the source code for the linux kernel was released in december 1992.
the source code for the linux kernel was released in december 1992.
in what year was the source code for the linux kernel released?
december 1992
in september 1991, torvalds released version 0.01 of the linux kernel on the ftp server (ftp.funet.fi) of the finnish university and research network (funet). it had 10,239 lines of code. on 5 october 1991, version 0.02 of the linux kernel was released. torvalds assigned version 0 to the kernel to indicate that it was mainly for testing and not intended for productive use. in december 1991, linux kernel 0.11 was released. this version was the first to be self-hosted as linux kernel 0.11 could be compiled by a computer running the same kernel version. when torvalds released version 0.12 in february 1992, he adopted the gnu general public license version 2 (gplv2) over his previous self-drafted license, which had not permitted commercial redistribution.
linux kernel
the linux kernel development community uses git to manage the kernel source code. linus torvalds initially developed this version control system with speed in mind and as a distributed system. git users can obtain the latest pushed version of torvalds' tree and keep up to date with the official kernel tree using the git pull. the kernel source code is distributed in gnu zip (gzip) and bzip2 format. source code contributions by developers are submitted as patches and incremental changes to the kernel source code means developers can seamlessly move from one linux kernel version to the next.









































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