<s>
This	O
article	O
documents	O
the	O
version	O
history	B-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
the	I-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
,	O
monolithic	B-Operating_System
,	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
kernel	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernels	I-Operating_System
have	O
different	O
support	O
levels	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
if	O
a	O
stable	O
version	O
has	O
been	O
designated	O
a	O
long-term	O
support	O
(	O
LTS	O
)	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
,	O
it	O
will	O
be	O
maintained	O
for	O
extra	O
few	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
Original	O
release	O
date	O
Current	O
version	O
Maintainer	O
Notes	O
0.03	O
Linus	O
Torvalds	O
EOL	O
first	O
"	O
usable	O
"	O
;	O
for	O
wider	O
distribution	O
0.12	O
0.95c	O
+	O
0.96c.2	O
0.97.6	O
0.98.6	O
0.99.15j	O
The	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
0.99	O
tar.bz2	O
archive	O
grew	O
from	O
426	O
kB	O
to	O
1009	O
kB	O
on	O
the	O
way	O
to	O
1.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1.0.9	O
1.1.95	O
1.2.13	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
'	O
95	O
1.3.100	O
Greased	O
Weasel	O
pre2.0.14	O
2.0.40	O
David	O
Weinehall	O
officially	O
made	O
obsolete	O
with	O
the	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
2.2.0	O
release	O
Larry	O
Ewing	O
created	O
the	O
Tux	B-Application
mascot	I-Application
40px	O
in	O
1996	O
2.2.26	O
Marc-Christian	O
Petersen	O
(	O
formerly	O
Alan	O
Cox	O
)	O
Made	O
unofficially	O
obsolete	O
with	O
the	O
2.2.27-rc2	O
Named	O
Brown	O
Paper	O
Bag	O
2.4.37.11	O
Willy	O
Tarreau	O
(	O
formerly	O
Marcelo	O
Tosatti	O
)	O
December	O
2011	O
Named	O
Greased	O
Turkeylast	O
stable	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
2.4	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
2.6.16	O
and	O
2.6.27	O
of	O
the	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
were	O
unofficially	O
supported	O
in	O
a	O
long-term	O
support	O
(	O
LTS	O
)	O
fashion	O
,	O
before	O
a	O
2011	O
working	O
group	O
in	O
the	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
started	O
a	O
formal	O
long-term	O
support	O
initiative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2.6.22-rc5	O
–	O
2.6.22	O
was	O
named	O
Holy	O
Dancing	O
Manatees	O
,	O
Batman	B-General_Concept
!	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
Original	O
release	O
date	O
Current	O
version	O
Maintainer	O
Notes	O
3.0.101	O
Greg	O
Kroah-Hartman	O
October	O
2013	O
7th	O
LTS	O
release	O
Named	O
Sneaky	O
Weasel	O
3.1.10	O
Greg	O
Kroah-Hartman	O
January	O
2012provided	O
the	O
base	O
for	O
real-time	O
tree3.1-rc2	O
was	O
named	O
Wet	O
Seal3.1	O
was	O
named	O
Divemaster	O
Edition	O
(	O
Linus	O
 '	O
diving	O
activities	O
)	O
3.2.102	O
Ben	O
Hutchings	O
May	O
2018	O
8th	O
LTS	O
release	O
,	O
used	O
in	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
12.04	O
LTS	O
and	O
optionally	O
in	O
12.04	O
ESM	O
,	O
Debian	O
7	O
"	O
Wheezy	O
"	O
and	O
Slackware	B-Application
14.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
3.2	O
to	O
3.5	O
was	O
named	O
Saber-toothed	O
Squirrel	B-Protocol
3.3.8	O
Greg	O
Kroah-Hartman	O
June	O
2012	O
3.4.113	O
Li	O
Zefan	O
October	O
2016	O
9th	O
LTS	O
release	O
3.5.7	O
Greg	O
Kroah-Hartman	O
October	O
2012	O
Canonical	O
provided	O
extended	O
support	O
until	O
April	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
3.6.11	O
Greg	O
Kroah-Hartman	O
December	O
2012	O
Named	O
Terrified	O
Chipmunk	B-Application
3.7.10	O
Greg	O
Kroah-Hartman	O
March	O
2013	O
3.8.13	O
Greg	O
Kroah-Hartman	O
May	O
2013Canonical	O
provided	O
extended	O
support	O
until	O
August	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Named	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
