Thread: [Astlinux-users] New AstLinux installations are no longer recommended ???

Please have a look here....

https://www.astlinux-project.org/about.html

It is saying:

AstLinux Now:
After over 21 years (2026-03-01), AstLinux is considered deprecated. New AstLinux installations are no longer recommended.
Comments please...
Steve

> On Mar 11, 2026, at 2:59 PM, Steve Barlow <ste...@gm...> wrote:
> 
> Please have a look here....
> 
> https://www.astlinux-project.org/about.html
> 
> It is saying:
> 
> AstLinux Now:
> After over 21 years (2026-03-01), AstLinux is considered deprecated. New AstLinux installations are no longer recommended.
> Comments please...
> Steve

Not sure what is unclear.

Updating existing installations is encouraged, but consider other solutions when starting "new".

Lonnie

I recently (within last month) bought myself a Unifi Cloud Gateway Fiber...
it replaced my Astlinux as the household gateway.  I made this switch with
a heavy heart, I've been a huge supporter of Astlinux, I have used it since
2008, I've contributed fixes and enhancements to it, I maintain my own fork
for my personal use, it has provided me hours of enjoyment (yes, I love
coding).

But... as I get older and consider the future I felt the time had come to
switch to a commercial solution.  For years there was no commercial
solution that came close to the flexibility that Astlinux offered, but that
is no longer the case.  Unifi gateway is very powerful and can do
everything I was using Astlinux for and more.  There are others, I picked
Unifi because I already use their WiFi AP's and switches.

There are some things that I was running on Astlinux that I now run in
separate servers (proxmox containers), e.g. web server.  And I have
"simplified" my VoIP by directly registering my phones with voip.ms (I am
considering running Unifi Talk... but you need at least one of their
proprietary phones before you can add other generics).

Lonnie has been carrying the weight of keeping Astlinux up-to-date for
years.  And I am sure this was hard for him.  But I suspect his rationale
was very similar to mine.

David.


On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 4:10 PM Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lo...>
wrote:

>
> > On Mar 11, 2026, at 2:59 PM, Steve Barlow <ste...@gm...> wrote:
> >
> > Please have a look here....
> >
> > https://www.astlinux-project.org/about.html
> >
> > It is saying:
> >
> > AstLinux Now:
> > After over 21 years (2026-03-01), AstLinux is considered deprecated. New
> AstLinux installations are no longer recommended.
> > Comments please...
> > Steve
>
> Not sure what is unclear.
>
> Updating existing installations is encouraged, but consider other
> solutions when starting "new".
>
> Lonnie
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Astlinux-users mailing list
> Ast...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users
>
> Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to
> pa...@kr....

All,

This seems like a good time for me to express thanks to Lonnie and all
the AstLinux developers for their decades of hard work,
professionalism, and dedication.  Your efforts are greatly
appreciated.    

Dan

On Wednesday, 11-03-2026 at 17:58 David Kerr wrote:



 



I recently (within last month) bought myself a Unifi Cloud Gateway
Fiber... it replaced my Astlinux as the household gateway.  I made
this switch with a heavy heart, I've been a huge supporter of
Astlinux, I have used it since 2008, I've contributed fixes and
enhancements to it, I maintain my own fork for my personal use, it has
provided me hours of enjoyment (yes, I love coding). 
  
But... as I get older and consider the future I felt the time had
come to switch to a commercial solution.  For years there was no
commercial solution that came close to the flexibility that Astlinux
offered, but that is no longer the case.  Unifi gateway is very
powerful and can do everything I was using Astlinux for and more. 
There are others, I picked Unifi because I already use their WiFi AP's
and switches. 
  
There are some things that I was running on Astlinux that I now run in
separate servers (proxmox containers), e.g. web server.  And I have
"simplified" my VoIP by directly registering my phones with voip.ms
[1] (I am considering running Unifi Talk... but you need at least one
of their proprietary phones before you can add other generics). 
  
Lonnie has been carrying the weight of keeping Astlinux up-to-date for
years.  And I am sure this was hard for him.  But I suspect his
rationale was very similar to mine. 
  
David. 
   


On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 4:10 PM Lonnie Abelbeck 
	*  wrote: 


> On Mar 11, 2026, at 2:59 PM, Steve Barlow  wrote:
> 
> Please have a look here....
> 
> https://www.astlinux-project.org/about.html
> 
> It is saying:
> 
> AstLinux Now:
> After over 21 years (2026-03-01), AstLinux is considered deprecated.
New AstLinux installations are no longer recommended.
> Comments please...
> Steve

Not sure what is unclear.

