Last Updated on January 3, 2018

It has been confirmed that linux 4.14 Is going to be the next LTS Kernel Branch. Linux kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman has confirmed this latest development. In his google plus post he said:

As no one seemed to make 4.9 blow up too badly, let’s try this again! 4.14 == next LTS kernel I support for at least 2 years. Any objections? /me hops on a 12 hour flight to avoid the discussion…

Meanwhile let’s have a look at some of the existing Linux LTS:

Version Maintainer Released Projected End-Of-Life 4.9 Greg Kroah-Hartman 2016-12-11 Jan, 2019 4.4 Greg Kroah-Hartman 2016-01-10 Feb, 2018 4.1 Sasha Levin 2015-06-21 Sep, 2017 3.16 Ben Hutchings 2014-08-03 Apr, 2020 3.10 Willy Tarreau 2013-06-30 Oct, 2017 3.4 Li Zefan 2012-05-20 Apr, 2017 3.2 Ben Hutchings 2012-01-04 May, 2018





