Saturday, February 26, 2022

[SOLVED] What is difference between Linux kernel versions?

Issue

What is Linux kernel versions(like 2.x, 3.x, 4.x)'s major difference?

And 2.x and 3.x version have stable version?


Solution

Actually I think you should know that stable/EOL and longterm mean:

As kernels move from the mainline into the stable category, two things can happen:

  • They can reach End of Life after a few bugfix revisions, which means that kernel maintainers will release no more bugfixes for this kernel version, or
  • They can be put into longterm maintenance, which means that maintainers will provide bugfixes for this kernel revision for a much longer period of time.

And here are longterm release kernels and stable kernels:

mainline:   4.10-rc4
stable:     4.9.4
stable:     4.8.17
longterm:   4.4.43
longterm:   4.1.37
longterm:   3.18.46
longterm:   3.16.39
longterm:   3.12.69
longterm:   3.10.104
longterm:   3.4.113
longterm:   3.2.84

If you want to see Linux kernel changelog or bugs,you can check out this,and also you can read the feature history of Linux kernel.

Hope this helps.



Answered By - McGrady
Answer Checked By - Willingham (WPSolving Volunteer)
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