Linux內核版本歷史

本條目記錄Linux內核版本歷史，Linux內核是一個自由及開放源代碼、整塊性核心、類Unix的操作系統內核，由林納斯·託瓦茲在1991年構思和創建。
Linux內核根據版本具有不同的支持級別，目前仍在支持的最老內核版本是於2016年12月發佈的4.9，擁有6年的長期支持（LTS）；隨後是超長期支持（SLTS），由Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP)（僅適用於ARM架構#32位ARM和x86-64）提供更長期的支持。

**2.6.0之前的版本**
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AlignBars = justify
DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy
Period = from:01/07/1991 till:01/06/2011
TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal
Legend = left:5 top:15 columnwidth:115
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id:Minor		value:rgb(0.8,0.8,0.8)
id:Major		value:rgb(0.6,0.6,0.6)
id:DEV		value:rgb(0.8,0.8,0.8)	Legend:開發/開發
id:SUPPORT		value:rgb(0.6,0.9,0.6)	Legend:支持/支援
id:LTS		value:rgb(0.6,0.8,0.9)	Legend:長期支持/長期支援（LTS）
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ScaleMinor = gridcolor:Minor unit:year increment:1 start:01/07/1992
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bar:2.4.37
color:LTS	from:02/12/2008	till:18/12/2010	text:2.4.37.x
bar:2.4.36
color:LTS	from:01/01/2008	till:09/11/2008	text:2.4.36.x
bar:2.4.35
color:LTS	from:26/07/2007	till:17/12/2007	text:2.4.35.x
bar:2.4.34
color:LTS	from:23/12/2006	till:22/07/2007	text:2.4.34.x
bar:2.4.33
color:LTS	from:13/08/2006	till:22/12/2006	text:2.4.33.x
bar:2.4
color:DEV	from:15/03/2000	till:04/01/2001	text:2.4.x
color:SUPPORT	from:04/01/2001	till:16/11/2005
# https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ date=20180107105422 
# https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/testing/ date=20220301052752 
bar:2.3
color:SUPPORT	from:11/05/1999	till:11/03/2000	text:2.3.x
# https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.3/ date=20170713084436 
bar:2.2
color:DEV	from:30/12/1998	till:26/01/1999	text:2.2.x
color:SUPPORT	from:26/01/1999	till:24/02/2004
# https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.2/ date=20171222200632 
# https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/testing/old/v2.2/
bar:2.1
color:SUPPORT	from:30/09/1996	till:22/12/1998	text:2.1.x
# https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.1/ date=20171023045225 
bar:2.0
color:DEV	from:12/05/1996	till:09/06/1996	text:2.0.x
color:SUPPORT	from:09/06/1996	till:08/02/2004
# https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.0/ date=20170905043004 
bar:1.3
color:SUPPORT	from:12/06/1995	till:10/05/1996	text:1.3.x
# https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v1.3/ date=20170713071255 
bar:1.2
color:SUPPORT	from:07/03/1995	till:02/08/1995	text:1.2.x
# https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v1.2/ date=20220215083342 
bar:1.1
color:SUPPORT	from:06/04/1994	till:02/03/1995	text:1.1.x
# https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v1.1/ date=20221110154850 
bar:1.0
color:DEV	from:13/12/1992	till:13/03/1994	text:1.0.x
color:SUPPORT	from:13/03/1994	till:16/04/1994
# https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v1.0/ date=20221115014623 
bar:0.99
color:SUPPORT	from:13/12/1992	till:03/02/1994	text:0.99.x
# https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/Historic/v0.99/ date=20210713113457 
bar:0.9
color:SUPPORT	from:08/03/1992	till:28/09/1992	text:0.9x
# https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/Historic/old-versions/ date=20220127164756 
bar:0.1
color:SUPPORT	from:17/09/1991	till:12/01/1992	text:≤0.12
}
0.12

0.95
08
0.95c+

0.96
22
0.96c.2

0.97
01
0.97.6

0.98
29
0.98.6

0.99
13
0.99.15j
Linux 0.99 tar.bz2在開發到1.0的過程中，從426kB增長到1009kB
1.0
14
1.0.9

1.1
06
1.1.95

1.2
07
1.2.13
Linux '95
1.3
12
1.3.100
代號為「Greased Weasel」
pre2.0
12
pre2.0.14

2.0
09
2.0.40
David Weinehall
隨著內核2.2.0版本的發佈而正式淘汰
拉里·厄文在1996年創建Tux40px
2.2
26
2.2.26
Marc-Christian Petersen（先前由艾倫·考克斯）
2.2.27-rc2版本中被非正式淘汰
代號為「Brown Paper Bag」
2.4
04
2.4.37.11
Willy Tarreau（先前由Marcelo Tosatti）
12
代號為「Greased Turkey」2.4內核系列中最後一個穩定版本2.4.9：RHEL 2.12.4.21：RHEL 3.x
show=110000

