Draft:AlmaLinux OS

AlmaLinux Now Available on Arm Processors Through Community Collaboration with Arm, AWS, Equinix Metal, and Oregon State University

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Wednesday, June 30, 2021
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The indispensable help from ARM, AWS, Equinix Metal, and Oregon State University both in terms of infrastructure used for development and testing as well as their tremendous technical expertise, reflects the true nature of community, said Jack Aboutboul, community manager of AlmaLinux.

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  • The indispensable help from ARM, AWS, Equinix Metal, and Oregon State University both in terms of infrastructure used for development and testing as well as their tremendous technical expertise, reflects the true nature of community, said Jack Aboutboul, community manager of AlmaLinux.
  • Equinix Metal also worked closely with us in a mutual collaboration where weve contributed upstream to their Tinkerbell open source bare metal provisioning platform.
  • AlmaLinux OS is an open source and forever-free enterprise Linux distribution, governed and driven by the community, focused on long-term stability and a robust production-grade platform.
  • AlmaLinux OS is a 1:1 binary compatible with RHEL and was founded by the team behind the well-established CloudLinux OS .

AlmaLinux Foundation Launches AlmaLinux 8.4 – Keeping in Lock Step with RHEL Updates

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Friday, May 28, 2021
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The AlmaLinux OS Foundation, stewards of the AlmaLinux distribution -- the open source enterprise-grade replacement for CentOS, today announced availability of AlmaLinux OS 8.4 just one week after the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.4.

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  • The AlmaLinux OS Foundation, stewards of the AlmaLinux distribution -- the open source enterprise-grade replacement for CentOS, today announced availability of AlmaLinux OS 8.4 just one week after the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.4.
  • This is our second stable release, since the project was announced in December, said Jack Aboutboul, community manager of AlmaLinux.
  • AlmaLinux OS is a 1:1 binary compatible with RHEL and was founded by the team behind the well-established CloudLinux OS .
  • Red Hat and RHEL are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.

AlmaLinux OS Foundation Adds Board Member

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Friday, May 21, 2021
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b'The AlmaLinux OS Foundation, overseeing AlmaLinux OS, the open source enterprise-grade Linux distribution created as a replacement for CentOS, today announced that benny Vasquez, manager of community and developer relations at Progress, has been named as the sixth member of its governing board.\nAt Progress, benny is responsible for developer advocacy, community strategy, and practitioner skill development related to the company\xe2\x80\x99s Chef Enterprise Automation products.\n\xe2\x80\x9cbenny adds a strong community background to the AlmaLinux governing board, along with a no-nonsense approach to getting things done,\xe2\x80\x9d said Jack Aboutboul, community manager of AlmaLinux and member of the governing board.

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  • b'The AlmaLinux OS Foundation, overseeing AlmaLinux OS, the open source enterprise-grade Linux distribution created as a replacement for CentOS, today announced that benny Vasquez, manager of community and developer relations at Progress, has been named as the sixth member of its governing board.\nAt Progress, benny is responsible for developer advocacy, community strategy, and practitioner skill development related to the company\xe2\x80\x99s Chef Enterprise Automation products.\n\xe2\x80\x9cbenny adds a strong community background to the AlmaLinux governing board, along with a no-nonsense approach to getting things done,\xe2\x80\x9d said Jack Aboutboul, community manager of AlmaLinux and member of the governing board.
  • \xe2\x80\x9cThat is my commitment to the community \xe2\x80\x93 to represent their best interests and do right by them.
  • We all share an equal drive to create and maintain a stable Linux operating system that will always be free and open source.\xe2\x80\x9d\nThe board also announced that the AlmaLinux OS Foundation is joining the Open Invention Network to demonstrate its commitment to patent peace and gaining protections that are associated with the membership.\nThe AlmaLinux OS Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(6) organization and the board is responsible for managing, promoting, and continuously improving AlmaLinux for the benefit of its user community.\nOn March 30, AlmaLinux announced the general availability of AlmaLinux OS.
  • AlmaLinux OS is a 1:1 binary compatible with RHEL 8.

