Re: currently active Linux kernel versions

From: Tomasz Chmielewski
Date: Tue Feb 12 2008 - 17:37:31 EST


Wagner Ferenc wrote:

which are the "currently active Linux kernel versions" at any point in
time? The quote is taken from http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/11/29.
Or more precisely: which are the "stable" versions I can depend on for
a more or less critical server, those that have active security
support or receive at least critical bugfixes? I know about the
2.6.2[34].y stable git trees, but I wonder how long will those receive
attention (that is, security fixes). Can I find a written policy
somewhere?

I would say:

a) the kernel your distro provides,
b) if you're not using a kernel provided by your distribution, the newest kernel from kernel.org (there are some older, still maintaned kernels with security fixes, too).


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Tomasz Chmielewski
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