The Open Source Summit provides an update on what's new in the Linux kernel​ and where it's going from here.
  • Catsrules@lemmy.ml
    3·
    2 years ago

    Sorry for my dumb question but what is the difference between the Linux kernel at kernel.org and say the Linux kernal at Ubuntu.org? It is just different maintainers?

    For example I believe the LTS version of Ubuntu runs for 5 years and you can pay for Pro support and get 10 years on their ESM version, if I understand correctly you can keep the same kernel version though the duration.

    • Cyclohexane@lemmy.mlM
      3·
      2 years ago

      The other two answers are correct but missing one maker thing: many major distributions apply patches to the kernel before distributing. So there are very slight modifications.