Rocky Linux
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Description and history
Rocky Linux is an open source rebuild of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), building from the open source package sources in the CentOS Pagure.
Development overseen by the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation (RESF), a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) formed in Delaware (file number 4429978), backed by CIQ and several others.
| username | password | |
|---|---|---|
rocky |
This user only exists in cloud installs, and no password is set by default (i.e. must be overridden via cloud-init userdata). |
License and type
Subject to the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (the “EAR”)
Packaging, sources, repositories and building
- https://download.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/ for srcrpm
Table
| Homepage | https://rockylinux.org/ |
| Based on | RHEL |
| Status | Active |
| Architecture | x86_64, aarch64, ppc64le, s390x |
| Category | Server |
| Desktop (default) | GNOME |
| Desktop (available) | KDE, XFCE, MATE |
| Source | https://git.rockylinux.org/ |
| Download | https://rockylinux.org/download/ |
| Release model | Fixed |
| Packaging | RPM |
| Package management | DNF |
| Installer | Anaconda |
| Init | SystemD |
| Shell | Bash |
| C library | libc |
| Core utils | GNU |
| Compiler | |
| Language | English |
| Country | USA |
| IRC | https://libera.chat/ |
| Forum | https://forums.rockylinux.org/ |
| Mailing list | https://lists.resf.org/ |
| Docs | https://docs.rockylinux.org/ |
| Docs | https://wiki.rockylinux.org/ |
| Bugtracker | https://bugs.rockylinux.org/ |
| Translation | |
| Donations | https://donate.rockylinux.org/np/clients/rockylinux/donation.jsp |
| Commercial | Commercial support can be bought at CIQ |
| Price | - |
| Contact | |
| Social | https://twitter.com/rocky_linux https://reddit.com/r/rockylinux https://chat.rockylinux.org/ |
| ArchiveOS | |
| Distrowatch | https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=rocky |
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Linux |
| on LWN.net | Yes |
| Repology | https://repology.org/repository/rocky_8 |
| In the timeline |
Releases
- 8.x (Tracks RHEL 8.x)
- 9.x (Tracks RHEL 9.x)