AlmaLinux 10 Beta Offers Early Access to Key Upgrades
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Today, AlmaLinux OS Foundation has announced the immediate availability of AlmaLinux 10 Beta, code-named “Purple Lion.” This pre-release version comes as a milestone offering for all supported architectures, including x86_64, x86_64_v2, ARM64 (aarch64), IBM PowerPC (ppc64le), and IBM Z (s390x).
In parallel with the Beta, the AlmaLinux OS Foundation is also introducing the AlmaLinux OS “Kitten.” Designed to assist in developing and preparing subsequent AlmaLinux releases, Kitten provides a more transparent look into the project’s build process and fosters deeper community engagement.
Immediately, however, I want to clarify that while Kitten is based on CentOS Stream and thus may include some package versions newer than those in the AlmaLinux 10 Beta, it should be viewed as a distinct environment rather than a direct preview of final release content. Now, back to the topic.
FOSS Force:
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AlmaLinux 10 Beta Distinguishes Itself From RHEL 10 Beta - FOSS Force
Things are getting kind of confusing at AlmaLinux now that the company has its regular eponymous distro for end users — the one that’s a ready-to-fly drop-in replacement for Red Hat Enterprise Linux — and Kitten, its clone of CentOS Stream — or RHEL’s upstream — which is mainly intended for developers to use as they work on getting ready for the next production ready version of AlmaLinux.
Because it doesn’t concern me much — since I’m a mere mortal and not a developer in RHEL-clone space — I’d forgotten all about Kitten, until AlmaLinux sent me an advance look at a blog by AlmaLinux software developer Eduard Abdullin about the release of AlmaLinux 10 Beta, which had me all confidently ready to report on the release of AlmaLinux’s new beta until the blog took a confusing (to me) side trip into Alma Linux Kitten 10 Beta territory, which had me scratching my head and wondering aloud in good Rosencrantz and Guildenstern style, “but which is which and who is whom?”
Eventually I found myself dashing off an email to benny Vasquez, who calls herself AlmaLinux Foundation’s chairperson, when actually she’s just as often its explainer-in-chief.
Linuxiac:
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AlmaLinux 10 Beta Offers Early Access to Key Upgrades
Today, AlmaLinux OS Foundation has announced the immediate availability of AlmaLinux 10 Beta, code-named “Purple Lion.” This pre-release version comes as a milestone offering for all supported architectures, including x86_64, x86_64_v2, ARM64 (aarch64), IBM PowerPC (ppc64le), and IBM Z (s390x).
In parallel with the Beta, the AlmaLinux OS Foundation is also introducing the AlmaLinux OS “Kitten.” Designed to assist in developing and preparing subsequent AlmaLinux releases, Kitten provides a more transparent look into the project’s build process and fosters deeper community engagement.
Linux Magazine:
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AlmaLinux 10.0 Beta Released » Linux Magazine
AlmaLinux 10.0 Beta offers plenty of changes for development, security, and performance workflows. You'll find updated programming languages, toolchains, and compilers, as well as control systems, servers, and databases.
One of the more fascinating additions is support for post-quantum cryptography, which helps to secure AlmaLinux against cryptanalytic attacks by a quantum computer. As well, SELinux and OpenSSH have both been updated, and a new sudo system role makes configuration management across multiple systems easier. Finally, Sequoia PGP has been added for expanded encryption options.
Not to be mistaken for AlmaLinux Kitten (which is based on CentOS Stream and ships with even newer versions of software), AlmaLinux 10.0 Beta is based on RHEL 10.0.
According to the AlmaLinux press release, "Beta releases continue to provide our community with early access to new features and enhancements, allowing test[ing] and encouraging our community to provide valuable feedback before the stable launch."
The Register:
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'Tis the season to test the RHEL and AlmaLinux 10 betas
AlmaLinux 10 is joining RHEL 10 in public beta testing, and the developers of CentOS Stream 10 have just hit the release button ahead of the festive break.
As the holidays approach, so does a new version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. AlmaLinux 10 is now going into beta test. This version is codenamed Purple Lion. If you want a quick overview of what's new, AlmaLinux's release notes are only about ten pages long. (This compares to a whopping 142 pages for the RHEL 10 beta release notes.) Nearly half of Purple Lion's release notes are the list of devices in "Extended hardware support" – in other words, the kit that AlmaLinux still supports that has been dropped from RHEL.
The AlmaLinux beta has arrived about a month after Red Hat released the beta version of RHEL 10 for public testing. It's based on Fedora Linux 40, which appeared back in April.
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AlmaLinux 10.0 Beta Now Available
Newly introduced AlmaLinux OS Kitten is designed to serve for development and preparation purposes for the next AlmaLinux OS version. Kitten aims to bring more transparency, engagement, and provide deeper insights into our build process.
The astute AlmaLinux user will notice that some of the software versions in AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 are newer than what you will find in the AlmaLinux 10 beta release. That is because Kitten is based on CentOS Stream, and AlmaLinux 10 follows Red Hat 10’s release versions. It should not be anticipated that Kitten is or will be exactly what will be provided in the BETA version.
Beta releases continue to provide our community with early access to new features and enhancements, allowing testing and encouraging our community to provide valuable feedback before the stable launch.
A usual reminder: this is a BETA release. It should not be used for production installations. The provided upgrade instructions should not be used on production machines unless you don’t mind if something breaks. If you are looking to see how things going to work in stable, you are on the right track.