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Clear Linux* Project for Intel® Architecture

The Clear Linux* Project for Intel® Architecture is a distribution built for cloud, client, and IoT use cases. We want to showcase the best of Intel architecture technology and performance, from low-level kernel features to complex applications that span across the entire OS stack. We're putting emphasis on Power and Performance optimizations throughout the operating system as a whole.

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Highlights

Using Kata Containers with Clear Linux* OS

The speed and deployment model of containers with the isolation of VMs. Install and configure Kata Containers for the Clear Linux OS.

Get started

Get started with step-by-step instructions to download and run Clear Linux on bare metal, under a virtual machine, or by way of a live image.

How to Clear training overview

The team has created training materials as a GitHub* project to get you up and running quickly on Clear Linux tooling, concepts, and content.

Install Kata Containers*

The speed and deployment model of containers with the isolation of VMs. Install and configure Kata Containers for the Clear Linux OS

Use mixer tool

Use the mixer tool to compose an operating system for specific use cases.

Clear Linux* OS on Microsoft* Azure*

Learn about the three offerings of Clear Linux within the Azure Marketplace and how to create them using the Azure Portal or by using the Azure Command Line tools.

Create and launch Clear Linux from Amazon Web Services

Walk through creating and launching a Clear Linux AMI instance from the AWS console.

Machine learning tutorial

Let us guide you through installing and using a Jupyter* notebook to set up and execute a TensorFlow* machine learning example using the MNIST data for handwriting recognition using the Clear Linux* OS for Intel® Architecture.

WordPress* use case tutorial

Let us guide you to a fully realized WordPress website using Clear Linux* OS for Intel® Architecture.

Use Flatpak* to install applications on Clear Linux* OS for Intel® Architecture

Find all the required steps to install Flatpak as well as download, install, and run LibreOffice on Clear Linux.

Multi-boot Clear Linux with other operating systems

Learn how to modify the boot loader for Clear Linux to work with other operating systems.

Features overview

Mixer tool

Compose an OS for a very specific use case.

Software Update

Update the Clear Linux way and utilize bundles.

Stateless

Operate without any custom configuration, for example, a generic host with an empty /etc directory. Stateless systems strictly separate the OS configuration, the per-system configuration, and the VT user-data stored on that system.