We indeed integrate with CAPI, but the OS itself is not a CAPI implementation. We have a CAPI provider that works hand-in-hand with the OS.

Yes, I read the code.

I am not sure that you want to call it an OS per se, since kubernetes itself is the OS (manage memory, schedule processes, etc).

So there is no default CAPI provider?

We have our provider here: https://github.com/talos-systems/cluster-api-provider-talos

Perhaps OS isn't the right thing to call, but I don't know a better alternative :D

You said it yourself: "Linux distro", it may not be the best for the marketing side but it's way easier to understand for engineers