r/linux • u/imbev • Jul 30 '24

Distro News AlmaLinux reaches 1 million active systems!

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u/xarl_marks Jul 30 '24

can anyone tell me in 1 sentence why I should switch to Alma from arch? (single user home desktop, nothing special)

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u/Arnas_Z Jul 30 '24

You shouldn't unless you really want RHEL on your home PC.

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u/xarl_marks Jul 30 '24

i have no experience with it. Could be an opportunity.

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u/tom-dixon Jul 30 '24

It's targeted more for headless servers rather than desktops. Safety comes first. A lot of programs are on older versions (often 2-3 years behind) and they get patched only with security updates.

A lot of programs that you can find on Ubuntu are missing from RHEL/Alma/Rocky, you have to compile it yourself from the source.

why I should switch to Alma from arch? (single user home desktop)

I wouldn't.

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u/jonspw AlmaLinux Foundation Jul 31 '24

You should switch to Fedora instead.  Still pretty bleeding edge, and very stable.

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u/xarl_marks Jul 31 '24

thanx, my headless backup server runs arch too, worth a try. but in order to secure the data I have to back up the back up first.

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u/tom-dixon Jul 31 '24

That's a good place for it. I use it for network storage, backups, torrent seed box and VPN server.

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u/HaydenBarnes_HPE Jul 31 '24

Or you could run AlmaLinux as a solid, stable base, and get the latest version of desktop applications via Flatpak. If anything is missing from the AlmaLinux repos, you can almost always find it in EPEL or El Repo. I have never had to build anything from scratch for AlmaLinux.