Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Since that time, I’ve been experimenting with ODrive, testing it to see how well it works, if at all, with my Fedora Linux environment. ODrive, if you’re reading this: put some effort into your Linux support and your docs, and you’ll probably get more paying customers.)

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Linux Storage Cloud Examples 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

These articles are a bit long in the tooth, but CSS Corp has a useful series of articles on bundling various Linux distributions for use with OpenStack: bundling CentOS , bundling CentOS with VNC , bundling Debian , and bundling OpenSUSE. has posted a good hypervisor feature comparison document. in the comparison, even though RHEV 3.1

Vmware 115

Vmware Virtualization Storage Hardware 115

Virtualized Greek

JANUARY 28, 2014

Or should I say, I haven’t seen a great operating model for seamlessly managing both Windows and Linux. That proved to be more of apples to oranges comparison, but I think the OS example is a good comparison. Hypervisors should be treated the same as Linux and Windows management. We love to compare things in IT.

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Vmware Linux Comparison Windows 68

Virtualized Greek

MARCH 13, 2013

I plan on during a full comparison of View and XenDesktop. But, before I do a comparison I thought I’d share what I like and don’t like about XenDesktop. There’s client’s for Blackberry, Windows 8, iOS, Linux and Android just to name a few. I expect to come up to speed with View and do a comparison between the two solutions.

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Comparison Virtualization Applications Vmware 82

Scott Lowe

APRIL 17, 2013

Florian makes the “dreaded Linux-OpenStack comparison,” combining it with models and charts from Moore’s “Crossing the Chasm.” ” Florian posits that a key adoption point is that the underlying platform—be it Linux or OpenStack—must “become irrelevant.”

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Enterprise Enterprise HP Linux 106

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 29, 2017

As part of my Linux migration (see my initial progress report ), late this past week I started setting up my first non-Apple laptop since 2003. From a comparison perspective, I’d say it’s on par with my son’s 11” MacBook Air. If you’re considering moving to Linux, the E7370 may be a good platform to consider. 16 GB of RAM.

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Dell Linux Intel Travel 60

Linux Academy

JUNE 17, 2019

Ansible uses YAML to describe your automation jobs, which is easy to learn in comparison to other languages because it looks very similar to plain English. But y ou can do all of that and more in our free Ansible Quick Start course on Linux Academy , right now. LPI Linux Essentials 1.6. Why is it considered to be the simplest?

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Linux Course Load Balancer Google 60

Linux Academy

MAY 3, 2019

Deployment of the role, by comparison, is easy. The post Ansible Roles Explained | Cheat Sheet appeared first on Linux Academy. It is worth noting here that I reference the httpd.yml , httpd.conf.j2 , and index.html files without full paths as they are stored within the role. Deploying the role. Ansible and SSH Considerations.

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Construction Linux Comparison Examples 119

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 18, 2017

In the last few weeks, though, I’ve revisited the idea of a plain text productivity system as part of my migration to Ubuntu Linux as my primary desktop OS, and I think I’ve resolved some of the issues that were present in my last attempt. Further, I very recently decided to make Ubuntu Linux 16.04 I’m not sure about #4 yet.

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Linux Comparison Tools Mobile 60

GeekWire

JULY 15, 2021

Three initial reactions, on my end: $399 for this seems crazily inexpensive, particularly by comparison with the Valve’s VR headset Index. 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.

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Operating Systems System Comparison Linux 117

Dataconomy

MARCH 27, 2025

Installation and requirements Installing Scikit-learn is a straightforward process, and it integrates easily with various Linux distributions. User-friendly integration Scikit-learn supports the import of numerous algorithms, enabling quick and efficient model development, evaluation, and comparison.

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Resources Tools Analysis Open Source 36

Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

Courtesy of Tigera, Alex Pollitt shares some guidelines on when Linux conntrack is no longer your friend. Apparently Dell’s new docking stations support firmware updates via Linux. Speaking of Pulumi, Kyle Galbraith wrote up a comparison of Pulumi and Terraform for infrastructure as code. Networking. Servers/Hardware.

