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Not a linux expert.

Skimming wikipedia it seems the main selling point of both Rocky and Alma is that they're binary-compatible with red hat, right? Could some experts clarify: if you want to be binary-compatible with red hat, why not just use red had?



RHEL costs money.


Yikes. Why do people use it exactly? (I use debian, that's all I know)


RHEL is used by companies that need the support Red Hat provides. RHEL and it's derivatives have less packages in the repo due to Red Hat willing to support every package they ship.




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