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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 the mixer tool

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

Run Clear Linux* OS using Microsoft Azure CLI 2.0

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* OS from Amazon Web Services

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

TensorFlow* machine learning on Clear Linux* OS

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* on Clear Linux* OS

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

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

Multi-boot Clear Linux* OS with other operating systems

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

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Features overview

Automatic Feedback-Directed Optimizer

Use a sampling-based profile to drive feedback-directed optimizations.

Autoproxy

Use Clear Linux inside any proxy environment without having to manually configure the proxies.

Customization

Modular OS with functionality based bundles to allow for fast & efficient customized OS builds for unique needs. Automated tools to allow for a customized OS with incremental effort.

Function Multi-Versioning

Develop software that works in multiple platforms and can run anywhere.

Manageability

Designed as a stateless OS so that the user is able to quickly and easily manage their custom configurations vs. system configurations lightweight, incremental, auto-updates so efficiently drive performance and security of the OS.

Mixer tool

Compose an OS for a very specific use case.

Performance

Optimizations across the entire OS stack at every layer for the ultimate end user performance. Highly tuned for Intel platforms where all optimizations turned on by default.

Security

Stays in lockstep with upstream for current security upgrades. Designed to deliver available security mitigations to customers as soon as they are available. Employs constant vulnerability scanning with aggressive mitigation policies to address threats.