Welcome to this month’s AlmaLinux newsletter! I know it's a little late and includes some December news, but I couldn't help myself! ---------- For the skimmers: ---------- * AlmaLinux 9.7 and AlmaLinux 10.1 have both been released!! Thank you to everyone who helped with testing and sharing feedback. Learn more below! * The Japan AlmaLinux Users group is hosting its third AlmaLinux Day in Tokyo! Get the details on their page: AlmaLinux Day: Tokyo 2026 <https://almalinux.connpass.com/event/377157/> * Let us know where you’d like to see us in 2026! We are in the process of planning out our event participation for next year. ---------- New on the AlmaLinux blog ---------- ** Announcing the AlmaLinux Media & Entertainment SIG: The frontline for VFX, Animation, and post This group is dedicated to supporting and enhancing the use of AlmaLinux within the professional visual effects (VFX), animation, and post-production industry. Find out more and join in our efforts <https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-12-02-almalinux-media-entertainment-sig/> in this blog post by Cristian Slavik. ** AlmaLinux Day: Vancouver Recap This amazing event hasn’t left our minds! We recently shared our highlights from the event earlier this year, as well as recordings of the amazing sessions. Check it out in this blog post <https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-12-01-almalinux-day-vancouver-recap/> from benny Vasquez. ** General Availability of AlmaLinux OS 10.1 Stable! AlmaLinux OS 10.1 aka “Heliotrope Lion” is now available! With this release, we’ve introduced Btrf support while still maintaining compatibility with RHEL 10.1. Find the release notes and download links in the blog post from @Eduard Abdullin. ** General Availability of AlmaLinux OS 9.7 Stable! AlmaLinux OS 9.7 aka “Moss Jungle Cat” is now available for supported architectures (Intel/AMD (x86_64), ARM64 (aarch64), IBM PowerPC (ppc64le), IBM Z (s390x)). Find the release notes and download links in the blog post from @Eduard Abdullin. ---------- AlmaLinux Events ---------- We’re coming up on the end of the year already, and we’ve reached the end of our planned 2025 events. 2026 event planning is in the works, including more AlmaLinux Days and many more community events. If you have thoughts on 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 on LinkedIn! <https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7123058222835376128> See you next month! 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.*