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AlmaLinux is the Open-Source RHEL Fork Built by CloudLinux

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Mar 10, 2021

AlmaLinux is a community-inspired free and open-source Linux operating system developed to be the perfect replacement for CentOS 8. It was launched with the code name Project Lenix with the intention of it to be a 1:1 binary compatible fork of RHEL® 8 after the demise of the CentOS stable release.

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