Rocky Linux merchandise

Rocky Linux is an open-source enterprise operating system designed to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It is under intensive development by the Rocky Linux community.

On December 8, 2020, Red Hat announced that they would discontinue development of CentOS, which has been a production-ready downstream version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, in favor of a newer upstream development variant of that operating system known as "CentOS Stream". In response, original founder of CentOS, Gregory Kurtzer, announced via a comment on the CentOS website that he would again start a project to achieve the original goals of CentOS. It's name was chosen as a tribute to early CentOS co-founder Rocky McGaugh. By December 12, the code repository of Rocky Linux had become the top-trending repository on GitHub (*).

(*) introductory text "Rocky Linux" literally taken from the Rocky Linux website.

Since February 2023, FreeWear sell Rocky Linux items.

- Rocky Linux prefers don't receive donations. Consequently, the prices of Rocky Linux products are lower than the rest organizations, which also makes them easier to purchase.