Kernels are installed via the package manager, just like any other program. When multiple kernels are installed, an additional entry for each kernel is added to the bootloader menu.
All versions of the Linux kernel are "full featured." The latest stable version of the Linux kernel as of May 17, 2011 is 2.6.38.6.
C. Distribution :)
Development and release versions of the Linux kernel are defined by whether or not the last number is odd or even. Releases are even whereas development kernels are odd. For example, 2.6.31 would be development and 2.6.32 would be release.
That depends on what you mean by "integrate." Include it on the installation medium? Build it into the kernel itself?
The kernel in Unix-based operating systems like Linux is called the "Linux kernel." In Windows Vista, the kernel is known as the "Windows NT kernel." Each kernel serves as the core component of the operating system, managing system resources, providing essential services, and facilitating communication between software and hardware components.
Modular monolithic kernel example is Linux.don't need to confuse on monolithic and modular kernel. if we need to divide a single module of kernel in separate module to make handle easy we can do at the configure time of kernel but these kernel module having only in kernel space.Monolithic Kernel- single binary file- all drivers include in kernel itself.Modular kernel- Multiple files for kernel- Drivers can be loaded or unloaded into kernel using modprob command, see man page of lsmod, modprob etc when- Almost all drivers are build and linked against kernelactual mean of modular kernel in linux :some part of the system core will be located in independent files called modules that can be added to the system at run time. Depending on the content of those modules as1. only loading drivers if a device is actually found2. only load a filesystem if it gets actually requested3. only load the code for a specific (scheduling/security/whatever) policy when it should be evaluatedThose modules are still running in the kernel space and not in user space, so the kernel architecture is still monolithic.
Several versions were compatible at the time of its release, from 3.2 to 4.1. It may or may not be compilable with 4.2; I doubt anyone has tested that kernel revision in quite some time.
Yes. By default, Ubuntu has supported multi processing since Ubuntu 5, due to the default kernel that loads is and SMP kernel. In other words it assumes a system has multiprocessing. If of course you don't, there is no degradation in performance.
wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_%28computing%29 A computer kernel is basically the "big brother" application and manages all other applications currently running on your computer, and controlling their access to cpu, ram, hard drive, and any devices currently connected (through device drivers of course). There's never more than 1 kernel running on your computer at a time, however if you have multiple operating systems installed on your computer they each have their own kernel (windows vista, windows 7, windows xp, linux, mac, etc...). If you install and run a virtual machine then another kernel will run in that and you could technically have multiple kernels running on your computer.
kernel sentence is a program that constitute thecentral core of a computer operating system
On a BIOS-based machine, you configure your bootloader (Usually GRUB.) to boot it. It will load a kernel, initramfs image, and pass along the kernel command line and execute the kernel, which will handle the rest of the Linux boot process. On UEFI-based machines, it can either work the same way as BIOS machines (Bootloader configuration.) or the kernel can be loaded directly via the EFI Boot Stub feature, which means the system firmware can directly load and execute the kernel. In this case there needs to be a way for the initramfs and kernel command line to be passed. The "official" way involves building both right into the kernel, which has the downside of any configuration or early userspace changes to recompile the kernel to work. The other way is to use a boot manager like rEFInd which can pass a bootstubbed kernel what it needs for boot almost as if it was a bootloader.
The virtual kernel is a kernel that can be used in unbuntu guest. It is a very lean kernel, this helps in reducing overhead. It installs the server kernel via a new name.