[procombo]

We too have a lot of "general" services still on CentOS 7 and with maintenance support through middle of 2024, there's plenty of time for Alma and Rocky to set themselves apart. I'm a fan of both. Too soon to bandwagon.

For me, a couple month lead to initial release meant almost nothing. (Alma's initial release, as I understand it, wasn't even a 1:1 compatibility clone anyways)

Alma rolled up from CloudLinux devs, which is corporate. I also assume they had tooling already set up for their CloudLinux releases. I welcome and applaud all their efforts.

My initial concern was that CloudLinux would eventually steer AlmaLinux for overly commercial purposes. Not too interested in another RedHat-CentOS-IBM type dilemma. [Edit: Since then the AlmaLinux OS Foundation was created to take over AlmaLinux development and governance from CloudLinux]

What I know for sure is that Greg Kurtzer's reputation with RockyLinux is great and they seem to be rocking it, getting support, great organization, pure motivation, driving the product forward, etc. Maybe others are feeling that too?

[jaboutboul]

AlmaLinux is exactly 1:1. Whatever FUD anyone else tries to spread around, that is categorically FALSE.