# last updated: 2024-11-01

# AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 Release Notes

These are the release notes for AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 for all supported architectures:

  • x86_64
  • x86_64_v2
  • aarch64
  • ppc64le
  • s390x

Codename: Lion Cub.

Distributed kernel version: 6.11.0-25.el10

WARNING

This release should not be used for production installations.

# Providing Feedback and Getting Help

Please report any issues you may encounter during tests on the AlmaLinux Bug Tracker (opens new window). Additionally, if you feel like providing feedback, talking about anything or asking any questions you might want to check out The AlmaLinux Community Chat (opens new window), The AlmaLinux Forums (opens new window) and The AlmaLinux Community on Reddit (opens new window).

# Changelog

  • AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 packages and repositories are signed with the new GPG key (opens new window).

  • Starting with AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 version a new architecture was added - x86_64_v2.

  • Starting with AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 version there are no longer 32-bit (i686 architecture) packages.

  • AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 has its own primary mirror URLs:

  • AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 ISOs will be renewed and released with the latest updates quarterly.

  • Re-enabled Frame Pointers.
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS Stream disable frame pointers by default, but with AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10, we are re-enabling them. This enables system-wide real-time tracing and profiling for optimizing the performance of any workload running on AlmaLinux OS.

  • SPICE support.
    Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments (SPICE) has been unsupported since RHEL 9.0. We added support back in, so SPICE support is fully re-enabled for both server and client applications.

  • KVM for IBM POWER.
    KVM for IBM POWER has also been unsupported since RHEL 9.0. We enable it in the AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 virtualization stack, so it’s possible to continue using KVM.

  • Compilers and Programming Languages:

    • GCC 14.2
    • Rust 1.79
    • Perl 5.40
    • PHP 8.3
  • Build and Development Tools:

    • CMake 3.28
    • Bash 5.2
    • LLVM-toolset 18.1
  • System Libraries and Core Components:

    • glibc 2.39
    • binutils 2.41
  • Installation and Configuration:

    • Anaconda 40.22
    • Systemd 256
    • Crypto-policies 20240828
    • SELinux-policy 40.13
  • Web Servers and Application Servers:

    • Apache HTTP Server 2.4.62
    • Nginx 1.26
  • Databases and Caching:

    • MySQL 8.4
    • Redis 7.2
  • Monitoring and Analytics:

    • Grafana 10.2
    • PCP 6.3
  • Networking and Routing:

    • FRR 10.1
  • Virtualization and Kernel:

    • QEMU-KVM 9.1
    • Kernel 6.11
    • Kexec-tools 2.0.29
  • Security Tools:

    • OpenSCAP 1.4
    • OpenSSH 9.9
  • Package Management:

    • DNF 4.20
    • RPM 4.19
  • Graphical User Interface:

    • Qt6 6.7
  • The following device drivers were modified to re-add PCI IDs for hardware that was previously disabled in our upstream:

    • aacraid - Dell PERC2, 2/Si, 3/Si, 3/Di, Adaptec Advanced Raid Products, HP NetRAID-4M, IBM ServeRAID & ICP SCSI
    • be2iscsi - Emulex OneConnectOpen-iSCSI for BladeEngine 2 and 3 adapters
    • be2net - Emulex BladeEngine 2 and 3 adapters *
    • hpsa - HP Smart Array Controller
    • lpfc - Emulex LightPulse Fibre Channel SCSI
    • megaraid_sas - Broadcom MegaRAID SAS
    • mlx4_core - Mellanox Gen2 and ConnectX-2 adapters
    • mpt3sas - LSI MPT Fusion SAS 3.0
    • mptsas - Fusion MPT SAS Host
    • qla2xxx - QLogic Fibre Channel HBA
    • qla4xxx - QLogic iSCSI HBA

    For a complete list of hardware support for which was added in this release, see the Extended hardware support section.

