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CIFSwitch: Help Us Test the Patched Kernels
https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-05-28-cifswitch/
Published: May 28, 2026 00:00
A new Linux local-root vulnerability, nicknamed CIFSwitch by its discoverer Asim Manizada, was disclosed today on oss-security after the linux-distros embargo expired. A CVE has been requested but is not yet assigned at the time of writing. The flaw chains…
General Availability of AlmaLinux OS 9.8 and 10.2 Stable!
https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-05-26-almalinux_98_and_102_stable/
Published: May 26, 2026 00:00
AlmaLinux OS 9.8 and 10.2 Stable Now AvailableHello Community! The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is announcing the general availability of two stable releases at once: AlmaLinux OS 9.8 codenamed “Olive Jaguar” and AlmaLinux OS 10.2 codenamed “Lavender Lion”!…
AlmaLinux Day: LA — Venue Confirmed at E-Central Downtown LA
https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-05-19-aldla-venue-announced/
Published: May 19, 2026 00:00
We have a venue! AlmaLinux Day: Los Angeles will take place Saturday, July 18, 2026, at the E-Central Downtown Los Angeles Hotel at 1020 S Figueroa St — and you can register now. These are the seats waiting for you. The room is real, the date is locked,…
ssh-keysign-pwn (CVE-2026-46333) Patches Released
https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-05-15-ssh-keysign-pwn-cve-2026-46333/
Published: May 15, 2026 00:00
Update: Patched kernels are now in production2026-05-16 15:05 UTC: The patched kernels are now rolling out to production repositories/mirrors. You no longer need to enable the testing repo to get them. Just run: sudo dnf clean metadata && sudo dnf upgrade…
NGINX Rift (CVE-2026-42945) Patches Released
https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-05-13-nginx-rift-cve-2026-42945/
Published: May 13, 2026 00:00
Update: Patched nginx is now in production2026-05-14 22:41 UTC: Patched nginx packages are now rolling out to the AlmaLinux production repositories for every supported release. This covers the default nginx package on AlmaLinux 8, 9, 10, and Kitten 10, and…
Fragnesia (CVE-2026-46300) Patches Released
https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-05-13-fragnesia-cve-2026-46300/
Published: May 13, 2026 00:00
Update: Patched kernels are now in production2026-05-16 15:05 UTC: The patched kernels are now rolling out to production repositories/mirrors. You no longer need to enable the testing repo to get them. Just run: sudo dnf clean metadata && sudo dnf upgrade…
Dirty Frag (CVE-2026-43284, CVE-2026-43500) Patches Released
https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-05-07-dirty-frag/
Published: May 7, 2026 00:00
Update: Patched kernels are now in production2026-05-08 15:22 UTC — The patched kernels are now rolling out to production repositories/mirrors. You no longer need to enable the testing repo to get them. Just run: sudo dnf clean metadata && sudo dnf upgrade…
AlmaLinux 10.2 Beta Now Available!
https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-05-04-announcing-102-beta/
Published: May 4, 2026 00:00
Hello Community! The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is announcing the availability of AlmaLinux 10.2 Beta “Lavender Lion” for all supported architectures: Intel/AMD (x86_64) Intel/AMD (x86_64_v2) Intel/AMD 32-bit (i686) ARM64 (aarch64) IBM PowerPC (ppc64le) IBM…
Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431) Patches Released
https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-05-01-cve-2026-31431-copy-fail/
Published: May 1, 2026 00:00
Update: Patched kernels are now in production2026-05-01 21:07 UTC — The patched kernels are now rolling out to production repositories/mirrors. You no longer need to enable the testing repo to get them. Just run: sudo dnf clean metadata && sudo dnf upgrade…
Linux Kernel 6.18 testing for Raspberry Pi
https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-04-29-linux-6-18-in-testing-for-rpi/
Published: April 29, 2026 13:00
As announced in the Raspberry Pi Forum, the kernel of Raspberry Pi OS is planning a move to 6.18, the next upstream LTS kernel version, in the near future. We are also considering migrating our AlmaLinux images for Raspberry Pi to the 6.18 kernel, and we…
AlmaLinux 9.8 Beta Now Available!
