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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/CLIP_OS > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/CLIP_OS.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLIP_OS > Source revision: 1343775462 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Linux-based operating system CLIP OS Developer Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d'information Stable release 5.0 Written in C Operating system Linux Type Security, License GNU LGPL v2.1+[1][2] Website clip-os.org CLIP OS is a [Linux](/source/Linux)-based [operating system](/source/Operating_system) created by [ANSSI, the National Cybersecurity Agency of France](/source/Agence_nationale_de_la_s%C3%A9curit%C3%A9_des_syst%C3%A8mes_d'information).[1][2] The aim is to produce a hardened operating system to secure sensitive information which meets[3] the needs of the French Administration.[1] ## History CLIP OS has been in development since before 2008.[1][2] In September 2018, ANSSI released two version of CLIP OS to the public: a stable version 4, and an in-development version 5.[2][1] ## System overview CLIP OS is based on the [Hardened Gentoo](/source/Hardened_Gentoo) variant of [Gentoo Linux](/source/Gentoo_Linux).[4] The developers have noted that whilst it has similar aims to [Qubes OS](/source/Qubes_OS), the environment isolation mechanism is different.[3] Further, administrators on a CLIP OS system will not be able to access user data, unlike a Qubes-based system. ## See also - [Security-Enhanced Linux](/source/Security-Enhanced_Linux) - [Gentoo Linux](/source/Gentoo_Linux) - [Qubes OS](/source/Qubes_OS) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-2018-09-19-ANSSI-clip-pr_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-2018-09-19-ANSSI-clip-pr_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-2018-09-19-ANSSI-clip-pr_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-2018-09-19-ANSSI-clip-pr_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-2018-09-19-ANSSI-clip-pr_1-4) ["CLIP OS – Open Source secured operating system (Press release)"](https://www.ssi.gouv.fr/en/actualite/clip-os-open-source-secured-operating-system/). *ANSSI* (in French). ANSSI. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-2018-09-20-zdnet_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-2018-09-20-zdnet_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-2018-09-20-zdnet_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-2018-09-20-zdnet_2-3) Cimpanu, Catalin (20 September 2018). ["French cyber-security agency open-sources CLIP OS, a security hardened OS"](https://www.zdnet.com/article/french-cyber-security-agency-open-sources-clip-os-a-security-hardened-os/). *ZDNet*. ZDNet. Retrieved 21 September 2018. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-2018-09-clip-os-faq_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-2018-09-clip-os-faq_3-1) CLIP OS development team. ["The CLIP OS Project"](https://clip-os.org/en/). *CLIP OS*. Retrieved 21 September 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2018-09-21-clip-architecture_4-0)** ["Architecture — CLIP OS 5.0.0_alpha1 documentation"](https://docs.clip-os.org/clipos/architecture.html). *docs.clip-os.org*. 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