A/B storage partition system allows seamless updates & rollback.Now you can generate a custom initial ram disk, custom installer ISO & custom RPM-OSTree ISO through the command line.Upgrades to core packages like systemd (253.0), cloud-init (23.1.1), openssl (3.0.8), etc.
Highlights of Photon OS Release Candidate pmd-nxtgen and network-config-manager provided excellent tools for administrators to configure, manage and perform administrative actions. Photon OS 5.0 Beta introduced some exciting improvements over the 4.0, including support for cgroupsv2, Kernel Live Patching, rootless support for containerd, and enabled support for Intel Sapphire Rapids. You can download the Photon OS 5.0 Beta images from here.
This release is available in pre-packaged binary formats, including bootable ISO, pre-installed OVA, Amazon AMI image, Google GCE image, and Azure VHD. Following the release of Photon OS 5.0 Beta earlier this year, we are pleased to announce the availability of the Release Candidate of Photon OS 5.0.
