AlmaLinux 9.5 Stable Now Available The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is announcing the general availability of AlmaLinux OS 9.5 https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos.html codenamed “Teal Serval”! Installation ISOs are available on the mirrors now for all 4 architectures: - Intel/AMD (x86_64) https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos/x86_64/9.5.html - ARM64 (aarch64) https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos/aarch64/9.5.html - IBM PowerPC (ppc64le) https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos/ppc64le/9.5.html - IBM Z (s390x) https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos/s390x/9.5.html Torrents are available as well at: - Intel/AMD (x86_64) https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/9.5/isos/x86_64/AlmaLinux-9.5-x86_64.to... - ARM64 (aarch64) https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/9.5/isos/aarch64/AlmaLinux-9.5-aarch64.... - IBM PowerPC (ppc64le) https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/9.5/isos/ppc64le/AlmaLinux-9.5-ppc64le.... - IBM Z (s390x) https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/9.5/isos/s390x/AlmaLinux-9.5-s390x.torr... ISOs, Live Images, Cloud and Containers AlmaLinux also offers a variety of Cloud, Container and Live Images. The builds for these get kicked off as soon as the public repository is ready. *The following images are expected to be available shortly.* - Container https://wiki.almalinux.org/containers/ images including Platform and UBIs alternatives. We provide a wide variety of containers for your use. - LXC/LXD https://images.linuxcontainers.org/images/almalinux/ - Live Media https://wiki.almalinux.org/LiveMedia.html for GNOME, GNOME-mini, KDE, XFCE, MATE and more. - Cloud Images - AWS https://wiki.almalinux.org/cloud/AWS.html for x86_64 and AArch64 EC2 Instances - Azure https://wiki.almalinux.org/cloud/Azure.html for x86_64 and AArch64 VMs - Google Cloud https://wiki.almalinux.org/cloud/Google.html - Generic Cloud/Cloud-init https://wiki.almalinux.org/cloud/Generic-cloud-on-local.html for all 4 architectures - OpenNebula https://wiki.almalinux.org/cloud/OpenNebula.html for x86_64 and AArch64 architectures - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure https://wiki.almalinux.org/cloud/OCI.html for x86_64 and AArch64 Instances - Vagrant Boxes https://app.vagrantup.com/almalinux: - Libvirt - VirtualBox - Hyper-V - VMWare for x86_64 and AArch64 - Parallels for AArch64 - Raspberry Pi https://wiki.almalinux.org/documentation/raspberry-pi.html - Windows Subsystem for Linux https://wiki.almalinux.org/documentation/wsl.html for x86_64 and AArch64 Release Notes and More Information AlmaLinux 9.5 aims to improve performance, development tooling, and security. Updated module streams offer better support for web applications. New versions of compilers provide access to the latest features and optimizations that improve performance and enable better code generation. The release also introduces improvements to system performance monitoring, visualization, and system performance data collecting. Security updates are directed at strengthening cryptography, while SELinux policies enforce stricter access controls. Additionally, crypto-policies offer stronger encryption, improving the overall security of the system. You can read the full release notes for this version on the wiki: AlmaLinux OS 9.5 Release Notes https://wiki.almalinux.org/release-notes/9.5.html. What you can do to help? Your input into testing and feedback is crucial and essential for successful production releases. Please, report any bugs you may see on the Bug Tracker https://bugs.almalinux.org/. Also, pop into the AlmaLinux Community Chat https://chat.almalinux.org/ and join our Testing Channel, post a question on our 9.5 Forum https://forums.almalinux.org/c/devel/9/36, on our AlmaLinux Community on Reddit https://reddit.com/r/almalinux or catch us on X https://twitter.com/almalinux. Please report any bugs you may see on the Bug Tracker https://bugs.almalinux.org/. *Enjoy the release and have fun!* benny Vasquez Chair, Board of Directors @AlmaLinux OS Foundation *I am sending this message now because it suits me, but I don’t expect that you will read, respond to, or act on it outside of comfortable hours for your time zone.*