CentOS Alternative AlmaLinux to Get Commercial Support from CloudLinux

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Tuesday, April 27, 2021
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b"CloudLinux Inc. will start providing multiple support options next month for the AlmaLinux OS -- including regular patches and updates for the Linux kernel and core packages, patch delivery service-level agreements (SLAs), and 24/7 incident support, the company announced today.\nAlmaLinux OS is the open-source enterprise-level Linux distribution created as an alternative to CentOS with a committed support lifecycle of a decade per release, that was developed by the team at CloudLinux and now owned and governed by the user community.\n\xe2\x80\x9cSupport services for AlmaLinux OS from CloudLinux provides both the highest quality support from the OS sponsor along with the benefits of an independent technology partnership,\xe2\x80\x9d said Jim Jackson, president and chief revenue officer, CloudLinux.

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  • b"CloudLinux Inc. will start providing multiple support options next month for the AlmaLinux OS -- including regular patches and updates for the Linux kernel and core packages, patch delivery service-level agreements (SLAs), and 24/7 incident support, the company announced today.\nAlmaLinux OS is the open-source enterprise-level Linux distribution created as an alternative to CentOS with a committed support lifecycle of a decade per release, that was developed by the team at CloudLinux and now owned and governed by the user community.\n\xe2\x80\x9cSupport services for AlmaLinux OS from CloudLinux provides both the highest quality support from the OS sponsor along with the benefits of an independent technology partnership,\xe2\x80\x9d said Jim Jackson, president and chief revenue officer, CloudLinux.
  • \xe2\x80\x9cReasonably priced and flexible support services keep systems running on AlmaLinux OS continuously updated and secure for production workloads.\xe2\x80\x9d\nIn addition to essential AlmaLinux support services, CloudLinux is also planning to introduce a premium support tier for enterprises that require enhanced services, as well as Product NodeOS Support for AlmaLinux OS, explicitly tailored to the needs of vendors and OEMs that are planning to use AlmaLinux as a node OS underlying their commercial products and services.\n\xe2\x80\x9cSince launch, we\xe2\x80\x99ve received tremendous interest and support from both the community as well as many commercial vendors, many of whom have begun using AlmaLinux OS for some pretty amazing use cases,\xe2\x80\x9d said Jack Aboutboul, community manager of AlmaLinux.
  • \xe2\x80\x9cOur thriving community has supported each other since day one which led to rapid adoption amongst organizations and requests for commercial support.\xe2\x80\x9d\nThe release of AlmaLinux OS Support Services is planned for May 2021.
  • Right now, interested users can sign up to be notified when the services are available here: https://almalinux.org/support .\nCloudLinux is on a mission to continually increase security, stability and availability of Linux servers and devices.\nHeadquartered in Palo Alto, California, CloudLinux Inc. develops a hardened Linux distribution, Linux kernel live security patching, extended support options for end-of-life Linux, and web server security software used by enterprises, service providers, governments and universities all over the world.\nCloudLinux has more than 4,000 customers and partners, more than 500,000 product installations globally, and dedicated analysts and developers that together have more than 450 years' worth of Linux experience along with a passion for delivering the best customer care.\nView source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210427005770/en/\n"

CloudLinux Establishes AlmaLinux Open Source Foundation, Launches First Stable Release

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Tuesday, March 30, 2021
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CloudLinux, founded in 2009 to make Linux secure and stable, today announced the general availability of AlmaLinux OS, the open source enterprise-grade Linux distribution created as a replacement for CentOS.

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  • CloudLinux, founded in 2009 to make Linux secure and stable, today announced the general availability of AlmaLinux OS, the open source enterprise-grade Linux distribution created as a replacement for CentOS.
  • Also, five members of the governing board were announced: Aboutboul; Jesse Asklund, global head of customer experience for WebPros at cPanel; Simon Phipps , open source advocate and a former president of the Open Source Initiative; Igor Seletskiy, CEO of CloudLinux; and Eugene Zamriy, director of release engineering at CloudLinux.
  • AlmaLinux, an open-source community-driven project hosted by a non-profit foundation, intends to fill the gap left by the demise of the CentOS stable release.
  • AlmaLinux OS is a 1:1 binary compatible fork of RHEL 8 with plans to support future RHEL releases by updating AlmaLinux OS.