AlmaLinux the First Three Years and Beyond
summary
AlmaLinux is a three-year-old, RHEL binary compatible distribution with 10-year major-version support and over 55 million installs, running on Pi 3 and newer and exploring Pi 3 and RISC-V support. Governance uses a community-elected volunteer board and ~30 sponsors; builds distribute via ~41 geolocation-aware mirrors. The team runs its own build system, patches critical flaws independently (released a root-level fix before upstream), and operates Project Elevate: 500k+ upgrades to move CentOS6/7 devices onto supported releases.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction and event thanks
- 0:24What is AlmaLinux
- 1:50Community and real-world use cases
- 2:34Foundation and governance model
- 4:58Engineering and technical structure
- 6:01Sponsors and mirror network
- 7:06Operating system philosophy
- 8:31Security and rapid patching
- 9:14Project Elevate for upgrades
- 10:42Build system and community contribution
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