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Rocky Linux

Rocky Linux is a community enterprise operating system designed to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It is available for the x86_64 and AArch64 processor architectures.

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ALT Linux

ALT Linux was founded in 2001 by a merge of two large Russian free software projects. By the year 2008 it became a large organization developing and deploying free software, writing documentation and technical literature, supporting users, and developing custom products.

Technical Specs Comparison
Rocky LinuxALT Linux
Fedora, Red HatBaseIndependent (forked from Mandrake)
flatpak, rpm (dnf)Package Managerrpm (APT)
systemdInit Systemsystemd, SysV
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelRolling Release
9.8Latest Version11.0
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
May 28, 2026Release DateMay 1, 2025
ARM64ppc64elRISC-Vs390xx86_64ARMhfi586mipsel
Architecture
ARM64ppc64elRISC-Vs390xx86_64ARMhfi586mipsel
GNOMEAfterStepBlackboxCinnamonEnlightenmentFVWMIceWMKDElabwcLXDEMATEOpenboxLXQtWMakerWayfireXfce
Desktops
GNOMEAfterStepBlackboxCinnamonEnlightenmentFVWMIceWMKDElabwcLXDEMATEOpenboxLXQtWMakerWayfireXfce