Rocky Linux
Rocky Linux is the idea of a Linux distribution to replace CentOS. The idea was born after Red Hat decided not to honor the decision to provide full updates for CentOS 8 until 2024 and maintainence updates until 2029 as initially announced.
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 Rocky Linux 8.4 "Green Obsidian" with GNOME Shell desktop | |
| Developer | Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation |
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| OS family | Linux (Unix-like) |
| Source model | Open source |
| Initial release | 21 June 2021 |
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| Marketing target | Desktop computers, servers, supercomputers |
| Package manager | RPM (DNF), Flatpak — graphical front-ends: GNOME Software, dnfdragora |
| Platforms | x86-64, ARM64 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux kernel) |
| Userland | GNU |
| Default user interface | GNOME Shell, Bash |
| License | GPL and various free software licenses, plus proprietary firmware files |
| Official website | {{ |
Gregory Kurtzer, founder of the CentOS project made this announcement and the community is actively working on the project.
Change in End of life for CentOS 8
CentOS was acquired by Red Hat in 2014.[1] On December 8, 2020, it was announced that the CentOS project, previously a downstream branch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, would be moving to CentOS Stream, an upstream development branch of RHEL.[2][3]
The maintenance schedule for CentOS 8 was also changed, ending full updates and maintenance updates on December 31, 2021.[4] As an aside, the maintenance schedule for CentOS 7 is unchanged, with maintenance updates ending on June 30, 2024.
