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Hartman stated that he will release irregular updates to the 3.18 tree. [216] Starting with 3.18.140, this version will no longer be maintained on kernel.org, but on AOSP. 3.17 5 October 2014 [217] 3.17.8 [218] Greg Kroah-Hartman January 2015 [218] 3.16 3 August 2014 [219] 3.16.85 [220]
Ubuntu releases are also given code names, using an adjective and an animal with the same first letter – an alliteration, e.g., "Dapper Drake".With the exception of the first two releases, code names are in alphabetical order, and except for the first three releases, the first letters are sequential, allowing a quick determination of which release is newer.
The Linux kernel is a free and open source, [12]: 4 Unix-like kernel that is used in many computer systems worldwide. The kernel was created by Linus Torvalds in 1991 and was soon adopted as the kernel for the GNU operating system (OS) which was created to be a free replacement for Unix.
A kernel is a component of a computer operating system. [1] A comparison of system kernels can provide insight into the design and architectural choices made by the developers of particular operating systems.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 January 2025. Family of Unix-like operating systems This article is about the family of operating systems. For the kernel, see Linux kernel. For other uses, see Linux (disambiguation). Operating system Linux Tux the penguin, the mascot of Linux Developer Community contributors, Linus Torvalds Written ...
Linux kernel 3.3.4; Integrated UEFI support. [58] [59] Inclusion of GNOME 3.4 desktop, offering software rendering support for GNOME Shell; Updated to latest KDE Software Compilation 4.8.3; A new filesystem structure moving more things to /usr; Removable disks are now mounted under /run/media due to a change in udisks
Debian Unstable, known as "Sid", contains all the latest packages as soon as they are available, and follows a rolling-release model. [6]Once a package has been in Debian Unstable for 2-10 days (depending on the urgency of the upload), doesn't introduce critical bugs and doesn't break other packages (among other conditions), it is included in Debian Testing, also known as "next-stable".
Associated Linux kernel changes are released under the copyleft GNU General Public License version 2, developed by the Open Handset Alliance, with the source code publicly available at all times. [330] The only Android release which was not immediately made available as source code was the tablet-only 3.0 Honeycomb release.