AlmaLinux
@almalinux
The forever-free, RHEL-compatible, community-owned and community-supported enterprise linux distro. We are active on BlueSky, but you can also find us a bunch of other places: almalinux.org
Happy International Friendship Day! Shoutout to @centos.org and Fedora, our partners in keeping the Linux ecosystem strong, open, and thriving. Grateful for you both. 🫶
Shout-out to AlmaLinux’s Platinum-level sponsors! Cybertrust Japan @cloudlinux.com TuxCare Your support helps make the AlmaLinux community stronger and keeps open source thriving. Thank you for being part of the journey!
AlmaLinux OS 10.2 is here. New filesystem support, extended hardware life, fresh language packages, and a few surprises. 👀 Watch to see what's new! 📽️
🎬 That's a wrap on #SIGGRAPH2026! Thanks to everyone who stopped by for swag, grabbed a penguin bobblehead, and talked Linux with us. Also, shout-out to Lenovo and AMD for providing some awesome hardware for us to showcase at the AlmaLinux booth! @acmsiggraph.bsky.social
Final day, first drop! 🐧 snag your exclusive penguin bobblehead at 11:15 AM at the AlmaLinux booth. Don't let this lil' guy waddle away. #SIGGRAPH2026
3 PM and the bobbleheads are back 🐧 Last drop of Wednesday at the AlmaLinux booth—don't miss out! #SIGGRAPH2026
Miss the 10:30 penguin drop? Your second chance today happens at 1:45 PM at the AlmaLinux booth 🐧 Come grab yours! #SIGGRAPH2026
Last call for Tuesday! 🐧 Penguin bobbleheads drop at 3:30 PM at the AlmaLinux booth. Two days of #SIGGRAPH2026 left for more chances to snag this cute little guy!
2 PM penguin bobblehead giveaway, happening now-ish at the AlmaLinux booth 🐧 Come find us for free swag and good conversation! #SIGGRAPH2026
Round two! 🐧 Penguin bobbleheads giving away at 1 PM today at the AlmaLinux booth. If you missed the first drop, here's your shot. Come say hi while you're at it. #SIGGRAPH2026
We're having the best time hanging out with our users and SIG members this week in LA. Good conversations, familiar faces, and a few new ones too. If you're at #SIGGRAPH2026 through Wednesday, come find us! (And maybe you'll snag a penguin bobblehead...) #ASWF #AlmaLinuxDayLA
#SIGGRAPH2026 is off to a great start! Booths open today; come find us for penguin bobblehead giveaways. 🐧 Follow along on X, Mastodon, and Bluesky so you don't miss your chance to snag one!
AlmaLinux Day: LA is a wrap! Thanks to everyone who came out. Up next: we're at #ASWF's Open Source Days today and #SIGGRAPH2026 this week. Come find us and say hi! 👋
AlmaLinux Day: LA is HERE! 🎉 Sysadmins, VFX pipeline engineers, and Linux nerds of all stripes, today's the day. Let's do this! 👏
AlmaLinux OS 9.8 is here! Who's stoked?! 🙋 Features Python 3.14, new MariaDB/PostgreSQL/Ruby streams, container tool updates, and security fixes across OpenSSL, OpenSSH, and more. Watch the video to see what's new! 👀
A 15-year-old kernel bug named "GhostLock" just got exorcised. 👻 The patch is live in production for AlmaLinux 8/9/10. No testing repo needed. Just: sudo dnf upgrade && sudo reboot! https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-07-09-ghostlock/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
🎬 We're getting ready for a great week in LA! Not only are we putting on AlmaLinux Day: LA and attending #SIGGRAPH2026, you can also find us at @aswf.io's #ASWF. Join us there for great sessions and Birds of a Feather sessions! More info: https://hubs.la/Q04pnY_z0
🚨 LAST CHANCE ALERT 🚨 You have 2 days to register if you want to run or vote in the AlmaLinux board elections! Register now 👇 https://almalinux.org/members/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
Real ones don't setenforce 0. AlmaLinux Board Chair @bennyvasquez.bsky.social 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. https://www.meetup.com/baylisa/
Our July newsletter is live! 👉 Subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/almalinux-news-july-2026-almalinuxos-uikze/ 👉 Subscribe to receive our email newsletter: https://lists.almalinux.org/postorius/lists/newsletters.lists.almalinux.org/
🗳️ 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! 🐧⚓
@bennyvasquez.bsky.social 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!
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.
Tristan Théroux and Karsten Gaier unveil a live preview of Amazon DCV beta on the next-gen Linux desktop—critical viewing for studios planning their protocol lifecycle.
Neal Gompa, Tristan Théroux, and David Duncan show studios how to derive custom builds from AlmaLinux M&E (OS 10 + KDE Plasma) to match your own software/hardware needs for smooth mass deployment.
Nick Cannon and Jean-Francois Panisset introduce the ASWF's new Wayland for Artists Working Group, a community forum to keep Linux the premier platform for VFX and animation as X11 gives way to Wayland.
Syed Usman Ahmad shares 5 practical tips for Linux log analysis—beyond grep, awk, and tail—plus open source tools to make digging through large log files faster and easier.
Chris Taylor explains what "Linux support" really means for EDR tools—separating marketing claims from what actually works on Linux workstations, so admins know what they're really getting.
Tristan Théroux introduces the AlmaLinux Creative Installer: an open-source tool from the M&E SIG that bootstraps a creative workstation with curated tools and desktop tweaks. Bring your questions!