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Latest Kernel version
How to find latest kernel version for a specific flavor of Linux.
For example I have two linux client
1) Fedora
# uname -a
Linux fedora18b 3.6.10-4.fc18.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Dec 11 18:01:27 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
# cat /etc/redhat-release
Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow)
2) CenTOS
# uname -a
Linux lg-g235d-lnx 2.6.32-279.22.1.el6.x86_64
# cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 6.3 (Final)
Is there a way to find if these are the latest kernel version?
For example I have two linux client
1) Fedora
# uname -a
Linux fedora18b 3.6.10-4.fc18.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Dec 11 18:01:27 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
# cat /etc/redhat-release
Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow)
2) CenTOS
# uname -a
Linux lg-g235d-lnx 2.6.32-279.22.1.el6.x86_64
# cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 6.3 (Final)
Is there a way to find if these are the latest kernel version?
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What I see on the wki page of CentOS is that latest version is "6.5" but its kernel version is 2.6.32-431
Isn't that very old compared to Fedora's 3.6.10-4.fc18.x86_64 ??
Why is CentOS using such an old Linux Kernel version 2.6
even Ubuntu 12.10 has Linux Kernel version 3.5
I am just trying to understand if the kernel version should be more or less same for different linux (like fedora, centos free BSD etc...)
Isn't that very old compared to Fedora's 3.6.10-4.fc18.x86_64 ??
Why is CentOS using such an old Linux Kernel version 2.6
even Ubuntu 12.10 has Linux Kernel version 3.5
I am just trying to understand if the kernel version should be more or less same for different linux (like fedora, centos free BSD etc...)
Are you trying to update to the latest stable or experiment the newest kernel?
To update you can invoke yum update kernel. This will download and update from the repository. For example, Centos 6, is 2.6.32-431.el6 as of now. This is constantly being tested and pushed to the repository.
To compile the newest kernel by hand you need to go to https://www.kernel.org/.
To update you can invoke yum update kernel. This will download and update from the repository. For example, Centos 6, is 2.6.32-431.el6 as of now. This is constantly being tested and pushed to the repository.
To compile the newest kernel by hand you need to go to https://www.kernel.org/.
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Yes but why is centos using such an old linux kernel version 2.6
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On either system:
yum check-update
yum upgrade kernel\*
yum check-update
yum upgrade kernel\*
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cool, Thanks everyone for comments.
So can one run any kernel version on any OS.
For example as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CentOS
Latest Kernel version 2.6.32-431 on centOS 6.3. Can one compile and run latest Kernel 3.12.4 on CentOS?
So can one run any kernel version on any OS.
For example as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CentOS
Latest Kernel version 2.6.32-431 on centOS 6.3. Can one compile and run latest Kernel 3.12.4 on CentOS?
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Oracle UEK3 -> 3.8.13 http://public-yum.oracle.com/
RedHat MRG -> 3.8.13 https://www.redhat.com/products/mrg/
(later rebuilt for scientific linux) http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/cern/mrg/
RedHat MRG -> 3.8.13 https://www.redhat.com/products/mrg/
(later rebuilt for scientific linux) http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/cern/mrg/
1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CentOS
It seems latest CentOS is 6.5 and what I have is 6.3
2)http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/HistoricalSchedules
Latest Fedora is 19 and what I have is 18.