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{{Short description|Linux distribution by Intel}}
{{for|the RedhatRed Hat-derived Linux distribution|ClearOS}}
 
{{Infobox OS
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| developer = [[Intel]]<!-- Name of main developer or sponsor-->
| family = [[Linux]] ([[Unix-like]])
| working state = <!-- "Current", "Discontinued" (operating systems), or "No longer supported" (releases) --> CurrentDiscontinued
| source model = <!-- "[[Open-source software|Open source]]", "Closed-source", or "Source-available" --> [[Open-source software|Open source]]
| released = {{Start date and age|2015|02|06|df=yes}}<!-- 06-Feb-2015 {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} --><ref name="clearlinux-releases"/><ref name="2015---01.org-clearlinux"/><ref name="2015-05-20-clearlinux.org"/>
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| Enabled:<br/>[[GNOME]]<ref name="docs_about" /> with [[GNOME Display Manager|GDM]]
| Optional:<br/>[[Xfce]],<ref name="linuxadictos-Xfce-to-GNOME"/><ref name="clearlinux-clarity-desktop"/><ref>{{cite web |title=xfce4-desktop-bundle |url=https://clearlinux.org/software/bundle/xfce4-desktop |website=clearlinux.org |access-date=25 September 2021 |archive-date=13 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613093125/https://clearlinux.org/software/bundle/xfce4-desktop |url-status=live }}</ref><br/>[[KDE Plasma 5|KDE Plasma]]<ref name="bundle-desktop-kde"/>
}}
| license = Multiple<ref name="clearlinux-current-licenses"/>
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'''Clear Linux OS''' is a discontinued [[Linux]] distribution, once developed and maintained on [[Intel]]'s 01.org [[open-source]] platform, and optimized for Intel's microprocessors with an emphasis on performance and security.<ref name="softpedia-workflows-tailored"/><ref name="make-tech-easier"/> Its optimizations arewere also effective on AMD systems.<ref name="techgage-2019-linux-performance"/> Clear Linux OS followsfollowed a [[rolling release]] model. Clear Linux OS iswas not intended to be a general-purpose Linux distribution; it iswas designed to be used by IT professionals for [[DevOps]], [[AI]] application development, [[cloud computing]], and [[container (virtualization)|container]]s.<ref name="kata-containers"/>
 
== History ==
In 2015, Intel introduced ''Clear Linux OS'' at OpenStack Summit 2015, Vancouver<ref name="OpenStack Vancouver 2015"/> initially, it was limited to cloud usage.<ref name="ionos-digital-guide"/><ref name="Distro-Watch"/><!-- https://tadviser.com/index.php/Product:Intel_Clear_Linux --> Intel began the ''Clear Containers'' project to address [[Container (virtualization)|container]] security.<ref name="Arjan-intro-ClearContainers"/><ref name="2015-09-21-01.org/clearlinux"/><ref name="clearlinux-kata-containers"/> In 2015, originally, ''Clear Linux OS'' was deployed as a single monolithic unit.<ref name="infoworld-clearlinux-coreos"/> In May 2019, Clear Linux OS released a new Desktop Installer and started a Help Forum.<ref name="clearlinux-news-installer-v20"/><ref name="heise-2020-04-30-Ausprobiert-leistungsfaehige"/>
 
On July 18, 2025, Intel announced the end of support ''Clear Linux OS'', effective immediately.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-07-18 |title=All good things come to an end: Shutting down Clear Linux OS |url=https://community.clearlinux.org/t/all-good-things-come-to-an-end-shutting-down-clear-linux-os/10716 |access-date=2025-07-20 |website=Clear Linux OS Forum |language=en |archive-date=2025-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250719112636/https://community.clearlinux.org/t/all-good-things-come-to-an-end-shutting-down-clear-linux-os/10716 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Intel Announces It's Shutting Down Clear Linux |url=https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Ends-Clear-Linux |access-date=2025-07-20 |website=www.phoronix.com |language=en |archive-date=2025-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250720004028/https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Ends-Clear-Linux |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Intel dreht eigene Linux-Distribution von einem Tag auf den anderen ab |url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000280310/intel-dreht-eigene-linux-distribution-von-einem-tag-auf-den-anderen-ab |access-date=2025-07-21 |website=DER STANDARD |language=de-AT}}</ref>
 
''Clear Linux OS'' is available via [[Microsoft Azure|Microsoft Azure marketplace]],<ref name="itsfoss-clear-linux"/><ref name="microsoft-azure-marketplace-clearlinux"/> and [[Amazon Web Services]] marketplace.<ref name="amazon-web-services" />
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=== Package management ===
Packages are usually installed and updated through bundles with the help of <code>swupd</code>,<ref>{{cite web |title=clearlinux/swupd-client |url=https://github.com/clearlinux/swupd-client |website=github.com |access-date=29 September 2021 |archive-date=29 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929142848/https://github.com/clearlinux/swupd-client |url-status=live }}</ref> which is described as an ''OS-level software update program'', using [[delta update]]s to minimize update size. [[Flatpak]] is also preinstalled and can be used to install and use packages.
