Photon OS is ranked #28 of 45 in operating systems on Freedom251. It runs on Linux.
Compared on operating systems
- Free plan
- Yes
- Device types
- Bare-metal systems, virtual machines, Raspberry Pi, cloud instances
- CPU architectures
- x86_64, ARM64/aarch64
- Support lifecycle
- Security updates as needed; non-security package updates described in legacy FAQ as quarterly; no fixed duration verified
- Built-in management
- tdnf package manager; Photon Management Daemon; RPM OSTree; Network Configuration Manager
- App compatibility
- Docker and other container formats; Kubernetes; RPM packages via tdnf; RPM OSTree
- Deployment models
- Bare metal; VMware hypervisors; ISO installation; OVA appliance; AWS AMI; Google GCE image; Azure VHD; Raspberry Pi image
