Shamelessly I have cut and pasted this response from Reddit:
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Both are identical spec-wise.
There may be slight difference in the release schedules - matter of 1 to 30 days - one may be earlier than the other. Usually Alma more closely follows RHEL release cycle.
Rocky is community driven, but privately owned for-profit - meaning the same guy who created CentOS owns the Rocky trademark and the Rocky Linux Foundation.
Alma Linux Foundation is non-profit supported by a corporation (Cloudlinux) for funding. But it has its own board and is more or less independent.
Rocky CAN go the same way as CentOS - it can be bought by some corporation and made into something different like CentOS Stream - if the owner allows it. But Alma won't, unless the board decides to do it themselves.
That is my understanding anyway.
I'd personally go with Alma Linux over Rocky - just my preference because of the above reasons. But you cannot go wrong with either - both are really good."
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Will Johnson
Systems Analyst
Rocket Forum Shared Account
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-29-2024 11:35
From: Tom Power
Subject: Alma vs Rocky
Hi,
I used Oracle Linux on my last 2 servers as I needed to build them after Centos had "died" but before Rocket had certified Alma & Rocky.
I need to build another server and would like opinions as to which is better to go for, and why - Rocky or Alma?!
Also any potential gotchas with either of them.
Thanks in advance
Tom
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Tom Power
Owner
Power Business Systems
Benoni ZA
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