Sean Michael Kerner recently wrote about the significance of the Linux 3.10 kernel being chosen by The Linux Foundation as the next long-term release in an article on the eWeek website.
While a long-term Linux kernel release is maintained for up to two years, a non-long-term kernel release is no longer maintained after a new kernel is released, explains Kerner. "The 3.10 kernel ended up being the best fit for the largest number of different companies that I could find," Greg Kroah-Hartman, a Fellow at The Linux Foundation, tells Kerner. Read the article, “Linux 3.10 Goes Long Term: Why It Matters for the Enterprise, Consumers.”