If you have a deployed fleet of CoreOS instances, FlatCar[1] looks like a viable alternative. This article from NewStack gets into the details.
[1] https://www.flatcar-linux.org/ [2] https://thenewstack.io/flatcar-linux-the-coreos-operating-sy...
[1] https://www.flatcar-linux.org/ [2] https://thenewstack.io/flatcar-linux-the-coreos-operating-sy...
The way I personally see it, if you were ok with using an OS from a team of veteran Linux/open-source contributors in 2013 you should be ok with using one from a team of veteran Linux/open-source contributors in 2018. But this time it's from a team that does not take venture funding.
Lastly, it is telling that the ppl that have the most confidence in us pulling this off are the ppl we've worked with as clients or through open source collaborations. We're happy to start there and prove ourselves along the way to other.
I wish you the best of luck, choice is important for the ecosystem.
It's open for general use now. :)
So when the acquisition was announced, it was a rather easy decision to make; one that we'd already been considering. But knowing that it was also likely to face changes under new "owners" allows us to also be in the position of preserving a technology that we feel is fundamentally sound.