 
Mixer is the tool for creating 3rd-party-bundles, which can then be installed using <code>swupd</code>.<ref>{{cite web |title=swupd 3rd-party |url=https://docs.01.org/clearlinux/latest/guides/clear/swupd-3rd-party.html |website=Documentation for Clear Linux* project |publisher=docs.01.org |access-date=7 September 2021 |archive-date=30 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830143408/https://docs.01.org/clearlinux/latest/guides/clear/swupd-3rd-party.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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== Competitors ==
For containers:
* [[Bare Metal Container]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Suzaki |first1=Kuniyasu |title=Senior Researcher |url=https://staff.aist.go.jp/k.suzaki/ |website=Cyber Physical Security Research Center |publisher=National Institute of Advanced Industrial , Japan Science and Technology |access-date=2021-09-08 |archive-date=2022-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616034215/https://staff.aist.go.jp/k.suzaki/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Fedora CoreOS]]
* [[OpenSUSE#openSUSE MicroOS|openSUSE MicroOS]]
* [[RancherOS]]
* [[Snappy Ubuntu Core]]
* [[VMware]] Project {{interlanguage link|Photon OS|de}}
* [[SmartOS]]
* [[ResinOS]]
* [[Ubuntu#Official_distributions|Ubuntu Core]]
* [[OpenSUSE#openSUSE MicroOS|openSUSE MicroOS]]
* [[VMware]] Project {{interlanguage link|Photon OS|de}}
* [[Bare Metal Container]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Suzaki |first1=Kuniyasu |title=Senior Researcher |url=https://staff.aist.go.jp/k.suzaki/ |website=Cyber Physical Security Research Center |publisher=National Institute of Advanced Industrial , Japan Science and Technology |access-date=2021-09-08 |archive-date=2022-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616034215/https://staff.aist.go.jp/k.suzaki/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
== Name ==
''Clear Linux'' was referred to in early documentation as ''Clear Linux{{tm}} OS'', later as ''Clear Linux* OS'' with a corresponding footnote acknowledging that the rights to "[[Linux]]" may be possessed by others.<ref name="2015---01.org-clearlinux"/><ref name="2015-05-20-clearlinux.org"/> ''Clear Linux OS'' has been referred to, in the literature, as ''Clear Linux™ OS'', ''Clear Linux* OS'', ''Clear Linux OS'', ''Clear Linux*'', and ''Clear Linux''.<ref name="docs.01.org-clearlinux-image-types"/>
 
== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="OpenStack Vancouver 2015">{{cite web
{{cite web
|title=OpenStack Vancouver 2015
|url=https://www.openstack.org/summit/vancouver-2015/
|website=[[OpenStack]]
|access-date=7 September 2021
|language=en}}
|archive-date=19 January 2015
</ref>
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119045219/https://www.openstack.org/summit/vancouver-2015/
<ref name="make-tech-easier">
|url-status=live
{{cite web |last1=Perkins |first1=John
}}</ref>
|title=Clear Linux Review: The McLaren of Linux Distros |url=https://www.maketecheasier.com/clear-linux-review/
<ref name="make-tech-easier">{{cite web
|last1=Perkins
|first1=John
|title=Clear Linux Review: The McLaren of Linux Distros
|url=https://www.maketecheasier.com/clear-linux-review/
|website=Make Tech Easier
|date=2021-01-07}}
|access-date=2021-08-24
</ref>
|archive-date=2021-01-07
<ref name="kata-containers">
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107170751/https://www.maketecheasier.com/clear-linux-review/
{{cite web
|url-status=live
}}</ref>
<ref name="kata-containers">{{cite web
|title= Clear Linux* OS announces support for Kata Containers
|url= https://clearlinux.org/news-blogs/clear-linux-os-announces-support-kata-containers
|website= Clear Linux* Project
|language= en}}
|access-date= 2021-08-30
</ref>
|archive-date= 2020-08-10
<ref name="softpedia-workflows-tailored">
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200810080726/https://clearlinux.org/news-blogs/clear-linux-os-announces-support-kata-containers
{{cite web |last1=Nestor |first1=Marius
