CIO Musings

APRIL 6, 2016

For me there was, and is, a fascination with using free tools on inexpensive hardware to do impressive things. Unix has become Linux, and it is running on an amazing variety of devices. New lineages of Linux have emerged.Some are highly specialized, some are more generic. I run Linux on a half dozen platforms at home.

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Network World

OCTOBER 10, 2024

For example, downloading Llama 3.2 Nvidia is a good choice of hardware partner for generative AI, says Ari Lightman, professor at Carnegie Mellon University. With the added support for Nvidia NIMs, some of those models will now perform dramatically better. and running the base model using Nvidia’s GPUs is a common deployment option.

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Linux Academy

APRIL 30, 2019

By adding free cloud training to our Community Membership, students have the opportunity to develop their Linux and Cloud skills further. Each month, we will kick off our community content with a live study group allowing members of the Linux Academy community to come together and share their insights in order to learn from one another.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Photo: Linux Mint. If you have an older system but are worried that it won’t support Windows 10 — or if you simply don’t want to deal with Windows anymore — I have a suggestion: Switch to desktop Linux. Desktop Linux can run on your Windows 7 (and older) laptops and desktops. Teams now runs on Linux. Which Linux?

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 17, 2023

For example, choosing to run your workload on an Nvidia H100 chip versus an earlier model A100 will result in a price increase of more than 220%, says Drew Bixby, head of operations and product at Liftr Insights. For example, AWS offers Outposts, a managed service that enables customers to run AWS services on-premises or at the edge.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 31, 2017

In my Linux migration initial progress report , I provided an early assessment of the Linux distribution that I thought I would use moving forward. Since that time, though, I’ve pivoted a bit and selected a different Linux distribution as the operating system (OS) for my primary laptop moving forward. Performance.

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Linux Academy

APRIL 29, 2019

By adding free cloud training to our Community Membership, students have the opportunity to develop their Linux and Cloud skills further. Each month, we will kick off our community content with a live study group allowing members of the Linux Academy community to come together and share their insights in order to learn from one another.

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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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Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2024

Servers/Hardware While in many respects Apple’s M series CPUs are amazing, all is not perfect: security researchers have discovered a flaw that would allow attackers to steal cryptographic keys. It also looks like the Pulumi team has added a Docker Build example to their “examples” repository.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 15, 2024

Ivan Pepelnjak dives deep on DHCP relaying on a Linux host. Servers/Hardware Menno Finlay-Smits shares information on reducing fan noise on Intel NUCs. Rob McBryde shares his story of reviving a 2012 MacBook Pro with Linux. Security In early February a vulnerability was uncovered in a key component of the Linux boot process.

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SPF13

MARCH 20, 2015

60s & 70s • Computer companies sold hardware • Software was free • Software was colloborative • IBM dominates. The Internet Era: 00s • Internet changes everything • Open source movement gains traction (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) • Tech selling ads, bits, hardware & services • Google Dominates. The Software Era: ?

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Servers/Hardware. Cisco UCS is pretty cool in that it makes automation of compute hardware easier through such abstractions as server profiles. Speaking of Puppet and hardware, I also saw a mention on Twitter about a Puppet module that will manage the configuration of a NetApp filer. Now, you can also automate UCS with Chef.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Fusion-io is contributing its NVMKV (nonvolatile memory key-value) interface to flash and is also posting the first flash-aware Linux kernel virtual memory Demand Paging Extension to GitHub for community testing. and Percona Server 5.5.31. RELATED POSTS: Fusion-io Accelerates Spotify Databases. Featured Cloud Articles.

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GeekWire

MARCH 13, 2025

For example, he remembers going campus-to-campus with Allen in the early days, interviewing and hiring new graduates and setting the framework for a college recruiting program that became the lifeblood of Microsofts growth, especially on the engineering side. We worked intensely with OEMs on the advantages of Windows versus Linux, he said.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

First up is Brent Salisbury’s how to build an SDN lab without needing OpenFlow hardware. Not unsurprisingly, one of the key advantages of STT that’s highlighted is its improved performance due to TSO support in NIC hardware. Servers/Hardware. I needed to fill in some other knowledge gaps first.)

