AlmaLinux OS

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AlmaLinux OS is an open source, community-owned and governed, forever-free enterprise Linux distribution, focused on long-term stability, providing a robust production-grade platform. AlmaLinux OS is binary-compatible with RHEL, and is owned and controlled by the non-profit AlmaLinux OS Foundation, managed by a community-elected board of directors.

Release Released Active Support Security Support Latest
9 1 year and 10 months ago
(26 May 2022)
Ends in 3 years
(31 May 2027)
Ends in 8 years
(31 May 2032)
9.3
(13 Nov 2023)
8 3 years ago
(30 Mar 2021)
Ends in 2 weeks and 1 day
(01 May 2024)
Ends in 4 years and 10 months
(01 Mar 2029)
8.9
(21 Nov 2023)

AlmaLinux OS attempts to release regular updates within 1 business day from RHEL. Each release, like RHEL, comes with a 10-year lifecycle. Major releases are typically available within a few days to a few weeks following a major RHEL release.

More information is available on the AlmaLinux OS website.

You should be running one of the supported release numbers listed above in the rightmost column.

You can check the version that you are currently using by running:
cat /etc/redhat-release

You can submit an improvement to this page on GitHub :octocat: . This page has a corresponding Talk Page.

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