Hello everyone! Welcome to this month’s AlmaLinux newsletter, where we share the latest AlmaLinux happenings, upcoming events, and more! Quick notes! - AlmaLinux OS 9.3 https://almalinux.org/blog/2023-11-13-announcing-93-stable/ and AlmaLinux OS 8.9 https://almalinux.org/blog/2023-11-21-announcing-89-stable/ are now available! More on these releases in the section below with the latest from the AlmaLinux Blog. - CIS Benchmarks for AlmaLinux https://almalinux.org/blog/2023-11-28-cis-benchmarks-update 8 have been updated, and an update for AlmaLinux 9 is coming soon! - We will be back at FOSDEM in 2024, and we’re helping with the Distributions Dev Room this year. Want to join us at this or another event? Read how on the blog post https://almalinux.org/blog/2023-11-29-distros-devroom/! - We have added a brand new guide to help folks moving from CentOS 7 to AlmaLinux 9 using ELevate https://wiki.almalinux.org/elevate/ELevating-CentOS7-to-AlmaLinux-9.html . - The 2023 election is starting December 1st! Members will get an email, but more info is available on the wiki https://wiki.almalinux.org/election2023.html. - We’ve made some recent improvements to the mirror system (blog post coming soon!). If you run one of our mirrors, take a look at your traffic, and then reach out if you have any questions https://chat.almalinux.org/almalinux/channels/mirrors! Latest from the AlmaLinux BlogAnnouncing AlmaLinux Day Tokyo! https://almalinux.org/blog/2023-11-13-announcing-aldt/ 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 https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-japan/. Reserve your spot at AlmaLinux Day Tokyo now https://almalinux.org/aldt-2023/, or you can catch the recordings on our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@almalinux6891 after the event. CIS Benchmarks Update https://almalinux.org/blog/2023-11-28-cis-benchmarks-update/ We last posted about the AlmaLinux OS 8 CIS benchmark https://almalinux.org/blog/official-cis-benchmark-for-almalinux-and-openscap... almost two years ago. We’ve recently released the second update to that - v3.0.0 https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/15287 which was tested on AlmaLinux 8.8 and are about to start working on the first update to the AlmaLinux OS 9 CIS benchmark https://www.cisecurity.org/benchmark/almalinuxos_linux for 9.2. Check out this new blog post https://almalinux.org/blog/2023-11-28-cis-benchmarks-update/ to learn more about what this means, and how you can help! Join us in the Distributions Dev Room for FOSDEM 2024! https://almalinux.org/blog/2023-11-29-distros-devroom/ In just over two months we’ll be returning to FOSDEM again with a stand https://fosstodon.org/@almalinux/109806681564344149, a bunch of friends https://social.linux.pizza/@benny/111468054707170805, 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! https://almalinux.org/blog/2023-11-29-distros-devroom/ Announcing AlmaLinux 9.3 and 8.9! This month we released both AlmaLinux OS 9.3 https://almalinux.org/blog/2023-11-13-announcing-93-stable/ “Shamrock Pampas Cat” and AlmaLinux OS 8.9 https://almalinux.org/blog/2023-11-21-announcing-89-stable/ “Midnight Oncilla”. These two builds are the first minor releases that we have done since we shifted to using CentOS Stream https://almalinux.org/blog/future-of-almalinux/ 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 https://youtu.be/DNMnajmyLaA 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. - Open Source Summit https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-japan/ - December 3rd and 4th in Tokyo, Japan - AlmaLinux Day Tokyo https://almalinux.org/aldt-2023/ - December 9th in Tokyo, Japan What events would you like to see us at next year? Drop into the ~marketing room https://chat.almalinux.org/almalinux/channels/marketing on our chat and say hi, or just email benny . 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! You can also join the AlmaLinux Foundation here https://almalinux.org/members/#apply if you haven’t already. Thanks for everything you do to support open source. 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.*