Clear Linux OS Terminated as Intel Trims the Fat
GERMANY, JUL 21 – Intel ends Clear Linux OS after 10 years amid restructuring and cost cuts, leaving the repository in read-only mode and urging rapid user migration, officials said.
- In a sudden move, Intel terminated its decade-long Linux project, marking the end of Clear Linux OS maintenance.
- Under Lip-Bu Tan's leadership, Intel acknowledged a downturn, and cuts and layoffs made the Clear Linux OS project expendable.
- The repository is now read-only, requiring a fork, and users are instructed to migrate immediately as support ceases.
- Community members voiced frustration at the abrupt cutoff, while Intel expressed gratitude with a heartfelt thank you.
- Despite ending Clear Linux, Intel pledged continued optimizations for other distributions, while maintaining contributions to the Linux kernel.
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Intel has announced the end of Clear Linux support, a 10-year-old distro that the manufacturer had adapted to its components to be much more efficient.
·Madrid, Spain
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Clear Linux will be stopped immediately, there will be no updates. Intel advises to switch to other distributions immediately.
·Vienna, Austria
Read Full ArticleIntel has discontinued its own Linux variant Clear Linux OS - in parallel we notice an increasing popularity of Linux.
The Clear Linux OS optimized for performance and container operation is history. Why Intel suddenly discontinued distribution is open.
·Germany
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