Source: IT Home
The technology media Linuxiac has published a blog post announcing the release of Rocky Linux 10.1 (codename “Red Quartz”), approximately 5 months after the release of version 10.0. The main focus of this update is to shorten system maintenance time, introducing the systemd soft reboot feature, which allows for restarting user space without rebooting the kernel.
According to the blog post, one of the most notable features of this update is the introduction of the systemd soft reboot feature, which allows the system to restart user space services and daemons without interrupting the kernel’s operation.
This means that administrators can significantly reduce downtime during routine system maintenance or when applying patches. However, the official recommendation is for administrators to read the relevant documentation carefully before use, as some subsystems still require a traditional reboot to ensure complete stability.
In terms of security, Rocky Linux 10.1 further enhances support for Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC). The new version prioritizes post-quantum algorithms in OpenSSL, placing them above traditional algorithms, and extends their application to more system libraries and global encryption policies, including GnuTLS.
There are also significant changes in storage and hardware support. The XFS file system has added online scrubbing functionality for mounted file systems and provides limited reduction support through the xfs_growfs tool. This version standardizes the x86-64-v3 microarchitecture requirements for x86_64 architecture systems, no longer supporting older hardware lacking the relevant instruction set.
In network management, the new version completely removes the old ifcfg scripts and ifup/ifdown tools, fully transitioning to using NetworkManager for network configuration, while adopting Kea to replace the deprecated ISC DHCP server.
Rocky Linux 10.1 includes the latest language runtimes such as .NET 10, Node.js 24, and OpenJDK 25, and provides a new generation of compiler toolchains including GCC 15, LLVM 20, and Rust 1.88.
In virtualization and containers, Podman has been upgraded to version 5.0, with crun runtime and cgroups v2 enabled by default.
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