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@LinusTech's latest video - POV: When you realize deploying your own VPN can be simple and secure with Flatcar #Flatcar #VPN #LinusTechTips
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ALT A meme featuring the 'Distracted Boyfriend' stock photo. The image shows a man labeled 'Tech Enthusiast' turning away from his girlfriend, labeled 'Complex VPN Configurations,' to look at another woman passing by, labeled 'Flatcar's Simple and Secure VPN Setup.' The caption reads: 'POV: When you realize deploying your own VPN can be simple and secure with Flatcar.
If you’re running Flatcar, please update your workloads to the latest release for your channel.
📜 Release notes in the usual spot: flatcar.org/releases/
#Flatcar #Linux
New Flatcar releases are out! 🚢
* Alpha 4820.0.0
* Beta 4790.1.0
* Stable 4757.2.0
This round brings kernel and runtime updates, security fixes, networking improvements, and a substantial Stable rollout.
Highlights:
🧪 Alpha: Ignition 2.27.0, Linux 6.12.109 + better early-boot networking.
🛠 Beta: Linux 6.12.109, Docker 29.1.3 + Podman 6.0.0.
✅ Stable: OCI images + signed sysexts; Equinix Metal and Rackspace support removed.
Flatcar Container Linux retweeted
4th time's the charm. 🚀
After 3 terms of LFX rejections, I officially got selected for the LFX Mentorship (2026 Term 3)!
I’ll be contributing to @flatcar Container Linux, building a Cloud-Init to Butane YAML config transpiler.
Also special thanks to my mentor tormath1.
Not happy to only maintain a distro, the team has been able to forecast the #Proxmox ARM64 support by releasing Flatcar ARM64 images for Proxmox 2y ago! Give it a shot with the updated documentation: flatcar.org/docs/latest/depl… and huge congrats Proxmox folks for this update.
New Flatcar Container Linux releases are now available:
• Beta 4722.1.0
• Stable 4593.2.4
• LTS-2024 4081.3.9
Here’s what’s included in each release. 🧵
Stable 4593.2.4 includes:
• Linux 6.12.95
• Updated CA certificates
• Security fixes for the Linux kernel
LTS-2024 4081.3.9 includes:
• Linux 6.6.144
• Updated CA certificates
• Linux kernel security fixes
View the complete release notes and download the latest Flatcar releases on our (awesomely refactored) release page:
flatcar.org/releases
#Flatcar #ContainerLinux #CloudNative #Linux
📚 Flatcar docs got a HUGE refresh:
- reorganised around what you're actually trying to do (PR 599)
- plus a rebuilt flatcar.org/releases page (PR 605). Bugs will slip through, please report them!
Thanks @CloudNativeFdn, Bruce Hamilton, Seth McEvoy & Uchechukwu Obasi 💖
New Flatcar Alpha, Beta and Stable releases now available!
📦 Many package updates: OpenSSH, Kernel, systemd
🔒 CVE fixes & security patches
📷 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure support
📜 Release notes at the usual spot: flatcar.org/releases/
🚀New Flatcar releases for all channels now available! 🚀
- Alpha 4694.0.1
- Beta 4628.1.2
- Stable 4593.2.2
- LTS-2024 4081.3.8
#linux #cloudnative #containers #updates
📦 Package updates: Linux 6.12.91 (Alpha/Beta/Stable), Linux 6.6.141 (LTS), ca-certificates 3.124
🔒 Security maintenance release for the recently disclosed kernel LPEs Fragnesia (CVE-2026-46300) and ssh-keysign-pwn (CVE-2026-46333), plus the usual kernel CVE roll-up
🚨 Fresh Flatcar Alpha, Beta, and Stable releases are now out with Linux 6.12.87 and a large set of kernel security fixes.
The recently disclosed Linux “Dirty Frag” privilege escalation flaws are addressed in these releases.
🚀 Alpha 4694.0.0
⚙️ Beta 4628.1.1
🛡️ Stable 4593.2.1
Highlights:
• Linux 6.12.87
• Kernel security fixes
• EROFS tools for containerd
• OEM partition mount rework
• ARM64 QEMU/KVM VNC serial logging
• Updated firmware & CA certs