TechSpot

MARCH 3, 2023

Some influential people in the open-source community are pushing for the adoption of a one-stop app store for Linux-based operating systems. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Operating systems based on the open-source kernel aren't as reliable as Windows for anti-cheat systems, forcing Apex Legends to abandon official support for the platform. Read Entire Article Developer Respawn Entertainment and publisher EA recently shared some harsh insights about Linux as a gaming platform.

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TechSpot

AUGUST 16, 2023

KeePassXC is a secure and open-source password manager for desktop operating systems. Read Entire Article Its latest release fixes macOS issues and improves some UI elements. It comes highly recommended for cloud-free password storage.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 19, 2024

Networking This article on running WireGuard in Docker may prove useful if that’s an approach I decide to adopt for my AWS lab infrastructure. A set of vulnerabilities in the open source reference implementation of the UEFI specification has been uncovered. Check out the newsletter to get the link to the Istio article.)

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Here’s your weekend reading—a collection of links and articles from around the internet on a variety of data center- and cloud-related topics. Networking The good folks over at Packet Pushers have compiled a list of open source networking projects. Welcome to Technology Short Take #175!

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Well, let’s see…stuff on Envoy, network automation, network designs, M1 chips (and potential open source variants!), a bevy of security articles (including a couple on very severe vulnerabilities), Kubernetes, AWS IAM, and so much more! Are open source M1-style chips a possibility? Networking.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 30, 2023

’s lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI over their use of its articles in GPT-4 and other AI models. ” The need for strong open-source models: “The consolidation of power in AI is a huge risk. The countervailing forces are, number one, open source models. Related coverage on GeekWire: NYT v.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 15, 2024

Operating Systems/Applications Here’s one person’s take on sudo for Windows. David Both has an article on using systemd journals for troubleshooting. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management Mina Abadir shares some experiences around migrating from PlanetScale to Amazon Aurora. Rory McCune explains Kubernetes authentication.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 27, 2023

I’ve got another collection of links to articles on networking, security, cloud, programming, and career development—hopefully you find something useful! This article on using osquery for behavioral detection of macOS malware was an interesting read. Read this article and you will be enlightened.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 9, 2022

This article provides a few practical examples of how using VPC Endpoints to reduce network traffic moving through NAT Gateways can help save money. Rory McCune has a series of articles on PCI compliance in containerized and Kubernetes environments. food references in the title of this article are almost too much.

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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. This particular Technology Short Take is a tad heavy on cloud computing, but there’s a decent mix of other articles as well.

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Phil Windley

DECEMBER 28, 2020

This article explores the properties of the self-sovereign internet and makes the case that they justify its generativity claims. While the purpose of this article is not to review Zittrain's paper in detail, I recommend you take some time to explore it. Multiple vendors, and even open-source tools can easily use DIDComm.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

This is a slightly older article (from January of this year) in which Josh Saul of Hedgehog pays homage to the achievements of Cumulus Networks in the open networking movement. Michael Kashin has a good post on source IP address selection in Linux. Exploiting cloud VMs via a remote serial/console service?

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The Verge

JANUARY 13, 2022

There are some unique complicating factors this year, but it’s the same old Android — the good and the bad Android 12 is one of the platform’s most ambitious updates in recent history, bringing a major design overhaul to every corner of the operating system. OxygenOS 12, he suspects, suffered from similar issues.

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