AlmaLinux
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is a stable Linux distribution derived from the sources of the popular .
AlmaLinux is used for our FreeIPA servers because the Debian family doesn't offer the server packages (yet...)
It supports FreeIPA Server.
We use to install it.
AlmaLinux comes with a firewall set up by default, which is nice for security reasons given how critical our Alma machines are.
The AlmaLinux servers have automatic updates set up. They patch themselves at 3AM on weekends. We never have to do anything ourselves.