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I wish Alma, Rocky - or preferably both — would just fork. i.e. create a roughly parallel stable distribution in the approximate style of RHEL.

For my use case, I’d just be interested in the server side stuff, but I don’t know how important desktops are for the RHEL styled distros.

But just in case, I’ve started practicing on Debian 12.

If they’d “just fork” they’d actually have to invest money into building credibility for their forks.

The whole point is to essentially freeload off the money Red Hat is investing instead.

There’s probably a great business to build on a RH fork, but the Rocky Linux one isn’t it.

> The whole point is to essentially freeload off the money Red Hat is investing instead.

With bug for bug compatibility, that’s indeed an accusation that will linger.

A fork would arguably re-establish moral high ground.

I for one would enjoy a Debian stable alternative in the rpm/dnf eco-system.