Hi there!

Welcome to this month’s AlmaLinux newsletter, where we share the latest AlmaLinux happenings, upcoming events, and more. It was a busy month, so this issue is PACKED!

Quick notes - find more information about below!

-- Both AlmaLinux 9.4 and AlmaLinux 8.10 were released this month, and we announced the new AlmaLinux Engineering Steering Committee, AND a new HPC & AI SIG.
-- To help our community, both AlmaLinux 9.4 and 8.10 have re-enabled support for more than 10 drivers that were disabled in RHEL, extending support for more than 140 devices. Learn more on the forums, and let us know if you are missing other devices!

Some videos to highlight for our community:
-- Art of Server recently released a new video about why they picked AlmaLinux, which you can check out here!
-- Dmitry Lambert Tech - featuring Dmitry Lambert from Zabbix - did a video walking you through an ELevate upgrade from CentOS 7 to AlmaLinux 8, which you can see here!

Latest from the AlmaLinux Blog

AlmaLinux 8.10 Stable!

AlmaLinux 8.10 “Cerulean Leopard” is available! Read this blog post for ISOs, torrents, release notes, and more. The following device drivers were modified to re-add PCI IDs for hardware disabled in RHEL:

Sponsor meetup: Migrating from CentOS 7 and Mythbusting Linux on Microsoft Azure

Yesterday, I participated in a meetup with Claus Wiesner from the Azure Linux team at Microsoft! We busted the myths around using Linux on Azure, and showed how CentOS 6 and 7 users on Azure can upgrade to AlmaLinux using ELevate. Read more and watch it on demand here!

Introducing ALESCo: The AlmaLinux Engineering Steering Committee

We recently announced the AlmaLinux Engineering Steering Committee, or ALESCo. Simply stated, ALESCo is a group of engineers heavily involved in using and developing AlmaLinux, formed into a committee that will generally guide the technical progression and growth of AlmaLinux as an operating system. Learn more and get involved!

Sponsor Webinar: ELevate: Upgrading in Place for RHEL-based Distros Has Finally Arrived with Tuxcare

On May 15th, I participated in a webinar with one of our sponsors, TuxCare, about the new additions to ELevate, along with all of the things our community members need for upgrading their OS using ELevate. You can read more about it or watch it on demand here!

General Availability of AlmaLinux 9.4 Stable!

AlmaLinux 9.4 “Seafoam Ocelot” is available! Read this blog post for ISOs, torrents, release notes, and more. The following device drivers were modified to re-add PCI IDs for hardware disabled in RHEL:

Introducing the AlmaLinux HPC and AI SIG

In case you missed the news, we have a new Special Interest Group, the High Performance Computing and Artificial Intelligence SIG! Learn all about it here.

AlmaLinux Day: Germany - Recap

If you weren’t able to join us for AlmaLinux Day: Germany in March, you can read all about it here on our blog, and watch the sessions, which included an explanation of where we get AlmaLinux’s sources since our shift last year, and a Q&A with the AlmaLinux OS Foundation board.

Upcoming Events

While we got to take a break on travel for May, there are quite a few for the rest of the year:

We need your help! We’re looking for volunteers from the AlmaLinux community to help staff our booths. If you can dedicate at least 1/2 of an event to staffing a booth, fill out this Google form! We’ll cover your travel and hotel, and you’ll get a per-diem to help offset your food and assorted travel-related costs.

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benny Vasquez

Chair, Board of Directors @AlmaLinux OS Foundation 

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