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Kubernetes hides so much, so why should a platform team still care about the host OS?

Why the host OS still matters

Thilo Fromm, maintainer of Flatcar Container Linux, a CNCF incubating project, on why a platform team should still care about the host OS.

Thilo Fromm, Flatcar maintainer, Microsoft, Flatcar Container Linux · with Luca Berton

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Thilo Fromm is a long-time maintainer of Flatcar Container Linux at Microsoft. Flatcar is a minimal, image-based Linux for containers and a CNCF incubating project.

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Why this conversation

Right after the Friday keynote with Linus Torvalds and Dirk Hohndel, the show recorded Thilo Fromm at the Microsoft booth. The question: Kubernetes hides so much, so why should a platform team still care about the host OS?

When it comes out

The episode is recorded and in the edit. Like every episode it goes out on YouTube first, then on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. The story of the week it was filmed is in Open Source Summit Europe 2026: who we met.

About Thilo Fromm

Thilo Fromm is a long-time maintainer of Flatcar Container Linux at Microsoft. Flatcar is a minimal, image-based Linux for containers and a CNCF incubating project.

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