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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au!news.apana.org.au!cantor.edge.net.au!news.teragen.com.au!news.access.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!rill.news.pipex.net!pipex!warwick!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!news.ox.ac.uk!news 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 Organization: Oxford University Lines: 13 Message-ID: <5dctsa$mtb@dutch.eng.ox.ac.uk> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <slrn5fejrn.353.bet@onyx.interactive.net> <32F788CE.7DA1@indy <5dcpf1$r8a@halon.vggas.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dutch.eng.ox.ac.uk Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:156327 comp.os.linux.advocacy:82513 comp.os.linux.setup:95613 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2271 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. - paul.thomas@eng.ox.ac.uk