Using Linux on Your M1-based Mac
Association of Information Technology Professional
JANUARY 24, 2022
Learn how to install Linux natively on M1 hardware, eliminating the need for macOS entirely.
How to switch an old Windows laptop to Linux
The Verge
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
Photo: Linux Mint. If you have an older system but are worried that it won’t support Windows 10 — or if you simply don’t want to deal with Windows anymore — I have a suggestion: Switch to desktop Linux. Desktop Linux can run on your Windows 7 (and older) laptops and desktops. Teams now runs on Linux. Which Linux?
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What’s Free at Linux Academy — May 2019
Linux Academy
APRIL 30, 2019
By adding free cloud training to our Community Membership, students have the opportunity to develop their Linux and Cloud skills further. Each month, we will kick off our community content with a live study group allowing members of the Linux Academy community to come together and share their insights in order to learn from one another.
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Scott Lowe
MARCH 15, 2024
Networking Lee Briggs (formerly of Pulumi, now with Tailscale) shows how to use the Tailscale Operator to create “free” Kubernetes load balancers (“free” as in no additional charge above and beyond what it would normally cost to operate a Kubernetes cluster). Ivan Pepelnjak dives deep on DHCP relaying on a Linux host.
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What’s Free at Linux Academy — May 2019
Linux Academy
APRIL 29, 2019
By adding free cloud training to our Community Membership, students have the opportunity to develop their Linux and Cloud skills further. Each month, we will kick off our community content with a live study group allowing members of the Linux Academy community to come together and share their insights in order to learn from one another.
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How to Get Started with Mayhem
ForAllSecure
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Mayhem also handles user-land (containerized) Linux applications. Here are some helpful tips for quickly determining if your application is compatible: Does the Linux file <app> command say that your application is a Linux ELF file? Mayhem supports binaries that run on the x86, x64, ARM, and MIPS architectures.
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How to Use Hidden Browser Window Controls in ChromeOS
Tech Republic
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Learn how to use the hidden browser window controls in ChromeOS for an enhanced browsing experience with this step-by-step guide.
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The Linux Migration: July 2017 Progress Report
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. CPU power is a bit limited, but that’s to be expected from a mobile-focused chip.
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The Linux Migration: July 2017 Progress Report
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. CPU power is a bit limited, but that’s to be expected from a mobile-focused chip.
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The Linux Migration: July 2017 Progress Report
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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Google hints at Windows games running on Stadia
The Verge
MARCH 9, 2022
Google is planning to detail its Windows “emulator” for Linux next week at the company’s Google for Games Developer Summit on March 15th. Reddit users have spotted a session at the summit that will detail “how to write a Windows emulator for Linux from scratch.”. Image: Google. Stadia might be able to run Windows games soon.
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Technology Short Take 158
Scott Lowe
AUGUST 12, 2022
DNS, BGP, hardware-based security, Kubernetes, Linux—they’re all in here. See this page for instructions on how to enable BBR on Debian 10. Christopher Vierheller supplies a concise guide on how to add custom symbols to EVE-NG. Servers/Hardware. Networking.
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Yubico’s new USB-C security key with NFC could be the one key to unlock them all
The Verge
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
Hardware-based keys offer extra layer of account security. Hardware-based keys offer an extra layer of account security by requiring that you either plug in the key or tap it to your device when you’re trying to log in. And if you do invest in a security key, check out our guide about how to use it.
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You can watch Valve’s Steam Deck developer event at 1PM ET Friday, even if you’re not a dev
The Verge
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
The five-hour virtual conference will include discussions of the hardware; games that will appear “on Deck” ; how the Linux handheld can play Windows games via a Proton compatibility layer; a deep dive on the AMD APU that powers it by AMD itself; and of course tips for Steam developers on how to make those things work in their favor.
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Cost Avoidance and Operational Costs | Maximizing Business Value with AWS
Linux Academy
APRIL 18, 2019
Consider the typical items in your budget in a traditional IT environment like hardware maintenance costs, costs associated with OS patching, storage administration, and testing. How to improve your staff’s workforce productivity. Make sure your staff are properly prepared with hands-on training from Linux Academy.
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Technology Short Take 144
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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Scott Lowe
OCTOBER 8, 2021
There’s some networking stuff, a few security links, and even a hardware-related article. Julia Evans recently released a tool named dnspeep to help folks understand how DNS works. Servers/Hardware. Vivek Gite has instructions on how to install ffmepg with NVIDIA GPU acceleration. Networking.
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Wall of Flippers is the way to put a stop to Flipper Zero
Dataconomy
DECEMBER 25, 2023
It’s packed with tools for exploring hardware, software, and wireless protocols. Running on Linux and Windows, Wall of Flippers (WoF) continuously monitors nearby Bluetooth LE activity, alerting users to potential threats and providing valuable information. Well, Wall of Flippers is here to become a remedy for that!
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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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Scott Lowe
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
Uh oh… more hardware exploits. Teammate Eric Shanks shows folks how to use ytt to customize a TKG deployment. Adrian Hornsby shows how to use AWS Systems Manager Automation to perform chaos engineering experiments. Something about Linux, and Fedora in particular, just keeps drawing me back. Good stuff!
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Technology Short Take 140
Scott Lowe
MAY 7, 2021
It’s hard to believe it’s already the start of May 2021—my how time flies! 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).
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Scott Lowe
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
Michael Kashin has a good post on source IP address selection in Linux. Amit Gupta shows how to install Cilium in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) without kube-proxy. As detailed in this article , it turns out BitLocker can be bypassed—assuming physical access to the hardware—with a cheap logic analyzer. Good to know!
