This page outlines and clarifies the product lifetime for the Mandriva Linux operating system, and gives the end of life dates of our products.

It relates to security and applicative maintenance (that is, updates for bugs and security issues) – not to evolutive maintenance (software or application upgrade).

This maintenance takes form in software package updates made available on our server and partner mirrors.


One, Free, Powerpack editions

· Desktop updates are provided for 12 months (desktop environments, browsers, major apps).

· Base system & components updates are provided for 18 months (Linux kernel, Apache, etc.).

At certain times, Mandriva may choose to extend updates support for certain versions of Mandriva Linux.

· Some products may benefit from an extended maintenance offering, for 18 more months.


Server editions

· Server products have a full life updates support of no less than 5 years.

Security advisories
& updates

You can get some precise list of all advisories on our current supported products.


Mandriva distributions maintenance schedule

The following is a schedule of when updates support will be dropped for products that are currently receiving updates:

Time (release date → end of life)
Today
↓
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Enterprise Server 5 June 16 June 16
Corporate Server 4 April 1 Sept. 20
Corporate Server 3 April 16 Dec. 15
MNF 2 April 10 June 21
 
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Linux 2011 28 aug. 28 aug. 28 fev.
Linux 2010.1 / 2010.2 Jul. 8   Jan. 8 Jul. 8
Linux 2010 Nov. 3 Nov. 3 May 3     Nov. 3  
Linux 2009 Spring Apr. 29 Apr. 29 Oct. 29
Linux 2009 Oct. 9 Oct. 15 Apr. 15   Oct. 15
Linux 2008 Spring Apr. 15 Apr. 15 Oct. 15
Linux 2008 Oct. 9 Oct. 9 Apr. 9 Oct. 9  

* : Mandriva Linux 2010.2 is an incremental update to Mandriva 2010 Spring and will have the same lifetime as 2010 Spring.