Meet AlmaLinux board member, Jun Yoshida! 👋 Learn how Jun got his start with IT (despite a surprising university major 👀), his history with Linux, and what he hopes for the future of AlmaLinux. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr8_mIXWsf0

Our March newsletter is now live! 👉 Subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/almalinux-news-march-26-almalinuxos-sbsme 👉 Subscribe to receive our email newsletter: https://lists.almalinux.org/postorius/lists/newsletters.lists.almalinux.org/

A UCL-led team will receive £19.5 million over five years to provide a powerful, high-speed computing resource for researchers across the UK, and we are proud to offer support for projects that use Linux components! 🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/fe... via @ucl.ac.uk

A 2025 recap? In March? Call us fashionably late. 😎 Read all about the product updates, the events, the community growth, and what we're setting our sights on for 2026 and beyond. → https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-02-25-almalinux-2025-recap/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

🎶 Ain't no stoppin' us now, we're on the move! 🎶 We're growing steadily, with more than 2M system update check-ins per week—roughly double what it was at the beginning of 2025. 📈 www.phoronix.com/forums/forum...

AlmaLinux thrives thanks to contributors just like you! Here are a few different ways you can help shape the future of AlmaLinux. 👇

🥳 Amazing news! We've got not one, but TWO AlmaLinux Days planned! AlmaLinux Day: Germany 🗓️ March 26, 2026 📍 Rust, Germany AlmaLinux Day: LA 🗓️ July 18, 2026 📍 Los Angeles, CA 🔗 https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-03-02-almalinux-days-in-two-great-cities/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

shim 16.1 is here for AlmaLinux 9.7 & 10.1! → Most users: nothing changes → aarch64 users: you're getting the new Microsoft UEFI CA 2023 signing key → VMware Fusion users: check your NVRAM 🔗 https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-02-18-shim-16.1-update/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Huge thanks to our three returning Silver Sponsors: Codenotary, @storpool.bsky.social, and @fastly.com! 🎉 These folks help keep AlmaLinux fast, trustworthy, and free for everyone. https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-02-17-codenotary-fastly-storpoold/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

One more week until one of our very favorite events! Come say hello at SCALE 23x next week. We'll have swag and plenty of enthusiasm to talk shop. See you there! @socallinuxexpo.bsky.social

From new OS versions to events, 2025 brought lots of growth and excitement for AlmaLinux! Thanks to our community for making it all possible. Check out our (slightly belated) 2025 recap. 👉 https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-02-25-almalinux-2025-recap/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Open source makes the world go around! In honor of FOSS month, our SIGs wanted to thank the projects we're relying on most. There are a ton, so please join us as we celebrate them all! 🙌

Let's hear it for our Platinum-level sponsor members! 👏 Their support is vital in helping us continue our mission of a forever-free enterprise Linux distribution. Cybertrust Japan Co @cloudlinux.com TuxCare

Meet the board! 👋 Jack Aboutboul is the one making sure your fave distros run smoothly on Azure. Former Red Hat community builder, Fedora founder, and now helping steer our motley penguin crew. 🐧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR1-...

We're heading back to one of our favorite events of the year! 🐧 Catch the AlmaLinux crew at SCALE 23x in March. Come say hi, grab some swag, and talk shop with fellow Linux enthusiasts!

𝗘𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻-𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗛𝗘𝗟® 𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀. Go from CentOS 6 all the way to EL 8 of your preferred RHEL derivative—then jump to EL 9, all within the same ecosystem. Learn more: https://almalinux.org/elevate/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

When CentOS 7 went EOL, Cinesite had choices. They picked AlmaLinux for faster packages and a friendlier community model. 🎬🐧 Hear from Danny Smith on why AlmaLinux was the clear winner for their VFX pipeline.

📢 For AlmaLinux 9.7 and 10.1, shim bootloader is now updated to version 16.1! This update includes a change in the UEFI Secure Boot signing key for the aarch64 (ARM64) architecture. Learn more: https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-02-18-shim-16.1-update/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Returning to the AlmaLinux waddle (that's a group of penguins, if you are unfamiliar) as silver-level sponsors, please join us in giving a warm "Welcome Back!" to: Codenotary @fastly.com @storpool.bsky.social We're so grateful for your support! https://bit.ly/4tHWKLL

Looking for a stable relationship? We'll never let you down. 💘 Happy Valentine's Day!

It's been a flurry of activity with the AlmaLinux Leadership Summit, #CentOSConnect, and #FOSDEM—but boy, was it good to meet up with the people we collaborate with all the time! 😍 @centos.org @fosdem.org

It's almost time for one of our most beloved shows—SCALE 23x! 🎉 We're excited for four days of sessions, workshops, and community activities with our fellow open source nerds. Pasadena, here we come! https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x @socallinuxexpo.bsky.social

AlmaLinux Day: Tokyo was incredible! Huge shout-outs to everyone who attended, our brilliant speakers for sharing their knowledge, and our Japanese User Group for organizing the event. Next up: CentOS Connect + FOSDEM, here we come! 🤩

Eric Hendricks is back with another edition of #AlmaTips! In this video, he walks you through getting started with AlmaLinux contributions: submitting a pull request. youtu.be/2Nv0RRMroJs?...

[Watch] Tristan Théroux and Cinesite's Danny Smith chat about Cinesite's use of AlmaLinux for desktops and rendering, and Danny offers his advice for migrating to AlmaLinux. 👇

Get ready, Tokyo—our team is headed your way for AlmaLinux Day! ✈️ Will we see you on the 23rd? 👀 almalinux.org/almalinux-da...

