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Article #59242Re: What features in various Linux versions
From: Craig Irvine
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1996 00:00
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1996 00:00
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In article <3136178F.440A@albury.net.au>, lowndes@albury.net.au says... > >Could someone please point me to where I can _easily_ find out what >features or changes are relevant to what versions of Linux. > >Also, are there accepted stable versions of Linux? I notice that >Slackware, on their version 3.0 CD set supply both 1.2.13 and 1.3.18 >kernels and I am wondering why this is so. > >I am also confused as to when masquerading and ACK bit checking where >introduced in relation to packet filtering. > >TIA. > Check out "http://www.crynwr.com/kchanges" for a summary of changes between kernels. Kernels with an even number as the second number are stable production kernels. ie 1.0.x, 1.2.x and presumably 1.4.x Kernels with an odd number as the second number are experimental kernels only. ie 0.9.x, 1.3.x Hope this helps Craig
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102983,34620eaa7123bdc8 X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public From: cirvine@powerup.com.au (Craig Irvine) Subject: Re: What features in various Linux versions Date: 1996/03/01 Message-ID: <4h6g56$8o3@grissom.powerup.com.au> X-Deja-AN: 141707313 references: <3136178F.440A@albury.net.au> organization: PowerUp mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: aus.computers.linux