Scott Lowe

JULY 9, 2017

I’m now roughly six months into using Linux as my primary laptop OS, and it’s been a few months since my last progress report. I’m still using the Dell Latitude E7370, which continues—from a hardware perspective—to perform admirably. My configuration is unchanged from the last progress report.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 9, 2017

I’m now roughly six months into using Linux as my primary laptop OS, and it’s been a few months since my last progress report. I’m still using the Dell Latitude E7370, which continues—from a hardware perspective—to perform admirably. My configuration is unchanged from the last progress report.

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Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Customers will act on market shifts that makes the purchase and resale of hardware and software no longer viable opting instead for the integration of cloud-based services. Linux Containers take center stage - Linux Containers of all forms, will mature and become interoperability building blocks of the cloud computing world.

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Network World

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Other members of the consortium include Broadcom, Dell, Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Lenovo, Meta, Oracle, Microsoft and Red Hat. In addition, Linux head developer Linus Torvalds and Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney will also have input.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

I’m now roughly six months into using Linux as my primary laptop OS, and it’s been a few months since my last progress report. I’m still using the Dell Latitude E7370, which continues—from a hardware perspective—to perform admirably. My line-up of applications also remains largely unchanged as well.

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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. I’m using Enpass on my OS X, Linux, and iOS devices.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

CSL’s CSL-WAVE software enables companies to monitor and manage thei z/VM and Linux on System z environments using a powerful and easy-to-use interface. The response by clients to the advantages of Linux on System z have been tremendous, with the shipped capacity nearly doubling in 1Q13 year to year. Featured Cloud Articles.

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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. Chat/Instant messaging: I continue to use the Slack Linux client and Pidgin.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 29, 2024

L’esigenza di ridurre la spesa tecnologica è diventata imprescindibile dopo la recessione degli anni 2008-2009, che ha portato, in alcune delle aziende per cui De Pace ha lavorato, anche a misure di cassa integrazione. Da questa scrupolosa attenzione al budget deriva la dettagliata lista di strategie che il CIO ha elaborato per risparmiare.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 6, 2015

Michael Webster isn’t a name that normally pops up here in the Networking section of my Technology Short Takes, but he recently wrote an article on installing Cumulus Linux from a MacBook Pro that I thought might be handy. I spoke to some folks at Dell a while ago about getting my hands on a Cumulus-compatible switch, but never heard back.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

Courtesy of Tigera, Alex Pollitt shares some guidelines on when Linux conntrack is no longer your friend. Servers/Hardware. Apparently Dell’s new docking stations support firmware updates via Linux. This article has good information on safely using /tmp and /var/tmp on systemd-powered Linux distributions.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 18, 2017

Servers/Hardware. I mentioned in a tweet a few weeks ago that I ordered my new corporate laptop, a Dell Latitude E7370 (which will run Ubuntu 16.04). Stay tuned for a quick review of the hardware once it arrives. The post has a nice list of Linux replacements for popular OS X apps. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

The first one, on virtualizing the network, did highlight an important development regarding hardware offloads for Geneve, the next-generation network overlay encapsulation protocol. Intel announced yesterday that the new XL710 network adapters (which are 40Gbps adapters) will support Geneve hardware offloads. Closing Thoughts.

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Galido

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Today you can get a $200 laptop and get useful functions and hardware like an HD display, Windows 10, HDMI port, a decent hard drive, and sometimes even touch screen. Here are some of our favorite full Windows 10 machines (compatible with Linux) for 2016-2017. Dell Inspiron 11 3000 (I3162-0000BLU). Asus E402SA.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 18, 2014

This was an important step in educating myself on Linux, KVM, libvirt, and Open vSwitch (OVS), all of which are critical core components in most installations of OpenStack. Client-Specific DHCP Options with Linux DHCP Server. Linux Virtualization KVM' LTS with the KVM hypervisor. Bypassing Root’s Password.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

” Eul walks through the basic components of the mobile platform, which includes not only hardware but also mobile software. At this point, he introduces Neil Hand from Dell to introduce his Bay Trail-based product. They are doing that via Intel Identity Password, which embeds keys into the hardware to enable passwordless VPNs.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 24, 2023

And while virtualization technologies have long provided developers the option to run multiple applications on single virtual machines, sometimes developers must run specialized workloads that require greater control over physical hardware without sacrificing the simplicity and agility that comes with a cloud experience. Multiplayer gaming.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 16, 2020

Since switching to Fedora on a Lenovo X1 Carbon when I joined Heptio, I was using Linux on the desktop full-time. This post contains links to all the posts I wrote about my Linux migration.). I also had multi-lingual support working with relative ease, something with which I suspect Linux desktop environments would’ve struggled.

