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Linux Kernel 2.6 Nears End of Life; Upgrade Advised

Accepted submission by gewg_ at 2015-06-13 22:46:11
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from the thanks-for-all-the-fish dept.

Softpedia reports [softpedia.com]

The Linux kernel 2.6.32.67 LTS maintenance release has been made available [June 4] for all users of the 2.6 kernel series, and it promises to fix two regressions that have been introduced in the previous point release of the branch, Linux kernel 2.6.32.66 LTS.

[...]The 2.6.32 kernel series [...] will reach end of life in a couple of months, which means that [all users of 2.6.x] will have to move to a different LTS (Long Term Supported) kernel branch, such as Linux kernel 3.2 or Linux kernel 3.4.

For the record, Kernel 2.6.0 was released 2003/12/17.
Kernel 2.6.32 was released 2009/12/03.

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In other kernel news, Greg Kroah-Hartman tweeted [twitter.com] that Kernel 4.1 will be an LTS version.


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