Meet Michael Young. Five-plus years of Rocky Linux contributions, upstream patches, and showing up for the community.

From untangling some of the project's trickiest early dependencies to contributing fixes back upstream, Michael embodies what community-driven open source looks like in practice.

Read his story: https://rockylinux.org/news/2026-06-03-contributor-spotlight-michael-young
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Keep a specific package version pinned on Rocky Linux with dnf versionlock.

Install the plugin if you haven't:
sudo dnf install python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock

Then:
sudo dnf versionlock add <package> -- lock it
sudo dnf versionlock list -- see what's pinned
sudo dnf versionlock delete <package> -- release the lock

Handy for holding a kernel, database, or app version steady while everything else updates.
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Install and Configure #SOCKS #Proxy Server on Rocky Linux VPS

This article provides a guide for how to install and configure SOCKS proxy server on Rocky Linux VPS.

In this tutorial, we'll go through the process of installing and configuring a SOCKS proxy server on a Rocky Linux VPS. We will also discuss enabling SSH tunnelling from a PC using the SOCKS proxy server. This will allow you to route your ...
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يقدم نظام Rocky Linux 10.2 تحديثات جوهرية تركز على تعزيز التشفير ما بعد الكمي، حيث اعتمد تبادل المفاتيح الهجين ML-KEM كخيار أساسي. كما أصبح متصفح Firefox وبريد Thunderbird متاحين عبر حزم Flatpak افتراضياً في الواجهات الرسومية. ومن جهة أخرى، تبنت أداة Podman تقنية Sequoia-PGP للتحقق من توقيعات الصور، مما يدعم التوقيعات المقاومة للحوسبة الكمية ويسهل ترحيل قواعد البيانات تلقائياً، وهو ما يساهم في رفع معايير الأمان والكفاءة لمستخدمي هذا النظام المتطور.

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Secure Boot is changing in 2026, and it affects every Linux distribution with a signed shim, including Rocky Linux. Microsoft is rolling out new certificate authorities and an updated KEK. Rocky Linux is ready, but your firmware might not be yet.

Find out what's changing, what to check, and what to avoid in our latest blog post: https://rockylinux.org/news/2026-06-02-secure-boot-ca-kek-transition

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Why did you choose Rocky Linux?

Post-CentOS move? A specific workload? Someone pointed you here and it turned out to be the right call? We want to hear the real story.

Drop your answer in the replies!
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🚀 How to Install #Roundcube on Rocky Linux #VPS (5 Minute Quick-Start Guide)

This article explains how to install Roundcube on Rocky Linux VPS.
What is Roundcube?
Roundcube is a free, open-source webmail application—a browser-based email client you host on your own server. It provides a modern, Gmail-like UI on top of your existing IMAP/SMTP mail server (e.g., ...
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🚀 Deploy #Odoo on Rocky Linux #VPS

This guide walks through the steps to deploy Odoo on Rocky Linux VPS using PostgreSQL, #Python virtual environment, #Nginx reverse proxy, and systemd. This setup is production-ready and appropriate for business deployments.
What Is Odoo?
Odoo is an open-source business management platform that integrates many core business functions into one ...
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