# Cumulus Linux (As We Know It) Is Gone

DevFeed: [Cumulus Linux (As We Know It) Is Gone](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/cumulus-linux-as-we-know-it-is-gone-11195.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ipspace.net/2025/06/cumulus-linux-gone/>)

Published: 2025-06-02T06:36:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [ipSpace.net blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ipspace-net-blog.md>)

Topics: [Nvidia](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/nvidia.md>), [Simulation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/simulation.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>), [Networks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networks.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>)

Tags: [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [data-center](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-center.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networking.md>), [networks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networks.md>), [nvidia](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nvidia.md>), [simulation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/simulation.md>)

## AI overview

The article discusses NVIDIA's discontinuation of standalone Cumulus VX images and its use of NVIDIA AIR, a cloud-hosted data center simulation platform, for simulating Cumulus Linux switches. A later update says newer Cumulus VX images are reportedly available to NVIDIA customers with support contracts.

## Source excerpt

A reader of my blog pointed out the following minutiae hidden at the very bottom of the Cumulus Linux 5.13 What's New document: NVIDIA no longer releases Cumulus VX as a standalone image. To simulate a Cumulus Linux switch, use NVIDIA AIR. And what is NVIDIA AIR? Read more ...