RLC+ videos
Rocky Linux from the people who founded it. Release walkthroughs, community spotlights, migration best practices, security deep dives, and how-to sessions, plus RLC+, CIQ's free Rocky Linux with extra tooling.

Why Your Encrypted Data Is Already Being Stolen | Jeremy Allison, CIQ (Samba Co-Creator)
In this Secure by Design conversation from TFiR, Jeremy Allison, Distinguished Engineer at CIQ and co-creator of Samba, explains the threat behind post-quantum cryptography: adversaries are already…

Rules to keep you sane in the open source world: All Things Open 2025, Chris Short
At All Things Open 2025, CIQ's Chris Short draws on 27 years of using, building and distributing open source software to lay out a survival guide for people whose corporate experience has not prepared…

Secure Boot: Getting to know your frenemy: All Things Open 2025, Michael Young
Michael Young, Primary Systems Engineer at CIQ, opens his All Things Open 2025 talk with a poll: most attendees have heard of Secure Boot, few know how it works, and many disable it on every new…

Maximizing Hybrid Cloud Efficiency with Amazon EKS and Rocky Linux 9
In CIQ's final webinar of 2024, Rose Stein and Zane Hamilton host Curtis Rissi and Dean Bryda from AWS, along with the head of CIQ's cloud programs, to walk through Amazon EKS Hybrid Nodes. Launched…

New CIQ Offering: Upstream Kernels in Rocky Linux
Join us on May 2nd as we discuss one of our latest offerings, merging the upstream stable kernels into Rocky Linux with support by CIQ. "The new offering from CIQ was built to meet the ultra-high…

Transitioning to Rocky Linux
Special guest Jon Brown will join Jonathon Anderson to discuss the upcoming Centos EOL, Rocky Linux, Enterprise Rocky Linux Support, and more! Join us on Thursday, April 11th, at 11:00am, live on…

What's New: Rocky Linux 8.9 & 9.3
This conversation brings together two long-time Rocky Linux contributors, a testing team lead and a release engineering packager, to talk through the Rocky Linux 8.9 and 9.3 releases. They describe…

Deploying Meta's Llama with Apptainer on GCP Optimized Rocky Linux with GPU
Join us live to watch CIQ's Forrest Burt demonstrate how to deploy Meta's Llama using Apptainer on GPUs, with Rocky Linux on GCP. Speakers Zane Hamilton, Vice President of Sales Engineering, CIQ…

Changing system hostname | Rocky Linux
This quick tip covers the first thing to do after installing Rocky Linux: change the default hostname from localhost to something meaningful. After showing the command, the video explains why the step…

Release notes: Rocky Linux 8.8 and 9.2
This release overview walks through the notable changes in Rocky Linux 9.2 and 8.8. It starts with the Universal Base Image, which has been aligned more closely with the upstream UBI by swapping…

Rocky Linux 9.2 and 8.8 GA Releases!
Join us for an exciting webinar as we unveil the highly anticipated Rocky Linux 8.8 and 9.2 GA releases! Rocky Linux, a robust and community-driven enterprise operating system, continues its mission…

Securing Your Infrastructure With Rocky Linux and CVE Tools
In this webinar, our experts will dive into the world of security and provide you with a detailed guide on ensuring your infrastructure's security using Rocky Linux and CVE tools. You'll learn about…
RLC+ shorts
Quick clips under a minute from the same playlist. These open on YouTube.
- Why switch to Rocky Linux? Answer: Compliance and security0:38
- Why switch to Rocky Linux? Answer: It doesn't cost anything!0:26
- Why switch to Rocky Linux? Answer: Vendor independance0:59
- Why switch to Rocky Linux? Answer: Flexibility!0:33
- Secure Booting Rocky Linux on Dell XPS 150:59
- How do I enable secure boot on Rocky Linux?0:39
- Join the Rocky Linux Community on Mattermost0:55
- We Love Using Rocky Linux0:20
- What is keeping contributors from adding malware to Rocky Linux?0:41
Terms that come up in these videos
Definitions from the CIQ glossary for the concepts these sessions lean on.