The distribution release has been released AlmaLinux 9.1, synchronized with the Red Hat Enterprise distribution Linux 9.1, which contains all the changes proposed in this release. Installation images have been prepared for the x86_64, ARM64, ppc64le, and s390x architectures in the form of a bootable (840 MB), minimal (1.6 GB), and full image (8.6 GB). Live builds with GNOME, KDE, and Xfce will be released later, as well as images for Raspberry Pi boards, containers, and cloud platforms.
The distribution is fully binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise. Linux and can be used as a replacement for RHEL 9.1 and CentOS 9 Stream. The changes include rebranding and the removal of RHEL-specific packages such as redhat-*, insights-client, subscription-manager-migration*, kpatch*, kmod-redhat-*, rhc, spice*, and virtio-win.
Distribution AlmaLinux founded by CloudLinux in response to the premature withdrawal of support CentOS 8 by Red Hat (release of updates for CentOS 8 was discontinued at the end of 2021, not 2029 as users expected. The project is overseen by a separate non-profit organization. AlmaLinux The OS Foundation, which was created to develop on a neutral platform with community participation and a governance model similar to the Fedora project, is free for all users. All developments AlmaLinux are published under free licenses.
But AlmaLinux, as an alternative to the classical CentOS are also positioned Rocky Linux (developed by the community under the leadership of the founder CentOS), VzLinux (prepared by Virtuozzo), Oracle Linux, SUSE Liberty Linux and EuroLinuxIn addition, Red Hat has made RHEL available for free use in open source software development organizations and individual developer environments with up to 16 virtual or physical systems.
Source: opennet.ru
