Life cycle of common Linux distributions

2020/02/15 |

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Life cycle of common Linux distributions

Alpine Linux Lifecycle

• https://alpinelinux.org/releases/
• v3.14, [2021-06-15, 2023-05-01]
• v3.15, [2021-11-24, 2023-11-01]
• v3.16, [2022-05-23, 2024-05-23]
• v3.17, [2022-11-22, 2024-11-22]

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Lifecycle

• https://www.suse.com/lifecycle/
• SLES 12, [2014-10-27, 2024-10-31, 2027-10-31]
• SLES 15, [2018-07-16, 2028-07-31, 2031-07-31]

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Lifecycle

• https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata
• RHEL 7, [2014-06-10, 2020-08-06, 2024-06-30]
• RHEL 8, [2019-05-07, 2024-05-31, 2029-05-31]
• RHEL 9, [2022-05-18, 2027-05-31, 2032-05-31]

CentOS Linux Lifecycle

• https://wiki.centos.org/Download
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CentOS
• https://centos.org/download/
• CentOS 7, [2014-07-07, 2020-08-06, 2024-06-30]
• CentOS 8, [2019-09-24, 2021-12-31, 2021-12-31]
• CentOS 8 Stream, [2019-09-24, 2024-05-31], podman pull quay.io/centos/centos:stream8
• CentOS 9 Stream, [2021-12-03, 2027-05-31], podman pull quay.io/centos/centos:stream9

Debian Linux Lifecycle

• https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases
• https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
• Debian 9.0, Stretch, [2017-06-07, 2022-06-30]
• Debian 10.0, Buster, [2019-07-06, 2024-06-30]
• Debian 11.0, Bullseye, [2021-08-14, 2026-06-30]

Ubuntu Linux lifecycle

• https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle
• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Xenial Xerus, [April 2016, April 2021, April 2024]
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Bionic Beaver, [April 2018, April 2023, April 2028]
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Focal Fossa, [April 2020, April 2025, April 2030]
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Jammy Jellyfish, [April 2022, April 2027, April 2032]

openEuler Linux lifecycle

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