https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-04-23-announcing-98-beta/
Published: April 23, 2026 00:00
Hello Community! The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is announcing the availability of AlmaLinux 9.8 Beta “Olive Jaguar” for all supported architectures: Intel/AMD (x86_64) ARM64 (aarch64) IBM PowerPC (ppc64le) IBM Z (s390x) Beta ISOs are available at…
California's New Age Verification Law: What It Means for AlmaLinux
https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-04-21-california-age-verification-law/
Published: April 21, 2026 00:00
Some of you may have seen news about California’s AB-1043, the “Digital Age Assurance Act,” (DAAA) and are wondering what it means for AlmaLinux. To help answer that, I want to share what we know and where we stand. What we thinkWhether or not we like this…
ELevating to AlmaLinux 10 x86_64_v2
https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-04-20-elevate-ng-to-x86_64_v2/
Published: April 20, 2026 00:00
ELevate NG (the development branch of ELevate) now supports the upgrade path from AlmaLinux OS 9 to AlmaLinux OS 10 (or AlmaLinux OS Kitten) x86_64_v2. We need your help to verify that the upgrade works smoothly. Please give it a try and report your…
AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 expands community support with i686 userspace
https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-04-16-almalinux-kitten-10-i686/
Published: April 16, 2026 00:00
We have added i686 support to AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 — package repositories and official container images for 32-bit x86. There is no installer ISO for i686; this is only about userspace. If you have used i686 packages on AlmaLinux 8 or 9, the setup is the…
AlmaLinux Day: Germany 2026 — Full Schedule Announced
https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-03-18-aldg-2026-final-schedule/
Published: March 18, 2026 00:00
We’re just 9 days out from AlmaLinux Day: Germany 2026, and the full schedule is here! On Thursday, March 26, we’ll be taking over the Convento room at Europa-Park in Rust, Germany for a full day of talks, a panel, and the kind of hallway conversations…
AlmaLinux goes RISC-V: Kitten 10 now available for riscv64
https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-03-17-almalinux-goes-riscv/
Published: March 17, 2026 00:00
RISC-V is a free and open instruction set architecture (ISA) based on RISC principles. Unlike proprietary ISAs such as x86 or ARM, the RISC-V specification is openly available, allowing anyone to implement it without licensing fees. Hardware platforms…
Call for testing - firewalld ipset performance fix for AlmaLinux 8
https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-03-13-test-firewalld-ipset-performance-fix/
Published: March 13, 2026 00:00
For years, firewalld users across multiple Linux distributions have been hitting a painful performance issue: reloading the firewall with large ipsets (10,000+ entries) and the nftables backend takes minutes instead of seconds, often causing network…
Introducing AlmaLinux Astra: Self-Service Memberships and Elections Portal
https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-03-12-introducing-almalinux-astra/
Published: March 12, 2026 00:00
Today we’re rolling out AlmaLinux Astra: a new self-service platform for identity, organizations, memberships, and elections for the AlmaLinux OS Foundation. Astra is built to keep workflows clear, accountable, and easy to audit. It helps contributors and…
AlmaLinux in 2026
https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-03-10-almalinux-in-2026/
Published: March 10, 2026 00:00
Every year, around FOSDEM, the AlmaLinux SIG leaders, ALESCo members, and board members are invited to attend the AlmaLinux Leadership Summit. The goal of the summit is to get everyone in a room to have discussions around the major problems we’re facing,…
AlmaLinux and NVIDIA Streamline Driver and CUDA Updates
https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-03-09-almalinux-and-nvidia-streamline-driver-and-cuda-updates/
Published: March 9, 2026 00:00
Last August we started shipping NVIDIA’s open GPU kernel modules, and saw incredible amounts of adoption and excitement about that announcement! Today we are excited to share that with the release of version 13.2, NVIDIA has added official support for…
AlmaLinux Days in two great cities!
https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-03-02-almalinux-days-in-two-great-cities/
Published: March 2, 2026 00:00
AlmaLinux days have been a fantastic way for us to gather parts of our community together. Whether adjacent to other events, or completely independent, we are always so happy to connect and hear from the users who are impacted by what we do every day. I’m…
2025 AlmaLinux Year in Review
https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-02-25-almalinux-2025-recap/
Published: February 25, 2026 00:00
2025 was another year of growth and excitement for AlmaLinux. Here’s a look back at what we achieved, all thanks to our amazing community! Whether you’ve been involved from the start, just recently joined us, or have yet to start contributing, we’d like to…
Shim bootloader updated, impacting secure boot for ARM64
https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-02-18-shim-16.1-update/
Published: February 18, 2026 00:00
We have updated the shim bootloader to version 16.1 for AlmaLinux 9.7 and 10.1, following the same pattern that users will see in RHEL releases. This update includes a change in the UEFI Secure Boot signing key for the aarch64 (ARM64) architecture that our…
Announcing Returning Silver Sponsor Members - Codenotary, Fastly, and StorPool Storage AD
https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-02-17-codenotary-fastly-storpoold/
Published: February 17, 2026 00:00
Today, we issued a press release announcing three returning silver sponsor members of the AlmaLinux OS Foundation, and I wanted to thank them here as well! We’re always blown away by the support of new and returning sponsor members. Here’s a little bit…
Major ELevate updates - AlmaLinux now supported in upstream LEAPP
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-12-18-elevate-updates/
Published: December 18, 2025 00:00
Earlier this year at DevConf, I learned of some upcoming changes that were going to impact ELevate. The work with the team at Red Hat has completed, and we are excited to say that, as of November 18th, the newest update to ELevate has been released. What…
Save the date - AlmaLinux Day: Tokyo January 23rd!
