But that has no actual effect whatsoever, and absolutely shouldn't have any difference as to whether you use the kernel or not. IMHO, they could have just as w

But that has no actual effect whatsoever, and absolutely shouldn't have any difference as to whether you use the kernel or not. IMHO, they could have just as well dropped the 3. and just use a single integer to denominate new versions. What difference does it make whether it's kernel 3.3 or kernel 6?