Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation (RESF) Elects Project Boards for Rocky Linux, Peridot

By Reeves Simmons.
Updated Mar 10, 2023

RENO, Nev. (PRWEB) March 10, 2023 - The Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation (RESF) today announced the inaugural projects and project boards that will initiate the work of the foundation. The officially hosted projectsRocky Linux and Peridotwere named and respective project boards were elected on January 16 at the first annual meeting of the newly elected RESF board.

The elections of the initial project boards were made in accordance with Section 5 of the RESF Foundation Bylaws. Quorum was achieved with no more than one-third of the board representing a single company, as required by Section 2.18 of the bylaws.

*The Rocky Linux Project* Rocky Linux is an open source enterprise operating system designed to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). It was created by Gregory Kurtzer, one of the founders of CentOS, to achieve the original goals of CentOS as a production-ready downstream version of RHEL. Rocky Linux uses only open source tools to deliver a completely reproducible operating system, ensuring there is no repeat of the CentOS end-of-life issues.

The Rocky Linux project carries four seats on the RESF board of directors. Taylor Goodwill, Neil Hanlon, Sherif Nagy and Christopher Stackpole will represent Rocky Linux with two-year seats (2023-2024) on the RESF board of directors, as elected by the Rocky Linux project board. The Rocky Linux project board comprises the following members:

*The Peridot Project* Peridot is an open source, cloud-native build and release system tailored to building, releasing and maintaining Enterprise Linux distributions and forks. Peridot helps assure that new versions of Rocky Linux can be released within one week of new RHEL version releases. Moreover, anyone can use Peridot to reproduce Rocky Linux on their own, should they wish to do something independently of the Rocky Linux community or any upstream supporting organization.

Peridot is the next generation of building Enterprise Linux distributions and represents a significant step forward in the Rocky Linux communitys ability to build, compose and release a stable downstream distribution, year after year, said Hanlon. At the RESF, we recognized the need for a more robust and scalable build system that met the requirements of our community and aligned with our goalsparticularly around supply chain security. With Peridot, we have achieved that and more.

The Peridot project board of directors comprises Mustafa Gezen, Neil Hanlon and Sherif Nagy. The Peridot project carries one seat on the RESF board of directors; Gezen will represent Peridot with a two-year seat (2023-2024) on the RESF board, as elected by the Peridot project board of directors.

*RESF Welcomes Open Source Projects Looking for a Home* The RESF welcomes any open source projects that need a neutral ground to operate to make the RESF their home. No association with Rocky Linux is necessary to join the RESF. Projects do not need to be Linux related, but they must be open source. Entities interested in bringing their open source projects to RESF can contact hello@resf.org for more information.

*About the RESF* The Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation (RESF) exists to organize open source communities comprising enterprise, research, academia, individuals and other institutions to collaborate on building and maintaining the open source tools that these organizations need. The vision of the RESF is to create and nurture a community that is committed to ensuring the longevity, stewardship and innovation of enterprise-grade open source software that is always freely available. Organizations interested in becoming a sponsor and learning about the multiple benefits of RESF sponsorship should contact sponsor@resf.org. Individuals interested in becoming a member of the RESF must first be active in an RESF project; visit the Rocky Wiki to learn more.

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