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Get Involved

As you download and use Rocky, the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation invites you to be a part of the community as a contributor. There are many ways to contribute to the project, from documentation, QA, and testing to coding changes for SIGs, providing mirroring or hosting, and helping other users.

What’s the difference between the ISOs?

Various installation images are available for installing Rocky. Which image you need to download depends on your installation environment and use-case.

Boot

Used to install the operating system from another source (such as a HTTP repository of the binary files). Can also be used to enter Rescue Mode.

Minimal

Used to install the operating system from another source (such as a HTTP repository of the binary files). Can also be used to enter Rescue Mode.

DVD

A full installation that contains the BaseOS and AppStream repositories and allows you to complete the installation without additional repositories. Installing Rocky from the DVD ISO is the easiest and most common method of performing a standard Rocky 8 installation.