Tales from the Datacenter v2.0
Transforming Business with Oracle technologies
I was talking with a friend recently, and he was looking for a quick and easy way to virtualize a small lab system. We discussed a full out hypervisor and management system like Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager (OLVM and Oracle’s Continue reading Installing KVM on ARM with Oracle Linux
I’m a huge fan of VNC. It’s a great way to get X access to a server, without having to install X on your PC. VNC aka Virtual Network Computer, also has an advantage that the X session is running Continue reading Setting up vnc server on Oracle Linux 8+ on ARM and X86
I have been talking a bit about ARM these days, with many customers looking at ARM on OCI for the application tier. These customers have already learned that ARM is not that different from x86 when running Oracle Linux. The Continue reading Installing Oracle Linux 9 on ARM
If you are not familiar with Oracle Linux, this may be the technology included with the distro that makes you pay attention to Oracle’s Free and Open Source Linux distro. Oracle Linux has been around since 2006, and is a Continue reading Oracle Linux Automation Manager- An Introduction and Installation
Recently in the news, we have seen reports of computer systems being hacked, often due to insecure settings. One of the easiest ways to secure your Operating System, is when you install it. The Anaconda installer used by Oracle Continue reading A Secure Install for Oracle Linux
This post is a bit off the original plan, mainly due to timing. Short version on the timing, my Dell 7750 notebook (The one with a Xeon processor, 128G ram, and NVME storage…) had to get replaced. Dell was good Continue reading Storage Performance Part 3: UEK vs a standard kernel
Recently I saw some discussion about storage performance on Raspberry PIs, with the focus being on performance between the MicroSD card vs. USB performance for the storage. This short series of BLOGs will compare several performance options for the Raspberry, Continue reading Raspberry PI Storage Performance: Part 1 USB vs SD Card
If you know me, you likely know where this is headed. But before we get there, lets chat a little bit about the bomb that IBM RedHat dropped on the Linux community the other day. As soon as the news Continue reading Centos and the bomb that IBM Red Hat dropped
First, lets chat about Oracle Linux on ARM! Having a single Enterprise Operating System on all Linux systems has several advantages, like using the same tools across all servers and access to the same commercial support for your systems. The Continue reading Install Oracle Linux 8 on a Raspberry Pi
As more and more people move to the cloud, they start to use ssh keys to authenticate to their cloud instances. This is great, as keys are generally considered more secure than passwords. But, with many new users to ssh, Continue reading How to automatically load ssh keys when Windows 10 boots using putty pagent