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mastodon 4.7.3An Open Source, free, community-owned, RHEL-compatible #Linux OS in the Fedora ecosystem focused on stability for our community. Desktop, SBC’s, hyperscale, cloud - use it wherever you need it!
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🚨 A third Linux kernel local-root flaw has been disclosed: Fragnesia. 🚨
Like Copy Fail & Dirty Frag, Fragnesia gives root on all major distributions. Every supported AlmaLinux release is affected.
Help us test the patched kernels: https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-05-13-fragnesia-cve-2026-46300/ #linux
Patches for Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431) are not yet available from Red Hat, so our core team has built patched kernels.
These kernels are available in the testing repository today. Learn more on our blog ⤵️ https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-05-01-cve-2026-31431-copy-fail/
⚠️ PSA: patch your AlmaLinux systems.
Copy Fail lets any local user escalate to root. We shipped fixes for AL 8, 9 & 10 ahead of upstream—they're in production now. https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-05-01-cve-2026-31431-copy-fail/
Feedback is how open source gets better, but only if you're set up to receive it.
@benny@social.linux.pizza shares a practical checklist at last year's All Things Open.
We'll be back this year; stay tuned for more info! https://allthingsopen.org/articles/ego-problem-killing-open-source-project @allthingsopen@mastodon.social
Happy International Friendship Day! Shoutout to CentOS and @fedora@fosstodon.org, our partners in keeping the Linux ecosystem strong, open, and thriving.
Grateful for you both. 🫶
ICYMI: AlmaLinux OS 9.2 is now Common Criteria certified (ISO/IEC 15408, EAL1), verified on Japan's JISEC registry.
No corporate overlords, just a community OS with a formal security stamp! 🛡️ https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-06-24-common-criteria-certification/
Free architecture meets free OS. AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 is now available for RISC-V, because open hardware deserves open software! 🙌 https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-03-17-almalinux-goes-riscv/
🚨 Two serious kernel security bugs have been patched.
One could let an attacker escape a virtual machine and take over the host. 😱
We fixed it before our upstream did. Patches are now in production! https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-07-06-januscape-bad-epoll/
Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431) is severe enough that we wanted to create a patch ASAP.
If you run AlmaLinux on a multi-tenant host, container build farm, CI runner, or any system where untrusted users can get a shell, please read this blog post!
https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-05-01-cve-2026-31431-copy-fail/
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! 👀
🐱 AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 is now available for the RISC-V architecture!
Learn more and help us with testing: https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-03-17-almalinux-goes-riscv/
📢 AlmaLinux OS 10.1 will support the Btrfs filesystem, which has already been available in AlmaLinux OS Kitten since early September!
Learn more in our new blog post: https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-10-21-announcing-btrfs-support-in-almalinux-10-1/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
✨ Capture this feeling by contributing to AlmaLinux: https://almalinux.org/contribute
We had a great time at Penguicon! 🐧
Thanks to everyone who stopped by to talk with our experts and grab some swag.
NVIDIA and AlmaLinux sitting in a tree, s-h-i-p-p-i-n-g 🌲
Official CUDA support for RHEL-compatible distros is here with CUDA 13.2, and we can now distribute NVIDIA packages straight from our repos.
Drivers, userspace, CUDA: always in sync. 👉 https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Official-RHEL-Compat
CentOS 7 EOL was in 2024.
If you're still running it, we're not judging (much 😅). ELevate exists for exactly this.
Migrate to AlmaLinux before your boss notices. 👀 https://www.admin-magazine.com/Articles/AlmaLinux-s-ELevate-Migration-Tool?utm_source=lam via @adminmagazine@hachyderm.io
No RISC-V hardware? No problem. AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 for riscv64 is here! 🐧
Spin it up via Docker with QEMU emulation today.
Read all the details and see how you can get involved today. 👉 https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-03-17-almalinux-goes-riscv/
🔥 Hot take: blowing away your OS and rebuilding from scratch is not a deployment strategy.
ELevate lets you upgrade in-place from CentOS 6.x → 10.x without losing your apps, your data, or your sanity. 😵💫 https://almalinux.org/elevate/
It's our birthday! 🎉
We're feeling nostalgic, so to celebrate, here are a few things turning 5 alongside AlmaLinux. Ah, memories!
📰 News you can use: we've added i686 support to OS Kitten 10—package repositories and official container images for 32-bit x86.
Get the full details on our blog, and if you use i686 and spot something wrong, please let us know! https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-04-16-almalinux-kitten-10-i686/
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! 📽️
Here's our honest take on California's digital age verification law and what it means for this community. 👉 https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-04-21-california-age-verification-law/
Headed to LinuxFest Northwest? So are we! 🙌
Stop by the AlmaLinux booth to chat with our folks about all things Linux. https://linuxfestnorthwest.org/ @lfnw@subdued.social
Arista needed i686 packages alongside x86_64. Real use cases drive what we build.
AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 now has i686 repos + container images, maintained through 2035. 👉 https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-04-16-almalinux-kitten-10-i686/
CloudFest + AlmaLinux Day: Germany were incredible!
We want to thank everyone who took the time to chat with us and helped make ALDG a success.
No more version mismatches between kernel drivers and CUDA userspace. 🎉
Starting with CUDA 13.2, NVIDIA officially supports AlmaLinux. Your GPU has a good home. 👉 https://linuxiac.com/almalinux-9-and-10-gain-official-nvidia-cuda-support/ via @linuxiac@mastodon.social
🤠 Good morning, Texas Linux Fest!
