Available distribution release AlmaLinux 9.4, synchronized with the new release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 and containing all the changes proposed in this release. Installation images prepared for x86_64, ARM64, ppc64le and s390x architectures in the form of a boot (988 MB), minimal (1.9 GB) and full image (10 GB). Will be formed later Live builds with GNOME, KDE, MATE and Xfce, as well as images for Raspberry Pi boards, containers, WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) and cloud platforms.
The distribution is binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux whenever possible and can be used as a replacement for RHEL 9.4 and CentOS 9 Stream. Changes boil down to rebranding, removing RHEL-specific packages such as redhat-*, insights-client, subscription-manager-migration*, kpatch*, kmod-redhat-*, rhc, spice* and virtio-win. Additionally, a repository is available for use
Synergy, which hosts packages other than Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Currently, packages with the Pantheon user environment, developed by the Elementary OS project, and the Warpinator utility, designed for encrypted file exchange between two computers, have already been published in the Synergy repository.
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Additionally reported on the formation of two new SIGs (Special Interest Group) HPC and AI, aimed at creating and maintaining AlmaLinux-based solutions for high-performance computing and machine learning, as well as providing support in these areas and promoting related optimizations and innovations. Within the framework of the created groups, it is planned to unite organizations, companies and community members interested in using AlmaLinux as a platform for deploying HPC and AI systems.
The AlmaLinux distribution was founded by CloudLinux in response to the premature termination of support for CentOS 8 by Red Hat (the release of updates for CentOS 8 stopped at the end of 2021, and not in 2029, as users expected). The project is overseen by a separate non-profit organization, the AlmaLinux OS Foundation, which was created to develop on a neutral site with community participation and using a governance model similar to the Fedora project. The distribution is free for all categories of users. All AlmaLinux developments are published under free licenses.
In addition to AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux (developed by the community under the leadership of the founder of CentOS), VzLinux (prepared by Virtuozzo), Oracle Linux, SUSE Liberty Linux and EuroLinux are also positioned as alternatives to the classic CentOS. In addition, Red Hat has made it free to use RHEL in open source organizations and in individual developer environments with up to 16 virtual or physical systems.
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