Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

At DevOps Networking Forum 2016, I had the opportunity to share a presentation on some Linux networking options. Some of Anthony Burke’s work here may also be useful; for example, check out his recent article on using Log Insight to assist with achieving microsegmentation. Have fun reading! Networking. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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Linux Academy

MAY 3, 2019

For example, if you needed a variable named config_file in your baseline playbook, you may want to name your variable baseline_config_file , to avoid conflicts with another possible config_file variable defined elsewhere. Deployment of the role, by comparison, is easy. Deploying the role. Ansible and SSH Considerations.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2015

I highly recommend you read the entire post, but in short the five skills Matt recommends are software skills (which includes configuration management and software development tools like Git ), Linux, deep protocol knowledge, hypervisor and container networking, and IPv6. NixOS seems to be an interesting re-think of a Linux distribution.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 30, 2018

While this specific use case may not be something worth implementing, the example of how to use eAPI from Python may prove useful for other use cases. Tirumarai Selvan has a comparison. Flatcar Linux is a “friendly fork” of Container Linux (of CoreOS). Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 21, 2016

First up, there’s a great article on using IPVLAN with Docker and Cumulus Linux (with a tie back to sFlow, naturally!). Here’s a walkthrough by Cody Bunch on setting up BGP on Linux with Cumulus Quagga. Kevin Houston has an updated blade server comparison chart that might be helpful in making hardware decisions.

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Dataconomy

JUNE 9, 2023

Here is a comparison table of static vs dynamic code analysis: Static code analysis Dynamic code analysis Focuses on examining the code itself to identify potential issues related to logic and techniques. Provides a more accurate representation of the code’s behavior but may require more resources and time for analysis.

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Linux Academy

MAY 3, 2019

For example, if you needed a variable named config_file in your baseline playbook, you may want to name your variable baseline_config_file , to avoid conflicts with another possible config_file variable defined elsewhere. Deployment of the role, by comparison, is easy. Deploying the role. Ansible and SSH Considerations.

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Construction Linux Examples Comparison 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 12, 2020

Postman is a cross-platform application, so while my post was centered around Postman on Linux ( Ubuntu , specifically) the steps should be very similar—if not exactly the same—when using Postman on other platforms. I hope this brief walkthroug/comparison of using Paw to interact with the AWS APIs is useful.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

Cumulus VX, if you aren’t aware, is a community-supported virtual appliance version of Cumulus Linux aimed at helping folks preview and test “full-blown” Cumulus Linux (which, of course, requires compatible hardware). Nir Yechiel posted an article on using the Cumulus VX QCOW2 image with Fedora and KVM.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Since that time, I’ve been experimenting with ODrive, testing it to see how well it works, if at all, with my Fedora Linux environment. ODrive, if you’re reading this: put some effort into your Linux support and your docs, and you’ll probably get more paying customers.) Fedora, for example, already has ~/.local/bin

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 8, 2016

Cumulus Networks recently shifted their pricing and licensing model toward perpetual licenses; this article has more information and a comparison of the old vs. new models. He provides a good example in the article by using Java. ZFS will be in the next Ubuntu Linux LTS release. I guess all I can really say about this is…oops.

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The Verge

AUGUST 6, 2020

This configuration worked so well that I’m comfortable saying the i7 model is really best for developers and other power users who are coding or running desktop Linux applications. Other apps, on the other hand, have adapted well to Chrome OS over the years; Spotify now has a nice laptop interface, for example.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

Cumulus VX, if you aren’t aware, is a community-supported virtual appliance version of Cumulus Linux aimed at helping folks preview and test “full-blown” Cumulus Linux (which, of course, requires compatible hardware). Nir Yechiel posted an article on using the Cumulus VX QCOW2 image with Fedora and KVM.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2015

If you’re looking for more examples of how to incorporate these sorts of tools into your own network automation workflow, I’d recommend having a look at this article. Kevin Houston’s March 2015 blade server comparisons might be a useful place to start. The workflow incorporates Ansible, git, Jenkins, and Gerrit.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

It’s short and light on details, but it does provide an example snippet of Python code to illustrate what can be done with Netmiko. Gabriele Gerbino has a nice write-up about Cisco’s efforts with APIs ; his article includes a brief description of YANG data models and a comparison of working with network devices via SSH or via API.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Naturally, things get a lot more interesting once you download Wootility , Wooting’s companion software that’s available across Windows, Mac, and Linux. Maybe this is an unfair comparison. It’s not the nicest keyboard I’ve ever typed on, but it’s functional enough. But it highlights some of the drawbacks of a keyboard like the Two HE.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

History is filled with failed examples of homegrown encryption, some with disastrous consequences. So, remember our example with the word bird? There are a lot of dupes reported with, say, bug bounties, for example. It’s about challenging our expectations about people who hack for a living. Nor should they.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

History is filled with failed examples of homegrown encryption, some with disastrous consequences. So, remember our example with the word bird? There are a lot of dupes reported with, say, bug bounties, for example. It’s about challenging our expectations about people who hack for a living. Nor should they.

