Make Linux, not war? AlmaLinux opts for kinder, gentler course in RHEL clone conflict – ZDNet

When Red Hat announced that Red Hat Enterprise Linux’s (RHEL) source code would no longer be easily available, it rocked the world of RHEL clones such as AlmaLinux, Oracle Linux, and Rocky Linux. The fight was on! 

Oracle trash-talked Red Hat and vowed to maintain RHEL compatibility. The Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation will use other methods to get RHEL code. SUSE, with some help from Rocky, will fork RHEL. 

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And what about AlmaLinux? The AlmaLinux OS Foundation board “has decided to drop the aim to be 1:1 with RHEL. AlmaLinux OS will instead aim to be Application Binary Interface (ABI) compatible.”