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The Many Names of Linux Kernels

Posted by timothy on from the because-programmers-like-words dept.

dartttt writes "Not many people know that Kernel releases have their codenames. Most of the Linux 2.6 and 3.x kernels include a name in the Makefile of their source trees, which can be found in the git repository. They are not publicized as such but some of them are really hilarious."

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  1. Re:So how can I discover a kernel's codename? by jgrahn · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This isn't a totally trivial question. I've often seen comments in forums saying that something works in kernels from the Frosty Ferret release to the Manifest Monkey release.

    I think you can safely ignore anyone who refers to kernels by their silly-names. People who want to be understood uses whatever number uname -a says.