AlmaLinux

Did you know that becoming a member gives you voting privileges and other perks? 👀

Click the link to see our sponsorship options and learn how you can join us! 👉 https://almalinux.org/members/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Meet the board - Jun Yoshida As you may be aware, last year, we launched a video series in which we have community members answer common questions we’re seeing from the community. This year, we also launched another Q&A video ser...

Meet AlmaLinux board member, Jun Yoshida! 👋

Learn how Jun got his start with IT (despite a surprising university major 👀), his history with Linux, and what he hopes for the future of AlmaLinux.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr8_mIXWsf0

Our March newsletter is now live!

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UCL to host £19.5m supercomputing facility A UCL-led team will receive £19.5 million over five years to provide a powerful, high-speed computing resource for researchers across the UK in areas ranging from medicine to engineering to history.

A UCL-led team will receive £19.5 million over five years to provide a powerful, high-speed computing resource for researchers across the UK, and we are proud to offer support for projects that use Linux components!

🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/fe... via @ucl.ac.uk

A 2025 recap? In March?

Call us fashionably late. 😎

Read all about the product updates, the events, the community growth, and what we're setting our sights on for 2026 and beyond. → https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-02-25-almalinux-2025-recap/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

🎶 Ain't no stoppin' us now, we're on the move! 🎶

We're growing steadily, with more than 2M system update check-ins per week—roughly double what it was at the beginning of 2025. 📈 www.phoronix.com/forums/forum...

AlmaLinux thrives thanks to contributors just like you!

Here are a few different ways you can help shape the future of AlmaLinux. 👇

AlmaLinux Days in two great cities! AlmaLinux days have been a fantastic way for us to gather parts of our community together. Whether adjacent to other events, or completely independent, we are always so happy to connect and hear from ...

🥳 Amazing news! We've got not one, but TWO AlmaLinux Days planned!

AlmaLinux Day: Germany
🗓️ March 26, 2026
📍 Rust, Germany

AlmaLinux Day: LA
🗓️ July 18, 2026
📍 Los Angeles, CA

🔗 https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-03-02-almalinux-days-in-two-great-cities/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

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 s...

shim 16.1 is here for AlmaLinux 9.7 & 10.1!

→ Most users: nothing changes
→ aarch64 users: you're getting the new Microsoft UEFI CA 2023 signing key
→ VMware Fusion users: check your NVRAM

🔗 https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-02-18-shim-16.1-update/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Huge thanks to our three returning Silver Sponsors: Codenotary, @storpool.bsky.social, and @fastly.com! 🎉

These folks help keep AlmaLinux fast, trustworthy, and free for everyone. https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-02-17-codenotary-fastly-storpoold/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

One more week until one of our very favorite events!

Come say hello at SCALE 23x next week.

We'll have swag and plenty of enthusiasm to talk shop. See you there! @socallinuxexpo.bsky.social

2025 AlmaLinux Year in Review 2025 was another year of growth and excitement for AlmaLinux. Here’s a look back at what we achieved, all thanks to our amazing community! Whether you’ve been involved from the start, just recently jo...

From new OS versions to events, 2025 brought lots of growth and excitement for AlmaLinux!

Thanks to our community for making it all possible. Check out our (slightly belated) 2025 recap. 👉 https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-02-25-almalinux-2025-recap/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

@osmus.bsky.social
@thephpf.bsky.social
@pulumi.com
@python.org
@podman-desktop.io
@tailscale.com
@rabbitmq.com
@rust-lang.org
@sentry.io
@valkeyio.bsky.social
@vaultwarden.org.uk

@ansible.bsky.social
@aiohttp.org
@apache.org
@blender.org
@caddy.bsky.social
@discourse.org
@djangoproject.com
@golang.org
@gimpofficial.bsky.social
@grafana.bsky.social
@headscale.net
@jenkinsci.bsky.social
@kde.org
@joinmastodon.org.web.brid.gy
@matrix.org
@fedora.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy

Open source makes the world go around!

In honor of FOSS month, our SIGs wanted to thank the projects we're relying on most.

