Well done ! Despite the block—or rather, the "restricted access"—to the source code of RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux), the #AlmaLinux community (@almalinux) has just delivered a masterclass in engineering and independence : not one, but two major releases, both launched today 🍿
› https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-05-26-almalinux_98_and_102_stable/

General Availability of AlmaLinux OS 9.8 and 10.2 Stable!
AlmaLinux OS 9.8 and 10.2 Stable Now AvailableHello Community! The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is announcing the general availability of two stable releases at once: AlmaLinux OS 9.8 codenamed “Olive Jaguar” and AlmaLinux OS 10.2 codenamed “Lavender Lion”! This is the first time we have ever shipped two AlmaLinux releases on the same day, and it’s a milestone we’re proud of. It’s the direct result of concerted effort by our Build, Core, and Infrastructure SIGs on our release engineering procedures. This work resulted in better automation, tighter QA pipelines, and a build system that can carry two parallel release trains without one slowing the other down.



