
Please view the contributing section below. Rocky Linux will not be sold or driven by corporate interest. We all do, Rocky Linux is a community-driven project and always will be. Rocky Linux aims to function as a downstream build as CentOS had done previously, building releases after they have been added to the upstream vendor, not before.Ī solid, stable, and transparent alternative for production environments, developed by the community for the community. Whereas previously CentOS existed as a downstream build of its upstream vendor (it receives patches and updates after the upstream vendor does), it will be shifting to an upstream build (testing patches and updates before inclusion in the upstream vendor).Īdditionally, support for CentOS Linux 8 has been cut short, from to December 31, 2021. The CentOS project recently announced a shift in strategy for CentOS. Q: What do you mean, "CentOS has shifted direction?" Rocky Linux is a community enterprise Operating System designed to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with Enterprise Linux, now that CentOS has shifted direction.

He is no longer with us, so as a H/T to him, who never got to see the success that CentOS came to be, I introduce to you.Rocky Linux" Please visit for current information about Rocky Linux Stable, production-ready releases of Rocky Linux have been available since June 2021.
