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Let’s look at how things stand in terms of migration. The first Rocky Linux release also includes a conversion tool (migrate2rocky) that can assist you in migrating your CentOS system to Rocky Linux. You can migrate an existing CentOS, AlmaLinux, RHEL, or Oracle Linux installation to Rocky Linux.
Note that the mentioned tool can migrate any listed distributions only to Rocky Linux.
Now let’s look at AlmaLinux’s approach. First, they started a whole new project called ELevate, which is their initiative to allow users to upgrade or migrate between any RHEL-based distro.
Did you see the difference between “only to” in Rocky’s case and “to any” in AlmaLinux’s approach? In my eyes, AlmaLinux’s path is nobler, closer to the spirit of open source and the freedom to choose, and I respect that.