What Version Of Linux Are We On?
How-To Geek, Monday, October 14th, 2024
Apple recently released macOS 15 and we expect Microsoft to announce Windows 12 anytime now! So, what's the next big Linux release? Come to think of it, what's the current version of Linux? Google tells me Linux is on version 6.x! But Ubuntu is on version 24.04! What does that even mean?
You might already know that there are many 'varieties' of Linux. Here are a few of them with their latest versions (at the time of writing):
- Ubuntu 24.10
- Kubuntu 24.10
- Linux Mint 22
- Manjaro 24.1
- Fedora 40
Since Ubuntu, Manjaro, and Fedora are different from one another, it makes sense for each to have a different version number. Kubuntu is based on Ubuntu, so both have the same version! However, Linux Mint is also Ubuntu-based, so why are there different version numbers? Is it lagging behind Ubuntu? And why is Linux proper still stuck at version 6.11?