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This article introduces whether the release of the first candidate version of Rocky Linux 8.3 can replace CentOS, the content is very detailed, interested friends can refer to, hope to be helpful to you.

The first pre-release version of Rocky Linux has been released. It can now be downloaded and tested.

Rocky Linux is a new Linux distribution, which is a new project announced after Red Hat announced that it would stop CentOS Linux last year. It is a project launched by the creators of CentOS and thousands of people around the world to bring a truly free and open source alternative to CentOS, which will be a 1-to-1 binary compatible Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Over the course of a few months, the team did a lot of work, including conceiving a new Linux release, team building, marketing, infrastructure, and many other aspects.

From: https://www.linuxmi.com/rocky-linux-8-3-rc1-centos.html

Today, the first candidate release, RockyLinux RC1, is available for download and can be used on desktops and servers.

Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation (RESF) is pleased to announce the official release of Rocky Linux 8.3 RC1 for x86x64 and AArch74 architectures. This version is the result of months of hard work by all members of the community. Since December 2020, a comment post on the Red Hat blog has grown into a powerful community of more than 10, 000 people in just a few days. Since then, we have gathered together to build teams around infrastructure, brands, websites, developers, special interest groups, etc. -- Rocky Linux Team

I can't find any change logs for the candidate version. However, here are some summaries of the Rocky Linxu 8.3 RC1.

Rocky Linux 8.3 RC1

The following is a quick list of important software packages for Rocky Linux 8.3 server version.

Linux Kernel 4.18: with the stability of Linux Kernel 4.18. Although this kernel is no longer supported by the mainline, it is supported by Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).

Based on the current stable RHEL 8.3,

Desktop environment-GNOME 3.32

Sqlite 3.26

Virt-what 1.18

Samba 4.12.3

Dnf 4.2

Rpm 4.14

Glibc 2.28

Libgcc 8.3

The team says many of the upcoming new features and more architectural availability options are already planned. As a server distribution, Rocky Linux will also be available with many popular clouds to meet your deployment needs. The team is trying to provide you with an enterprise-level free server operating system. In the next few days, many small business engineers will always be grateful to the Rocky Linux team.

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