Rocky Linux 10.1 Released As Community Alternative To RHEL 10.1

Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 26 November 2025 at 06:09 AM EST. 4 Comments
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Following the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.1 earlier this month, Rocky Linux 10.1 is now available for this popular community-driven alternative to RHEL 10.1.

Along with AlmaLinux 10.1 having released this week, Rocky Linux 10.1 is also now available in stable form.

Rocky Linux 10.1 was released and pulls in various RHEL 10.1 improvements like soft reboots, XFS file-system improvements, post-quantum cryptography, and more. Plus new packages/toolsets like GCC 15, OpenJDK 25, Valkey 8, Node.js 24, and LLVM 20.

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Downloads and more details on today's Rocky Linux 10.1 GA release via RockyLinux.org.
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