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  2. Dynamic Kernel Module Support - Wikipedia

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    This allows drivers and devices outside of the mainline kernel to continue working after a Linux kernel upgrade. [3] Another benefit of DKMS is that it allows the installation of a new driver on an existing system, running an arbitrary kernel version, without any need for manual compilation or precompiled packages provided by the vendor.

  3. Linux kernel version history - Wikipedia

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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]

  4. Comparison of operating system kernels - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Linux kernel - Wikipedia

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    The official kernel, that is the Linus git branch at the kernel.org repository, contains binary blobs released under the terms of the GNU GPLv2 license. [6] [11] Linux can also search filesystems to locate binary blobs, proprietary firmware, drivers, or other executable modules, then it can load and link them into kernel space. [324]

  6. Ubuntu version history - Wikipedia

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    Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Desktop uses Linux kernel 5.17 for newer hardware and a rolling HWE (hardware enablement) kernel based on version 5.15 for other hardware; Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Server uses version 5.15, while Ubuntu Cloud and Ubuntu for IoT use an optimized kernel based on version 5.15. It updates Python to 3.10 and Ruby to 3.0. [274]

  7. Fedora Linux release history - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora_Linux_release_history

    KDE Plasma 4.3, Plasma 4.4 was pushed to updates repository on February 27, 2010 [43] [44] (KDE Spin) 2.6.31 Linux kernel, Kernel 2.6.32 was pushed to updates repository on February 27, 2010 [43] X server 1.7 with Multi-Pointer X (MPX) support; NetBeans 6.7; PHP 5.3; Rakudo Perl 6 compiler

  8. Direct Rendering Manager - Wikipedia

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    The Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) is a subsystem of the Linux kernel responsible for interfacing with GPUs of modern video cards.DRM exposes an API that user-space programs can use to send commands and data to the GPU and perform operations such as configuring the mode setting of the display.

  9. Android (operating system) - Wikipedia

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    The actual kernel depends on the individual device. [193] Android's variant of the Linux kernel has further architectural changes that are implemented by Google outside the typical Linux kernel development cycle, such as the inclusion of components like device trees, ashmem, ION, and different out of memory (OOM) handling.