Standard Linux Distribution

• First proposed: 2020-12-17
• Authors: Anders F Björklund (@afbjorklund)

Reviewer Priorities

Please review this proposal with the following priorities:

• Does this fit with minikube's principles?
• Are there other approaches to consider?
• Could the implementation be made simpler?
• Are there usability, reliability, or technical debt concerns?

Please leave the above text in your proposal as instructions to the reader.

Summary

Change the distribution (OS) for the minikube ISO, from Buildroot to Ubuntu.

Goals

• Use one of the supported Kubernetes OS, like Ubuntu 20.04
• Use the same operating system for KIC base and ISO image

Non-Goals

• Making major changes to the new standard operating system
• Support production deployments, still intended for learning

Design Details

Use external system image and external packages, same as for KIC image.

Keep both images available (one being default), during transition period.

Alternatives Considered

Continue to support custom distro, instead of using a standard distro.

Make current Buildroot OS into standard supported Kubernetes distribution.