Lets create a cluster - foreword

We would be running a full kubernetes (multi-node support) on a single node only (this is more complex but lets us learn more). Starting with something "simple" going onto full application.
On local computer and using docker. My computer has ubuntu installed.
Several reasons why you should NOT be using windows:
  • It is large and consumes a lot of resources
  • It does not scale
  • It does many things without you knowing
  • You cannot check its sources
  • It sends a lot of data to advertisement servers
  • It installs and deletes applications without asking you for permission (ex. soda saga crap)
  • It installs updates without asking and force you to install them
  • When updating it would restart
  • When <whatever> it would restart
  • You could block the updates... almost and with a lot of effort
  • It is not secure
  • I have a laptop with 32GB eMMC disk (difficult to replace) and 2GB of RAM - it cannot even update on clean system without any apps installed... at the same time linux can easily run on a very old computer from a FDD drive (1.5MB) - but you might decide to use more disk space to get more features.
  • Windows is not free - you need to pay for it and it costs a lot - then you get only a license to use it for a while (at any time Microsoft can decide that you can no longer use it - I have over a dozen of XP disks which cannot be used any more)

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