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. https://www.google.com/url?q=https://almalinux.discourse.group/t/re-adding-support-for-older-hardware/3851&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1716948874763847&usg=AOvVaw1TwmwptmvSrXmfc-sSg2JrLearn more on the forums, and let us know if you are missing other devices! https://www.google.com/url?q=https://almalinux.discourse.group/t/re-adding-support-for-older-hardware/3851&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1716948874764013&usg=AOvVaw3noORaatXbCRAFSeMTjzjd Some videos to highlight for our community: -- Art of Server https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/@ArtofServer&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1716948874764322&usg=AOvVaw0Te7HrCYf7iBdErrTp5Eu6 recently released a new video about why they picked AlmaLinux, which you can check out here https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DG4c354CEhSE&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1716948874764491&usg=AOvVaw1RlxMxgez44Gni_5x5jorV ! -- Dmitry Lambert Tech https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/@DmitryLambertTech&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1716948874764723&usg=AOvVaw2uNIElZBg4HmrapzoXW-EV - 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 https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DvcH1gy7fSkk%26&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1716948874764991&usg=AOvVaw0hFEtPgIn2ewrVYTFnEZ3E ! Latest from the AlmaLinux BlogAlmaLinux 8.10 Stable! AlmaLinux 8.10 “Cerulean Leopard” is available! Read this blog post https://www.google.com/url?q=https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-05-28-announcing-810-stable/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1716948874765543&usg=AOvVaw1aHkEhQ1Pqvj3Bm8sHA7aj for ISOs, torrents, release notes, and more. The following device drivers were modified to re-add PCI IDs for hardware disabled in RHEL: - aacraid - Dell PERC2, 2/Si, 3/Si, 3/Di, Adaptec Advanced Raid Products, HP NetRAID-4M, IBM ServeRAID & ICP SCSI - be2iscsi - Emulex OneConnect Open-iSCSI for BladeEngine 2 and 3 adapters - be2net - Emulex BladeEngine 2 and 3 adapters - hpsa - HP Smart Array Controller - lpfc - Emulex LightPulse Fibre Channel SCSI - megaraid_sas - Broadcom MegaRAID SAS - mlx4_core - Mellanox Gen2 and ConnectX-2 adapters - mpt3sas - LSI MPT Fusion SAS 3.0 - mptsas - Fusion MPT SAS Host - qla2xxx - QLogic Fibre Channel HBA - qla4xxx - QLogic iSCSI HBA 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 https://www.google.com/url?q=https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-05-23-mythbusting-linux-on-azure/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1716948874766990&usg=AOvVaw0fZXywOnwz1fhcjDDeAA6M and watch it on demand here https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3D3LsPn7xOn34&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1716948874767211&usg=AOvVaw0AWOFn9fTn2rs_yi2cbwio ! 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 https://www.google.com/url?q=https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-05-21-introducing-alesco/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1716948874767755&usg=AOvVaw1Oj40YUTo0QmkndnLM6gSU ! 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 https://www.google.com/url?q=https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-05-8-tuxcare-almalinux-elevate-webinar/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1716948874768203&usg=AOvVaw2wNluwXYKWPz1-oGx1oOl4 or watch it on demand here https://www.google.com/url?q=https://tuxcare.com/webinars/elevate-upgrading-in-place-for-rhel-based-distros-has-finally-arrived/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1716948874768506&usg=AOvVaw0wgDLO9fDKf7krGvWUPug4 ! General Availability of AlmaLinux 9.4 Stable! AlmaLinux 9.4 “Seafoam Ocelot” is available! Read this blog post https://www.google.com/url?q=https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-05-06-announcing-94-stable/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1716948874769041&usg=AOvVaw3IPqy1P9Tp4satTJoIEsO0 for ISOs, torrents, release notes, and more. The following device drivers were modified to re-add PCI IDs for hardware disabled in RHEL: - aacraid - Dell PERC2, 2/Si, 3/Si, 3/Di, Adaptec Advanced Raid Products, HP NetRAID-4M, IBM ServeRAID & ICP SCSI - be2iscsi - Emulex OneConnect Open-iSCSI for BladeEngine 2 and 3 adapters - hpsa - HP Smart Array Controller - lpfc - Emulex LightPulse Fibre Channel SCSI - megaraid_sas - Broadcom MegaRAID SAS - mlx4_core - Mellanox Gen2 and ConnectX-2 adapters - mpt3sas - LSI MPT Fusion SAS 3.0 - mptsas - Fusion MPT SAS Host - qla2xxx - QLogic Fibre Channel HBA - qla4xxx - QLogic iSCSI HBA 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 https://www.google.com/url?q=https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-05-02-introducing-almalinux-hpc-ai-sig/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1716948874770511&usg=AOvVaw3lIUT_otuVBRvmyCCo43x5 . 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 https://www.google.com/url?q=https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-05-01-almalinux-day-germany-recap/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1716948874770981&usg=AOvVaw2uYSlvhAI3om87zo83qESA, 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: - Southeast Linux Fest https://www.google.com/url?q=http://southeastlinuxfest.org/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1716948874771500&usg=AOvVaw1VdNlN2RcsHo9M4KxmcCma, June 7-9 in Charlotte, North Carolina, US - SIGGRAPH https://www.google.com/url?q=https://s2024.siggraph.org/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1716948874771753&usg=AOvVaw0CpZ4pGaAZ3aUPul3ASatq, July 30-August 1 in Denver, Colorado, US - FOSSY https://www.google.com/url?q=https://fossy.us/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1716948874772010&usg=AOvVaw0Ktjd82ZzNDZoMQBVUI-ot, August 1-4 in Portland, Oregon, US - Flock to Fedora https://www.google.com/url?q=https://flocktofedora.org/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1716948874772238&usg=AOvVaw1j4Dd61BxlzkuR52EyUlnp, August 7-10 in Rochester New York, US - Academy Open Source days https://www.google.com/url?q=https://events.linuxfoundation.org/about/calendar/?_sft_lfevent-category%3Dacademy-software-foundation-events&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1716948874772517&usg=AOvVaw26VJNH5tZHNgldQFgDTuDw, August ? in Los Angeles, California, US - Ohio Linux Fest (OLF) https://www.google.com/url?q=http://olfconference.org/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1716948874772829&usg=AOvVaw0T-AWI0BeXfyfFyFqYiOBr, September ? in Columbus, Ohio, US - All things open https://www.google.com/url?q=http://allthingsopen.org/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1716948874773099&usg=AOvVaw079obhK2giFBNc5Cm5P3Md, October 27-29 in Raleigh, North Carolina, US - Seagl https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seagl.org/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1716948874773362&usg=AOvVaw2dBP7Y1nqc611njwuBEql8, November 8-9 in Seattle, Washington, US - SC (formerly Supercompute) https://www.google.com/url?q=http://supercomputing.org/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1716948874773591&usg=AOvVaw1oiftM75VgCsQGS9hsLpi3, November 17-22 in Atlanta, Georgia, US 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, https://www.google.com/url?q=https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cQ0YQiAcRZXPnDqiHak-AXmsjEBz-IQE8s8jbPLykds/edit&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1716948874773960&usg=AOvVaw1SmRUg6FuC_5CCe4Yj0fn-fill out this Google form https://www.google.com/url?q=https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cQ0YQiAcRZXPnDqiHak-AXmsjEBz-IQE8s8jbPLykds/edit&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1716948874774145&usg=AOvVaw2L1rDRZBNxWBIXZQHS03BD! We’ll cover your travel and hotel, and you’ll get a per-diem to help offset your food and assorted travel-related costs. Stay up to date and join us! 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