The AlmaLinux OS Foundation has put AlmaLinux on the Microsoft Store , and users can install AlmaLinux on Windows based on WSL .
AlmaLinux is an open source, community-driven project compiled from the source code of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). AlmaLinux is fully binary compatible with RHEL 8, built by the creators of CloudLinux OS. The AlmaLinux team promises to provide the AlmaLinux operating system for free forever, and the project will be permanently open source without any restrictions or charges, and will be supported until 2029.
On the introduction page of its Microsoft Store entry, AlmaLinux writes: " AlmaLinux OS comes to WSL, and now you can use the platform you know and love, using all the standard tools, including dnf/yum, etc., to run all your favorite enterprise editions Applications for the Linux ecosystem.”
Other Red Hat-compatible options in the Microsoft Store include Pengwin Enterprise 8 created by Whitewater Foundry , a distribution built on Rocky Linux, which the company says is "for demonstration and personal use only" and for a fee.
