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AlmaLinux is a free, community-governed RHEL-compatible distribution backed by CloudLinux. It is one of the primary CentOS replacements and provides ABI-stable, binary-compatible builds with long-term enterprise support. AlmaLinux expertise transfers directly to RHEL, Rocky Linux, and CentOS environments.
Frequently Asked Questions
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AlmaLinux is backed by CloudLinux Inc., a company with over a decade of experience building RHEL-based server distributions. Beyond strict RHEL compatibility, AlmaLinux offers Application Streams, extended security updates, and the ELevate migration tool for upgrading between major versions. The AlmaLinux OS Foundation provides neutral community governance.
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Yes, AlmaLinux is completely free with no licensing fees. Commercial support is available from CloudLinux and third-party vendors. It is certified for major cloud providers and receives 10 years of support per major version, making it a cost-effective RHEL replacement for organisations previously using CentOS.
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ELevate is an AlmaLinux project that provides in-place upgrade paths between major versions of RHEL-family distributions, including CentOS 7 to AlmaLinux 8 or 9. This is significant because RHEL historically required fresh installs for major version upgrades. ELevate is widely used by organisations migrating large CentOS fleets.
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Completely transferable. AlmaLinux uses the same RPM/DNF package management, SELinux policies, firewalld, systemd, and administration tooling as RHEL. Any system administrator or DevOps engineer experienced with AlmaLinux can operate RHEL environments without retraining, and vice versa.