# Installation instructions

There are three installation ISO images available:

AlmaLinux-Kitten-10-20241018.0-x86_64-boot.iso - a single network installation CD image that downloads packages over the Internet.

AlmaLinux-Kitten-10-20241018.0-x86_64-minimal.iso - a minimal self-containing DVD image that makes possible offline installation.

AlmaLinux-Kitten-10-20241018.0-x86_64-dvd.iso - a full installation DVD image that contains mostly all AlmaLinux OS packages.

Download a suitable ISO image from the 10-kitten/isos/$arch/ directory, for example:

$ wget https://kitten.repo.almalinux.org/10-kitten/isos/x86_64/AlmaLinux-Kitten-10-20241018.0-x86_64-boot.iso

Download and import the AlmaLinux OS public key:

$ wget https://kitten.repo.almalinux.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-AlmaLinux-10
$ gpg --import RPM-GPG-KEY-AlmaLinux

Download and verify a checksums list:

$ wget https://kitten.repo.almalinux.org/10-kitten/isos/x86_64/CHECKSUM

# we are looking for “Good signature”
$ gpg --verify CHECKSUM
gpg: Signature made Fri 18 Oct 2024 04:28:17 AM EDT
gpg:                using RSA key EE6DB7B98F5BF5EDD9DA0DE5DEE5C11CC2A1E572
gpg: Good signature from "AlmaLinux OS 10 <packager@almalinux.org>" [unknown]
gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
gpg:          There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.
Primary key fingerprint: EE6D B7B9 8F5B F5ED D9DA  0DE5 DEE5 C11C C2A1 E572

Verify the downloaded ISO image checksum:

# calculate the downloaded ISO SHA256 checksum
$ sha256sum AlmaLinux-Kitten-10-20241018.0-x86_64-boot.iso 
cd6e303213ca8b4d5f02cf011dcc78a34c5c4031f3bdfeb153f0ab22c101a9f4  AlmaLinux-Kitten-10-20241018.0-x86_64-boot.iso

# compare it with expected checksum, it should be the same
$ cat CHECKSUM | grep -E 'SHA256.*AlmaLinux-Kitten-10-20241018.0-x86_64-boot.iso'
SHA256 (AlmaLinux-Kitten-10-20241018.0-x86_64-boot.iso) = cd6e303213ca8b4d5f02cf011dcc78a34c5c4031f3bdfeb153f0ab22c101a9f4

If you decide to use the AlmaLinux-Kitten-10-20241018.0-x86_64-boot.iso image, you may need to provide the https://kitten.repo.almalinux.org/10-kitten/BaseOS/x86_64/kickstart/ URL repository from the selected mirror as the Installation Source in the event that the installer is not able to find the closest mirror for some reason.

There are no extra Installation Sources required if you decided to go with either the minimal or DVD ISO images.

# Additional packages

Here is a list of packages that are AlmaLinux OS-specific, and will not be found in compatible versions of CentOS Stream.

Package Description
almalinux-backgrounds AlmaLinux OS background images.
Replaces redhat-backgrounds
almalinux-indexhtml AlmaLinux OS default browser page
Replaces redhat-indexhtml
almalinux-logos AlmaLinux OS graphics for OS
Replaces redhat-logos
almalinux-logos-httpd AlmaLinux OS graphics for HTTPD server
Replaces redhat-logos-httpd
almalinux-logos-ipa AlmaLinux OS graphics for IPA server
Replaces redhat-logos-ipa
almalinux-kitten-release AlmaLinux OS release package, repos, and EULA
Replaces redhat-release and redhat-release-eula
firefox Open-source web browser developed by Mozilla
thunderbird Open-source email client developed by Mozilla

# Removed packages

Here is a list of packages you will not find in AlmaLinux when comparing with the compatible version of CentOS Stream.

