VMware created the Photon Linux distribution to act as a new container host operating system (OS) for popular containers such as Docker, rkt, and Garden. VMware developed this new lightweight Linux distribution to enable companies to run what it calls “cloud-native” applications (apps), which are containerized applications. As VMware puts it, “…they’re designed for the mobile cloud era”.
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