Rocky Linux 8.3 RC1 Available Now
Release Engineering Team
The Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation (RESF) is pleased to announce the general availability of the Rocky Linux 8.3 Release Candidate 1 for x86_64 and aarch64 architectures.
To download the release, visit https://rockylinux.org/download.
FAQ
What is a release candidate?
A release candidate is a beta version of a product that has the potential to be stable. The intent of a release candidate is for the community to test and validate expected functionality of Rocky Linux and report any bugs if present.
Where can I download the release candidate?
https://rockylinux.org/download
How can I help mirror the release candidate and future Rocky Linux releases?
Please email mirrors@rockylinux.org to express your interest.
Can I use the release candidate in production?
Under no circumstance should you use a release candidate in a production environment. A release candidate is provided for testing and validation purposes only.
I encountered a bug while testing the release candidate, what can I do?
First, create an account using Rocky Linux Account Services, then head over to our Bugzilla server to report any bugs.
How can I get involved with the Testing team?
Please join the ~Testing channel on our Mattermost server to get started. There’s also a testing topic on the forums for more durable conversation.
Where can I find the latest news about Rocky Linux?
Stay tuned to our website, Twitter, LinkedIn, forums, and other platforms listed in our link directory for the latest announcements.
What if I have feedback or my question wasn’t answered here?
Please email us: hello@rockylinux.org and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.
This release is the culmination of months of hard work from every corner of the community. What started in a comment thread on a Red Hat blog in December of 2020 grew to a community over ten thousand strong in a Slack channel in a matter of days. From there you pulled together to build teams around infrastructure, branding, website, development, special interest groups, and more. By February of 2021, over 80 million hits had been recorded across various social media platforms and news sites.
And now, four months later, we have a true open enterprise community operating system. More than that, we have a community, extending far beyond the scope of simply a Linux distribution.
We’d like to extend a special thanks to our sponsors and our partners, whose contribution of resources, financial backing, software, and infrastructure were all critical in supporting our efforts:
- CIQ
- 45Drives
- Amazon Web Services
- Fosshost
- Fastly
- GitLab
- Mattermost
- MontaVista
- NAVER Cloud
- OpenDrives
This is just the beginning. Our commitment to you is the long-lasting development and support of an open enterprise operating system by the community, and for the community.
We have so much more to do. From testing and validation of the core OS to the refinement of our build infrastructure and special interest groups, the work is not done. Come build the next open enterprise operating system with us at https://rockylinux.org.