Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

For your reading pleasure, I’ve collected links on topics ranging from Kubernetes Gateway API to recent AWS attack techniques to some geeky Linux and Git topics. Read this article on his response to someone wanting to use NSX to create availability zones. Career/Soft Skills I think this article speaks for itself.

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Linux Programming Cloud Operating Systems 96

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 25, 2017

As many readers are probably already aware, I embarked on a journey earlier this year to make Linux my primary laptop OS (see this update from April of this year). I think that my July 2017 update post probably sums it up best: for me, trying to use Linux as my primary laptop OS was like “death from a thousand cuts.”

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Linux Google Open Source Applications 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 30, 2015

Nigel Poulton recently posted an article titled “ESXi vs. Hyper-V - Could Docker Support Be Significant,” in which he contemplates whether Microsoft’s announcement of Docker support on Windows will be a factor in the hypervisor battle between ESXi and Hyper-V. VMware “ditched” Linux in the transition to ESXi.

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Windows Linux Open Source Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 11, 2017

In December 2016, I kicked off a migration to Linux (from OS X) as my primary laptop OS. Let me start by saying that I am actively using a Linux-powered laptop as my primary laptop right now, and I have been doing so since early February. Linux Distribution. Applications. LTS (“Xenial Xerus”).

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Linux Report Vmware Travel 60

Network World

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

IBM is taking aim at the challenging concept of securely locking-down company applications and data spread across multiple private and public clouds and on-premises locations. Learn how server disaggregation can boost data center efficiency and how Windows Server 2019 embraces hyperconverged data centers. |

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IBM Enterprise Enterprise Cloud 119

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

I have a fairly diverse set of links for readers this time around, covering topics from microchips to improving your writing, with stops along the way in topics like Kubernetes, virtualization, Linux, and the popular JSON-parsing tool jq. Michael Kashin shares the journey of containerizing NVIDIA Cumulus Linux. Networking.

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Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90

Virtualized Greek

DECEMBER 11, 2013

If you only read sources like Forbes you’d think every enterprise runs on AWS, has a ton of developers and have completely abandoned Windows. Linux is obviously a major force in the enterprise but traditional enterprises haven’t stopped deploying Windows Server 2012/2008 or 2003 for that matter. General Virtualization'

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Windows Linux Virtualization Vmware 65

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

This article contains some good information on IPv6 for those who are just starting to get more familiar with it, although toward the end it turns into a bit of an advertisement. Although Linux is often considered to be superior to Windows and macOS with regard to security, it is not without its own security flaws. Networking.

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Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

I have a fairly diverse set of links for readers this time around, covering topics from microchips to improving your writing, with stops along the way in topics like Kubernetes, virtualization, Linux, and the popular JSON-parsing tool jq along the way. Michael Kashin shares the journey of containerizing NVIDIA Cumulus Linux.

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Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 29, 2022

My link of links and articles from around the Internet is a bit light on networking and virtualization this time around, but heftier in the security, cloud, and OS/application sections. a shares a trick for bypassing the macOS TCC protection using older applications. Operating Systems/Applications. Enjoy the content!

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Linux Storage Programming Applications 74

GeekWire

DECEMBER 30, 2023

… And when you went from one application to the other, you had to redo it all from scratch. ’s lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI over their use of its articles in GPT-4 and other AI models. We had Windows, which billions and billions and dollars went into. ” AI2 technical director Oren Etzioni.

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Microsoft Open Source Linux Education 98

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2020

It seems like the natural progression of the Tech Short Takes is moving toward monthly articles, since it’s been about a month since my last one. Redpill Linpro talks to readers about their new routers running Cumulus Linux. This article from Bruce Schneier is worth reading. Both are good articles. Servers/Hardware.

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Linux Windows Hardware Network 60

Dataconomy

JULY 3, 2023

and Stable Diffusion XL beta, the example photographs from the blog article showed improvements. may be run on a recent consumer GPU with only the following requirements: a computer running Windows 10 or 11 or Linux, 16GB of RAM, and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 20 graphics card (or higher standard) with at least 8GB of VRAM.

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Linux Film Open Source Windows 69

Scott Lowe

MARCH 20, 2020

Welcome to Technology Short Take #125, where I have a collection of articles about various data center and cloud technologies collected from around the Internet. Eric Hammond has a great article on running AWS CLI commands across multiple accounts in an AWS organization. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

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Linux Vmware Authentication Storage 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

This article is chock-full of useful information that, typically, can only be gathered from direct experience (like the note on using istioctl instead of the Istio Operator to avoid an issue when upgrading from 1.6 I wasn’t aware of Cloudflare Argo Tunnel, so this article was informative for that reason alone. Good stuff here!

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Linux Vmware Open Source Examples 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 11, 2020

This is an older article, but hopefully still useful nevertheless: Brian Mathews explains how to use the linkerd sidecar to find and fix application issues on Kubernetes. Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s a post on using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to run Linux containers on Windows.

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Linux Network Tools Hardware 60

Network World

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Microsoft has expanded its bug bounty programs to cover the open-source.NET Core and ASP.NET Core application development platforms. The.NET Core and ASP.NET Core technologies are used to create server applications that can run on Windows, Linux, and Mac.

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Programming Microsoft Linux Software Development 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Here’s an interesting article on the role that virtualization is playing in the network functions virtualization (NFV) space now that ARM hardware is growing increasingly powerful. Yes, I know that security and privacy are different, but this seems like a reasonable place to put this article by J Metz on pseudo-anonymous e-mail.

