CIQ, the founding support partner of Rocky Linux, has launched a self-service portal allowing organisations to access, evaluate and deploy its entire product portfolio without engaging sales teams. Users need only create a free account to get started. The portal provides access to CIQ's complete product range, including RLC+ (free Rocky Linux distribution), RLC Pro (commercial Enterprise Linux), RLC Pro Hardened (security-optimised), RLC Pro AI (built for AI and HPC), and tools like Ascender Pro, Warewulf Pro, Fuzzball and Apptainer. Features include centralised licence management, team permissions and flexible deployment options. The platform enables organisations to manage software deployments, credentials and team permissions from one interface, eliminating traditional sales processes for smaller organisations whilst giving enterprise teams immediate product access. The portal is available now at CIQ's website.

CIQ has announced the general availability of Rocky Linux from CIQ Pro AI (RLC Pro AI), an Enterprise Linux distribution purpose-built for AI inference and GPU-accelerated workloads. The operating system ships with PyTorch and the full NVIDIA CUDA stack, pre-configured to maximise GPU performance from first boot. RLC Pro AI addresses the performance constraints of traditional operating systems running AI workloads. The distribution includes validated kernel, PyTorch configurations and CUDA settings designed to deliver higher throughput from existing GPU infrastructure without manual tuning. The platform supports current NVIDIA GPU accelerators and runs consistently across AWS, GCP, Azure, bare metal and on-premises environments. RLC Pro AI is available now through the CIQ Portal as part of CIQ's Rocky Linux product family, which includes RLC+ NVIDIA, RLC Pro and RLC Pro Hardened.

CIQ, the founding support partner of Rocky Linux, has launched the CIQ Linux Kernel (CLK), an enterprise-grade Linux kernel built on upstream Long Term kernels from kernel.org. CLK aims to unlock the full performance of modern AI hardware in enterprise environments by providing continuous hardware enablement, performance optimisations and security fixes. Currently based on Linux 6.12 LT, CLK addresses the gap between advanced GPUs, accelerators and next-generation silicon arriving in data centres and the kernels running in production. The kernel delivers current hardware support for AMD, Intel, NVIDIA and ARM vendors, continuous performance improvements, and enhanced CVE coverage whilst maintaining Rocky Linux userspace compatibility. CLK will power RLC Pro AI, the first product in CIQ's RLC Pro portfolio, launching in coming weeks.