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What does "cloud native" Linux mean?
https://bazzite.gg/
It’s Linux designed around modern containerization and microservice technologies. The “cloud” naming is a bit of a misnomer, but the same abstracted technologies that help run a modern data center will help make sure your handheld’s launcher doesn’t break because a game or comparability layer wants to use a different database version. https://github.com/cncf/toc/blob/main/DEFINITION.md
Re: the GitHub definition.
Wow, I haven't read so much bullshit marketing speak since when everything was called "Object Orientated".
Tl;dr: They use proper workflows for building the OS.
No Idea why they advertise this on their end-customer facing sites.
Source: https://universal-blue.org/
Weird. That used to say "container-native", which at least makes sense -- it heavily emphasizes container technologies like Flatpak, Docker/Podman, and Distrobox.
There's no yum or dnf like on a standard Fedora system (though you can use rpm-ostree if you are desperate). As an "immutable" distro, it's designed so that you do not install apps at the system level.
I used container native originally because gamers are allergic to the word cloud, rightfully so.
Container native is wrong though, and I'm confident enough now to call it exactly what it is.