slackware end of life dates — full support timeline
17 of 18 tracked slackware releases have already reached end of life. The dates below are published support dates, not estimates.
Version support timeline
| Release | Released | End of life | Latest | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.0 | 2022-02-03 | not announced | 15.0 | supported |
| 14.2 | 2016-07-01 | 2024-01-01 | 14.2 | ended |
| 14.1 | 2013-11-07 | 2024-01-01 | 14.1 | ended |
| 14.0 | 2012-09-28 | 2024-01-01 | 14.0 | ended |
| 13.37 | 2011-04-28 | 2018-07-05 | 13.37 | ended |
| 13.1 | 2010-05-24 | 2018-07-05 | 13.1 | ended |
| 13.0 | 2009-08-28 | 2018-07-05 | 13.0 | ended |
| 12.2 | 2008-12-11 | 2013-12-09 | 12.2 | ended |
| 12.1 | 2008-05-02 | 2013-12-09 | 12.1 | ended |
| 12.0 | 2007-07-02 | 2012-08-01 | 12.0 | ended |
| 11.0 | 2006-10-03 | 2012-08-01 | 11.0 | ended |
| 10.2 | 2005-09-15 | 2012-08-01 | 10.2 | ended |
| 10.1 | 2005-02-07 | 2012-08-01 | 10.1 | ended |
| 10.0 | 2004-06-23 | 2012-08-01 | 10.0 | ended |
| 9.1 | 2003-09-26 | 2012-08-01 | 9.1 | ended |
| 9.0 | 2003-03-18 | 2012-08-01 | — | ended |
| 8.1 | 2002-06-19 | 2012-08-01 | 8.1 | ended |
| 8.0 | 2001-07-01 | 2003-03-29 | 8.0 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported slackware release. After end of life a version stops receiving security patches, which typically becomes an audit or compliance finding before it becomes an outage. Upgrading to a supported release is the migration path; the table above shows which releases still qualify.
Source
These dates are maintained by endoflife.date/slackware, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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