https://dominik.wombacher.cc/2021-05-02T00:00:00+02:002021-05-02T00:00:00+02:002021-05-02T00:00:00+02:00Dominik Wombachertag:dominik.wombacher.cc,2021-05-02:/posts/rocky-linux-on-its-way-just-published-83-rc1.html

<!-- SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Dominik Wombacher <dominik@wombacher.cc> --> <!-- --> <!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0 --> <p>Just a quick one, Rocky Linux, some sort of the successor of CentOS - at least from a Community perspective - published RC1 of Version 8.3: <a class="reference external" href="https://rockylinux.org/news/rocky-linux-8-3-rc1-release/">https://rockylinux.org/news/rocky-linux-8-3-rc1-release ... </a><a class="read-more" href="/posts/rocky-linux-on-its-way-just-published-83-rc1.html"> [read more]</a></p>

<!-- SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Dominik Wombacher <dominik@wombacher.cc> --> <!-- --> <!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0 --> <p>Just a quick one, Rocky Linux, some sort of the successor of CentOS - at least from a Community perspective - published RC1 of Version 8.3: <a class="reference external" href="https://rockylinux.org/news/rocky-linux-8-3-rc1-release/">https://rockylinux.org/news/rocky-linux-8-3-rc1-release/</a></p> <p>Quote from www.rockylinux.org:</p> <pre class="literal-block"> &gt; Rocky Linux is a community enterprise operating system designed to be &gt; 100% bug-for-bug compatible with America's top enterprise Linux &gt; distribution now that its downstream partner has shifted direction. &gt; It is under intensive development by the community. &gt; Rocky Linux is led by Gregory Kurtzer, founder of the CentOS project. </pre> <p>I didn't had a chance to install the RC yet, but I follow the development since a while and I'm impressed how the Rocky Linux Community setup the whole Project and Infrastructure within a few months. It feels like that Rocky will be the new CentOS, even though there are other Enterprise Linux Clones / Derivates, they have mostly a commercial background and are not fully community driven.</p>