Life cycle of common Linux distributions

2020/02/15 |

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Life cycle of common Linux distributions

Alpine Linux

• https://endoflife.date/alpine-linux
• https://alpinelinux.org/releases/
• v3.23, [2025-12-03, 2027-11-01]
• v3.22, [2025-05-30, 2027-05-01]
• v3.21, [2024-12-05, 2026-11-01]

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

• https://endoflife.date/sles
• https://www.suse.com/lifecycle/
• SLES 16, [2025-11-04, 2035-11-30, 2038-11-30, 2041-11-30]
• SLES 15, [2018-07-16, 2031-07-31, 2034-07-31, 2037-12-31]
• SLES 12, [2014-10-27, 2024-10-31, 2027-10-31, 2030-10-31]

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

• https://endoflife.date/rhel
• https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata
• RHEL 10, [2025-05-20, 2030-05-31, 2035-05-31, 2038-05-31]
• RHEL 9, [2022-05-18, 2027-05-31, 2032-05-31, 2035-05-31]
• RHEL 8, [2019-05-07, 2024-05-31, 2029-05-31, 2032-05-31]
• RHEL 7, [2014-06-10, 2019-08-06, 2024-06-30, 2029-05-31]

Debian Linux

• https://endoflife.date/debian
• https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases
• https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
• https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/Extended
• Debian 13.0, Trixie, [2025-08-09, 2028-08-09, 2030-06-30, 2035-06-30]
• Debian 12.0, Bookworm, [2023-06-10, 2026-06-30, 2028-06-30, 2033-06-30]
• Debian 11.0, Bullseye, [2021-08-14, 2024-08-14, 2026-08-31, 2031-06-30]
• Debian 10.0, Buster, [2019-07-06, 2022-09-10, 2024-06-30, 2029-06-30]

Ubuntu Linux

• https://endoflife.date/ubuntu
• https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle
• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
• Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Resolute Raccoon,[April 2026, April 2031, April 2036, April 2041]
• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Noble Numbat, [April 2024, April 2029, April 2034, April 2039]
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Jammy Jellyfish, [April 2022, April 2027, April 2032, April 2037]
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Focal Fossa, [April 2020, April 2025, April 2030, April 2035]
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Bionic Beaver, [April 2018, April 2023, April 2028, April 2033]
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Xenial Xerus, [April 2016, April 2021, April 2026, April 2031]

TencentOS Server

• https://cloud.tencent.com/document/product/1397/110955
• TencentOS Server 4 [GA: 2023.4.30, EOFS: 2028.4.30, EOM: 2033.4.30, EOS: 2036.4.30]
• TencentOS Server 3 [GA: 2019.12.31, EOFS: 2024.12.31, EOM: 2029.12.31, EOS: 2032.12.31]
• TencentOS Server 2 [GA: 2019.12.31, EOFS: 2024.12.31, EOM: 2029.12.31, EOS: 2032.12.31]

Alibaba Cloud Linux

• https://help.aliyun.com/zh/alinux/product-overview/alibaba-cloud-linux-overview
• https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/ecs/user-guide/solution-for-alibaba-cloud-linux-2-entering-the-els-phase
• Alibaba Cloud Linux 4 [2025-07-28, 2038-05-31]
• Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 [2021-04-15, 2031-03-31]
• Alibaba Cloud Linux 2 [2019-03-27, 2024-03-31, 2026-03-31]

OpenCloud OS

• https://docs.opencloudos.org/en/release/oc_intro/
• OpenCloudOS 10 [2027-04-30, 2034-04-30, 2037-04-30]
• OpenCloudOS 9 [2023-04-30, 2030-04-30, 2033-04-30]
• OpenCloudOS 8 [2022-01-26, 2027-05-31, 2029-05-31]

Anolis OS

• https://docs.openanolis.cn/document/detail/ojobfl8g
• Anolis OS 27 [2027-09-01, 2034-06-30]
• Anolis OS 23 [2025-01-01, 2030-06-30]
• Anolis OS 8 [2021-05-10, 2031-03-31]
• Anolis OS 7 [2021-11-16, 2028-06-30]

openEuler Linux

• https://www.openeuler.org/zh/other/lifecycle/
• openEuler 24.03 LTS, [2024-03, 2028-03, 2030-03]
• openEuler 22.03 LTS, [2022-03, 2026-03, 2028-03]
• openEuler 20.03 LTS, [2020-01, 2024-03, 2026-03]