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Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Here’s an interesting article on the role that virtualization is playing in the network functions virtualization (NFV) space now that ARM hardware is growing increasingly powerful. Yes, I know that security and privacy are different, but this seems like a reasonable place to put this article by J Metz on pseudo-anonymous e-mail.

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Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

I have another collection of links, articles, and thoughts about key data center technologies, and hopefully I’ve managed to include something here that will prove useful or thought-provoking. Here’s a handy list of deprecated Linux network commands and their replacements. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

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Vmware Linux Storage Network 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 21, 2020

Everyone’s favorite three-letter agency recently released some VPN security guidance, as reported by this InfoSecurity Magazine article. The article also provides some links to said guidance, for those that are interested. ” Want to use a Yubikey to automatically lock and unlock your Linux system? Programming.

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Handbook Linux Storage Windows 60

Network World

AUGUST 31, 2016

The client agent, which analyzes the behavior of processes on Windows, OS X, Linux, and Android endpoints, can replace or run alongside other signature-based antimalware solutions. The agent scans endpoints, indexes application files and processes, and sends information about them to the cloud where they are assigned reputation scores.

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Analysis Malware Linux Policies 60

Network World

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Tetration software sensors support Linux and Windows server hosts, while hardware sensors are embedded in Cisco network switch ASICS: Nexus 9200, Nexus 9300-EX and Nexus 9500-EX, to collect flow data at line rate from all the ports. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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Cloud Data Center Linux Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 30, 2018

Vadim Eisenberg has two articles that describe how to integrate external services into an Istio service mesh. The first article covers integrating external web services ; the second article discusses consuming external TCP services. Operating Systems/Applications. Also see this VentureBeat article. Networking.

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Linux Vmware Windows Applications 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 2, 2016

This article from Marcos Hernandez shows one way to do dynamic routing in OpenStack. Jason Messer has an article describing how networking works with Windows containers. Jason Messer has an article describing how networking works with Windows containers. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware.

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Vmware Virtualization Linux Windows 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Here’s an interesting article on the role that virtualization is playing in the network functions virtualization (NFV) space now that ARM hardware is growing increasingly powerful. Yes, I know that security and privacy are different, but this seems like a reasonable place to put this article by J Metz on pseudo-anonymous e-mail.

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Windows Virtualization Devops Vmware 60

Dataconomy

APRIL 13, 2023

In this article, we will delve deeper into the world of Virtual Network Computing, exploring its history, technology, and various applications. The ability to access and control a computer using any operating system that supports VNC, such as Windows, Linux, macOS, and more. What is Virtual Network Computing (VNC)?

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Virtualization Network Linux Windows 36

Scott Lowe

JULY 17, 2020

Ivan Pepelnjak has a fantastic article on adapting network design to acommodate automation. Jon Langemak is blogging again, and he jumps back into the “blogging saddle” with a post on working with tc on Linux systems. Bruno Hildenbrand shares 20 tips for managing Linux VMs on Azure. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Linux Apple Operating Systems Policies 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Tor Anderson has an article on using IPv6 for network boot using UEFI and iPXE. Kirk Byers has a helpful article that provides some suggestions and guidelines for how to make your network automation/network scripts become more than just your own personal hobby at work. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking. Larry Smith Jr.

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Firewall Windows Linux Architecture 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2017

OK, now that I’ve mentioned Skydive, I can talk about this article that provides an example of functional SDN testing with Terraform and Skydive. I found this article on SELinux concepts for humans to be quite helpful. Check out this article that discusses using AWS Spot Instances and spotinst to run low-cost Kubernetes clusters.

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Linux Devops Open Source Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

I recommend reading this article, as well as reading the comments. Cumulus Networks recently introduced the Cumulus Linux Network Command Line Utility (NCLU) , which provides a more unified front-end to configuring switches running Cumulus Linux. Operating Systems/Applications. Read it, study it, breath it, live it.

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Linux Vmware Storage Network 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 18, 2017

Craig Matsumoto has an informative article on why machine learning is hard to apply to networking. I’ve heard David Meyer—who is quoted extensively in the article—speak several times, and most of the time his stuff is way beyond my understanding. This article by Alin Serdean from Cloudbase Solutions describes how it’s done.

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Linux Network Hardware Dell 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Ready for another round of links, articles, and thoughts on data center technologies? If you’re using CloudFormation to manage your AWS security groups in an infrastructure-as-code approach, you owe it to yourself to check out this article by Jose Luis Ordiales. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

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Vmware Linux Network Storage 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

This is a live blog of session DATS004, titled “Bare-Metal, Docker Containers, and Virtualization: The Growing Choices for Cloud Applications.” This includes cgroups (the ability to control resource allocation/utilization), which is built into the Linux kernel. This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org.

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Virtualization Linux Intel Construction 89

Kitaboo

OCTOBER 20, 2022

If you want to get into the game as an ePUB creator but don’t know how to begin, read this article to learn how to get started and learn about the different types of software you can use to make your ePUB. It is the best option for creating applications and ePUBs. You can download and use Sigil on Windows, Linux, and Mac.

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eBook Adobe Software Software 78

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 6, 2018

Via Ivan Pepelnjak, I found this article by Diane Patton at Cumulus Networks talking about container network designs. This post is a bit older, but covers a challenge faced by cloud-native darling Netflix—how does one, exactly, identify which application used which IP address at a given point in time? Servers/Hardware.

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Linux Vmware Comparison Network 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 22, 2018

This is a slightly older article by Mitch Beaumont that I’ve had sitting in the hopper for a while. Weijuan Shi Davis collected some resources related to Windows containers on Kubernetes in this post-KubeCon post. Operating Systems/Applications. Dave Taylor provides s ome tips for configuring VMware Fusion for Linux usage.

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