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What do Linux kernel version numbers mean? (www.osnews.com)

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OSnews blogpost links to Linux kernel version numbers by Greg K-H

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[–] kbal@fedia.io 7 points 1 day ago

$ uname -srv Linux 6.18.0-kbal #111 SMP PREEMPT Mon Dec 1 10:26:08 EST 2025

Ah yes that's all fine but the real secret is the meaning of that #111. (I only thought to find out a couple days ago — apparently I've done 111 kernel builds on this machine.)