Scott Lowe

MARCH 5, 2017

This post is part of a series of posts sharing the stories of other users who have decided to migrate to Linux as their primary desktop OS. Each person’s migration (and their accompanying story) is unique; some people have embraced Linux only on their home computer; others are using it at work as well. Q: Why did you switch to Linux?

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 31, 2018

In December 2016, I kicked off a migration from macOS to Linux as my primary laptop OS. In this post, I’d like to recap where things stand as of December 2018, after 8 months of full-time use of Linux as my primary laptop OS. Linux Distribution. Applications.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 11, 2017

In December 2016, I kicked off a migration to Linux (from OS X) as my primary laptop OS. Let me start by saying that I am actively using a Linux-powered laptop as my primary laptop right now, and I have been doing so since early February. Linux Distribution. Applications. LTS (“Xenial Xerus”).

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Linux Report Vmware Travel 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 31, 2024

This trick for “de-Googling Google” has been making the rounds on social medial for the last few days. Operating Systems/Applications I’m in agreement with Simon Willison and others on the use of “slop” to describe the artificially generated content that is increasingly polluting search results.

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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. You can create code (a function) that does a specific task, throw it into your FaaS provider (Google, AWS, Azure, etc.), Firebase : Google’s mobile-focused BaaS.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The pecking order for cloud infrastructure has been relatively stable, with AWS at around 33% market share, Microsoft Azure second at 22%, and Google Cloud a distant third at 11%. Traditional hardware vendors also have as-a-service offerings that can run in data centers or at the edge: Dell Apex and HPE GreenLake.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 7, 2021

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. The folks at Netskope have a pair of blog posts on GCP OAuth token hijacking in Google Cloud ( part 1 , part 2 ). Networking.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Servers/Hardware. Kay Singh collects some user comments on the new M1-powered Apple hardware. Mete Atamel has a great walkthrough of using Workflows on Google Cloud to connect various API-driven services together. Operating Systems/Applications. Martin Heinz discusses that very topic in this post. Lots of geekery in here!

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Kitaboo

MAY 14, 2024

Top Tools for Converting PDF to ePub Zamzar Calibre KITABOO Google Docs CloudConvert III. It’s not dependent on the hardware, software, or OS being used, making PDF compatible across various devices. It is a free application for iOS and Android devices. This tool is compatible with Windows, Linux, and Mac OS.

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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. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Servers/Hardware. The big news in the hardware space recently was the article regarding the purported Chinese hardware supply chain attack. Of the (innumerable) articles commenting on the hardware hack, this article by Joe FitzPatrick and this ErrataSec article caught my eye. Operating Systems/Applications.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 5, 2023

Economic sustainability is about fair and equal access to employment, broadband networks, and other technology resources, while the third pillar, equitable sustainability, involves removing or reducing bias in the flood of data and algorithms underpinning applications, particularly in emerging generative AI models, he says.

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Dataconomy

MARCH 19, 2024

NVIDIA’s strategic goal with NIM is to foster a network of AI-prepared containers that are built upon its hardware infrastructure, with these specialized microservices acting as the principal software component for organizations eager to accelerate their AI initiatives.

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Galido

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Automakers want to standardize on a Linux-based OS that would make vehicle infotainment systems act more like smartphones. Automakers are working to standardize on a Linux-based operating system for in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems that would make it easier for cars to act more like smartphones. In Vehicle Infotainment.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 27, 2022

Servers/Hardware. Via Teri Radichel , I saw this article from Google Project Zero about zero-click security vulnerabilities in Zoom. As I understand it, this is the culmination of an effort launched about a year ago when Google started signing the “distroless” images. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Galido

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Developed by Google, programming language Go has gone from being a curiosity in the world of programming to a language that many would not hesitate to describe as “the great discovery.” This language is perfect programming language for the development of medium and high complexity web applications. Objective-C.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The first was on RESTful control of Cumulus Linux ACLs (this one isn’t actually sFlow-related); the second was on combining sFlow telemetry and RESTful APIs for visibility and control in campus networks. Servers/Hardware. Both articles are worth reviewing if hardware selection is an important aspect of your role.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 6, 2018

This post is a bit older, but covers a challenge faced by cloud-native darling Netflix—how does one, exactly, identify which application used which IP address at a given point in time? Servers/Hardware. Christian Kellner talks about work done on Thunderbolt 3 security levels for GNU/Linux. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 21, 2016

First up, there’s a great article on using IPVLAN with Docker and Cumulus Linux (with a tie back to sFlow, naturally!). Here’s a walkthrough by Cody Bunch on setting up BGP on Linux with Cumulus Quagga. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Next, Peter posted an article on using sFlow for BGP route analytics.