**版本 2.6.x.y**
ImageSize = width:699 height:552
PlotArea = right:0 left:0 bottom:32 top:24
AlignBars = justify
DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy
Period = from:01/07/2001 till:01/01/2017
TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal
Legend = left:5 top:15 columnwidth:115
Colors =
id:Minor		value:rgb(0.8,0.8,0.8)
id:Major		value:rgb(0.6,0.6,0.6)
id:DEV		value:rgb(0.8,0.8,0.8)	Legend:開發/開發
id:SUPPORT		value:rgb(0.6,0.9,0.6)	Legend:支持/支援
id:LTS		value:rgb(0.6,0.8,0.9)	Legend:長期支持/長期支援（LTS）
BackgroundColors = canvas:white
ScaleMinor = gridcolor:Minor unit:year increment:1 start:01/07/2002
ScaleMajor = gridcolor:Major unit:year increment:1 start:01/01/2002
PlotData =
width:14 textcolor:black shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:M
bar:2.6.39
color:DEV	from:29/03/2011	till:18/05/2011	text:2.6.39.x
color:SUPPORT	from:18/05/2011	till:03/08/2011
bar:2.6.38
color:DEV	from:18/01/2011	till:14/03/2011	text:2.6.38.x
color:SUPPORT	from:14/03/2011	till:03/06/2011
bar:2.6.37
color:DEV	from:01/11/2010	till:04/01/2011	text:2.6.37.x
color:SUPPORT	from:04/01/2011	till:27/03/2011
bar:2.6.36
color:DEV	from:15/08/2010	till:20/10/2010	text:2.6.36.x
color:SUPPORT	from:20/10/2010	till:17/02/2011
bar:2.6.35
color:DEV	from:30/05/2010	till:01/09/2010	text:2.6.35.x
color:LTS	from:01/09/2010	till:13/03/2012
bar:2.6.34
color:DEV	from:08/03/2010	till:16/05/2010	text:2.6.34.x
color:LTS	from:16/05/2010	till:10/02/2014
bar:2.6.33
color:DEV	from:17/12/2009	till:24/02/2010	text:2.6.33.x
color:LTS	from:24/02/2010	till:07/11/2011
bar:2.6.32
color:DEV	from:27/09/2009	till:02/12/2009	text:2.6.32.x
color:LTS	from:02/12/2009	till:12/11/2016
bar:2.6.31
color:DEV	from:24/06/2009	till:09/09/2009	text:2.6.31.x
color:SUPPORT	from:09/09/2009	till:05/07/2010
bar:2.6.30
color:DEV	from:07/04/2009	till:09/06/2009	text:2.6.30.x
color:SUPPORT	from:09/06/2009	till:03/12/2009
bar:2.6.29
color:DEV	from:10/01/2009	till:23/03/2009	text:2.6.29.x
color:SUPPORT	from:23/03/2009	till:02/07/2009
bar:2.6.28
color:DEV	from:23/10/2008	till:24/12/2008	text:2.6.28.x
color:SUPPORT	from:24/12/2008	till:02/05/2009
bar:2.6.27
color:DEV	from:28/07/2008	till:09/10/2008	text:2.6.27.x
color:LTS	from:09/10/2008	till:17/03/2012
bar:2.6.26
color:DEV	from:03/05/2008	till:13/07/2008	text:2.6.26.x
color:SUPPORT	from:13/07/2008	till:10/11/2008
bar:2.6.25
color:DEV	from:10/02/2008	till:16/04/2008	text:2.6.25.x
color:SUPPORT	from:16/04/2008	till:10/11/2008
bar:2.6.24
color:DEV	from:23/10/2007	till:24/01/2008	text:2.6.24.x
color:SUPPORT	from:24/01/2008	till:06/05/2008
bar:2.6.23
color:DEV	from:22/07/2007	till:09/10/2007	text:2.6.23.x
color:SUPPORT	from:09/10/2007	till:25/02/2008
bar:2.6.22
color:DEV	from:12/05/2007	till:08/07/2007	text:2.6.22.x
color:SUPPORT	from:08/07/2007	till:25/02/2008
bar:2.6.21
color:DEV	from:20/02/2007	till:25/04/2007	text:2.6.21.x
color:SUPPORT	from:25/04/2007	till:04/08/2007
bar:2.6.20
