# About RancherOS linux kernal

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/about-rancheros-linux-kernal/3977>\
**Category:** RancherOS\
**Created:** [September 12, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/about-rancheros-linux-kernal/3977 "2016-09-12T02:57:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Chen8132](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chen8132](https://forums.suse.com/u/Chen8132)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/about-rancheros-linux-kernal/3977/1 "2016-09-12T02:57:52Z")

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I want to know is the kernal changed in RancherOS or it is standard linux kernal?

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**Author:** ![joshwget](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/joshwget/32/704_2.png) [@joshwget](https://forums.suse.com/u/joshwget)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/about-rancheros-linux-kernal/3977/2 "2016-09-26T20:52:42Z")

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Each release of RancherOS uses the Ubuntu kernel that’s latest at the time. We add a few patches relating to storage on top of the Ubuntu kernel. The patches for the latest RancherOS kernel can be found [here](https://github.com/rancher/linux/commits/Ubuntu-4.4.0-37.56-rancher1). If you have any specific questions relating to those patches, @yasker is the person to talk to.

We’re considering switching from the Ubuntu kernel to using upstream releases.

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**Author:** ![SvenDowideit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/svendowideit/32/2159_2.png) [@SvenDowideit](https://forums.suse.com/u/SvenDowideit)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 4:46am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/about-rancheros-linux-kernal/3977/3 "2017-03-21T04:46:55Z")

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Since RancherOS v0.8.0, we use the latest mainline long term stable kernel