AlmaLinux OS is a community distribution so all changes are subject to discussion. If you would like to do so, please join AlmaLinux Chat (opens new window) as well as filing a bug report at AlmaLinux Bug Tracker (opens new window) to discuss if you think any of the packages below should be included into the repos.

Package Description
centos-indexhtml CentOS Stream specific default browser page
centos-backgrounds CentOS Stream specific background images
centos-logos CentOS Stream specific graphics for OS
centos-logos-httpd CentOS Stream specific graphics for HTTPD server
centos-logos-ipa CentOS Stream graphics for IPA server
insights-client CentOS Stream specific package to connect to upstream vendor resource
insights-client-ros CentOS Stream specific plugin for the Insights client
rhc CentOS Stream specific package to connect to upstream vendor resources
rhc-worker-playbook CentOS Stream package to connect to upstream vendor resources
virt-who CentOS Stream specific package to connect to upstream vendor resources
centos-gpg-keys CentOS Stream specific package to provide the GPG keys
centos-stream-release CentOS Stream specific release package
centos-stream-repos CentOS Stream repos
kpatch CentOS Stream specific live patches for kernel
kpatch-dnf CentOS Stream specific kpatch tool integrated with DNF
rhsm-icons CentOS Stream specific GUI for Subscription Manager
subscription-manager-cockpit CentOS Stream specific Cockpit module for Subscription Manager

# Extended hardware support

The following devices support is added in AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 release compared with the CentOS Stream/RHEL:

