Even Numbered Kernels

[Eric Vought, Technical Director]

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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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Eric Vought

Technical Director,
Diversity Ink
Morgan Family Enterprises
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