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  • I don’t think this will be viable for the people who really are looking for direct RHEL compatibility, but lots of people like me just use the basic structure of RHEL because we’re familiar with the config locations and tooling, and we like the stability over time. If Alma can replicate that aspect then it’s still good for me even if they’re not bug for bug compatible. Rocky still seem to be going for 100% compatibility and I think that will be harder to maintain over time if RedHat actively fight it.








  • I’m still in two minds about this. We have a lot of infrastructure build on RHEL rebuilds and there’s no way we’re buying enough RHEL licenses to cover it.

    I can look at Devian based alternatives but switching is going to be a time consuming process. If Alma and Rocky get this figured out then I’m still tempted to stick where I am. These distributions have been very stable, and I don’t need support for them. Even if RedHat don’t like this I’m fine with doing it on the basis that they have an obligation to release the source (at least for GPL code).