Device PCI ID Device name Driver name
0x0E11::: *:01:04 Compaq hpsa
0x1000:0x0050 LSI SAS1064 mptsas
0x1000:0x0054 LSI SAS1068 mptsas
0x1000:0x0056 LSI SAS1064E mptsas
0x1000:0x0058 LSI SAS1068E mptsas
0x1000:0x0059 LSI SAS1068_820XELP mptsas
0x1000:0x0060 LSI MegaRAID SAS1078R megaraid_sas
0x1000:0x0062 LSI SAS1078 mptsas
0x1000:0x0064 LSI SAS2116_1 mpt3sas
0x1000:0x0065 LSI SAS2116_2 mpt3sas
0x1000:0x0070 LSI SAS2004 mpt3sas
0x1000:0x0072 LSI SAS2008 mpt3sas
0x1000:0x0074 LSI SAS2108_1 mpt3sas
0x1000:0x0076 LSI SAS2108_2 mpt3sas
0x1000:0x0077 LSI SAS2108_3 mpt3sas
0x1000:0x0078 LSI MegaRAID SAS1078 Gen2 megaraid_sas
0x1000:0x007C LSI MegaRAID SAS1078DE megaraid_sas
0x1000:0x007E LSI SSS6200 mpt3sas
0x1000:0x0411 LSI MegaRAID SAS1064R megaraid_sas
0x1000:0x0413 LSI MegaRAID SAS1068 Verde ZCR megaraid_sas
0x1011:0x0046:0x103C:0x10C2 HP NetRAID-4M aacraid
0x1011:0x0046:0x9005:0x0364 Adaptec 5400S (Mustang) aacraid
0x1011:0x0046:0x9005:0x0365 Adaptec 5400S (Mustang) aacraid
0x1011:0x0046:0x9005:0x1364 Dell PERC 2/QC aacraid
0x1028:0x0001:0x1028:0x0001 DELL PERC 2/Si (Iguana) aacraid
0x1028:0x0002:0x1028:0x0002 DELL PERC 3/Di (Opal) aacraid
0x1028:0x0002:0x1028:0x00D1 DELL PERC 3/Di (Viper) aacraid
0x1028:0x0002:0x1028:0x00D9 DELL PERC 3/Di (Lexus) aacraid
0x1028:0x0003:0x1028:0x0003 DELL PERC 3/Si (SlimFast) aacraid
0x1028:0x0004:0x1028:0x00D0 DELL PERC 3/Di (Iguana FlipChip) aacraid
0x1028:0x000A:0x1028:0x0106 DELL PERC 3/Di (Jaguar) aacraid
0x1028:0x000A:0x1028:0x011B DELL PERC 3/Di (Dagger) aacraid
0x1028:0x000A:0x1028:0x0121 DELL PERC 3/Di (Boxster) aacraid
0x1028:0x0015 Dell PERC5 megaraid_sas
0x103C::: *:01:04 HP hpsa
0x1077:0x2100 QLogic ISP2100 qla2xxx
0x1077:0x2200 QLogic ISP2200 qla2xxx
0x1077:0x2300 QLogic ISP2300 qla2xxx
0x1077:0x2312 QLogic ISP2312 qla2xxx
0x1077:0x2322 QLogic ISP2322 qla2xxx
0x1077:0x2422 QLogic ISP2422 qla2xxx
0x1077:0x2432 QLogic ISP2432 qla2xxx
0x1077:0x5422 QLogic ISP5422 qla2xxx
0x1077:0x5432 QLogic ISP5432 / QLE220 qla2xxx
0x1077:0x6312 QLogic ISP6312 qla2xxx
0x1077:0x6322 QLogic ISP6322 qla2xxx
0x1077:0x8001 QLogic ISP8001 / QLE81xx qla2xxx
0x1077:0x8021 QLogic ISP8021 / QLE82xx qla2xxx
0x1077:0x8022 QLogic ISP8022 qla4xxx
0x1077:0x8032 QLogic ISP8324 qla4xxx
0x1077:0x8042 QLogic ISP8042 qla4xxx
0x1077:0x8044 QLogic ISP8044 / QLE84xx qla2xxx
0x1077:0x8432 QLogic ISP8432 / QLE8000 qla2xxx
0x1077:0xF001 QLogic ISPF001 / QLE10000 qla2xxx
0x10DF:0x1AE5 FIREFLY lpfc
0x10DF:0xE100 PROTEUS VF lpfc
0x10DF:0xE131 BALIUS lpfc
0x10DF:0xE180 PROTEUS PF lpfc
0x10DF:0xE208 LANCER_FC_VF lpfc
0x10DF:0xE260 Emulex OneConnect OCe15102-FM/OCe15104-FM/OCm15108-F-P lpfc
0x10DF:0xE268 LANCER_FCOE_VF lpfc
0x10DF:0xF095 RFLY lpfc
0x10DF:0xF098 PFLY lpfc
0x10DF:0xF0A1 LP101 lpfc
0x10DF:0xF0A5 TFLY lpfc
0x10DF:0xF0D1 BSMB lpfc
