AlmaLinux OS vs Void Linux
| AlmaLinux OS | Void Linux | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | Free | — |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | Linux, self-hosted, Windows | Linux |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Device types | Servers, workstations, virtual machines, cloud instances, containers, Raspberry Pi devices, WSL environments | PCs and laptops; ARM devices including Raspberry Pi, Pinebook Pro, Lenovo ThinkPad X13s, and Apple Silicon; containers |
| CPU architectures | x86_64, aarch64, ppc64le, s390x; some releases also list x86_64_v2 and i686 userspace | x86_64, i686, aarch64, armv7l, armv6l |
| Support lifecycle | About 10 years per major version; minor versions reach end of life when the next minor version is released | Rolling release; no fixed support duration specified |
| Built-in management | DNF package updates and updateinfo errata; cloud images support cloud-init initialization | XBPS package installation, update, removal, querying, repository management; runit service supervision |
| App compatibility | RPM/DNF package repositories; Docker and OCI container images; UBI-compatible image variants; WSL supports Linux command-line and GUI apps | Native XBPS binary packages and source package builds; glibc and musl variants; OCI container images |
| Deployment models | Bare metal installation, virtual machines, cloud images, containers, live media, Vagrant boxes, Incus/LXC, WSL, Raspberry Pi | Physical installations via live images, rootfs tarballs, or ARM platform images; OCI containers |
Both are listed in Best Operating Systems. On The Geeks Club, AlmaLinux OS scores higher on our published basis.