# Why .. Alma Linux?

AlmaLinux is a continuation of open source work for enterprise grade Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
Its a spiritual successor to CentOS and bug-for-bug compatible with RHEL same as Rocky Linux but without the toxic community.

## Enabling SELinux

If its disabled on boot, enable it back with

1. Change the value of `SELINUX` to `SELINUX=enforcing` in `/etc/selinux/config`

2. Enable it on boot (if it was disabled before)

```sh
sudo grubby --update-kernel ALL --remove-args selinux
```

3. Reboot

4. You might need to update the folders where permissions are wrong. Use the command:

```sh
restorecon -Rv /usr/local/bin/your_repo
```

### What about Debian / Ubuntu ?

Tbh, at the time of setting up new servers the `Debian` install was not working on my host, thats why i picked `AlmaLinux` for all installations to keep them uniform.
Even though its a move from our usual package manager (`apt`) its the same shit. It uses `dnf` and `yum` and everything works the same.

It has a better optimized network stack comapred to `Debians` of the world as its geared strictly towards servers and not desktop systems.

Another selling point is `SELinux` which makes it mucho more secure but needs to be configured carefully.