Article 5DCS5 Linux 5.10 LTS Will Only Be Maintained Until EOY 2022 Unless More Companies Step Up

Linux 5.10 LTS Will Only Be Maintained Until EOY 2022 Unless More Companies Step Up

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Announced a few years ago was the notion of "extended" LTS kernel versions whereby the long term support cycle would span six years rather than the usual two years for LTS kernels in providing maintenance and bug/security fixes to the codebase. This means Linux 5.4 LTS is supported until the end of 2025, Linux 4.19 until the end of 2024, and even Linux 4.14 until the start of 2024. But with the recently minted Linux 5.10 LTS at least for now it's only being committed to maintenance until the end of next year...
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