AlmaLinux 10.0 released with support for frame pointers, x86-64-v2, Secure Boot, and SPICE

AlmaLinux 10.0, codenamed “Purple Lion”, has been released within a week of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, continuing its RHEL binary compatibility. This new version runs on the Linux 6.12 kernel and enables frame pointers by default, allowing users to perform system-wide real-time tracing and profiling of workloads.

AlmaLinux 10.0 ships optimized x86-64-v3 binaries as standard, but uniquely maintains additional x86-64-v2 support. This ensures users with older x86-64 hardware can keep receiving updates and security fixes for another decade. To address compatibility with third-party packages, AlmaLinux is directly building Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) for the x86-64-v2 architecture, since EPEL now targets x86-64-v3 by default.

AlmaLinux 10.0 offers Secure Boot functionality for both Intel/AMD and ARM-based systems. SPICE (Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments) is now fully re-enabled for both server and client applications, addressing virtualization and workstation needs. In addition, a technology preview of Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) virtualization is included for IBM Power users. As with previous releases, various Cloud, Container, and Live Images are available for download.