{"id":16005,"date":"2026-02-26T10:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T17:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=16005"},"modified":"2026-02-26T13:16:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T20:16:03","slug":"linux-kernel-lts-support-extended-for-multiple-releases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/linux-kernel-lts-support-extended-for-multiple-releases\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux Kernel LTS Support Extended for Multiple Releases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>LTS kernels are having their support extended due to some corporate requests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/linux-kernel-lts-support-extended-for-multiple-releases\/\">https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/linux-kernel-lts-support-extended-for-multiple-releases\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub_divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_da7d0736-f444-4315-8a40-e75f498acecb\"><div class=\"ub_divider_wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; margin-bottom: 2px; width: 100%; height: 2px; \" data-divider-alignment=\"center\"><div class=\"ub_divider_line\" style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 2px; \"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Linux kernel project has extended support for several active LTS branches, with new projected end-of-life dates through 2027 and 2028.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>By Bobby Borisov<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shortpixel.ai\/spai\/q_lossy+ret_img+to_auto\/linuxiac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/linux-lts-support-extended-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Linux Kernel LTS Support Extended for Multiple Releases\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/european-open-source-awards-2026-honor-greg-kroah-hartman\/\">Greg Kroah-Hartman<\/a>, Linux stable maintainer, has updated the projected end-of-life dates for several longterm (LTS) releases in the kernel.org repository, extending support beyond previous documentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He explained that this update follows discussions with companies and other stable kernel maintainers, confirming that several current LTS branches will receive extended maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the revised projections:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Linux 6.18 is now expected to be supported through December 2028<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Linux 6.12 is now expected to be supported through December 2028<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Linux 6.6 is now expected to be supported through December 2027<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Linux 6.1 remains supported through December 2027<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Linux 5.15 remains supported through December 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Linux 5.10 remains supported through December 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shortpixel.ai\/spai\/q_lossy+ret_img+to_auto\/linuxiac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/linux-lts-support-extended-eol.jpg\" alt=\"Linux kernel LTS support has been extended for multiple releases.\" class=\"wp-image-207974\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Linux kernel LTS support has been extended for multiple releases.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, some branches had shorter end-of-life timelines. The latest update revises the public release page to show longer maintenance coverage, especially for the newer 6.x LTS series, which are widely used by <a href=\"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/what-is-enterprise-linux\/\">enterprise distributions<\/a>, cloud platforms, hardware vendors, and embedded device manufacturers that require predictable, multi-year support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, it\u2019s important to note that this update does not introduce technical changes to the kernel. It only revises the projected end-of-life dates on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kernel.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">kernel.org<\/a> to reflect current maintenance commitments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/git.kernel.org\/pub\/scm\/docs\/kernel\/website.git\/commit\/?id=d04587da86a3464881e0c97aabddd2c271105698\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">see Kroah-Hartman\u2019s commit<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LTS kernels are having their support extended due to some corporate requests. https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/linux-kernel-lts-support-extended-for-multiple-releases\/ The Linux kernel project has extended support for several active LTS branches, with new projected end-of-life dates through 2027 and 2028. By Bobby Borisov Greg Kroah-Hartman, Linux stable maintainer, has updated the projected end-of-life dates for several longterm (LTS) releases in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16005"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16006,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16005\/revisions\/16006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}