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AlmaLinux 9.5 Beta

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 19, 2024

These are the release notes for AlmaLinux OS 9.5 Beta for all supported architectures:

x86_64 aarch64 ppc64le s390x

Codename: Teal Serval.

Distributed kernel version: 5.14.0-503.2.1.el9_5

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