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Open Source Tools Security Software 52

ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

History is filled with failed examples of homegrown encryption, some with disastrous consequences. So, remember our example with the word bird? There are a lot of dupes reported with, say, bug bounties, for example. It’s about challenging our expectations about people who hack for a living. Nor should they.

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Open Source Tools Security Software 52

The Verge

JUNE 25, 2021

WSL, which is the part of Windows that lets you run Linux. Windows Update being one [example]. That’s in comparison to the very controversial 30 percent that Apple charges. The new terminal, and the fact that now we even support the full Linux UI on Windows. POSIX, which is a set of operating system standards.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 2, 2021

This post provides some examples of shared control planes (and thus shared failure domains) within networking. In this post , Jakub Sitnicki digs way deep into the Linux kernel to uncover the answer to the question, “Why are there no entries in the conntrack table for SYN packets dropped by the firewall? Servers/Hardware.

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The Verge

AUGUST 15, 2020

But the comparison to Netflix or Spotify is beside the point. It’s true that examples of Apple’s preferential treatment of non-gaming services exist, especially around that increasingly controversial 30 percent cut, often called the “Apple tax.” Apple won’t say exactly why it won’t allow cloud gaming platforms on the App Store. ”It

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Naim next goes through some pricing comparisons showing how EFS is much cheaper than DIY storage solutions using EC2 instances and EBS volumes. A new feature announced last week is EFS File Sync, which is designed to get data from on-premises file systems into EFS, and is designed to operate up to 5x faster than traditional Linux copy tool.

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The Verge

MARCH 29, 2022

It’s a Linux gaming PC that runs many but not all Windows games, on the go like a Nintendo Switch, only with way more horsepower, shorter battery life, and a seriously noisy fan. Compare to the Nintendo Switch, where The Witcher 3 looks like dirt by comparison.). Here’s a close-up with Elden Ring ( more examples at this link ).

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All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

For example, OpsWorks can set up instances to host your apps based on the exact configurations that you specify (code to deploy, RAID configuration, etc.), You can deploy your application in the configuration you choose on Amazon Linux and Ubuntu. OpsWorks lets you model your application with layers. Automate tasks.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

My example of hitting random keys and forcing the password manger to pop open illustrates the topic of this episode. Computer viruses for example have to spread by humans--via email attachments. And it's on your Mac, and virtually any company that runs the Linux operating system. What’s a worm?

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

My example of hitting random keys and forcing the password manger to pop open illustrates the topic of this episode. Computer viruses for example have to spread by humans--via email attachments. And it's on your Mac, and virtually any company that runs the Linux operating system. What’s a worm?

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Open Source Operating Systems Software Software 52

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

These articles are a bit long in the tooth, but CSS Corp has a useful series of articles on bundling various Linux distributions for use with OpenStack: bundling CentOS , bundling CentOS with VNC , bundling Debian , and bundling OpenSUSE. has posted a good hypervisor feature comparison document. in the comparison, even though RHEV 3.1

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

announced the Deck in July as its latest foray into both hardware and its support of gaming on the Linux operating system. For comparison’s sake. Hades, for example, was tricky; the combat worked fine, but I had to lean in towards the Deck to make out finer details like icons or items. Bottom: a launch-day Steam Deck.

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Hardware Linux Operating Systems Software 104

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Raft is the same consensus protocol used by etcd , for example.). In this respect, you could make a comparison between Consul and etcd, the distributed key/value store bundled with CoreOS Linux. For example, if you wanted to see a list of the members of the Consul cluster, you could just run consul members. See here.).

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

or StatefulSets (formerly PetSets; used for clustered applications that maintain state and need a stronger sense of identity) as examples. One could make some OpenStack comparisons here (I have a separate post brewing on the future of OpenStack), but I’m not sure such a comparison would be valid. Yes, certainly. I’m not so sure.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 5, 2013

Although this post is a bit older (it’s from September of last year), it’s still an interesting comparison of both OpenStack and CloudStack. It does presume a small bit of programming knowledge in the examples, but even as a non-programmer I found it useful. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Technology Short Take #30.

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Dataconomy

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Some examples of public blockchains that support smart contracts include: Ethereum:  Ethereum is the most popular blockchain for smart contracts, with a rich ecosystem of decentralized applications (dapps) and tools for developing, testing, and deploying smart contracts.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 19, 2023

For example, you’d need several different systems, each running just one program, to accomplish a task. CODEN: Basically, the fundamental issue is look at that early Unix and Linux operating systems that were providing these very basic services that are still the the only things we really need from the operating system today.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 22, 2015

See this blog post for more details and some example Ansible code. Speaking of metadata services, have a look at this comparison of metadata services (which compares DigitalOcean, Amazon, and Google, but not OpenStack). Mark Voelker has two posts (so far) on OpenStack DefCore misconceptions that I’ve personally found quite helpful.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The Sonos speaker is a really good example. Because I can concoct the same example that proves a different point: 10 years ago, if I wanted to get satellite television, I needed dedicated satellite television hardware in my house. It’s got an ARM processor, and it runs Linux and we’re off to the races.

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