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{{lead missing|date=August 2025}}{{Short description|Version history of the Linux kernel}}

{{broader|History of Linux}}

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# https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/refs/tags

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| December 2005<ref name="2.6.13.5 release" />

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* [[initramfs]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fox |first=Richard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VG8LBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA450&dq=initramfs+2.6.13&hl=fr&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZ8N2h6KiPAxW1RKQEHXUaJKkQ6AF6BAgGEAM#v=onepage&q=initramfs%202.6.13&f=false |title=Linux with Operating System Concepts |date=2014-08-26 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-4822-3589-0 |pages=450 |language=en}}</ref>

| rowspan="3" | Named Woozy [[Numbat]]<ref>{{cite web

| url = http://www.ciol.com/ciol/news/35712/woozy-numbat-released

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* [[watchdog timer]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Import 1.3.51 - kernel/git/history/history.git - Linux kernel historic tree |url=https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/commit/?h=1.3.51&id=85ed1260f6998849a1f82fb3e7bfd24ae3fb067f |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=git.kernel.org}}</ref>

* Automatic [[Loadable kernel module|modules]] loading<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is kerneld? |url=https://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Kerneld/introduction.html |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=www.linuxdoc.org}}</ref>

* [[initrd]] boot support<ref>{{Cite web |title=1. The Linux/x86 Boot Protocol — The Linux Kernel documentation |url=https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v6.6/arch/x86/boot.html |access-date=2025-08-26 |website=www.kernel.org}}</ref>

* [[bzImage]] support<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rubini |first=Alessandro |date=June 1997 |title=Booting the Kernel |url=https://www.linux.it/~rubini/docs/boot/boot.html |access-date=2025-08-26 |website=www.linux.it}}</ref>

| Greased [[Weasel]]<ref>{{cite web

| title = Test version of new Linux kernel available