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CIQ Unveils a Version of Rocky Linux for the Enterprise

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2024-10-10 19:00:03

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On Oct. 8, 2024, CIQ announced the launch of Rocky Linux from CIQ (RLC). This is an enterprise-grade version of the popular open source Rocky Linux distribution. This new offering aims to meet the needs of organizations that rely on Rocky Linux but require additional security, compliance, and support features for their enterprise environments.

If that sounds like Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), while CIQ wouldn’t put it that way, you wouldn’t be far wrong either. Rocky Linux, for those of us who don’t know this distro, is a revival of CentOS, the former RHEL clone. When Red Hat retired this iteration in favor of CentOS Stream, CentOS co-founder Gregory Kurtzer announced he’d create his own RHEL clone and CentOS replacement, which he named in honor of his late CentOS co-founder Rocky McGough.

Today, Rocky Linux comes in two versions: Rocky Linux 8.10, for the x86_64 and aarch64 architectures, and Rocky Linux 9.4, for the x86_64, aarch64, ppc64le, and s390x architectures. CIQ has offered technical support for Rocky Linux since 2021, and tech support is still available today. RLC is an addition to CIQ’s support offering, not a successor.