Linux Kernel 4.13 Reached End of Life, Users Urged to Move to Linux 4.14 LTS Now

Renowned Linux kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman announced the end of life of the Linux 4.13 kernel series, urging all users to move to the Linux 4.14 LTS branch as soon as possible.

At the end of last week, the developer announced the sixteenth maintenance update to the Linux 4.13 kernel series, versioned 4.13.16, which appears to be the last to be released for the branch. This means that Linux 4.13 won't receive any other updates.

Therefore, if you're using a kernel from the Linux 4.13 series, you need to upgrade to Linux kernel 4.13.16 or prepare to upgrade to the latest Linux 4.14 LTS kernel, which is a long-term support release that should be maintained for the next few years.

"I'm announcing the release of the 4.13.16 kernel. All users of the 4.13 kernel series must upgrade," said Greg Kroah-Hartman in t... (read more)

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