Hello, Community! AlmaLinux OS is proud to announce AlmaLinux OS 9.0 Beta
<https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos.html> for all 4 architectures: x86_64
<https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos/x86_64/9.0-beta.html>, aarch64
<https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos/aarch64/9.0-beta.html>, ppc64le
<https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos/ppc64le/9.0-beta.html> and s390x
<https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos/s390x/9.0-beta.html>, achieving
architecture parity with upstream.
As 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. Now if you
wanna test this somehow, somewhere to see how things will work in 9.0
stable, you're on the right track.
Cloud Images and Containers
Cloud images and containers are in process and we anticipate the first
batch to be ready in 1-2 days.
Release Notes and More Information
AlmaLinux OS 9.0 Beta is based on upstream kernel version 5.14 and contains
enhancements around cloud and container development and improvements to the
web console. This release also delivers enhancements for security and
compliance including additional security profiles. Other various updates
include Python 3.9, GCC 11 with the latest versions of LLVM, Rust and Go to
make modernizing the applications faster and easier.
You can read more about it by checking out the Release Notes
<https://wiki.almalinux.org/release-notes/9.0-beta.html>.
Test Days
Please make sure to stay tuned to the blog, community chat and various
social channels and mailing lists (links below) for the upcoming
announcement of test days, where we will gather together and have ourselves
a good ole' fashioned bug hunt.
What you can do to help?
Test, test, test. Your feedback is what helps make great production
releases.
Please report any bugs you may see on the Bug Tracker
<https://bugs.almalinux.org/>.
You can also pop into the AlmaLinux Community Chat
<https://chat.almalinux.org/> and join our Testing Channel, post a question
on our 9.0 Beta Forum
<https://almalinux.discourse.group/c/devel/9-0-beta/29>, on our AlmaLinux
Community on Reddit <https://reddit.com/r/almalinux> or catch us on Twitter
<https://twitter.com/almalinux>.
Please enjoy this Beta release, let us know what you think and stay tuned
for more updates and announcements coming soon.
Happy Testing!
