The Verge

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

For all your other desktop software needs, there’s usually a free, open-source program that can do just as good a job. If that doesn’t work for your office’s Windows-only programs, you can always keep running Windows 7, with a lot less danger, on a virtual machine (VM) on Linux. Gimp , for example, instead of Photoshop.

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Linux Windows How To Operating Systems 106

Linux Academy

APRIL 10, 2020

By now you’ve heard the stories that Microsoft loves Linux and fully embraces the open-source world. Microsoft, under Satya Nadella, has taken a new stance on open-source , which to some is a complete flip-flop from the Microsoft of the past. Visual Studio Code. TypeScript.NET Core. and many more.

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Linux Open Source Groups Applications 143

Scott Lowe

JUNE 24, 2022

Tetragon is Isovalent’s newly open-sourced security framework. Scott Rosenberg has a piece on how to learn Tanzu. Although it isn’t technically specific to storage, there are significant storage themes in this article on what might happen if you lock yourself out of your digital life. Virtualization.

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Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 74

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 19, 2024

You need to be skilled in deploying and managing resources, managing identities and governance, implementing and managing storage, and configuring and managing virtual networks. Candidates for the exam are tested on ML, AI solutions, NLP, computer vision, and predictive analytics.

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Data Big Data Programming IBM 126

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Components involved include the open source Kuma service mesh (in turn leveraging Envoy), anycast BGP, and mutual TLS (mTLS). Anders Eknert shows how to do—or at least provides a framework on getting started with—dynamic policy composition with Open Policy Agent (OPA) in this blog post from April 2021.

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Storage Hardware Policies Open Source 79

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Eric Sloof shows readers how to use the “Applied To” feature in NSX-T to potentially improve resource utilization. Michael Kashin explains how he built a DIY (Do It Yourself) SD-WAN using Envoy and Wireguard. Jeremy Cowan shows how to use Cluster API to provision an AWS EKS cluster. Virtualization.

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Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Seth Vargo walks through how to use Terraform to setup and configure a Google Cloud Run service. Cole Atkinson discusses the fact that osxfuse is no longer open source , and the ramifications of this development on open source in general. Virtualization. Michael Gasch shares his tmux setup.

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Kitaboo

MARCH 30, 2024

With KITABOO, you can create a virtual environment to store and share all your eBooks and digital files. Readium DRM Readium, an open-source DRM, offers a comprehensive solution for digital rights management in the context of e-books and digital publications.

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eBook Adobe Security Education 78

Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

As opposed to just encrypting data at the transport level (although Acra does that between components of its architecture) or just encrypting data at the storage level (using an encrypted file system or similar), Acra targets encrypting data at the table/row/column level within a database. Acra is open source and available via GitHub.

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Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 27, 2023

Jeff Johnson shows how to log some information being sent between macOS and Apple. Rory McCune shares some information on configuring Caddy , a Go-based open source web server. Storage Stephen Wagner discusses a situation in which all VMs are inaccessible after graceful cluster shutdown and restart. to version 8.0.

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Programming Open Source Cloud Devops 90

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2013

A fan of network virtualization might also say that decomposing today’s complex physical networks into multiple simple logical networks on top of a simpler physical transport network—similar to Mike’s suggestion of converging on a smaller set of reference architectures—might also help. (Of Virtualization.

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Vmware Storage Linux Network 60

Linux Academy

APRIL 30, 2019

You learn the basic knowledge of computer hardware, gain an understanding of open-source applications in the workplace, and learn to navigate systems on a Linux desktop, as well as rudimentary commands to navigate the Linux command line. In the end, you should have a grasp of how to program. If so, this is the course for you.

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Linux Course Big Data Devops 113

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been collecting articles I wanted to share with readers on major areas in technology: networking, security, storage, virtualization, cloud computing, and OSes/applications. Denis Mulyalin shows how to use Nornir, Salt, and NetBox to template your network tests.

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Programming Policies Network Cloud 96

The Accidental Successful CIO

AUGUST 14, 2013

It turns out that there is another problem that has arrived at the same time and right now there is not a clear answer to how best to deal with it: how to back up all of that data. Blue Elephant Consulting – Your Source For Real World IT Department Leadership Skills™. What’s The Big Deal Here? Dr. Jim Anderson.

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Big Data Backup Data Storage 183

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). VMware open-sourced an identity and access management service called Lightwave ( project web site , GitHub repo ).

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Vmware Devops Storage Linux 60

Dataconomy

MARCH 7, 2023

The blockchain technology has disrupted the traditional methods of data management and storage, creating a new paradigm for secure and transparent transactions. It is similar to JavaScript in syntax and is designed to run on the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). It is known for its efficiency, speed, and ease of use.

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How To Development Trends Industry 36

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Open source has become so critical to so many aspects of our computing infrastructure. Teammate Eric Shanks shows folks how to use ytt to customize a TKG deployment. I recently stumbled across Ricardo Sueiras’ “AWS open source news and updates” posts. Virtualization.

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Linux Vmware Open Source Examples 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Erik Smith, notably known for his outstanding posts on storage and FCoE, takes a stab at describing some of the differences between SDN and network virtualization in this post. I found this series of posts to be helpful when I was working on configuring LACP with Open vSwitch (I hope to have a blog post on that up soon).

