Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2021 19:53:45 +0000
<p>Kubernetes lets us manage our infrastructure declaratively, so why do we still manage the underlying OS with a myriad of different text files? And why allow shell and SSH access to a machine that should be immutable? So asked <a href="https://twitter.com/andrewrynhard">Andrew Rynhard</a> before creating Talos, a Linux distribution built for Kubernetes. He’s now CTO of Talos Systems, a company founded to take it to market.</p> <p>Do you have something cool to share? Some questions? Let us know:</p> <ul> <li>web: <a href="https://kubernetespodcast.com">kubernetespodcast.com</a></li> <li>mail: <a href="mailto:kubernetespodcast@google.com">kubernetespodcast@google.com</a></li> <li>twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/kubernetespod">@kubernetespod</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="chatter-of-the-week">Chatter of the week</h3> <ul> <li>40 years of the IBM PC <ul> <li><a href="https://www.pcjs.org/machines/pcx86/ibm/5150/cga/">5150 emulator and docs</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/746568/40-years-later-what-was-it-like-to-use-an-ibm-pc-in-1981/"> What was it like to use?</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/TubeTimeUS/status/1425963451835305984">Twitter thread about the cost of add-ons</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.os2museum.com/wp/the-ibm-pc-41-years-ago/">41 years ago: the story of the creation of the PC</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>DONKEY.BAS <ul> <li><a href="https://www.pcjs.org/software/pcx86/app/ibm/basic/1.00/donkey/">Play it on the 5150 emulator</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DONKEY.BAS">Learn about it</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.cultofmac.com/462801/36-years-on-you-can-play-bill-gates-donkey-game-on-apple-watch/"> Play it on the iPhone or Apple Watch</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Commodore 64 <ul> <li><a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/wheel-of-fortune">Wheel of Fortune</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/little-computer-people">Little Computer People</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.commodore.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/c64_what_you_get_commodore_micro_feb-1985.jpg"> C64 vs IBM advertising</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS_Technology_6502">6502 and derivative CPUs</a>: the C64 used a 6510</li> <li><a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-truth-about-benders-brain">Bender</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h3 id="news-of-the-week">News of the week</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/litmuschaos/litmus/releases/tag/2.0.0">Litmus 2.0.0</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://kubernetespodcast.com/episode/056-openebs/">Episode 56, with Evan Powell</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://www.cncf.io/blog/2021/08/17/open-sourcing-the-spiffe-spire-security-audit"> SPIRE security audit</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://kubernetespodcast.com/episode/045-spiffe/">Episode 45, with Andrew Jessup</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://github.com/nickgerace/bovine">Bovine</a> by Nick Gerace <ul> <li><a href="https://rust-cloud-native.github.io/">Rust Cloud Native</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/operations/verify-gke-services-are-up-with-dedicated-uptime-checks"> Verify GKE services are up with dedicated uptime checks</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.cncf.io/blog/2021/08/16/cncf-lfx-projects-are-open-for-fall-2021-apply-by-august-22nd/"> LFX projects open for (Northern) Fall term</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="links-from-the-interview">Links from the interview</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://talos.dev/">Talos</a> (the OS)</li> <li><a href="https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/">Linux from Scratch</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talos">Talos</a> (the robot)</li> <li><a href="https://github.com/cosi-project">COSI</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.talos-systems.com/blog/is-vanilla-kubernetes-really-too-heavy-for-the-raspberry-pi/"> Comparing k3s to vanilla Kubernetes on Talos</a></li> <li>Talos announcement on <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/kubernetes/comments/aqt0u9/talos_a_modern_linux_distribution_for_kubernetes/"> Reddit</a> and <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19172260">Hacker News</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.talos-systems.com/">Talos Systems</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.talos-systems.com/blog/launching-talos-systems/">Launch blog</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_jiu-jitsu">Brazilian jiu-jitsu</a></li> <li><a href="https://kccnceu2021.sched.com/event/iE1h/cosi-the-common-operating-system-interface-steven-borrelli-mastercard-andrew-rynhard-talos-systems"> COSI announcement from KubeCon EU 2021</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/andrewrynhard">Andrew Rynhard</a> on Twitter</li> </ul>
