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Technology Short Take 176

Scott Lowe

Ivan Pepelnjak dives deep on DHCP relaying on a Linux host. Rob McBryde shares his story of reviving a 2012 MacBook Pro with Linux. Security In early February a vulnerability was uncovered in a key component of the Linux boot process. Think Linux doesn’t have malware? Falco has graduated within the CNCF.

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The Linux Migration: Preparing for the Migration

Scott Lowe

As far back as 2012, I was already thinking about migrating away from Mac OS X (now known as macOS). Since I’ve had a number of folks ask me about migrating to Linux, I thought I’d supplement my Linux migration series with a “prequel” about some of the work that happened to prepare for the migration.

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Looking Back: 2012 Project Report Card

Scott Lowe

About a year ago, I posted a look at my planned projects for 2012. In my late June mid-year project update , I dropped the Perl scripting project simply because I had no practical applications driving the use of Perl. Looking Back: 2012 Project Report Card. Some Projects for 2012. Learn to speak German. Pursue CCNP.

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The Linux Migration: Wrap-Up

Scott Lowe

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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IBM Acquires CSL to Advance the Cloud on System z » Data Center.

Data Center Knowledge

CSL’s CSL-WAVE software enables companies to monitor and manage thei z/VM and Linux on System z environments using a powerful and easy-to-use interface. The response by clients to the advantages of Linux on System z have been tremendous, with the shipped capacity nearly doubling in 1Q13 year to year. December 2012 (151).

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Fusion-io Accelerates Flash Apps With Open Source Contributions.

Data Center Knowledge

Fusion-io is contributing its NVMKV (nonvolatile memory key-value) interface to flash and is also posting the first flash-aware Linux kernel virtual memory Demand Paging Extension to GitHub for community testing. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134). August 2012 (166).

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IBM, Pivotal Team to Boost CloudFoundry » Data Center Knowledge

Data Center Knowledge

Continuing to sharpen its focus on enterprise cloud computing, IBM is joining forces with Pivotal to support CloudFoundry, the versatile platform as a service (PaaS) framework that allows developers to build applications that can run on multiple clouds. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182).