Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation

Overview

Non-profit organization that maintains Rocky Linux, a community-enterprise OS designed to be a downstream rebuild of RHEL, created after CentOS Linux was discontinued.

Key Facts

  • Founded: 2021-06-01

  • Headquarters: Denver, Colorado, USA

  • Status: Non-profit foundation

  • Founded by Gregory Kurtzer (former CentOS project leader)

  • Rocky Linux is a 1:1 binary-compatible RHEL rebuild

  • Created in response to Red Hat’s discontinuation of CentOS Linux

  • Rocky Linux 8 and 9 are compatible with RHEL 8 and 9

  • Free to use; funded by donations and corporate sponsorships

  • Major competitor to AlmaLinux in the RHEL-rebuild space

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