for	O
Workgroups	O
after	O
the	O
20	O
years	O
of	O
Windows	O
3.11	O
3.12.74	O
Jiří	O
Slabý	O
May	O
2017	O
11th	O
LTS	O
release	O
,	O
named	O
Suicidal	O
Squirrel	B-Protocol
3.13.11	O
Greg	O
Kroah-Hartman	O
April	O
2014	O
Canonical	O
provided	O
extended	O
support	O
until	O
April	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Named	O
One	O
Giant	O
Leap	O
for	O
Frogkind	O
(	O
NASA	O
LADEE	O
launch	O
photo	O
)	O
Used	O
in	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
14.04	O
LTS	O
3.14.79	O
Greg	O
Kroah-Hartman	O
August	O
2016	O
12th	O
LTS	O
release	O
,	O
named	O
Shuffling	O
Zombie	B-Application
Juror	O
3.15.10	O
Greg	O
Kroah-Hartman	O
August	O
2014	O
3.16.85	O
Ben	O
Hutchings	O
Maintained	O
until	O
October	O
2014	O
,	O
then	O
May	O
2016	O
to	O
June	O
2020	O
13th	O
LTS	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
3.18.140	O
,	O
this	O
version	O
will	O
no	O
longer	O
be	O
maintained	O
on	O
kernel.org,	O
but	O
on	O
AOSP	O
3.19.8	O
Greg	O
Kroah-Hartman	O
May	O
2015	O
Canonical	O
provided	O
extended	O
support	O
until	O
July	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
4.3.6	O
February	O
2016	O
Named	O
Blurry	O
Fish	O
Butt	O
4.4.302	O
Greg	O
Kroah-Hartman	O
&	O
Sasha	O
Levin	O
February	O
2022	O
16th	O
LTS	O
release	O
,	O
used	O
in	O
Slackware	B-Application
14.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
first	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
selected	O
for	O
Super	O
Long	O
Term	O
Support	O
(	O
SLTS	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
Civil	O
Infrastructure	O
Platform	O
will	O
provide	O
support	O
until	O
at	O
least	O
2026	O
,	O
possibly	O
until	O
2036	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Used	O
in	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
16.04	O
LTS	O
4.5.7	O
Greg	O
Kroah-Hartman	O
June	O
2016	O
4.6.7	O
August	O
2016	O
Named	O
Charred	O
Weasel	O
4.7.10	O
October	O
2016	O
Named	O
Psychotic	B-Application
Stoned	O
Sheep	O
4.8.17	O
January	O
2017	O
4.9.337	O
Greg	O
Kroah-Hartman	O
&	O
Sasha	O
Levin	O
January	O
2023	O
17th	O
LTS	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
4.14.1	O
is	O
named	O
Petit	O
Gorille	O
4.15.18	O
Greg	O
Kroah-Hartman	O
April	O
2018Used	O
in	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
18.04	O
LTS	O
4.16.18	O
June	O
2018	O
4.17.19	O
August	O
2018	O
Named	O
Merciless	O
Moray	O
4.18.20	O
November	O
2018	O
RHEL	O
8.x	O
(	O
Redhat	O
ignores	O
LTS-Kernel	O
,	O
own	O
kernel-backports	O
)	O
4.19.278	O
Greg	O
Kroah-Hartman	O
&	O
Sasha	O
Levin	O
December	O
2024	O
19th	O
LTS	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
Original	O
release	O
date	O
Current	O
version	O
Maintainer	O
Prominent	O
features	O
Notes	O
5.0.21	O
Greg	O
Kroah-Hartman	O
June	O
2019	O
5.1.21	O
July	O
2019	O
io_uring	O
API	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
way	O
to	O
do	O
asynchronous	B-Architecture
I/O	I-Architecture
(	O
AIO	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
older	O
API/interface	O
"	O
aio	O
"	O
had	O
problems	O
and	O
performance	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
22.04	O
LTS	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Slackware	B-Application
15	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
Original	O
release	O
date	O
Current	O
version	O
Maintainer	O
Prominent	O
features	O
Notes	O
6.0.19	O
Greg	O
Kroah-HartmanJanuary	O
2023	O
Named	O
"	O
Hurr	O
durr	O
ninja	O
sloth	O
"	O
11	O
December	O
2022	O
6.1.20	O
December	O
2026	O
This	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
to	O
support	O
writing	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
modules	O
in	O
Rust	B-Application
.	O
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