{"id":1390,"date":"2024-11-19T01:00:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T01:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serverhost.com\/blog\/almalinux-os-9-5-your-free-alternative-to-red-hat-enterprise-linux-9-5-is-here\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T06:10:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T06:10:06","slug":"almalinux-os-9-5-your-free-alternative-to-red-hat-enterprise-linux-9-5-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serverhost.com\/blog\/almalinux-os-9-5-your-free-alternative-to-red-hat-enterprise-linux-9-5-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"AlmaLinux OS 9.5: Your Free Alternative to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 Is Here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The AlmaLinux OS Foundation has officially released AlmaLinux OS 9.5 (codename Teal Serval), a free alternative for those looking for a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) experience. 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The SELinux policy has been revised to allow for more secure operations of the QEMU Guest Agent, alongside updates to the ca-certificates program to ensure trusted CA roots comply with the OpenSSL directory format.<\/p>\n<p>For developers, this release introduces newer compiler versions, including GCC 14, LLVM 18.1.8, Rust 1.79.0, Go 1.22, and Annobin 12.70, promising improvements in performance, reliability, and scalability when building and managing applications.<\/p>\n<p>Notable updates in this release include .NET 9.0, BIND 9.18, Apache 2.4.62, Node.js 22, GDB 14.2, and OpenSSL 3.2.2. 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