RLSA-2025:17509: Important: open-vm-tools security update
RLSA-2025:17415: Moderate: gnutls security, bug fix, and enhancement update
RLSA-2025:17429: Important: open-vm-tools security update
Rocky Linux 9.6 has been released. The release encompasses new features and modifications, including dynamic programming languages, web and database servers, performance tools, and debuggers. The release additionally presents a new image type, compatible container archives for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), along with updated Oracle Cloud images. The testing process for Rocky Linux 9.6 encompasses both manual and automated evaluations across diverse environments and configurations. Users have the option to upgrade from Rocky Linux 9.x to Rocky Linux 9.6 using the command line interface or desktop applications such as GNOME Software or KDE Discover. Individuals utilizing other Enterprise Linux 9-based distributions have the option to transition their installations to Rocky Linux 9.6 by employing the migrate2rocky utilities. Rocky Linux 9 does not provide an official upgrade path from any version of Rocky Linux 8. Current known issues involve the ZFS module failing to load on Rocky Linux 9.6, as well as a SELinux issue present on hosts with a Passback end installed.
Rocky Linux 9.5 has been released, featuring updated installation media, as well as container, cloud, and live images accessible on the Rocky Linux Downloads webpage. Significant new features include Podman 5.0, which introduces capabilities such as accelerated machine boot times, Podman Farm for multi-platform image construction, and enhancements to Quadlet. Cockpit, the web console for remote server management, has introduced file management functionalities through the Cockpit Files plugin. Notes from the special interest group encompass images created using OpenSUSE's appliance builder KIWI and Empanadas.