Debian Is Dropping Support for VLC Media Player, Mediawiki for Wheezy LTS

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

The Debian Long Term Support (LTS) developers have announced that they are dropping support for certain packages as part of the extended life cycle for the Debian GNU/Linux 7 “Wheezy” operating system.

At the end of April 2016, we reported on the fact that the Debian GNU/Linux 7 operating system, which many of you know as “Wheezy,” was considered by the Debian LTS team eligible for receiving long-term support.

Of course, this means that those who are still using the Debian GNU/Linux 7.x series of operating systems on their personal computers or servers will receive security patches and software updates for two more years, until May 2018.

However, as noted … (read more)

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