Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 15, 2016

As a result, I’ve stepped up my work on a Linux migration, and I’m happy to report that I’ve made some progress. Linux Distribution. I’ve looked at a fair number of Linux distributions. I also went back and looked again at Ubuntu derivatives like Linux Mint. Here’s a quick update on where things stand so far.

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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

Scott Lowe

MARCH 21, 2017

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). is awesome).

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Linux Open Source Windows Operating Systems 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 12, 2022

DNS, BGP, hardware-based security, Kubernetes, Linux—they’re all in here. Servers/Hardware. A “highly evasive” Linux malware named OrBit has emerged; see here for more details. Ivan Velichko takes readers on a journey of how Kubernetes reinvented virtual machines (in a good sense).

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Scott Lowe

JULY 9, 2017

I’m now roughly six months into using Linux as my primary laptop OS, and it’s been a few months since my last progress report. I’m still using the Dell Latitude E7370, which continues—from a hardware perspective—to perform admirably. My line-up of applications also remains largely unchanged as well.

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Linux Report Dell Mobile 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 9, 2017

I’m now roughly six months into using Linux as my primary laptop OS, and it’s been a few months since my last progress report. I’m still using the Dell Latitude E7370, which continues—from a hardware perspective—to perform admirably. My line-up of applications also remains largely unchanged as well.

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Linux Report Dell Mobile 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

I’m now roughly six months into using Linux as my primary laptop OS, and it’s been a few months since my last progress report. I’m still using the Dell Latitude E7370, which continues—from a hardware perspective—to perform admirably. My line-up of applications also remains largely unchanged as well.

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Linux Report Dell Mobile 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2021

There’s some networking stuff, a few security links, and even a hardware-related article. Servers/Hardware. Jimmy Mankowitz talks in some detail about using NSX-T in vSphere with Tanzu to secure applications. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Welcome to Technology Short Take #146! Networking.

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Virtualized Greek

AUGUST 27, 2013

For example, the server virtualization value proposition is simple. You can save money if you consolidate your Windows & Linux workloads to fewer servers. Once server virtualization is in the door more of the operational advantages and efficiencies appear. Network virtualization allows for more powerful automation.

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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. Servers/Hardware.

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Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

Servers/Hardware. Cabling is hardware, right? Although Linux is often considered to be superior to Windows and macOS with regard to security, it is not without its own security flaws. Although Linux is often considered to be superior to Windows and macOS with regard to security, it is not without its own security flaws.

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Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

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. Servers/Hardware. a shares a trick for bypassing the macOS TCC protection using older applications. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Linux Storage Programming Applications 74

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2021

There’s some networking stuff, a few security links, and even a hardware-related article. Servers/Hardware. Jimmy Mankowitz talks in some detail about using NSX-T in vSphere with Tanzu to secure applications. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Welcome to Technology Short Take #146! Networking.

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IPv6 Storage Hardware Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 7, 2021

In this Technology Short Take, I’ve gathered some links for you covering topics like Azure and AWS networking, moving from macOS to Linux (and back again), and more. Servers/Hardware. maximizing revenue per hardware instance). Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Networking. Career/Soft Skills.

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Linux Hardware Network Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Servers/Hardware. Kay Singh collects some user comments on the new M1-powered Apple hardware. 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. Virtualization.

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Linux Network Tools Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Still, there’s a decent collection of networking, cloud computing, and virtualization articles as well as a smattering of other topics for you to peruse. ” Ivan Pepelnjak attempts to answer the question, “How much do I need to know about Linux networking? Servers/Hardware. I hope you find something useful!

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Open Source Vmware Disaster Recovery Linux 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 27, 2022

network virtualization). Is the relationship between network virtualization and service mesh closer than some folks might wish to admit? Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. The state of virtualization on Apple Silicon hardware has seen a few developments in recent days and weeks.

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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

MARCH 2, 2020

Redpill Linpro talks to readers about their new routers running Cumulus Linux. Servers/Hardware. This article is about hardware, just not the hardware I’d typically talk about in this section—instead, it’s about Philips Hue light bulbs. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

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Linux Windows Hardware Network 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 19, 2020

The collection seems a tad heavier than normal in the hardware and security sections, probably due to new exploits discovered in Intel’s speculative execution functionality. Servers/Hardware. This is one of those times when an article belongs in multiple categories—in this case, hardware and security.

