14 DAY TRIAL // On December 12, 2016, CoreOS developer Alex Polvi was thrilled to announce that the security-oriented GNU/Linux distribution changed its name from CoreOS to Container Linux by CoreOS.
The decision to rename the OS was made earlier during the Tectonic Summit 2016 event presented by CoreOS, when the team also unveiled the next-gen CoreOS Tectonic enterprise Kubernetes solution for deploying and managing containers at scale, which is now based on the upstream Kubernetes 1.5 release to deliver self-driving capabilities.
As CoreOS is streamlined for containers and designed from the offset to deliver an automatic system update mechanism that allows you to immediately receive the latest security patches and keep your infrastructure up to date with the latest GNU/Linux technologies, the team renamed CoreOS Linux to "Container Linux by CoreOS."
"Over the years, CoreOS (the brand) has grown to represent not just a product but the leadership and expertise we provide to our customers and in the open community. So to differentiate our company from this widely used product, we have renamed CoreOS Linux to “Container Linux by CoreOS” and have given it a new logo as well," said the dev.
The good news continues with the free availability of CoreOS Tectonic for up to 10 (ten) nodes. Kubernetes 1.5 will be released shortly after this announcement, and we recommend checking out the release notes if you're curious to know what new features it packs. In the meantime, you can download the newest Container Linux release from our website.