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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:Holy Dancing Manatees, Batman! by sunderland56 · · Score: 0, Troll

    And then people wonder why Linux isn't more popular in the business world.