Welcome to this month’s AlmaLinux newsletter! Here’s an overview of some of
the things we’ve been up to this month.
For the skimmers:
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Beta releases for AlmaLinux 9.7 and AlmaLinux 10.1 have both been
released!! Your testing and reporting of any errors is critical to ensuring
a stable release for everyone. Learn more below!
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Btrfs support has been introduced in AlmaLinux OS 10.1, and has also
been available and in testing in AlmaLinux OS Kitten since September.
Learn more below!
Looking for ways to get involved?
📣 CloudLinux is hiring a marketing and community specialist to support
what we're doing here for the AlmaLinux project. If you're interested, learn
more and apply here
<https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4274221851/?capColoOverride=true>!
There are also a ton of other ways to get involved. This video with
Jonathan Wright <https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanspw/> and benny Vasquez
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/bennyvasquez/> offers a great overview!
How do I get involved in the AlmaLinux Project? - Q&A with Jonathan Wright,
Infra Team Lead <https://youtu.be/WCERQ4E_gl8?si=OkmyQwBewIz64Ndm>
New on the AlmaLinux blogAlmaLinux 10.1 Beta Now Available!
AlmaLinux 10.1 Beta “Heliotrope Lion” is available for all supported
architectures (Intel/AMD (x86_64), ARM64 (aarch64), IBM PowerPC (ppc64le),
IBM Z (s390x)).
Get the details on this beta release in this blog post
<https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-10-21-announcing-almalinux-10-1-beta/>
from @Eduard Abdullin.
Announcing Btrfs support in AlmaLinux OS 10.1
AlmaLinux OS 10.1 will support the Btrfs filesystem, which has already been
available in AlmaLinux OS Kitten since early September.
Learn more about this in the blog post
<https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-10-21-announcing-btrfs-support-in-almalinux…>
from @Davide Cavalca.
AlmaLinux 9.7 Beta Now Available!
AlmaLinux 9.6 Beta “Moss Jungle Cat” is available for all supported
architectures (Intel/AMD (x86_64), ARM64 (aarch64), IBM PowerPC (ppc64le),
IBM Z (s390x)).
Read more about this new beta release in this blog post
<https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-10-07-announcing-97-beta/> from @Eduard
Abdullin.
AlmaLinux Events
We’re coming up on the end of the year already! This is where we’re
planning to visit, exhibit, or speak through the rest of this year.
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November 5-6: CloudFest USA <https://www.cloudfest.com/usa/>
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November 16-21: SC25 <http://supercomputing.org/>
2026 event planning is in the works, including more AlmaLinux Days and many
more community events.
If you have thoughts on events that you think we should attend, let us
know! Our global community is growing quickly, and we love to connect with
them wherever they are.
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benny Vasquez
Chair, Board of Directors @AlmaLinux OS Foundation
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Welcome to this month’s AlmaLinux newsletter!
Keep reading for some updates on what is new as of this month. 👀
For the skimmers:
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Our 2025 AlmaLinux OS Foundation election will be rescheduled to March
2026! Read more details below.
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We’ll soon have the videos from AlmaLinux Day: Vancouver ready to share.
Stay tuned!
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There will be 5 more places this year to find us in the wild!
Looking for ways to get involved?
📣 CloudLinux is hiring a marketing and community specialist to support
what we're doing here for the AlmaLinux project. If you're interested, learn
more and apply here
<https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4274221851/?capColoOverride=true>!
There are also a ton of other ways to get involved. This video with Jonathan
Wright <https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanspw/> and benny Vasquez
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/bennyvasquez/> offers a great overview!
How do I get involved in the AlmaLinux Project? - Q&A with Jonathan Wright,
Infra Team Lead <https://youtu.be/WCERQ4E_gl8?si=OkmyQwBewIz64Ndm>
New on the AlmaLinux blogAlmaLinux OS Foundation Election rescheduled for
March 2026
📢 Due to some inconsistencies that we have identified internally, we will
be rescheduling the current board member election.
Transparency is to everything we do on the AlmaLinux project, so you can read
more details here <https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-09-30-election-update/>
from @benny Vasquez.
Enabling CRB by default for AlmaLinux 10
To reduce the friction in using software from Fedora Extra Packages from
Enterprise Linux (EPEL), we are enabling the CRB repository by default.
AlmaLinux OS 10 will have the CRB repository turned on by default via an
update in AlmaLinux OS 10.0 on 2025-09-09, while AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 has
had it enabled by default since the update on 2025-08-27
(almalinux-kitten-repos-10.0-9.el10.0.1).
Read more about this in this blog post
<https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-09-08-enabling-crb-by-default-for-almalinux…>
from @Neal Gompa
AlmaLinux Events
Though we didn’t attend or host any events in September, there are still 5
chances left to see AlmaLinux in the wild in 2025!
This is where we’re planning to visit, exhibit, or speak so far through the
rest of this year.
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October 3-4: TexasLinux Fest <https://2025.texaslinuxfest.org/>
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October 12-14: All Things Open <http://allthingsopen.org/>
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November 7-8: SeaGL <https://seagl.org/>
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November 7-8: SFSCon <https://www.sfscon.it/>
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November 16-21: SC25 <http://supercomputing.org/>
If you see an event missing that you think we should attend, or if you know
of any amazing open source events in Asia, South America, or Africa, let us
know! Our community is growing quickly in those areas, and we’d love a
chance to connect with them!
Stay Up to Date and Join Us!
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benny Vasquez
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