Developer | The AlmaLinux OS Foundation | ||||||
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Written in | C (kernel) | ||||||
OS family | Linux (Unix-like) | ||||||
Working state | Current | ||||||
Source model | Open source | ||||||
Initial release | 30 March 2021 | ||||||
Latest release |
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Repository | github | ||||||
Marketing target | Servers, desktop computers, workstations, supercomputers | ||||||
Update method | DNF | ||||||
Package manager | RPM | ||||||
Platforms | x86-64 AArch64 ppc64le s390x | ||||||
Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux kernel) | ||||||
Userland | GNU | ||||||
Default user interface | GNOME Shell, Bash | ||||||
License | GPLv2 and others | ||||||
Preceded by | CentOS | ||||||
Official website | almalinux |
AlmaLinux is a free and open source Linux distribution, developed by the AlmaLinux OS Foundation, a 501(c) organization, to provide a community-supported, production-grade enterprise operating system that is binary-compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). The name of the distribution comes from the word "alma", meaning "soul" in Spanish and other Latin languages. It was chosen to be a homage to the Linux community.[1]
The first stable release of AlmaLinux was published on March 30, 2021,[2] and will be supported until March 1, 2029.[3] AlmaLinux is built using publicly-viewable and reproducible methods using the AlmaLinux Build System (ALBS), which is a customized build system whose source code, like the distribution itself, is publicly distributed and licensed under open-source licenses.