Production Version | Since March 2021 | Since 2006 | Since June 2021 | Since 2019 | Since 2004 |
RHEL compatibility | Binary Compatible (opens new window) | ABI Compatible? (opens new window) | Binary compatible | Compatible within the limits of the ACG (opens new window) | Binary Compatible |
Regular updates delay | About 1 business day | About 1 business day | About 1 business day | Upstream of RHEL | About 1 business day |
Last minor version release delay | 1 day (opens new window) | 7 days (opens new window) | 5 days (opens new window) | N/A | N/A |
Errata | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Lifecycle | 10 Years | 10 Years | 10 Years | 5-6 Years | EOL on 2021-12-31 |
Commercial support | 3rd party | Oracle, 3rd parties | 3rd Party | 3rd party | 3rd party |
Livepatching service | KernelCare | Oracle Ksplice, KernelCare Available | KernelCare Available | Not available | KernelCare, Kpatch |
FIPS compliance | Planned | Yes | Planned | Not available | Not available |
ARM support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
IBM PowerPC support | Yes | No | Yes (versions ≥ 9) | Yes | Yes |
IBM Z (s390x) support | Yes | No | Yes (versions ≥ 9) | No | No |
SecureBoot | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Owned By: | AlmaLinux OS Foundation | Oracle Inc | Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation | Red Hat Inc | Red Hat Inc |
Owned by org type: | Non-Profit 501(c)6 | For Profit C-Corp | For Profit, Public Benefit Corp | For Profit C-Corp | For Profit C-Corp |