On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Tam Ma wrote: > Hi, > > Can someone tell me what is the different between the > "developement" version from the "stable" version of a kernel?
Development versions may have new stuff which can break, although some of them have proved to be very stable. When Linus feels that the current development kernel is 'ready', he releases it as a 'stable' version. At that point, the only changes allowed are bug fixes (it's not quite that simple, however0. > > Is kernel 2.2.0 stable or dev? If the second number is even, it's stable; if it's odd it's development. 2.2.x = stable > > What is the different between 2.2.0.tar.bz2 and 2.2.0.tar.gz? Different compression methods. bzip2 is newer and compressed more tightly. > > What does it mean when there is and question mark (?) in front of the file > instead of the other symbol? ?? > > 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 These are before 2.0.36, although an ftp listing may show them later. > > and > > 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 Likewise. The last 2.1 kernel was 2.1.132. Bob ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
