Hello everyone!


Welcome to this month’s AlmaLinux newsletter, where we share the latest AlmaLinux happenings, upcoming events, and more! 


Quick notes!

Latest from the AlmaLinux Blog

Announcing AlmaLinux Day Tokyo!


In case you missed it, earlier this month we announced AlmaLinux Day Tokyo! This event will take place on December 9th, just a few days after Open Source Summit Japan. Reserve your spot at AlmaLinux Day Tokyo now, or you can catch the recordings on our YouTube channel after the event.


CIS Benchmarks Update


We last posted about the AlmaLinux OS 8 CIS benchmark almost two years ago. We’ve recently released the second update to that - v3.0.0 which was tested on AlmaLinux 8.8 and are about to start working on the first update to the AlmaLinux OS 9 CIS benchmark for 9.2. Check out this new blog post to learn more about what this means, and how you can help!


Join us in the Distributions Dev Room for FOSDEM 2024!


In just over two months we’ll be returning to FOSDEM again with a stand, a bunch of friends, and this time we get to help host the Distros Dev Room! Read more about how to attend, plus how you can join AlmaLinux at more events next year!


Announcing AlmaLinux 9.3 and 8.9!


This month we released both AlmaLinux OS 9.3 “Shamrock Pampas Cat” and AlmaLinux OS 8.9 “Midnight Oncilla”. These two builds are the first minor releases that we have done since we shifted to using CentOS Stream for our enterprise linux builds in July. Both were ready within a week of RHEL’s release, and we are extremely happy with our new build pipeline. Check the link to the blog above for ISOs, torrents, release notes, and more, or watch this 2 minute Q&A with benny (our foundation Chair) and Andrew (our lead architect).

AlmaLinux Live 

The year is almost over, but we have one more destination to go! We can’t wait to see everyone in Tokyo for Open Source Summit Japan and AlmaLinux Day Tokyo.



What events would you like to see us at next year? Drop into the ~marketing room on our chat and say hi, or just email benny.

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Thanks for everything you do to support open source.

benny Vasquez

Chair, Board of Directors @AlmaLinux OS Foundation 

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