Project Lightning Talk: What’s New In Kairos, 2026 Edition - Mauro Morales, Maintainer

This talk covers the latest developments in Kairos, presented by Mauro Morales, a maintainer of the project. Kairos transforms traditional Linux distributions like Ubuntu and Fedora into immutable, image-based operating systems suitable for Kubernetes, whether in edge environments, cloud settings, or on-premises. The speaker introduces Hadron, a new lightweight Linux distribution built with musl and systemd, now part of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. This session highlights the advancements in Kairos and the key features of Hadron since the last project update.