Review of Flatcar Container Linux powered by the Slant community.
A drop-in replacement for CoreOS with regular updates and bug fixes and the mature "Nabraska" update tool being configurable without internet access for air-gapped platforms.
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SpecsUpdate
Based OnCoreOS Container Linux
PublisherKinvolk GmbH
Supported platformsCloud Providers ( EC2 , Azure , GCE , Packet ), Virtualization Platforms ( Vagrant , VMware , VirtualBox, QEMU/KVM / libVirt) and Bare Metal Servers (PXE , iPXE , ISO , Installer)
Release DateNov 19, 2020
Documentationhttps://kinvolk.io/docs/
Hardware Architecturearm64, amd64
Release Noteshttps://www.flatcar-linux.org/releases/
Latest Stable 2605.8.0
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Pros
Pro Minimal changes required and a mature update tool in "Nabraska" with active GitHub commits
Nabraska can be configure to provide an update service in an air-gapped installation.
Pro Minimal changes required and a mature update tool in "Nabraska" with active GitHub commits
Nabraska can be configure to provide an update service in an air-gapped installation.