Welcome to this month’s newsletter! Here’s what you may have missed so far this year.
Quick Notes
- Real RISC-V support is here! Take a look at the blog post and let us know your experience in chat.almalinux.org.
- We have added i686 support to AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10! Learn more in the “New on the AlmaLinux Blog” section below.
- AlmaLinux Day: LA 2026 is fast approaching! The CFP closes June 5th, but the first round of acceptances will be sent out next week. Submit your talk or panel idea soon!
- If you missed AlmaLinux Day: Germany 2026 (or if you just want to relive the experience), keep an eye out for the videos of this great event.
- Our rescheduled election will be coming soon! Make sure you have registered in the new Account and Election portal to ensure you get to cast your vote.
New on the AlmaLinux Blog
ELevating to AlmaLinux 10 x86_64_v2
ELevate NG now supports the upgrade path from AlmaLinux OS 9 to AlmaLinux OS 10 (or AlmaLinux OS Kitten) x86_64_v2! We appreciate any feedback from testers, and as always, we do not recommend using this on production machines.
AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 Expands Community Support with i686 Userspace
We have added i686 support to AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 — package repositories and official container images for 32-bit x86.
AlmaLinux Goes RISC-V: Kitten 10 Now Available for riscv64
We are excited to announce that AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 is now available for the RISC-V architecture!
Call for Testing — firewalld ipset Performance Fix for AlmaLinux 8
For years, firewalld users across multiple Linux distributions have been hitting a painful performance issue: reloading the firewall with large ipsets (10,000+ entries) and the nftables backend takes minutes instead of seconds, often causing network disruption. Last month, we called for help with testing our new patch to fix this issue.
Help us out and learn more here.
Introducing AlmaLinux Astra: Self-Service Memberships and Elections Portal
We’ve rolled out AlmaLinux Astra: a new self-service platform for identity, organizations, memberships, and elections for the AlmaLinux OS Foundation. Astra is built to keep workflows clear, accountable, and easy to audit. It helps contributors and communities move from “who are you?” to “you can participate” with fewer manual handoffs and more transparent status updates. Astra will replace the current Noggin-based system at https://accounts.almalinux.org. It’s inspired by Noggin, but built entirely from scratch using Django.
AlmaLinux in 2026
Take a peek behind the curtain to see what our goals for AlmaLinux in 2026 are! During the AlmaLinux Leadership Summit, we put together a list of challenges and goals (for the SIGs and for the project generally).
Check out the full recap in this blog post.
AlmaLinux and NVIDIA Streamline Driver and CUDA Updates
With the release of version 13.2, NVIDIA has added official support for enterprise Linux compatible distributions, including AlmaLinux, to CUDA. That means that users of NVIDIA hardware can receive support for NVIDIA drivers and CUDA on AlmaLinux within NVIDIA’s supported configurations. We are also excited to be able to ship NVIDIA’s CUDA drivers in an official AlmaLinux repository, streamlining updates and uses of NVIDIA for AlmaLinux users worldwide.
Get all the details here in this blog post.
AlmaLinux Events (2026)
We’ve got big plans for 2026! Here’s a look at the upcoming events we’re currently planning to attend in the next few months:
- April 24-26: LinuxFest NW
- May 6-8: HPC Admin Tech
- May 18-20: Open Source Summit NA
- June 5-7: Flock to Fedora
- June 12-14: Southeast Linux Fest
- June 18-19: DevConf
If you have thoughts on other events that we should attend, let us know! Our global community is growing quickly, and we love to connect with them wherever they are.
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