Welcome to this month’s AlmaLinux newsletter! We’ve had another busy month, so let’s get into it. In case you missed it, AlmaLinux Day: Vancouver is August 9th, just before SIGGRAPH. Your free ticket includes a full day of talks, networking, snacks, lunch, more snacks, and a completely unique gift just for attendees of AlmaLinux Day: Vancouver or SIGGRAPH. Make plans to attend and take advantage of this incredible day of content focused directly on the needs of the VFX community, where creativity and system administration overlap. https://almalinux.org/almalinux-day-vancouver-2025/ For the skimmers: - You’re almost out of time to weigh in on our community survey <https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-06-16-almalinux-survey/>! Take 5 minutes to share integral feedback and help shape the future of AlmaLinux - Our board elections for 2025 are coming up fast! You have a little less than a month to become an official member <https://almalinux.org/members/> that can vote. - We’re participating in a webinar with Tuxcare on 8/5 about AlmaLinux for enterprise. Learn more and register here <https://www.linkedin.com/events/poweredbycommunity-optimizedfor7353855881878380544/> ! Looking for Ways to Help?Volunteer at AlmaLinux Day: Vancouver If you plan to join us at ALDV, we’re looking for volunteers to help us out! There are a few different tasks we need help with while at the event. Learn more in this blog post <https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-07-23-volunteer-at-aldv/> from Tristan Theroux! Other Ways to Get Involved There are also a ton of other ways to get involved. This video with Jonathan Wright and benny Vasquez 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 BlogFirst round of speakers announced for AlmaLinux Day: Vancouver! We’ve announced the first round of speakers for AlmaLinux Day: Vancouver! - Neal Gompa - Eric Hendricks - Usman - Chris Taylor - Stephen Winters Read more about the speakers and the sessions in this blog post <https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-07-08-almalinux-day-schedule/> from Tristan Théroux ELevate to EL 10! New ELevate path are available: - AlmaLinux OS 9 to AlmaLinux OS 10.0 - AlmaLinux OS 9 to AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 - CentOS Stream 9 to CentOS Stream 10 Read more about 3rd party repository support and how to get started in this blog post <https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-07-07-elevate-to-el-10/> from Yuriy Kohut AlmaLinux Events Though we didn’t attend or host any events in July, we’ve been making preparations for a number of events later this year! This is where we’re planning to visit, exhibit, or speak so far through the rest of this year. - August 9: AlmaLinux Day: Vancouver <https://almalinux.org/almalinux-day-vancouver-2025/> - August 10-14: Academy Open Source days <https://events.linuxfoundation.org/about/calendar/?_sft_lfevent-category=academy-software-foundation-events> and SIGGRAPH <https://s2025.siggraph.org/> - September 23-27: nerdearla: Buenos Aires <https://nerdear.la/en/> - October 12-14: All Things Open <http://allthingsopen.org/> - November 7-8: SFSCon <https://www.sfscon.it/> - 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!If you want to make sure you catch every update from us, sign up for the Newsletters mailing list <https://lists.almalinux.org/mailman3/lists/newsletters.lists.almalinux.org/> or subscribe on LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/almalinux-news-7123058222835376128/>! 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.*