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Creative Production ♥ AlmaLinux

Creative production demands an OS that won't let you down mid-render, mid-shoot, or mid-deadline. AlmaLinux is the foundation trusted by VFX studios, animation houses, broadcasters, and game developers around the world.

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Built for the demands of production

AlmaLinux delivers what creative pipelines require: long-term stability, enterprise-grade reliability, and a community that moves at production speed.

10-year support lifecycle

Ship a project today knowing AlmaLinux 9 is supported through 2032. No forced migrations mid-production.

Drop-in RHEL compatibility

Binary-compatible with RHEL, so every application certified for RHEL runs on AlmaLinux without requalification.

Community-owned, vendor-free

No licensing fees. No corporate lock-in. A foundation governed by its members — including people from the creative industry.

Multi-architecture

x86_64, aarch64, ppc64le, and s390x. Run your render farm on the hardware that makes sense for your pipeline.

Cloud & hybrid pipelines

Official images on AWS, Azure, GCP, and OpenNebula. Burst renders to the cloud without changing your base OS.

Security & compliance

FIPS 140-3 support, OVAL feeds, and regular CVE patches. Meet studio and facility security requirements out of the box.

Works with the tools you rely on

The software your pipeline depends on runs on AlmaLinux.

Houdini

Nuke

Maya

Blender

DaVinci Resolve

Katana

Mari

RenderMan

Arnold

V-Ray

The Media & Entertainment SIG

The AlmaLinux Media & Entertainment Special Interest Group (M&E SIG) is a community of VFX artists, pipeline TDs, facility engineers, and open source contributors working together to make AlmaLinux the best platform for creative production.