This article documents the version history of the Linux kernel.
Each major version – identified by the first two numbers of a release version – is designated one of the following levels of support:
Version | Original release date | Last release | Maintainer | EOL | Prominent features | Notes |
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class="templateVersion p swatch-future" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Future version" data-sort-value="6.14" | 6.14 | 6.14rc4 [3] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | ||||
class="templateVersion c swatch-latest" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Latest version" data-sort-value="6.13" | 6.13 | 20 January 2025 [6] | 6.13.5 [7] |
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class="templateVersion co swatch-maintained" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, still maintained" data-sort-value="6.12" | 6.12 | 17 November 2024 [8] | 6.12.17 [7] | 25th LTS release [3] | |||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="6.11" | 6.11 | 15 September 2024 [11] | 6.11.11 [12] | 5 December 2024 [12] |
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class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="6.10" | 6.10 | 14 July 2024 [15] | 6.10.14 [7] | Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin | 10 October 2024 [16] |
| Named "Baby Opossum Posse" [18] |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="6.9" | 6.9 | 12 May 2024 [1] | 6.9.10 [7] | 27 July 2024 [19] |
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class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="6.8" | 6.8 | 10 March 2024 [1] | 6.8.12 [7] | 30 May 2024 [22] | |||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="6.7" | 6.7 | 8 January 2024 [1] | 6.7.12 [7] | 3 April 2024 |
| According to Linus Torvalds, "one of the largest kernel releases we've ever had" [23] | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-maintained" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, still maintained" data-sort-value="6.6" | 6.6 | 29 October 2023 [1] | 6.6.80 [7] | December 2026 |
| 24th LTS release The CFS scheduler was the de facto standard for 16+ years ReiserFS is now declared to be obsolete and flagged for removal in 2025. The one last minute change was made to the credits of ReiserFS as requested from the original developer. | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="6.5" | 6.5 | 27 August 2023 [1] | 6.5.13 [7] | 28 November 2023 [26] | |||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="6.4" | 6.4 | 25 June 2023 [1] | 6.4.16 [7] | 13 September 2023 [28] |
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class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="6.3" | 6.3 | 23 April 2023 [1] | 6.3.13 [7] | 11 July 2023 [32] |
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class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="6.2" | 6.2 | 19 February 2023 [1] | 6.2.16 [7] | 17 May 2023 [33] |
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class="templateVersion co swatch-maintained" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, still maintained" data-sort-value="6.1" | 6.1 | 11 December 2022 [34] | 6.1.129 [7] 6.1.128-cip37 [35] | December 2026 [1] August 2033 [36] |
| 23rd LTS release Used in Debian 12 "Bookworm" [41] 4th SLTS release (which CIP [42] is planning [36] to support until August 2033) 6.1.28 is named Curry Ramen [43] | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="6.0" | 6.0 | 2 October 2022 [44] | 6.0.19 [45] | January 2023 [45] | Named "Hurr durr I'ma[ sic ] ninja sloth" [48] | ||
Legend: Old version, not maintained Old version, still maintained Latest version Latest preview version |
Version | Original release date | Last release | Maintainer | EOL | Prominent features | Notes |
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class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="5.19" | 5.19 | 31 July 2022 [49] | 5.19.17 [50] | Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin [1] | October 2022 [50] |
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class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="5.18" | 5.18 | 22 May 2022 [54] | 5.18.19 [55] | August 2022 [55] | |||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="5.17" | 5.17 | 20 March 2022 [63] | 5.17.15 [64] | June 2022 [64] | Used in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on newer hardware [71] Named Superb Owl [72] | ||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="5.16" | 5.16 | 9 January 2022 [73] | 5.16.20 [74] | April 2022 [74] | |||
