Choose the image that matches how you deploy. Every image is signed and published alongside its SHA-256 checksum and SBOM.
New installs should use FinLinux OS 10 “Väinämöinen”. FinLinux OS 9 “Ilmarinen” remains fully supported for existing deployments. FinLinux OS 8 “Lemminkäinen” is in its final maintenance-support window — see the lifecycle table below.
FinLinux OS 8 “Lemminkäinen” entered maintenance support and will reach end of life on the same date as upstream RHEL 8. Plan your upgrade to FinLinux OS 9 or 10 — see Migrate.
Pre-built qcow2/raw images for AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, Vultr, and generic OpenStack.
Browse cloud imagesMinimal OCI base images published to Docker Hub and GitHub Container Registry, rebuilt on every errata release.
View on GHCRA bootable live ISO with GNOME desktop, useful for evaluation, rescue, or workstation installs.
Download live ISOReady-made boxes for libvirt and VirtualBox providers, updated with every point release.
View on Vagrant Cloudaarch64 images tuned for Raspberry Pi 4 and 5, including firmware and device-tree overlays.
Download Pi imageA FinLinux OS root filesystem tarball importable directly into Windows Subsystem for Linux.
Download WSL image| Version | Codename | Released | Full support ends | Maintenance support ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FinLinux OS 10 | Väinämöinen | 2026 | 2031 | 2036 |
| FinLinux OS 9 | Ilmarinen | 2023 | 2027 | 2032 |
| FinLinux OS 8 | Lemminkäinen | 2021 | 2024 | 2029 |
Dates track the corresponding upstream RHEL major-version lifecycle. Point releases (e.g. 10.1, 10.2) ship on the same cadence as upstream.
Every image ships with a detached GPG signature and a CHECKSUM file. Verify before you deploy:
curl -O https://repo.finlinux.org/10/isos/x86_64/FinLinux-10-latest-x86_64-minimal.iso
curl -O https://repo.finlinux.org/10/isos/x86_64/CHECKSUM
sha256sum -c CHECKSUM --ignore-missing
gpg --verify FinLinux-10-latest-x86_64-minimal.iso.ascThe FinLinux OS signing key is published on the security page and on major keyservers.