New versions of distributions published AlmaLinux 8.9 And Rocky Linux 8.9, synchronized with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9 distribution and containing all the changes proposed in this release. The 8.x releases continue to be maintained in parallel with the 9.x branch and are aimed at creating a free build of RHEL capable of taking the place of the classic CentOS 8, which was discontinued at the end of 2021, and not in 2029, as originally intended. Assemblies Rocky Linux 8.9 prepared for x86-64 and aarch64 architectures, and AlmaLinux 8.9 for x86_64, ARM64, s390x and ppc64le architectures.
The distributions are binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and can be used as a replacement for RHEL 8.9 and CentOS 8 Stream. As in classic CentOS, the changes made to the Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux packages boil down to getting rid of the connection to the Red Hat brand. Additionally, the AlmaLinux project maintains a repository
Synergy with packages for installing the Pantheon user environment from Elementary OS, and the Rocky Linux project has prepared repositories plus with the open-vm-tools package, nfv with packages for virtualization of network components developed by the SIG group NFV (Network Functions Virtualization), RT with packages for working in real time, High Availability And ResilientStorage with packages for creating fault-tolerant systems and storage.
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