Most of the Linux 2.6 and 3.x kernels include a name in the Makefile of their source trees, which can be found in the git repository.
| Kernel Version | Name |
|---|
| 1.3.51 | Greased Weasel[1] |
| –2.4.15 | Greased Turkey |
| –2.6.1 | none |
| 2.6.2–2.6.3–2.6.4– | Feisty Dunnart |
| 2.6.5–2.6.6–2.6.7–2.6.8–2.6.9 | Zonked Quokka |
| 2.6.10-rc1–2.6.10–2.6.11–2.6.12–2.6.13– | Woozy Numbat |
| 2.6.14-rc1–2.6.14– | Affluent Albatross |
| 2.6.15-rc6–2.6.15–2.6.16– | Sliding Snow Leopard |
| stable: 2.6.16.28-rc2– | Stable Penguin |
| 2.6.17-rc5 | Lordi Rules (Eurovision 2006) |
| 2.6.17-rc6–2.6.17– | Crazed Snow-Weasel |
| 2.6.18–2.6.19– | Avast! A bilge rat! (TLAPD 2006) |
| 2.6.20-rc2–2.6.20– | Homicidal Dwarf Hamster |
| 2.6.21-rc4–2.6.21– | Nocturnal Monster Puppy |
| 2.6.22-rc3–2.6.22-rc4 | Jeff Thinks I Should Change This, But To What? |
| 2.6.22-rc5–2.6.22— | Holy Dancing Manatees, Batman! |
| 2.6.23-rc4–2.6.23-rc6 | Pink Farting Weasel |
| 2.6.23-rc7–2.6.23–2.6.24– | Arr Matey! A Hairy Bilge Rat! (TLAPD 2007) |
| stable: 2.6.24.1– | Err Metey! A Heury Beelge-a Ret! |
| 2.6.25-rc2–2.6.25– | Funky Weasel is Jiggy wit it |
| 2.6.26-rc6–2.6.26–2.6.27– | Rotary Wombat |
| stable: 2.6.27.3– | Trembling Tortoise |
| 2.6.28-rc1–2.6.28-rc6 | Killer Bat of Doom |
| 2.6.28-rc7–2.6.28–2.6.29-rc8 | Erotic Pickled Herring |
| 2.6.29 | Temporary Tasmanian Devil |
| 2.6.30-rc4–2.6.30-rc6 | Vindictive Armadillo |
| 2.6.30-rc7–2.6.30–2.6.31–2.6.32–2.6.33–2.6.34-rc4 | Man-Eating Seals of Antiquity |
| 2.6.34-rc5-2.6.34–2.6.35 | Sheep on Meth |
| stable: 2.6.35.7– | Yokohama |
| 2.6.36-rc8–2.6.36–2.6.37–2.6.38-2.6.39 | Flesh-Eating Bats with Fangs |
| 3.0-rc1–3.0 | Sneaky Weasel |
| 3.1-rc2 | Wet Seal |
| 3.1-rc3–3.1 | Divemaster Edition |
| 3.2-rc1–3.2–3.5 | Saber-toothed Squirrel |
| 3.6-rc7–3.8-rc5 | Terrified Chipmunk |
| 3.8-rc6– | Unicycling Gorilla |
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