The distribution release has been released AlmaLinux 10.0, synchronized with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 and contains all the changes proposed in this release. Installation images have been prepared for the x86_64_v3, x86_64_v2, ARM64, ppc64le, and s390x architectures in the form of a bootable (864 MB), minimal (1.4 GB), and full image (7.3 GB). Live builds with GNOME, KDE, MATE, and Xfce will be created later, as well as images for Raspberry Pi boards, containers, and WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) and cloud platforms.
The distribution is binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise whenever possible. Linux and can be used as a replacement for RHEL 10 and CentOS 10 Stream. In addition to rebranding and removing RHEL-specific packages, AlmaLinux 10.0 has the following differences from RHEL 10:
- Separate assemblies for the second version of the x86-64 microarchitecture (x86-64-v2) have been created, which are maintained in parallel with the base x86-64 assemblies, created with optimizations for the x86-64-v3 microarchitecture used in RHEL 10. Additional support for x86-64-v2 ensures compatibility with CPUs older than Intel Haswell and AMD Excavator, designed before 2013. In addition to the standard repositories, x86-64-v2 assemblies have also been prepared for packages from the EPEL repository.
- The use of the %rbp processor register as a base pointer to the stack frame containing return addresses and function variables (frame pointer) has been returned. Using a pointer to stack frames allows the distribution to use additional capabilities for tracing and profiling the system.
- Server and client implementations of the SPICE protocol have been reintroduced, allowing for remote desktop interactions running in a virtual environment under QEMU/KVM. Unlike the VNC and RDP protocols, SPICE renders screen contents and processes audio streams on the client side, rather than on the server. serverIn RHEL, SPICE support was dropped in release 9.0.
- The ability to use a hypervisor has been implemented KVM On systems with IBM POWER processors. In RHEL, such support was discontinued in the 9.0 branch.
- Implemented the ability to boot in UEFI Secure Boot mode for systems with Intel/AMD and ARM processors.
- Support for over 150 hardware devices not supported in RHEL 10 has been restored. For example, the IDs of old PCI devices in the drivers have been returned:
- aacraid - Dell PERC2, 2/Si, 3/Si, 3/Di, Adaptec Advanced Raid Products, HP NetRAID-4M, IBM ServeRAID & ICP SCSI
- be2iscsi - Emulex OneConnectOpen-iSCSI for BladeEngine 2 and 3
- be2net – Emulex BladeEngine 2 and 3 adapters *
- hpsa - HP Smart Array Controller
- lpfc - Emulex LightPulse Fiber Channel SCSI
- megaraid_sas - Broadcom MegaRAID SAS
- mlx4_core - Mellanox Gen2 and ConnectX-2
- mpt3sas - LSI MPT Fusion SAS 3.0
- mptsas - Fusion MPT SAS Host
- qla2xxx - QLogic Fiber Channel HBA
- qla4xxx — QLogic iSCSI HBA.
Distribution AlmaLinux founded by CloudLinux in response to the premature withdrawal of support CentOS 8 by Red Hat (release of updates for CentOS 8 was discontinued at the end of 2021, not 2029 as users expected. The project is overseen by a separate non-profit organization. AlmaLinux The OS Foundation, which was created to develop on a neutral platform with community participation and a governance model similar to the Fedora project, is free for all users. All developments AlmaLinux are published under free licenses.
But AlmaLinux, as an alternative to the classical CentOS are also positioned Rocky Linux (developed by the community under the leadership of the founder CentOS), Oracle Linux, SUSE Liberty Linux and EuroLinuxIn addition, Red Hat has made RHEL available for free use in open source software development organizations and individual developer environments with up to 16 virtual or physical systems.
Source: opennet.ru
