Merge branch 'docs-almalinux-support' into 'master'

Add AlmaLinux to our supported OS list

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!77070

.markdownlint.yml

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ proper-names:
   names: [
     "Akismet",
     "Alertmanager",
+    "AlmaLinux",
     "API",
     "Asana",
     "Auth0",

doc/.vale/gitlab/spelling-exceptions.txt

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ allowlist
 allowlisted
 allowlisting
 allowlists
+AlmaLinux
 anonymization
 anonymized
 Ansible

doc/administration/package_information/supported_os.md

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ The following lists the currently supported OSs and their possible EOL dates.
 
 | OS Version       | First supported GitLab version | Arch            | OS EOL        | Details                                                      |
 | ---------------- | ------------------------------ | --------------- | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| AlmaLinux 8      | GitLab CE / GitLab EE 14.5.0   | x86_64, aarch64 | 2029          | <https://almalinux.org/>                                     |
 | CentOS 7         | GitLab CE / GitLab EE 7.10.0   | x86_64          | June 2024     | <https://wiki.centos.org/About/Product>                      |
 | CentOS 8         | GitLab CE / GitLab EE 12.8.1   | x86_64, aarch64 | Dec 2021      | <https://wiki.centos.org/About/Product>                      |
 | Debian 9         | GitLab CE / GitLab EE 9.3.0    | amd64           | 2022          | <https://wiki.debian.org/LTS>                                |

doc/install/requirements.md

@@ -15,12 +15,13 @@ as the hardware requirements that are needed to install and use GitLab.
 
 - Ubuntu (16.04/18.04/20.04)
 - Debian (9/10)
-- CentOS (7/8)
+- AlmaLinux (8)
+- CentOS (7)
 - openSUSE Leap (15.2)
 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (12 SP2/12 SP5)
-- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (please use the CentOS packages and instructions)
-- Scientific Linux (please use the CentOS packages and instructions)
-- Oracle Linux (please use the CentOS packages and instructions)
+- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (use the AlmaLinux or CentOS instructions)
+- Scientific Linux (use the CentOS instructions)
+- Oracle Linux (use the CentOS instructions)
 
 For the installation options, see [the main installation page](index.md).