<P> As of January 2014, the in - development version of the Linux kernel is held in an unstable branch named linux - next . </P> <P> Most Linux users run a kernel supplied by their Linux distribution . Some distributions ship the "vanilla" or "stable" kernels . However, several Linux distribution vendors (such as Red Hat and Debian) maintain another set of Linux kernel branches which are integrated into their products . These are usually updated at a slower pace compared to the "vanilla" branch, and they usually include all fixes from the relevant "stable" branch, but at the same time they can also add support for drivers or features which had not been released in the "vanilla" version the distribution vendor started basing their branch from . </P> <P> While Linus Torvalds supervises code changes and releases to the latest kernel versions, he has delegated the maintenance of older versions to other programmers . Major releases as old as 2.0 (officially made obsolete with the kernel 2.2. 0 release in January 1999) are maintained as needed, although at a very slow pace . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Version </Th> <Th> Original release date </Th> <Th> Current version </Th> <Th> Maintainer </Th> <Th> (show) Support model </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Old version, no longer supported: 0.01 </Td> <Td> 000000001991 - 09 - 17 - 0000 17 September 1991 </Td> <Td> 0.03 </Td> <Td> Linus Torvalds </Td> <Td> EOL </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Old version, no longer supported: 0.10 </Td> <Td> 000000001991 - 11 - 01 - 0000 November 1991 </Td> <Td> 0.12 </Td> <Td> Linus Torvalds </Td> <Td> EOL </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Old version, no longer supported: 0.95 </Td> <Td> 000000001992 - 03 - 08 - 0000 8 March 1992 </Td> <Td> 0.99. 15 </Td> <Td> Linus Torvalds </Td> <Td> EOL </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Old version, no longer supported: 1.0 </Td> <Td> 000000001994 - 03 - 14 - 0000 14 March 1994 </Td> <Td> 1.0. 9 </Td> <Td> Linus Torvalds </Td> <Td> EOL </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Old version, no longer supported: 1.1 </Td> <Td> 000000001994 - 04 - 06 - 0000 6 April 1994 </Td> <Td> 1.1. 95 </Td> <Td> Linus Torvalds </Td> <Td> EOL </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Old version, no longer supported: 1.2 </Td> <Td> 000000001995 - 03 - 07 - 0000 7 March 1995 </Td> <Td> 1.2. 13 </Td> <Td> Linus Torvalds </Td> <Td> EOL </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Old version, no longer supported: 1.3 </Td> <Td> 000000001995 - 06 - 12 - 0000 12 June 1995 </Td> <Td> 1.3. 100 </Td> <Td> Linus Torvalds </Td> <Td> EOL </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Old version, no longer supported: pre2. 0 </Td> <Td> 000000001996 - 05 - 12 - 0000 12 May 1996 </Td> <Td> pre2. 0.14 </Td> <Td> Linus Torvalds </Td> <Td> EOL </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Old version, no longer supported: 2.0 </Td> <Td> 000000001996 - 06 - 09 - 0000 9 June 1996 </Td> <Td> 2.0. 40 </Td> <Td> David Weinehall </Td> <Td> EOL (officially made obsolete with the kernel 2.2. 0 release) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Old version, no longer supported: 2.2 </Td> <Td> 000000001999 - 01 - 26 - 0000 26 January 1999 </Td> <Td> 2.2. 26 </Td> <Td> Marc - Christian Petersen (formerly Alan Cox) </Td> <Td> EOL (unofficially obsolete with the 2.2. 27 - rc2) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Old version, no longer supported: 2.4 </Td> <Td> 000000002001 - 01 - 04 - 0000 4 January 2001 </Td> <Td> 2.4. 37.11 </Td> <Td> Willy Tarreau (formerly Marcelo Tosatti) </Td> <Td> EOL (maintained from December 2008 to December 2011), last stable release of the 2.4 kernel series . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> Legend: Old version Older version, still supported Latest version Latest preview version Future release </Td> </Tr> </Table>

Who is the current maintainer of the linux kernel ​