class="templateVersion co swatch-maintained" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, still maintained" data-sort-value="5.15" | 5.15 | 31 October 2021 [79] | 5.15.178 [7] | December 2026 [1] | 22nd LTS release; used in Named Trick or Treat [85] | ||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="5.14" | 5.14 | 29 August 2021 [86] | 5.14.21 [87] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | November 2021 [87] | Used in RHEL 9.x and derivatives [88] (Redhat ignores LTS-Kernel, own kernel-backports) and SLE 15 SP4/openSUSE Leap 15.4 | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="5.13" | 5.13 | 27 June 2021 [89] | 5.13.19 [90] | Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin | September 2021 [90] |
| Named Opossums on Parade |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="5.12" | 5.12 | 25 April 2021 [93] | 5.12.19 [94] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | July 2021 [94] | Named Frozen Wasteland [95] [96] | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="5.11" | 5.11 | 14 February 2021 [97] | 5.11.22 [98] | May 2021 [98] | Named "💕 Valentine's Day Edition 💕" [99] | ||
class="templateVersion co swatch-maintained" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, still maintained" data-sort-value="5.10" | 5.10 | 13 December 2020 [100] | 5.10.234 [7] 5.10.234-cip57 [35] | Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin [1] | December 2026 [1] [101] January 2031 [36] | 21st LTS release; used in Debian 11 "Bullseye" [102] 3rd SLTS release (which CIP [103] is planning [36] to support until January 2031) Named "Dare mighty things" [104] | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="5.9" | 5.9 | 11 October 2020 [105] | 5.9.16 [106] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | December 2020 [106] | ||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="5.8" | 5.8 | 2 August 2020 [107] | 5.8.18 [108] | November 2020 [108] | |||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="5.7" | 5.7 | 31 May 2020 [109] | 5.7.19 [110] | August 2020 [110] | |||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="5.6" | 5.6 | 29 March 2020 [111] | 5.6.19 [112] | June 2020 [112] | |||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="5.5" | 5.5 | 26 January 2020 [114] | 5.5.19 [115] | April 2020 [115] | |||
class="templateVersion co swatch-maintained" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, still maintained" data-sort-value="5.4" | 5.4 | 24 November 2019 [116] | 5.4.290 [7] | Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin [1] | December 2025 [1] | 20th LTS release, used in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4-rc2 is named Nesting Opossum [117] 5.4-rc5 is named Kleptomaniac Octopus [118] | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="5.3" | 5.3 | 15 September 2019 [119] | 5.3.18 [120] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | December 2019 [120] | ||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="5.2" | 5.2 | 7 July 2019 [121] | 5.2.20 [122] | October 2019 [122] | 5.2-rc2 is named Golden Lions [123] [124] 5.2 is named Bobtail Squid [125] | ||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="5.1" | 5.1 | 5 May 2019 [126] | 5.1.21 [127] | July 2019 [127] |
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class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="5.0" | 5.0 | 3 March 2019 [129] | 5.0.21 [130] | June 2019 [130] | |||
Legend: Old version, not maintained Old version, still maintained |
Version | Original release date | Last release | Maintainer | EOL | Prominent features | Notes |
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class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="4.20" | 4.20 | 23 December 2018 [131] | 4.20.17 [132] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | March 2019 [132] | Named Shy Crocodile [133] | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-maintained" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, still maintained" data-sort-value="4.19" | 4.19 | 22 October 2018 [134] | 4.19.325 [7] 4.19.325-cip117 [35] | Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin [1] | December 2024 [1] [135] January 2029 [36] | 19th LTS release. Used in Debian 10 "Buster". [136] Second SLTS release (which CIP is planning [36] to support until January 2029), and first with ARM64 support. [137] Named "People's Front" [138] | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="4.18" | 4.18 | 12 August 2018 [139] | 4.18.20 [140] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | November 2018 [140] | RHEL 8.x (Redhat ignores LTS-Kernel, own kernel-backports) | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="4.17" | 4.17 | 3 June 2018 [141] | 4.17.19 [142] | August 2018 [142] | Named Merciless Moray [143] | ||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="4.16" | 4.16 | 1 April 2018 [144] | 4.16.18 [145] | June 2018 [145] | |||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="4.15" | 4.15 | 28 January 2018 [146] | 4.15.18 [147] | April 2018 [147] | Used in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | ||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="4.14" | 