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This is false. Debian provides LTS with a 5-years timespan. [1]

And there is even commercial support for Extended LTS now [2]

Also, it's worth noticing that Debian provides security backports for a significantly larger set of packages and CPU architectures than other distributions.

[1] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases

[2] https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/Extended

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Do you trust Debian LTS? As much as RHEL? The documentation about Debian LTS always made me think it is not a fully fledged thing. I've always felt like Debian releases reached EOL on their EOL date, not their LTS EOL date.

> Debian LTS is not handled by the Debian security team, but by a separate group of volunteers and companies interested in making it a success.

https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Good catch, I stand corrected. But the point still holds - five (or even seven) years is still not match for Red Hat.

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