Linux Kernel 6.11 Reaches End of Life, It’s Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS

This is your friendly reminder that the Linux 6.11 kernel series has reached the end of its supported life and that you should consider upgrading to Linux kernel 6.12 as soon as possible.

Released on September 15th, 2024,

Linux kernel 6.11 is not a long-term support (LTS) branch so it was supported for only a couple of months with eleven maintenance updates, the last being Linux 6.11.11, announced today by renowned Linux kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman, who marked the Linux 6.11 branch as EOL (End of Life) on the

“I’m announcing the release of the 6.11.11 kernel. All users of the 6.11 kernel series must upgrade to the 6.12.y branch now. This branch is now end-of-life and will not be receiving any new updates,” said Greg Kroah-Hartman in an

The good news is that