Indeed, an odd question. But one way to find distros that have older kernels is to browse DistroWatch. For example, using CentOS:
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=centos Scroll down to the linux line and scroll across to find the distro version that has exactly or just below your desired kernel version. Install that and then upgrade to the desired kernel. I'm not familiar enough with DistroWatch to know if you can filter or search by kernel version. But if you discover something, please let us know. Regards, - Robert On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Roy <[email protected]> wrote: > There are kernel archives, but they only go back to last year. You > would be hard pressed to find kernel 2.6.20 or a distro with that > kernel. It goes back to at least 2007. Feisty Fawn Ubuntu 7.04 ran it. > So he would need an ISO from that era. You can still get one from > Ubuntu even though there is no support. He could try other distros and > see if they have archives, too. > > http://www.kernel.org/ > http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_20 > http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/7.04/ > > The same question was posed here by the same person with no responses: > http://www.unix.com/linux/153102-linux-kernel-2-6-20-a.html > > Roy > > Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit > Location: Canada > > > > On 30 January 2011 08:10, Scott Vargovich <[email protected]> wrote: >> hadi, >> The latest stable kernel is 2.6.37, according to kernel.org. Actually >> 2.6.20 is pretty old. I can say with certainty that all the distros under >> current development have surpassed 2.6.20 some time ago. I'm running Mint >> 10, which uses 2.6.35-22. The questions you need to be asking yourself in >> choosing a distro go more along the lines of "What do I expect this distro >> to do for me? Am I a beginner, intermediate, or expert at command-line >> tricks? Which package management system do I want to deal with (deb, rpm, >> pacman, etc...)?, etc... Unless you're a person who is tremendously >> kernel-savvy, the kernel version is really just a number that doesn't mean >> much, IMHO. >> HTH, >> Scott >> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 7:55 AM, hadi motamedi <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Thank you very much for your reply that corrected me. Can you please >>> let me know which Linux distributions have some sort of kernel 2.6.20 >>> as built-in that I can try to download them? >>> >>> >>> On Jan 30, 3:43 pm, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > In other words, distribution names are not tied to kernel versions. >>> > Kernel >>> > versions are just that, numbers. They don't normally name engines in >>> > cars, >>> > they just put them in named cars. They name distributions and add a >>> > compilation of packages to it, including the kernel package. During >>> > updates >>> > to the distro, the kernel often is updated to the latest one compatible >>> > with >>> > that distro. >>> > >>> > Jeremiah E. Bess >>> > Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four >>> > >>> > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 06:36, Jeremiah Bess >>> > <[email protected]>wrote: >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > > I will. But first, you must answer this question: Which car has a 1.8 >>> > > liter >>> > > 4 cylinder engine? >>> > >>> > > Jeremiah E. Bess >>> > > Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four >>> > >>> > > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 06:01, hadi motamedi <[email protected]> >>> > > wrote: >>> > >>> > >> Dear All >>> > >> Can you please let me know what is the Linux distribution name for >>> > >> kernel 2.6.20? >>> > >> Thank you in advance >>> > >>> > >> -- >>> > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux >>> > >> Users >>> > >> Group. >>> > >> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >>> > >> To unsubscribe, send email to >>> > >> [email protected] >>> > >> For more options, visit our group at >>> > >>http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >>> Group. >>> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] >>> For more options, visit our group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >> >> >> -- >> <>< Scott Vargovich <>< >> ------------------------------------------ >> OpenPGP Key ID: F8F5DC7E >> ------------------------------------------ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >> Group. >> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] >> For more options, visit our group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. 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