VMware Announces Photon OS, the Company's First Container-Friendly Linux Operating System | Linux Today

VMware Announces Photon OS, the Company’s First Container-Friendly Linux Operating System

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Marius Nestor
Apr 20, 2015

After being sued for taking Linux kernel code and never contributing back, VMware had the pleasure of announcing Photon OS, a new a new Linux kernel-based operating system designed to help users run containers inside a virtual machine. Photon OS is also the companies first ever operating system.

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Marius Nestor

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