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Linux Kernel 2.2.26 -- 2.2 is not dead!

Posted by timothy on from the continuing-updates-as-they-happen dept.

midianus writes "Marc-Christian Petersen released Linux Kernel version 2.2.26. The release includes several security fixes. After Alan Cox released the previous 2.2 kernel, 2.2.25 in March of 2003, he began a one year sabbatical to study for an MBA in August of the same year and handed over the Maintainership of 2.2 to Marc-Christian."

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  1. Number of minor releases by reignbow · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Is there a reason that 2.2 has only one tiny release more than the 2.4 kernel? I mean, if you look at the most recent tiny versions:

    2.0.40
    2.2.26
    2.4.25
    2.6.3

    I believe that the releases of 2.x.0 were about equally spaced, so why isn't there 2.2.34 or something like that coming out? Fewer bugs? A more laid-back maintainer? Not as much movement in the OSS world?

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  2. Re:2.2.? by Zork+the+Almighty · · Score: 4, Interesting

    How well do these earlier kernels perform on old hardware, say a 486 ? Are they lighter than the 2.4 and 2.6 kernels ? I've never really had a chance to try them.

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