video: https://youtu.be/viTzTFszR_QIn this episode of Destination Linux, we interview the founder of Kove, Dr. John Overton, about the journey from co-inventing distributed hash tables that powered the early cloud to his latest breakthrough Kove:SDM, a Software Defined Memory system that literally lets servers "download more RAM". Overton dives into the open source ethos that shaped his career. If you’re passionate about Linux, composable infrastructure, or tech that bends the laws of physics, this conversation is a must watch.Forum Discussion Thread (https://destinationlinux.net/forum)Download as MP3 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/32f28071-0b08-4ea1-afcc-37af75bd83d6/38a5a806-3b8d-42aa-b5f1-dbd2d2e219cd.mp3)Support the show by becoming a patron at tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) or get some swag at tuxdigital.com/store (https://tuxdigital.com/store)Hosted by:Ryan (DasGeek) = dasgeek.net (https://dasgeek.net)Jill Bryant = jilllinuxgirl.com (https://jilllinuxgirl.com)Michael Tunnell = michaeltunnell.com (https://michaeltunnell.com)Links:https://kove.com/ (https://kove.com/)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributedhashtable (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_hash_table)Chapters:00:00:00 Intro00:01:21 Why we turned a 3-minute booth chat into a full interview00:02:40 John Overton of Kove00:03:48 Early career & inventing distributed hash tables00:16:10 Foundational tech that made today's cloud possible00:24:56 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]00:26:48 John's take on AI00:39:52 The birth of Kove SDM – why it started01:03:16 Making "download more RAM" real – memory-pool magic01:17:40 Kove SDM vs. Compute Express Link (CXL)01:24:54 What are there new challenges in computing you’re excited to tackle?01:35:39 Lightning round – guilty pleasures, movies & more01:40:03 Outro