The AlmaLinux OS Foundation has released AlmaLinux 8.9, codenamed "Midnight Oncilla," marking the availability of stable installation ISOs for Intel/AMD, ARM64, IBM PowerPC, and IBM Z architectures. Users of earlier AlmaLinux 8.x versions can update via dnf update, while an ELevate feature facilitates migration from CentOS 7.x. The release includes live images, cloud, and container options, such as Docker images, LXC/LXD, cloud images for AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Vagrant boxes, Raspberry Pi, and Windows Subsystem for Linux. AlmaLinux 8.9 focuses on enhanced security, improved performance, and streamlined management capabilities, introducing updates to container management, automation processes, and web console enhancements. The release notes provide detailed information, and the community is invited to join forums, chats, and social media platforms for support and discussions.
Rocky Linux has announced the release of version 8.9, available for x86-64 and aarch64 architectures. The release includes important information in the release notes, covering known bugs and detailed changes. Key highlights include the introduction of java-21-openjdk, Node.js 20, and gcc-toolset-13. The release notes also highlight breaking changes, such as the new publisher name "resf" for Azure images and the removal of the optional guest-agents group in anaconda. The KDE live image for Rocky Linux 8.9 experienced issues, so the 8.8 images will be provided temporarily. AWS AMI images now set the boot-mode parameter to uefi-preferred. The release underwent a week of thorough testing, and users can upgrade from Rocky Linux 8 or migrate from other Enterprise Linux 8 distributions using the migrate2rocky conversion script. The release acknowledges and thanks the contributions of volunteers, sponsors, and partners. More details, including testing logs and the release checklist, are available on the Rocky Linux website.
It has taken a while to develop this release but we are still here and despite life throwing in extra challenges for each of our team members the past months, we are proud to present you our Galileo ISO with significant changes. KDE Plasma replaced Xfce as the Live environment and on the offline install option. To make development and maintenance easier for the team, we switched to KDE Plasma instead of Xfce due to a more native experience for our developers with the Calamares installer. This only affects the Live environment and the offline install option. When choosing the online install option, Xfce is still there as an option to choose from. For those who like the Xfce theme we created, this option will still be available after installation through the Welcome app.
The FreeBSD Release Engineering team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE. This is the first release from the stable/14 branch. Some of the highlights: OpenSSH has been updated to version 9.5p1; OpenSSL has been updated to version 3.0.12, a major upgrade from OpenSSL 1.1.1t in FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE; the bhyve hypervisor now supports TPM and GPU passthrough; FreeBSD supports up to 1024 cores on the amd64 and arm64 platforms; ZFS has been upgraded to OpenZFS release 2.2, providing significant performance improvements; it is now possible to perform background filesystem checks on UFS file systems running with journaled soft updates; experimental ZFS images are now available for AWS and Azure; the default congestion control mechanism for TCP is now CUBIC.
We are pleased to announce the general availability of Rocky Linux 9.3. This release is currently available for the x86-64, aarch64, ppc64le and s390x architectures. The 9.3 release brings back cloud and container images for ppc64le that were not released with 9.2 due to issues with QEMU. These images may be divergent from the other architecture's images in some small ways, but we will work to reduce this delta in future releases of the images. The kernel-rt package has been merged into a subpackage of kernel. A new kernel-uki package was introduced as a technology preview, providing a Unified Kernel Image variant for booting. This UKI image is signed with its own SecureBoot key. A java-21-openjdk package was introduced providing a new version of Java. Current users of Rocky Linux 9 can upgrade to 9.3 from the terminal via dnf update, or from the desktop with GNOME Software, KDE Discover, etc.
From version 1.38, Berry Linux is based on Fedora 39.
Mauna Linux 24 has been released, now based on Debian Bookworm and featuring the LTS Kernel. This update brings security and bug fixes, ensuring stability and safety for users. Notable changes include a new GTK-based installer for a faster and more straightforward system installation, an intuitive App Store based on the Linux Mint Software Manager supporting both Flatpak and traditional deb packages, and the introduction of Mauna Update, a graphical application updater designed for users less familiar with command-line interfaces. The system includes a welcome screen for newcomers, providing an introduction to the system and basic setup steps. The Linux Kernel 6.1 LTS ensures stability, and the Firefox browser is updated to version 119.0.1. Various essential firmware is included to prevent compatibility issues with different computer brands and models. Notable applications are highlighted, and the release emphasizes the discontinuation of the previous version (23.9.1) with users encouraged to upgrade to Mauna Linux 24 within ten days of the release. The release note also invites financial contributions to support the project's sustainability and encourages users to share the project within their communities.
Oracle Linux 9 Update 3 for the 64-bit Intel and AMD (x86_64) and 64-bit Arm (aarch64) platforms is now generally available. This release continues to be application binary compatible with the corresponding Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Update 3 release, as has been the case since the first release in 2006. Oracle Linux 9 Update 3 ships with the newest Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 7 Update 2 (UEK R7U2) and Red Hat Compatible Kernel (RHCK) packages. Oracle Linux now supports automatic reboot of systems after patches are installed through DNF. With enhanced DNF, automatic reboot with different options (never, when-changed, when-needed) can speed-up patch management operations. The enhanced DNF utility introduced two new options: dnf leaves - to list the installed packages that aren't required by any other installed packages; dnf show-leaves - to list newly installed leaf packages and packages that have become leaves after a transaction.
Major changes in EuroLinux 9.3. Security - key security-related highlights: Keylime was rebased to version 7.3.0. OpenSSH was further migrated from the less secure SHA-1 message digest. The pcsc-lite-ccid USB Chip/Smart Card Interface Device(CCID)) and Integrated Circuit Card Device (ICCD) driver was rebased to version 1.5.2. SEtools, the collection of graphical tools, command-line tools, and libraries for SELinux policy analysis, was rebased to version 4.4.3. OpenSCAP was rebased to version 1.3.8. Programming languages, web and database servers - later versions of the following application are now available: Redis 7; Node.js 20. Furthermore, the Apache HTTP Server has been updated to version 2.4.57.
Netgate is pleased to announce the release of pfSense Community Edition (CE) software version 2.7.1. Major changes and features: OpenSSL upgraded to 3.0.12 - this change was essential because OpenSSL 1.1.1 has reached end of life (EOL) and will no longer receive security patches for vulnerabilities; the Kea DHCP server is available as an opt-in feature, basic functionality is present in version 2.7.1, but it is not feature-complete; support for SCTP has been improved in PF for firewall rules, NAT and logging, and rules can now act on SCTP packets by port number; IPv6 Router Advertisement configuration has been relocated to Services, Router Advertisement as a part of the ongoing Kea DHCP server integration; PHP upgraded to 8.2.11; the base operating system upgraded to a more recent point of FreeBSD 14-CURRENT....