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One of those tasks (though not one he??™s formally
assigned to) is releasing periodic ac patches distinguished by the -ac marker at the
end of the kernel version. Stored and downloadable at http://www.kernel.org/_pub/
linux/kernel/people/alan/, these patches include hints at what??™s being cooked up by
the team working on the test kernel. Experimenters can join in the testing.
Getting New Kernel Sources
The Linux kernel has always been available free for the download. You can obtain kernel
tarballs with your favorite FTP client or web browser from ftp.kernel.org or (preferably) one
of the 99 (and counting) mirrors listed at http://www.kernel.org/mirrors. A kernel compressed
by bzip2 is around 35MB, while the same tarball compressed with gzip is around 42MB.
In the v2.6 download directory, you will find a plethora of download choices (see Figure
24.1 for a browser-eye view).
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FIGURE 24.1 This selection of a kernel mirror FTP directory shows the variety of download
options.
These include all the sublevel versions of the 2.


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