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

Nothing really comes to mind. I've seen more Rocky than Alma, but I think @Chris Macadam has seen a lot of Alma. I prefer Rocky because he's Bullwinkle's partner...

Nothing really comes to mind. I've seen more Rocky than Alma, but I think @Chris Macadam has seen a lot of Alma. I prefer Rocky because he's Bullwinkle's partner...

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

Shamelessly I have cut and pasted this response from Reddit: 

"

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."