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The Verge

DECEMBER 8, 2020

It’s unique because it’s not based on a Linux kernel; instead, it uses a microkernel called Zircon. It’s been a while since we’ve seen a dive into the code and documentation Google has made available, though there are some early UI examples. Image: Google.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

It was good to read this post on Cumulus Linux first impressions by Jeremy Stretch. I’m a fan of Cumulus, but I’m admittedly a Linux guy (see here ) so you might say I’m a bit biased. Jeremy is a “hard-core” networking professional, and so hearing his feedback on Cumulus Linux was, in my opinion, useful.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Leaked slides published by VideoCardz call the device a “Snapdragon G3X Handheld Developer Kit,” suggesting it will primarily be aimed at software developers and manufacturers to help them build their own software and hardware powered by Qualcomm’s mobile gaming technology.

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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. For instance, in the case of hardware, we may have a single pane of glass to monitor hardware related events.

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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. Your programming language and backend database are similar examples, proving you’re never going to be completely free from some sort of commitment. Why use it?

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 18, 2021

That tweaking might involve naming a character with the onscreen keyboard, adjusting graphics settings, or touchscreen navigation, with Valve providing its own Team Fortress 2 as an example. This might be due to requiring additional hardware like a virtual-reality headset (i.e.

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Linux Academy

APRIL 18, 2019

For example, you can eliminate costly infrastructure refresh programs, and a variety of software license maintenance. Consider the typical items in your budget in a traditional IT environment like hardware maintenance costs, costs associated with OS patching, storage administration, and testing. Cost Avoidance. All these things add up!

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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. The hardware is, admittedly, crowded, and you’re going to want to rework some keybindings sooner or later, but it all works better than I expected it would. GeekWire Photo / Thomas Wilde).

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Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2013

Nick Buraglio climbs on his SDN soapbox to tell networking professionals that changes in the technology field are part of life—but then provides some specific examples of how this has happened in the past. Servers/Hardware. This post does a reasonable job of explaining the differences (and the relationship) between SDN and NFV.

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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

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Uh oh… more hardware exploits. It’s a bit of a whirlwind introduction, but Eric also supplies some practical use cases/examples towards the end of the article. I particularly appreciated how Adrian provides an example of how it’s done, and walks readers through in detail how the example works.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 5, 2013

He starts out by discussing proactive vs. reactive flows , in which Brent explains that OpenFlow performance is less about OpenFlow and more about how flows are inserted into the hardware. Servers/Hardware. It does presume a small bit of programming knowledge in the examples, but even as a non-programmer I found it useful.

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Virtualized Greek

AUGUST 27, 2013

For example, the server virtualization value proposition is simple. You can save money if you consolidate your Windows & Linux workloads to fewer servers. An example is the ability to spin up a server within seconds vs. hours or days. The simple value proposition is what gets a solution in the door.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2024

From networking to security and from hardware to the cloud, there’s something in here for just about everyone. Servers/Hardware Permanent damage? Practical examples like this are useful. Run macOS software on Linux? Chris Wood shares their experience using Linux as a UX designer. Thanks for sharing, Ben!

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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

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. This has generated a lot of discussion.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

Servers/Hardware. Cabling is hardware, right? Although Linux is often considered to be superior to Windows and macOS with regard to security, it is not without its own security flaws. Although Linux is often considered to be superior to Windows and macOS with regard to security, it is not without its own security flaws.

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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 introduction of S3 Object Lambda is just the latest example, it seems. maximizing revenue per hardware instance). Networking.

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Dataconomy

JUNE 15, 2023

Adding new functionality like a convenient cloud notepad and pinnable panels in the in-game overlay, redesigning its web browser, screenshot manager, and notifications tabs, and adding hardware acceleration for Linux and Mac. While most of that has been in beta, today marks the official release of the whole stable version.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Here’s an interesting article on the role that virtualization is playing in the network functions virtualization (NFV) space now that ARM hardware is growing increasingly powerful. The article supplies lots of useful information, but I really would’ve liked some concrete examples of how to glue these pieces together.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Here’s an interesting article on the role that virtualization is playing in the network functions virtualization (NFV) space now that ARM hardware is growing increasingly powerful. The article supplies lots of useful information, but I really would’ve liked some concrete examples of how to glue these pieces together.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

Michels discusses that there are typically two approaches to DIY OpenStack: The “Donald” approach leverages whatever around, including older hardware. The “Scrooge” approach is one in which money is available, which typically means newer hardware. Each of these approaches has its own challenges.

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