3.0 was just in recognition of Linux's 20th anniversary. There are no real major technical differences (except maybe I think KVM support was improved, don't hold me to that, though) On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshriyan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > Please help me understand the difference between Linux Kernel 3.x vs Linux > Kernel 2.6. And also i have not understood > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTUwMg about 2.6.40 > meaning 3.0 version. And also help me understand about linux-next and > mainline vs stable branch on http://www.kernel.org/ > > Please help me understand. > > Regards, > > Kaushal > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies > _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies