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

Virtualized Greek

APRIL 11, 2013

We are looking at the enterprise that is highly virtualized, which looking at the market means VMware or Hyper-v with or KVM and others to a much lessor extent. 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.

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Vmware Data Center Cloud Virtualization 69

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. Virtualization. Networking.

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Linux Dell Licensing Open Source 60

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. Virtualization. Corey Minyard of MontaVista disusses the role of Linux and virtualization in safety-critical systems.

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Linux Network Tools Hardware 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). Virtualization. Have I mentioned the ESXi Virtual Appliance ? Career/Soft Skills/Productivity.

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Vmware Devops Storage Linux 60

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 ). Virtualization.

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Linux Vmware Comparison Network 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. Virtualization.

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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. Virtualization.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 11, 2014

He makes comparisons among server virtualization, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, and SDN, and feels that in order for SDN to really hit this market it needs to be “not a user-facing feature, but rather a means to an end” (his words). Erik Smith at EMC has published a series of articles on “virtual storage networks.”

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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. Virtualization. ” Get ready to get nerdy! Servers/Hardware.

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Vmware Firewall Storage Comparison 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 8, 2016

Cumulus Networks recently shifted their pricing and licensing model toward perpetual licenses; this article has more information and a comparison of the old vs. new models. ZFS will be in the next Ubuntu Linux LTS release. Virtualization. I guess all I can really say about this is…oops.

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Vmware Linux Intel Network 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). Virtualization. Have I mentioned the ESXi Virtual Appliance ? Career/Soft Skills/Productivity.

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Devops Vmware Storage Open Source 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

MARCH 30, 2018

Tirumarai Selvan has a comparison. Hmmm…maybe I could install Windows 10 on my quad-proc Mac Pro, then run macOS virtualized on it…that might be something to try one day (as if I’ll ever have time for that!). Flatcar Linux is a “friendly fork” of Container Linux (of CoreOS). Virtualization.

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Linux Vmware Windows Applications 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 30, 2015

He draws some comparisons between the use of full-machine virtualization (aka VMs) with the use of Linux containers—not that one is better or worse than the other, but that they are different and therefore have different characteristics and different use cases. That lead to “automagically configured” web services (PaaS).

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Cloud Web Services Devops Linux 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The folks over at Cilium took a look at a recent CNI benchmark comparison and unpacked it a bit. Jorge Castro shares some informal notes on using Clear Linux as an everyday DevOps/cloud-native/Kubernetes client. Virtualization. There’s some good information in their article. Operating Systems/Applications.

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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. Virtualization. More details are found in this article. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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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. Virtualization.

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Open Source Network Linux Engineering 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Here’s hoping I’ve managed to find something of value and interest to you in this latest collection of links and articles from around the web on networking, storage, virtualization, security, and other data center-related technologies. Virtualization. Welcome to Technology Short Take #55! Networking.

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Vmware Virtualization Guidelines Network 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 12, 2021

Here’s Chip Zoller’s comparison of Gatekeper and Kyverno. Virtualization. Via TecMint, James Kiarie explains how to use VirtualBox VMs on KVM in Linux. If you’re interested in doing some customization of Tanzu Basic, this post may prove useful. William Lam shares a few Kubernetes tips and tricks.

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Virtualized Greek

JUNE 10, 2019

Oh, did I forget to mention, other than installing Linux, I really shouldn’t be left to my own devices with a Linux console. The best comparison I have is VMware vSphere. On top of all that, I’m pretty rusty touching deep technology. What I am having trouble with is getting my bearings on what I don’t know.

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The Verge

AUGUST 15, 2020

But as Epic made clear in an unprecedented video mocking Apple’s iconic “1984” Macintosh ad — one that also aired directly to players within the virtual world of Fortnite itself — the primary target here is Apple and its longstanding and often controversial stewardship of the iOS app ecosystem.

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Apple Industry Cloud Mobile 145

Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

Gabriele Gerbino has a nice write-up about Cisco’s efforts with APIs ; his article includes a brief description of YANG data models and a comparison of working with network devices via SSH or via API. Virtualization. Giuliano Bertello shares why it’s important to RTFM; or, how he fixed an issue with a Cross-vCenter NSX 6.2

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Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

The Verge

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Naturally, things get a lot more interesting once you download Wootility , Wooting’s companion software that’s available across Windows, Mac, and Linux. Maybe this is an unfair comparison. It’s not the nicest keyboard I’ve ever typed on, but it’s functional enough. But it highlights some of the drawbacks of a keyboard like the Two HE.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 3, 2021

At this point, every platform has a virtual storefront, so there’s always room for a few gift cards, and unlike hardware or collectibles, scalpers can’t buy up all the digital media before you can get to the store. A physical Switch game, with a quarter for comparison. Photo: Thomas Wilde). Resident Evil Village.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

Worms, by comparison, are able to replicate on their own so the Morris worm exploited an overflow vulnerability in Finger to spread from system to system. And it's on your Mac, and virtually any company that runs the Linux operating system. Then in 2014, the Linux foundation embarked on a process to fuzz open source.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

Worms, by comparison, are able to replicate on their own so the Morris worm exploited an overflow vulnerability in Finger to spread from system to system. And it's on your Mac, and virtually any company that runs the Linux operating system. Then in 2014, the Linux foundation embarked on a process to fuzz open source.

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Open Source Operating Systems Software Software 52

ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

You could use a Starbucks free wi-fi and virtually leave no trace behind. I guess there have been for example a virus tool comparisons that both can found and so on but I'm not aware of any like systematic long running effort of measuring a set of tools and how they can form. You may have heard of Linus' law. It would be interesting.

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Open Source Tools Security Software 52

ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

You could use a Starbucks free wi-fi and virtually leave no trace behind. I guess there have been for example a virus tool comparisons that both can found and so on but I'm not aware of any like systematic long running effort of measuring a set of tools and how they can form. You may have heard of Linus' law. It would be interesting.

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Open Source Tools Security Software 52

ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

You could use a Starbucks free wi-fi and virtually leave no trace behind. I guess there have been for example a virus tool comparisons that both can found and so on but I'm not aware of any like systematic long running effort of measuring a set of tools and how they can form. You may have heard of Linus' law. It would be interesting.

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Open Source Tools Security Software 52

Dataconomy

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Hyperledger Fabric is maintained by the Linux Foundation and has been adopted by several large companies and organizations. Avalanche also provides subnets and virtual machines that enable the creation of customized blockchain networks and applications.

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The Verge

MARCH 29, 2022

It’s a Linux gaming PC that runs many but not all Windows games, on the go like a Nintendo Switch, only with way more horsepower, shorter battery life, and a seriously noisy fan. Compare to the Nintendo Switch, where The Witcher 3 looks like dirt by comparison.). Consider this our Steam Deck FAQ. I guess I’m on a sequel kick.).

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Linux Windows Virtualization Storage 75

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. Kevin Houston has an updated blade server comparison chart that might be helpful in making hardware decisions. Virtualization.

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Vmware Linux Storage Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2015

This article by Russell Bryant is a great overview and update of the work going on with Open Virtual Network (OVN). This is kind of cool, and (in my humble opinion) a sign of changing times: Juniper has Vagrant boxes as well as a Vagrant plugin for working with vSRX (virtual firewall) VMs (via this article from Matt Oswalt).

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