{"id":217398,"date":"2026-02-25T15:19:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/linux-6-18-lts-6-12-lts-6-6-lts-support-periods-extended\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T15:56:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:56:39","slug":"linux-6-18-lts-6-12-lts-6-6-lts-support-periods-extended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/linux-6-18-lts-6-12-lts-6-6-lts-support-periods-extended\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux 6.18 LTS \/ 6.12 LTS \/ 6.6 LTS Support Periods Extended"},"content":{"rendered":"

Linux 6.18 LTS \/ 6.12 LTS \/ 6.6 LTS Support Periods Extended<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.phoronix.com\/news\/Linux-6.18-LTS-6.12-6.6-Extend<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-02-25 15:19:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.phoronix.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Greg Kroah-Hartman today extended the planned maintenance periods of the latest Linux 6.18, Linux 6.12, and Linux 6.6 Long Term Support (LTS) kernel series.<\/p>\n

Today’s move extends the Linux 6.18 LTS period by one year in the current end-of-life (EOL) being set for December 2027, but it’s possible that will be extended further if there is sufficient interest\/demand. Linux 6.12 LTS is extended by two years from December 2026 to 2028. Linux 6.6 LTS is planned to EOL now at the end of 2027 rather than 2026.
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Greg remarked in the commit updating the LTS timelines:
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“Based on lots of discussions with different companies and groups and the other stable kernel maintainer, this moves to show that the current status is:<\/p>\n

5.10 to be supported for 6 years
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5.15 to be supported for 5 years
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6.6 to be supported for 4 years
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6.12 to be supported for 4 years
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6.18 to be supported for at least 3 years”<\/p>\n

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