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Photon OS


Last Update: 2024-02-02 02:44 UTC

Photon OS is a minimal Linux container host, optimized to run on VMware platforms (though it is capable of running in other environments). Photon OS includes a small number of packages and offers users a command line interface. The default installation will often require less than 100MB of memory to run. The operating system comes with Docker pre-installed.

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Photon OS Summary
Distribution Photon OS
Home Page https://vmware.github.io/photon/
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Documentation https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki
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Bug Tracker https://github.com/vmware/photon/issues
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 • 2023-04-29: Distribution Release: Photon OS 5.0
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Feature 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0
Release Date 2023-04-28 2021-03-05 2019-02-07 2017-10-31 2016-06-16
End Of Life          
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 500-4500 2800-4200 2500-3800 2200-2300 2100-2200
Free Download ISO, OVA ISO, OVA ISO, OVA ISO, OVA ISO, OVA
Installation Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode
Default Desktop -- -- -- -- --
Package Management rpm-ostree rpm-ostree rpm-ostree rpm-ostree rpm-ostree
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite -- -- -- -- --
Processor Architecture arm64, x86_64 arm64, x86_64 arm64, x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd
Journaled File Systems ext4 ext4 ext4 ext4 ext4
Multilingual -- -- -- -- --
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- --
Full Package List 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0
Package 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- -- -- --
alsa-lib (1.2.13) 1.2.8 1.2.3.2 1.1.7 -- --
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- -- -- -- --
bash (5.2.37) 5.2 5.0 4.4.18 4.4 4.3.30
bind (9.20.4) -- -- -- -- --
chromium (131.0.6778.139) -- -- -- -- --
cups (2.4.11) 2.4.2 -- -- -- --
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.3 4.4.2 4.3.5 4.3.5 4.3.3
e2fsprogs (1.47.1) 1.46.5 1.45.6 1.44.3 1.43.4 1.42.13
firefox (133.0.3) -- -- -- -- --
freetype (2.13.3) 2.12.1 2.10.2 2.9.1 2.7.1 --
gcc (14.2.0) 12.2.0 10.2.0 7.3.0 6.3.0 5.3.0
gimp (2.10.38) -- -- -- -- --
glibc (2.40) 2.36 2.32 2.28 2.26 2.22
gnome-shell (47.2) -- -- -- -- --
gnucash (5.9) -- -- -- -- --
gnumeric (1.12.57) -- -- -- -- --
grub (2.12) 2.06 2.04 2.02 2.02 2.02
gtk (4.16.7) 3.23.3 -- -- -- --
httpd (2.4.62) 2.4.56 2.4.46 2.4.34 2.4.28 2.4.18
inkscape (1.4) -- -- -- -- --
k3b (24.12.0) -- -- -- -- --
kmod (33) 30 27 25 24 21
krita (5.2.6) -- -- -- -- --
LibreOffice (24.8.3) -- -- -- -- --
linux (6.12.4) 6.1.10 5.10.4 4.19.15 4.9.53 4.4.8
Package 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- -- -- --
mariadb (11.5.2) 10.9.4 10.5.5 10.3.11 10.2.8 --
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- -- --
mesa (24.3.1) 23.0.0 -- -- -- --
mysql (9.1.0) 8.0.32 8.0.21 8.0.14 5.7.20 --
nautilus (47.1) -- -- -- -- --
NVIDIA (565.77) -- -- -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- -- -- --
openjdk (23.0.1) 17.0.6 11.0.9 10.0.23 8u152 8u92
openssh (9.9p1) 9.1p1 8.4p1 7.8p1 7.5p1 7.1p2
openssl (3.4.0) 3.0.8 1.1.1i 1.0.2q 1.0.2l 1.0.2h
perl (5.40.0) 5.36.0 5.30.1 5.28.0 5.24.1 5.22.1
php (8.4.1) -- -- -- -- --
plasma-desktop (6.2.4) -- -- -- -- --
postfix (3.9.1) -- -- -- -- --
postgresql (17.2) 15.2 13.2 10.5 9.6.5 9.5.3
Python (3.13.1) 3.11.0 3.9.1 3.7.0 2.7.13 2.7.11
qt (6.8.1) -- -- -- -- --
samba (4.21.2) 4.17.5 -- -- -- --
systemd (257) 253 247.3 239 233 228
thunderbird (133.0) -- -- -- -- --
vim (9.1) 9.0 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.4
vlc (3.0.21) -- -- -- -- --
wayland (1.23.1) 1.21.0 -- -- -- --
xfdesktop (4.18.1) -- -- -- -- --
xorg-server (21.1.14) -- -- -- -- --

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