本条目记录Linux内核版本历史，Linux内核是一个自由及开放源代码、整塊性核心、类Unix的操作系统内核，由林纳斯·托瓦兹在1991年构思和创建。
Linux内核根据版本具有不同的支持级别，目前仍在支持的最老内核版本是于2016年1月发布的4.4，拥有6年的长期支持（LTS）；随后是超长期支持（SLTS），由Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP)（仅适用于ARM架构#32位ARM和x86-64）提供更长期的支持。
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| David Weinehall
| 随着内核2.2.0版本的发布而正式淘汰
| 拉里·厄文在1996年创建Tux
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| Marc-Christian Petersen（先前由艾倫·考克斯）
| 2.2.27-rc2版本中被非正式淘汰
| 代号为「Brown Paper Bag」
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| Willy Tarreau（先前由Marcelo Tosatti）
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2.4内核系列中最后一个稳定版本
2.4.9：RHEL 2.1
2.4.21：RHEL 3.x
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版本 2.6.x.y
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# https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/
# https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/
# https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/pre-releases/
# https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/refs/tags
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# https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.5/
# https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.5/testing/
Linux内核的2.6.16和2.6.27版本在2011年Linux基金會工作组正式启动長期支援（LTS）之前，曾经得到由非官方人士以LTS的方式支持。
版本 4.x.y
版本 5.x.y
版本 6.x.y
引用
外部链接
- [https://www.kernel.org/ Official Linux kernel website]
- [https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html Active kernel releases] on the official Linux kernel website
- [https://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxVersions Linux versions] in Linux Kernel Newbies
- [http://www.oldlinux.org/Linux.old/docs/history/Master.html Linux Kernel Version History: Consolidated list]
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