Welcome to this month’s newsletter! Here’s what you may have missed so far this year. For the skimmers: - We have updated the shim bootloader to version 16.1 for AlmaLinux 9.7 and 10.1 - If you use Secure Boot on ARM64, take a look! - We’re happy to announce AlmaLinux Day: Germany 2026 and AlmaLinux Day: LA 2026! Check out more info below in the “New on the AlmaLinux blog” section. - If you missed AlmaLinux Day: Tokyo 2026 (or if you just want to relive the experience), the sessions are now available to watch on our YouTube channel here <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JCto0t1r98&list=PLqKzWfm6zyluvLR3A5HJDmDmjwqQi9P7Z>! Thank you again to our Japanese User Group for making ALDT possible - As @Owain Kenway shared on LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/posts/owain-kenway_ucl-to-host-195m-supercomputing-facility-activity-7432728964797943809-2ojZ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAABndnewBz5USJP1ueSh4KVPyD_SvEYxgX9Q>, UCL was selected to host a £19.5m supercomputing facility! The computing resource, Charger, uses AlmaLinux OS, and we’re so proud to be a part of their project. New on the AlmaLinux blogAlmaLinux Days in two great cities! 🥳 We’re happy to announce AlmaLinux Day: Germany and AlmaLinux Day: LA! AlmaLinux Day: Germany will be taking place on March 26th in Rust, Germany, in tandem with CloudFest. AlmaLinux Day: LA will be on July 18th, the day before SIGGRAPH starts. Learn more about both events in this blog post <https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-03-02-almalinux-days-in-two-great-cities/> from @benny Vasquez. 2025 AlmaLinux Year in Review 🗓️ 2025 was another busy and fulfilling year for AlmaLinux, and that’s all thanks to our wonderful community! Highlights include: - AlmaLinux OS 9.6 <https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-05-20-almalinux_96_release/>, 10.0 <https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-05-27-welcoming-almalinux-10/>, 9.7 <https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-11-17-almalinux_97_release/>, and 10.1 <https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-11-24-almalinux_101_release/> releases - More deviations driven by ALESCo in order to better serve the AlmaLinux community - New ELevate paths (and ELevate is now supported in upstream LEAPP!) - Tons of events where we connected directly with community members Read the full recap here in this blog post <https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-02-25-almalinux-2025-recap/> from @benny Vasquez. @Phoronix also wrote this article about it <https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/latest-phoronix-articles/1616095-almalinux-showing-nice-growth-with-more-than-2m-system-update-check-ins-per-week> ! Shim bootloader updated, impacting secure boot for ARM64 🔒 We have updated the shim bootloader to version 16.1 for AlmaLinux 9.7 and 10.1, following the same pattern that users will see in RHEL releases. This update includes a change in the UEFI Secure Boot signing key for the aarch64 (ARM64) architecture that our users should be aware of. Read more here <https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-02-18-shim-16.1-update/> from @Andrew Lukoshko. Announcing Returning Silver Sponsor Members - Codenotary, Fastly, and StorPool Storage AD 🎊 We’re so happy to welcome back returning Silver sponsor members @Codenotary, @Fastly, and @StorPool Storage AD! We couldn’t do what we do without the support of these three and sponsors like them. Learn more about our sponsors in this blog post <https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-02-17-codenotary-fastly-storpoold/> from @benny Vasquez. AlmaLinux Events We’ve got big plans for 2026! Here’s a look at the upcoming events we’re currently planning to attend in the next two months: - March 5-8: SCaLE <https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x> - March 23-26: CloudFest <https://www.cloudfest.com/> (Want to join us there? You can use our registration code <https://registration.cloudfest.com/?code=g6peC9RM> for a free ticket!) - March 26: AlmaLinux Day: Germany <https://almalinux.org/almalinux-day-germany-2026/> - March 26-29: Penguicon <https://2026.penguicon.org/> - April 24-26: LinuxFest NW <https://linuxfestnorthwest.org/> If you have thoughts on other events that we should attend, let us know! Our global community is growing quickly, and we love to connect with them wherever they are. 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 here 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.*