A flood of new, stable, Linux kernels | Linux Today

A flood of new, stable, Linux kernels

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 7, 2010

“Greg Kroah-Hartman has released five new stable Linux kernels,
correcting minor errors of their predecessors and including
improvements which are unlikely to generate new errors. As so often
with kernel versions in the stable series, it remains undisclosed
if the new versions contain changes which fix security
vulnerabilities, although the number of changes and some of the
descriptions of those changes certainly suggest that all the new
versions contain security fixes. As usual, Kroah Hartman advised in
the release emails, that “All users of the 2.6.27 kernel series are
very strongly encouraged to upgrade to the new version”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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