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Operating systems: support lengths compared

Longest average support

Clear Linux10.5 y

Oracle Linux10.1 y

Oracle Solaris9.9 y

Microsoft Windows Embedded9.8 y

Red Hat Enterprise Linux9.6 y

AlmaLinux OS9.4 y

Rocky Linux9.3 y

Amazon Linux9.0 y

CentOS7.9 y

Slackware Linux7.5 y

Microsoft Windows Server Core6.1 y

Microsoft Windows Server6.1 y

NetBSD6.0 y

VMware Photon6.0 y

CentOS Stream5.3 y

FortiOS4.8 y

antiX Linux4.6 y

VMware ESXi4.5 y

MX Linux4.4 y

IBM iSeries4.3 y

Product	Versions	Supported	Avg. support
AlmaLinux OS	3	3	9.4 yrs
Alpine Linux	32	4	2.3 yrs
Amazon Linux	17	1	9.0 yrs
Android OS	34	4	3.3 yrs
antiX Linux	7	2	4.6 yrs
Apple iOS	16	5	2.1 yrs
Apple iPadOS	9	6	1.0 yrs
Apple macOS	23	3	2.6 yrs
Apple tvOS	12	1	1.0 yrs
Apple visionOS	4	1	0.9 yrs
Apple watchOS	11	1	1.0 yrs
BIG-IP	31	3	4.0 yrs
CentOS	4	0	7.9 yrs
CentOS Stream	3	2	5.3 yrs
Cisco IOS XE	20	4	2.1 yrs
Clear Linux	1	0	10.5 yrs
Debian	18	2	3.4 yrs
Devuan	6	2	4.2 yrs
EuroLinux	4	0	3.8 yrs
Fedora Linux	44	2	1.1 yrs
FortiOS	8	3	4.8 yrs
FreeBSD	89	5	1.8 yrs
Google Container-Optimized OS (COS)	17	4	1.9 yrs
IBM AIX	13	4	3.3 yrs
IBM iSeries	24	2	4.3 yrs
KDE Plasma	14	2	0.9 yrs
LineageOS	13	2	1.7 yrs
Linux Kernel	37	7	1.6 yrs
Linux Mint	22	9	3.8 yrs
Mageia	10	1	2.0 yrs
Microsoft Nano Server	11	3	4.0 yrs
Microsoft Windows	49	15	3.7 yrs
Microsoft Windows Embedded	6	0	9.8 yrs
Microsoft Windows Server	20	4	6.1 yrs
Microsoft Windows Server Core	16	4	6.1 yrs
MX Linux	9	2	4.4 yrs
NetApp ONTAP	20	6	2.8 yrs
NetBackup Appliance OS	12	3	3.6 yrs
NetBSD	11	2	6.0 yrs
NixOS	25	1	0.6 yrs
Nutanix AOS	23	5	1.4 yrs
OpenBSD	59	2	1.0 yrs
openSUSE	21	1	1.7 yrs
OpenWrt	8	1	2.0 yrs
Oracle Linux	5	3	10.1 yrs
Oracle Solaris	8	1	9.9 yrs
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS	26	4	3.0 yrs
Pop!_OS	11	2	2.2 yrs
postmarketOS	13	1	0.6 yrs
Proxmox VE	9	1	3.2 yrs
Red Hat Enterprise Linux	7	3	9.6 yrs
Rocky Linux	3	3	9.3 yrs
RouterOS	92	3	0.2 yrs
Slackware Linux	18	1	7.5 yrs
SteamOS	3	1	2.8 yrs
Stormshield Firmware	15	2	2.6 yrs
Stormshield Management Center	12	2	1.1 yrs
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server	25	2	2.1 yrs
SUSE Linux Micro	9	6	3.7 yrs
Tails	7	1	1.9 yrs
TrueNAS	5	2	0.8 yrs
Ubuntu	44	3	2.0 yrs
VMware ESXi	10	3	4.5 yrs
VMware Photon	5	2	6.0 yrs
XCP-ng	7	1	2.0 yrs
Yocto Project	15	2	1.5 yrs
Zentyal	8	1	1.6 yrs

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Average support length per version and supported versions for 67 operating systems.