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Cloud Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2016

You will receive multiple points of view, firsthand experience and a foundation in managing industry leading cloud services like Amazon Web Services, Drupal, Wordpress, Google Docs and Digital Ocean.

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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). Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

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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. Servers/Hardware. Kit Colbert shares 5 predictions for cloud-native applications in 2017. Ben Thompson has an in-depth analysis of how Google is challenging AWS.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2015

I highly recommend you read the entire post, but in short the five skills Matt recommends are software skills (which includes configuration management and software development tools like Git ), Linux, deep protocol knowledge, hypervisor and container networking, and IPv6. Servers/Hardware. What does this mean?

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Servers/Hardware. Seth Vargo walks through how to use Terraform to setup and configure a Google Cloud Run service. Operating Systems/Applications. I recently spotted Multipass , a virtualization solution for working with Linux instances. The investment in your family will pay off in later years, trust me. Networking.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 22, 2015

Welcome to Technology Short Take #51, another collection of posts and links about key data center technologies like networking, virtualization, cloud management, and applications/operating systems. Flavio Leitner has a nice article comparing OVS internal ports with Linux veth devices. Servers/Hardware. Networking.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 17, 2018

Servers/Hardware. Scott McCarty explains sVirt and how it’s used to isolate Linux containers. Operating Systems/Applications. Like Google GVisor, I suspect this will see limited uptake (at least initially) since it requires a specific base image in order to work. Nothing this time around, sorry! Virtualization.

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Load Balancer Storage Network Linux 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). Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Devops Vmware Storage Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

” Eul walks through the basic components of the mobile platform, which includes not only hardware but also mobile software. Skaugen takes some time to describe more fully the specifications around 2-in–1 devices, coming from hardware partners like Dell, HP, Lenovo, Panasonic, Sony, and Toshiba.

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Intel Hardware Mobile 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. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Welcome to Technology Short Take #85!

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Social, Agile and Transformation

JULY 14, 2009

And heres another way to think about Chromes business model But when you consider the $50/year price to license an anti-viral, the $30/year to license a malware program and the additional $30/year you need for a registry cleaner, the software price of a Netbook gets completely out of line with its hardware cost. Isaac Sacolick. Follow @nyike.

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The Verge

JUNE 25, 2021

WSL, which is the part of Windows that lets you run Linux. You can go to Google and download their browser, or you can go to Firefox and download their browser. We have layers in the cloud from the applications all the way to infrastructure. Different application vendors and companies use it in different ways.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 7, 2014

Servers/Hardware. Another interesting tidbit regarding hardware: it seems as if we are now seeing the emergence of another round of “hardware offloads.” This next round of hardware offloads seems targeted at network virtualization and related technologies. Operating Systems/Applications. x86 marches on!

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Virtualization Hardware Intel Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 4, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. YACOOS (Yet Another Container-Optimized Operating System) has gone GA; this time it’s Google’s (imaginatively-named) “Container-Optimized OS”. You can get more details via this Google blog post. Ajay Chenampara shares his workaround for storing GitHub credentials on Linux.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Bird , by the way, is an open source routing daemon for Linux, *BSD, and other UNIX-like operating systems.). Servers/Hardware. If you’re charged with building cloud infrastructure and/or helping to leave a transformation to cloud-native applications, I’d highly recommend reading this post. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Galido

MAY 1, 2019

Technology is the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry. It involves advances in computer technology, machinery, and equipment developed from the application of scientific knowledge and a branch of knowledge dealing with engineering or applied sciences. Google Online Security Blog.

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Galido

MARCH 22, 2019

Technology is the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry. It involves advances in computer technology, machinery, and equipment developed from the application of scientific knowledge and a branch of knowledge dealing with engineering or applied sciences. Google Online Security Blog.

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Resources Mobile Data Center Security 107

Galido

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Technology is the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry. It involves advances in computer technology, machinery, and equipment developed from the application of scientific knowledge and a branch of knowledge dealing with engineering or applied sciences. Google Online Security Blog.

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