Security Performance Management
Continuous Monitoring
Cyber Insurance
National Cybersecurity

Articles in this section

See more

Supported Operating Systems

Avatar
Ingrid
Follow
  • July 11, 2023: Debian 12.0 (“Bookworm”) released 10-JUN-2023; Ubuntu 18.04 EOL 31-MAY-2023; Fedora 36 EOL 16-MAY-2023; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 released 20-JUN-2023; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 EOL 30-JUN-2023; openSUSE Leap 15.5 released 06-JUN-2023
  • May 10, 2023: Ubuntu 23.04 (Lunar Lobster) released 20-APR-2023; Fedora 38 released on 17-APR-2023
  • December 14, 2022: Fedora 36 released 15-NOV-2022.

Refer to the following supported operating systems. Versions that are past their End-of-Life (EOL) dates are not included.

CentOS Linux

See the CentOS FAQs.

Version EOL Date
7 30‑JUN‑2024
6 30‑NOV‑2020

Debian

Standard releases of Debian are supported for 1 year after the most recent update. Learn more about Long Term Support (LTS) life cycles for Debian.

Version Release Date EOL Date
12.0 (“Bookworm”) 10-JUN-2023  
10 (“Buster”)   July 2024
9 (“Stretch”)   30-JUN-2022
9 LTS (“Stretch”)   JUN-2022

Fedora

Learn more about Fedora.

Version Release Date EOL Date
Fedora 38 17-APR-2023  
Fedora 37 15-NOV-2022  
Fedora 36 06-MAY-2022 16-MAY-2023
Fedora 34   07-JUN-2022
Fedora 33   30‑NOV‑2021
Fedora 32   25‑MAY‑2021

Microsoft Windows

The general support life cycle of Microsoft products are split into two periods – the first half with “Mainstream Support,” followed by the second half with “Extended Software Support (ESU).” Learn more about Windows ESU.

Desktop Software and Mobile Software records with ESU are graded in the following manner:

  • GOOD: From the date of release to the End-of-Life (EOL).
  • FAIR: The first and second years of ESU.
  • WARN: The third through fifth years of ESU (if available).
  • BAD: The end of ESU and start of EOL.

Learn more about Microsoft Windows life cycles.

Version EOL Date ESU End Date
Server 2019 2029  
Server 2016 2027  
Server 2012 2023  
Win Server 12 09‑OCT‑2018 10‑OCT‑2023
Win 10 13‑OCT‑2020 14‑OCT‑2025
Win 8.1 09‑JAN‑2018 10‑JAN‑2023
Win 8.0 09‑OCT‑2018 10‑OCT‑2023
Win 7.0 14‑JAN‑2020 (Bitsight reviewed EOL 12‑FEB‑2020) 10‑JAN‑2023

openSUSE Leap

Learn more about openSUSE.

Version Release Date EOL Date
15.5 06-JUN-2023  
15.4 08-JUN-2022  
15.3 04‑JUL‑2021  
15.2   04‑JAN‑2022
15.1   31‑JAN‑2021
15    

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat provides an Extended Life Cycle Support (ELS) annual add-on subscription that extends limited subscription services beyond the Maintenance Support 2 Phase.

Learn more about Red Hat life cycles.

Version EOL Date
9 2032
8 2029
7 30‑JUN‑2024

SUSE Enterprise Linux Server

SUSE provides a Long Term Service-pack Support (LTSS) program with continued access to technical support, maintenance, and security patches for selected products that have reached the end of their general support date.

Learn more about SUSE life cycles.

Version Release Date EOL Date
15 SP5 20-JUN-2023  
15 SP3 22‑JUN‑2021  
15 SP2 29‑JUL‑2020 6 months after the release of SLES 15 SP3.
15 SP1   6 months after the release of SLES 15 SP2.
15 LTSS   31‑JUL‑2031
15   31‑JUL‑2028
12 SP34 14-JUL-2022  
12 SP5 06‑DEC‑2019  
12 SP4   30-JUN-2023
12 SP3   30-JUN-2022
12 SP2   31‑MAR‑2021
12 LTSS   31‑MAR‑2027
12   31‑MAR‑2024
11 LTSS   31‑MAR‑2022

Ubuntu Linux

Main and restricted packages in Long Term Support (LTS) releases are supported for 5 years. UbuntuFlavors packages are generally supported for 3 years in LTS releases, but there are exceptions. See the Ubuntu Linux release notes for specific details.

Version Release Date EOL Date
23.04 (“Lunar Lobster”) 20-APR-2023  
22.04 (“Jammy Jellyfish”) 21‑APR‑2022  
21.04 (“Hirsute Hippo”)   20‑JAN‑2022
20.10 (“Groovy Gorilla”)   22‑JUL‑2021
20.04 (“Focal Fossa”)   APR‑2025
18.04 LTS through 18.04.02 LTS   APR‑2023
18.04   31-MAY-2023

Related articles