Fedora CoreOS

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Linux distribution operating system

Fedora CoreOS is an automatically updating, minimal, container-focused operating system designed for running containerized workloads at scale.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Fedora CoreOS canonical	3
Container Linux by CoreOS	2
CoreOS	2
CoreOS project	1
Fedora Atomic Desktops	1
Fedora Atomic Host	1
Fedora CoreOS project	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T314746 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fedora CoreOS
Context triple: [Fedora Linux, hasEdition, Fedora CoreOS]

A. Fedora Linux
Fedora Linux is a community-driven, cutting-edge Linux distribution sponsored by Red Hat, known for integrating the latest open-source technologies and serving as a foundation for other projects and operating systems.
B. Alpine Linux
Alpine Linux is a lightweight, security-focused Linux distribution designed for simplicity, resource efficiency, and containerized environments.
C. Dracut
Dracut is a town in northeastern Massachusetts, United States, known for its suburban character and proximity to the city of Lowell.
D. LXD
LXD is a system container and virtual machine manager that provides a user-friendly, image-based way to run and manage Linux environments.
E. CentOS
CentOS is a free, community-supported Linux distribution that provides a stable, enterprise-class operating system largely compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fedora CoreOS
Target entity description: Fedora CoreOS is an automatically updating, minimal, container-focused operating system designed for running containerized workloads at scale.

A. Fedora Linux
Fedora Linux is a community-driven, cutting-edge Linux distribution sponsored by Red Hat, known for integrating the latest open-source technologies and serving as a foundation for other projects and operating systems.
B. Alpine Linux
Alpine Linux is a lightweight, security-focused Linux distribution designed for simplicity, resource efficiency, and containerized environments.
C. Dracut
Dracut is a town in northeastern Massachusetts, United States, known for its suburban character and proximity to the city of Lowell.
D. LXD
LXD is a system container and virtual machine manager that provides a user-friendly, image-based way to run and manage Linux environments.
E. CentOS
CentOS is a free, community-supported Linux distribution that provides a stable, enterprise-class operating system largely compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Linux distribution ⓘ operating system ⓘ
architectureSupport	aarch64 ⓘ s390x ⓘ x86_64 ⓘ
basedOn	Fedora Linux ⓘ surface form: Fedora
bootProcess	Ignition runs on first boot ⓘ
configurationSystem	Butane ⓘ Ignition ⓘ
designedFor	Kubernetes ⓘ OpenShift Platform ⓘ surface form: OpenShift
developer	Fedora Linux ⓘ surface form: Fedora Project Red Hat ⓘ
distributionMethod	ISO images ⓘ bare metal images ⓘ cloud images ⓘ
family	Fedora Linux ⓘ
feature	Ignition-based provisioning ⓘ OSTree-based system management ⓘ automatic OS updates ⓘ automatic rollback on failed updates ⓘ built-in container runtime support ⓘ container-focused design ⓘ immutable-like root filesystem ⓘ minimal user space ⓘ read-only system partitions ⓘ rpm-ostree package management ⓘ secure-by-default configuration ⓘ systemd integration ⓘ transactional updates ⓘ
kernel	Linux kernel ⓘ
kernelType	monolithic kernel ⓘ
license	various free and open source licenses ⓘ
partOf	Fedora Project ecosystem ⓘ
primaryUse	container orchestration platforms ⓘ running containerized workloads ⓘ
relatedTo	Red Hat CoreOS ⓘ
releaseModel	continuous delivery ⓘ
releaseStream	next ⓘ stable ⓘ testing ⓘ
replaces	Fedora CoreOS self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fedora Atomic Host
sourceModel	open source ⓘ
sponsor	Red Hat ⓘ
supports	CRI-O ⓘ Docker ⓘ surface form: Docker (via compatibility in some environments) podman ⓘ
targetEnvironment	bare metal ⓘ cloud infrastructure ⓘ virtual machines ⓘ
updateModel	automatic updates ⓘ image-based updates ⓘ
website	https://getfedora.org/coreos/ ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fedora Linux → hasEdition → Fedora CoreOS ⓘ

Fedora Kinoite → isPartOf → Fedora CoreOS ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fedora Atomic Desktops

Fedora CoreOS → replaces → Fedora CoreOS self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fedora Atomic Host

Matthew Garrett → hasEmployer → Fedora CoreOS ⓘ

this entity surface form: CoreOS

etcd → developer → Fedora CoreOS ⓘ

this entity surface form: CoreOS

etcd → origin → Fedora CoreOS ⓘ

this entity surface form: CoreOS project

Butane → supportsPlatform → Fedora CoreOS ⓘ

Butane → maintainer → Fedora CoreOS ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fedora CoreOS project

Butane → relatedProject → Fedora CoreOS ⓘ

Red Hat CoreOS → derivedFrom → Fedora CoreOS ⓘ

this entity surface form: Container Linux by CoreOS

Red Hat CoreOS → replaced → Fedora CoreOS ⓘ