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AlmaLinux OS


Last Update: 2025-05-27 22:52 UTC


AlmaLinux OS is an open-source, community-driven project that is built from the source code of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). AlmaLinux is a completely binary compatible fork of RHEL and it is maintained by AlmaLinux OS Foundation which is a register non-profit.

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Average visitor rating: 8.06/10 from 67 review(s).


AlmaLinux OS Summary
Distribution AlmaLinux OS
Home Page https://almalinux.org/
Mailing Lists https://lists.almalinux.org/mailman3/lists/
User Forums --
Alternative User Forums Discourse
Documentation https://wiki.almalinux.org/
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Screencasts
Download Mirrors https://almalinux.org/get-almalinux
Bug Tracker https://bugs.almalinux.org/
Related Websites GitHub
Reviews 10.x: DistroWatch
9.x: DistroWatch
8.x: Dedoimedo
Where To Donate, Buy or Try

Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2025-05-27: Distribution Release: AlmaLinux OS 10.0
 • 2025-05-20: Distribution Release: AlmaLinux OS 9.6
 • 2025-04-29: Development Release: AlmaLinux OS 9.6 Beta
 • 2024-12-11: Development Release: AlmaLinux OS 10.0 Beta 1
 • 2024-11-18: Distribution Release: AlmaLinux OS 9.5
 • 2024-10-15: Development Release: AlmaLinux OS 9.5 Beta
 • 2024-05-28: Distribution Release: AlmaLinux OS 8.10
 • 2024-05-06: Distribution Release: AlmaLinux OS 9.4
 • 2024-04-15: Development Release: AlmaLinux OS 9.4 Beta
 • 2023-11-13: Distribution Release: AlmaLinux OS 9.3
 • 2023-10-26: Development Release: AlmaLinux OS 9.3 Beta
 • 2023-05-11: Distribution Release: AlmaLinux OS 9.2
 • More AlmaLinux releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2025-07-04 AlmaLinux rebuilds EPEL for x86_64-v2
 • 2024-10-22 AlmaLinux launches the Kitten development branch
 • 2024-09-12 AlmaLinux starts hardware certification program
 • 2024-06-11 AlmaLinux offers builds for Raspberry Pi 5
 • 2024-04-18 AlmaLinux OS to re-add hardware support dropped by RHEL
 • 2024-04-05 AlmaLinux patches flaw ahead of upstream Red Hat
 • 2023-12-07 AlmaLinux introduces EPEL support
 • 2023-08-30 AlmaLinux unveils two new repositories
 • 2023-08-15 A summary of how RHEL clones are responding to changes in RedHat's source code distribution
 • 2023-07-13 AlmaLinux drops bug-for-bug compatibility with Red Hat
 • More AlmaLinux headlines...

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Feature 10.0 9.6 8.10
Release Date 2025-05-27 2025-05-20 2024-05-28
End Of Life 2032 2032 2029
Price (US$) Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 800-7000 1000-11000 800-11000
Free Download ISO ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop GNOME GNOME GNOME
Package Management RPM (dnf) RPM (dnf) RPM (dnf)
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite -- LibreOffice LibreOffice
Processor Architecture aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64 aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64 aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Init Software systemd systemd systemd
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext4 Btrfs, ext4 Btrfs, ext4
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes
Asian Language Support -- -- --
Full Package List 10.0 9.6 8.10
Package 10.0 9.6 8.10
alsa-lib (1.2.14) 1.2.13 1.2.13 1.2.10
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- -- --
apparmor (4.1.1) -- -- --
apt (3.1.3) -- -- --
bash (5.3) 5.2.26 5.1.8 4.4
bind (9.20.10) 9.18.33 9.18.29 9.16.23
chromium (138.0.7204.100) -- -- --
cinnamon (6.4.10) -- -- --
cups (2.4.12) 2.4.10 2.3.3 2.2.6
e2fsprogs (1.47.3) 1.47.1 1.46.5 1.45.6
ffmpeg (7.1.1) -- -- --
firefox (140.0.4) 128.10.0 128.10.0 115.10.0
flatpak (1.16.1) 1.16.0 1.12.9 1.10.8
freetype (2.13.3) 2.13.2 2.10.4 2.9.1
gcc (15.1.0) 14.2.1 11.5.0 8.5.0
gimp (3.0.4) -- 2.99.8 2.8.22
git (2.50.1) 2.47.1 2.47.1 2.43.0
glibc (2.41) 2.39 2.34 2.28
gnome-shell (48.3) 47.4 40.10 3.32.2
grub (2.12) 2.12 2.06 2.02
gtk (4.18.6) 4.16.7 4.12.3 3.22.30
httpd (2.4.64) 2.4.63 2.4.62 2.4.37
inkscape (1.4.2) -- 1.1.1 0.92.3
kmod (34.2) 31 28 25
krita (5.2.10) -- -- --
LibreOffice (25.2.4) -- 7.1.8 6.4.7
Package 10.0 9.6 8.10
libselinux (3.8.1) 3.8 3.6 2.9
linux (6.15.6) 6.12 5.14 4.18
mariadb (11.8.2) 10.11.11 10.11.10 10.11.6
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- --
mesa (25.1.5) 24.2.8 24.2.8 23.1.4
mysql (9.3.0) 8.4.4 8.0.41 8.0.36
nautilus (48.3) 47.1 40.2 3.28.1
NVIDIA (575.64.03) -- -- --
openjdk (24.0.1) 21.0.4.0.7 21.0.7.0.6 11.0.21.0.9
openssh (10.0p1) 9.9p1 8.7p1 8.0p1
openssl (3.5.1) 3.2.2 3.2.2 1.1.1k
perl (5.42.0) 5.40.2 5.32.1 5.32.1
php (8.4.10) 8.3.19 8.3.19 8.2.13
plasma-desktop (6.4.2) -- -- --
postfix (3.10.3) 3.8.5 3.5.25 3.5.8
postgresql (17.5) 16.8 16.8 16.1
Python (3.13.5) 3.12.9 3.11.11 3.11.7
qt (6.9.1) 6.8.1 5.15.9 5.15.3
samba (4.22.3) 4.21.3 4.21.3 4.19.4
systemd (257.7) 257 252 239
thunderbird (140.0.1) 128.10.0 128.10.0 115.10.0
vim (9.1) 9.1 8.2 8.0
vlc (3.0.21) -- -- --
wayland (1.24.0) 1.23.0 1.21.0 1.21.0
xfdesktop (4.20.1) -- -- --
xorg-server (21.1.18) -- 1.20.11 1.20.11