4.14 | 12 November 2017 [148] | 4.14.336 [149] | Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin [1] | January 2024 [149] | 18th LTS release 4.14.1 is named Petit Gorille [151] | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="4.13" | 4.13 | 3 September 2017 [152] | 4.13.16 [153] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | November 2017 [153] | ||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="4.12" | 4.12 | 2 July 2017 [154] | 4.12.14 [155] | September 2017 [155] | |||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="4.11" | 4.11 | 30 April 2017 [157] | 4.11.12 [158] | July 2017 [158] | |||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="4.10" | 4.10 | 19 February 2017 [159] | 4.10.17 [160] | May 2017 [160] | 4.10-rc5 was named Anniversary Edition [161] | ||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="4.9" | 4.9 | 11 December 2016 [163] | 4.9.337 [7] | Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin [1] | January 2023 [1] [164] | 17th LTS release. Used in Debian 9 "Stretch". [165] Named Roaring Lionus [166] [167] | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="4.8" | 4.8 | 25 September 2016 [168] | 4.8.17 [169] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | January 2017 [169] | ||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="4.7" | 4.7 | 24 July 2016 [170] | 4.7.10 [171] | October 2016 [171] | Named Psychotic Stoned Sheep [175] | ||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="4.6" | 4.6 | 15 May 2016 [176] | 4.6.7 [177] | August 2016 [177] | Named Charred Weasel [178] | ||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="4.5" | 4.5 | 13 March 2016 [179] | 4.5.7 [180] | June 2016 [181] | |||
class="templateVersion co swatch-maintained" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, still maintained" data-sort-value="4.4" | 4.4 | 10 January 2016 [182] | 4.4.302 [183] 4.4.302-cip96 [184] | Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin [1] (until February 2022 [183] ) Nobuhiro Iwamatsu & Pavel Machek [36] | January 2027 [36] | 16th LTS release, used in Slackware 14.2. [185] Canonical provided extended support until April 2021. [186] As the first kernel selected for Super Long Term Support (SLTS), the Civil Infrastructure Platform will provide support until at least 2026. [2] Used in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="4.3" | 4.3 | 1 November 2015 [187] | 4.3.6 [188] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | February 2016 [189] | Named Blurry Fish Butt [190] [191] | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="4.2" | 4.2 | 30 August 2015 [192] | 4.2.8 [193] | December 2015 [193] | Canonical provided extended support until July 2016. [194] [195] | ||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="4.1" | 4.1 | 22 June 2015 [196] | 4.1.52 [197] | Sasha Levin [1] [198] (formerly Greg Kroah-Hartman) [199] | May 2018 [197] | 15th LTS release. 4.1.1 was named Series 4800 [200] | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="4.0" | 4.0 | 12 April 2015 [201] | 4.0.9 [202] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | July 2015 [203] |
| Named "Hurr durr I'ma[ sic ] sheep" [205] (Internet poll) |
Legend: Old version, not maintained Old version, still maintained |
The jump from 2.6.x to 3.x wasn't because of a breaking update, but rather the first release of a new versioning scheme introduced as a more convenient system. [206]
Version | Original release date | Last release | Maintainer | EOL | Prominent features | Notes |
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class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="3.19" | 3.19 | 8 February 2015 [207] | 3.19.8 [208] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | May 2015 [208] | Canonical provided extended support until July 2016. [194] [209] | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="3.18" | 3.18 | 7 December 2014 [210] | 3.18.140 [211] | Greg Kroah-Hartman [212] (formerly Sasha Levin [213] )(formerly Greg Kroah-Hartman) | January 2017 [214] | 14th LTS release, named Diseased Newt [217] | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="3.17" | 3.17 | 5 October 2014 [218] | 3.17.8 [219] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | January 2015 [219] | ||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="3.16" | 3.16 | 3 August 2014 [220] | 3.16.85 [221] | Ben Hutchings [1] [222] (formerly Greg Kroah-Hartman) | Maintained until October 2014, then May 2016 to June 2020 [221] [1] [223] | 13th LTS release. Was used in Debian 8 "Jessie". [224] Canonical provided extended support until April 2016. [194] [225] 3.16.1 was named Museum of Fishiegoodies [226] | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="3.15" | 3.15 | 8 June 2014 [227] | 3.15.10 [228] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | August 2014 [228] | ||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="3.14" | 3.14 | 30 March 2014 [230] | 3.14.79 [231] | Greg Kroah-Hartman [1] | August 2016 [231] | 12th LTS release, named Shuffling Zombie Juror [233] | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="3.13" | 3.13 | 19 January 2014 [234] | 3.13.11 [235] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | April 2014 [235] | Canonical provided extended support until April 2016. [194] [236] Named One Giant Leap for Frogkind [237] (NASA LADEE launch photo) [238] Used in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="3.12" | 3.12 | 3 November 2013 [239] | 3.12.74 [240] | Jiří Slabý [1] [241] (formerly Greg Kroah-Hartman) | May 2017 [241] [240] | 11th LTS release, named Suicidal Squirrel [242] | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="3.11" | 3.11 | 2 September 2013 [243] | 3.11.10 [244] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | November 2013 [244] | Canonical provided extended support until August 2014. [194] Named Linux for Workgroups after the 20 years of Windows 3.11 [246] | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="3.10" | 3.10 | 30 June 2013 [247] | 3.10.108 [248] | Willy Tarreau [1] [249] (formerly Greg Kroah-Hartman) | November 2017 [248] | 10th LTS release, 3.10.6 was named TOSSUG Baby Fish [251] [252] [253] used in Slackware 14.1 [254] RHEL 7.x | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="3.9" | 3.9 | 28 April 2013 [255] | 3.9.11 [256] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | July 2013 [256] | 3.9.6 was named Black Squirrel Wakeup Call [260] | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="3.8" | 3.8 | 18 February 2013 [261] | 3.8.13 [262] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | May 2013 [262] | Canonical provided extended support until August 2014. [194] [265] Named Unicycling Gorilla [266] [267] | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="3.7" | 3.7 | 10 December 2012 [269] | 3.7.10 [270] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | March 2013 [270] [271] | Named Terrified Chipmunk [273] [274] | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="3.6" | 3.6 | 30 September 2012 [275] | 3.6.11 [276] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | December 2012 [276] |
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class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="3.5" | 3.5 | 21 July 2012 [278] | 3.5.7 [279] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | October 2012 [279] | Canonical provided extended support until April 2014. [194] [280] | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="3.4" | 3.4 | 20 May 2012 [281] [282] | 3.4.113 [283] | Li Zefan [1] [284] (formerly Greg Kroah-Hartman) | October 2016 [285] | 9th LTS release | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="3.3" | 3.3 | 18 March 2012 [286] | 3.3.8 [287] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | June 2012 [287] | ||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="3.2" | 3.2 | 4 January 2012 [288] | 3.2.102 [289] | Ben Hutchings [1] [290] | May 2018 [291] | 8th LTS release, used in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS [292] and optionally in 12.04 ESM, [293] Debian 7 "Wheezy" and Slackware 14.0. [1] [290] Canonical promised to (at least) provide long-term support until April 2017; [194] Support has continued for months after. | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="3.1" | 3.1 | 24 October 2011 [295] | 3.1.10 [296] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | January 2012 [296] | 3.1 provided the base for real-time tree. 3.1-rc2 was named Wet Seal 3.1 was named Divemaster Edition [297] (Linus' diving activities) | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="3.0" | 3.0 | 21 July 2011 [206] | 3.0.101 [298] | Greg Kroah-Hartman [299] | October 2013 [298] [299] | 7th LTS release Named Sneaky Weasel [301] [302] | |
Legend: Old version |
Versions 2.6.16 and 2.6.27 of the Linux kernel were unofficially given long-term support (LTS), [303] before a 2011 working group in the Linux Foundation started a formal long-term support initiative. [304] [305]
Version | Original release date | Last release | Maintainer | EOL | Prominent features | Notes |
