Top 10 Most Torrented Movies of The Week – 10/12/20
Oct13

Top 10 Most Torrented Movies of The Week – 10/12/20

The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. These torrent download statistics are meant to provide further insight into the piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources. This week we have four new entries in the list. Mulan regains the top spot as the most downloaded film this week. The Disney exclusive was released last month and surfaced...

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My first day using Ansible
Oct13

My first day using Ansible

Getting a new computer, whether physical or virtual, up and running is time-consuming and requires a good deal of work—whether it’s your first time or the 50th. For many years, I have used a series of scripts and RPMs that I created to install the packages I need and to perform many bits of configuration for my favorite tools. This approach has worked well and simplified my work, as well as reduced the amount of time I spend...

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What is measured boot and trusted boot on Linux
Oct13

What is measured boot and trusted boot on Linux

Sometimes I’m looking around for a subject to write about, and realise that there’s one that I assume that I’ve covered, but, on searching, discover that I haven’t. One of those topics is measured boot and trusted boot—sometimes misleadingly referred to as “secure boot.” There are specific procedures that use these terms with capital letters (e.g., Secure Boot), which I’m going to try to avoid...

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Install MariaDB or MySQL on Linux
Oct13

Install MariaDB or MySQL on Linux

Both MariaDB and MySQL are open source databases that use SQL and share the same original codebase. MariaDB is a drop-in replacement for MySQL, so much so that you use the same command (mysql) to interact with MySQL and MariaDB databases. This article, therefore, applies equally to MariaDB and MySQL. read more Powered by...

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10 years of OpenStack, Kubernetes at the edge, and more industry trends
Oct13

10 years of OpenStack, Kubernetes at the edge, and more industry trends

As part of my role as a principal communication strategist at an enterprise software company with an open source development model, I publish a regular update about open source community, market, and industry trends. Here are some of my and their favorite articles from that update. read more Powered by...

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