The Linux kernel is developed by Linux Torvalds and his team of developers under the Linux Foundation. He works on it fulltime. He is responsible for the naming and controls all aspects of kernel development. The naming seems to follow a pattern. Initially there was 1.0 (actually it started with 0.1), but then it went to 2.0, 2.2, 2.4 and now 2.6. Notice that the first two numbers are even except for the first. The third number counts up as the kernel is revised and it uses even and odd numbers. We are now at 2.6.37. Various revisions will be maintained by different developers and there are developers for the various architectures. Some releases are regular releases and some are long-term stable releases.
You can read more about it on Wikipedia. Just Google linux kernel. Roy Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit Location: Canada On 31 January 2011 00:09, karkar bhautik <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All > Please explain in linux kernal version why we are use 2.6.37 it means > number 2 or number 6 > what is exact meaning. > > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Neil <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Jan 30, 7:43 am, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]> wrote: >> > They don't normally name engines in cars, >> > they just put them in named cars. >> >> My Cosworth disagrees; while the Hemi down the road says you are right >> in general. My old 225 Rocket is in storage, so it really can never >> make up its' mind... >> >> ;) >> >> -- >> 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. 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
