Longterm release Kernels
Version |
Maintainer |
released |
Projected EOL |
4.9 |
Greg Kroah-hartman |
2016-12-11 |
Jan, 2019 |
4.4 |
Greg Kroah-hartman |
2016-01-10 |
Feb, 2018 |
4.1 |
Sasha Levin |
2015-06-21 |
SEP, 2017 |
3.18 |
Sasha Levin |
2014-12-07 |
Jan, 2017 |
3.16 |
Ben Hutchings |
2014-08-03 |
APR, 2020 |
3.12 |
Jiri Slaby |
2013-11-03 |
May, 2017 |
3.10 |
Willy Tarreau |
2013-06-30 |
OCT, 2017 |
3.4 |
Li Zefan |
2012-05-20 |
APR, 2017 |
3.2 |
Ben Hutchings |
2012-01-04 |
May, 2018 |
The Linux kernel lts long-term support edition life cycle is shown in the table above.
Detailed description Visible: https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html
From the end of the support time, 3.2, 3.16 is still very reliable, support time is very long, reached 6 years, the other only 2 years, 4 years, but in view of CentOS, Google's company did not choose these two versions, but also the other version although the support time is relatively short, but the stability is very good, In addition to have their own strong core team maintenance, but also long-term stability to provide services.
Choose the 3 Series kernel and choose the 3.10 series and follow Red Hat.
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Linux kernel lts Long-term support edition life cycle