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Linux Dell Licensing Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The rise of the disaggregated network operating system (NOS) marches on: this time, it’s Big Switch Networks announcing expanded hardware support in Open Network Linux (ONL) , upon which its own NOS is based. I use OTR with Adium on OS X, and OTR with Pidgin on my Fedora Linux laptop.). Networking. Servers/Hardware.

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Vmware Linux Storage Load Balancer 60

All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

You can deploy your application in the configuration you choose on Amazon Linux and Ubuntu. For a comparison of the different Application Management services visit this overview page. OpsWorks has some unique features that help customers achieve this: Model and support any application.

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Cloud Applications Web Services Resources 141

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Here’s a post on using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to run Linux containers on Windows. Ben Kehoe provides readers with a hygienic Python setup for Linux, macOS, and WSL. Corey Minyard of MontaVista disusses the role of Linux and virtualization in safety-critical systems. Programming. Virtualization.

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Linux Network Tools Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

At DevOps Networking Forum 2016, I had the opportunity to share a presentation on some Linux networking options. I knew Microsoft was cozying up to Linux, but I honestly didn’t expect they would port SQL Server to Linux. You may also find this (related) article on memory inside Linux containers to be helpful. Networking.

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Vmware Linux Network Open Source 60

Dataconomy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Moreover, the Pocket AI GPU is compatible with both Windows and Linux systems, ensuring widespread usability. For comparison, the NVIDIA RTX 4060 Ti is available at a similar price point. Thanks to NVIDIA CUDA X RTX software enhancements, it’s primed for delivering exceptional performance. PCI Express 3.0 PCI Express 3.0

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Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Technologies covered include Microsoft Windows and Azure, Amazon Web Services, VMware, Linux, Google Docs, Drupal, WordPress, OpenStack, Rackspace, Digital Ocean, Chef, and Chef Solo. These three CloudMASTER courses guide students through a wide expanse of cloud based technologies.

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Systems Administration Cloud Course Training 84

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 19, 2018

I won’t go into all the gory details here; see this post for some background and then see this update from last October that summarized my previous efforts to migrate to Linux ( Fedora , specifically) as my primary desktop operating system. The motivation for using Linux is something I’ve already discussed.

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Linux Hardware Media System 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 5, 2013

Although this post is a bit older (it’s from September of last year), it’s still an interesting comparison of both OpenStack and CloudStack. General KVM Linux Networking OpenFlow OpenStack Puppet RedHat SDN Security Storage Virtualization VMware vSphere' Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Technology Short Take #30.

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Virtualization Storage Vmware Network 108

The Verge

MAY 2, 2021

That includes anything elaborate with Linux, and anything that requires an external monitor. For comparison, the Spin 513 is largely competing with Mediatek and Intel Celeron machines. The more interesting comparison is to Lenovo’s $279 Chromebook Duet, which also comes with 4GB of RAM, as well as a MediaTek chip.

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Windows Comparison Intel Examples 105

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 6, 2018

Christian Kellner talks about work done on Thunderbolt 3 security levels for GNU/Linux. Jorge Salamero Sanz (on behalf of Sysdig) provides a similar comparison, this time looking at ECS, Fargate, and EKS. Tony Bourke has a two-part series on ZFS and Linux and encryption ( part 1 , part 2 ). Servers/Hardware. Virtualization.

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Linux Vmware Comparison Network 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 2, 2021

In this post , Jakub Sitnicki digs way deep into the Linux kernel to uncover the answer to the question, “Why are there no entries in the conntrack table for SYN packets dropped by the firewall?” Linux malware is getting more sophisticated. ” Get ready to get nerdy! Servers/Hardware. Virtualization.

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Vmware Firewall Storage Comparison 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 22, 2014

I mentioned at the start of this post that I’d provide some comparison to other methods for deploying containers in an automated fashion. Interoperability Virtualization Automation Docker Linux OpenStack' See the blog posts I provided earlier.). Deploying CoreOS on OpenStack Using Heat. Another Look at an OpenStack Heat Template.

