
RHEL, RHEL, RHEL, fancy that: Rocky Linux would-be CentOS replacement hits RC1 milestone.openSUSE leaps to 15.3 – now built with 'same binary packages' as SUSE Enterprise.Systemd 249 release candidate includes better support for immutable OSes and provisioning images.AlmaLinux is also available on GCE but as a "community supported image" which means it is "not directly supported by Compute Engine." Microsoft has "signed on as a partner of RESF" and will ensure Rocky Linux availability on Azure. Another indication of support is that Google has made a customised Rocky Linux for installation on Google Compute Engine (GCE), and is now a "Principal Sponsor" of RESF. It reported that "within 72 hours of launch, Rocky's assets have been downloaded nearly 70,000 times from our Tier0 mirror, served from Fastly – not counting the number of downloads from our mirrors, of which we have nearly 100 – and we count approximately 10,000 downloads of our torrent file." We note, though, that because of the mirrors it is not possible to get an accurate total count. The classic Anaconda installer is starting.Despite appearing a little later, the Rocky Linux project has momentum. Depending of the default configuration, you should enable the USB boot by configuring your BIOS or pushing one function key during the boot. Plug your USB key and boot your computer. You can pick one of these tools or use the excellent default dd command tool of your computer:

You need to build one USB Key with the ISO file. We can compare the two values: the reference checksum from the Rocky Linux website and the generated on my computer are the same. You can get the validated ISO file checksum from the Rocky Linux website: laptop% curl -s | grep "(Rocky-8.4-x86_64-dvd1.iso)"
