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Some of your favorites are back together on this episode of the Kernel of Truth podcast— specifically Roopa Prabhu, Brian O’Sullivan and Pete Lumbis. Things have changed a little around here since the last time the three of them were chatting together on the podcast but one thing hasn’t, how much they love to talk all things open networking. In this episode the group talks about how to navigate the open networking operating systems space. From figuring out how to choose an open network operating system, to understanding what works best for deployments, and even what resources and communities are out there for you to tap into. We have it all here for you to help you get started. All you have to do is sit back and enjoy the episode and don’t forget to also check out the links below with resources referenced in the podcast.

Guest Bios

Roopa Prabhu: Roopa is a Linux Architect at NVIDIA, formally Cumulus Networks. She and her team work on all things kernel networking and Linux system infrastructure areas. Her primary focus areas in the Linux kernel are Linux bridge, Netlink, VxLAN, Lightweight tunnels. She is currently focused on building Linux kernel dataplane for E-VPN. She loves working with the Linux kernel networking and debian communities. Her past experience includes Linux clusters, ethernet drivers and Linux KVM virtualization platforms. She has a BS and MS in Computer Science. You can find her on Twitter at @__roopa.

Brian O’Sullivan: Brian is in Ethernet Product Management at NVIDIA following its acquisition of Cumulus Networks. For almost 2 decades he’s held software product management positions throughout the industry. When not working, Brian is a voracious reader and previously held a variety of jobs, including bartending in three countries and working as an extra in a German soap opera. You can find him on Twitter at @bosullivan00.

Pete Lumbis: CCIE R&S #28677 and CCDE 2012::3, Pete is the director of ethernet technical marketing and docs at NVIDIA. He helps customers build and design next generation, fully automated data centers. He can be found on Twitter at @PeteCCDE.

Show links

Cumulus Linux: https://cumulusnetworks.com/products/cumulus-linux/

SONIC: https://azure.github.io/SONiC

DANOS: https://www.danosproject.org/

Mellanox Spectrum Linux switch: https://www.mellanox.com/products/software/linux-switch

ONL: http://opennetlinux.org/

DENT Linux Foundation: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press-release/2019/12/dent-launches-to-simplify-enterprise-edge-networking-software/

ONLP: https://opencomputeproject.github.io/OpenNetworkLinux/onlp/

Mellanox GitHub: https://github.com/Mellanox/mlxsw/wiki

Navigating the open network operating systems space