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I really applaud that Alma rose above all the Red Hat drama and that they now have a true community distribution. Instead of creating a bunch of dishonest noise, they improved their project. Bravo.
They still state that they are binary compatible with RHEL. They still say they target exactly the same behaviour as RHEL and that any deviation will be considered a bug. They are proving you do not have to be a parasite to be a competitor or even a drop-in replacement. Again, bravo.
They also have the freedom now to fix their own bugs if they choose. I would certainly trust their expertise over somebody that only knows how to compile SRPMS.
I really hope that “the community” sees the differentiation Alma now offers from something like Rocky and that Alma will be rewarded with commercial success. They deserve it.