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Rocky Linux is a Linux distribution developed by the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation (RESF) with a purpose of pursuing the original goals of CentOS Linux since the CentOS project moved to the upstream development model “CentOS Stream” in December 2020.

Based on the resources of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux® (RHEL), Rocky Linux is downstream and completely binary-compatible by design, providing a production-grade Linux distribution supported by a strong community. Rocky Linux has nowadays become a common choice for an open source enterprise operating system and alternative to CentOS Linux.

As a principal sponsor of the RESF, MontaVista has integrated Rocky Linux in the commercial support programs MVShield to address a wider range of project requirements with RHEL-compliant distributions such as Rocky 8.x baselines.

For further information about MVShield support programs, please visit our Product Page.

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Brave New World: The Path Forward for Rocky Linux

What is the power of an open source community? It is the ability to dig deep in critical moments, to rise above and carry on. This week the greater Enterprise Linux community was gifted one such critical moment, and the Rocky Linux project has responded swiftly.

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Community Update - April 2021

There's been a flurry of activity this month as we approach the general availability of our release candidate for Rocky Linux 8.3. Read our latest update to find out more!

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Community Update - February 2021

Release engineering is on pace with the timelines previously documented to provide a release of Rocky Linux by Q2 2021. Read our latest update to find out more!

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Community Update - January 2021

In the three-plus weeks since our last community update, a lot has happened. Frustratingly--but also necessarily--for many of you, the progress we’ve made has been behind the scenes. In this community update, we share the latest from the project.

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Community Update - December 2020

Our teams are working to coordinate the many individuals and organizations that have offered to help advance The Rocky Linux Foundation, Inc. (Rocky Linux). The core team is working to lay the infrastructure that will support the legal entity and the engineering efforts required to deliver and support an initial release.

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