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-12-03-save-the-date-almalinux-day-tokyo/
Published: December 8, 2025 00:00
Our friends in the Japan AlmaLinux Users Group are planning the next AlmaLinux Day: Tokyo! The event will be held on January 23rd at the Fujitsu Uvance Kawasaki Tower. Register today to save your spot! If you have questions, feel free to join the User…
Announcing the AlmaLinux Media & Entertainment SIG: The frontline for VFX, Animation, and post
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-12-02-almalinux-media-entertainment-sig/
Published: December 2, 2025 00:00
The AlmaLinux community is thrilled to announce the formation of our newest Special Interest Group: the Media & Entertainment SIG! This group is dedicated to supporting and enhancing the use of AlmaLinux within the professional visual effects (VFX),…
AlmaLinux Day: Vancouver Recap
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-12-01-almalinux-day-vancouver-recap/
Published: December 1, 2025 00:00
AlmaLinux Day: Vancouver took place in August, and what a great event it was! As our virst time in Vancouver, and our first event adjacent to SIGGRAPH, we had no idea what to expect, but it was a blast! Keep reading to get a full rundown of what went on at…
General Availability of AlmaLinux OS 10.1 Stable!
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-11-24-almalinux_101_release/
Published: November 24, 2025 00:00
AlmaLinux OS 10.1 Stable Now AvailableHello Community! The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is announcing the general availability of AlmaLinux OS 10.1 codenamed “Heliotrope Lion”! Installation ISOs are available on the mirrors now for all architectures: Intel/AMD…
General Availability of AlmaLinux OS 9.7 Stable!
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-11-17-almalinux_97_release/
Published: November 17, 2025 00:00
AlmaLinux OS 9.7 Stable Now AvailableHello Community! The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is announcing the general availability of AlmaLinux OS 9.7 codenamed “Moss Jungle Cat”! Installation ISOs are available on the mirrors now for all 4 architectures: Intel/AMD…
Announcing Btrfs support in AlmaLinux OS 10.1
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-10-21-announcing-btrfs-support-in-almalinux-10-1/
Published: October 21, 2025 00:00
Announcing Btrfs support in AlmaLinux OS 10.1AlmaLinux OS 10.1 will support the Btrfs filesystem, which has already been available in AlmaLinux OS Kitten since early September. What is Btrfs?Btrfs is a modern Copy-on-Write (CoW) filesystem implementing…
AlmaLinux 10.1 Beta Now Available!
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-10-21-announcing-almalinux-10-1-beta/
Published: October 21, 2025 00:00
Hello Community! The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is announcing the availability of AlmaLinux 10.1 Beta “Heliotrope Lion” for all supported architectures: Intel/AMD (x86_64) Intel/AMD (x86_64_v2) ARM64 (aarch64) IBM PowerPC (ppc64le) IBM Z (s390x) Beta ISOs…
AlmaLinux 9.7 Beta Now Available!
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-10-07-announcing-97-beta/
Published: October 8, 2025 00:00
Hello Community! The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is announcing the availability of AlmaLinux 9.7 Beta “Moss Jungle Cat” for all supported architectures: Intel/AMD (x86_64) ARM64 (aarch64) IBM PowerPC (ppc64le) IBM Z (s390x) Beta ISOs are available at…
AlmaLinux OS Foundation Election rescheduled for March 2026
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-09-30-election-update/
Published: September 30, 2025 00:00
We have identified some inconsistencies within our internal guidelines that could potentially call into question the current election. To ensure that we are properly aligning our processes, bylaws, and committee guidelines, we are canceling the current…
Enabling CRB by default for AlmaLinux 10
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-09-08-enabling-crb-by-default-for-almalinux10/
Published: September 8, 2025 00:00
AlmaLinux OS 10 will have the CRB repository turned on by default via an update in AlmaLinux OS 10.0 on 2025-09-09, while AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 has had it enabled by default since the update on 2025-08-27 (almalinux-kitten-repos-10.0-9.el10.0.1). As part…
3 reasons to join the AlmaLinux OS Foundation board
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-08-25-3-reasons-to-join-the-almalinux-board/
Published: August 25, 2025 00:00
At AlmaLinux Day: Vancouver a couple weeks ago (videos coming shortly!) I announced the opening of nominations for this year’s election. I’ve been on the board for more than 3 years, so I can speak with some authority about it when I say: non-profit…
AlmaLinux OS 9 and 10 - Now with Native Support for NVIDIA
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-08-06-announcing-native-nvidia-suport/
Published: August 6, 2025 00:00
At long last, users of NVIDIA graphics cards can enjoy a drastically improved user experience with AlmaLinux. When AlmaLinux started just 5 years ago, this wouldn’t have been possible. However, with NVIDIA releasing an open source version of their graphics…
Volunteer at AlmaLinux Day: Vancouver!
