6 kernel, compressed with different tools,
along with digital signature files (with the .sign extension) to validate the kernel as official.
Patch versions, with just the patches from that iteration, are also stored here (you??™ll
learn about these in the next section). The directory also has changelog files for each iteration,
indicating the changes from the previous release.
To download a full kernel, select the version you want in the compression format you??™re
most comfortable with. The openSUSE GUI archive programs can handle both gzip and
bzip2 formats, so you can get the smaller bzip2 file.
After it is downloaded, move the package to a directory other than /usr/src (keeping it
in your download directory is perfectly fine) and extract it to your home directory. From
the shell, the command for a bzip2 file is tar -xjvf linux-2.6.10.tar.bz2, and for a
gzip archive, type tar -xzvf Linux-2.6.10.tar.gz.
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Use your Tab key to take advantage of your shell??™s file-completion feature when extracting
a downloaded kernel. In the preceding example, type tar -xjvf linux and then
press Tab to complete the filename.
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