# .NET Core 2.0 - Supported OS versions

The tables below provide OS version information supported by .NET Core 2.0.

* Bold numbers indicate additions to this release.
* A '+' indicates the minimum supported version.
* Where possible, links to Distribution-owned lifecycle documentation is provided.

## Windows

OS                            | Version                       | Architectures  | Notes
------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------|-----
Windows Client                | 7 SP1+                        | x64, x86       |
Windows 10 Client             | Version 1607+                 | x64, x86       |
Windows Server                | 2008 R2 SP1+                  | x64, x86       |

See the [Windows Lifecycle Fact Sheet](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13853/windows-lifecycle-fact-sheet) for details regarding each Windows release lifecycle.

## macOS

OS                            | Version                       | Architectures  | Notes
------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------|-----
Mac OS X                      | 10.12+                        | x64            | [Apple Support Sitemap](https://support.apple.com/sitemap)

## Linux

OS                            | Version                       | Architectures  | Notes
------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------|-----
Red Hat Enterprise Linux <br> CentOS <br> Oracle Linux     | 7                             | x64            | [Red Hat support policy](https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/) <br> [CentOS lifecycle](https://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/General#head-fe8a0be91ee3e7dea812e8694491e1dde5b75e6d) <br> [Oracle Linux lifecycle](http://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/elsp-lifetime-069338.pdf)
Fedora                        | **25**, **26**                | x64            | [Fedora lifecycle](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/End_of_life)
Debian                        | **9**, 8.7+                   | x64            | [Debian lifecycle](https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases)
Ubuntu <br> Linux Mint        | **17.04**, 16.04, 14.04 <br> **18**, 17      | x64            | [Ubuntu lifecycle](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases) <br> [Linux Mint end of life announcements](https://forums.linuxmint.com/search.php?keywords=%22end+of+life%22&terms=all&author=&sc=1&sf=titleonly&sr=posts&sk=t&sd=d&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search)
openSUSE                      | 42.2+                         | x64            | [OpenSUSE lifecycle](https://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime)
SUSE Enterprise Linux (SLES)  | **12 SP2+**                   | x64            | [SUSE lifecycle](https://www.suse.com/lifecycle/)

## Out of support OS versions

Support for the following versions was ended by the distribution owners and are [not supported by .NET Core 2](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/master/os-lifecycle-policy.md).

OS                            | Version                       | Architectures  | End of Life
------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------|-----
Fedora                        | 24                            | x64            | [August 2017](https://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-24-eol/)
Ubuntu                        | 16.10                         | x64            | [July 2017](https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2017-July/000223.html)
openSUSE                      | 42.1                          | x64            | [May 2017](https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-05/msg00053.html)