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I'd like to have a close look at CloudLinux OS: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36493691

What's the difference between this and AlmaLinux? I was under the impression that CloudLinux had renamed to AlmaLinux and transferred ownership to the nonprofit, but apparently they are separate?

Edit: Reading into it, it seems that CloudLinux is similar to AlmaLinux, but has extra patches targeted towards shared hosting providers to support hosting management panel software. They will soon be releasing a free version that just has basic patching to make sure panel software works, but without the more elaborate proprietary offerings that commercial CloudLinux has.

What if Redhat doesn't commit patches to Centos steam on time, but backports their internal RHEL branches? What if Oracle doesn't backport on time? In that case, Almalinux has to fix their own branch with their patches, thereby diverging from 1 to 1 RHEL. This diverged AlmaLinux is CloudLinux. No more 1:1 binary compatibility with RHEL. So, Cloudlinux leads its own life, with its own patches for any CVEs, etc.

AlmaLinux has not diverged.

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