Clear Linux* OS image types¶
Clear Linux* OS offers many types of images for different platforms and environments.
The naming convention of a Clear Linux OS image filename is:
clear-[version number]-[image type].[compression type]
The [version number] field specifies the version number.
The [image type] field specifies the type of image and its corresponding file format.
The [compression type] field specifies the compression type. Two types of compression methods are used: GNU* zip (.gz) and XZ (.xz).
Table 1 lists the currently available images that are platform independent. Table 2 lists the currently available images that are platform specific.
Image Type |
Description |
|---|---|
live-desktop.img or live-desktop.iso |
Image for booting to GNOME* desktop to preview or install the OS. |
live-server.img or live-server.iso |
Image for booting to server command prompt to preview or install the OS. |
Image Type |
Description |
|---|---|
aws.img |
Image suitable for use with Amazon* AWS*. |
azure.vhd |
Virtual Hard Disk for use on Microsoft* Azure* cloud platform. |
azure-docker.vhd |
Virtual Hard Disk for use on Microsoft Azure cloud platform with Docker* pre-installed. |
azure-machine-learning.vhd |
Virtual Hard Disk for use on Microsoft Azure cloud platform with the machine-learning-basic bundle installed. |
cloudguest.img |
Image with generic cloud guest virtual machine (VM) requirements installed. |
gce.tar |
Image with the Google Compute Engine (GCE) specific kernel. |
hyperv.vhdx |
Virtual Hard Disk for use with Microsoft Hyper-V* hypervisor. Includes optimized kernel for Hyper-V. |
kvm.img |
Image for booting in a simple VM with start_qemu.sh. Includes optimized kernel for KVM. |
kvm-legacy.img |
Image for booting in a simple VM using legacy BIOS, if using start_qemu.sh make sure to remove -bios parameter. |
pxe.tar |
Image suitable for use with PXE server. |
vmware.vmdk |
Virtual Machine Disk for VMware* platforms including Player, Workstation, and ESXi. |