Software Update: AlmaLinux 8.7

CloudLinux has released version 8.7 of AlmaLinux. AlmaLinux, like Rocky Linux, is one of the newcomers to fill the gap left by CentOS. Due to the large number of sponsors, AlmaLinux also seems to be here to stay. The release notes for this release can here are being found. Here’s the announcement for this release of AlmaLinux:

Release Notes and More Information

AlmaLinux 8.7 Stable provides a more stable foundation for open hybrid cloud innovation, new enhancements and features to deliver workloads, applications and services for multiple environments more efficiently, security features and updates for risk reduction and better compliance maintenance.

New automation and management functionality is provided to make additional manual task automation, performing standard deployment processes at scale easier and to simplify day-to-day system management. These enhancements include adding several system roles and the web console new options and features. Axis for containers, Sigstore technology was built into the container tooling.

You can read more about this release by checking out the Release Notes.