12 Days of Rockmas
Hey, it’s almost Rocky Linux’s third birthday! We will celebrate by counting down the next 12 days with games, giveaways, and gatherings to appreciate our community. And YOU are invited to join us. About Rocky…
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Rocky Linux 8.9 Available Now
We are pleased to announce the general availability of Rocky Linux 8.9. This release is currently available for the x86-64 and aarch64 architectures. Please review the release notes in the Rocky Linux Documentation - These…
Rocky Linux 9.3 Available Now
We are pleased to announce the general availability of Rocky Linux 9.3. This release is currently available for the x86-64, aarch64, ppc64le, and s390x architectures. Please review the release notes in the Rocky Linux Documentation…
Special Interest Group Announcement – Security
Special Interest Group Announcement - Security The Rocky Linux Project announces the general availability of the Security Special Interest Group (SIG) packages and wiki, which provide extra security-related packages and security-hardened override packages (replacing those…
Statement Regarding OpenELA
By now, you’ve likely heard about a new open source project, known as OpenELA. We’ve received a few questions about how it is related to Rocky Linux. On August 10th, OpenELA was announced as an…
RESF Names Theodore Ts’o to Board
Theodore Ts’o has joined the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation’s Board of Directors. On June 10, 2023, the membership of the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation (RESF) voted to approve Theodore Ts’o as an At-Large Director of…
Keeping Open Source Open
Every user of Rocky Linux is valued and their contributions matter. From software engineers to IT professionals and hobbyists, together, we are all part of the Linux and open source community. The Rocky Enterprise Software…
Brave New World: The Path Forward for Rocky Linux
What is the power of an open source community? It is the ability to dig deep in critical moments, to rise above and carry on. This week the greater Enterprise Linux community was gifted one…
Rocky Linux Expresses Confidence Despite Red Hat’s Announcement
[Reno, NV, June 22, 2023] – Rocky Linux, a prominent community-driven open-source distribution of Enterprise Linux (EL), remains confident in its ability to continue as a bug-for-bug compatible and freely available alternative to Red Hat…
Rocky Linux 9.2 for PowerPC (ppc64le) is now available
After additional testing and thorough investigation into the architecture-specific bug we discovered, the Rocky Linux team is pleased to announce the availability of Rocky 9.2 for the PowerPC (LE) or ppc64le architecture. Before upgrading your…