VMware Advances Its Photon OS Linux Operating System for Containers | Linux Today

VMware Advances Its Photon OS Linux Operating System for Containers

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 2, 2017

VMware announced the release of Project Photon OS 2.0 on Nov. 1, providing users with improved security and management capabilities.

Photon OS is an open-source Linux operating system that has been purpose-built and optimized for container deployments. The Photon container operating system was first announced in April 2015. The Photon OS Photon OSproject reached its 1.0 milestone the following year in June 2016.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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