Stable kernel 2.6.1 released
Posted Jan 10, 2004 7:45 UTC (Sat) by
allesfresser (guest, #216)
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Stable kernel 2.6.1 released by alspnost
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Stable kernel 2.6.1 released
I don't think it's that much of sticking out one's neck to use the word "stable" when the even-numbered series have been called that for many years. I have found that the 2.6 kernel codebase has been very stable, and I've been using it occasionally since around 2.5.50-something, and steadily since 2.6.0-test8. The kernel developers don't call something stable just on a whim... but by dubbing it "stable" they don't mean that it has no problems, and that it will never, ever fail, either.
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