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The idea is that since

- we go to great lengths to make the OS secure and immutable

- we have an API

- we will have automated upgrades

We can allow those who are operating clusters to care far less about the OS. Managing SSH, packages, auditing requirements, etc. at the host layer is a job in itself. We aim to remove that concern and allow you to focus on Kubernetes.

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What if it's mainly but not only k8s that you want installed - wireguard for inter-node networking for example, or something to support GPUs/other hardware?

We're working through a plugin system that might allow for things like this. GPUs/other hardware will obviously not be pluggable, but we have had requests for both and we are interested in adding support for them. We have really powerful tooling that makes building kernels with modifications simple.

Is this plugin system going to end up being a package manager?

It is not. The specifics are still a WIP to be honest, but the plugin system will almost certainly have a scope to it.

Thanks for the clarification, I can see the use.

this was not clear (to me anyway) from the docs.

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