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Storage Vmware Linux Virtualization 92

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

If you’ve been reading my site for any length of time, you know that I’ve been working with libvirt , the open source virtualization API, for a while. When you compile and install your own binaries, the system has no way of knowing how to apply updates. Interoperability Linux Virtualization OSS Ubuntu'

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Virtualization Linux Open Source System 94

Linux Academy

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

How to Get a Linux Job. Learn how to use the keyboard to work with your text documents, complete searches, replace text, and format. Learn how to use the keyboard to work with your text documents, complete searches, replace text, and format. Kubernetes The Hard Way. Included with Community Membership. Free Mastery Courses.

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Course Linux Devops Big Data 104

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

As can be expected given the very recent release of Juno, the fall 2014 release of OpenStack, a number of Juno-specific “how to install” pages are popping up. Much of the content is similar to previous “how to install” guides that I’ve seen, but it might be useful to a few folks out there. Virtualization.

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Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 69

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Jase McCarty talks about how to backup or recover storage policy-based management (SPBM) profiles. Virtualization. Myles Gray shows you how to recover NSX Manager from a corrupt filesystem using an Ubuntu live CD. Bill Ho shares a walkthrough to setting up vSphere Integrated Containers 0.8.0-rc3. Neat trick!

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Vmware Linux Open Source Data Center 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Will Robinson talks about how to structure your Ansible playbooks in the context of using Ansible to control your network gear. This is an interesting project to watch, I think—it’s porting OVN (Open Virtual Network) from a “traditional” OvS back-end to an IOVisor-based back-end (IOVisor implements the data plane in eBPF).

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Vmware Storage Intel Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

And while we are on the topic of Linux and open source in the networking industry…read this entertaining and informative article on the importance of (truly) open source libraries in networking. The project itself is open source and hosted on GitHub. Virtualization. Per the README.md Hint, hint.).

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Vmware Linux Open Source Devops 60

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). VMware open-sourced an identity and access management service called Lightwave ( project web site , GitHub repo ).

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Devops Vmware Storage Open Source 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 Dwayne Sinclair covers the basics of SpoofGuard in NSX, and how to interact with SpoofGuard via API, in this article. Networking.

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Vmware Hardware Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

About a week ago, I published an article showing you how to use EncFS and BoxCryptor to provide client-side encryption of Dropbox data. The Dropbox iOS client still does not, unfortunately, know how to get the Markdown files into Byword. Interoperability Macintosh Security Storage Encryption OSS Privacy'

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Storage Open Source Virtualization System 105

Scott Lowe

APRIL 19, 2019

This article discusses four open source secrets management tools. While this article on how to configure 2FA for SSH on Fedora probably won’t work in many corporate environments (few use Fedora), it may provide enough information to figure out what it would look like in your environment. Virtualization.

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Open Source Tools Policies Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 9, 2014

Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is a networking topic that is starting to get more and more attention (some may equate “attention” with “hype”; I’ll allow you to draw your own conclusion there). Here’s hoping you find something useful! Networking. I’m paraphrasing for dramatic effect.)

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Vmware Storage HP Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

Diego Sucaria shows how to use an SSH SOCKS proxy to access private Kubernetes clusters. Steven Bright shows how to deploy Salt minions automatically using VMware Tools. Virtualization. And it’s publicly available on GitHub , although not licensed with a typical open source license. Career/Soft Skills.

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Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2019

Via the Kubernetes blog , Box announced it has open sourced a project called kube-iptables-tailer , which turns packet drops from iptables into Kubernetes events that can be logged for easier troubleshooting. This article on building DevOps pipelines with open source tools was exactly what a beginner (to CI/CD) needed.

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Vmware Open Source Intel Applications 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

The speaker for the session is Vin Sharma, who helps lead open source software strategies at Intel. The focus of this session, as you can tell from the title, is on security and trust (presumably talking about how to leverage Intel TXT with OpenStack). COMS002: Next Generation Cloud Infrastructure with Data Plane Virtualization.

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Cloud Intel Open Source Data Center 109

Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2020

Josh VanDeraa shows how to use Netmiko, NTC-Templates, Telegraf, Prometheus, and Grafana for monitoring VPN infrastructure (a more critical piece of infrastructure these days given all the remote work going on). I recently stumbled across this regular list of AWS open source news and updates by Ricardo Sueiras. Virtualization.

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Storage Tools Architecture Network 60

Linux Academy

APRIL 29, 2019

You learn the basic knowledge of computer hardware, gain an understanding of open-source applications in the workplace, and learn to navigate systems on a Linux desktop, as well as rudimentary commands to navigate the Linux command line. In the end, you should have a grasp of how to program. If so, this is the course for you.

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Linux Course Big Data Devops 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

And while we are on the topic of Linux and open source in the networking industry…read this entertaining and informative article on the importance of (truly) open source libraries in networking. The project itself is open source and hosted on GitHub. Virtualization. Per the README.md Hint, hint.).

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Vmware Open Source Linux Devops 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2017

Skydive is (in the project’s own words) an “open source real-time network topology and protocols analyzer.” I just noticed this article about using Nova flavor extra-specs to pass QoS data down to the virtualization layer. Here’s a list of some open source Docker-related tools that developers may find useful.

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Linux Devops Open Source Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 1, 2019

I’m not sure how I missed that part 2 was published only 2 days later, so I’m rectifying that now. Paul Fitzgerald shows how to use Hyper-V and Docker to build a VyOS 1.2.0 VyOS is an open source Linux-based network operating system.). Virtualization. Go check out part 2. Operating Systems/Applications.

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