Scott J. Geertgens wrote: > > Tam Ma wrote: > > > How come all I hear about is kernel 2.0.36 and kernel 2.2.0, what > > the following version in between, are they not working???? > > > > linux-2.0.4.tar.gz 08-Jul-1996 00:00 5.7M > > ............. to ................ > > linux-2.0.9.tar.gz 26-Jul-1996 00:00 5.7M > > As you can see by the dates and version numbers, these are very > old. 2.0.36 >> 2.0.4.
The numbering of kernels can be confusing. The number 36 in "2.0.36" is an integer number and not a fraction of 1. That means 2.0.10 comes *after* 2.0.9 (and that 2.0.100 comes after 2.0.99, etc). 2.0.36 is the 36th revision of kernel 2.0.0. > > linux-2.1.0.tar.bz2 30-Sep-96 14:23 4.7M > > ............. to ................ > > linux-2.1.99.tar.gz 01-May-98 00:21 10.7M > > These are development kernels (evident by the odd numbers, 2.1). > You generally don't want to use these unless you have a specific > need. > This means that 2.1.0 does NOT come after 2.0.xxx. The new 2.2.0 kernel will probably be split into a 2.3.0 kernel pretty soon. When 2.3.xxx becomes stable enough, they'll move it to 2.4.0 Kirk
