Tag: CentOS Replacement

CentOS vs AlmaLinux: A Comparison

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Matt Jung

Category: Other | Tags: AlmaLinux, Cent OS, CentOS Replacement, CentOS Stream, Comparison

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AlmaLinux is a relatively new operating system meant to act as a CentOS replacement. How did AlmaLinux come to be? RedHat, the company that created and maintains RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), announced on December 8th, 2020, that CentOS would be repurposed to CentOS Stream. CentOS Stream now acts as an upstream testing platform where new and updated software will first be deployed and tested before being released to RHEL users.

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What is AlmaLinux?

Posted on February 8, 2022 by Alison Gray | Updated: February 10, 2022

Category: Other | Tags: AlmaLinux, CentOS, CentOS Replacement, CentOS Stream, Operating System

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What is AlmaLinux? It is an open source 1:1 binary compatible fork of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). The AlmaLinux foundation was founded by CloudLinux, which invested $1 million. They wanted to provide a long-term stable operating system (OS) version. AlmaLinux was first released in March of 2021 and has recently released another stable version, AlmaLinux 8.5.

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