Download AlmaLinux 9.0

Just like Red Hat who released Enterprise Linux version 9.0, the CloudLinux has also come with version 9.0 of AlmaLinux. AlmaLinux, like Rocky Linux, is one of the newcomers to fill the gap left by CentOS. Due to the large number of sponsors, AlmaLinux also seems to be here to stay. The release notes for this release can here are being found; this is the announcement for AlmaLinux version 9.0:

AlmaLinux 9 Now Available!

Hello Community! The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is proud to announce general availability of Alma Linux OS 9.0† AlmaLinux 9 supports the following 4 architectures providing full parity with upstream:

• Intel/AMD (x86_64)
• ARM64 (aarch64)
• IBM PowerPC (ppc64le)
• IBM Z (s390x)

ISOs, Live Images, Cloud and Containers

Installation ISOs are nice but AlmaLinux has got you covered for so much more. We have started updating the following images and those will be available shortly:

• Live Media for GNOME, GNOME-mini, KDE, XFCE and more.
• Cloud Images
  • AWS AMIs for x86_64 and Graviton Instances
  • Azure Images for in standard and HPC flavors for x86_64 and aarch64
  • Google Cloud (Hi, Googlers!)
  • Generic Cloud/Cloud init for all 4 architectures
  • Open Nebula
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for x86_64 and aarch64
• docker images including Platform and UBIs alternatives. We provide a wide variety of containers for your use. Please see our Docker Official Image as well as all AlmaLinux images
• raspberry pi
• Windows Subsystem for Linux

Release Notes and More Information

AlmaLinux OS 9.0 is based on upstream kernel version 5.14 and contains enhancements around cloud and container development and improvements to the web console (cockpit). This release also delivers enhancements for security and compliance, including additional security profiles, greatly improved SELinux performance and user authentication logs. Other various updates include Python 3.9, GCC 11 and the latest versions of LLVM, Rust and Go compilers to make modernizing the applications faster and easier. You can read more about it by checking out the Release Notes†

Visual Enhancements

We know some of y’all will be pleased to see a couple of new wallpapers available in this release. We’ve also kept the standard ones from AlmaLinux 8, to fit any mood 🙂