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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. I hope that you find something useful here.
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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 Academy
JUNE 4, 2019
The Serverless Framework is an open-source project that replaces traditional platforms (hardware, operating systems) with a platform that can run in a cloud environment. Check out Linux Academy’s free Serverless Concepts course that will get you up to speed on how to do more by going serverless. Why use it?
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Technology Short Take 135
Scott Lowe
DECEMBER 11, 2020
It’s not unusual to see “networking professionals need to learn developer tools,” but how often do you see “developers need to learn these networking tools”? Servers/Hardware. Kay Singh collects some user comments on the new M1-powered Apple hardware. Lots of geekery in here! Programming.
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Technology Short Take #81
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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Technology Short Take 146
Scott Lowe
OCTOBER 8, 2021
There’s some networking stuff, a few security links, and even a hardware-related article. Julia Evans recently released a tool named dnspeep to help folks understand how DNS works. Servers/Hardware. Vivek Gite has instructions on how to install ffmepg with NVIDIA GPU acceleration. Networking.
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Technology Short Take 151
Scott Lowe
JANUARY 21, 2022
Aidan Steele examines how VPC sharing could potentially improve security and reduce cost. Servers/Hardware. Benoît Bouré explains how to use short-lived credentials to access AWS resources from GitHub Actions. Dennis Felsing shares some thoughts on switching to macOS after 15 years on Linux. Cross-platform malware.
Technology Short Take #78
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.).
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Scott Lowe
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Atulpriya Sharma illustrates how to use DNS-based routing (with Argo Rollouts and Azure Traffic Manager) to implement a blue/green deployment strategy. How awesome is it that the first commercial distribution of SONiC comes from a company named Hedgehog? Servers/Hardware. I hope there’s something here that you find useful!
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Technology Short Take #77
Scott Lowe
FEBRUARY 2, 2017
Yes, the article is slightly OpenStack-centric, but it still remains a very informative look at the different components of OVN and how OVN works. You might also be interested in an earlier article that outlines how to build and install OVN with OpenStack.). Servers/Hardware. Some people love it, others absolutely hate it.
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Technology Short Take 154
Scott Lowe
APRIL 29, 2022
Servers/Hardware. Jorge Castro encourages folks to just kill the silly myths (regarding desktop Linux). See here for details on how to inspect them. Poorna Gaddehosur has an update on getting Linux-based eBPF programs to run with eBPF on Windows. Lucas Pardue and Christopher Wood share a primer on proxies. Virtualization.
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Scott Lowe
OCTOBER 5, 2018
Brian Boucheron provides a great article on how to inspect and debug Kubernetes network primitives. Servers/Hardware. The big news in the hardware space recently was the article regarding the purported Chinese hardware supply chain attack. Here’s a nice deep dive on Linux executables.
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Scott Lowe
JANUARY 18, 2017
Here’s an article describing how to establish a site-to-site VPN between a Cisco ASA and Microsoft Azure. Servers/Hardware. Stay tuned for a quick review of the hardware once it arrives. Stephane Graber has an article explaining how to run Kubernetes in LXD. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.
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Scott Lowe
NOVEMBER 17, 2016
Tomas Fojta shows how to use a PowerShell script to monitor the health of NSX Edge gateways. Cumulus Networks recently introduced the Cumulus Linux Network Command Line Utility (NCLU) , which provides a more unified front-end to configuring switches running Cumulus Linux. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.
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Technology Short Take 152
Scott Lowe
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Servers/Hardware. The Eclectic Light Company is back with an article on how the M1’s efficiency (E) cores win. I must admit I am a bit surprised at how much improvement there seems to be between the M1 Pro’s E cores and the original M1 E cores. Here’s an article on how to get started with OrgFormation.
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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 ? Jeff Johnson shows how to log some information being sent between macOS and Apple.
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Scott Lowe
MAY 27, 2022
Isovalent—the company behind the Cilium project—has been talking a lot about how the use of eBPF will transform things, including the architecture of a service mesh. Along those lines, one of their latest articles discusses how to achieve identity-based mutual authentication leveraging eBPF. Servers/Hardware.
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Scott Lowe
DECEMBER 22, 2018
Servers/Hardware. On the hardware side of things, we have James Hamilton of AWS discussing two hardware-related items coming out of AWS re:Invent 2018. Stephen Foskett explains how to add a mirror to an existing ZFS drive. Dave Taylor provides s ome tips for configuring VMware Fusion for Linux usage.
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Scott Lowe
DECEMBER 6, 2019
Brian Linkletter has a post on how to run the Antidote network emulator on KVM for better performance. Anders Olsson explains how to map NSX-T UUIDs to the actual logical objects. Philippe Bogaerts has an article on how to use tcpdump effectively in Kubernetes. Servers/Hardware. Networking.
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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
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 Dwayne Sinclair covers the basics of SpoofGuard in NSX, and how to interact with SpoofGuard via API, in this article. Servers/Hardware.
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Scott Lowe
MAY 29, 2020
Banzai Cloud’s Toader Sebastian explains how to write WASM (WebAssembly) filters for Envoy and deploy those filters with Istio. This recent post by Eric Sloof shows how to do BGP neighbor adjacency between GNS3 and NSX-T 3.0. This recent post by Eric Sloof shows how to do BGP neighbor adjacency between GNS3 and NSX-T 3.0.
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