AlmaLinux

Announcing AlmaLinux 10.2 Beta “Lavender Lion” for all supported architectures! It includes: 🔹 i686 userspace packages 🔹 Updated compiler toolsets 🔹 New language and database packages 🔹 Improved security ...and more! almalinux.org/blog/2026-05-0…

Real ones don't setenforce 0. AlmaLinux Board Chair @bennyVasquez is headed to BayLISA to teach you to read audit logs without losing your mind (and when a boolean beats a custom policy). SELinux truthers only. meetup.com/baylisa/

Open-source code trains a lot of AI models. Very few of those models are actually open in return. A new @Yale study proposes "Contextual Copyleft AI Licensing" to close that gap. 👇 news.yale.edu/2026/06/15/yal…

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We are shipping patched kernels for GhostLock (CVE-2026-43499), a new Linux kernel local-privilege-escalation flaw. Every supported AlmaLinux release (8, 9, and 10) is affected. Help us with testing and learn more: almalinux.org/blog/2026-07-0…

🗳️ IT'S ELECTION SEASON! 2 seats up for grabs on the AlmaLinux board. Think you've got what it takes to help steer the penguin ship? Applications due July 16th! 🐧⚓

Does a RHEL feature = an AlmaLinux feature? Does a CVE fix = a CVE fix for you too? @bennyvasquez sits down with @andrewlukoshko to answer the compatibility questions we get asked the most. 🎥

@bennyvasquez @usahmad87 @Det_Conan_Kudo .@bennyVasquez closes AlmaLinux Day: LA with a real, practical way for anyone—artists, pipeline TDs, doc writers—to get involved in the M&E community. No kernel wizardry required!

@bennyvasquez @usahmad87 @Det_Conan_Kudo Stephen Winters' session looks at open source trust after xz utils and the new risks AI introduces, and how the community can build infrastructure that protects itself going forward.

Speakers are locked in for AlmaLinux Day: LA! 🎬 Check out the lineup and start getting excited! 👇

@bennyvasquez Tristan Théroux shares how community feedback from SIGGRAPH 2024/25 became a real roadmap—testing, tooling, and a new GUI to onboard the next wave of Linux artists.

.@bennyVasquez kicks off the day: CentOS died, VFX needed a floor, AlmaLinux showed up. NVIDIA, Btrfs, 2M+ weekly check-ins. No corp overlord required.

A serious container-escape kernel bug is public, and AlmaLinux 10 is affected. We've already got a patch, and it's in production now. Learn more here. 👇 almalinux.org/blog/2026-06-3…

We have two patched kernels ready for testing: Januscape (CVE-2026-53359) and Bad Epoll (CVE-2026-46242). Januscape affects every supported AlmaLinux release (8, 9, and 10). Bad Epoll affects AlmaLinux 9 and 10. Learn more ⤵️ almalinux.org/blog/2026-07-0…

Your burning AlmaLinux 2026 board election questions: Answered. 🔥 Watch the video to get all the juicy election deets. 👀