AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10, a development preview of the forthcoming AlmaLinux OS 10, is now available, featuring the Linux kernel 6.12. This release, part of the quarterly ISO rebuilds, is ready for download.

Key improvements include updated Qt packages, enabling compatibility with the KDE desktop environment via the EPEL repository. Built from CentOS Stream 10 source code (the eventual basis for RHEL 10), Kitten 10 offers a valuable opportunity for community involvement in AlmaLinux's development.

What's New in AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10?

This release includes significant updates:

1. Refreshed Packages and ISOs: All packages have been rebuilt to reflect crucial changes in CentOS Stream 10, incorporating kernel 6.12 and updated Qt packages for KDE compatibility.

2. Expanded Deployment Options: Beyond standard ISOs, cloud and container images are now available on Docker Hub, Quay.io, GitHub Packages, AWS (Marketplace and Community AMIs), Generic Cloud, Microsoft Azure, OpenNebula, and the HCP Vagrant Registry.

3. Performance Enhancements: Re-enabled frame pointers boost performance optimization, facilitating system-wide real-time tracing and profiling.

4. Broader CPU Compatibility: Support for the x86-64-v2 architecture has been added alongside the default x86-64-v3, ensuring compatibility with older CPUs. Note that third-party RHEL 10 packages are built for x86-64-v3; x86-64-v2 users may need to rebuild packages.

5. Enhanced Security and Virtualization: Secure Boot (Intel/AMD and ARM), SPICE, and KVM support for IBM POWER (previously absent since RHEL 9.0) are now included.

6. Improved Hardware Support: Expanded hardware compatibility builds on previous releases, incorporating support for previously unsupported devices.

7. RPM-based Firefox and Thunderbird: Unlike CentOS Stream/RHEL 10's Flatpak approach, Kitten 10 provides Firefox and Thunderbird as RPM packages in its repositories.

AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 vs. CentOS Stream:

While both are community projects related to RHEL, their purposes differ. CentOS Stream serves as RHEL's upstream development platform, whereas AlmaLinux OS Kitten is a developmental preview for the next stable AlmaLinux release. Kitten 10 offers additional features including re-enabled frame pointers, x86-64-v2 support, SPICE, IBM POWER KVM, extended hardware support, and RPM-based Firefox/Thunderbird.

Downloading AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10:

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AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 offers a valuable preview of AlmaLinux OS 10. Community feedback on this preview is crucial to shaping the final release.

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