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Well, actually... The LTS kernel with longest support before 6.15 is 6.1. It will be supported until December 2027 [1] which is a few months over 20 years after
by Talinx 1y ago
Well, actually... The LTS kernel with longest support before 6.15 is 6.1. It will be supported until December 2027 [1] which is a few months over 20 years after the last 486 CPU [2].
[1] https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html
[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20061009060120/http://developer.intel.com/design/pcn/Processors/D0106013.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20061009060120/http://developer.... as linked in the Ars Technica article
- volemo 1y agoCool, we’ll be able to say “Linux supports hardware for over two decades after it’s stopped being shipped”! Thanks for the info, btw. (: