We lost someone last night very important to the Linux and open source community and a friend too many.
Life is short, don't wait, be good to everyone and always share love. ♥️♥️♥️
Rocky Linux 9.4 is here! Available for x86_64, aarch64, ppc64le, and s390x architectures. Check out the release notes for new features and changes. Thanks to all contributors.
#RockyLinux
#ELCommunity
#NewRelease
Happy Birthday Linux!
Linux is an example of how people from all over the world can unite under a common vision to create and do amazing things.
Together, developers everywhere joined forces and built the widest and most utilized software ever.
Don't you love open source? ♥️♥️
BREAKING: Rocky Linux running on the fastest HPC system in Europe with over 400,000 cores and 5,000
@nvidia
A100 GPUs!
This is absolutely fantastic
@fzj_jsc
, we are so excited to hear this and welcome to the Rocky Family!
Welcome aboard,
@rocky_linux
, to JSC and especially JUWELS Booster – the fastest HPC system in Europe! In total, Rocky Linux runs now on ~400 000 CPU cores and hosts ~5000 GPUs at JSC!
We hope to have a good future in front of us and will go on an Exa-ordinary journey together!
One of the most frequently asked questions we get is how does the Rocky team feel about
@CentOS
,
@RedHat
, and
@IBM
.
We absolutely love them and have gratitude for what they have done and continue to do for the open source and Enterprise Linux communities.
THANK YOU! ❤️❤️❤️
When did you first discover Linux? No matter your Linux origin story, today's the day it all began. Happy
#linuxbirthday
to the OG kernel!
#rockycommunity
ROCKY LINUX 8.5 + SECURE BOOT NOW RELEASED!
This is the moment that we've all been waiting for, please spread the word!
Please see our release notes here:
We would love to hear from you, please feel free to join us at
Thank you!
We successfully built the packages and exported our full DVD and minimal ISOs for x86_64, aarch64, but after running through a final test we found a blocking bug that needs a bit more time to troubleshoot. We'll update everyone as soon as we can.
Rocky Linux 9.0 is coming soon!
It is really exciting watching the final packages being built for x86_64, ARM, s390x, and PPC64. Once that is done, the repos will be updated and ISOs generated.
Expect the beta release soon and the GA release ASAP after testing!
Also, ...
We are live with Rocky Linux 9.3. Many thanks to the hardworking release and testing teams for their ongoing commitment to excellence in this and all versions.
#enterpriselinux
#opensource
#community
Here's a sneak peek of our initial test ISO. If you're interested in joining the testing team, please join the Testing channel on our Mattermost server:
CentOS 8 is end of life (8 years early).
CentOS Stream is not the same as CentOS and while it is a great project, it is not what the world has come to love and trust in CentOS.
If you liked CentOS, you are going to love Rocky Linux! Come join us. ❤️❤️❤️
Reminder: CentOS Linux 8 will be End Of Life tomorrow. We recommend migrating to CentOS Stream before that time. More details of how the EOL will be handled may be found at
BREAKING NEWS: Rocky Linux is going GNU/HURD!
The port is already underway and we are very excited to announce this initiative to the world! Please join our
#mattermost
chat channel ~SIG/GNU-Hurd to be part of this exciting effort!
With over 20,000 downloads of Rocky Linux in our first two days we are already getting requests for
@Zoom
screen sharing support,
@VMWare
(
@VMWOpenSource
) guestOS support, and
@Docker
Hub presence!
Rocky Linux 8.10 is available now! This is the last planned minor version of Rocky Linux 8, and will be supported until 2029. Plenty of time to start planning your upgrades to 9! Read the release announcement at
Our docs team produced a wide range of free digital books/guides on various topics, ranging from Linux Admin, Ansible and Bash Scripting to Middleware and we totally loved them! These resources are a valuable educational tool for learning. Check them out!
Congrats to the coalition spearheading the development of OpenELA! The Rocky Linux project currently has a working process. However, we believe in a community-accessible source of EL. Whatever comes next, the future of Enterprise Linux looks bright.
If the first thing you ever learned about SELinuwas how to disable it, but you need a security-enhanced mechanism for your Enterprise Linux system, here is your guide to make SELinux work for you.
#tutorialtuesday
#rockydocs
#selinux
#security
Infrastructure ready for build systems and automatic package builds has been passed to the Development team on schedule. They’re now performing validation steps as they continue to work on the core OS. You can view initial successful builds on Koji:
Rocky Linux is now approved as a supported platform for MySQL Database. You can now receive official
@Oracle
support for
#RockyLinux
powered
@MySQL
servers. Thx to our vendors who make Rocky Linux a well-supported platform for all
#Database
#MySQL
#Oracle
Real talk. That bit about freeloaders? It was absurd, so we laugh. Truth is, we contribute upstream, always have. We are genuinely thrilled to participate in
#flocktofedora
and discuss Enterprise Linux future with
@fedora
and fellow sponsors
#community
#collaboration
#winwin
Regarding the recent glibc vulnerability (CVE-2024-2961) on servers serving php content, here's a step-by-step guide to secure your Rocky Linux installation
#RockyLinux
#ELCommunity
#Linux
#glibc
Happy birthday
@openstreetmap
! Thank you for 20 years of empowering the entire FOSS community (and many more!) with open geographical data!
#OpenStreetMap
Shout-out to
@jedicien
, our 15,000th follower on Twitter! 🥳
We'll be in touch via DM, we can't wait to send you a package filled with awesome Rocky Linux goodies! 🎁
🎉 Happy
#SysAdminDay
! 🚀 Huge thanks to all the sysadmins around the world who keep our systems running smoothly and securely. Your hard work and dedication are the backbone of our digital world. We appreciate you! 🛠️ 🖥️
#ELCommunity
#RockyLinux
Happy New Year to all! You all are absolutely amazing! Thank you for your amazing support throughout this journey. Together we have accomplished remarkable milestones and made a positive impact. Here's to another year of growth, learning, and making a difference! ✨
#rockylinux
We are excited to announce that Rocky Linux has reached a significant step in the FIPS 140-3 validation process; right on schedule, Rocky Linux is now named in the NIST Implementation Under Test List.
It's alive! Rocky 9.2 is available now. See announcement for specifics. Thanks to the team for endless hours of testing. Now go get some coffee...the adventure continues!
We had a great time at
@OSC_official
23 Hokkaido! Thank you to all the folks who stopped by the table, and see you again next month in Kyoto!
#osc23do
#osckyoto
Rocky Linux now has an official image on the
@Docker
Hub!
A big H/T to both the Rocky and Docker teams and
@NeilHanlon
for coordinating (and the cool screenshot).
This is so awesome! ❤️❤️❤️
We are pleased to announce the general availability of Rocky Linux 8.7! 🎉 With hundreds of hours of collective testing behind it, this is our most thoroughly tested release yet! Read more at
We are pleased to announce the general availability of Rocky Linux 9.1! 🎉 This release introduces great new features like Keylime remote machine attestation, important bug fixes, and new variants of our cloud images. Read more at
📸 Need to backup your Rocky servers? -rsnapshot works well, is super fast, and keeps a running backup that you can restore from easily. Note: If you happen to run into any errors, let us know!
#documentation
#rsnapshot
#tutorialtuesday
#howtoguide
Hello from Belgium! The Rocky Release Engineering team had their annual meetup this morning, as part of CentOS Connect in Brussels. Today they discussed next updates of Peridot, our build system. So much awesome work happening here!
#peridot
#rockylinux
#centosconnect
It’s hard to believe that after so many years CentOS as we know it is coming to an end.
Please join us for thanking the many developers and contributors to CentOS for a wonderful life.
While it’s a shame it has come to an end the silver lining is that Rocky now exists. ❤️❤️❤️
We want to hear from everyone who wants to contribute and be part of Rocky Linux, so we assembled a Google form which will allow us to start organizing the team at large:
#RockyLinux
Psst. In case you needed to hear it today, we're glad you are here. Some things that keep us going in dark times: Life goals; Family; Friends; Pets; Hobbies. Whatever keeps you going is valid. Need to talk? US dial 988.
#988lifeline
#nojudgmentjusthelp
#rockycommunity
Mirrors go brrr as the preliminary sync for Rocky Linux 9.4 begins. 🚀 As always, Rocky Linux will not be released until it has passed our stringent testing standards. There are still tasks you can help with, join the 9.4 testing channel at to learn more!
@scstonewall
@AlmaLinux
By the same standard, wouldn't RH also be parasitic of the thousands of upstream projects which make up RHEL?
This is one of the core tenants of why Rocky Linux will ALWAYS be freely available. It is comprised of thousands of upstream open source projects.
🎉 It is official!
#FedoraLinux
40 is here. 🎉
This release is feature-packed with new major versions of
@gnome
and
@kdecommunity
,
#PyTorch
with
#ROCm
support, new versions of your favorite toolchains and programming languages, and so much more.
Rocky Linux is giving out T-Shirts at Ohio Linux Fest! Come and grab one!
We have 4XL, 3XL, 2XL, XL, Large, Medium and Small in black and white!
#OhioLinux
#RockyLinux
Just wanted to send a shout-out to
@circle_linux
, a brand new Linux distro in the EL family that uses the Rocky Linux open source build tools!
This is huge validation for us as it demonstrates that Rocky Linux is indeed repeatable.
CCLinux, welcome to the family! ❤️❤️❤️
We are proud to announce that the
@DPGAlliance
has recognized Rocky Linux as a Digital Public Good, alongside other incredible
#opensource
projects working to achieve the United Nations
#SDGs
! Read the announcement at
This made our day, thank you to the entire Rocky Linux community! ❤️❤️❤️
The Rocky team is humbled and honored to ensure that everyone always has a stable enterprise linux foundation for your infrastructure.
The people that build open source projects always love to hear that they are making a positive impact!
What are your favorite open source projects? Tag them and share a few words about what they mean to you and why they are so important.
Happy International Workers' Day to all the hardworking individuals around the globe! Today, we celebrate the dedication, resilience, and contributions of workers everywhere. Here's to building a brighter future together!
#WorkersDay
#LaborDay
#RockyLinux
Hate losing data? Declustered parity has you covered - or so says John Bent, storage architect for CORTX, Seagate's open source mass capacity object storage system.
Join his talk for a deep dive on data protection August 5th:
In the wake of
@resf
announcement, the Rocky Linux project is especially grateful for the rock-solid support offered by our founding sponsor,
@CtrlIQ
. Open-source EL may be in for a wild ride, but CIQ's generous support allows us to remain committed to the cause.
THANK YOU! We just hit 12,000 Twitters followers, 100% organically and approaching 7,500 members in our RESF
@Mattermost
group.
Everyone is invited! Come join the Rocky Linux community of developers, users, contributors, sponsors, partners, champions, and evangelists.
❤️❤️❤️
The Rocky Linux 9 Wallpaper Contest has been extended! Check out these great submissions we've received from
@AlexRamallo
and
@ezequielbruni
👀
Rocky Linux 9 "Blue Onyx" themed submissions will be accepted until March 9th at