Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > Hi > > what are the different types of kernel > > For example i saw someone saying vanilla kernel A vanilla kernel is what you can download from kernel.org. Kernels used in Linux distributions typically contain modifications (bugfixes, experimental features...). When talking about a bug, one could say "I'm using the most recent Fedora kernel but I verified the problem happens on vanilla 2.6.17 too". Best regards. -- Roberto Ragusa mail at robertoragusa.it