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From: paul@dutch.eng.ox.ac.uk (Paul D Thomas)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD
Date: 6 Feb 1997 15:37:46 -0000
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In article <5dcpf1$r8a@halon.vggas.com>,
James Youngman <JYoungman@vggas.com> wrote:
>You misunderstand.  John was saying that 2.1.5 is slower than 2.2.
>In Linux terms, 2.1.5 is a production release and 2.2 is a development release.
>It isn't vapourware.

Wrong way round :-)  For linux versions x.y.z, if (y&1==1) it is a development
release.  Recentish production kernels were 1.2.x and 2.0.x.  The Feb 2nd
2.1.25 seems to be the latest development kernel (from ftp.funet.fi).

Paul.
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paul.thomas@eng.ox.ac.uk