AlmaLinux developer Koichiro Iwao shared some exciting news today for those who want to run the free Red Hat Enterprise Linux alternative on a Raspberry Pi computer as the latest Raspberry Pi 5 model is officially supported.
It’s been a long time coming and it’s also been challenging for the devs, but Raspberry Pi 5 support is finally here for both AlmaLinux OS 9.4 and AlmaLinux OS 8.10 releases, featuring the GNOME desktop environment as the default graphical interface.
Koichiro Iwao explains the challenges he had to face when updating the Raspberry Pi images of AlmaLinux OS to support the latest Raspberry Pi 5 board, saying that he had to learn the Raspberry Pi boot process to build a kernel for AlmaLinux OS based on the official Linux 6.6 LTS kernel used in Raspberry Pi OS.
Another challenge Koichiro Iwao had to face when adding Raspberry Pi 5 support was understanding the differences between the previous Raspberry Pi 4 model and the Raspberry Pi 5. In the end, he successfully rebased the kernel to boot the RHEL-based operating system on the Raspberry Pi 5.
If you’re interested in exploring AlmaLinux OS on your Raspberry Pi 5, whether you’re aiming to utilize the elegant GNOME desktop for everyday activities or set up a robust Linux server, you can now download the necessary images from the official website.
This release supports multiple Raspberry Pi models including Raspberry Pi 4 Model B, Raspberry Pi 400, Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+, and Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+. The AlmaLinux OS for these devices employs Wayland as the default session for the GNOME 40.4 desktop, with the standard username and password set to almalinux.
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