From Manul to Kitten: 4 years of AlmaLinux development evolution

On the dates of FOSDEM 2025, we get to celebrate exactly 4 years since the release of the very first beta version of AlmaLinux. All this time, the development process has been constantly improving, new ideas have been incorporated, and our tools have been replaced with more efficient and advanced ones. In this presentation, I will share our experience in developing our distribution and related services around it, and tell you how we made certain decisions depending on emerging needs and external factors in order to continue to deliver and improve a high-quality distribution that is trusted by both small firms and large corporations in more than 70 countries, and on more than 1 million devices around the world.