Welcome to this month’s newsletter! Here’s what you may have missed in the past few weeks.
Quick Notes
- AlmaLinux 10.3 Beta and 9.9 Beta are available! Take them for a test run and let us know how it goes.
- We have our two new board members for 2026, Muuhh (Munehiro) Ikeda and Tristan Théroux! Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s election.
- The certification process has gotten a big revamp thanks to the Certification SIG’s hard work! Learn more below in the “New on the AlmaLinux Blog” section.
- The Atomic SIG has also been hard at work, and has now released v13 of atomic-ci. Learn more below in the “New on the AlmaLinux Blog” section.
New on the AlmaLinux Blog
What Should AlmaLinux Do Next? Tell Us!
We’re really proud of all the work our community has put into AlmaLinux. Now we want to know: what should we work on next? We have put together a survey to gather feedback from the community about what is working, what is missing, and what changes would be the most meaningful to our users.
Take the 5 minute survey and learn more in this blog post.
Atomic AlmaLinux Moves to the Latest bootc Tooling
The Atomic SIG has just released v13 of atomic-ci, and it’s the biggest change to our build tooling in quite some time! This release was about catching up with where bootc is today, and the tooling keeps evolving.
If you want to learn more about the recent changes and what’s next, read this blog post.
Meet the New 2026 Board Members
Please join us in welcoming Tristan Théroux and Muuhh (Munehiro) Ikeda to the AlmaLinux OS Foundation board! We’re so happy to have them both, and we’re also so appreciative of the AlmaLinux community’s participation in this first election under our new bylaws.
Even with only two candidates for two open seats, we still had a quorum to meet to validate the election. We passed that milestone within hours of the election opening!
Software Certification Is Here, and Hardware Certification Takes Under 10 Minutes
The certification process has gotten a big revamp! You can now certify software for AlmaLinux, not just hardware. In addition, process improvements made by the Certification SIG have made it so that hardware certification now should take less than 10 minutes.
Learn more and give it a try! Check out this blog post.
AlmaLinux 9.9 Beta Now Available!
We’re proud to announce the availability of AlmaLinux 9.9 Beta “Chartreuse Bobcat” for all supported architectures! AlmaLinux 9.9 Beta introduces new compiler toolsets, new module streams, and improved security. This release also adds GCC Toolset 16 alongside updated LLVM and Rust toolsets, and brings Node.js 26 and PHP 8.4 as new module streams.
A usual reminder: this is a BETA release. It should not be used for production installations.
Get the full release notes in this blog post.
New on the AlmaLinux YouTube Channel
AlmaLinux Community Spotlight - Q&A with Dr. Owain Kenway from UCL
This video is the first in a new series that spotlights the cool projects that people are doing using AlmaLinux OS! In this case, Dr. Owain Kenway talks about the new national computing resource that UCL is propping up that uses AlmaLinux.
AlmaLinux Core SIG - Q&A with Andrew Lukoshko, Lead Architect
This video is a new installment in our SIG Q&A video series, this one focusing on the Core SIG! Andrew Lukoshko shares with benny Vasquez the basics of what the Core SIG does, how the work they do impacts the broader AlmaLinux community, and how new people can join and contribute.
AlmaLinux Certification SIG - Q&A with Jonathan Wright, Infrastructure Lead
This video is also a new installment in our SIG Q&A video series, this time about the Certification SIG! Jonathan Wright talks about the recent changes to the certification process, what the SIG does, and how new people can get involved.
Find all of these and more on our YouTube channel.
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:
- October 19-20: ATO 2026 - Say hi to the crew!
- November 6: Texas Linux Fest - Say hi to Jonathan!
- November 13-14: SFSCon - Say hi to benny!
- November 15-20: SC26 - Say hi to the crew!
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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