AlmaLinux OS 9.7 Is Out as a Free Alternative to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.7 - 9to5Linux
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AlmaLinux OS 9.7 distribution is now available for download as a free alternative to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.7.

Today, the AlmaLinux OS Foundation announced the release and general availability of AlmaLinux OS 9.7 (codename Moss Jungle Cat) as the latest stable version of this free Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) fork.

Built from the same sources as Red Hat Enterprise Linux and fully compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.7, AlmaLinux OS 9.7 continues to enhance performance, update development tools, and improve security.

This release improves debugging and performance monitoring with GDB 16.3, Valgrind 3.25.1, SystemTap 5.3, Dyninst 13.0.0, elfutils 0.193, libabigail 2.8, rsyslog 8.2506.0, Bpftrace 0.23.5, PCP 6.3.7, and Grafana 10.2.6. It also includes updated module streams like Node.js 24 and SWIG 4.3.