AlmaLinux
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
0warn against
Jan 28, 2026first mention
Sep 11, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“So...I agree with the user above, what stops what I must imagine would be a simpler switch from RHEL to Alma instead of Debian?”
“Alma rebuilds with x86-64-v2 as a separate ISO”
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“I use AlmaLinux on my workstation and servers”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Often compared with
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- CERN Renounces RHEL in Favor of Debian 3 mentions
- CERN Transitioning Computers To Debian After Being A Longtime RHEL Institution 1 mention
- CERN Transitioning to Debian After Being a Longtime RHEL Institution 1 mention
- Dirtyfrag: Universal Linux LPE 1 mention
- Tim Cook to become Apple Executive Chairman 1 mention
- "Over 1.5M GitHub PRs have had ads injected into them by Copilot" 1 mention
Data: almalinux.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 10
“planning to continue to use RHEL and/or AlmaLinux”
“So...I agree with the user above, what stops what I must imagine would be a simpler switch from RHEL to Alma instead of Debian?”
“Alma rebuilds with x86-64-v2 as a separate ISO”
“We run most things on Alma Linux”
“Alma Linux specifically”
“Tested on almalinux 8/9/10”
“Everything works!!”
“Sent from Firefox on AlmaLinux 9.”
Ive owned a lot of macs and PCs over the last 15-20 years (many of them from work so i didnt "own" them but i used them daily), the % of pc laptops that have technical/hardware issues is way higher than macs in my experience. Of course YMMV with either.
“I use AlmaLinux on my workstation and servers”