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title: Talos Basics
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Please, always remember to check the content specific to the chart.

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## Noteworthy Talos Features

- Apply: Applies configuration to clusternodes
- machineconfig: The individual configuration apply sends to cluster nodes
- Upgrade: Replaces the Talos OS image, either with a newer version or different system extentions.
- k8s-upgrade: upgrades the k8s version included in Talos. Only has to run once for the whole cluster.
