Rocky Linux
Rocky Linux is the idea of a Linux distribution to replace CentOS. The idea was born after Red Hat decided not to honor the decision to provide full updates for CentOS 8 until 2024 and maintainence updates until 2029 as initially announced.
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 Rocky Linux 8.4 "Green Obsidian" with GNOME Shell desktop | |
| Developer | Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation |
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| OS family | Linux (Unix-like) |
| Source model | Open source |
| Initial release | 21 June 2021 |
| Latest release | 8.9[1]  / 22 November 2023; 9 May 2024 |
| Repository | |
| Marketing target | Desktop computers, servers, supercomputers |
| Package manager | RPM (DNF), Flatpak — graphical front-ends: GNOME Software, dnfdragora |
| Platforms | x86-64, ARM64 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux kernel) |
| Userland | GNU |
| Default user interface | GNOME Shell, Bash |
| License | GPL and various free software licenses, plus proprietary firmware files |
| Official website | rockylinux |
Gregory Kurtzer, founder of the CentOS project made this announcement and the community is actively working on the project.
Change in End of life for CentOS 8
CentOS was acquired by Red Hat in 2014.[2] On December 8, 2020, it was announced that the CentOS project, previously a downstream branch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, would be moving to CentOS Stream, an upstream development branch of RHEL.[3][4]
The maintenance schedule for CentOS 8 was also changed, ending full updates and maintenance updates on December 31, 2021.[5] As an aside, the maintenance schedule for CentOS 7 is unchanged, with maintenance updates ending on June 30, 2024.
Other websites
References
- "Rocky Linux 8.9 Available Now". 22 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
- "[CentOS-announce] CentOS Project joins forces with Red Hat". 7 January 2014.
- https://blog.centos.org/2020/12/future-is-centos-stream/
- "CentOS Stream: Building an innovative future for enterprise Linux".
- "About/Product - CentOS Wiki". Archived from the original on 2020-12-15. Retrieved 2020-12-10.