VMWare Photon OS is an open source Linux container host optimized for cloud-native applications, cloud platforms, and VMware infrastructure.
| Release | Kernel Version | Released | Security Support |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 6.1 | 11 months ago (02 May 2023) |
Yes |
| 4.0 | 5.1 | 3 years ago (25 Feb 2021) |
Ends
in 1 year and 10 months (01 Mar 2026)
|
| 3.0 | 4.19 | 5 years ago (08 Feb 2019) |
Ended
1 month and 3 weeks ago (01 Mar 2024)
|
| 2.0 | 4.9 | 6 years ago (01 Nov 2017) |
Ended
1 year and 4 months ago (01 Dec 2022)
|
| 1.0 | 4.4 | 7 years and 10 months ago (11 Jun 2016) |
Ended
2 years ago (28 Feb 2022)
|
End-of-Life dates are tentative.
More information is available on the VMware Photon website.
You can check the version that you are currently using by running:
cat /etc/os-release
You can submit an improvement to this page
on GitHub
.
This page has a corresponding
Talk Page.
A JSON version of this page is available at /api/photon.json. See the API Documentation for more information. You can subscribe to the iCalendar feed at /calendar/photon.ics.