0x10DF:0xF0F5 NEPTUNE lpfc
0x10DF:0xF0F6 NEPTUNE SCSP lpfc
0x10DF:0xF0F7 NEPTUNE DCSP lpfc
0x10DF:0xF700 SUPERFLY lpfc
0x10DF:0xF800 DRAGONFLY lpfc
0x10DF:0xF900 CENTAUR lpfc
0x10DF:0xF980 PEGASUS lpfc
0x10DF:0xFA00 THOR lpfc
0x10DF:0xFB00 VIPER lpfc
0x10DF:0xFC00 LP10000S lpfc
0x10DF:0xFC10 LP11000S lpfc
0x10DF:0xFC20 LPE11000S lpfc
0x10DF:0xFC50 PROTEUS S lpfc
0x10DF:0xFD00 HELIOS lpfc
0x10DF:0xFD11 HELIOS SCSP lpfc
0x10DF:0xFD12 HELIOS DCSP lpfc
0x15B3:0x1003 Mellanox Technologies: MT27500 Family [ConnectX-3] mlx4_core
0x15B3:0x1004 Mellanox Technologies: MT27500 Family [ConnectX-3 Virtual Function] mlx4_core
0x15B3:0x1005 Mellanox Technologies: MT27510 Family [ConnectX-3] mlx4_core
0x15B3:0x1007 Mellanox Technologies: MT27520 Family [ConnectX-3 Pro] mlx4_core
0x15B3:0x1008 Mellanox Technologies: MT27521 Family [ConnectX-3 Pro] mlx4_core
0x15B3:0x1009 Mellanox Technologies: MT27530 Family [ConnectX-3 Pro] mlx4_core
0x15B3:0x100a Mellanox Technologies: MT27531 Family [ConnectX-3 Pro] mlx4_core
0x15B3:0x100b Mellanox Technologies: MT27540 Family [ConnectX-3 Pro] mlx4_core
0x15B3:0x100c Mellanox Technologies: MT27541 Family [ConnectX-3 Pro] mlx4_core
0x15B3:0x100d Mellanox Technologies: MT27550 Family [ConnectX-3 Pro] mlx4_core
0x15B3:0x100e Mellanox Technologies: MT27551 Family [ConnectX-3 Pro] mlx4_core
0x15B3:0x100f Mellanox Technologies: MT27560 Family [ConnectX-3 Pro] mlx4_core
0x15B3:0x1010 Mellanox Technologies: MT27561 Family [ConnectX-3 Pro] mlx4_core
0x19A2:0x0211 Emulex BladeEngine 2 Network Adapter be2net *
0x19A2:0x0212 Emulex BladeEngine 2 10Gb iSCSI Initiator be2iscsi
0x19A2:0x0221 Emulex BladeEngine 3 Network Adapter be2net *
0x19A2:0x0222 Emulex BladeEngine 3 iSCSI be2iscsi
0x19A2:0x0700 Emulex OneConnect Tigershark NIC be2net *
0x19A2:0x0702 Emulex OneConnect OCe10101/OCm10101/OCe10102/OCm10102 be2iscsi
0x19A2:0x0703 Emulex OneConnect OCe10100 be2iscsi
0x19A2:0x0704 Emulex OneConnect Tigershark FCoE lpfc
0x19A2:0x0710 Emulex OneConnect Tomcat NIC be2net *
0x19A2:0x0712 Emulex OneConnect Tomcat iSCSI be2iscsi
0x19A2:0x0714 Emulex OneConnect Tomcat FCoE lpfc
0x9005:0x0200:0x9005:0x0200 Themisto Jupiter Platform aacraid
0x9005:0x0283:0x9005:0x0283 Catapult aacraid
0x9005:0x0284:0x9005:0x0284 Tomcat aacraid
0x9005:0x0285 Adaptec Catch All aacraid
0x9005:0x0285:0x1014:0x02F2 IBM 8i (AvonPark) aacraid
0x9005:0x0285:0x1014:0x0312 IBM 8i (AvonPark Lite) aacraid
0x9005:0x0285:0x1028 Dell Catchall aacraid
0x9005:0x0285:0x1028:0x0287 Perc 320/DC aacraid
0x9005:0x0285:0x1028:0x0291 CERC SATA RAID 2 PCI SATA 6ch (DellCorsair) aacraid
0x9005:0x0285:0x103C:0x3227 AAR-2610SA PCI SATA 6ch aacraid
0x9005:0x0285:0x17AA Legend Catchall aacraid
0x9005:0x0285:0x17AA:0x0286 Legend S220 (Legend Crusader) aacraid
0x9005:0x0285:0x17AA:0x0287 Legend S230 (Legend Vulcan) aacraid
