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doc: add oldest distro versions with their EOL dates and kernel versions
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Signed-off-by: Quentin Armitage <quentin@armitage.org.uk>
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At the end of this file is a list of kernel configure options that affect
functionality that keepalived uses.

Distros supported and kernel versions
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Distro Oldest ver Kernel ver EOL
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Ubuntu 20.04 5.4 April 2025
Debian 12 6.1 10-06-26
RHEL 8 4.18.0 May 2029
CentOS no support
CentOS Stream always more recent than oldest RHEL
Fedora 39 6.5 26-11-24
Fedora 40 6.8-6.11 Four weeks after n+2 released
Gentoo Updated weekly
AlmaLinux 9 5.14 31-05-27
Alpine 3.17 ?5.15 22-11-24
Alpine 3.18 6.1 09-05-25
ArchLinux 2024.09.01 6.10.7 Dec 24 - appears to keep last 3 months of installation media, released at beginning of month
Mint 20 5.4 April 2025 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Mint
openSUSE 15.5 5.14.21 31-12-24 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSUSE
openSUSE 15.6 6.4 31-12-25 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSUSE
SUSE 15 SP5 5.14.21 26-01-25 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUSE_Linux_Enterprise
SUSE 15 SP6 6.4.0 A service pack is supported for 6 months after release of next service pack (approx annual)
Manjaro Rolling 4.19.322 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manjaro and https://manjaristas.org/branch_compare?q=%23kernels

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The oldest kernel version currently supported is Linux 3.10
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