Reader Ratings
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Average rating
8.1
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Version: 10.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-06-30
Votes: 4


Wow. This OS is damn fast on my HP 8570w. I was a big fan of Centos 7 that lasted much longer than Windows Systems on my PCs. As a scientific user I am interested in a stable, reliable, fast running system. I can live with some convenience obstacles. But not with buggy systems. IBM decision to terminate Centos and the lack of support for older machines in RHEL 10 was a shock for me. Maybe I can afford Windows. But I want to live sustainable and I am not willing to retire my still excellent old machines. OS Almalinux enabled me to proceed my principle of sustainability.

I cannot comment on long-term stability of AlmaLinux till date because the system is just on air a view weeks. Because of very good experience with Alma 9.6 I gave Alma 10 a trial. There are definitely a lot of pros

+ extremly fast boot time. Alma 9 was already fast in comparision to ubuntu.
+ seems to be enterprise quality as I know from the real Centos
+ x86-64 v2 support - my gorgeous HP machine can run additional 10 years safe! That's alone a reason for installation
+ seems to be fully RHEL, Epel compatible
+ reasonable update cycles as they were with Centos all the years
+ so far everything is running stable and smooth
+ Gnome 47 rocks as well as KDE 6.3
+ very clean and nice boot process without ugly messages during boot process

There are minor issues that could be solved by the Alma-Team easily

- still there is a warning message for deprecated hardware during boot although I installed the x86-64 v2 ISO
- the discover software package management has not to offer many
- LibreOffice, Darktable and Gimp had to be installed via flatpak. No big deal.

So I give this awesome system a 9-Rating. That based on my use case. If you are a typical desktop user there might be better alternatives like Mint that come with software packages and additional install options without a hassle. But for me the long support and enterprise quality is the dealbreaker.


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Version: 10.0
Rating: 7
Date: 2025-05-31
Votes: 2


AlmaLinux 9+ – Great for Servers, Less So for Desktops

I’ve tested multiple AlmaLinux 9+ versions on two machines for desktop use: an older AMD-based PC and a newer laptop.

First, the positives: it's great that AlmaLinux offers a free Red Hat–compatible experience. Installation is straightforward and cleaner than RHEL’s own. The system feels stable and well put together. I appreciated the flexibility of choosing between GNOME and KDE desktops.

However, desktop performance has been disappointing regarding graphics and animations:

Old PC: This machine struggles with animations entirely. I had to disable them just to keep the system usable. I did manage to get the AMD driver working once with version 9.1, but from 9.2 onward, no luck—graphics issues persist, and the desktop is barely usable.

New Laptop: All hardware is detected, and the system runs, but desktop animations (on both GNOME and KDE) are visibly laggy.

For desktop environments, Fedora is clearly a better choice. It offers the same ecosystem with much better graphics performance and a more responsive user experience out of the box. AlmaLinux seems better suited for servers or minimal workstation setups, not for general-purpose desktop use.

Rating: 7/10 — Stable and functional, but laggy desktop performance and driver issues hold it back for desktop users.



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Version: 9.5
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-01-20
Votes: 7


AlmaLinux 9.5 as a laptop workstation

Installed the 9.4 Xfce Live boot image, ran the installer, upgraded to 9.5. I got XFCE working nicely and was satisfied for a couple weeks until I tried to use Bluetooth. Blueman and other Bluetooth GUIs for XFCE were not in EPEL, compiling Blueman was a fail, bluetoothctl worked, but was a pain as well.

So I did:
dnf groupinstall “Sever with GUI”
systemctl start gdm.service
systemctl enable gdm.service
dnf remove lightdm
dnf remove xfce* (maybe I should have done “dnf group remove XFCE”?)

AlmaLinux 9.5 Gnome on a 4 year old laptop is flawless. No need to mention it is rock solid. I tried CentOS several years ago and it was a real pain to set up for a laptop. Today it is a piece of cake.

My main Gen 13 CPU workstation is Fedora so I wanted something similar for my older gen 10 CPU laptop and something on a different life cycle. I looked at Rocky Linux, but the AlmaLinux community, documents and support seemed more vibrant. Anyway it’s dual boot and I use AlmaLinux (or whatever distro) 99 percent of the time.

To install AlmaLinux with Windows, install Windows first, shrink the big Windows partition in the Windows disk/partition manager to free up space for the Linux install. Install AlmaLinux and the final Grub update will install Windows to the Grub boot menu. It’s a big hassle with Windows Pro bitlocker freaking out everytime Grub updates. Doesn’t seem to be a problem with the new Windows Home encryption. I suppose there is a workaround for Windows Pro.




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