# glibc Versions

List of oldest supported version of [top 10 Linux Distros](https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major) and their glibc version according to distrowatch.com.

## Summary

Out of all versions with published EOLs, 2.12 is the oldest glibc still active, found in CentOS 6.8.

If CentOS 6 and 7 are eliminated, the oldest glibc is 2.23 in Ubuntu and Slackware.



## Details

### [Mint](https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mint) - 18.3 sylvia

- *EOL:* 2021-04
- *glibc:* 2.27

### [Ubuntu](https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=ubuntu) 


#### 18.04 LTS bionic

- *EOL:* 2023-04
- *glibc:* 2.27

#### 16.04 LTS xenial

- *EOL:* 2021-04
- *glibc:* 2.23

### [MX Linux](https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mx) - 17.1

- *EOL:* None (Based on Debian 9 which has no EOL yet)
- *glibc:* 2.24
- *Notes:* MX-16 is based on Debian 8 which is EOL 2020-05 

### [Arch Linux](https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=arch) - 2020.01.22

- *EOL:* Rolling release
- *glibc:* 2.30

### [Gentoo](https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=gentoo) - 2020-01-22

- *EOL:* Rolling release
- *glibc:* 2.29

### [Slackware](https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=slackware) - 14.2

- *EOL:* None
- *glibc:* 2.23
- *NOTE:* No EOLs are published. 14.2 was released in 2016. Older versions have libc < 2.17.

### [Debian](https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=debian) - 9 stretch

- *EOL:* None announced
- *glibc:* 2.24

### [Fedora](https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=fedora) - 30

- *EOL:* None announced
- *glibc:* 2.29

### [OpenSUSE](https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=opensuse) - 15.1

- *EOL:* None announced
- *glibc:* 2.26

### [CentOS](https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=centos)

#### 6.10

- *EOL:* 2020-11
- *glibc:* **2.12**

#### 7.7.1908

- *EOL:* 2024-06
- *glibc:* **2.17**

#### 8.1.1911

- *EOL:* None announced
- *glibc:* 2.28

### [FreeBSD](https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=freebsd) - 10.3

- *EOL:* 2018-04
- *glibc:* N/A