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Version history of the Linux kernel From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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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:

  • Supported until next stable version
  • Long-term support (LTS); maintained for a few years[1]
  • Super-long-term support (SLTS); maintained for many more years by the Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP)[2]
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Releases 6.x.y

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Releases 5.x.y

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Releases 4.x.y

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Releases 3.x.y

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The jump from 2.6.x to 3.x wasn't because of a breaking update, but rather the first release of a new versioning scheme introduced as a more convenient system.[210]

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Releases 2.6.x.y

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Versions 2.6.16 and 2.6.27 of the Linux kernel were unofficially given long-term support (LTS),[307] before a 2011 working group in the Linux Foundation started a formal long-term support initiative.[308][309]

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