Articles & Reviews
News Archive
Forums
Premium
Contact
Categories

Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors Software Storage Operating Systems Peripherals

Rocky Linux 9.0 Released As Free RHEL 9.0 Alternative

Written by Michael Larabel in Red Hat on 14 July 2022 at 11:30 AM EDT. 12 Comments

Rocky Linux 9.0 was officially released today that joins the likes of AlmaLinux 9.0 and Oracle Linux 9.0 as free alternatives to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0.

Rocky Linux 9.0 builds off the RHEL 9.0 sources and plans to be supported for nearly ten years -- until May 2032. The existing Rocky Linux 8 will continue to be supported in tandem until May 2029.

Rocky Linux aspires to be what was CentOS prior to the CentOS Stream time frame. With using the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 sources, it's all the same features as that enterprise Linux distribution that reached GA in May.

Rocky Linux 9.0 is available for x86_64, AArch64, POWER PPC64LE, and s390x. More details and downloads for Rocky Linux 9.0 via RockyLinux.org.

12 Comments

Red Hat Changing How They Handle Their Minor Release Betas

RHEL's Source Code Access Change Is Causing Issues For CentOS SIGs

Red Hat Updates RHEL Pricing For The Cloud - Now Scales With vCPU Count

Red Hat Developing AI Tool "Log Detective" To Help Developers

Red Hat Evaluating x86-64-v3 Requirement For RHEL 10

About The Author

Michael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience. Michael has written more than 20,000 articles covering the state of Linux hardware support, Linux performance, graphics drivers, and other topics. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software. He can be followed via Twitter, LinkedIn, or contacted via MichaelLarabel.com.