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Virtualization Linux Network Fashion 90

GeekWire

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

announced the Deck in July as its latest foray into both hardware and its support of gaming on the Linux operating system. For comparison’s sake. The Deck, like Valve’s Steam Machine before it, uses a custom operating system based on Linux, with a special Proton compatibility layer that allows Windows games to run.

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Hardware Linux Operating Systems Software 117

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

Anthony Shaw has a good comparison of Ansible, StackStorm, and Salt (with a particular view at applicability in a networking context). Here’s a quick post on nftables , the (eventual) Linux replacement for iptables. Check out this blog on work done to bring firmware updates into the land of Linux.

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Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

Anthony Shaw has a good comparison of Ansible, StackStorm, and Salt (with a particular view at applicability in a networking context). Here’s a quick post on nftables , the (eventual) Linux replacement for iptables. Check out this blog on work done to bring firmware updates into the land of Linux.

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Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Linux Academy

MAY 3, 2019

Deployment of the role, by comparison, is easy. The post Ansible Roles Explained | Cheat Sheet appeared first on Linux Academy Blog. It is worth noting here that I reference the httpd.yml , httpd.conf.j2 , and index.html files without full paths as they are stored within the role. Deploying the role. Ansible and SSH Considerations.

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Construction Linux Comparison Examples 83

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Naim next goes through some pricing comparisons showing how EFS is much cheaper than DIY storage solutions using EC2 instances and EBS volumes. A new feature announced last week is EFS File Sync, which is designed to get data from on-premises file systems into EFS, and is designed to operate up to 5x faster than traditional Linux copy tool.

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System Storage Linux Architecture 60

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. NixOS seems to be an interesting re-think of a Linux distribution.

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Vmware Linux Hardware Software Development 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

In this respect, you could make a comparison between Consul and etcd, the distributed key/value store bundled with CoreOS Linux. Installing Consul is pretty easy, actually: Download the Consul software (binaries are provided for 32-bit Linux, 64-bit Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows). Finally, Consul is a key/value store.

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Linux Applications Examples System 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 30, 2018

Tirumarai Selvan has a comparison. Flatcar Linux is a “friendly fork” of Container Linux (of CoreOS). JJ Asghar provides some direct steps to getting PowerCLI 10+ working on Ubuntu Linux. Thorsten Hans walks through upgrading a Kubernetes cluster on AKS using the Azure CLI. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Virtualized Greek

APRIL 11, 2013

If I were to still be in the business of administering servers, I’d be a Windows expert and feel comfortable managing Linux appliances within the environment. Most Linux admins wouldn’t have too much of a problem installing the solution. I believe I’m of the same ilk of the typical traditional VMware enterprise sysadmin.

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Vmware Data Center Cloud Virtualization 69

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). Nir Yechiel posted an article on using the Cumulus VX QCOW2 image with Fedora and KVM.

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Vmware Devops Storage Linux 60

Linux Academy

MARCH 13, 2019

As I detailed in my last blog post, I’m continuing to update the Linux Academy AWS DevOps Pro certification course. Another comparison can be made to Blue/Green Deployments which is covered in another section of the DevOps Pro course. The course has three new sections: Deployment Pipelines. AWS Lambda, and. AWS API Gateway.

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Devops Course Linux Comparison 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Here’s a review of targeted attacks and APTs (advanced persistent threats) on Linux. The article doesn’t go deep on any of them, but does provide some useful information and comparison of the various mechanisms. More details are found in this article. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Hint: no technology is perfect.).

Linux 60

Linux Programming Cloud Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Anthony Shaw has a good comparison of Ansible, StackStorm, and Salt (with a particular view at applicability in a networking context). Here’s a quick post on nftables , the (eventual) Linux replacement for iptables. Check out this blog on work done to bring firmware updates into the land of Linux.

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Open Source Network Linux Engineering 60