GeekWire

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

” It’s called the Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client, using the industry lingo for a basic type of hardware that relies on cloud-based storage and processing rather than a beefy CPU and hard drive on a traditional computer. Customers can choose to pay either fixed monthly subscription fees or usage-based costs based on hourly metering.

Hardware 118

Hardware Linux Web Services HP 118

Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2017

The enterprise data storage marketplace is poised to become a battlefield. No longer the quiet backwater of cloud computing services, the focus of this global transition is now going from compute to storage. An overview of recent storage market history is needed to understand why this transition is important. is already with us.

Storage 79

Storage Cloud Media Operating Systems 79

Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

Humair Ahmed of VMware shares some details on a new control plane resiliency feature recently added to VMware NSX: Controller Disconnected Operation (CDO) mode. Here’s a handy list of deprecated Linux network commands and their replacements. Konstantin Ryabitsev has a series going on securing a SysAdmin Linux workstation.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Network 60

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. Networking. So useful.).

Linux 90

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90

Scott Lowe

APRIL 29, 2022

Operating Systems/Applications. Jorge Castro encourages folks to just kill the silly myths (regarding desktop Linux). Poorna Gaddehosur has an update on getting Linux-based eBPF programs to run with eBPF on Windows. Scott Hanselman insists that this one e-mail rule will change your life. Web views in macOS?

Linux 74

Linux Storage Programming Applications 74

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2020

Redpill Linpro talks to readers about their new routers running Cumulus Linux. Operating Systems/Applications. Berk Ulsoy discusses WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux), providing a “Linux veteran’s” perspective. I need to move it back to Windows from Linux. That’s cool.

Linux 60

Linux Windows Hardware Network 60

Dataconomy

APRIL 13, 2023

The VNC protocol is designed to be platform-independent, meaning that it can be used to access and control computers running on any operating system, including Windows, macOS, Linux, and others. RDP is built into Windows and is available on most versions of the operating system.

Virtualization 36

Virtualization Network Linux Windows 36

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.

Linux 60

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 21, 2020

” Want to use a Yubikey to automatically lock and unlock your Linux system? Operating Systems/Applications. According to The Verge , Windows 10 users aren’t very happy about Microsoft’s forced roll-out of its Chromium-based Edge browser. ” Storage. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Handbook 60

Handbook Linux Storage Windows 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

Although Linux is often considered to be superior to Windows and macOS with regard to security, it is not without its own security flaws. I, personally, would posit that Linux can be more secure than other platforms, but it requires proper configuration and can still be undone by a loose nut behind the keyboard. Virtualization.

Linux 74

Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

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. Kevin Houston discusses workload acceleration options—specifically, storage acceleration via NVMe or PCIe SSDs—for blade servers. Servers/Hardware.

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Storage Network 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Operating Systems/Applications. You may have heard of eBPF, the Linux technology that is reshaping Linux applications (and in some ways reshaping Linux itself). You may have heard of eBPF, the Linux technology that is reshaping Linux applications (and in some ways reshaping Linux itself).

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Open Source Examples 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 2, 2016

Jason Messer has an article describing how networking works with Windows containers. Dmitri Kalintsev examines some options for addressing storage-related connectivity in NSX environments. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware. Drew Conry-Murray shines a light on Intel’s network ambitions. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Virtualization Linux Windows 60

GeekWire

JULY 15, 2021

Internally, the Steam Deck runs on a new version of SteamOS , the Linux-based operating system that Valve used to run for its Steam Machine project. Ghz CPU, 16GB of RAM, and a MicroSD card slot for expanded storage. Will anyone actually be able to get one of these things?

Operating Systems 114

Operating Systems System Comparison Linux 114

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

I’ve been a Mac OS X user for a long time; I switched from Windows to OS X in 2003 when the OS X flavor of the day was 10.2 “Jaguar.” I adopted OS X as my operating system of choice in 2003 because I wanted a stable, powerful, UNIX-based operating system. Macintosh iPhone Linux'

Operating Systems 131

Operating Systems Apple Applications Linux 131

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Operating Systems/Applications. 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. This other post by Cody on automated Windows 10 post-install may also be useful. RegEx tester.

Windows 60

Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Operating Systems/Applications. 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. This other post by Cody on automated Windows 10 post-install may also be useful. RegEx tester.

Windows 60

Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

I’m a 1Password user (just wish they’d release a “real” Linux client and bring back support for local vaults to all platforms), so seeing this article on how Agile Bits (the company behind 1Password) is using Terraform with AWS was pretty cool. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Storage 60

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.

