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# Operating Systems
Typhoon supports [Fedora CoreOS](https://getfedora.org/coreos/) and [Flatcar Linux](https://www.flatcar-linux.org/). These operating systems were chosen because they offer:
* Minimalism and focus on clustered operation
* Automated and atomic operating system upgrades
* Declarative and immutable configuration
* Optimization for containerized applications
Together, they diversify Typhoon to support a range of container technologies.
* Fedora CoreOS: rpm-ostree, podman, moby
* Flatcar Linux: Gentoo core, rkt-fly, docker
## Host Properties
| Property | Flatcar Linux | Fedora CoreOS |
|-------------------|---------------------------------|---------------|
| Kernel | ~4.19.x | ~5.5.x |
| systemd | 241 | 243 |
| Ignition system | Ignition v2.x spec | Ignition v3.x spec |
| Container Engine | docker 18.06.3-ce | docker 18.09.8 |
| storage driver | overlay2 (extfs) | overlay2 (xfs) |
| logging driver | json-file | journald |
| cgroup driver | cgroupfs (except Flatcar edge) | systemd |
| Networking | systemd-networkd | NetworkManager |
| Username | core | core |
## Kubernetes Properties
| Property | Flatcar Linux | Fedora CoreOS |
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|
| single-master | all platforms | all platforms |
| multi-master | all platforms | all platforms |
| control plane | static pods | static pods |
| kubelet image | kubelet [image](https://github.com/poseidon/kubelet) with upstream binary | kubelet [image](https://github.com/poseidon/kubelet) with upstream binary |
| control plane images | upstream images | upstream images |
| on-host etcd | rkt-fly | podman |
| on-host kubelet | rkt-fly | podman |
| CNI plugins | calico or flannel | calico or flannel |
| coordinated drain & OS update | [CLUO](https://github.com/coreos/container-linux-update-operator) addon | (planned) |
## Directory Locations
Typhoon conventional directories.
| Kubelet setting | Host location |
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
| cni-conf-dir | /etc/kubernetes/cni/net.d |
| pod-manifest-path | /etc/kubernetes/manifests |
| volume-plugin-dir | /var/lib/kubelet/volumeplugins |