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You can now boot a Windows 95 PC inside Minecraft and play Doom on it

The Verge

The mod uses VirtualBox , free and open-source virtual machine software, to run operating systems like Windows 95. Within Minecraft you simply place a PC case block and then use it to create virtual hard drives to install operating systems from ISO files. uDrunkMate on Reddit. Doom running on a Minecraft PC.

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The Linux Migration: Other Users’ Stories, Part 4

Scott Lowe

This post is part of a series of posts sharing other users’ stories about their migration to Linux as their primary desktop OS. As I mentioned in part 1 of the series , there seemed to be quite a bit of pent-up interest in using Linux as your primary desktop OS. Q: Why did you switch to Linux? is awesome).

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Technology Short Take 161

Scott Lowe

Howard Oakley has a great series on Apple Silicon; the series is up to three posts so far. The first post provides a high-level overview of how Apple Silicon M-series chips are different, and the second post has more details on the capabilities of the P and E cores. Virtualization. Servers/Hardware. Got (or getting) a new Mac?

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Technology Short Take 156

Scott Lowe

BPFDoor, as it is known, is a passive backdoor that allows threat actors to remotely connect to a Linux shell. Tetragon is Isovalent’s newly open-sourced security framework. 9to5Mac outlines some details on the so-called PACMAN attack against Apple’s M1 chips. Virtualization. Check out this write-up.

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Technology Short Take 155

Scott Lowe

network virtualization). Is the relationship between network virtualization and service mesh closer than some folks might wish to admit? Researchers have uncovered a potential security flaw in Apple Silicon CPUs; more details in this 9to5Mac article. Virtualization. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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Technology Short Take 164

Scott Lowe

Back in October of last year, Tom Hollingsworth weighed in on Hedgehog , the networking company that has set out to commercialize SONiC, a Linux-based NOS used extensively in Azure. Jeff Johnson shows how to log some information being sent between macOS and Apple. Ah, the bygone sounds of yesteryear …what a blast from the past!

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Best IT and Tech Blogs – Must Read Information Technology Resources 2019

Galido

These areas of IT include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Apple Insider. On the other side of the mobile and tech space, Apple Insider covers all things Apple and iOS. 9 to 5 Mac.

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