# RancherOS is in end of life

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**Category:** Linux Chat/Discussions\
**Tags:** linux, rancheros\
**Created:** [30 January 2021 20:13 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/rancheros-is-in-end-of-life/6466 "2021-01-30T20:13:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [30 January 2021 20:39 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/rancheros-is-in-end-of-life/6466/7 "2021-01-30T20:39:26Z")

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Well Rancher products normally use `docker-machine` in the examples, thus they must be developed in Macs 😉

No idea about the others…

Here it his an interesting explanation about the SmartOS virtualization at the Operating System level:

[https://wiki.smartos.org/smartos-virtualization/](https://wiki.smartos.org/smartos-virtualization/)

> Joyent SmartMachines are Based on Solaris Zones[¶](https://wiki.smartos.org/smartos-virtualization/#joyent-smartmachines-are-based-on-solaris-zones)
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> Which gives us:
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> - CPU scheduling
> - network virtualization
> - security
> 
> Zones virtualization was added to Solaris 10 in 2005.

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