|url-status= live
|title=Intel's Clear Linux OS Now Offers Workflows Tailored for Linux Developers |url=https://news.softpedia.com/news/intel-s-clear-linux-os-now-offers-workflows-tailored-for-linux-developers-526049.shtml |website=[[softpedia]]
}}</ref>
|date=May 15, 2019
<ref name="softpedia-workflows-tailored">{{cite web |last1=Nestor |first1=Marius |title=Intel's Clear Linux OS Now Offers Workflows Tailored for Linux Developers |url=https://news.softpedia.com/news/intel-s-clear-linux-os-now-offers-workflows-tailored-for-linux-developers-526049.shtml |website=[[softpedia]] |date=May 15, 2019 |language=en |access-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-date=May 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515182333/https://news.softpedia.com/news/intel-s-clear-linux-os-now-offers-workflows-tailored-for-linux-developers-526049.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
|language=en }}
<ref name="clearlinux-clarity-desktop">{{cite web
</ref>
<ref name="clearlinux-clarity-desktop">
{{cite web
|title= Clarity in the Desktop
|url= https://clearlinux.org/news-blogs/clarity-desktop
|date= 22 April 2016
|website= Clear Linux* Project
|language= en}}
|access-date= 30 August 2021
</ref>
|archive-date= 30 December 2019
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191230002910/https://clearlinux.org/news-blogs/clarity-desktop
|url-status= live
}}</ref>
<ref name="Distro-Watch">
{{DistroWatch|clear|Clear Linux}}
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<ref name="extremetech-2019-clear-linux-os-update">{{cite web
{{cite web |last1=Hruska
|first1=Joel
|title=Intel Unveils Clear Linux OS Update at Open Source Summit
|url=https://www.extremetech.com/computing/291429-intel-unveils-clear-linux-os-update-at-open-source-summit
|website=[[ExtremeTech]]
|access-date=13 June 2021
|date=May 15, 2019}}
|archive-date=18 May 2019
</ref>
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518122022/https://www.extremetech.com/computing/291429-intel-unveils-clear-linux-os-update-at-open-source-summit
<ref name="techgage-2019-linux-performance">
|url-status=live
{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Rob
}}</ref>
|title=A Linux For Speed Hounds: A Look At Clear Linux Performance |url=https://techgage.com/article/a-look-at-clear-linux-performance/
<ref name="techgage-2019-linux-performance">{{cite web
|last1=Williams
|first1=Rob
|title=A Linux For Speed Hounds: A Look At Clear Linux Performance
|url=https://techgage.com/article/a-look-at-clear-linux-performance/
|website=Techgage
|access-date=13 June 2021
|date=October 24, 2019 }}
|archive-date=28 April 2020
</ref>
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428101216/https://techgage.com/article/a-look-at-clear-linux-performance/
|url-status=live
}}</ref>
<ref name="docs.01.org-clearlinux-image-types">{{cite web
|title= Clear Linux* OS image types
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<ref name="linuxadictos-Xfce-to-GNOME">{{cite web |title=Clear Linux: the Linux distribution developed by Intel |url=https://www.linuxadictos.com/en/clear-linux-la-distribucion-de-linux-desarrollada-por-intel.html |website=Linux Adictos |access-date=13 June 2021 |language=en |date=2018-09-08 |archive-date=2021-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613105236/https://www.linuxadictos.com/en/clear-linux-la-distribucion-de-linux-desarrollada-por-intel.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="linuxadictos-Xfce-to-GNOME">
<ref name="clearlinux-current-licenses">{{cite web
{{cite web
|title=Clear Linux: the Linux distribution developed by Intel |url=https://www.linuxadictos.com/en/clear-linux-la-distribucion-de-linux-desarrollada-por-intel.html
|website=Linux Adictos
|access-date=13 June 2021
|language=en |date=2018-09-08 }}
</ref>
<ref name="clearlinux-current-licenses">
{{cite web
|title= List of licenses used in Clear Linux OS
|url= https://download.clearlinux.org/current/licenses
|website= Clear Linux* Project
|language= en}}
|access-date= 2021-08-30
</ref>
