AlmaLinux beta is available, and it s CentOS with a new coat of paint Jack Wallen checks out the AlmaLinux beta release and is quite surprised with what he found. Image: Jack Wallen
Every data center admin knows about what s happened with CentOS. With good reason: CentOS is one of the more popular server platforms on the market, and when someone messes with that sauce, bad things happen.
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In the case of CentOS users, good things happen.
Because this is open source we re talking about, there was no way CentOS would die a slow and painful death at the hands of Red Hat. Case in point, AlmaLinux.