Even Numbered Kernels

Steven Pasternak stevenp500 at bellsouth.net
Wed Feb 2 22:56:58 UTC 2005


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




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