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Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is a Linux distribution developed by Red Hat and targeted toward the commercial market. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is released in server editions for x86, x86_64, Itanium, PowerPC and IBM System z architectures, and desktop editions for x86 and x86_64 processors.

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Rocky Linux

Rocky Linux is a community enterprise operating system designed to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It is available for the x86_64 and AArch64 processor architectures.

Technical Specs Comparison
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxRocky Linux
FedoraBaseFedora, Red Hat
dnf, yum / flatpak, rpmPackage Managerflatpak, rpm (dnf)
systemdInit Systemsystemd
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
10.2Latest Version9.8
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
May 20, 2026Release DateMay 28, 2026
ARM64ppc64els390xx86_64x86-64-v2RISC-V
Architecture
ARM64ppc64els390xx86_64x86-64-v2RISC-V
GNOME
Desktops
GNOME