Rocky Linux 10, AlmaLinux 10 & RHEL 10: Release News
- Rocky Linux 10 has arrived, joining other RHEL-based distributions, but differences are emerging.
- Rocky Linux 10, codenamed "Red Quartz," is generally available.
- "Red Quartz" follows AlmaLinux 10 "Purple Lion," released in late May, shortly after Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10's quiet launch before the Red Hat Summit.
Rocky Linux 10 has launched,ushering in a new era for RHEL-based distributions,but changes are afoot. Discover what’s here, as ”red Quartz” offers RISC-V support, yet drops compatibility for older Raspberry Pi models.Explore how AlmaLinux 10, “Purple Lion,” and the quiet arrival of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 are shaping the landscape, with each distribution carving out its own path. Learn about the technological differences, including hardware support—specifically the shift towards x86-64-v3 processors. Uncover the evolution beyond CentOS, explore RHEL’s new AI assistant, ”Lightspeed” alongside its limited but practical implementation. For more news, check out News Directory 3’s complete coverage! Discover what’s next for the Linux ecosystem.
Rocky Linux 10 has arrived, joining other RHEL-based distributions, but differences are emerging.
Rocky Linux 10, codenamed “Red Quartz,” is generally available. The release notes detail new features, including RISC-V support. However, it now supports only Raspberry Pi 4 and 5, dropping support for older Pi 3 and pi Zero models.
“Red Quartz” follows AlmaLinux 10 “Purple Lion,” released in late May, shortly after Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10’s quiet launch before the Red Hat Summit.
Since IBM discontinued CentOS Linux in 2021 and restricted RHEL source code access, new, slightly different distributions have emerged.These distributions are developing their own identities,diverging from RHEL and each other. The release of RHEL 10 highlights these growing differences.
CentOS Stream 10 was released earlier, and oracle Linux 10 is not yet available. Oracle Linux offers its own Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel, which is newer than Red Hat’s and includes Btrfs support.
Technological Differences
AlmaLinux 10 offers a separate version for x86-64-v2 hardware. RHEL 10 and Rocky Linux 10 require x86-64-v3, supporting Intel “Haswell” generation processors from 2013 onward. AlmaLinux continues to support older hardware, including CPUs from Intel “Nehalem” and later (circa 2008).
Rocky Linux 10 shares the same system requirements as RHEL 10.
RHEL’s LLM Bot
RHEL 10 features an AI assistant called red Hat Enterprise Linux Lightspeed, accessible from the shell prompt. The command is simply c.
Despite skepticism toward AI, the FOSS desk was curious about Lightspeed.
Lightspeed is not found in the Cockpit web interface but is an optional shell command. It is part of the
command-line-assistant package, which uses retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) for more accurate output based on product documentation.
Red Hat has a large team of documentarians providing excellent documentation to its customers.
The assistant requires a modest install, with the packages being a 4.2 MB download and taking 24 MB of disk space. The default desktop installation requires 4.4 GB of disk space.