At this point, I'm not sure why end users who care about Red Hat stability don't just use RHEL directly. Red Hat has multiple ways to take advantage of RHEL that involve no cost (that weren't available when the original CentOS project was conceived):
- Free developer licenses[0] (great if you're a home-labber, IIRC you can get up to 16, I think?)
- Red Hat UBI images[1]
I feel like most users of AlmaLinux won't see a huge difference between just using AlmaLinux's release cycle vs RHEL -- especially since AlmaLinux will be ABI compatible with RHEL. I.E. apps that work for RHEL should work for AlmaLinux.
So, back to your original question, I don't know what end-users want more of other than as was said by mrweasel in a different comment: "that's not what some people want, they specifically want RHEL, but for free".
- Free developer licenses[0] (great if you're a home-labber, IIRC you can get up to 16, I think?)
- Red Hat UBI images[1]
I feel like most users of AlmaLinux won't see a huge difference between just using AlmaLinux's release cycle vs RHEL -- especially since AlmaLinux will be ABI compatible with RHEL. I.E. apps that work for RHEL should work for AlmaLinux.
So, back to your original question, I don't know what end-users want more of other than as was said by mrweasel in a different comment: "that's not what some people want, they specifically want RHEL, but for free".
[0] https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2021/02/10/how-to-activat...
[1] https://developers.redhat.com/products/rhel/ubi