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. In any case, Fournova Software—the company behind the OS X Git client Tower (which I use regularly)—has a developer survey here.

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Virtualized Greek

APRIL 11, 2013

If I were to still be in the business of administering servers, I’d be a Windows expert and feel comfortable managing Linux appliances within the environment. OpenStack is a platform that’s designed from the ground up to provide and infrastructure to software developers to build Cloud aware applications.

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The Verge

AUGUST 15, 2020

Games, in Apple’s eyes, aren’t to be treated the same as music, movies, and TV shows, but rather as software that warrants careful inspection lest they be updated later in ways that violate its strict content guidelines, the company tells The Verge. But the comparison to Netflix or Spotify is beside the point. This as an awful notion.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

And this is open source software, meaning that there’s some developers or some project behind it that has already built out the basics of what you need to put it into your code and start using it. Fuzzing involves sending invalid input to stress test software - either the program can handle the invalid input or it can’t.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

And this is open source software, meaning that there’s some developers or some project behind it that has already built out the basics of what you need to put it into your code and start using it. Fuzzing involves sending invalid input to stress test software - either the program can handle the invalid input or it can’t.

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The Verge

JUNE 25, 2021

WSL, which is the part of Windows that lets you run Linux. That’s in comparison to the very controversial 30 percent that Apple charges. The loudest reason is that this is how Apple pays for giving the software away for free. The new terminal, and the fact that now we even support the full Linux UI on Windows.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

And this is open source software, meaning that there’s some developers or some project behind it that has already built out the basics of what you need to put it into your code and start using it. Fuzzing involves sending invalid input to stress test software - either the program can handle the invalid input or it can’t.

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Dataconomy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Thanks to NVIDIA CUDA X RTX software enhancements, it’s primed for delivering exceptional performance. Moreover, the Pocket AI GPU is compatible with both Windows and Linux systems, ensuring widespread usability. For comparison, the NVIDIA RTX 4060 Ti is available at a similar price point. PCI Express 3.0 PCI Express 3.0

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

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. VMware recently announced the open sourcing of some software development kits (SDKs) for the new REST APIs in vSphere 6.5.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 2, 2021

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?” Linux malware is getting more sophisticated. ” Get ready to get nerdy! Servers/Hardware. Why in the beginning?

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

How could open source software be vulnerable for so long? Years ago, I was the lead security software reviewer at ZDNet and then at CNET. This was a software flaw. Fuzz testing is similar to randomly striking keys and producing an unexpected result from the software. And I was able to repeat the process over and over.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

How could open source software be vulnerable for so long? Years ago, I was the lead security software reviewer at ZDNet and then at CNET. This was a software flaw. Fuzz testing is similar to randomly striking keys and producing an unexpected result from the software. And I was able to repeat the process over and over.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 19, 2023

It was not a literal time machine, but a way of capturing the software development process by recording intervals and storing them in the close. In the Forbes article I never published, Dan said quote- “The reason that software is so inexpensive, we actually are very good at estimating development time. And software?

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

It’s got its share of rough edges, especially as you start to dive into the weirder fringes of Steam’s software library. Valve Software, headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., announced the Deck in July as its latest foray into both hardware and its support of gaming on the Linux operating system. Steam Deck UI image).

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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.). Consider this our Steam Deck FAQ. That’s the question, isn’t it?

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The Verge

MAY 13, 2021

It rejects “stores within stores” like the Epic Games Store, which could allegedly expose users to harmful and unvetted software. Steam Mobile lets players manage games for Windows, Mac, and Linux — but not iPhones or iPads. Apple says iOS users benefit from a locked-down, curated platform.

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All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

OpsWorks allows you to manage the complete application lifecycle, including resource provisioning, configuration management, application deployment, software updates, monitoring, and access control. OpsWorks is designed to support a wide variety of application architectures and can work with any software that has a scripted installation.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

If you’re interested in learning more about OpenFlow and software-defined networking but need to do this on a shoestring budget in your home lab, a number of guides have been written to help out. has posted a good hypervisor feature comparison document. in the comparison, even though RHEV 3.1 Networking.

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Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Technologies covered include Microsoft Windows and Azure, Amazon Web Services, VMware, Linux, Google Docs, Drupal, WordPress, OpenStack, Rackspace, Digital Ocean, Chef, and Chef Solo. These three CloudMASTER courses guide students through a wide expanse of cloud based technologies.

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GeekWire

MAY 15, 2021

“I moved to Seattle and jumped into the startup world, starting with a senior software engineering role at Textio,” Parkey said of the augmented writing startup. Mac, Windows or Linux? The professor had introduced Parkey to signal processing, which she quickly realized was the intersection of everything she wanted to do.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

For those interested, the Astro’s functionality is built on top of Fire OS and Linux. The software on the screen itself is effectively lifted right off the Echo Show, too. The Astro’s competition will be software assistants as much as other robots. The Astro will turn its “head” to look at you or indicate where it’s going.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 11, 2014

Bob McCouch has a post over at Network Computing (where I’ve recently started blogging as well—see my first post ) discussing his view on how software-defined networking (SDN) will trickle down to small and mid-sized businesses. I found this post by Major Hayden to be extremely helpful and informative. Technology Short Take #42.

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

In this respect, you could make a comparison between Consul and etcd, the distributed key/value store bundled with CoreOS Linux. Installing Consul is pretty easy, actually: Download the Consul software (binaries are provided for 32-bit Linux, 64-bit Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows). Installing Consul. Running Consul.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Here’s some of what I feel comfortable endorsing, if you’re looking to put some software under the tree. A physical Switch game, with a quarter for comparison. Even the games I liked in 2021 felt a little rushed; I don’t think I’ve ever qualified as many recommendations as I have this year. Photo: Thomas Wilde).

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 22, 2015

This is pretty cool and underscores the power of pooling data from compute, storage, and networking in a software-defined data center environment. Speaking of metadata services, have a look at this comparison of metadata services (which compares DigitalOcean, Amazon, and Google, but not OpenStack).

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 20, 2016

This includes things like 3rd party software, tools/plugins/integrations, support/services/training, and integration/procurement. HPE will be bundling Docker with every ProLiant server (though I still haven’t seen anything around the Linux distribution that will be used). The common link is, naturally, the container.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 19, 2016

This includes things like 3rd party software, tools/plugins/integrations, support/services/training, and integration/procurement. HPE will be bundling Docker with every ProLiant server (though I still haven’t seen anything around the Linux distribution that will be used). The common link is, naturally, the container.

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