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Linux Intel Hardware Storage 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 20, 2020

This blending of “traditional” network engineering with containers, Linux, and DevOps tooling is how Matt is setting new trends and directions for the networking industry. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Good stuff here! Nothing this time around. Career/Soft Skills.

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Linux Vmware Authentication Storage 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 11, 2016

In this post you’ll find a collection of links to articles discussing the major data center technologies—networking, hardware, security, cloud computing, applications, virtualization…you name it! (If Numan Siddique describes the native DHCP support available in OVN (Open Virtual Network). Servers/Hardware.

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Vmware Hardware Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2023

Servers/Hardware Kevin Houston provides some instructions on backing up the Dell PowerEdge MX7000 settings and configurations. Diego Crespo talks about PowerShell on Linux and his experience with it. Virtualization Frank Denneman discusses simulating NUMA nodes for nested ESXi virtual appliances. Both are great reads.

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IPv6 Linux Tools Network 74

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Sjors Robroek describes his nested NSX-T lab that also includes some virtualized network equipment (virtualized Arista switches). Servers/Hardware. 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.

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Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Sjors Robroek describes his nested NSX-T lab that also includes some virtualized network equipment (virtualized Arista switches). Servers/Hardware. 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.

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Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2021

The collection of links shared below covers a fairly wide range of topics, from old Sun hardware to working with serverless frameworks in the public cloud. Via Ivan Pepelnjak, I was pointed to Jon Langemak’s in-depth discussion of working with Linux VRFs. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Michael Kashin has a good post on source IP address selection in Linux. Servers/Hardware I must admit that I always wanted to have a Sun workstation, and I’ve had an interest in SunOS/Solaris for years (check out this link if you don’t believe me). Here are some design considerations for Wi-Fi 6E (6GHz) networks.

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Vmware Network Hardware Cloud 74

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Michael Kashin has a great article on how Open Virtual Network (OVN, part of the Open vSwitch project) implements virtual networks in OpenStack. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Flatpak is a (relatively) new application packaging/sandboxing mechanism for Linux applications.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 5, 2023

Economic sustainability is about fair and equal access to employment, broadband networks, and other technology resources, while the third pillar, equitable sustainability, involves removing or reducing bias in the flood of data and algorithms underpinning applications, particularly in emerging generative AI models, he says.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

It was good to read this post on Cumulus Linux first impressions by Jeremy Stretch. I’m a fan of Cumulus, but I’m admittedly a Linux guy (see here ) so you might say I’m a bit biased. Jeremy is a “hard-core” networking professional, and so hearing his feedback on Cumulus Linux was, in my opinion, useful.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Uh oh… more hardware exploits. Operating Systems/Applications. You may have heard of eBPF, the Linux technology that is reshaping Linux applications (and in some ways reshaping Linux itself). Something about Linux, and Fedora in particular, just keeps drawing me back. Virtualization.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 27, 2023

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. Servers/Hardware What do you think of the ThinkPhone ? Ah, the bygone sounds of yesteryear …what a blast from the past! to version 8.0.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

Tom Nolle asks the question , “Is virtualization reality even more elusive than virtual reality?” Next, Jason dives a bit deeper on the relationship between network overlays and hardware , and shares his thoughts on where it does—and doesn’t—make sense to have hardware terminating overlay tunnels.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

Courtesy of Tigera, Alex Pollitt shares some guidelines on when Linux conntrack is no longer your friend. Servers/Hardware. Apparently Dell’s new docking stations support firmware updates via Linux. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Networking. Career/Soft Skills.

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Linux Dell Open Source Licensing 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The rise of the disaggregated network operating system (NOS) marches on: this time, it’s Big Switch Networks announcing expanded hardware support in Open Network Linux (ONL) , upon which its own NOS is based. Servers/Hardware. I use OTR with Adium on OS X, and OTR with Pidgin on my Fedora Linux laptop.). Virtualization.

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Vmware Linux Storage Load Balancer 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

Here’s a handy list of deprecated Linux network commands and their replacements. Servers/Hardware. Konstantin Ryabitsev has a series going on securing a SysAdmin Linux workstation. Part 1 covers how to choose a Linux distribution, and part 2 discusses some security tips for installing Linux on your SysAdmin workstation.

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Virtualized Greek

JANUARY 28, 2014

Or should I say, I haven’t seen a great operating model for seamlessly managing both Windows and Linux. When collecting requirements for an application, we compile a list of functional requirements to determine the best OS platform. Hypervisors should be treated the same as Linux and Windows management.

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