kernel version?

[Rajkumar S.]

On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Raj wrote:

> I just read on a site that the kernel versions ending in odd numbers
> are meant to be for testing purposes and the releases with even
> numbers are final/stable.

This scheme is for the second number of the kernel version. for example
you may not want to use 2.5.x or 2.3.x. but 2.4.x are perfectly alright.

> Is this true? I hope it's not. If YES then I would then use 2.4.16
> instead.

You can safely use 2.4.17. it is a stable release.

raj