There are a ton, so please join us as we celebrate them all! 🙌

Let's hear it for our Platinum-level sponsor members! 👏

Their support is vital in helping us continue our mission of a forever-free enterprise Linux distribution.

Cybertrust Japan Co
@cloudlinux.com
TuxCare

Meet the AlmaLinux board: Jack Aboutboul Meet the board! The AlmaLinux OS Foundation board is charged with shepherding the AlmaLinux project as it goes through its genesis. Most of the board has been involved since the beginning, but who…

Meet the board! 👋

Jack Aboutboul is the one making sure your fave distros run smoothly on Azure. Former Red Hat community builder, Fedora founder, and now helping steer our motley penguin crew. 🐧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR1-...

We're heading back to one of our favorite events of the year! 🐧

Catch the AlmaLinux crew at SCALE 23x in March. Come say hi, grab some swag, and talk shop with fellow Linux enthusiasts!

𝗘𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻-𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗛𝗘𝗟® 𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀.

Go from CentOS 6 all the way to EL 8 of your preferred RHEL derivative—then jump to EL 9, all within the same ecosystem.

Learn more: https://almalinux.org/elevate/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

When CentOS 7 went EOL, Cinesite had choices.

They picked AlmaLinux for faster packages and a friendlier community model. 🎬🐧

Hear from Danny Smith on why AlmaLinux was the clear winner for their VFX pipeline.

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 s...

📢 For AlmaLinux 9.7 and 10.1, shim bootloader is now updated to version 16.1!

This update includes a change in the UEFI Secure Boot signing key for the aarch64 (ARM64) architecture.

Learn more: https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-02-18-shim-16.1-update/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Announcing Returning Silver Sponsor Members - Codenotary, Fastly, and StorPool Storage AD Today, we issued a press release announcing three returning silver sponsor members of the AlmaLinux OS Foundation, and I wanted to thank them here as well! We’re always blown away by the support of ne...

Returning to the AlmaLinux waddle (that's a group of penguins, if you are unfamiliar) as silver-level sponsors, please join us in giving a warm "Welcome Back!" to:

Codenotary
@fastly.com
@storpool.bsky.social

We're so grateful for your support! https://bit.ly/4tHWKLL

Looking for a stable relationship? We'll never let you down. 💘

Happy Valentine's Day!

It's been a flurry of activity with the AlmaLinux Leadership Summit, #CentOSConnect, and #FOSDEM—but boy, was it good to meet up with the people we collaborate with all the time! 😍 @centos.org @fosdem.org

It's almost time for one of our most beloved shows—SCALE 23x! 🎉

We're excited for four days of sessions, workshops, and community activities with our fellow open source nerds. Pasadena, here we come! https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x @socallinuxexpo.bsky.social

AlmaLinux Day: Tokyo was incredible!

Huge shout-outs to everyone who attended, our brilliant speakers for sharing their knowledge, and our Japanese User Group for organizing the event.

Next up: CentOS Connect + FOSDEM, here we come! 🤩

AlmaTips: How to Start Contributing to AlmaLinux by Submitting a Pull Request Want to contribute to AlmaLinux? It’s easier than you think! In this short walkthrough, Eric “The IT Guy” Hendricks shows you how to fork a repo, make your changes, and submit a pull request on…

Eric Hendricks is back with another edition of #AlmaTips!

In this video, he walks you through getting started with AlmaLinux contributions: submitting a pull request. youtu.be/2Nv0RRMroJs?...

[Watch] Tristan Théroux and Cinesite's Danny Smith chat about Cinesite's use of AlmaLinux for desktops and rendering, and Danny offers his advice for migrating to AlmaLinux. 👇

Get ready, Tokyo—our team is headed your way for AlmaLinux Day! ✈️

Will we see you on the 23rd? 👀 almalinux.org/almalinux-da...

We'll be at #CentOSConnect and #FOSDEM!

If you're attending, swing by our booth to connect with our team. See what we've been up to, learn how you can help the AlmaLinux Project, and more! @centos.org @fosdem.org