The linux machines (x86, ARM7 and others) in my domain are all at 2.4.x
kernels due to the increasing requirements of newer kernel versions; in
fact I maintain some 0.9x and 1.x linux systems for special requirements
for their relative simplicity.
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This thread has moved off-topic ....my fault , I included the word Linux
in an earlier message .

To most users Linux is just one of many operating systems being an Open
Source replacement for Windows . Nothing more ,nothing less.

It is the result of a rare phenomenon ;'international cooperation' among
hundreds if not thousands of volunteering (usually professional)
enthousiasts across the globe, who through the Internet formed Linux
communities which continue to flourish. This has resulted in an ever
improving operating system now available in a variety of distributions
constituting ultimate freedom, no longer the sole domain of 'geeks' but
of ordinary computer users.
I am glad having embraced Linux.

Frank GM0CSZ / KN6WH

PS : My last words on this topic in this NG