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-07-23-volunteer-at-aldv/
Published: July 23, 2025 00:00
Hey, community! AlmaLinux Day: Vancouver is coming up fast—August 9th at the beautiful Emily Carr University of Art + Design—and we’re putting together what promises to be our most exciting event yet! With speakers from across the VFX industry, hands-on…
First round of speakers announced for AlmaLinux Day: Vancouver!
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-07-08-almalinux-day-schedule/
Published: July 8, 2025 00:00
The first round of accepted talks for AlmaLinux Day: Vancouver have been announced, and we are excited to welcome these talks and speakers! This year’s event is shaping up quite nicely, and we are excited to welcome speakers from across industries and…
ELevate to EL 10!
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-07-07-elevate-to-el-10/
Published: July 7, 2025 00:00
Hello everyone! We are excited to announce the availability of new ELevate paths: AlmaLinux OS 9 to AlmaLinux OS 10.0. AlmaLinux OS 9 to AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10. CentOS Stream 9 to CentOS Stream 10. 3rd Party Repositories SupportThe new upgrade paths…
x86_64_v2 EPEL Now Covers AlmaLinux 10 Stable
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-06-26-epel-v2-now-covers-almalinux-10-stable/
Published: June 26, 2025 00:00
In March, ALESCo approved a proposal to build EPEL packages from Fedora’s source RPMs (SRPMs) to maintain long-term feature parity for our x86_64_v2 support initiative. Last month, these packages became available for AlmaLinux Kitten 10, and today we are…
Call for testing - libblockdev CVE-2025-6019 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-06-18-test-patches-for-cve-2025-6019/
Published: June 18, 2025 00:00
Yesterday, Qualys published details about a vulnerability discovered in the libblockdev package. Two vulnerabilities were announced, CVE-2025-6018 and CVE-2025-6019. AlmaLinux is not impacted by CVE-2025-6018, but we are impacted by CVE-2025-6019. Without…
Call for testing - VMWare open-vm-tools CVE-2025-22247
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-06-17-test-patches-for-cve-2025-22247/
Published: June 17, 2025 00:00
Update June 18 2025 20:00 UTC: The patches for all verisons have been published into stable repositories. A normal dnf upgrade or dnf upgrade open-vm-tools will pull in the updates. About a month ago Broadcom (VMWare) released a security advisory for…
2025 AlmaLinux Community Survey
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-06-16-almalinux-survey/
Published: June 16, 2025 00:00
Open Source is incredible and powerful - anyone can just download your project and use it anywhere for any reason - without having to set up a business relationship with you! But, without telemetry, that also means that anyone can use your project…
AlmaLinux Cloud, Container and Live Media Images Updates
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-06-05-almalinux-96-images-updates/
Published: June 5, 2025 00:00
Hey Community! Bringing the latest AlmaLinux OS 9.6 images updates. Cloud and Container ImagesAlmaLinux provides a variety of cloud images that are now updated to the AlmaLinux OS 9.6 version including: Amazon Web Services (AWS) Generic Cloud OpenNebula…
Cybertrust Japan renews as a Platinum Sponsor Member
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-06-04-cybertrust-japan-returns/
Published: June 4, 2025 00:00
On the heels of one of our biggest releases ever, last week we announced that our friends at Cybertrust Japan Co., Ltd (a subsidiary of SB Technology Corp) have renewed their platinum sponsor membership for a third year. Anticipating using AlmaLinux as the…
AlmaLinux OS 10 - usability without compromising compatibility
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-05-27-welcoming-almalinux-10/
Published: May 27, 2025 00:00
AlmaLinux OS 10.0 Stable Now AvailableThe AlmaLinux OS Foundation is proud to announce the general availability of AlmaLinux OS 10.0 codenamed “Purple Lion”! AlmaLinux OS Improvements - usability without compromising compatibilityThe goal of AlmaLinux OS…
x86_64_v2 EPEL for the Enterprise Linux 10 World
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-05-13-epel-10-kitten-v2/
Published: May 21, 2025 00:00
Last October, when we announced AlmaLinux OS Kitten, we also announced that we would be providing support for x86_64_v2 chips for the AlmaLinux OS 10 lifecycle. We know that many users of AlmaLinux rely on Fedora EPEL for tools and packages outside the…
General Availability of AlmaLinux 9.6 Stable!
