General Availability of AlmaLinux 8.10 Stable!
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General Availability of AlmaLinux 8.10 Stable!
Hello Community! The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is announcing the general availability of AlmaLinux OS 8.10 codenamed “Cerulean Leopard”!
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AlmaLinux 8.10 Released, With Support for Deprecated Hardware
AlmaLinux 8.10 has been released, continuing to support hardware that was recently deprecated by Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.10, upon which it is based.
AlmaLinux is a RHEL-based distro that aims to provide binary compatibility with RHEL, but the distro has been steadily improving on areas above and beyond RHEL. One of those areas is compatibility with hardware that RHEL has dropped.
“Releasing AlmaLinux 8.10 less than one week after the release of RHEL 8.10 proves again the power of AlmaLinux community and its ability to deliver on speed, quality, and security,” said lead architect at AlmaLinux, Andrew Lukoshko. “Powered by people and organizations that provide infrastructure and deep technical knowledge, we have proven our commitment to deliver the enterprise Linux that people need.”
An update
Varghese:
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CentOS replacement AlmaLinux releases version 8.10
The AlmaLinux OS Foundation has announced the general availability of AlmaLinux 8.10, a community-owned open-source alternative to CentOS.
In a statement, the Foundation said the new release, including pre-built ISO images, could be downloaded from its system of more than 350 mirror sites.
“Our consistently speedy releases, as illustrated by today’s announcement and the recent release of 9.4, underscore the reliability and timeliness offered via AlmaLinux,” said benny Vasquez, chair of the AlmaLinux OS Foundation.
“With AlmaLinux, users can confidently deploy robust, scalable, and secure Linux environments, ensuring seamless integration and maximum operational efficiency.”
AlmaLinux is one of a number of Linux distributions that have risen to prominence after Red Hat, the biggest open source company, decided to make it difficult to gain access to the source of its enterprise distribution.
The Register:
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux and AlmaLinux 8.10 are out
Two notable North American Linux distributors have emitted the last release in their 8.x series – although other vendors have yet to catch up with that cycle.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10 appeared last week, followed this week by AlmaLinux 8.10 "Cerulean Leopard". Rocky Linux 8.10 is expected this month, too. Oracle Linux 8.10 surely won't be far behind.
As usual, if you just want a short summary of what's new, consult the AlmaLinux release notes – especially the changelog – as they are a lot shorter. In PDF form, Red Hat's release notes fill 196 pages. Comprehensive documentation forms part of the company's support offerings for which its customers pay, after all.
Among the highlights are Git 2.43 and Git LFS 3.4.1, plus updated modules including Python 3.12, Ruby 3.3, PHP 8.2, nginx 1.24, MariaDB 10.11, and PostgreSQL 16. As with the project's latest release in the 9.x series, AlmaLinux 8.10 offers Extended Hardware Support for a whole list of bits of hardware that Red Hat has dropped.