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It's Finally the Year of the Linux Desktop

Barton George of Dell joins us to discuss his involvement with 'Project Sputnik', an initiative created about 11 years ago aimed at making Dell hardware more appealing to developers. The project involved making pre-installed Linux laptops available to consumers.

Our conversation touched on the community's loyalty, support, and critiques, which have significantly influenced Dell's approach. Notably, Barton highlighted the crucial turning point in Dell's market strategy of veering towards high-end hardware while preserving the open source platform, enabling synergy between corporate dynamics and grassroots community efforts.

00:00 Introduction and Event Impressions
00:58 Barton George's Journey in Open Source
02:17 The Birth of Project Sputnik
07:33 The Role of Community
11:23 The Future of Linux Laptops
20:53 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

 

Guest:

Barton George has been involved with Linux and open source for over 15 years. For the last 10+ years he has been at Dell Technologies where, beyond Linux and open source, he has focused on cloud native computing and devops. Currently Barton is a member of Dell’s developer relations team. In addition to his day job, Barton is the founder and lead of Project Sputnik, a line of Ubuntu-powered developer laptops and workstations. Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Barton is a single father of three teenagers. He and his children happily reside just outside Austin, Texas.

An Interactive Journey Through the Cloud Native Landscape

Whitney Lee and Victor Farcic discuss their unique approach to educating others about the Cloud Native Computing Foundation's (CNCF) landscape through their interactive presentations and YouTube project 'You Choose.' The pair explain how they incorporate live audience voting to determine the 'chosen' technologies implemented in their ongoing demos. Their fun approach helps newcomers in the field make informed decisions on the tools to use, and to understand how these various tools can integrate with each other. They talk about their previous talks and excitement for possible future events where they'll continue their interactive sessions.

 

00:00 Introduction and Meeting the Guests
00:33 Discussing the Concept of Rejekts Conference
01:45 The Popularity and Impact of Rejekts<
02:46 The Experience of Attending KubeCon
03:59 Getting to Know the Guests Outside of KubeCon
06:38 The Idea Behind a 'Choose Your Own Adventure'
09:36 The Origin and Format of the 'You Choose' Streaming Show
13:59 The Excitement of Live Voting
15:50 The Thrill of Live Demos
17:32 The Future: Security Talk
20:13 The Overwhelming Cloud Native Landscape
21:29 The Upcoming YouTube Series
23:12 The Aftermath of KubeCon

 

Resources:

Cloud Native Rejekts

You Choose series

Guests:

Whitney Lee is a lovable goofball who enjoys understanding and using tools in the cloud native landscape. Creative and driven, Whitney recently pivoted from an art-related career to one in tech. She is active in the open source community, especially around CNCF projects focused on developer productivity. You can catch her lightboard streaming show ⚡️ Enlightning on Tanzu.TV. And not only does she rock at tech - she literally has toured playing in the band Mutual Benefit on keyboards and vocals.

Viktor Farcic is lead rapscallion at Upbound, a member of the Google Developer Experts, CDF Ambassadors, and GitHub Stars groups, and a published author. He is a host of the YouTube channel DevOps Toolkit and a co-host of DevOps Paradox.

Istio and Ambient Service Mesh

Lin Sun, Director of Open Source at Solo.io, is an influential figure in the cloud-native world. We spoke at All Things Open and she shared insights into her experiences and contributions in the open source community. Discussing her prominent role in the Istio project, she shares how Istio fits into the landscape of cloud-native service mesh, offering connectivity, security, and observability. She also highlights the launch of Istio Ambient Service Mesh, which reduces the complexity of Sidecar. Venturing into the world of AI, Lin envisions a future where AI assists in coding and improves software security while predicting a transition to a more conversational interaction with technology. She emphasizes the importance of human supervision in AI's development and its usefulness in making developers more efficient.

00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome
00:29 Discussing Open Source Contributions and Community
01:53 Deep Dive into Istio and Service Mesh
02:49 Roles and Responsibilities in the Istio Community
04:24 Journey into Open Source Contributions
06:52 Advice for New Open Source Contributors
09:36 Exciting Updates in Istio
14:14 Exploring the Potential of AI in Open Source
19:33 Closing Remarks and Future Expectations

Resources:

Istio Ambient Service Mesh Made Easy

Guest:

Lin Sun is the Director of Open Source at Solo.io and an ex-CNCF ambassador. She has worked on Istio service mesh since 2017 and serves on the Istio Technical Oversight Committee. Previously, she was a Senior Technical Staff Member and Master Inventor at IBM for 15+ years. She is the author of the book “Istio Ambient Explained” and has more than 200 patents to her name.

The Evolution of Container Runtimes

Phil Estes, a principal engineer at AWS and a key contributor to the containerd project, discusses the evolution and roadmap of containerd, its relationship to Docker, and its journey to being a fully open source project under the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). 

00:00 Introduction and Guest Background
00:41 The Evolution of Container Runtimes
02:48 The Impact of Docker and Kubernetes
06:07 The Birth and Growth of containerd
09:13 The Role of the CNCF in Open Source Projects
11:09 Challenges and Opportunities in Open Source Contribution
18:49 The Importance of Mentorship in Open Source
23:47 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

 

Guest:

Phil Estes is a Principal Engineer for Amazon Web Services (AWS), focused on core container technologies that power AWS container offerings like Fargate, EKS, and ECS. Phil is an active contributor and maintainer for the CNCF containerd runtime project, and participates in the Open Container Initiative (OCI) as the member of the Technical Oversight Board (TOB). He is also a current member of the 2023 CNCF Ambassador class and enjoys speaking on container technology topics and events worldwide.

