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| short = Running an operating system directly on physical hardware, with no hypervisor or virtualization layer in between. | |||
| long = A bare-metal installation runs the OS directly on the device (e.g. Home Assistant OS on a Raspberry Pi) rather than as a virtual machine or container on a host system. | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:13, 7 August 2026
Short definition: Running an operating system directly on physical hardware, with no hypervisor or virtualization layer in between.
Long definition: A bare-metal installation runs the OS directly on the device (e.g. Home Assistant OS on a Raspberry Pi) rather than as a virtual machine or container on a host system.