How is Talos different from other container optimized Linux distros? Talos integrates tightly with Kubernetes, and is not meant to be a general-purpose operating system. The most important difference is that Talos is fully controlled by an API via a gRPC interface, instead of an ordinary shell. We don’t ship SSH, and there is no console access. Removing components such as these has allowed us to dramatically reduce the footprint of Talos, and in turn, improve a number of other areas like se...