We'll be at #CentOSConnect and #FOSDEM! If you're attending, swing by our booth to connect with our team. See what we've been up to, learn how you can help the AlmaLinux Project, and more! @centos.org @fosdem.org#CentOSConnect

How can you contribute to AlmaLinux? Let us count the ways... 👇

Meet our Gold-level sponsors! We are so grateful for their support; it helps us keep on doing what we're doing here at AlmaLinux. Thank you all! 🙏

T-minus two weeks until AlmaLinux Day: Tokyo! 🇯🇵 At this year's event, we'll have speakers discussing AlmaLinux use cases, future initiatives, and networking opportunities! We're expecting a strong turnout at this event, so save your spot now! almalinux.org/almalinux-da...

ELevate just got a big glow-up—just in time for the new year! 💅 LEAPP now supports CentOS Stream AND AlmaLinux natively, which means less maintenance work is required. We're committed to long-term support for both paths. More details: almalinux.org/blog/2025-12...

POV: It's 2026, and you've finally committed to contributing to open source. You're helping AlmaLinux with content creation. Enhancing ELevate. Building packages. Unbothered. Living your best life. ✨ Thriving. ✨ Not your reality yet? Start here. → almalinux.org/contribute/?...

The strength of open source is in its ecosystem. 💪 To our #AlmaFriends—adjacent projects like CentOS and Fedora, community allies, and everyone who champions AlmaLinux—thank you for collaboration over competition. Together we're building a better future for enterprise Linux!

Fast, reliable downloads don't happen by magic. They happen because people host mirrors! To our #AlmaMirrors around the world: thank you for keeping AlmaLinux accessible and speedy for everyone, everywhere! You're the backbone of global distribution! 🌍

Community-owned means something real when you have members who show up. To the individual and corporate members of the AlmaLinux OS Foundation (A.K.A., our #AlmaMembers), thank you for believing in a future where enterprise Linux is truly owned by its community! 🙏

Behind every release and support thread are real people making AlmaLinux what it is! Our #AlmaHelpers—code committers, documentation writers, board members, support providers, and individual contributors—are the heartbeat of community-owned Linux. Thank you for your contributions! 🐧

Behind every release and support thread are real people making AlmaLinux what it is! Our #AlmaHelpers—code committers, documentation writers, board members, support providers, and individual contributors—are the heartbeat of community-owned Linux. Thank you for your contributions! 🐧

We're headed to Tokyo on January 23rd for AlmaLinux Day: Tokyo! 💬 Join the User Group - Japan: chat.almalinux.org/almalinux/ch... 👀 Keep an eye on our events page: events.almalinux.org?utm_medium=s... 📹 Watch talks from AlmaLinux Days of yore: almalinux.org/blog/2025-12...

As we wrap up 2025, we're taking time to celebrate our #AlmaSponsors! These companies invest in community-owned, forever-free enterprise Linux, and we couldn't do what we do without them. @cloudlinux.com @cern.bsky.social @mattermost.bsky.social @fastly.com @algolia.bsky.social

Gather 'round, friends, because we're dropping knowledge with a little something we call #AlmaTips. Today's tip is how to install Nvidia drivers on AlmaLinux. Take it away, Eric! 👉 https://youtu.be/piQsTRk3S2U?si=Ylh4UQt6TRE3Y4Aw

End-of-year giving is incredibly helpful to your favorite projects! Help us end 2025 strong so we can continue doing awesome things in 2026. 💪 Give on GitHub: github.com/sponsors/Alm... Give on OpenCollective: opencollective.com/almalinux-os...

We've just released a major update that makes in-place OS upgrades even smoother. Is it a holiday miracle?! Nah, just the result of hard work from a bunch of Linux nerds. 🌟 AlmaLinux and CentOS Stream are now supported directly in upstream LEAPP: almalinux.org/blog/2025-12...

Our sponsors make it possible for us to continue our mission of maintaining a community-owned and governed, forever-free enterprise Linux distribution. Thanks to our silver-level sponsors! @cern.bsky.social @mattermost.bsky.social @fastly.com @algolia.bsky.social

We're pleased to introduce the AlmaLinux Media & Entertainment SIG! The goal of this SIG is to build a stable, community-owned Linux platform for VFX, animation, and post-production workflows. Want to help? We meet on the first Wednesday of each month at 18:00 UTC. almalinux.org/blog/2025-12...

AlmaLinux Day: Vancouver was EPIC! 🐧🇨🇦 From incredible speakers and workshops to LEGO raffles and our exclusive penguin bobblehead, the VFX community showed up! Thank you to all volunteers and attendees who made this possible. Get the full recap: almalinux.org/blog/2025-12...

It's incredibly easy to contribute to AlmaLinux using GitHub. (How easy is it?) It's so easy, Eric "The IT Guy" Hendricks can show you how to do it in less than 5 minutes. ⏱️ https://youtu.be/2Nv0RRMroJs?si=pbLHahELuq1vg2XZ #AlmaTips

📢 With the release of leapp-repository 0.23.0, we have news about some major ELevate updates! If you use ELevate to upgrade between major versions of RHEL-based distributions, here's what to know: almalinux.org/blog/2025-12...

We're headed to Tokyo for AlmaLinux Day: Tokyo on January 23rd, 2026! Join us for a day of speakers, networking, and so much more. https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-12-03-save-the-date-almalinux-day-tokyo/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

The AlmaLinux Build System project is open for community contributions! If you'd like to contribute, check the project milestones for ongoing tasks and follow the guidelines outlined here: wiki.almalinux.org/Contribute-t...

AlmaLinux OS is, at its base, a collection of packages. For anyone who would like to contribute to the operating system, we have a collection of ways to help! ✅ Building packages for the Community ✅ Submitting patches Let's get to work! 💪 wiki.almalinux.org/Contribute-t...