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

In the process, he muses about the value of configuration management tool chains such as Chef and Puppet in a world of “open switch” platforms such as Cumulus Linux. Speaking of Cumulus Linux…did you see the announcement that Dell has signed a reseller agreement with Cumulus Networks? Servers/Hardware.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2023

Servers/Hardware Kevin Houston provides some instructions on backing up the Dell PowerEdge MX7000 settings and configurations. Diego Crespo talks about PowerShell on Linux and his experience with it. In the second, Ivan unpacks news of recent vulnerabilities hiding malicious packets behind the LLC SNAP header.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Lightbits has their own operating system, LightOS, which runs on industry-standard x64 servers from Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc. To further enhance the performance of a server running LightOS (a “brick” in their terminology), Lightbits also offers a hardware acceleration card called the LightField.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 19, 2024

La prima debolezza è, sicuramente, la dipendenza da pochissimi fornitori software, che può finire col bloccare milioni di aziende più o meno essenziali per il funzionamento delle nostre economie, come compagnie aeree, banche, ospedali, operatori telefonici, della logistica e del commercio. Ma non solo.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Traditional hardware vendors also have as-a-service offerings that can run in data centers or at the edge: Dell Apex and HPE GreenLake. For example, AWS offers Outposts, a managed service that enables customers to run AWS services on-premises or at the edge. Microsoft offers a similar service called Microsoft Azure Stack.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 21, 2020

Mac, Windows or Linux? I do like Mac hardware though. First computer: Some giant, beige, Dell monstrosity. The only thing that keeps me sane is making a point of exercising every day. I especially love to run. I find it calms my mind and helps me think clearer. You just can’t beat their design. Kirk, Picard, or Janeway?

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 30, 2017

but which I’m not going to list as projects include: Migrating to Linux on my primary laptop (a new Dell Latitude E7370; see my brief hardware review here ). Two other things that will keep me busy this year (aside from my day job, of course!) Supporting the VMUG community worldwide (I’ll be in Pittsburgh in early March and St.

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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. x86 marches on! Technology Short Take #37.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Servers/Hardware. Using Dell EqualLogic with VMFS? Networking Security Storage Virtualization Automation CLI Hardware HyperV Linux OpenFlow OpenStack Puppet VMware' on flow table explosion with OpenFlow. He does a great job of explaining how OpenFlow works and why OpenFlow 1.3 Technology Short Take #30.

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Tom’s key point is that disaggregating software from hardware—which is kind of a given if you’re buying whitebox networking gear—gives you the (potential) flexibility to repurpose network gear based on the software running on it. Servers/Hardware. However, it’s at least possible with whitebox networking gear.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Servers/Hardware. Dell is buying EMC. If you’re running some Juniper equipment and are interested in getting started with network automation on that equipment, this article by Jason Edelman on Juniper vSRX automation with Ansible is a good resource. What—you hadn’t heard?

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The Verge

JUNE 25, 2021

WSL, which is the part of Windows that lets you run Linux. The new terminal, and the fact that now we even support the full Linux UI on Windows. Linux is now first class on Windows, and Android is just another subsystem. Most people do not experience Windows on Microsoft hardware. PWAs, which are progressive web apps.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

Servers/Hardware. The Dell VRTX made its debut recently. Need to do some port forwarding on a Linux box and want to automate the configuration with Puppet? Networking Storage Virtualization Automation HyperV Linux OpenFlow OpenStack Puppet vCloud VMFS VMware vSphere Xen' Here’s one idea. Technology Short Take #16.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

Servers/Hardware. The Dell VRTX made its debut recently. Need to do some port forwarding on a Linux box and want to automate the configuration with Puppet? Networking Storage Virtualization Automation HyperV Linux OpenFlow OpenStack Puppet vCloud VMFS VMware vSphere Xen' Here’s one idea. Technology Short Take #16.

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The Verge

MAY 20, 2021

So that’s going to be a bit of a difference than Mach-E, because the charging hardware on the F-150 is different than the Mach-E. The real lift is going to be, how do we simplify going forward so that we only have certain hardware and embedded software solutions, complexities, so that we don’t go crazy with our software resources?

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