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I'm confused. Is 3.x meant for a different class of system, or are distros like Ubuntu intentionally lagging behind in 2.6.x land?

• golden_apples 14y ago
  Latest Ubuntu has kernel version 3.2. What distros are still on 2.6?
  • hahainternet 14y ago
    Debian Stable of course!
    • __alexs 14y ago
      Even Wheezy probably isn't going to get a 3.X series kernel :(
      • jeltz 14y ago
        Why so? I believe wheezy currently runs Linux 3.2. My guess is that Wheezy will run either 3.2 or 3.3.
      • din-9 14y ago
        Wheezy already has 3.2 http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/linux-image http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/linux-image
• meastham 14y ago
  The jump to 3.x was a more or less arbitrary decision made by Linus because the 2.6 version numbers were getting very large. Switching to 3.x should basically be the same as any other kernel upgrade, possibly with some additional issues with software that assumes things about the form of the kernel version number. There shouldn't be any distros holding back from upgrading; in fact Ubuntu 12.04 uses a 3.2 kernel.
• pranjalv123 14y ago
  Ubuntu 12.04 runs kernel 3.2.
  • damncabbage 14y ago
    Ugh, thanks. I forgot I'm still running 11.10. I should've checked around first.
• vacri 14y ago
  There is no 'major version jump' difference between the two. The reasoning was simply "2.40 is getting unwieldy as a number, so I'm going to start 3.0 here".