Nerdy About Networks

Fen Aldrich, a Developer Advocate with Equinix, talks about their open source partner program and giving back to the open source community. Fen highlights collaborative relationships they've established with key projects, serving as a testing ground and leveraging their surplus of hardware and network resources. We discussed that appreciating the human aspect of tech is crucial, as all technical systems ultimately depend on human innovation and interaction. We also nerd out a bit about the basics of networking and the technology underneath the magic we all take for granted.

00:00 Introduction
02:57 Deep Dive into Networking Basics
09:33 Exploring the Importance of Corporate Open Source Contributions
19:54 Understanding the Interconnectedness in Open Source

Guest:

Fen Aldrich is a Developer Advocate at Equinix Metal and an organizer for DevOpsDays events in the northeast US. Passionate about Resilience Engineering and Mental Health in the tech industry, they believe that every technology problem is ultimately, when you get right down to it, a people challenge. Find their work at speaking.crayzeigh.com, and connect on twitter @crayzeigh or mastodon @crayzeigh@hachyderm.io

Navigating Open Source Security

Emily Fox joins us to discuss her role as Security Lead in Emerging Technologies at Red Hat and her involvement in the open source community as Chair of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation's Technical Oversight Committee. She discusses her team's research focusing on refining Sigstore and working on remote attestation and her career journey from working as a Creative Director in an entertainment company to becoming a Developer Security Lead for the National Security Agency. The conversation further touches on the need for better diversity, accessibility, and the imperative of a supportive community within the open source ecosystem. Lastly, she shares her perspectives on developer experience, its challenges, and the need for empathy and kindness as we navigate post-pandemic life.

 

00:00 Introduction and Guest Background

00:24 Role and Responsibilities at Red Hat

01:46 Involvement in Open Source and Cloud Native Computing Foundation

03:07 Journey from Creative Director to Tech Ecosystem

06:09 Challenges in Open Source Project Security

08:03 Improving Security Practices in Software Development

09:22 Expanding Security Expertise in Developers

11:23 Security in AI and Machine Learning

15:24 Importance of Diversity and Inclusion in Tech

18:40 Improving Developer Experience in Open Source

21:00 Closing Thoughts and Parting Words

Guest:

Emily Fox is a DevOps enthusiast, security unicorn, and advocate for Women in Technology. She promotes the cross-pollination of development and security practices. She has worked in security for over 13 years to drive a cultural change where security is unobstructive, natural, and accessible to everyone. Her technical interests include containerization, least privilege, automation, and promoting women in technology. She holds a BS in Information Systems and an MS in cybersecurity. Serving as chair on the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s (CNCF) Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) and co-chair for KubeCon+CloudNativeCon China 2021, Europe 2022, North America 2022, Europe 2023, and CloudNativeSecurityCon 2023, she is involved in a variety of open source communities and activities.

Airflow, Cedar, and Beyond: Open Source Innovations Explored

Ricardo Sueiras, an Open Source advocate at AWS, sheds light on his 20-year journey with OSS. He speaks about some challenges he faced in integrating open source software into a conservative company and developing an understanding and advocacy team for open source technology there. Sueiras talks about his interest in teaching and sharing about open source, his experience with DJing and Apache Airflow, a workflow orchestrator. Referencing AWS project Cedar, an open source domain-specific language for authorization, Sueiras explains its use, function, and process of development. He also discusses the versatility enabled by open source, allowing users to tweak things as needed. 

 

00:00 Introduction and Meeting

00:32 Journey into Open Source

02:21 Overcoming Resistance to Open Source

02:50 Educating Legal and Procurement Teams about Open Source

03:16 Building an Advocacy Team for Open Source

05:43 The Story of DJ Tasty Taste

10:16 Exploring Cedar: An Open Source Project

16:33 Apache Airflow: A Workflow Orchestrator

20:32 Conclusion and Future Plans

Resources:

AWS open source newsletter

Airflow container orchestration demo (GitHub)

Guest:

Ricardo Sueiras Over 30 years spent working in the technology industry, and over 20 years working with open source. I help customers solve business problems with open source technologies and cloud. Currently I am a Developer Advocate at AWS focusing on open source.

Exploring Service Mesh and the Cloud Native Landscape

In this KubeCon interview, Keith Mattix, engineering lead at Microsoft, talks about his experience and involvement in the open source community and the Istio project. He discusses his work in upstream service mesh and related technologies in the Kubernetes networking space. The conversation delves deeply into the evolution of open source offerings, highlighting the development and application of the Gateway API and the GAMMA Initiative. Maddox shares his vision for the future of these projects and talks about the value that developments in the open source ecosystem bring to end users.

 

00:00 Introduction and Guest Background

01:26 Role and Involvement in Open Source

01:55 Understanding Service Mesh

05:18 Istio's Journey in CNCF

07:19 Benefits of Open Source Collaboration

09:58 Gateway API Version 1.0 and Its Importance

13:55 Collaboration with the Gateway API Community

14:23 Future Goals for Gateway API

14:49 The Need for Standardization in Mesh Implementations

16:07 The Importance of User Adoption

16:43 Excitement for Open Source

18:09 The Impact of Infrastructure Improvements

20:10 The Importance of Kubernetes

21:51 Closing Remarks and Future Aspirations

Guest: 

Keith Mattix is a Senior Engineer on the Open Service Mesh team at Microsoft Azure. As a maintainer of the Service Mesh Interface CNCF project, Keith is a founding lead of the GAMMA initiative under Kubernetes SIG Network. Keith has written a lot of code that’s led to some interesting side quests, and he’s passionate about sharing those lessons and experiences with others. His love of distributed systems is eventually consistent.