This review first appeared in issue 354 ofPC Pro.
Rocky Linux is one of the youngest distributions around, first appearing in mid-2021.
Thats the version were testing here.
The software installer doesn’t always have the most recent version of apps
Planned end of life for the Rocky 9 line is May 2032.
For Rocky 8, its May 2029.
The full DVD ISO is a hefty beast, tipping the scales at 9GB.
Dig deeper and youll find a build specific toRaspberry Piin the alternative images library.
Less rocky was this distributions turn of pace.
Rocky Linux 9.3 returned a respectable 1,097 in the single-core Geekbench test and 3,112 in the multicore test.
In either case, we would be surprised if this made a noticeable difference in day-to-day use.
Of the two, we would opt for Fedora.
There are three reasons why.
First, it got us up and running more quickly.
Second, for bundling Gnome 45.
And third, for including a wider range of pre-installed default applications, each running a recent build.
We’ve also ranked the best Linux distro for privacy and security.
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