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mike_93

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Registered: 2009-01-31

Posts: 60

Some things that I've been thinking about

Hi all,

I have two questions about the nuances of Linux:

1. What happened to kernel 2.5, I know that right now we're on 2.6 and I've seen talk of 2.4, but nowhere can I find anything about 2.5?

2. Why is a new release of KDE so anticipated and announced (and available from the repos almost immediately) , and nothing has been said about the new release of gnome which has been out for about a week, so much so that I had not noticed until today.

thanks and i hope there isn't anything too inflammatory or anything like that

Last edited by mike_93 (2009-03-24 16:10:16)

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Wintervenom

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Registered: 2008-08-20

Posts: 1,011

Re: Some things that I've been thinking about

Hi all,

I have two questions about the nuances of Linux:

1. What happened to kernel 2.5, I know that right now we're on 2.6 and I've seen talk of 2.4, but nowhere can I find anything about 2.5?

2. Why is a new release of KDE so anticipated and announced (and available from the repos almost immediately) , and nothing has been said about the new release of gnome which has been out for about a week, so much so that I had not noticed until today.

thanks and i hope there isn't anything too inflammatory or anything like that

One:

Odd-numbered versions for development releases

Up until the 2.6.x series, the Linux kernel used odd minor version numbers to denote development releases and even minor version numbers to denote stable releases. For example, Linux 2.3 was a development family of the second major design of the Linux kernel, and Linux 2.4 was the stable release family that Linux 2.3 matured into. After the minor version number in the Linux kernel is the release number, in ascending order; for example, Linux 2.4.0 → Linux 2.4.22. Even further, a trivial version number was added to 2.6.8, making 2.6.8.1 which denoted a very minor change. This fourth number has been made standard since 2.6.11.1.

Same for 2.5.

Two, maybe its because there are not really too big of changes in GNOME. 

Arkane

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From: Switzerland

Registered: 2008-02-18

Posts: 263

Re: Some things that I've been thinking about

1: Linux 2.5 was a development branch that eventually became 2.6.0 when it was deemed stable enough.

2: One reason is probably that until recently people felt KDE 4 still wasn't really production-ready, and anticipated it finally becoming so. Apart from that, no idea.

EDIT: Beaten to it. I hate you.

Last edited by Arkane (2009-03-24 16:17:26)

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mike_93

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Registered: 2009-01-31

Posts: 60

Re: Some things that I've been thinking about

ok I see thanks

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