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-05-20-almalinux_96_release/
Published: May 20, 2025 00:00
AlmaLinux 9.6 Stable Now AvailableHello Community! The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is announcing the general availability of AlmaLinux OS 9.6 codenamed “Sage Margay”! Installation ISOs are available on the mirrors now for all 4 architectures: Intel/AMD…
AlmaLinux Day: Vancouver Set for August 9, 2025 --- Call for Speakers Now Open
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-05-19-announcing-almalinux-day-vancouver/
Published: May 19, 2025 00:00
We are excited to share that AlmaLinux Day: Vancouver will take place Saturday, August 9, 2025, at the Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Like its predecessors, this community-powered, full-day event will bring together sysadmins, developers, DevOps…
CentOS Connect, FOSDEM, FOSSASIA, SCaLE, CloudFest
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-04-29-q1-events/
Published: April 29, 2025 00:00
The first few months of 2025 were packed with some more big events for AlmaLinux! Learn a bit more about each of them below, and then find out how YOU can help staff AlmaLinux booths for events just like these for the rest of 2025! CentOS ConnectCentOS…
Announcing: AlmaLinux OS Foundation Elections
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-04-24-election-announcement/
Published: April 24, 2025 00:00
It’s been nearly three years since our first board election, and that means it’s time for us to start planning the next one! Foundation structureFor those who are not aware, AlmaLinux OS is a community-owned operating system. All assets related to the…
AlmaLinux OS Now Available via WSL CLI!
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-04-23-almalinux-os-available-via-wsl-cli/
Published: April 23, 2025 00:00
I’m excited to share some great news for users running AlmaLinux OS on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). You can now install AlmaLinux OS images directly via the WSL CLI tool - no extra configuration and without having to navigate the Microsoft Store…
2024 AlmaLinux Recap
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-04-09-2024-recap/
Published: April 9, 2025 00:00
It’s taken months for this post to get finalized, but it’s because 2024 was another big year for us! We created a slew of great new things, overcame incredible challenges, and met and supported even more community members. I tried hard to keep this summary…
AlmaLinux 9.6 Beta Now Available!
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-04-08-announcing-96-beta/
Published: April 8, 2025 00:00
Hello Community! The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is announcing the availability of AlmaLinux 9.6 Beta “Sage Margay” for all supported architectures: Intel/AMD (x86_64) ARM64 (aarch64) IBM PowerPC (ppc64le) IBM Z (s390x) Beta ISOs are available at…
Spring 2025 Raspberry Pi Updates
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-04-08-spring-2025-raspberrypi-updates/
Published: April 8, 2025 00:00
Hello, Community! I’m pleased to share the latest updates on Raspberry Pi with you. Have fun on the Pi! AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 is now available for Raspberry PiAs you might have already noticed, AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 is now available for Raspberry Pi!…
ELevate Testing now ready for AlmaLinux 10!
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-04-01-elevate-updates/
Published: April 3, 2025 00:00
Hello everyone! We’ve got ELevate Project updates to share. The ELevate Project currently follows 3 stages for delivering updates: New upgrade paths, features, bug fixes, and new versions of leapp-repository and leapp-data are first introduced in ELevate…
Call for testing - FreeType CVE-2025-27363
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-03-13-cve-2025-27363-patches/
Published: March 14, 2025 00:00
UPDATE March 17th, 2025 - these patches have now been released to production for AlmaLinux users. The AnnouncementOn Monday Meta announced a flaw in FreeType versions 2.13.0 and below that can allow remote code execution. From the announcement: An out of…
Meet us at CloudFest
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-03-13-meet-us-at-cloudfest/
Published: March 13, 2025 00:00
Next week, we’ll be at the world’s largest cloud industry event, CloudFest! Here’s a rundown of what we’ll be up to at the event. What is CloudFest?CloudFest 2025: The Human EdgeCloudFest is the #1 internet infrastructure event in the world, connecting the…
ALESCo - Updates and requests!
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-03-05-update-from-alesco/
Published: March 5, 2025 00:00
In case you missed it ALESCo (The AlmaLinux Engineering Steering Committee) that we announced in May of 2024 has been hard at work setting up processes and stretching our legs. It’s been a bit since we’ve done this kind of update, so let’s get to it! …
Call for testing - OpenSSH CVE-2025-26465
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-02-20-test-patches-for-cve-2025-26465/
Published: February 20, 2025 00:00
UPDATE March 13th, 2025 - these patches have now been released to production for AlmaLinux users. ===== Earlier this week Qualys announced two critical vulnerabilities for OpenSSH - CVE-2025-26465 and 2025-26466. We are looking for helping testing the…
ELevate to CentOS Stream 10!
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-01-30-elevate-to-centos-stream-10/
Published: January 30, 2025 00:00
Hello everyone! Following our recent updates about the ELevate project and your feedback, we’ve added one more upgrade path. You can now upgrade from CentOS Stream 9 to CentOS Stream 10 as a part of ELevate NG! Please note: This upgrade is currently for…
AlmaLinux at CentOS Connect and FOSDEM 2025
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-01-23-centos-connect-and-fosdem/
Published: January 23, 2025 00:00
In just one week we’ll be kicking off our time in Brussels as we join both CentOS Connect and FOSDEM for this year’s events, and we are so excited. It always feels special for us this year, because this is the time of year that we celebrate the 4-year…
Rsync Vulnerabilities - Patching Status
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-01-17-rsync-vulnerabilities/
Published: January 17, 2025 00:00
Security researchers at Google, namely Pedro Gallegos, Simon Scannell, and Jasiel Spelman, identified vulnerabilities in both the rsync server and client. These vulnerabilities range from extremely concerning to just annoying, and are at different stages…
ELevate Project Updates
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-01-14-elevate-updates/
Published: January 14, 2025 00:00
Hello everyone! We’ve got some updates about the ELevate Project to share with you today :) New Upgrade Path AvailableWe are excited to announce that the upgrade path from AlmaLinux OS 9 to AlmaLinux 10.0 beta is now available in ELevate NG. Please note:…
Meet the board - benny Vasquez
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-01-13-benny-vasquez-qa/
Published: January 13, 2025 00:00
In 2023, we launched a series in which we have community members answer common questions we’re seeing from the community. Last year we have started building another Q&A series - this time with the AlmaLinux OS Foundation board members! Our goal with this…
Ending 2024 with 9 events in 4 months
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-01-10-event-wrapup/
Published: January 10, 2025 00:00
The last quarter (plus the end of September) of 2024 was packed with big events for AlmaLinux, and we were so excited to join them all! Learn a bit more about each of them below, and then find out how YOU can help staff AlmaLinux booths for events just…
AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 Updates
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-01-07-almalinux-os-kitten-10-updates/
Published: January 7, 2025 00:00
Back in October 2024 AlmaLinux OS Foundation officially introduced AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10. It is designed as a development-focused distribution of AlmaLinux OS, and a stable preview of AlmaLinux OS 10. Today we’re excited to share the latest updates in…
AlmaLinux Cloud, Container and Live Media Images Updates
https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-01-07-almalinux-95-container-cloud-live-media-updates/
Published: January 7, 2025 00:00
Hey Community! Bringing the latest AlmaLinux OS 9.5 images updates. Cloud and Container Images Updates and ChangesAlmaLinux provides a variety of cloud images that are now updated to the AlmaLinux OS 9.5 version including: Amazon Web Services (AWS) Added…
A Personal Journey: Volunteering at Nerdearla, Buenos Aires with AlmaLinux
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-12-18-volunteering-at-nerdearla/
Published: December 18, 2024 00:00
This year Buenos Aires became a center of the IT technical community in Latin America with an event which became a beacon for technical enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, students and professionals - Nerdearla, and I was honored to volunteer in this event -…
AlmaLinux 10.0 Beta Now Available
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-12-10-almalinux-10-0-beta-now-available/
Published: December 11, 2024 00:00
Hello Community! The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is announcing the availability of AlmaLinux 10.0 Beta “Purple Lion” for all supported architectures: Intel/AMD (x86_64) Intel/AMD (x86_64_v2) ARM64 (aarch64) IBM PowerPC (ppc64le) IBM Z (s390x) Beta ISOs are…
Announcing AlmaLinux Day: Tokyo 2024
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-12-09-welcome-to-aldt/
Published: December 9, 2024 00:00
We are so happy to share that the Japanese AlmaLinux Users Group is hosting the second AlmaLinux Day: Tokyo this Saturday! Registration is free for attendance, and you can join the closing social event for a small fee. Announcing AlmaLinux Day: Tokyo…
General Availability of AlmaLinux 9.5 Stable!
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-11-18-announcing-95-stable/
Published: November 18, 2024 00:00
AlmaLinux 9.5 Stable Now AvailableHello Community! The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is announcing the general availability of AlmaLinux OS 9.5 codenamed “Teal Serval”! Installation ISOs are available on the mirrors now for all 4 architectures: Intel/AMD…
Join us for the 2025 Fosdem Distros Room!
