Today, only five days after the release of RHEL 9.5, AlmaLinux OS Foundation announces the much-anticipated arrival of AlmaLinux 9.5, codenamed “Teal Serval.” Without further ado, here’s the new stuff.
One of the highlights of this release is the upgraded distributed Linux kernel version to 5.14, which promises improved performance and enhanced security. The new version also sees substantial updates in compiler toolsets, featuring GCC Toolset 14, LLVM Toolset 18.1.8, Rust Toolset 1.79.0, and Go Toolset 1.22.
For those using the GCC 11.5 compiler, the addition of Annobin 12.70 further strengthens the development ecosystem, providing developers with a robust set of tools to enhance code security and optimization.
AlmaLinux 9.5 also introduces two noteworthy additions: .NET 9.0 and BIND 9.18, which bolster its software development and DNS services capabilities.
Some key updates to popular application streams, such as Apache HTTP Server 2.4.62 and Node.js 22, ensure users have access to the latest and greatest tools to run their applications seamlessly.
Developers and administrators who rely on performance analysis tools will be happy to see that GDB has been updated to version 14.2 and Valgrind to version 3.23.0, with similar enhancements applied to SystemTap 5.1 and elfutils 0.191.
These updates, along with improved monitoring tools like PCP 6.2 and Grafana 10.2, make it easier than ever to monitor, debug, and fine-tune your systems.
On the security front, OpenSSL has been upgraded to version 3.2.2, which now includes support for the certificate compression extension and adds Brainpool curves to TLS 1.3.
The SELinux policy has also been updated, allowing the QEMU Guest Agent to execute commands more securely, and the crypto-policies packages have expanded to include algorithm selection for Java.
The other things closely align with what’s offered in the RHEL 9.5 release, detailed in our article on the topic.
AlmaLinux 9.4 is available for four architectures: Intel/AMD (x86_64), ARM64 (aarch64), IBM PowerPC (ppc64le), and IBM Z (s390x). You can download the installation ISO images from public mirrors.
Lastly, if you are currently running AlmaLinux 9.x, everything you need to upgrade to the latest 9.5 release is to run the following DNF command in the terminal:
sudo dnf upgrade -yCode language: Bash (bash)Refer to the announcement or visit the release notes for more information about all changes.