Swing by the AlmaLinux booth to grab some swag, say hi, and chat all things AlmaLinux!
Shout-out to Ruby-level sponsor rackSPEED!
Their support helps us keep AlmaLinux community owned and governed and forever-free.
Good morning, #ATO2025!
If you're here in Raleigh for @allthingsopen@mastodon.social here's where you can find us:
🔹 Swing by booth #86 to chat and grab some swag
🔹 Catch @benny@social.linux.pizza's session this afternoon in Room 306 C
🔹 Attend @jonathanspw@fosstodon.org's session in Room 302 A tomorrow
We will be at Penguicon next week! If you'll be in Detroit, swing by our table to say hi and get some AlmaLinux swag 🐧
https://2026.penguicon.org/
We're having a blast at #SIGGRAPH2025!
If you missed yesterday's special giveaway, you have two more chances (today and tomorrow) to snag your AlmaLinux penguin bobblehead before the event is over.
Come by booth 429 when we give the signal here on Mastodon, Bluesky, and X!
🎬 That's a wrap on #SIGGRAPH2025 and our time in Vancouver!
Thank you to:
🫶 Our #AlmaLinuxDayVancouver speakers, organizers, and attendees
🫶 Everyone who came by our SIGGRAPH booth
🫶 @lenovous@mastodon.social and Nvidia for helping us showcase AlmaLinux at both events
🫶 Impressions trait d'union for the bobbleheads 🐧
In honor of National Podcast Day, we're throwing it back to when @benny@social.linux.pizza joined @techlore@social.lol's podcast to explore AlmaLinux's rise as a community-driven enterprise Linux distribution.
Tune in below! 🎙️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E4ZwBK-SQs&list=PL3KeV6Ui_4CZRb5Z4qZjsIGZrUWbDc3Mn&index=6
We had our most productive Leadership Summit yet!
Goals: better onboarding, more testing, more transparency, and a whole lot of SIG energy.
Never underestimate the power of nerds with a plan. 😎 https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-03-10-almalinux-in-2026/
NVIDIA officially supports us now! 👏
CUDA 13.2 adds AlmaLinux to supported enterprise Linux distros, and we're hosting NVIDIA drivers in our own repo.
Here's how to see what version of the NVIDIA packages you're currently using. 👉 https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-03-09-almalinux-and-nvidia-streamline-driver-and-cuda-updates/
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@jmorris@social.kernel.org that’s awesome! We love to hear how our sponsors are using our software.
AlmaLinux Day: Germany is almost here!
Check out this thread to see the full line-up of sessions and speakers 🧵
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• 3:00 P.M. - Scaling & Optimizing Performance on AMD EPYC Systems, presented by Alexander Troshin, Product Marketing Manager, AMD
• 3:30 P.M. - Two Hard Things: Naming Things & Cache Invalidation, Valkey Edition, presented by Roberto Luna Rojas, Sr. Developer Advocate, Valkey
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• 11:00 A.M. - AlmaLinux at CERN, presented by Alex Iribarren Section Leader, Cloud & Linux Infrastructure at CERN; Board Member at AlmaLinux OS Foundation
• 11:30 A.M. - ELT: Standing on the Shoulders of Open Source and AlmaLinux, presented by Federico Pellegrin & Piotr Szubiak, Software Engineers, European Southern Observatory
ICYMI, GhostLock (CVE-2026-43499) is now patched in AlmaLinux production repos for 8, 9, and 10.
Update your kernel and reboot to protect against this unprivileged local root/container escape vulnerability! https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-07-09-ghostlock/
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• 2:00 P.M. - Keeping AlmaLinux Secure, presented by Dennis Zimmer, Co-Founder & CTO, Codenotary Inc.
• 2:30 P.M. - Elegantly Dumb, Powerfully Backed Mirroring: Community Over Complexity, presented by Jonathan Wright, Infra SIG Lead, AlmaLinux OS Foundation
📢 An unprivileged user inside a container can use this new Linux kernel local-privilege-escalation flaw, IPV6_FRAG_ESCAPE, to escape to a root shell on the host.
The vulnerable code path lives in the 6.12 kernel, which means only AlmaLinux 10 and Kitten 10 are affected.
Help us test the patched kernels: https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-06-30-ipv6-frag-escape/
Shout-out to AlmaLinux’s Platinum-level sponsors!
Cybertrust Japan
CloudLinux
TuxCare
Your support helps make the AlmaLinux community stronger and keeps open source thriving. Thank you for being part of the journey!
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• 12:00 P.M. - How MEGWARE Came to AlmaLinux for HPC, presented by Peter Großöhme, COO, MEGWARE
Lunch Break! 🍽️
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• 4:00 P.M. - The Hidden Risks of Running AlmaLinux Without Enterprise Support, presented by Sven Sellen, Director Enterprise Sales, Tuxcare
• 4:30 P.M. - Panel: The Future of AlmaLinux, hosted by benny Vasquez and featuring panelists Tristan Théroux, Alex Iribarren, Andrew Lukosho, Jonathan Wright, and Igor Seletskiy
This is one day you won't want to miss. Get all the details and register here! 👉 https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-03-18-aldg-2026-final-schedule/