Benny Vasquez has announced the release of AlmaLinux 9.5, which enhances performance, development tools, and security through updated module streams, compilers, system performance monitoring, visualisation, and data collection, alongside security improvements centred on cryptography and SELinux policies.

AlmaLinux 9.5 released!

AlmaLinux 9.5 Stable Now Available

The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is announcing the general availability of AlmaLinux OS 9.5 ( https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos.html) codenamed “Teal Serval”!

Installation ISOs are available on the mirrors now for all 4 architectures:

- Intel/AMD (x86_64) ( https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos/x86_64/9.5.html)
- ARM64 (aarch64) ( https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos/aarch64/9.5.html)
- IBM PowerPC (ppc64le)
( https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos/ppc64le/9.5.html)
- IBM Z (s390x) ( https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos/s390x/9.5.html)

Torrents are available as well at:

- Intel/AMD (x86_64)
( https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/9.5/isos/x86_64/AlmaLinux-9.5-x86_64.torrent)
- ARM64 (aarch64)
( https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/9.5/isos/aarch64/AlmaLinux-9.5-aarch64.torrent)
- IBM PowerPC (ppc64le)
( https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/9.5/isos/ppc64le/AlmaLinux-9.5-ppc64le.torrent)
- IBM Z (s390x)
( https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/9.5/isos/s390x/AlmaLinux-9.5-s390x.torrent)

ISOs, Live Images, Cloud and Containers

AlmaLinux also offers a variety of Cloud, Container and Live Images. The builds for these get kicked off as soon as the public repository is ready.

*The following images are expected to be available shortly.*

- Container ( https://wiki.almalinux.org/containers/) images including Platform and UBIs alternatives. We provide a wide variety of containers for your use.
- LXC/LXD ( https://images.linuxcontainers.org/images/almalinux/)
- Live Media ( https://wiki.almalinux.org/LiveMedia.html) for GNOME, GNOME-mini, KDE, XFCE, MATE and more.
- Cloud Images
- AWS ( https://wiki.almalinux.org/cloud/AWS.html) for x86_64 and AArch64 EC2 Instances
- Azure ( https://wiki.almalinux.org/cloud/Azure.html) for x86_64 and AArch64 VMs
- Google Cloud ( https://wiki.almalinux.org/cloud/Google.html)
- Generic Cloud/Cloud-init
( https://wiki.almalinux.org/cloud/Generic-cloud-on-local.html) for all 4 architectures
- OpenNebula ( https://wiki.almalinux.org/cloud/OpenNebula.html) for x86_64 and AArch64 architectures
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
( https://wiki.almalinux.org/cloud/OCI.html) for x86_64 and AArch64
Instances
- Vagrant Boxes ( https://app.vagrantup.com/almalinux) :
- Libvirt
- VirtualBox
- Hyper-V
- VMWare for x86_64 and AArch64
- Parallels for AArch64
- Raspberry Pi
( https://wiki.almalinux.org/documentation/raspberry-pi.html)
- Windows Subsystem for Linux
( https://wiki.almalinux.org/documentation/wsl.html) for x86_64 and AArch64

Release Notes and More Information

AlmaLinux 9.5 aims to improve performance, development tooling, and security. Updated module streams offer better support for web applications. New versions of compilers provide access to the latest features and optimizations that improve performance and enable better code generation. The release also introduces improvements to system performance monitoring, visualization, and system performance data collecting. Security updates are directed at strengthening cryptography, while SELinux policies enforce stricter access controls. Additionally, crypto-policies offer stronger encryption, improving the overall security of the system.

You can read the full release notes for this version on the wiki: AlmaLinux OS 9.5 Release Notes ( https://wiki.almalinux.org/release-notes/9.5.html) .

What you can do to help?

Your input into testing and feedback is crucial and essential for successful production releases. Please, report any bugs you may see on the Bug Tracker ( https://bugs.almalinux.org/) . Also, pop into the AlmaLinux
Community Chat ( https://chat.almalinux.org/) and join our Testing Channel, post a question on our 9.5 Forum ( https://forums.almalinux.org/c/devel/9/36) , on our AlmaLinux Community on Reddit ( https://reddit.com/r/almalinux) or catch us on X ( https://twitter.com/almalinux) .

Please report any bugs you may see on the Bug Tracker ( https://bugs.almalinux.org/) .

*Enjoy the release and have fun!*

benny Vasquez

Chair, Board of Directors @AlmaLinux OS Foundation