Operating system by Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
Linux distribution
Rocky Linux
|
Rocky Linux 9.0, showing its desktop environment
GNOME
40.
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Developer
| Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
|
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OS family
| Linux
(
Unix-like
)
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Working state
| Current
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Source model
| Open source
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Initial release
| 1 May 2021
; 3 years ago
(
2021-05-01
)
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Latest release
| 9:
| 9.4
[1]
/ 9 May 2024
; 32 days ago
(
9 May 2024
)
|
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8:
| 8.10
[2]
/ 30 May 2024
; 11 days ago
(
30 May 2024
)
|
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Repository
| git
.rockylinux
.org
|
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Marketing target
| Desktop computers
,
servers
,
supercomputers
|
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Package manager
| RPM
(
DNF
),
Flatpak
? graphical front-ends:
GNOME Software
,
dnfdragora
|
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Platforms
| x86-64-v2
,
[3]
ARM64
,
ppc64le
,
s390x
|
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Kernel
type
| Monolithic
(
Linux
)
|
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Userland
| GNU
|
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Default
user interface
| GNOME Shell
,
Bash
|
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License
| 3-clause
BSD
and various free software licenses, plus proprietary firmware files
|
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Preceded by
| CentOS
|
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Official website
| rockylinux
.org
|
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Rocky Linux
is a
Linux distribution
developed by Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation, which is a privately owned
benefit corporation
that describes itself as a "self-imposed not-for-profit".
[4]
It is intended to be a
downstream
, complete
binary-compatible
release using the
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
(RHEL) operating system source code.
[5]
The project's aim is to provide a community-supported,
production-grade
enterprise operating system. Rocky Linux, along with RHEL and
SUSE Linux Enterprise
(SLE), has become popular for enterprise operating system use.
[6]
[7]
The first
release candidate
version of Rocky Linux was released on April 30, 2021, and its first
general availability
version was released on June 21, 2021. Rocky Linux 8 will be supported through May 2029
[8]
and Rocky Linux 9 through May 2032.
[9]
History
[
edit
]
On December 8, 2020,
Red Hat
announced that they would discontinue development of
CentOS
, which had been a production-ready downstream version of RHEL, in favor of a newer upstream development variant of that operating system known as
CentOS Stream
.
[10]
In response, Gregory Kurtzer, CEO of Rocky Linux support provider CIQ
[11]
and one of the original founders of CentOS, announced that he would start a new project to achieve the original goals of CentOS.
[12]
[13]
[14]
Its name was chosen as a tribute to early CentOS co-founder Rocky McGaugh.
[5]
By December 12, the
code repository
[15]
of Rocky Linux had become the top-trending repository on
GitHub
.
[16]
On December 22, 2020, Rocky Linux community manager Jordan Pisaniello announced that the target for an initial release was anywhere between March and May of 2021.
[17]
On January 20, 2021, it was announced that a test repository would be made available to the public by the end of February, and a release candidate was on target for the end of March 2021.
[18]
However, that date was slightly pushed back,
[19]
and on April 30, 2021, the first release candidate was officially released.
[20]
The second release candidate, of version 8.4, the last before the stable release, was released on June 4, 2021.
[21]
The high version number is based on the designation of RHEL. Rocky Linux is a clone of RHEL, which is also binary-compatible and is already supported by numerous large, financially strong sponsors.
[22]
On June 21, 2021, the stable release of Rocky Linux 8.4 was released,
[23]
with the code name "Green Obsidian".
[24]
Rocky Linux 9.0 was released on July 14, 2022, alongside a new
reproducible
build system called "Peridot", created to ensure the community can easily create new RHEL forks if Rocky Linux ever were to be discontinued, and to allow the Rocky Linux project to make new releases faster.
[25]
[26]
Rocky Linux 9.0 is also the first version to support
little-endian
PowerPC
processors and
IBM Z
(s390x) mainframes.
[3]
Releases
[
edit
]
Some of the ISO images released by the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation have no direct upstream equivalents. They are created for specific purposes, such as for providing a live bootable image, or for providing a reduced-size installation medium.
