How to Choose the Right Kubernetes Distribution

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March 6, 2020

So, you want to use Kubernetes to orchestrate your containerized applications. Good for you. Kubernetes makes it easy to achieve enterprise-scale deployments. But before you actually go and install Kubernetes, there’s one thing you need to wrap your head around: Kubernetes distributions. In most cases, you wouldn’t install Kubernetes from source code. You’d instead use one of the various Kubernetes distributions that are offered from software companies and cloud vendors.

Here’s a primer on what a Kubernetes distribution is, and what the leading Kubernetes distros are today.

[Source: ITPro Today]

Ubuntu 20.04 Makes Picking The Right Graphics Driver (Mostly) Less Confusing

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Swapnil Bhartiya

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March 6, 2020

When it comes to graphics drivers, Canonical has been implementing small but notable quality-of-life updates to Ubuntu. Beginning with Ubuntu 19.04, Canonical added the ability to install the proprietary Nvidia driver during the OS installation (before that you had to dig around in the “Software and Updates” menu). Ubuntu 19.10 took it a step further, adding the proprietary Nvidia driver to the ISO itself. When Ubuntu 20.04 LTS arrives this April, another layer of confusion will be stripped out, and this is extremely welcome news…. Read more at Forbes.

[Source: Forbes]

Open Networking Foundation Launches Open Source Edge Cloud Platform

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Swapnil Bhartiya

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March 6, 2020

The Open Networking Foundation (ONF) has come up with its first open source platform called Aether for delivering Enterprise 5G/LTE-Edge-Cloud-as-a-Service.

Built on the CORD and ONOS platforms, Aether runs in a Kubernetes orchestrated environment. It provides mobile connectivity and edge cloud services for distributed enterprise networks, all provisioned and managed from a centralized cloud. It is easy to deploy, highly scalable and designed for rapid edge service onboarding in a multi-cloud environment.

[Source: TFiR]

How to run two different Firefox profiles at once on Linux

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Swapnil Bhartiya

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March 6, 2020

If you’re a Linux user, you’re accustomed to flexibility. You might also be a multitasking ninja—developing, admining, managing, or just general usage. Because of the nature of how you use Linux, you might wish you could run two different Firefox profiles at once. For example, say you’d like to use one profile for web development, one for remote work, and one for general browsing. Wouldn’t it be nice if this could happen?

It can. And on Linux, it’s actually quite easy. Check out how…

[Source: Tech Republic]

Communicating with other users on the Linux command line

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Swapnil Bhartiya

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March 6, 2020

Sending messages to other users on the Linux command line can be very easy, but there are a number of commands that you might want to consider. In this post, we’ll look at four commands and see how each of them works.

wall

The wall command (as in “write all”) allows you to send a message to all users who are currently logged into the system. This implies that the system is likely a server and that users are working on the command line. While the wall command is generally used by sysadmins to send out notices to users to let send out information (e.g., that the server is going down for maintenance), it can be used by any user.

[Source: Network World]

How to install Rust on Linux

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Swapnil Bhartiya

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March 5, 2020

Rust was developed by Mozilla in 2010, for highly concurrent and safe systems. The syntax is similar to C and C++, with blocks of code delineated by curly braces, as in:

fn main() {

println!(“Hello World!”);
}

Rust is employed in data centers by companies like Dropbox, Postmates, Stac, Wantedly, Doctolib, and QIWI, and emphasizes safety, control of memory layout, and concurrency. Rust is an incredibly important programming language for creating both system and backend software. Find out how to install Rust on Linux in a few quick steps.

[Source: TechRepublic]

Red Hat Partner Connect Expands Its Certification Programs

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Swapnil Bhartiya

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March 5, 2020

Red Hat has enhanced its partner offerings centered around open hybrid cloud innovation and in support of the growing demand for cloud-native solutions within the Red Hat ecosystem. Using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and Red Hat OpenShift 4 as the foundation, Red Hat Partner Connect is expanding its certification programs and support services to better equip partners for an IT world built on hybrid and multicloud deployments.

Red Hat Partner Connect provides many partnership opportunities, including certification offerings and enablement for software, hardware, services and cloud service providers that develop products and services for Red Hat hybrid cloud platforms.

[Source: TFiR]

New report reveals open source vulnerabilities are up by 50%

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Swapnil Bhartiya

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March 5, 2020

Open source components have become an integral part of today’s software applications — it’s impossible to keep up with the hectic pace of release cycles without them. As open source usage continues to grow, so does the number of eyes focused on open source security research, resulting in a record-breaking number of published open source security vulnerabilities in 2019.

One of the those research reports, conducted by WhiteSource, focused on open source security’s weakest and strongest points in the hopes of bringing some clarity to the fast-paced and complex space of known open source security vulnerabilities. According to the WhiteSource database, aggregated from the NVD, dozens of security advisories, peer-reviewed vulnerability databases, and popular open-source issue trackers, the number of disclosed open source software vulnerabilities in 2019 skyrocketed to over 6000 reported vulnerabilities.

[Source: DevOps Online]

3 Reasons Why Integrators Should Embrace Open Source Systems

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Swapnil Bhartiya

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March 5, 2020

The security industry has come a long way in the past decade. As companies strive to make their products more accessible to cater to end-user demands, system designs are changing. One of the most significant advancements we’ve seen is a migration from proprietary systems to systems that have the flexibility to work seamlessly with other equipment, regardless of the manufacturer.

Open source systems are impacting all aspects of physical security, from development to installation. Thanks to the flexibility these systems provide, integrators can create individualized solutions tailored to their client’s unique needs. While the benefits are many, there are three key reasons to embrace open source systems to ensure you are providing your clients with the tools they need, now and in the future.

[Source: Security Sales & Integration]

Open-source, cross-platform and people seem to like it: PowerShell 7 has landed

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Swapnil Bhartiya

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March 4, 2020

It may be shuttering its events, but the release door at Microsoft has continued flapping with the emission of admin darling PowerShell 7. We first looked at the preview of PowerShell 7 almost a year ago and found little to complain about. Frankly, the same can be applied to today’s release – with improvements in compatibility, some handy new operators and parallelisation, the open-source tool is a viable replacement for the venerable Windows-only PowerShell of old.

Admins seem to like it too, and it is currently hovering at number 38 in the TIOBE Progamming Community Index (an indicator of the popularity of programming languages).

[Source: The Register]