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-11-14-fosdem-2025-distros-room/
Published: November 14, 2024 00:00
It’s almost time for the Linux Distributions DevRoom at FOSDEM again, but the Call for Participation is OPEN NOW! Let’s dive into what we’d like to see and how you can get involved! Submit your talk to FOSDEM in the Distributions track, when you’re ready!…
Announcing Silver Sponsor Members - Fastly, AMD, world4you
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-11-11-welcome-october-sponsors/
Published: November 11, 2024 00:00
A couple of weeks ago we issued a press release announcing three more new and returning silver sponsor members of the AlmaLinux OS Foundation, and I wanted to thank them here as well! Fastly has joined us this year as a new sponsor member, and AMD and…
AlmaLinux Named an Endorsed Distro in Microsoft Azure
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-10-30-almalinux-endorsed-distro/
Published: October 30, 2024 00:00
Earlier today we announced that AlmaLinux has been selected to join the Endorsed Distributions list on Microsoft Azure, a unique distinction with only 6 other distributions. The press release is included below with all of the details. We are so grateful to…
AlmaLinux at ATO - 2024!
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-10-24-almalinux-at-ato/
Published: October 24, 2024 00:00
We are returning to ATO, one of our favorite events, next week! And on day 2 if you wear an AlmaLinux shirt, hoodie, or hat then you are eligible to win a prize (details below)! We love ATO!All Things Open is one of our favorite events, and always feels…
Nov 12th - ALESCo meetup!
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-10-23-join-the-alesco-meetup/
Published: October 23, 2024 00:00
Since our inception just a few months ago, there has been a lot of exciting news coming out of ALESCo. Whether you’ve been following along via the minutes, or attending the meetings yourself, or engaging in our chat, we are so humbled by the excitement…
Introducing AlmaLinux OS Kitten
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-10-22-introducing-almalinux-os-kitten/
Published: October 22, 2024 00:00
Since the beginning of the AlmaLinux project, we have constantly been thinking about what comes next. Preparation has always been a cornerstone of AlmaLinux’s release agility and speed has been our hallmark. Today, we’re sharing another peak behind the…
Welcoming CloudLinux and Tuxcare - Platinum Sponsor Members
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-10-16-cloudlinux-renews-sponsorship/
Published: October 16, 2024 00:00
Earlier today we announced that CloudLinux and its sister company TuxCare have renewed their platinum-level sponsorship of the AlmaLinux OS Foundation. They are continuing the commitment they made in 2021 of providing $1 million in annual support for…
Announcing AlmaLinux 9.5 Beta!
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-10-15-announcing-95-beta/
Published: October 15, 2024 00:00
Hello Community! The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is announcing the availability of AlmaLinux 9.5 Beta “Teal Serval” for all supported architectures: Intel/AMD (x86_64) ARM64 (aarch64) IBM PowerPC (ppc64le) IBM Z (s390x) Beta ISOs are available at…
Azure Marketplace Updates
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-10-09-azure-marketplace-updates/
Published: October 9, 2024 00:00
Hello Community! We’d like to share a quick update for our AlmaLinux Azure users. If you’ve been using the original AlmaLinux Azure image for x86_64 architecture (VM Image URN: almalinux:almalinux:*), you may have gotten an email like this: Your Workloads…
Meet the board - Alex Iribarren
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-10-08-meet-the-board-alex/
Published: October 8, 2024 00:00
In 2023 we launched a video series in which we have community members answer common questions we’re seeing from the community. This year, we’re starting another video series, this time with the AlmaLinux OS Foundation board members. Our goal with this new…
AlmaLinux 9.2 FIPS Validation Update
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-10-07-fips-validation-for-almalinux-update/
Published: October 7, 2024 00:00
After a long wait (view the previous blog post), the AlmaLinux 9.2 kernel received FIPS validation making it the first software implementation to receive a FIPS 140-3 ESV certificate using SHA3-256 as a conditioner. It’s also the first EL9 distribution to…
ELevate Project Updates
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-09-24-elevate-updates/
Published: September 24, 2024 00:00
Hello everyone! We’re excited to share some ELevate updates with you today. Whether you’ve been following along with us for a while or are just tuning in, we’ve got some news and changes that we think you’ll find interesting :) ELevate features that we…
Meet the board - Jun Yoshida
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-09-23-meet-the-board-jun/
Published: September 23, 2024 00:00
As you may be aware, last year, we launched a video series in which we have community members answer common questions we’re seeing from the community. This year, we also launched another Q&A video series, this time with the AlmaLinux OS Foundation board…
Meet the board - Jack Aboutboul
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-09-12-meet-the-board-jack/
Published: September 12, 2024 00:00
As you may be aware, last year, we launched a video series in which we have community members answer common questions we’re seeing from the community. This year, we’re starting another video series, this time with the AlmaLinux OS Foundation board members.…
