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{{Intro|openSUSE releases have a '''lifetime''' of 2 releases + 2 months overlap. With a release cycle of 8 months this makes it 18 months.}}

During the lifetime of a release you will receive:
* security updates for all included packages
* critical bugfix updates (usually these are found & fixed in the first few months of its lifetime)

A discontinuation announcement will be sent to the [http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/ opensuse-security-announce] and [http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-announce/ opensuse-announce] [[openSUSE:Communication_channels|mailing lists]] some time before.

== Supported distributions ==

The following distributions are expected to receive updates until the specified date:

* [[Portal:12.1|openSUSE 12.1]] - May 15th 2013 which is in '''<daysuntil in="days">15-05-2013</daysuntil> (2 months after release of 12.3)
* [[Portal:11.4|openSUSE 11.4]] - September 15th 2012 which is in '''<daysuntil in="days">15-09-2012</daysuntil> (2 months after release of 12.2)

<strong>Note:</strong>As the release date of openSUSE 12.2 has moved into the future, also the above times will shift. openSUSE 11.4 will be discontinued 2 months after openSUSE 12.2 is released, which due to the currently unknown release date is not set in stone.

== Discontinued distributions ==

Users running a (soon-to-be) discontinued version of openSUSE should [[SDB:System upgrade|upgrade]] their systems to a supported release to receive [[Portal:Maintenance|security updates]] and [[openSUSE:Communication channels|community support]]. Since eventually [[Package repositories|package repositories]] for discontinued releases are be removed from [[openSUSE:Mirrors|download servers]] as well as the build target list of the [[Portal:Build Service|Build Service]] it will be increasingly difficult to install new software on such distributions.

The following distributions have reached their end of life and
should not be used anymore:

* [[Portal:11.3|openSUSE 11.3]] - January 20th 2012 ([http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-announce/2012-01/msg00001.html done])
* [[Portal:11.2|openSUSE 11.2]] - May 12th 2011 ([http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00003.html done]) '''Note:''' The [[openSUSE:Evergreen|Evergreen]] community effort is going to continue the openSUSE 11.2 maintenance similar to 11.1
* [[Portal:11.1|openSUSE 11.1]] - January 14th 2011 ([http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00005.html done]) '''Note:''' Project [[openSUSE:Evergreen|Evergreen]] aims to provide long term support for openSUSE 11.1.
* [http://en.opensuse.org/Archive:OpenSUSE_11.0 openSUSE 11.0] - July 26th, 2010 ([http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00007.html done])
* [http://en.opensuse.org/Archive:OpenSUSE_10.3 openSUSE 10.3] - October 31st 2009 ([http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00008.html done])
* [http://en.opensuse.org/Archive:OpenSUSE_10.2 openSUSE 10.2] - November 30th 2008 ([http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00004.html done])
* [http://en.opensuse.org/Archive:SUSE_Linux_10.1 SUSE Linux 10.1] - May 31st 2008 ([http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00004.html done])
* [http://en.opensuse.org/Archive:SUSE_Linux_10.0 SUSE Linux 10.0] - November 30st 2007 ([http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00000.html done])
* [http://en.opensuse.org/Archive:SUSE_Linux_9.3 SUSE Linux 9.3] - April 30th 2007 ([http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-06/msg00005.html done])
* [http://en.opensuse.org/Archive:SUSE_Linux_9.2 SUSE Linux 9.2] - October 31st 2006 ([http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2006-Nov/0009.html done])
* [http://en.opensuse.org/Archive:SUSE_Linux_9.1 SUSE Linux 9.1] - June 30th 2006 ([http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2006-Jul/0006.html done])

openSUSE versions up to and including 11.1 had a lifetime of 2 years.

== Prolonged Support ==

There is a [[openSUSE:Mirrors#EOL Mirrors|list of mirrors]] that still offer downloading of discontinued releases.

The [[openSUSE:Evergreen|Evergreen]] project is a community effort for continued support of openSUSE 11.1 and 11.2.

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== SUSE Linux Enterprise products ==

The lifetime of the Enterprise products is listed on [http://support.novell.com/lifecycle/lcSearchResults.jsp?sl=suse the authoritative novell.com page].

Customers are able to receive support, security and maintenance updates for these products, see the [http://support.novell.com/lifecycle/ Novell Lifecycle] page for full details.

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