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Rocky Linux users have long benefited from the availability of Apptainer on the EPEL repository. Apptainer, formerly known as Singularity, is widely used in the HPC community. Ubuntu is the one another major distribution for Apptainer users. Now there is great news for Ubuntu and Windows/WSL2/Ubuntu Apptainer users! Apptainer pre-built binaries are now available on…
Our own Neil Hanlon, Linux Engineer at CIQ, will be giving a talk on Peridot at the upcoming CentOS Connect event in Brussels, Belgium on February 4th. Peridot is a new open source build system developed at the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation (RESF) to simplify the process of maintaining a downstream rebuild of Red Hat…
Editor’s note: This article by Joe Casad originally appeared in the Rocky Linux Focus Guide, published by Admin Network & Security magazine. The open source world is constantly evolving, and new Linux distributions tend to appear whenever there is a need for them. Rocky Linux just appeared last year, partly in response to a shake-up…
During this economic downturn, companies are cutting costs and rethinking their investments. This has contributed to the rapid adoption of Rocky Linux as a rock-solid, stable, community-backed, production-ready, free, open source operating system. In fact, Rocky is now the fastest-growing Enterprise Linux distribution, widely adopted because of its low total cost of ownership (TCO), proven…
Rocky Linux is a community-driven, free, and open source Linux distribution that aims to provide a rock-solid, stable foundation for businesses, organizations, and individuals. It is built from the source code of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), which means that it inherits the stability and reliability of RHEL while being open and transparent in its…
Every Friday from 2-4 PM CST, instructor Dave Rush walks listeners through new features of Raspberry Pi on the TotalSeminars channel on YouTube. In this new episode, Dave welcomes Gregory Kurtzer (founder of CentOS and Rocky Linux) and Skip Grube (who maintains the Rocky image for Raspberry Pi), who talk about FOSS distro development, upstream/downstream…
Rocky Linux is a powerful, open-source operating system built for servers that can help power businesses of all sizes. Rocky Linux can be installed as either a command-line-only OS or a default GUI that can help make using Linux a bit easier (especially for those who are only now taking their first steps with the…
It’s that time of year when people feel a bit jollier and more giving. That’s right, it’s the holiday season. In fact, Christmas is just a few short days away, and you might be thinking, “What do I get my favorite Rocky Linux user for Christmas?” Well, there are plenty of things those beloved friends…
Looking for a deep-dive into Rocky Linux? Look no further than Admin Network & Security magazine, a publication of Linux New Media, which recently published the Inside Rocky Linux Focus Guide. In this special focus guide, you’ll get an in-depth look inside Rocky Linux. You’ll learn why Rocky Linux, which is still less than two…
Every IT admin knows the importance of updates, patches, and upgrades. Without regular updates, operating systems and applications could exist, on a desktop or server, vulnerable to hackers and other ne’er-do-wells. The problem is that most IT admins get really busy putting out daily fires and just generally keeping everything running so the company can…
If you’re a Rocky Linux superfan, or you have one on your holiday gift list, you obviously need cool Rocky swag, so we’re excited to announce the official Rocky Linux store, provided by Muckles’ Ink. Not only can you find a wide assortment of quality merchandise, but you will also support the Rocky Enterprise Software…
Pulling together proven technology and the latest innovations, CIQ has created a turnkey solution with a traditional high performance computing (HPC) stack that meets the needs of a large variety of users. Easy to deploy, highly scalable, and very flexible, this infrastructure substrate provides a stable, secure, and supported foundation, empowering users to build the…