Audience
Any user looking for a OS solution to manage, automate, and host container workloads
About openSUSE MicroOS
Microservice OS providing transactional (Atomic) updates upon a read-only btrfs root filesystem. Designed to host container workloads with automated administration & patching. Installing openSUSE MicroOS you get a quick, small environment for deploying containers, or any other workload that benefits from transactional updates. As rolling release distribution, the software is always up-to-date. MicroOS offers an offline image. The main difference between the offline and self-install/raw images is that the offline image has an installer. Raw and self-install allows for customization via combustion or manually in the image after it is written to the disk. There is an option for a real-time kernel. Try MicroOS in VMs running on either Xen or KVM. Using a Raspberry Pi or other system-on-chip hardware may use the preconfigured image together with the combustion functionality for the boot process.
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Pricing
Starting Price:
Free
Free Version:
Free Version available.
Integrations
Company Information
openSUSE
United States
get.opensuse.org/microos/
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Product Details
Platforms Supported
Windows
Linux
Training
Documentation
Support
Online
openSUSE MicroOS Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What kinds of users and organization types does openSUSE MicroOS work with?
openSUSE MicroOS works with these users and organization types: Mid Size Business, Small Business, Enterprise, Freelance, Nonprofit, Government, and Startup.
Q: What languages does openSUSE MicroOS support in their product?
openSUSE MicroOS supports these languages: English.
Q: What kind of support options does openSUSE MicroOS offer?
openSUSE MicroOS offers support via online.
Q: What other applications or services does openSUSE MicroOS integrate with?
openSUSE MicroOS integrates with: Cyrus IMAP, Kasm Workspaces, Raspberry Pi OS, and Visual LVM.
Q: What type of training does openSUSE MicroOS provide?
openSUSE MicroOS provides training in the form of documentation.
Q: How much does openSUSE MicroOS cost?
Pricing for openSUSE MicroOS starts at Free.
