In this episode, host Karsten Hohage speaks with Florian Wilhelm (SAP) about Project Garden Linux – a lightweight, secure Linux distribution optimized for cloud-native environments and container workloads, offering minimal footprint and high performance. Florian also explains what the ‘new Linux’ is, why it’s needed and why the new Linux is of interest for open source, the community and for SAP.

Guest:

Florian Wilhelm

Florian is a senior software developer with a passion for Linux and Free Open-Source Software. He worked on Java-based projects before joining SAP in Potsdam in 2017 where he contributed to multiple projects, most notably the SAP Cloud SDK and Project ‘Piper’. He joined the project ‘Garden Linux’ team fulltime in 2024 after he got to know the team while doing a fellowship where he implemented a proof of concept for safe in-place upgrades using OSTree in Garden Linux.

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fwilhe/
• GitHub: https://github.com/fwilhe

Show Notes:

• Garden Linux on GitHub: https://github.com/gardenlinux
• Blog post series on OSTree Proof of Concept for Garden Linux: https://blogs.sap.com/2023/07/10/making-an-immutable-image-based-operating-system-out-of-garden-linux/
• Getting started with the Garden Linux Builder: https://github.com/gardenlinux/builder/blob/main/docs/getting_started.md
• Garden Linux docs for developers and admins: https://github.com/gardenlinux/gardenlinux/blob/main/docs/README.md
• Florian’s GitHub profile: https://github.com/fwilhe
• Florian’s LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fwilhe

• SAP Open Source Program Office
  • SAP Open Source at SAP Community   
• • SAP Open Source Twitter (@sapopensource)
  • e-mail – [email protected]   
• Try out an open-source podcast player – find a list here (list not maintained by SAP)

Hosted by Karsten Hohage – Product Expert in Technology and Innovation (T&I)

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karsten-hohage-0180312/