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class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.39" | 2.6.39 | 18 May 2011 [306] | 2.6.39.4 [307] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | August 2011 [307] | Last stable release of the 2.6 kernel series | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.38" | 2.6.38 | 14 March 2011 [308] | 2.6.38.8 [309] | June 2011 [309] | Named Flesh-Eating Bats with Fangs [310] | ||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.37" | 2.6.37 | 4 January 2011 [311] | 2.6.37.6 [312] | March 2011 [312] | |||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.36" | 2.6.36 | 20 October 2010 [313] | 2.6.36.4 [314] | February 2011 [314] | |||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.35" | 2.6.35 | 1 August 2010 [316] | 2.6.35.14 [317] | Andi Kleen [318] | March 2012 [318] | 6th LTS release 2.6.35.7 was named Yokohama | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.34" | 2.6.34 | 16 May 2010 [319] | 2.6.34.15 [320] | Paul Gortmaker [321] | February 2014 [320] [321] | 5th LTS release It was named Sheep on Meth [322] [323] | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.33" | 2.6.33 | 24 February 2010 [324] | 2.6.33.20 [325] | Greg Kroah-Hartman [326] | November 2011 [325] | 4th LTS release. It was the base for real-time-tree, replaced by 3.0.x. [326] | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.32" | 2.6.32 | 2 December 2009 [328] | 2.6.32.71 [329] | Willy Tarreau [1] [330] (formerly Greg Kroah-Hartman) [331] [332] | March 2016 [1] | 3rd LTS release, used in Debian 6 Squeeze. [334] Canonical also provided support until April 2015. [194] RHEL 6.x | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.31" | 2.6.31 | 9 September 2009 [335] | 2.6.31.14 [336] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | July 2010 [336] | ||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.30" | 2.6.30 | 9 June 2009 [338] | 2.6.30.9 [339] | October 2009 [339] |
| 2.6.30-rc4–2.6.30-rc6 was named Vindictive Armadillo [341] [342] | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.29" | 2.6.29 | 23 March 2009 [344] | 2.6.29.6 [345] | July 2009 [345] | Named Temporary Tasmanian Devil [347] [348] | ||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.28" | 2.6.28 | 24 December 2008 [349] | 2.6.28.10 [350] | May 2009 [350] | 2.6.28-rc1–2.6.28-rc6 was named Killer Bat of Doom [352] [353] | ||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.27" | 2.6.27 | 9 October 2008 [355] | 2.6.27.62 [356] | Willy Tarreau [357] (formerly Adrian Bunk, [358] and formerly Greg Kroah-Hartman) | March 2012 [358] | 2nd LTS release 2.6.27.3 was named Trembling Tortoise [359] | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.26" | 2.6.26 | 13 July 2008 [360] | 2.6.26.8 [361] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | November 2008 [361] | 2.6.26–2.6.27 was named Rotary Wombat [362] | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.25" | 2.6.25 | 16 April 2008 [363] | 2.6.25.20 [364] | November 2008 [364] | Named Funky Weasel is Jiggy wit it [366] | ||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.24" | 2.6.24 | 24 January 2008 [367] | 2.6.24.7 [368] | May 2008 [368] | 2.6.23-rc4–2.6.23-rc6 was named Pink Farting Weasel [370] 2.6.23-rc7–2.6.23–2.6.24 was named Arr Matey! A Hairy Bilge Rat! [371] (TLAPD 2007) | ||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.23" | 2.6.23 | 9 October 2007 [373] | 2.6.23.17 [374] | February 2008 [374] | |||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.22" | 2.6.22 | 8 July 2007 [376] | 2.6.22.19 [377] | February 2008 [377] | 2.6.22-rc3–2.6.22-rc4 was named Jeff Thinks I Should Change This, But To What? 2.6.22-rc5–2.6.22 was named Holy Dancing Manatees, Batman! [379] | ||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.21" | 2.6.21 | 25 April 2007 [380] | 2.6.21.7 [381] | August 2007 [381] | Named Nocturnal Monster Puppy [383] | ||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.20" | 2.6.20 | 4 February 2007 [384] | 2.6.20.21 [385] | October 2007 [385] | Named Homicidal Dwarf Hamster [387] [388] | ||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.19" | 2.6.19 | 29 November 2006 [389] | 2.6.19.7 [390] | March 2007 [390] | Named Avast! A bilge rat! (TLAPD 2006) [394] | ||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.18" | 2.6.18 | 20 September 2006 [395] | 2.6.18.8 [396] | February 2007 [396] 2.6.18: RHEL 5.x | |||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.17" | 2.6.17 | 17 June 2006 [398] | 2.6.17.14 [399] | October 2006 [399] | 2.6.17-rc5 was named Lordi Rules [401] (Eurovision 2006 winners) [402] 2.6.17-rc6–2.6.17 was named Crazed Snow-Weasel [403] | ||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.16" | 2.6.16 | 20 March 2006 [404] | 2.6.16.62 [405] | Adrian Bunk [406] (formerly Greg Kroah-Hartman) [331] | July 2008 [407] [405] | 1st LTS release 2.6.16.28-rc2 was named Stable Penguin | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.15" | 2.6.15 | 2 January 2006 [409] | 2.6.15.7 [410] | Greg Kroah-Hartman | May 2006 [410] |
| Named Sliding Snow Leopard [412] |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.14" | 2.6.14 | 27 October 2005 [413] | 2.6.14.7 [414] | January 2006 [414] | Named Affluent Albatross [416] | ||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.13" | 2.6.13 | 28 August 2005 [417] | 2.6.13.5 [418] | December 2005 [418] | Named Woozy Numbat [419] [420] | ||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.12" | 2.6.12 | 18 June 2005 [421] | 2.6.12.6 [422] [423] | August 2005 [422] | |||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.11" | 2.6.11 | 2 March 2005 [424] | 2.6.11.12 [425] | June 2005 [425] | |||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.10" | 2.6.10 | 24 December 2004 [426] |