color:DEV	from:13/12/2006	till:04/02/2007	text:2.6.20.x
color:SUPPORT	from:04/02/2007	till:17/10/2007
bar:2.6.19
color:DEV	from:04/10/2006	till:29/11/2006	text:2.6.19.x
color:SUPPORT	from:29/11/2006	till:02/03/2007
bar:2.6.18
color:DEV	from:05/07/2006	till:19/09/2006	text:2.6.18.x
color:SUPPORT	from:19/09/2006	till:23/02/2007
bar:2.6.17
color:DEV	from:02/04/2006	till:17/06/2006	text:2.6.17.x
color:SUPPORT	from:17/06/2006	till:13/10/2006
bar:2.6.16
color:DEV	from:16/01/2006	till:19/03/2006	text:2.6.16.x
color:LTS	from:19/03/2006	till:21/07/2008
bar:2.6.15
color:DEV	from:11/11/2005	till:02/01/2006	text:2.6.15.x
color:SUPPORT	from:02/01/2006	till:27/03/2006
bar:2.6.14
color:DEV	from:12/09/2005	till:27/10/2005	text:2.6.14.x
color:SUPPORT	from:27/10/2005	till:30/01/2006
bar:2.6.13
color:DEV	from:28/06/2005	till:28/08/2005	text:2.6.13.x
color:SUPPORT	from:28/08/2005	till:15/12/2005
bar:2.6.12
color:DEV	from:17/03/2005	till:17/06/2005	text:2.6.12.x
color:SUPPORT	from:17/06/2005	till:29/08/2005
bar:2.6.11
color:DEV	from:11/01/2005	till:02/03/2005	text:2.6.11.x
color:SUPPORT	from:02/03/2005	till:11/06/2005
bar:2.6.10
color:SUPPORT	from:24/12/2004	till:02/03/2005	text:2.6.10.x
bar:2.6.9
color:SUPPORT	from:19/10/2004	till:24/12/2004	text:2.6.9.x
bar:2.6.8
color:SUPPORT	from:14/08/2004	till:19/10/2004	text:2.6.8.x
bar:2.6.7
color:SUPPORT	from:16/06/2004	till:14/08/2004	text:2.6.7.x
bar:2.6.6
color:SUPPORT	from:10/05/2004	till:16/06/2004	text:2.6.6.x
bar:2.6.5
color:SUPPORT	from:04/04/2004	till:10/05/2004	text:2.6.5.x
bar:2.6.4
color:SUPPORT	from:11/03/2004	till:04/04/2004	text:2.6.4.x
bar:2.6.3
color:SUPPORT	from:18/02/2004	till:11/03/2004	text:2.6.3.x
bar:2.6.2
color:SUPPORT	from:04/02/2004	till:18/02/2004	text:2.6.2.x
bar:2.6.1
color:SUPPORT	from:09/01/2004	till:04/02/2004	text:2.6.1.x
bar:2.6
color:DEV	from:13/07/2003	till:18/12/2003	text:2.6.0.x
color:SUPPORT	from:18/12/2003	till:09/01/2004
# https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ date=20180105224904 
# https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ date=20221010225216 
# https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/pre-releases/ date=20191112071032 
# https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/refs/tags date=20220718195847 
bar:2.5
color:DEV	from:08/11/2001	till:10/07/2003	text:2.5.x
# https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.5/ date=20170905035816 
# https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.5/testing/ date=20191112063335 
Linux內核的2.6.16和2.6.27版本在2011年Linux基金會工作組正式啟動長期支援（LTS）之前，曾經得到由非官方人士以LTS的方式支持。

**版本 3.x.y**
從2.6.x升級到3.x並不是因為突破性的更新，而是作為一個更方便的系統而引入的新版本方案。

**版本 4.x.y**

**版本 5.x.y**

**版本 6.x.y**

**引用**

**外部鏈接**
  Official Linux kernel website date=20110221140221 -  Active kernel releases date=20171207174507  on the official Linux kernel website-  Linux versions date=20220730235153  in Linux Kernel Newbies-  Linux Kernel Version History: Consolidated list date=20210304165706