[27]
Rocky Linux version
|
Code Name
|
Architectures
|
RHEL base
|
Kernel
|
Rocky Linux release date
|
RHEL release date
|
Delay (days)
|
Old version, no longer maintained:
8.3
|
Green Obsidian
[24]
|
x86-64, ARM64
|
8.3
|
4.18.0-240
|
2021-05-01
[28]
|
2020-11-03
[29]
|
179
[note 1]
|
Old version, no longer maintained:
8.4
|
8.4
|
4.18.0-305
|
2021-06-21
[30]
|
2021-05-18
[29]
|
34
|
Old version, no longer maintained:
8.5
|
8.5
|
4.18.0-348
|
2021-11-15
[31]
|
2021-11-09
[29]
|
6
|
Old version, no longer maintained:
8.6
|
8.6
|
4.18.0-372.9.1
|
2022-05-16
[32]
|
2022-05-10
[29]
|
6
|
Old version, no longer maintained:
8.7
|
8.7
|
4.18.0-425.3.1
|
2022-11-14
[33]
|
2022-11-09
[29]
|
5
|
Old version, no longer maintained:
8.8
|
8.8
|
4.18.0-477.10.1
|
2023-05-20
[34]
|
2023-05-16
[29]
|
4
|
Old version, no longer maintained:
8.9
|
8.9
|
4.18.0-513.5.1
|
2023-11-22
[35]
|
2023-11-14
[29]
|
8
|
Older version, yet still maintained:
8.10
|
8.10
|
4.18.0-553
|
2024-05-30
[36]
|
2024-05-22
[29]
|
8
|
Old version, no longer maintained:
9.0
|
Blue Onyx
[24]
|
x86-64-v2
,
[3]
ARM64,
ppc64le
, s390x
|
9.0
|
5.14.0-70.13.1
|
2022-07-14
[37]
|
2022-05-17
[29]
|
58
|
Old version, no longer maintained:
9.1
|
9.1
|
5.14.0-162.6.1
|
2022-11-26
[38]
|
2022-11-15
[29]
|
11
|
Old version, no longer maintained:
9.2
|
9.2
|
5.14.0-284.11.1
|
2023-05-16
[39]
|
2023-05-10
[29]
|
6
|
Old version, no longer maintained:
9.3
|
9.3
|
5.14.0-362.8.1
|
2023-11-20
[40]
|
2023-11-07
[29]
|
13
|
Current stable version:
9.4
|
9.4
|
5.14.0-427.13.1
|
2024-05-09
[41]
|
2024-04-30
[29]
|
9
|
Legend:
Old version
Older version, still maintained
Latest version
Latest preview version
Future release
|
See also
[
edit
]
Notes and references
[
edit
]
- ^
"Rocky Linux 9.4 Available Now"
. 9 May 2024
. Retrieved
9 May
2024
.
- ^
"Rocky Linux 8.10 Available Now"
. 30 May 2024
. Retrieved
31 May
2024
.
- ^
a
b
c
"Current Release 9.0 - Documentation"
.
docs.rockylinux.org
. Retrieved
2022-07-17
.
- ^
"RESF Foundation Charter & Bylaws | Rocky Linux"
.
- ^
a
b
Tim Anderson.
"Rocky Linux is go: CentOS founder's new project aims to be 100% compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux"
.
www.theregister.com
. Retrieved
2020-12-17
.
- ^
Tung, Liam.
"CentOS replacement Rocky Linux 8.4 arrives, and proves instantly popular"
.
ZDNet
. Retrieved
2022-01-20
.
- ^
Tim Anderson.
"Rocky Linux release attracts 80,000 downloads as ex-CentOS users mull choices"
.
www.theregister.com
. Retrieved
2022-01-20
.
- ^
"
"What is EOL of RL8"
"
. Brian Clemens. June 30, 2021
. Retrieved
August 5,
2021
.
- ^
"Download Rocky | Rocky Linux"
.
- ^
Vaughan-Nichols, Steven J. (December 9, 2020).
"Red Hat resets CentOS Linux and users are angry"
.
ZDNet
. Retrieved
December 12,
2020
.
- ^
"CIQ Rocky Linux"
.
CIQ.co
. 7 September 2022.
- ^
Vaughan-Nichols, Steven J. (December 11, 2020).
"Goodbye CentOS, hello Rocky Linux"
.
ZDNet
. Retrieved
December 12,
2020
.
- ^
Salter, Jim (December 10, 2020).
"CentOS Linux is dead?and Red Hat says Stream is "not a replacement"
"
.
Ars Technica
. Retrieved
December 12,
2020
.
