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This article documents the version history of the Linux kernel.. Each major version – identified by the first two numbers of a release version – is designated one of the following levels of support:
kernel.org on the World Wide Web is the main distribution point of source code for the Linux kernel, which is the base of the Linux operating system. The website and related infrastructure, which is operated by the Linux Kernel Organization , [ 1 ] host the repositories that make all versions of the kernel's source code available to all users.
kpatch is a feature of the Linux kernel that implements live patching of a running kernel, which allows kernel patches to be applied while the kernel is still running. By avoiding the need for rebooting the system with a new kernel that contains the desired patches, kpatch aims to maximize the system uptime and availability.
util-linux is a standard package distributed by the Linux Kernel Organization for use as part of the Linux operating system. A fork , util-linux-ng (with ng meaning "next generation"), was created when development stalled, [ 4 ] but as of January 2011 [update] has been renamed back to util-linux , and is the official version of the package.
By the time Debian 1.2 was released, the project had grown to nearly two hundred volunteers. [18] Perens left the project in 1998. [30] Ian Jackson became the leader in 1998. [31] Debian 2.0 introduced the second official port, m68k. [22] During this time the first port to a non-Linux kernel, Debian GNU/Hurd, was started. [32]
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".
dpkg-source packs and unpacks the source files of a Debian package. dpkg-gencontrol reads the information from an unpacked Debian tree source and generates a binary package control package, creating an entry for this in Debian/files. dpkg-shlibdeps calculates the dependencies of runs with respect to libraries.
The term GNU/Linux or GNU+Linux is used by the FSF and its supporters to refer to an operating system where the Linux kernel is distributed with a GNU system software. Such distributions are the primary installed base of GNU packages and programs and also of Linux. The most notable official use of this term for a distribution is Debian GNU/Linux.