Updating existing installations is encouraged, but consider other
solutions when starting "new".

Lonnie



_______________________________________________
Astlinux-users mailing list
Ast...@li...
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users

Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to
pa...@kr....

    



Links:
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[1] http://voip.ms

I will most certainly second that.

Regards
Michael Knill

From: Dan Ryson <da...@ry...>
Date: Thursday, 12 March 2026 at 10:25 pm
To: AstLinux Users Mailing List <ast...@li...>
Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] New AstLinux installations are no longer recommended ???


All,

This seems like a good time for me to express thanks to Lonnie and all the AstLinux developers for their decades of hard work, professionalism, and dedication.  Your efforts are greatly appreciated.

Dan

On Wednesday, 11-03-2026 at 17:58 David Kerr wrote:

I recently (within last month) bought myself a Unifi Cloud Gateway Fiber... it replaced my Astlinux as the household gateway.  I made this switch with a heavy heart, I've been a huge supporter of Astlinux, I have used it since 2008, I've contributed fixes and enhancements to it, I maintain my own fork for my personal use, it has provided me hours of enjoyment (yes, I love coding).

But... as I get older and consider the future I felt the time had come to switch to a commercial solution.  For years there was no commercial solution that came close to the flexibility that Astlinux offered, but that is no longer the case.  Unifi gateway is very powerful and can do everything I was using Astlinux for and more.  There are others, I picked Unifi because I already use their WiFi AP's and switches.

There are some things that I was running on Astlinux that I now run in separate servers (proxmox containers), e.g. web server.  And I have "simplified" my VoIP by directly registering my phones with voip.ms<http://voip.ms> (I am considering running Unifi Talk... but you need at least one of their proprietary phones before you can add other generics).

Lonnie has been carrying the weight of keeping Astlinux up-to-date for years.  And I am sure this was hard for him.  But I suspect his rationale was very similar to mine.

David.


On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 4:10 PM Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lo...<mailto:li...@lo...>> wrote:

> On Mar 11, 2026, at 2:59 PM, Steve Barlow <ste...@gm...<mailto:ste...@gm...>> wrote:
>
> Please have a look here....
>
> https://www.astlinux-project.org/about.html
>
> It is saying:
>
> AstLinux Now:
> After over 21 years (2026-03-01), AstLinux is considered deprecated. New AstLinux installations are no longer recommended.
> Comments please...
> Steve

Not sure what is unclear.

Updating existing installations is encouraged, but consider other solutions when starting "new".

Lonnie



_______________________________________________
Astlinux-users mailing list
Ast...@li...<mailto:Ast...@li...>
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users

Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to pa...@kr...<mailto:pa...@kr...>.

> --
> After over 21 years (2026-03-01), AstLinux is considered deprecated. New AstLinux installations are no longer recommended.
> --

I have been asked to clarify the wording.

"Deprecation" [1] does not mean ending updates/security fixes, updates/security fixes will continue for some (unspecified) period of time.

Why? I'm pushing 70 years old. There are other reasons as well.

AstLinux's core is in the same era as Debian 11 'bullseye' which is also considered deprecated.  Similarly, new Debian 11 deployments are no longer recommended.

"EOL" [2] would imply no updates.  That is *not* currently the case at 2026-03-01.

Lonnie

[1] "Deprecation refers to the discouragement of using a particular technology, feature, or practice. It often indicates that something is considered inferior compared to newer alternatives."

[2] "End of Life (EOL) refers to the stage in a product's lifecycle when it is no longer sold or supported by the manufacturer, meaning it will not receive updates, patches, or new features."

Em 11/03/2026 03:59 PM, Steve Barlow escreveu:
> Please have a look here....
> 
>  https://www.astlinux-project.org/about.html
> 
>  It is saying:
> 
>  _AstLinux Now:_
>  _After over 21 years (2026-03-01), AstLinux is considered deprecated.
> __New AstLinux installations are no longer recommended._
>  Comments please...
>  Steve
> _______________________________________________
> Astlinux-users mailing list
> Ast...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users
> 
> Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to 
> pa...@kr....
> After over 21 years (2026-03-01), AstLinux is considered deprecated. 
> New AstLinux installations are no longer recommended.
-- 

Why is that? It's super compatible with all our hardware...!?!?


A persistência é o caminho do êxito.
Charles Chaplin