- ^
Kumar, Sarvottam (December 11, 2020).
"With CentOS 8 About To Die, Its Creator Gives Birth To Rocky Linux"
. Fossbytes
. Retrieved
December 12,
2020
.
- ^
"GitHub - Rocky Linux"
.
GitHub
. Retrieved
December 14,
2020
.
- ^
"GitHub: Trending"
.
GitHub
. December 12, 2020. Archived from
the original
on 2020-12-12
. Retrieved
December 12,
2020
.
- ^
Tung, Liam (December 24, 2020).
"Rocky Linux: First release is coming in Q2 2021 say developers"
.
ZDNet
. Retrieved
January 25,
2021
.
- ^
Larabel, Michael (January 20, 2021).
"Rocky Linux Making Progress Towards Their First Release In Q2 As A Free RHEL Alternative"
. Phoronix
. Retrieved
January 25,
2021
.
- ^
"Community Update - March 2021"
.
Rocky Linux Discourse
. 2021-03-31
. Retrieved
2021-03-31
.
- ^
"Rocky Linux 8.3 RC1 Available Now"
.
Rocky Linux
. 2021-04-30
. Retrieved
2021-05-01
.
- ^
"Rocky Linux 8.4 RC1 Available Now"
.
Rocky Linux
. 2021-06-04
. Retrieved
2021-06-12
.
- ^
"Sponsors"
.
Rocky Linux
. Retrieved
2022-08-09
.
- ^
"Rocky Linux 8.4 Available Now"
.
Rocky Linux
. 2021-06-21
. Retrieved
2021-06-21
.
- ^
a
b
c
Abel, Louis (2021-05-24).
"rocky-release code"
.
Rocky Linux GitLab Server
. Retrieved
2021-05-24
.
- ^
Krill, Paul (2022-07-14).
"Rocky Linux 9.0 rocks new build system"
.
InfoWorld
. Retrieved
2022-07-17
.
- ^
"Rocky Linux 9 arrives with everything you need to replicate the distro on your own"
.
ZDNet
. Retrieved
2022-07-17
.
- ^
John, Bangar.
"installing rocky linux guide"
. London.
- ^
jorp (2021-05-01).
"Rocky Linux 8.3 RC1 Available Now"
.
forums.rockylinux.org
. Retrieved
2021-05-01
.
- ^
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux Release Dates"
.
Red Hat
. 17 May 2023.
- ^
jorp (2021-05-26).
"Rocky Linux 8.4 Available Now"
.
forums.rockylinux.org
. Retrieved
2021-06-21
.
- ^
nazunalika (2021-11-15).
"Rocky Linux 8.5 Available Now"
.
forums.rockylinux.org
. Retrieved
2021-11-16
.
- ^
nazunalika (2022-05-16).
"Rocky Linux 8.6 Available Now"
.
forums.rockylinux.org
. Retrieved
2022-05-16
.
- ^
"Rocky Linux 8.7 Available Now"
. 2022-11-14
. Retrieved
2022-11-16
.
- ^
"Rocky Linux 8.8 Available Now"
. 2023-05-20
. Retrieved
2023-05-22
.
- ^
"Rocky Linux 8.9 Available Now"
. 2023-11-22
. Retrieved
2023-11-23
.
- ^
"Rocky Linux 8.10 Available Now"
. 2024-05-30
. Retrieved
2024-06-03
.
- ^
Rocky Linux team (2022-07-14).
"Rocky Linux 9.0 Available Now"
.
rockylinux.org
. Retrieved
2022-07-14
.
- ^
Rocky Linux team (2022-11-27).
"Rocky Linux 9.1 Available Now"
.
rockylinux.org
. Retrieved
2022-11-27
.
- ^
Rocky Linux team (2023-05-16).
"Rocky Linux 9.2 Available Now"
.
rockylinux.org
. Retrieved
2023-05-16
.
- ^
Rocky Linux team (2023-11-20).
"Rocky Linux 9.3 Available Now"
.
rockylinux.org
. Retrieved
2023-11-21
.
- ^
Rocky Linux team (2024-05-09).
"Rocky Linux 9.4 Available Now"
.
rockylinux.org
. Retrieved
2024-05-12
.
- ^
Rocky Linux was announced 8 December 2020
(
2020-12-08
)
, first beta release was 143 days later.
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