check the latest kernel version available
In order to check the latest kernel version available just do this: finger @kernel.org And get an output similar to: [kernel.org] The latest stable version of the Linux kernel is: 2.6.22.4 The latest prepatch for the stable Linux kernel tree is: 2.6.23-rc3 The latest snapshot for the stable Linux kernel tree is: 2.6.23-rc3-git4 The latest 2.4 version of the Linux kernel is: 2.4.35.1 The latest 2.2 version of the Linux kernel is: 2.2.26 The latest prepatch for the 2.2 Linux kernel tree is: 2.2.27-rc2 The latest -mm patch to the stable Linux kernels is: 2.6.23-rc2-mm2