pct: add section for supported distributions

Signed-off-by: Oguz Bektas <o.bektas@proxmox.com>
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* Modern Linux kernels
* Image based deployment (templates)
* Image based deployment (xref:pct_supported_distributions[templates])
* Uses {pve} xref:chapter_storage[storage library]
* Container setup from host (network, DNS, storage, etc.)
[[pct_supported_distributions]]
Supported Distributions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List of officially supported distributions can be found below.
Templates for the following distributions are available through our
repositories. You can use xref:pct_container_images[pveam] tool or the
Graphical User Interface to download them.
Alpine Linux
^^^^^^^^^^^^
[quote, 'https://alpinelinux.org']
____
"Alpine Linux is a security-oriented, lightweight Linux distribution based on
musl libc and busybox."
____
https://alpinelinux.org/releases/
Archlinux
^^^^^^^^^
[quote, 'https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_Linux']
____
"a lightweight and flexible Linux® distribution that tries to Keep It Simple."
____
CentOS, Almalinux, Rocky Linux
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
__CentOS__:
[quote, 'https://centos.org']
____
"The CentOS Linux distribution is a stable, predictable, manageable and
reproducible platform derived from the sources of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
(RHEL)"
____
https://wiki.centos.org/About/Product
__Almalinux__:
[quote, 'https://almalinux.org']
____
"An Open Source, community owned and governed, forever-free
enterprise Linux distribution, focused on long-term stability, providing a
robust production-grade platform. AlmaLinux OS is 1:1 binary compatible with
RHEL® and pre-Stream CentOS."
____
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlmaLinux#Releases
__Rocky Linux__:
[quote, 'https://rockylinux.org']
____
"Rocky Linux is a community enterprise operating system designed
to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with America's top enterprise Linux
distribution now that its downstream partner has shifted direction."
____
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Linux#Releases
Debian
^^^^^^
[quote, 'https://www.debian.org/intro/index#software']
____
"Debian is a free operating system, developed and maintained by the Debian
project. A free Linux distribution with thousands of applications to meet our
users' needs."
____
https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/releasenotes
Devuan
^^^^^^
[quote, 'https://www.devuan.org']
____
"Devuan GNU+Linux is a fork of Debian without systemd that allows users to
reclaim control over their system by avoiding unnecessary entanglements and
ensuring Init Freedom."
____
Fedora
^^^^^^
[quote, 'https://getfedora.org']
____
"Fedora creates an innovative, free, and open source platform for hardware,
clouds, and containers that enables software developers and community members
to build tailored solutions for their users."
____
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases
Gentoo
^^^^^^
[quote, 'https://www.gentoo.org']
____
"a highly flexible, source-based Linux distribution."
____
OpenSUSE
^^^^^^^^
[quote, 'https://www.opensuse.org']
____
"The makers' choice for sysadmins, developers and desktop users."
____
https://get.opensuse.org/leap/
Ubuntu
^^^^^^
[quote, 'https://docs.ubuntu.com/']
____
"The worlds most popular Linux for desktop computing."
____
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
[[pct_container_images]]
Container Images
----------------
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Container images, sometimes also referred to as ``templates'' or
``appliances'', are `tar` archives which contain everything to run a container.
{pve} itself provides a variety of basic templates for the most common Linux
distributions. They can be downloaded using the GUI or the `pveam` (short for
{pve} Appliance Manager) command line utility.
Additionally, https://www.turnkeylinux.org/[TurnKey Linux] container templates
are also available to download.
{pve} itself provides a variety of basic templates for the
xref:pct_supported_distributions[most common Linux distributions]. They can be
downloaded using the GUI or the `pveam` (short for {pve} Appliance Manager)
command line utility. Additionally, https://www.turnkeylinux.org/[TurnKey
Linux] container templates are also available to download.
The list of available templates is updated daily through the 'pve-daily-update'
timer. You can also trigger an update manually by executing: