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Container Linux

(discontinued) Linux distribution; organization

OrganizationLinux distribution organizationQ15984850

Also known as CoreOS

Founded: October 3, 2013
Headquarters: San Francisco
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1.Stated in Crunchbasecrunchbase.com/organization/coreos
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Country: United States
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1.Stated in Crunchbasecrunchbase.com/organization/coreos
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Website: coreos.com

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Container Linux is a discontinued open-source lightweight operating system based on the Linux kernel and designed for providing infrastructure for clustered deployments. One of its focuses was scalability. As an operating system, Container Linux provided only the minimal functionality required for deploying applications inside software containers, together with built-in mechanisms for service discovery and configuration sharing.

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License: Apache License
Inspired by: ChromiumOS
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1.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/an-introduction-to-coreos-system-components
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Platforms: x86-64
Discontinuation date: May 26, 2020
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1.“What was CoreOS and CoreOS container Linux?”redhat.com/en/technologies/cloud-computing/openshift/what-was-coreos
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Replaced by: Fedora CoreOS
Copyright status: copyrighted

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