2008/8/21 Robert C Smith fedora@robertcsmith.name:
I have been using Windows for over 15 years but I'm new to Linux. I recently installed Fedora 9 from a Live CD and allowed it to update itself over the net. I am trying to find out my kernel version. On the GNOME desktop from the top menu bar I select System --> About This Computer. That window has a line that says "Kernel Linux 2.6.27-0.244.rc2.git1.fc10.i686". Is this the kernel version?
That suggests that somehow after installing Fedora 9 (the current stable release) you enabled the development software repository and updated to the current development (rawhide) version - I really don't think you wanted to do this if you're new to linux, this is only suitable for developers and testers. You should really consider reinstalling Fedora 9 and not enabling the development repositories.