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---
title: "AlmaLinux 9.2 - Now Available"
type: blog
author:
name: "Jack Aboutboul"
bio: "-"
image: /users/jack.jpg
date: '2023-05-10'
post:
title: "Well that was quick. AlmaLinux 9.2 is out! Get the details."
image: /blog-images/9.2release.png
---
Hello Сommunity. The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is proud to announce the general availability of [AlmaLinux OS 9.2](https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos.html) codenamed "Turquoise Kodkod"!
Installation ISOs are available on the mirrors now for all 4 architectures:
* [Intel/AMD (x86_64)](https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos/x86_64/9.2.html)
* [ARM64 (aarch64)](https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos/aarch64/9.2.html)
* [IBM PowerPC (ppc64le)](https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos/ppc64le/9.2.html)
* [IBM Z (s390x)](https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos/s390x/9.2.html)
Torrents are available as well at:
* [Intel/AMD (x86_64)](https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/9.2/isos/x86_64/AlmaLinux-9.2-x86_64.torrent)
* [ARM64 (aarch64)](https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/9.2/isos/aarch64/AlmaLinux-9.2-aarch64.torrent)
* [IBM PowerPC (ppc64le)](https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/9.2/isos/ppc64le/AlmaLinux-9.2-ppc64le.torrent)
* [IBM Z (s390x)](https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/9.2/isos/s390x/AlmaLinux-9.2-s390x.torrent)
## ISOs, Live Images, Cloud and Containers
AlmaLinux also offers a variety of Cloud, Container and Live Images. The builds for these get kicked off as soon as the public repository is ready. **The following images are expected to be available shortly.**
We will post a separate "Images Update" announcement soon, to keep the community informed.
* [Docker](https://wiki.almalinux.org/containers/docker-images.html#about-almalinux-docker-images) images including Platform and UBIs alternatives. We provide a wide variety of containers for your use. Please see our [Docker Official Image](https://hub.docker.com/_/almalinux) as well as [all AlmaLinux images](https://hub.docker.com/u/almalinux). **IMPORTANT!** Starting from AlmaLinux 9.2 Docker's "latest" and "minimal" tags will point to the latest 9 version. If you're using these tags and want to stay on AlmaLinux 8 please update your Dockefiles.
* [LXC/LXD](https://images.linuxcontainers.org/images/almalinux/)
* [Live Media](https://wiki.almalinux.org/LiveMedia.html) for GNOME, GNOME-mini, KDE, XFCE, MATE and more.
* Cloud Images
* [AWS AMIs](https://wiki.almalinux.org/cloud/AWS.html) for x86_64 and Graviton Instances
* [Azure](https://wiki.almalinux.org/cloud/Azure.html) Images for in standard and HPC flavors for x86_64 and aarch64
* [Google Cloud](https://wiki.almalinux.org/cloud/Google.html)
* [Generic Cloud/Cloud-init](https://wiki.almalinux.org/cloud/Generic-cloud-on-local.html) for all 4 architectures
* [Open Nebula](https://wiki.almalinux.org/cloud/OpenNebula.html) for all 4 architectures
* [Oracle Cloud Infrastructure](https://wiki.almalinux.org/cloud/OCI.html) for x86_64 and aarch64
* [Vagrant Boxes](https://app.vagrantup.com/almalinux):
* Libvirt
* VirtualBox
* Hyper-V
* VMWare
* Parallels
* [Raspberry Pi](https://wiki.almalinux.org/documentation/raspberry-pi.html)
* [Windows Subsystem for Linux](https://wiki.almalinux.org/documentation/wsl.html)
## Release Notes and More Information
AlmaLinux 9.2 provides enhancements and features to the hybrid cloud’s foundation and helps deliver workloads, applications and services for multiple environments faster and with less effort. This release includes security updates such as the realmd system role, a SCAP profile, and Ansible content for enhanced system checks to simplify managing security and compliance. Improvements to application streams provide compilers, runtime languages, databases and web server updates. Enhancements to the web console and new system roles make it easier to automate and standardize systems. As for containers, new capabilities allow the development and management of containerized deployments more easily.
You can read more about this release by checking out the [Release Notes](https://wiki.almalinux.org/release-notes/9.2.html).
## Join us on Mastodon!
Have you jumped on Mastodon yet? Follow us! [@almalinux@fosstodon.org](https://fosstodon.org/@almalinux)
## Pitch In
Join us in the [AlmaLinux Community Chat](https://chat.almalinux.org) to get any assistance you need and help others. You can also post a question on our [9.2 Forum](https://forums.almalinux.org/c/devel/9-2-stable/40), on our AlmaLinux Community on [Reddit](https://reddit.com/r/almalinux) or catch us on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/almalinux).
Please report any bugs you may see on the [Bug Tracker](https://bugs.almalinux.org/).
Enjoy the release and have fun!
**Happy Hacking!**