|archive-date= 2017-07-04
<ref name="Arjan-intro-ClearContainers">
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170704010100/https://download.clearlinux.org/current/licenses
{{cite web |last1=Ven |first1=Arjan van de Ven
|url-status= live
|title=An introduction to Clear Containers
}}</ref>
|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/644675/ |website=[[LWN.net]]
<ref name="Arjan-intro-ClearContainers">{{cite web |last1=Ven |first1=Arjan van de Ven |title=An introduction to Clear Containers |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/644675/ |website=[[LWN.net]] |access-date=13 June 2021 |date=May 18, 2015 |archive-date=20 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520010011/https://lwn.net/Articles/644675/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|access-date=13 June 2021
|date=May 18, 2015
}}
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<ref name="2015-09-21-01.org/clearlinux">
{{cite web |title=Home |url=https://01.org/clearlinux
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</ref>
<ref name="clearlinux-kata-containers">{{cite web |title=Intel® Clear Containers: Now part of Kata Containers |url=https://clearlinux.org/news-blogs/intel-clear-containers-now-part-kata-containers |website=Clear Linux* Project |access-date=31 August 2021 |language=en |archive-date=23 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923025159/https://clearlinux.org/news-blogs/intel-clear-containers-now-part-kata-containers |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="clearlinux-kata-containers">
<ref name="infoworld-clearlinux-coreos">{{cite news |last1=Yegulalp |first1=Serdar |title=Intel takes on CoreOS with its own container-based Linux |url=https://www.infoworld.com/article/2925038/intel-takes-on-coreos-with-its-own-container-based-linux.html |access-date=13 June 2021 |date=2015-05-21 |work=[[InfoWorld]] |language=en |archive-date=2021-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613093123/https://www.infoworld.com/article/2925038/intel-takes-on-coreos-with-its-own-container-based-linux.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{cite web |title=Intel® Clear Containers: Now part of Kata Containers |url=https://clearlinux.org/news-blogs/intel-clear-containers-now-part-kata-containers |website=Clear Linux* Project |access-date=31 August 2021 |language=en}}
<ref name="clearlinux-releases">{{cite web
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<ref name="infoworld-clearlinux-coreos">
{{cite news |last1=Yegulalp |first1=Serdar
|title=Intel takes on CoreOS with its own container-based Linux |url=https://www.infoworld.com/article/2925038/intel-takes-on-coreos-with-its-own-container-based-linux.html
|access-date=13 June 2021
|date=2015-05-21
|work=[[InfoWorld]]
|language=en }}
</ref>
<ref name="clearlinux-releases">
{{cite web
|title= Index of /releases/
|url= https://cdn.download.clearlinux.org/releases/
|website= Clear Linux Project
|language= en}}
|access-date= 2021-08-31
</ref>
|archive-date= 2020-03-18
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200318213319/https://cdn.download.clearlinux.org/releases/
|url-status= live
}}</ref>
<ref name="docs_about">
{{cite web
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|title=An Overview of Clear Linux, its Features and Installation Procedure |url=https://itsfoss.com/clear-linux/
|website=it's foss
|date=7 October 2017
|access-date=31 August 2021
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831125812/https://itsfoss.com/clear-linux/ |archive-date=31 August 2021
}}
</ref>
<ref name="microsoft-azure-marketplace-clearlinux">{{cite web
{{cite web
|title= Announcing the availability of Clear Linux* OS in Azure Marketplace
|url= https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-the-availability-of-clear-linux-os-in-azure-marketplace/
|website= Microsoft Azure
|date= 18 January 2017
|language= en}}
|access-date= 31 August 2021
</ref>
|archive-date= 26 January 2017
<ref name="clearlinux-news-installer-v20">