Vmware 69

Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 69

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Andrey Khomyakov shares some information on automating the setup of whitebox switches running Cumulus Linux in part 2 of this series on learning network automation. Operating Systems/Applications. could make RDP connections to modern Windows systems. could make RDP connections to modern Windows systems.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Open Source Data Center 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Operating Systems/Applications. Kevin Lynch of the Squarespace Engineering team has a great write-up on Linux container scheduling ; this post provides some in-depth information on the various components and considerations involved. Check out the beginning of the series here. Larry Smith Jr. Virtualization. Career/Soft Skills.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Engineering Network 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 18, 2017

Although Rowan doesn’t specifically mention it, this command relies on tools like tr , sort , and uniq , so I’m guessing it will only work on OS X/Linux/*BSD systems. Operating Systems/Applications. The post has a nice list of Linux replacements for popular OS X apps. Check this out. Virtualization.

Linux 60

Linux Network Hardware Dell 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

This is my irregularly-published collection of links and articles from around the Internet related to the major data center technologies: networking, hardware, security, cloud computing, applications/OSes, storage, and virtualization. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking. Don’t just send me press releases, please.).

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Network Windows 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Operating Systems/Applications. 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. This other post by Cody on automated Windows 10 post-install may also be useful.

Windows 60

Windows Virtualization Devops Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 30, 2018

Operating Systems/Applications. If I ever get my hands on a Windows 10 box (I’m seriously considering adding a Windows 10 box to my home office setup), I’m going to try this process. Flatcar Linux is a “friendly fork” of Container Linux (of CoreOS). Tirumarai Selvan has a comparison.

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Windows Applications 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2017

Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s a walkthrough to install Arch Linux on VirtualBox. I like the idea of using Docker labels to include a reference to a commit in a version control system as suggested in this article , but as I was thinking about it this morning I had a question. That’s handy. Virtualization.

Linux 60

Linux Devops Open Source Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 12, 2016

Operating Systems/Applications. Nick Janetakis discusses some of the differences it’s made for some of his Docker images to switch to using Alpine Linux as the base (instead of the more common Ubuntu or Debian base images). What really caught my eye, though, was the size of the Windows Server Docker image (9.429 GB!).

Vmware 60

Vmware Windows Network Agile 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

Here’s a quick post on nftables , the (eventual) Linux replacement for iptables. Unfortunately, if you were the owner of a Logitech device, you had to boot into Windows just to update the firmware—until now. Check out this blog on work done to bring firmware updates into the land of Linux. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 60

Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

Here’s a quick post on nftables , the (eventual) Linux replacement for iptables. Unfortunately, if you were the owner of a Logitech device, you had to boot into Windows just to update the firmware—until now. Check out this blog on work done to bring firmware updates into the land of Linux. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 60

Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

The portability of orchestration resources is one of several aspects you’ll want to examine as you progress down the route of fully embracing a cloud computing operational model. Operating Systems/Applications. Mike Foley has a blog post on how to go from zero to Windows domain controller in only 4 reboots.

Linux 60

Linux Network Vmware Disaster Recovery 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 19, 2019

Milind Gunjan shares some tips for troubleshooting Linux bridged networking on a KVM host. ” Operating Systems/Applications. Mark Church from Docker provides an update on Windows containers with Docker and Kubernetes , specifically calling out the support for Windows node as of the Kubernetes 1.14

Open Source 60

Open Source Tools Policies Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

Operating Systems/Applications. Need to do some port forwarding on a Linux box and want to automate the configuration with Puppet? and Windows Server 2012 NFS. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Here’s a configuration example.

Vmware 106

Vmware Virtualization Network Linux 106

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 8, 2016

In case you’re interested, here’s more details on CVE-2016-5195 , aka “Dirty Cow,” and how it might be used to allow a user to escape from a Linux container (like a Docker container). Operating Systems/Applications. Thomas Maurer has a write-up looking at Windows Nano Server. JJ Asghar announces two Chef vRA 7.0+

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Intel Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

The rise of Linux in importance in the networking industry continues, with Arista announcing enhancements to Arista EOS to support—among other things—Docker containers. As a partial counterpoint to the increased use/visibility of Linux in the networking industry, check out Ivan’s take on Dell’s OS10 announcement. Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Open Source Devops 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Weijuan Shi Davis collected some resources related to Windows containers on Kubernetes in this post-KubeCon post. Operating Systems/Applications. Dave Taylor provides s ome tips for configuring VMware Fusion for Linux usage. Personally, I say just switch to Linux full-time, but hey not everyone is down for that.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Hardware Case Study 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 27, 2018

Operating Systems/Applications. Tom Whiston has started what appears to be a series of blog posts about using Atomic Workstation, which takes the immutable infrastructure approach to Linux on a workstation (desktop or laptop). I found this article on the “end of Windows” to be an interesting read.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Open Source Security 60

The Verge

AUGUST 6, 2020

You get noticeably more vertical screen space, and I could comfortably stack windows side by side without ever having to zoom out. The model I tested, which costs $629, has a Core i5-10210U processor, 8GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage. Use gesture controls to swap between windows. You can use the Spin in tent mode as well.

Storage 82

Storage System Windows Examples 82