Linux gives up on 6-year LTS kernels, says they’re too much work

Re:Linux gives up on 6-year LTS kernels, says they’re too mu... by diffeomorphism on Thursday September 21, 2023 @04:53AM (#37594965)

How do windows kernel versions like 6.1.7600.20655 work? Maybe my google fu is weak, but from looking at

https://superuser.com/questions/296020/windows-kernel-name-v...

it seems that Microsoft does a mix of backports and upgrades:

> 6.1.7600.16385, 6.1.7600.16539, 6.1.7600.16617, 6.1.7600.16695, 6.1.7600.16792, 6.1.7600.20655, 6.1.7600.20738, 6.1.7600.20826, 6.1.7600.20941, 6.1.7601.17514, 6.1.7601.17592, 6.1.7601.21701

So this does not look like 10 year support for the initial version but rather like switching different LTS versions over that time. Is there any data from microsoft itself on support duration, release dates, backports and how to parse these numbers?

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Re:Linux gives up on 6-year LTS kernels, says they’re too mu... by kelnos on Thursday September 21, 2023 @02:48PM (#37602181)

I don't think we can infer all that much from the version numbers without knowing Microsoft's internal processes around this sort of thing, and exactly what those version numbers mean in the context of Microsoft.

To me, though, 6.1.7600.16385 -> 6.1.7601.21701 does sound like long-term support for a single "version" (whatever that word means in this context).

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