Rocky Linux 9 and its new build service enter the ring
FOSS desk had some slight hassles installing it in VirtualBox. To our surprise, the minimal network-install image had no network repository pre-configured, couldn't find mirrors automatically, and adding the repo from theInstalling from the full Rocky 9 DVD ISO worked fine, but we had to disable 3D graphics acceleration for the mouse to work, and even then, the pointer got trapped in the guest window and we needed to use host key to free it.
True, a desktop hypervisor isn't a typical target for a server distro. It may be a total coincidence, but it would also be on-brand for a Red Hat-derived product not to support a rival's hypervisor. For comparison,It's a good thing to have more than one replacement RHEL rebuild. There's still room for these projects to differentiate themselves: AlmaLinux'sRocky 9 will get updates until the end of May 2025 and security fixes until 2032.
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