almalinux-knowledge-patch

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AlmaLinux 10+ Knowledge Patch

Claude's baseline knowledge covers AlmaLinux through 9.3. This skill provides changes from 10.1 (2025-11-24) onwards.

AlmaLinux 10 is based on RHEL 10 (kernel 6.12) but includes several significant deviations that differentiate it from upstream RHEL and other RHEL rebuilds.

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Breaking Changes / Key Differences from RHEL 10

Feature RHEL 10 AlmaLinux 10
Btrfs Not supported Full kernel + userspace; can install/boot from Btrfs
CPU baseline x86-64-v3 only x86-64-v2 AND x86-64-v3 builds
CRB repo Disabled by default Enabled by default on new installs
SPICE Removed Re-enabled (server + client)
Frame pointers Not default Enabled by default (system-wide profiling)
KVM on POWER Removed Re-enabled
Firefox/Thunderbird Flatpak-only Regular RPMs
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