered minor releases? | Kernel 2.0, 2.2, 2.4, and 2.6 are the only ones used. Why don't (or | didn't) distros ship with 2.1, 2.3, and 2.5 kernels? I checked | debian, redhat, suse, and mandrake (with distrowatch.com) and all | previous versions had the even kernels only. Thanks! -Steven | That's easy. The way kernels are numbered, the even numbers are stable/release quality and the odd numbers are development/unstable quality.
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