# Linux kernel

> Unix-like operating system kernel, basis for all Linux operating systems

**Wikidata**: [Q14579](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14579)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/linux-kernel


## References

1. [Source](https://web.archive.org/web/20150315012537/http://www.linuxfoundation.org/about)
2. [LWN.net](https://lwn.net/Articles/936113/)
3. [Source](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/?qt=author&q=Larry+Finger)
4. [Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/larry-finger-linux-wireless-hero-was-a-persistent-patient-coder-and-mentor/?comments=1)
5. [Source](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/?qt=author&q=Mauro+Carvalho+Chehab)
6. [RELEASE NOTES FOR LINUX v0.12](https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/Historic/old-versions/RELNOTES-0.12)
7. [It’s official, Linux was released on September 17, 1991](https://www.cio.com/article/3121811/linux/it-s-official-linux-was-released-on-september-17-1991.html)
8. [The linux Open Source Project on Open Hub: Licenses Page. Open Hub](https://www.openhub.net/p/linux/licenses)
9. [The linux Open Source Project on Open Hub: Languages Page. Open Hub](https://www.openhub.net/p/linux/analyses/latest/languages_summary)
10. [2025](https://github.com/EvanLi/Github-Ranking/blob/master/Data/github-ranking-2025-07-06.csv)
11. [Source](https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/12/6/461)
12. [Source](http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1410.0/02818.html)
13. [Source](https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/8/3/82)
14. [Source](https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html)
15. [Source](https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/6/8/70)
16. [Source](https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/3/30/336)
17. [Source](https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/1/19/148)
18. [Source](https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/11/3/160)
19. [Source](https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/9/2/402)
20. [Source](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/07/20-years-after-windows-3-11-linus-unveils-linux-for-workgroups/)
21. [Source](https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/6/30/75)
22. [Source](https://lwn.net/Articles/548799/)
23. [Source](https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/2/18/476)
24. [Source](https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/12/10/688)
25. [Source](https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/9/30/152)
26. [Source](https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/7/21/114)
27. [Source](https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/5/20/126)
28. [Source](https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/3/18/132)
29. [Source](https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/1/4/395)
30. [Source](https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/10/24/212)
31. [Source](https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/7/21/455)
32. [Source](http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1502.1/00199.html)
33. [Linux 3.19.3](https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/3/26/295)
34. [Linux 4.0 released](https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/4/12/178)
35. [Linux 4.1 released](https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/6/22/8)
36. [Linux 4.2 is out](https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/8/30/96)
37. [Linux 4.3 is out... 2015](https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/11/1/202)
38. [Linux 3.18 released](https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/12/7/202)
39. [Linux 4.5. 2016](https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/3/14/50)
40. [Linux 4.4.6](http://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.6)
41. [Linux 4.5.1](https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/4/12/808)
42. [Source](https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.2)
43. [Linux 4.5.3](https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.3)
44. [Linux 3.14.69. 2016](https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.69)
45. [Linux 3.18.33. 2016](https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.33)
46. [Linux 4.1.24. 2016](https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.24)
47. [The Linux Kernel Archives](https://kernel.org)
48. [Linux 3.14.70](https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.70)
49. [Linux 4.4.11](https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.11)
50. [Linux 4.5.5](https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.5)