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Posted March 08, 2016
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TStael: Could you pleas explain "distro" pray? It seems specific abbreviation, but it is not familiar to me.
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LiefLayer: linux kernel is the same for all linux distro but each distribution: different desktop enviroment + different packaging system and others minor thing.
Errrmm don't most Linux distros use different versions of the Linux kernel? I mean Mint 17.3 uses 3.19 last I checked while the distro I am on uses 4.4.1...
Posted March 08, 2016
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LiefLayer: linux kernel is the same for all linux distro but each distribution: different desktop enviroment + different packaging system and others minor thing.
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TStael: "Distribution version" I take it? What I might call "image" for Windows, say.
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JudasIscariot: Errrmm don't most Linux distros use different versions of the Linux kernel? I mean Mint 17.3 uses 3.19 last I checked while the distro I am on uses 4.4.1...
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TStael: Am I naïve to ask - must there not be some minimum communality or standardisation at the core?

Say, we all have different bodies, but our heart performs a pretty clear function.
No you are not naive to ask :) It depends on the distribution and their policies towards updating/upgrading their core parts, of which the kernel is definitely a core part.

For example, Mint is a derivative of Ubuntu and builds their distro based on whatever is the LTS (Long Term Support) version of Ubuntu and that includes using whatever the kernel that distribution uses. You can, of course, switch kernels in Mint 17.3 but it's not recommended unless you know what you are getting into :)

For rolling distributions ("rolling" means you install it once and just update the packages and software as new updates are released and this includes the kernel itself) the kernel, amongst other things, get updated to the latest stable released version and currently the latest stable version of the Linux kernel is version 4.4.4.

I do recommend doing some googling about this to draw your own conclusion as I am not an expert on GNU/Linux by any definition of the word :)

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JudasIscariot: Errrmm don't most Linux distros use different versions of the Linux kernel? I mean Mint 17.3 uses 3.19 last I checked while the distro I am on uses 4.4.1...
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LiefLayer: I meant that they all use Linux kernel (a linux distro don't use NT kernel or BDS kernel)...
I know that linux community has not yet a standard.
Ah OK, I get your statement now :)
Post edited March 08, 2016 by JudasIscariot
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