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class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.9" | 2.6.9 | 19 October 2004 [428] | |||||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.8" | 2.6.8 | 14 August 2004 [429] | |||||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.7" | 2.6.7 | 16 June 2004 [430] | |||||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.6" | 2.6.6 | 10 May 2004 [431] | |||||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.5" | 2.6.5 | 4 April 2004 [433] | |||||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.4" | 2.6.4 | 11 March 2004 [435] | |||||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.3" | 2.6.3 | 18 February 2004 [437] |
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class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.2" | 2.6.2 | 4 February 2004 [439] | |||||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6.1" | 2.6.1 | 9 January 2004 [441] | |||||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.6" | 2.6 | 17 December 2003 [443] | Linus Torvalds | December 2004 [444] |
| 2.6.2–2.6.4 was named Feisty Dunnart [448] 2.6.5–2.6.9 was named Zonked Quokka [449] 2.6.9: RHEL 4.x The 2.5 kernels were development kernels [450] | |
Legend: Old version |
Version | Original release date | Last release | Maintainer | EOL | Prominent features | Notes |
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class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.4" | 2.4 | 4 January 2001 [451] | 2.4.37.11 [452] | Willy Tarreau (formerly Marcelo Tosatti) | December 2011 [452] | The 2.3 kernels were development kernels [450] | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.2" | 2.2 | 26 January 1999 [458] | 2.2.26 [459] | Marc-Christian Petersen (formerly Alan Cox) [460] | Made unofficially obsolete with the 2.2.27-rc2 [461] [462] | The 2.1 kernels were development kernels [450] | |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="2.0" | 2.0 | 9 June 1996 [467] | 2.0.40 [468] | David Weinehall | officially made obsolete with the kernel 2.2.0 release [469] |
| Larry Ewing created the Tux mascot ![]() |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="1.3" | 1.3 | 12 June 1995 | 1.3.100 [471] | Linus Torvalds | EOL |
| Greased Weasel [475] |
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="1.2" | 1.2 | 7 March 1995 | 1.2.13 | Linux '95 [476] | |||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="1.1" | 1.1 | 6 April 1994 | 1.1.95 | ||||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="1.0" | 1.0 | 14 March 1994 | 1.0.9 |
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class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="0.99" | 0.99 | 13 December 1992 | 0.99.15j [480] | The Linux 0.99 tar.bz2 archive grew from 426 kB to 1009 kB on the way to 1.0. | |||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="0.98" | 0.98 | 29 September 1992 | 0.98.6 [483] | ||||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="0.97" | 0.97 | 1 August 1992 | 0.97.6 [485] | ||||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="0.96" | 0.96 | 22 May 1992 | 0.96c.2 [489] | ||||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="0.95" | 0.95 | 8 March 1992 | 0.95c+ [491] | Jump from 0.12 to 0.95 [494] | |||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="0.12" | 0.12 | 15 January 1992 | |||||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="0.11" | 0.11 | 8 December 1991 |
| First kernel where other people start making real contributions [496] | |||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="0.10" | 0.10 | November 1991 | Jump from 0.03 to 0.10 First release where Minix isn't needed anymore [498] | ||||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="0.03" | 0.03 | October 1991 [498] |
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class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="0.02" | 0.02 | 5 October 1991 |
| First "usable" release; for wider distribution [499] | |||
class="templateVersion co swatch-unsupported" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); " title="Old version, not maintained" data-sort-value="0.01" | 0.01 | 17 September 1991 | |||||
Legend: Old version |
The 3.4.113 version of the Linux kernel has been finished in Oct 26, 2016 and it's currently marked as EOL (End of Life) version.
The original 'containers' name was considered to be too generic – this code is an important part of a container solution, but it's far from the whole thing. So containers have now been renamed 'control groups' (or 'cgroups') and merged for 2.6.24.