Linux End of Life schedule (Distro, Kernel)
- Date are end of security support
| When |
Distribution family |
Distribution |
Version |
Kernel |
| 2025-11 |
Alpine |
Alpine |
3.19 |
6.6 |
| 2025-12 |
RedHat |
Fedora |
41 |
6.11 |
| 2026-04 |
OpenSuse |
Leap |
15.6 |
6.4 |
| 2026-04 |
Alpine |
Alpine |
3.20 |
6.6 |
| 2026-05 |
RedHat |
Fedora |
42 |
6.14 |
| 2026-06 |
Debian |
Debian |
12 (Bookworm) [Sec support] |
6.1 |
| 2026-08 |
Debian |
Debian |
11 (Bullseye) [LTS support] |
5.10 |
| 2026-11 |
Alpine |
Alpine |
3.21 |
6.12 |
| (2026-12) |
RedHat |
Fedora |
43 |
6.17 |
| 2027-04(standard support) |
Debian |
Ubuntu |
22.04 (Jammy) |
5.15 |
| 2027-05 |
Alpine |
Alpine |
3.22 |
6.12 |
| 2027-10 |
OpenSuse |
Leap |
16.0 |
6.12 |
| 2028-06 |
Debian |
Debian |
12 (Bookworm) [LTS support] |
6.1 |
| 2028-08 |
Debian |
Debian |
13 (Trixie) [Sec support] |
6.12 |
| 2029-04 (standard support) |
Debian |
Ubuntu |
24.04 (Noble) |
6.8 |
| 2029 |
RedHat |
RHEL 8 / AlmaLinux 8 (Mar) / RockyLinux 8 (May) / Oracle Linux (Jul) |
8 |
4.18 |
| 2030-08 |
Debian |
Debian |
13 (Trixie) [LTS support] |
6.12 |
| 2032 |
RedHat |
RHEL 9 / AlmaLinux 9 (Mar) / RockyLinux 9 (May) / Oracle Linux (Jun) |
9 |
5.14 |
| 2035 |
RedHat |
RHEL 10 / AlmaLinux 10 (Mar) / RockyLinux 10 (May) / Oracle Linux (TBD) |
10 |
6.12 |
| EOL when |
Kernel Version |
Maintainer |
Date released |
Used in |
| 2025-12 |
5.4 |
Kernel |
2019-11 |
Ubuntu 20.04 |
| 2026-12 |
5.10 |
Kernel |
2020-12 |
Debian 11 (Bullseye) |
| 2026-12 |
5.15 |
Kernel |
2021-10 |
Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy) |
| 2026-12 |
6.6 |
Kernel |
2023-10 |
Removed ReiserFS |
| 2026-12 |
6.12 |
Kernel |
2024-11 |
Debian 13 (Trixie) / RHEL10 |
| 2027-01 |
4.4 |
CIP |
2017-01 |
Ubuntu 16.04 |
| 2027-12 |
6.1 |
Kernel |
2022-12 |
Debian 12 (Bookworm) |
| 2029-01 |
4.19 |
CIP |
2019-01 |
Debian 10 (Buster) |
| 2031-01 |
5.10 |
CIP |
2021-12 |
Debian 11 (Bullseye) |
| 2033-08 |
6.1 |
CIP |
2023-07 |
Debian 12 (Bookworm) |
| 2035-06 |
6.12 |
CIP |
2025-05 |
Debian 13 (Trixie) / RHEL10 |