[JustinGarrison]

Thanks for the interest in Talos Linux! I work at Sidero (creators of Talos) and there are lots of “secure, immutable, and minimal” Linux distos out there.

Something that Talos does differently is everything is an API. Machine configuration, upgrades, debugging…it’s all APIs. This helps with maintaining systems way beyond the usual cloud-init and systemd wrappers in other “minimal” distros.

The second big change is Talos Linux is only designed for Kubernetes. It’s not a generic Linux kernel+container runtime. The init system was designed to run the kubelet and publish an API that feels like a Kubernetes native component.

This drastically reduces the Linux knowledge required to run, scale, and maintain a complex system like Kubernetes.

I’ve been doing a set of live streams called Talos Linux install fest walking new users through setting up their first cluster on Talos. Each install is in a new environment so please check it out.

https://www.youtube.com/siderolabs/streams