List of Linux kernel names

Most of the Linux 2.6 and above kernels include a name in the Makefile of their source trees, which can be found in the git repository.^[1]

Kernel Version	Name (Reason)
1.3.51	Greased Weasel[2]
2.2.1	Brown Paper Bag [3]
2.4.15	Greased Turkey[4]
–2.6.1	None
2.6.2–2.6.3–2.6.4–	Feisty Dunnart[5]
2.6.5–2.6.6–2.6.7–2.6.8–2.6.9	Zonked Quokka[6]
2.6.10-rc1–2.6.10–2.6.11–2.6.12–2.6.13–	Woozy Numbat[7][8]
2.6.14-rc1–2.6.14–	Affluent Albatross[9]
2.6.15-rc6–2.6.15–2.6.16–	Sliding Snow Leopard[10]
stable: 2.6.16.28-rc2–	Stable Penguin
2.6.17-rc5	Lordi Rules[11] (Eurovision 2006)[12]
2.6.17-rc6–2.6.17–	Crazed Snow-Weasel[13]
2.6.18–2.6.19–	Avast! A bilge rat! (TLAPD 2006)[14]
2.6.20-rc2–2.6.20–	Homicidal Dwarf Hamster[15][16]
2.6.21-rc4–2.6.21–	Nocturnal Monster Puppy[17]
2.6.22-rc3–2.6.22-rc4	Jeff Thinks I Should Change This, But To What?[17]
2.6.22-rc5–2.6.22—	Holy Dancing Manatees, Batman![18]
2.6.23-rc4–2.6.23-rc6	Pink Farting Weasel[19]
2.6.23-rc7–2.6.23–2.6.24–	Arr Matey! A Hairy Bilge Rat![20] (TLAPD 2007)
stable: 2.6.24.1–	Err Metey! A Heury Beelge-a Ret![21]
2.6.25-rc2–2.6.25–	Funky Weasel is Jiggy wit it[22]
2.6.26-rc6–2.6.26–2.6.27–	Rotary Wombat[23]
stable: 2.6.27.3–	Trembling Tortoise[24]
2.6.28-rc1–2.6.28-rc6	Killer Bat of Doom[25][26]
2.6.28-rc7–2.6.28–2.6.29-rc8	Erotic Pickled Herring[27]
2.6.29	Temporary Tasmanian Devil[28][29]
2.6.30-rc4–2.6.30-rc6	Vindictive Armadillo[30][31]
2.6.30-rc7–2.6.30–2.6.31–2.6.32–2.6.33–2.6.34-rc4	Man-Eating Seals of Antiquity[32][33]
2.6.34-rc5-2.6.34–2.6.35	Sheep on Meth[34][35]
stable: 2.6.35.7–	Yokohama
2.6.36-rc8–2.6.36–2.6.37–2.6.38-2.6.39	Flesh-Eating Bats with Fangs[36][37]
3.0-rc1–3.0	Sneaky Weasel[38][39]
3.1-rc2	Wet Seal
3.1-rc3–3.1	Divemaster Edition[40] (Linus' diving activities)
3.2-rc1–3.2–3.3–3.4–3.5–	Saber-toothed Squirrel[41]
3.6-rc7–3.6–3.7—	Terrified Chipmunk[42][43]
3.8-rc6–3.8–3.9–3.10–	Unicycling Gorilla[44][45]
stable: 3.8.5–	Displaced Humerus Anterior[46]
stable: 3.9.6–	Black Squirrel Wakeup Call[47]
stable: 3.10.6–	TOSSUG Baby Fish[48][49][50][51]
3.11-rc1–3.11	Linux for Workgroups (20 years of Windows 3.11)[52]
3.12-rc1–	Suicidal Squirrel[53]
3.13-rc1	One Giant Leap for Frogkind[54] (NASA LADEE launch photo)[55]
3.14-rc1	Shuffling Zombie Juror[56]
3.18-rc3	Diseased Newt[57]
4.0	Hurr durr I'ma sheep[58] (Internet poll)
4.1.1	Series 4800[59]
4.3-rc5	Blurry Fish Butt[60]
4.6-rc6	Charred Weasel[61]
4.7-rc1	Psychotic Stoned Sheep[62]

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