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170126001013/https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-the-availability-of-clear-linux-os-in-azure-marketplace/
{{cite web
|url-status= live
}}</ref>
<ref name="clearlinux-news-installer-v20">{{cite web
|title= Clear Linux Installer v2.0
|url= https://clearlinux.org/news-blogs/clear-linux-installer-v20
|website= Clear Linux* Project: Blogs & News
|language= en}}
|access-date= 2021-08-30
</ref>
|archive-date= 2021-08-30
<ref name="clearlinux-news-highlights-5-auto-updating">
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210830114117/https://clearlinux.org/news-blogs/clear-linux-installer-v20
{{cite web
|url-status= live
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<ref name="clearlinux-news-highlights-5-auto-updating">{{cite web
|title= Clear Linux Highlights #5
|url= https://clearlinux.org/news-blogs/clear-linux-highlights-5
|website= Clear Linux* Project: Blogs & News
|date= 2016-11-28
|language= en}}
|access-date= 2021-08-31
</ref>
|archive-date= 2021-08-31
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|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210831045524/https://clearlinux.org/news-blogs/clear-linux-highlights-5
{{cite web |last1=Wolski |first1=David
|url-status= live
}}</ref>
<ref name="heise-2020-04-30-Ausprobiert-leistungsfaehige">{{cite web
|last1= Wolski
|first1= David
|trans-title= Tried: Clear Linux, Intel's powerful Linux distribution
|title= Ausprobiert: Clear Linux, Intels leistungsfähige Linux-Distribution
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|archive-date= 2020-04-30
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|url-status= live
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<ref name="bundle-desktop-kde">{{cite web |title=KDE Plasma 5 bundle |url=https://clearlinux.org/software/bundle/desktop-kde |website=clearlinux.org |access-date=25 September 2021 |archive-date=25 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925112153/https://clearlinux.org/software/bundle/desktop-kde |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="bundle-desktop-kde">
<ref name="amazon-web-services">{{cite web |title=AWS Marketplace: Clear Linux OS |url=https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-etajttzzjzs24 |website=aws.amazon.com |access-date=7 January 2023 |archive-date=6 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210706005909/https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-etajttzzjzs24 |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{cite web |title=KDE Plasma 5 bundle |url=https://clearlinux.org/software/bundle/desktop-kde |website=clearlinux.org |access-date=25 September 2021}}
<ref name="clear-linux-system-requirements">{{cite web |title=Recommended minimum system requirements - Documentation for Clear Linux* project |url=https://clearlinux.github.io/clear-linux-documentation/reference/system-requirements.html#system-requirements |website=clearlinux.github.io |access-date=7 January 2023 |archive-date=26 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126162444/https://clearlinux.github.io/clear-linux-documentation/reference/system-requirements.html#system-requirements |url-status=live }}</ref>
</ref>
<ref name="amazon-web-services">
{{cite web |title=AWS Marketplace: Clear Linux OS |url=https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-etajttzzjzs24 |website=aws.amazon.com |access-date=7 January 2023}}
</ref>
<ref name="clear-linux-system-requirements">
{{cite web |title=Recommended minimum system requirements - Documentation for Clear Linux* project |url=https://clearlinux.github.io/clear-linux-documentation/reference/system-requirements.html#system-requirements |website=clearlinux.github.io |access-date=7 January 2023}}
</ref>
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://clearlinux.org}}
* {{github|clearlinux-pkgs}}
* {{DistroWatch|clear|Clear Linux}}
 
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[[Category:X86-64 Linux distributions]]
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