Welcome & Quick Notes
The newsletter opens with several key announcements:
- Seeking contributors for various AlmaLinux initiatives
- ELevate received a major update with expanded capabilities
- Stevie Awards nomination: AlmaLinux is nominated for The Stevie® Awards’ People’s Choice award in the Government or Non-profit category
Call for Help
Swag Shop Manager Needed: The Marketing SIG is recruiting someone to audit inventory, evaluate costs, update offerings, and develop fresh designs. Interested parties should contact benny at almalinux.org.
Forum Support: Forum traffic has nearly doubled in six months. Volunteers are needed to answer questions from sysadmins, developers, and DevOps engineers at lnx.rocks/forumhelp.
Blog Highlights
Summer Events Recap: AlmaLinux attended Southeast Linux Fest, Academy Open Source days, SIGGRAPH, and Flock to Fedora.
Mirror System Growth: Since August 2021, the mirror network expanded from approximately 100 servers to over 400, supporting over one million systems worldwide with geo-location features.
ELevate Update: The largest update since 2021 promotes ELevateNG to stable status, now supporting CentOS Stream 8-9 upgrades, Scientific Linux migrations, and improved hardware detection.
Upcoming Events
- NERDEARLA (September 24-28, Buenos Aires)
- All Things Open (October 27-29, Raleigh, NC)
- SeaGL (November 8-9, Seattle, WA)
- SC/Supercompute (November 17-22, Atlanta, GA)
The organization seeks volunteers and is actively recruiting community members from underrepresented regions (Asia, South America, Africa).
