Hello everyone! Welcome to this month’s AlmaLinux newsletter, where we share the latest AlmaLinux happenings, upcoming events, and more! Quick notes! - AlmaLinux 8 GPG Key updates - January 12th - Welcome to our new board members - Check out the 2023 recap - We’ve added EPEL support to ELevate - Our Cloud and Live Media images have been updated! - Join us in Brussels Feb 3&4 for FOSDEM Latest from the AlmaLinux BlogAction required: Getting ready for AlmaLinux 8 GPG key change https://almalinux.org/blog/2023-12-20-almalinux-8-key-update/ Due to a problem with the storage for the original master key for AlmaLinux 8, we are updating the AlmaLinux 8 key. Take a look at the blog post for more information about steps you can take ahead of January 12th. Welcome to Jun and Alex! https://almalinux.org/blog/2023-12-19-jun-and-alex-join-board/ We’ve expanded the AlmaLinux OS Foundation’s board by two seats, adding Alex Iribarren from CERN, and Jun Yoshida from Cybertrust. Learn a little more about them on the blog https://almalinux.org/blog/2023-12-19-jun-and-alex-join-board/! Bringing EPEL support to the ELevate project https://almalinux.org/blog/2023-12-05-announcing-epel-support-in-elevate/ We are thrilled to announce that the first step in EPEL support is now included in the ELevate project, enabling smooth migrations between CentOS7 and AlmaLinux 8. At present, the EPEL support does not include migrating to non-AlmaLinux OSes, or between EL8 and EL9 derivatives! Learn more about helping us with testing, contributing, and more https://almalinux.org/blog/2023-12-05-announcing-epel-support-in-elevate/ ! AlmaLinux Cloud, Container and Live Media Images Updates https://almalinux.org/blog/2023-12-26-almalinux-container-cloud-live-media-u... Our images have been updated for 8.9 and 9.3, including the much-asked-for UEFI boot support. See the blog post https://almalinux.org/blog/2023-12-26-almalinux-container-cloud-live-media-u... for more details, and check out almalinux.org/get-almalinux for the full list of images that we provide. Join us in the Distributions Dev Room for FOSDEM 2024! https://almalinux.org/blog/2023-11-29-distros-devroom/ We’ll be returning to FOSDEM in 2024 with a stand https://fosstodon.org/@almalinux/109806681564344149 and a bunch of friends https://social.linux.pizza/@benny/111468054707170805, and this time we get to help host the Distros Dev Room! The schedule is now live https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/track/distributions/, and it is full of incredible topics. If you are interested in helping staff this event (or any of the events we’re attending next year), reach out to the Marketing SIG https://wiki.almalinux.org/sigs/Marketing.html, or 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! 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.*