Linux under the hood: powering everything from your laptop to the cloud

A brief, engaging introduction to Linux as the powerful, often unseen operating system behind much of the digital world.

• The Open Source Revolution & Linux Distributions
  • Exploration of the open-source philosophy, highlighting its core tenets: transparency, community, collaboration, and cost-effectiveness, and why these matter.
  • Brief overview of common Linux distributions, explaining what they are and showing a few examples.
• Linux’s Superpowers: Command Line & Kubernetes Foundations
  • Introduction to the Linux command line as a powerful tool for daily tasks, with simple, useful examples.
  • Deep dive into how fundamental Linux functions (like cgroups for resource management, CFS throttling for CPU allocation, and iptables for networking) are leveraged by state-of-the-art systems like Kubernetes to manage containers and cloud infrastructure.

Speaker’s profile

Norman Hsu Chen-Wei is the Technical Manager at Titansoft, focusing on leveraging technology to support business growth. He previously held the position of Deputy CTO at two other companies, where he contributed to building one business from its early stages and managed the backend and Android application for the other. He has also had the opportunity to share his insights as a speaker at conferences in Taiwan, including ModernWeb, DevOpsTaipei, and WebConf.