0x9005:0x0285:0x9005:0x0285 Adaptec 2200S (Vulcan) aacraid
0x9005:0x0285:0x9005:0x0286 Adaptec 2120S (Crusader) aacraid
0x9005:0x0285:0x9005:0x0287 Adaptec 2200S (Vulcan-2m) aacraid
0x9005:0x0285:0x9005:0x0288 Adaptec 3230S (Harrier) aacraid
0x9005:0x0285:0x9005:0x0289 Adaptec 3240S (Tornado) aacraid
0x9005:0x0285:0x9005:0x028A ASR-2020ZCR SCSI PCI-X ZCR (Skyhawk) aacraid
0x9005:0x0285:0x9005:0x028B ASR-2025ZCR SCSI SO-DIMM PCI-X ZCR (Terminator) aacraid
0x9005:0x0285:0x9005:0x028E ASR-2020SA SATA PCI-X ZCR (Skyhawk) aacraid
0x9005:0x0285:0x9005:0x028F ASR-2025SA SATA SO-DIMM PCI-X ZCR (Terminator) aacraid
0x9005:0x0285:0x9005:0x0290 AAR-2410SA PCI SATA 4ch (Jaguar II) aacraid
0x9005:0x0285:0x9005:0x0292 AAR-2810SA PCI SATA 8ch (Corsair-8) aacraid
0x9005:0x0285:0x9005:0x0293 AAR-21610SA PCI SATA 16ch (Corsair-16) aacraid
0x9005:0x0285:0x9005:0x0294 ESD SO-DIMM PCI-X SATA ZCR (Prowler) aacraid
0x9005:0x0285:0x9005:0x0296 ASR-2240S (SabreExpress) aacraid
0x9005:0x0285:0x9005:0x0297 ASR-4005 aacraid
0x9005:0x0285:0x9005:0x0298 ASR-4000 (BlackBird) aacraid
0x9005:0x0285:0x9005:0x0299 ASR-4800SAS (Marauder-X) aacraid
0x9005:0x0285:0x9005:0x029A ASR-4805SAS (Marauder-E) aacraid
0x9005:0x0285:0x9005:0x02A4 ICP9085LI (Marauder-X) aacraid
0x9005:0x0285:0x9005:0x02A5 ICP5085BR (Marauder-E) aacraid
0x9005:0x0286 Adaptec Rocket Catch All aacraid
0x9005:0x0286:0x1014:0x9540 IBM 8k/8k-l4 (Aurora Lite) aacraid
0x9005:0x0286:0x1014:0x9580 IBM 8k/8k-l8 (Aurora) aacraid
0x9005:0x0286:0x9005:0x028C ASR-2230S/ASR-2230SLP PCI-X (Lancer) aacraid
0x9005:0x0286:0x9005:0x028D ASR-2130S (Lancer) aacraid
0x9005:0x0286:0x9005:0x029B AAR-2820SA (Intruder) aacraid
0x9005:0x0286:0x9005:0x029C AAR-2620SA (Intruder) aacraid
0x9005:0x0286:0x9005:0x029D AAR-2420SA (Intruder) aacraid
0x9005:0x0286:0x9005:0x029E ICP9024RO (Lancer) aacraid
0x9005:0x0286:0x9005:0x029F ICP9014RO (Lancer) aacraid
0x9005:0x0286:0x9005:0x02A0 ICP9047MA (Lancer) aacraid
0x9005:0x0286:0x9005:0x02A1 ICP9087MA (Lancer) aacraid
0x9005:0x0286:0x9005:0x02A2 ASR-3800 (Hurricane44) aacraid
0x9005:0x0286:0x9005:0x02A3 ICP5445AU (Hurricane44) aacraid
0x9005:0x0286:0x9005:0x02A6 ICP9067MA (Intruder-6) aacraid
0x9005:0x0286:0x9005:0x0800 Callisto Jupiter Platform aacraid
0x9005:0x0287:0x9005:0x0800 Themisto Jupiter Platform aacraid
0x9005:0x0288 Adaptec NEMER/ARK Catch All aacraid

# Thank you, Image Engine!

This version of AlmaLinux includes desktop backgrounds created by the incredible visual effects folks over at Image Engine (opens new window). We can't thank them enough for their work. They were awesome to work with, and we are so excited to have them as part of the AlmaLinux community.

# Trademarks

Red Hat, RHEL and CentOS Stream are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.