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Operating Systems Lifecycle Chart

Published February 10th, 2008, updated September 6th, 2010.

This chart shows the lifecycle of major enterprise operating systems. The end of life is marked by the end of official security support. The chart will be updated every now and then.

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Solaris 8 + Vintage Patch Service
Feb, 2000 – Mar 31, 2012
Windows 2000
Feb 17, 2000 – Jul 13, 2010
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
May 17, 2001 – May 31, 2009
Windows XP
Oct 25, 2001 – Apr 8, 2014
Solaris 9
May 18, 2002 – Oct 30, 2011
FreeBSD 5
Jan 19, 2003 – May 31, 2008
Windows Server 2003
Apr 24, 2003 – Jul 14, 2015
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Oct 23, 2003 – Oct 31, 2013
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
Nov 8, 2004 – Jul 30, 2011
Solaris 10
Jan 31, 2005 – +2.5yrs
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Feb 15, 2005 – Feb 28, 2015
Debian 3.1 (Sarge)
Jun 6, 2005 – Mar 31, 2008
FreeBSD 6
Nov 4, 2005 – Nov 30, 2010
Ubuntu 6.06LTS (Dapper Drake)
Jun 1, 2006 – Jun 2011
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
Jul 17, 2006 – Jul 31, 2013
Windows Vista
Nov 6, 2006 – Apr 10, 2017
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
14 Mar, 2007 – 31 Mar, 2017
Debian 4.0 (Etch)
Apr 8, 2007 – Feb 14, 2010
Windows Server 2008
Feb 4, 2008 – Jul 10, 2018
FreeBSD 7
Feb 27 2008 – +2yrs
Ubuntu 8.04LTS (Hardy Heron)
Apr 24, 2008 – Apr 2013
Debian 5.0 (Lenny)
Feb 14, 2009 – Late 2011 (Next+1yr)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
March 24, 2009 – March 31, 2016
Windows 7
October 23rd, 2009 – Jan 14, 2020
FreeBSD 8
November 25, 2009 – +2yrs
Ubuntu 10.04LTS (Lucid Lynx)
Apr 24, 2010 – Apr 2015
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Oct 26, 2010 – 2020
Debian 6 (Squeeze)
Late 2010 – 2013 (Next+1yr)
Solaris 11 (tba.)
2011 – ≥2019
Ubuntu 12.04LTS (tba.)
Apr, 2012 – Apr 2017
Debian 7 (Wheezy)
2012 – 2015 (Next+1yr)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (tba.)
2012 – 2019
Windows Server / Windows 8 (tba.)
2012 – ≥2022

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