Most of the Linux 1.2 and above kernels include a name in the Makefile of their source trees, which can be found in the git repository.[1]
Kernel Version | Name (Reason) |
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1.2.0 | Linux '95[2] |
1.3.51 | Greased Weasel[3] |
2.2.1 | Brown Paper Bag[4] |
2.4.15 | Greased Turkey[5] |
2.6.2–2.6.3–2.6.4– | Feisty Dunnart[6] |
2.6.5–2.6.6–2.6.7–2.6.8–2.6.9 | Zonked Quokka[7] |
2.6.10-rc1–2.6.10–2.6.11–2.6.12–2.6.13– | Woozy Numbat[8][9] |
2.6.14-rc1–2.6.14– | Affluent Albatross[10] |
2.6.15-rc6–2.6.15–2.6.16– | Sliding Snow Leopard[11] |
stable: 2.6.16.28-rc2– | Stable Penguin |
2.6.17-rc5 | Lordi Rules[12] (Eurovision 2006 winners)[13] |
2.6.17-rc6–2.6.17– | Crazed Snow-Weasel[14] |
2.6.18–2.6.19– | Avast! A bilge rat! (TLAPD 2006)[15] |
2.6.20-rc2–2.6.20– | Homicidal Dwarf Hamster[16][17] |
2.6.21-rc4–2.6.21– | Nocturnal Monster Puppy[18] |
2.6.22-rc3–2.6.22-rc4 | Jeff Thinks I Should Change This, But To What? |
2.6.22-rc5–2.6.22— | Holy Dancing Manatees, Batman![19] |
2.6.23-rc4–2.6.23-rc6 | Pink Farting Weasel[20] |
2.6.23-rc7–2.6.23–2.6.24– | Arr Matey! A Hairy Bilge Rat![21] (TLAPD 2007) |
stable: 2.6.24.1– | Err Metey! A Heury Beelge-a Ret![22] |
2.6.25-rc2–2.6.25– | Funky Weasel is Jiggy wit it[23] |
2.6.26-rc6–2.6.26–2.6.27– | Rotary Wombat[24] |
stable: 2.6.27.3– | Trembling Tortoise[25] |
2.6.28-rc1–2.6.28-rc6 | Killer Bat of Doom[26][27] |
2.6.28-rc7–2.6.28–2.6.29-rc8 | Erotic Pickled Herring[28] |
2.6.29 | Temporary Tasmanian Devil[29][30] |
2.6.30-rc4–2.6.30-rc6 | Vindictive Armadillo[31][32] |
2.6.30-rc7–2.6.30–2.6.31–2.6.32–2.6.33–2.6.34-rc4 | Man-Eating Seals of Antiquity[33][34] |
2.6.34-rc5-2.6.34–2.6.35 | Sheep on Meth[35][36] |
stable: 2.6.35.7– | Yokohama |
2.6.36-rc8–2.6.36–2.6.37–2.6.38-2.6.39 | Flesh-Eating Bats with Fangs[37][38] |
3.0-rc1–3.0 | Sneaky Weasel[39][40] |
3.1-rc2 | Wet Seal |
3.1-rc3–3.1 | Divemaster Edition[41] (Linus' diving activities) |
3.2-rc1–3.2–3.3–3.4–3.5– | Saber-toothed Squirrel[42] |
3.6-rc7–3.6–3.7— | Terrified Chipmunk[43][44] |
3.8-rc6–3.8–3.9–3.10– | Unicycling Gorilla[45][46] |
stable: 3.8.5– | Displaced Humerus Anterior[47] |
stable: 3.9.6– | Black Squirrel Wakeup Call[48] |
stable: 3.10.6– | TOSSUG Baby Fish[49][50][51][52] |
3.11-rc1–3.11 | Linux for Workgroups (20 years of Windows 3.11)[53] |
3.12-rc1– | Suicidal Squirrel[54] |
3.13-rc1 | One Giant Leap for Frogkind[55] (NASA LADEE launch photo)[56] |
3.14-rc1 | Shuffling Zombie Juror[57] |
3.18-rc3 | Diseased Newt[58] |
4.0 | Hurr durr I'ma sheep[59] (Internet poll) |
4.1.1 | Series 4800[60] |
4.3-rc5 | Blurry Fish Butt[61][62] |
4.6-rc6 | Charred Weasel[63] |
4.7-rc1 | Psychotic Stoned Sheep[64] |
4.9 | Roaring Lionus[65][66] |
4.10-rc5 | Anniversary Edition[67] |
4.10-rc6 | Fearless Coyote[68] |
4.17-rc4 | Merciless Moray[69] |
4.19 | "People's Front"[70] |
4.20-rc4–5.0 | Shy Crocodile[71] |
5.2-rc2 | Golden Lions[72][73] |
5.2 | Bobtail Squid[74] |
5.4-rc2 | Nesting Opossum[75] |
5.4-rc5 | Kleptomaniac Octopus[76] |
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