kernel-timeline Since I couldn't find one anywhere, this is an attempt to make a plain text representation of the timeline of the Linux kernel. Each line is 1 month. NOTE: Archived kernels were downloaded from ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/ ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/Historic/ ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/Historic/old-versions/ Dates are taken from the date stamp on the directory produced when the archive is uncompressed. If these are inaccurate, sorry. And yeah, copy, modify, distribute this if and as you please. -- Terry Vessels, Nov 1, 2002 Jun 2006 Jun 18, 2006 linux-2.6.17 --| May 2006 | Apr 2006 | Mar 2006 Mar 20, 2006 linux-2.6.16 --| Feb 2006 | Jan 2006 Jan 02, 2006 linux-2.6.15 --| Dec 2005 | Nov 2005 Nov 16, 2005 linux-2.4.32 --| Oct 2005 Oct 27, 2005 linux-2.6.14 --| Sep 2005 | Aug 2005 Aug 28, 2005 linux-2.6.13 --| Jul 2005 | Jun 2005 01=2.4.31, 17=2.6.12 --| Apr 2005 Apr 04, 2005 linux-2.4.30 --| Mar 2005 Mar 02, 2005 linux-2.6.11 --| Feb 2005 | Jan 2005 Jan 19, 2005 linux-2.4.29 --| Dec 2004 Dec 24, 2004 linux-2.6.10 --| Nov 2004 Nov 17, 2004 linux-2.4.28 --| Oct 2004 Oct 18, 2004 linux-2.6.9 --| Sep 2004 | Aug 2004 11=2.4.27, 13=2.6.8, 14=2.6.8.1-| Jul 2004 | Jun 2004 June 16, 2004 linux-2.6.7 --| May 2004 May 11, 2004 linux-2.6.6 --| Apr 2004 04/04=2.6.5, 04/14=2.4.26 --| Mar 2004 Mar 11, 2004 linux-2.6.4 --| Feb 2004 02/04=2.6.2 02/07=2.0.40 02/18=2.6.3, 2.4.25 02/25=2.2.26 Jan 2004 05 = v2.4.24, 08 = v2.6.1 --| Dec 2003 Dec 17, 2003 Linux v2.6 --| Nov 2003 |-- Nov 26, 2003 linux-2.6.0-test11 Oct 2003 | Sep 2003 | Aug 2003 | Jul 2003 |-- Jul 10, 2003 linux-2.5.75 Jun 2003 | May 2003 | Apr 2003 | Mar 2003 | Feb 2003 | Jan 2003 | Dec 2002 | Nov 2002 | Oct 2002 | Sep 2002 | Aug 2002 | Jul 2002 | Jun 2002 | May 2002 | Apr 2002 | Mar 2002 | Feb 2002 | Jan 2002 | Dec 2001 | Nov 2001 |-- Nov 23, 2001 Linux v2.5 Oct 2001 | Sep 2001 | Aug 2001 |-- (Linux is 10 years old) Jul 2001 | Jun 2001 | May 2001 | Apr 2001 | Mar 2001 | Feb 2001 | Jan 2001 Jan 4, 2001 Linux v2.4 --| Dec 2000 |-- Dec 11, 2000 linux-2.4.0-test12 Nov 2000 | Oct 2000 | Sep 2000 | Aug 2000 | Jul 2000 | Jun 2000 | May 2000 |-- May 23, 2000 linux-2.3.99-pre9 Apr 2000 | Mar 2000 | Feb 2000 | Jan 2000 | Dec 1999 | Nov 1999 | Oct 1999 | Sep 1999 | Aug 1999 | Jul 1999 | Jun 1999 | May 1999 |-- May 11, 1999 Linux v2.3 Apr 1999 | Mar 1999 | Feb 1999 | Jan 1999 Jan 26, 1999 Linux v2.2 --|-- Jan 20, 1999 linux-2.2.0-pre9 Dec 1998 |-- Dec 22, 1998 Linux 2.1.132 Nov 1998 | Oct 1998 | Sep 1998 | Aug 1998 | Jul 1998 | Jun 1998 | May 1998 | Apr 1998 | Mar 1998 | Feb 1998 | Jan 1998 | Dec 1997 | Nov 1997 | Oct 1997 | Sep 1997 | Aug 1997 | Jul 1997 | Jun 1997 | May 1997 | Apr 1997 | Mar 1997 | Feb 1997 | Jan 1997 | Dec 1996 | Nov 1996 | Oct 1996 | Sep 1996 |-- Sep 30, 1996 Linux v2.1 Aug 1996 | Jul 1996 | Jun 1996 Jun 9, 1996 Linux v2.0 --|-- Jun 5, 1996 linux-pre2.0.14 May 1996 |-- May 9. 1996 Linux 1.1.100 Apr 1996 | Mar 1996 | Feb 1996 | Jan 1996 | Dec 1995 | Nov 1995 | Oct 1995 | Sep 1995 | Aug 1995 Aug 1, 1995 Linux 1.2.13--| Jul 1995 | Jun 1995 |-- Jun 12, 1995 Linux v1.3 May 1995 | Apr 1995 | Mar 1995 Mar 7, 1995 Linux v1.2 --|-- Mar 1, 1995 Linux v1.1.95 Feb 1995 | Jan 1995 | Dec 1994 | Nov 1994 | Oct 1994 | Sep 1994 | Aug 1994 | Jul 1994 | Jun 1994 | May 1994 | Apr 1994 |-- Apr 6, 1994 Linux v1.1 Mar 1994 Mar 13, 1994 Linux v1.0 --|-(begin separate stable and dev trees) Feb 1994 | Jan 1994 | Dec 1993 | Nov 1993 | Oct 1993 | Sep 1993 | Aug 1993 | Jul 1993 | Jun 1993 | May 1993 | Apr 1993 | Mar 1993 | Feb 1993 | Jan 1993 | Dec 1992 |-- Dec 13, 1992 Linux v0.99 Nov 1992 | Oct 1992 | Sep 1992 | Aug 1992 Aug 1, 1992 Linux v0.97 --| Jul 1992 |-- Jul 4, 1992 Linux v0.96c Jun 1992 Jun 21, 1992 Linux v0.96b --| May 1992 |-- May 25, 1992 Linux v0.96a Apr 1992 | Mar 1992 Mar 17, 1992 Linux v0.95a --| Feb 1992 |-- Mar 8, 1992 Linux v0.95 Jan 1992 Jan 16, 1992 Linux v0.12 --| Dec 1991 |-- Dec 8, 1991 Linux v0.11 Nov 1991 | Oct 1991 | Sep 1991 Sep 17, 1991 Linux v0.01 --| Aug 1991 Aug 25, 1991 Linus Torvalds posts message announcing new OS Jul 1991 Jun 1991 May 1991 Apr 1991 Mar 1991 Feb 1991 Jan 1991