it appears that javascript is disabled in your browser. while most areas of this website work without the use of javascript, you may experience unintended experiences while browsing our site. please consider making an exception for our site in your browser's settings.an resf projectrocky linuxopen menunewsaboutcommunitydocumentationcommunity chatdownloadhistoryit all started with a blog comment.on december 8, 2020, red hat announced that they would discontinue development of centos, which has been a production-ready downstream version of red hat enterprise linux, in favor of a newer upstream development variant of that operating system known as "centos stream". in response, original founder of centos, gregory kurtzer, announced via a comment on the centos website that he would again start a project to achieve the original goals of centos. it's name was chosen as a tribute to early centos co-founder rocky mcgaugh. by december 12, the code repository of rocky linux had become the top-trending repository on github.on december 22, 2020, rocky linux announced that the target for an initial release was anywhere between march and may of 2021. on january 20, 2021, it was announced that a test repository would be made available to the public by the end of february, and a release candidate was on target for the end of march 2021. however, that date was slightly pushed back, and on april 30, 2021, the first release candidate was officially released. the second release candidate, of version 8.4, the last before the stable release, was released on june 4, 2021. on june 21, 2021, the stable release of rocky linux 8.4 was released, with the code name "green obsidian".organizationthe rocky linux project is hosted by the rocky enterprise software foundation (resf). to learn more about the organizational structure, please check out the page on the topic.thinking back to early centos days... my cofounder was rocky mcgaugh. he is no longer with us, so as a h/t to him, who never got to see the success that centos came to be, i introduce to you...rocky linux.gregory kurtzerco-founder @ centos / founder @ rocky linuxbacked byfooteraboutabout rocky linuxfrequently asked questionscommunity charterservice statussecurity errataget involvedcontributesubmit bugdonatemerchdocumentationwikiguides and manualsgpg key infolegallicensingprivacy policylanguagelanguagechoose languageenglish简体中文正體中文françaissuomiitaliano日本語polskiportuguêsрусскийtiếng việtnederlands한국어afrikaans;translate this sitegithubfediversetwitterredditforumsmattermostmailing listseventsrss© 2020-2023 rocky enterprise software foundation. all rights reserved.linux® is the registered trademark of linus torvalds in the u.s. and other countries. red hat enterprise linux, rhel and centos are trademarks or registered trademarks of red hat, inc. or its subsidiaries in the us and other countries. we are not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by red hat, inc.