December 11, 2018
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Comments Off on Kubernetes etcd data project joins CNCF
How do you store data across a Kubernetescontainer cluster? With etcd. This essential part of Kubernetes has been managed by CoreOS/Red Hat. No longer. Now, the open-source etcd project has been moved from Red Hat to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). .Kubernetes etcd … Continue reading
December 11, 2018
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Canonical makes Kubernetes moves
When last I spoke to Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical‘s founder, in Berlin, he told me that — when it comes to Kubernetes — enterprise “Kubernetes runs on Ubuntu.” Kubernetes, the most popular cloud container orchestration program, “makes life easier for people who want portability across … Continue reading
December 7, 2018
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Edge goes Chromium, and open source wins the browser wars
A little over twenty years ago, US Attorney General Janet Reno stated Microsoft had “used its monopoly power to develop a choke hold on the browser software needed to access the internet.” Although Microsoft would lose United States v. Microsoft Corporation, … Continue reading
July 10, 2018
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Continuous integration and delivery tool basics
CI/CD tools are key to today’s agile, container-driven software production cycle. This “explain like I’m 5” overview helps you get started. Once upon a time, back when waterfall was the primary software development methodology, you could spend months or years … Continue reading
April 14, 2017
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This Linux/Android bug sure sounded bad. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Symantec announced a LinuxKernel ipv4/udp.c bug that made the LinuxKernel 4.4 and earlier vulnerable to remote code-execution. In turn, an attacker could exploit this issue … Continue reading
April 12, 2017
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Seven years ago, Canonical moved the Ubuntu Linux desktop from the Gnome 3.x interface to its own Unity front-end. By the release of Ubuntu 11.10, Unity had become Ubuntu’s default desktop. Even in these early days, Unity was meant to … Continue reading