Announcing the AlmaLinux Certification SIG
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-09-10-announcing-new-certification-sig/
Published: September 9, 2024 00:00
After months of work, we are happy to announce the AlmaLinux Certification Special Interest Group (SIG), along with our Hardware Certification Program! This SIG has tangible goals and immediate benefits for all users of AlmaLinux, and tons of ways to get…
Bringing bootc to AlmaLinux
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-09-02-bootc-almalinux-heliumos/
Published: September 2, 2024 00:00
bootc is a new deployment method that powers Image mode for RHEL and HeliumOS, a new Linux distribution. We are excited to announce that AlmaLinux now offers bootc images for Intel/AMD(x86_64) and ARM64(AArch4). How did this start?My goal as developer of…
Southeast LinuxFest, Academy Open Source Days, SIGGRAPH, Flock to Fedora
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-08-28-summer-event-recap/
Published: August 28, 2024 00:00
We’ve attended quite a few events in the US this summer! In June, we attended Southeast LinuxFest in Charlotte, North Carolina. In July, we traveled to Denver, Colorado for Academy Open Source Days and SIGGRAPH 2024. This month, we went to Rochester, New…
ELevate gets a huge update, plus 2 more OSes and hardware detection
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-08-08-elevate-release/
Published: August 8, 2024 00:00
We’re happy to announce that ELevate just received the biggest update since 2021 when the project was first announced. How did we get hereFor anyone new, ELevate allows you to upgrade in-place from older Enterprise Linux distributions to supported…
From 1 to 400 mirrors; The AlmaLinux Mirror System Story
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-08-07-mirrors-1-to-400/
Published: August 7, 2024 00:00
This blog post is a companion to a talk that Jonathan gave at Flock to Fedora 2024: From Zero to Everywhere: AlmaLinux’s High-Speed Mirrorlist Evolution In August of 2021 we first launched our new and improved mirror system, including the geo-location…
Announcing Silver Sponsor Members - Codenotary, ATIX AG, StorPool Storage AD
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-07-30-announcing-codenotary-atix-storpool/
Published: July 30, 2024 00:00
I’m proud to announce three more Silver Sponsor Members of the AlmaLinux OS Foundation! We’re so grateful for the contributions of our every-growing list of sponsors, as more and more companies prove that they believe in what we do. Here’s a little bit…
Testers needed: glibc regression in Enterprise Linux 9.4
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-07-25-testing-glibc-needed/
Published: July 25, 2024 00:00
Note: this package moved to stable on August 8th, 2024 If you installed this package for testing, you can revert to the stable version with these steps: dnf remove almalinux-release-testing dnf update ############# original below ############# Testers…
Sponsor webinar: Raise Your Application Management Game: AlmaLinux and Virtuozzo in Action
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-07-17-virtuozzo-webinar/
Published: July 17, 2024 00:00
I’m excited to be joining an upcoming webinar with Virtuozzo, one of our newest Sponsor Members at the Foundation. I’ll be talking about how and why folks use AlmaLinux and learning from Virtuozzo’s Ihor Kolodiuk (Director of Cross-Platform Architecture)…
AlmaLinux Cloud, Container and Live Media Images Updates
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-07-10-almalinux-container-cloud-live-media-updates/
Published: July 10, 2024 00:00
Hey Community! We have been doing a ton of work to automate our image creation, and have been making some important changes for AlmaLinux 9.4 and 8.10 images. While the image updates come out quickly after version releases now, we still wanted to highlight…
AlmaLinux OS 9 Patching for CVE-2024-6409
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-07-09-cve-2024-6409/
Published: July 9, 2024 00:00
AlmaLinux OS 9 is impacted by a newly disclosed vulnerability in OpenSSH’s server (sshd) in glibc-based Linux systems similiar to last week’s CVE-2024-6387. The new vulnerability has been assigned the identifier CVE-2024-6409. It involves a signal handler…
How to get updates after CentOS 7 end of life
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-07-09-centos7-updates/
Published: July 9, 2024 00:00
On June 30th CentOS 7 hit end of life, ending the long-loved and widely used CentOS Linux era. While the CentOS Project continues on with CentOS Stream, much of the world still needs another option for updates or upgrading with CentOS 7. The AlmaLinux…
Get ready for ELevateNG
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-07-08-elevateng-testing/
Published: July 8, 2024 00:00
Hello, Community! We are excited to see our ELevate Project growing and to share updates with you. To keep it going, we need your help and support - we are looking for contributors and testers for the ELevate NG. Unless we encounter any blockers, the…
Welcoming Cybertrust Japan again as a Platinum Sponsor Member
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-07-02-ctj-sponsorship/
Published: July 2, 2024 00:00
Earlier today, we announced that our friends at Cybertrust Japan Co., Ltd, have renewed their platinum sponsor membership. As a subsidiary of SB Technology Corp, this level of commitment to the foundation is huge, and we cannot thank them enough. Last year…
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