One of the primary sources of confusion we have seen in the community revolves around phrases such as binary compatibility, bug-for-bug, full compatibility, and a wide array of other equally ambiguous jargon and how they apply to AlmaLinux now that it is no longer a 1:1 clone of RHEL. This post will concisely and clearly answer what that means for the average user. A Small Drift Think of your RHEL 8.