Simple, the even Kernels are production/stable while the odd kernels are test/development. On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 17:56 -0500, 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 >
