Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. CloudLinux CentOS Replacement Available this Quarter, Named AlmaLinux January 12, 2021 GMT PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 12, 2021-- CloudLinux has named the free CentOS replacement AlmaLinux, which will be available in the first quarter this year. Previously, it was code-named Project Lenix. CloudLinux announced the drop-in CentOS alternative last month, committing $1 million annually in development. ADVERTISEMENT “The demise of the CentOS stable release left a very large gap in the Linux community which prompted CloudLinux to step in and launch a CentOS alternative,” said Igor Seletskiy, CEO and founder of CloudLinux Inc. “For CloudLinux it was an obvious move: the Linux community was in need, and the CloudLinux OS is a CentOS clone with significant pedigree – including over 200,000 active server instances. AlmaLinux is built with CloudLinux expertise but will be owned and governed by the community. We intend to deliver this forever-free Linux distribution this quarter.”