Photon OS
No phone app
6.3No. 22 of 42
in Operating Systems
in Operating Systems
- Recognised40% of the score62
- Phone app26% of the score0
- Documented20% of the score58
- Free plan14% of the score30
- Free plan
- No
- Runs on
- Linux
Summary
Photon OS is ranked #22 of 42 in operating systems on Samsung Mobile US Press. It runs on Linux.
Compared on operating systems
- Free plan
- Yesvmware.github.io
- Device types
- Bare-metal systems, virtual machines, Raspberry Pi, cloud instancesvmware.github.io
- CPU architectures
- x86_64, ARM64/aarch64vmware.github.io
- Support lifecycle
- Security updates as needed; non-security package updates described in legacy FAQ as quarterly; no fixed duration verifiedvmware.github.io
- Built-in management
- tdnf package manager; Photon Management Daemon; RPM OSTree; Network Configuration Managervmware.github.io
- App compatibility
- Docker and other container formats; Kubernetes; RPM packages via tdnf; RPM OSTreevmware.github.io
- Deployment models
- Bare metal; VMware hypervisors; ISO installation; OVA appliance; AWS AMI; Google GCE image; Azure VHD; Raspberry Pi imagevmware.github.io
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