kernel versioning

[M.W. Chang]

> major# . minor# . release#
> Major numbers change when there's enough of a change to the kernel to
> warrant it.  The change from a.out to elf warranted a move major number
> 1 to major number 2.
> The minor number tells you if the release is stable or unstable
> (development).  Even numbers (0 is even for our purposes) denote stable,
> odd numbers denote unstable.
> Release numbers are, well, release numbers.
> That help?

from www.kernel.org:

The latest stable version of the Linux kernel is:  	2.6.3
The latest 2.4 version of the Linux kernel is:  	2.4.25

Why is there a differnce in the 2 setences?
It used "latest stable" rather than "latest 2.6"?
Are they the same?




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