--- title: Intel Announces Shutdown of Clear Linux OS | daily.dev description: Intel has officially discontinued Clear Linux OS after 10 years, ending all security patches and updates immediately. The high-performance distribution was... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/intel-announces-shutdown-of-clear-linux-os-pcklprxfy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Intel Announces Shutdown of Clear Linux OS | daily.dev og:description: Intel has officially discontinued Clear Linux OS after 10 years, ending all security patches and updates immediately. The high-performance distribution was... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/intel-announces-shutdown-of-clear-linux-os-pcklprxfy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/PcKlPrXfY.png og:image:alt: Intel Announces Shutdown of Clear Linux OS og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Intel Announces Shutdown of Clear Linux OS **[Collections](https://daily.dev/sources/collections)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Intel has officially discontinued Clear Linux OS after 10 years, ending all security patches and updates immediately. The high-performance distribution was known for its x86_64 optimizations and superior benchmark performance compared to Ubuntu and Fedora. The shutdown is part of Intel's cost-cutting measures and leaves users needing to migrate to alternatives like Arch Linux, Fedora, or CachyOS. Clear Linux contributed significant innovations including profile-guided optimizations, kernel tweaks, and compiler enhancements that delivered fast boot times and excellent performance. ## Content Intel has announced the immediate and official shutdown of Clear Linux OS, its high-performance Linux distribution, after 10 years of development. Known for its performance optimizations tailored for x86_64 processors, Clear Linux consistently outperformed other distributions like Ubuntu and Fedora in various benchmarks, even on AMD hardware. Despite its prowess, the abrupt discontinuation comes amid Intel's broader cost-cutting measures, which include significant layoffs that have impacted key Linux kernel maintainers. The shutdown means an end to all security patches, updates, and maintenance, leaving current Clear Linux users to transition promptly to alternative distributions such as Arch Linux, Fedora, or CachyOS. The decision to terminate without a transition period has exposed production environments to potential vulnerabilities and marks Intel's retreat from the open-source project. Throughout its lifespan, Clear Linux brought numerous software innovations and aggressive optimizations, including profile-guided optimizations, kernel tweaks, and advanced compiler support, offering fast boot times and excellent performance across desktop and server environments. Intel has stated its continued support for the broader Linux ecosystem and extended gratitude to the community contributors over the past decade. Despite ending Clear Linux, the company assures ongoing engagement with other open-source projects. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#intel](https://daily.dev/tags/intel) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/intel-announces-shutdown-of-clear-linux-os-pcklprxfy) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Intel Announces Shutdown of Clear Linux OS","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/intel-announces-shutdown-of-clear-linux-os-pcklprxfy","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/intel-announces-shutdown-of-clear-linux-os-pcklprxfy"},"datePublished":"2025-07-19T02:00:06.159Z","dateModified":"2025-07-21T16:04:35.070Z","description":"Intel has officially discontinued Clear Linux OS after 10 years, ending all security patches and updates immediately. 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