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Technology Short Take 146

Scott Lowe

Denise Fishburne has a 7-part series on IPv6. Nice to see that work on getting Linux up and running and fully functional on Apple’s proprietary M1 chips is progressing well. Cloudflare recently introduced its own object storage offering, announced in this blog post. Networking.

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Technology Short Take 146

Scott Lowe

Denise Fishburne has a 7-part series on IPv6. Nice to see that work on getting Linux up and running and fully functional on Apple’s proprietary M1 chips is progressing well. Cloudflare recently introduced its own object storage offering, announced in this blog post. Networking.

IPv6 60
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Technology Short Take 153

Scott Lowe

This article contains some good information on IPv6 for those who are just starting to get more familiar with it, although toward the end it turns into a bit of an advertisement. Although Linux is often considered to be superior to Windows and macOS with regard to security, it is not without its own security flaws. Networking.

Linux 74
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Technology Short Take 138

Scott Lowe

I didn’t do so well on storage links; apologies to my storage-focused friends! Want/need to better understand IPv6? Via TecMint, James Kiarie explains how to use VirtualBox VMs on KVM in Linux. Welcome to Technology Short Take #138. However, there should be something for most everyone else. Networking.

IPv6 60
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Technology Short Take #77

Scott Lowe

Simon Leinen (from SWITCHengines) explains their use of IPv6 with OpenStack. Flatpak is a (relatively) new application packaging/sandboxing mechanism for Linux applications. Who would have thought that one day you’d refer to a Microsoft web site for instructions on configuring something in Linux?

Linux 60
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Technology Short Take #87

Scott Lowe

Vincent Bernat has a really in-depth article on IPv4 route lookup on Linux (and one on IPv6 route lookup as well). Andrew Montalenti discusses the state of Linux on the desktop by examining his own journey with various Lenovo-branded laptops. Here’s hoping you find something useful! Networking.

Storage 60
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Technology Short Take #84

Scott Lowe

I wouldn’t take this information as gospel, but here’s a breakdown of some of the IPv6 support available in VMware NSX. Aside from a Windows VM I maintain for the occasional thing I can’t do effectively on Linux or OS X, I haven’t worked with Windows in any significant capacity in quite a while. Servers/Hardware. RegEx tester.

Windows 60