Linux kernel version history
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This article documents the version history of the Linux kernel.
This article is missing information about prominent features of versions before 2021. (May 2023) |
Each major version ā identified by the first two numbers of a release version ā is designated one of the following levels of support:
- Supported till next stable version
- Long-term support (LTS); maintained for a few years[1]
- Super-long-term support (SLTS); maintained for many more years by the Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP)[2]