The AlmaLinux OS Foundation
The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is a 501(c)(6) that stewards the AlmaLinux project. We exist to keep an enterprise-grade Linux free, open, and community-governed — through elected leadership, public minutes, and a structure no single sponsor can capture.
What we believe
Three principles shape every decision the foundation makes about the AlmaLinux project.
Open governance
The community elects the board, and minutes are published within 14 days of every meeting.
No single owner
By bylaw, no single employer holds more than one voting board seat — regardless of how much they sponsor.
Accountable leadership
The chair is elected by the board. Annual elections fill expiring seats and any vacancies that have come up.
Styrelse
The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is led by a community-elected board with four-year staggered terms. The board elects its own officers, including the chair. Agendas and minutes are published on AlmaLinux Wikin.
Current term dates reflect the staggered four-year cohorts established by the amended bylaws adopted in April 2026, after the 2025 election was rescheduled.
benny Vasquez
Chair, Board of Directors
AlmaLinux OS Foundation
Elected 2022
Term ends 2029
Jack Aboutboul
Program Manager
Microsoft Azure AOSI
Elected 2022
Term ends 2027
Simon Phipps
Open source advocate, former president of OSI
Elected 2022
Term ends 2027
Moshe Bar
CEO
Codenotary Inc.
Elected 2022
Term ends 2028
Daniel Pearson
CEO
KnownHost
Elected 2022
Term ends 2028
Alex Iribarren
Pingvin boskapsskötare och Moln tittare
CERN
Elected 2023
Term ends 2029
David Snead
Generaljurist
WebPros
Non-voting Invited Expert
How the board operates
Construction
Up to 13 voting seats (six voting plus one non-voting invited expert currently). Four-year staggered terms. No employer holds more than one seat. Chair is elected by the board. Vacancies trigger a member vote, unless within three months of the next election.
Ethics
Conflicts of interest disclosed; interested transactions require approval by disinterested directors. No paid board roles. The Code of Conduct applies.
Operations
The board meets monthly on the second Tuesday of the month. The working agenda is shared and built openly over the course of each month, so members can see what's coming, and public minutes from each meeting are published within 14 days.
Become a member — Help sustain and steer AlmaLinux
Membership is how people and organizations keep AlmaLinux independent — and shape where it goes. Every member can vote in board elections and be nominated for the board; sponsors also gain logo placement, press coverage, and more. Six tiers:
- Individual Free
- Mirror In-kind
- Silver $2,500/yr
- Ruby $5,000/yr
- Gold $20,000/yr
- Platinum $100,000/yr
“Open source is not a spectator sport” — Joe Brockmeier, Ohio LinuxFest, September 2023.
Tack till alla sponsormedlemmar i AlmaLinux OS stiftelsen
Platinum sponsors
Gold sponsors
Ruby sponsors
Silver sponsors
Foundations we belong to
AlmaLinux participates in industry foundations to keep our work aligned with the broader open-source ecosystem and to extend protection to our community.
Built on AlmaLinux
Companies and projects build on AlmaLinux — from downstream Linux distributions to commercial appliances and management platforms. The list below reflects what we know publicly — confirmed entries only.
| Product | Description | Maintainer |
|---|---|---|
| Alert Logic Virtual Appliance Security appliance | Managed detection and response (MDR) virtual appliance; Alert Logic transitioned its appliance platform from CentOS to AlmaLinux. | Alert Logic |
| Arista EOS Network OS | Cloud network operating system for Arista switches and routers; userland rebased to AlmaLinux 9 starting with EOS 4.32. | Arista Networks |
| Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance Cloud management | Cisco's unified infrastructure-management appliance; Intersight 1.1.0 and later ship on AlmaLinux 9. | Cisco |
| Cisco Prime Network Registrar Network management | DNS, DHCP, and IP-address-management appliance; ships on AlmaLinux. | Cisco |
| Cisco Unified Communications Manager 15 Communications platform | Cisco's enterprise voice / video / messaging platform; CUCM 15 transitioned from CentOS to AlmaLinux for long-term support. | Cisco |
| CloudLinux OS Hosting OS | Hosting-focused enterprise OS; versions 8, 9, and 10 are built on AlmaLinux. | CloudLinux Inc. |
| FishOS Cloud platform | OpenStack-based cloud-management platform built on AlmaLinux. | Sardina Systems |
| HeliumOS Atomic desktop | Immutable / atomic desktop Linux with bootable container images, built on AlmaLinux. | HeliumOS Project |
| N-able N-central RMM platform | Remote monitoring and management platform for managed service providers; rebased from CentOS 7 to AlmaLinux in version 2025.1. | N-able |
Awards & recognition
Help us keep AlmaLinux free.
Join the foundation, contribute to the project, or donate directly — every path supports a free, community-governed Linux.
Prefer to give directly? Support the foundation with a one-time or recurring donation:
