Open Source – Policy Plus for All Windows Edition
This is not an entry for Linux, but for Open Source
If you require an Open-Source Local Group Policy for All Windows Editions including Home, you may want to consider Policy Plus
According to the Project Websie
Policy Plus is intended to make the power of Group Policy settings available to everyone.
- Run and work on all Windows editions, not just Pro and Enterprise
- Comply fully with licensing (i.e. transplant no components across Windows installations)
- View and edit Registry-based policies in local GPOs, per-user GPOs, individual POL files, offline Registry user hives, and the live Registry
- Navigate to policies by ID, text, or affected Registry entries
- Show additional technical information about objects (policies, categories, products)
- Provide convenient ways to share and import policy settings
Local Build, Test, Debug AWS Serverless App Using AWS SAM CLI & Terraform
AWS Lambda Terraform Tutorial with API Gateway
Managing infrastructure with Terraform, CDKTF, and NixOS
In this article (Managing infrastructure with Terraform, CDKTF, and NixOS), the author provides a brief introduction to Terraform, CDKTF, and the Nix ecosystem. He will explain how to use Nix to access these tools within your shell, so we can quickly start using them.
HashiCorp Vault Backup and Restore Raft Snapshots from Kubernetes to AWS S3
2023 Look Ahead to Platform Engineering
CloudCast: 2023 Look Ahead to Platform Engineering
The Cloudcast discusses platform engineering with the founder and CEO of RackN, Rob Hirschfeld. Starting around the 10-minute mark, the conversation covers the goals and best practices of platform engineering.
Topic 1 – Welcome back to the show, it was great to see you in person at events recently. What have you been focusing on the last couple of years?
Topic 2 – There’s been a lot of discussion about Platform Engineering over the last 6+ months. You’ve been around this space for a while. We’re trying to understand if PE is different from DevOps or SRE or Cloud Platform in the past, or an evolution. Is PE just a common platform maintained with reusable tools, regardless of the infrastructure?
Topic 3 – I’ve heard people say that Cloud Platform and Platform Engineering are colleagues. where one owns/operates the platform, and the other is the “product manager” to the application teams. Is this realistic?
Topic 4 – What does “good” look like for Platform Engineering? Is the goal a frictionless developer experience? Are developer consistency and efficiency valid goals? Are there KPIs or Metrics that “good” teams are striving towards?
Topic 5 – Any interesting technologies that you’re seeing that make Platform Engineering easier, or more manageable?
Topic 6 – Any team dynamics that you’re seeing that make Platform Engineering easier, or more manageable?
Best Practises Guide for using Terraform from Google
Google recently published a new documentation set on HashiCorp Terraform. It aims to “provide guidelines and recommendations for effective development with Terraform across multiple team members and work streams.”
For more information, see Best practices for using Terraform
AMD’s 96 Core Epyc Genoa CPU faster than Intel’s Sapphire Rapid
Taken from the article “AMD’s 96 Core Epyc Genoa CPU is Over 70% Faster than Intel’s Xeon Sapphire Rapids Flagship in 2S Mode”
Linux kernel Compilation
….The dual Epyc 9554 (64 cores per socket) is 25-30% faster than the top Intel combo, while the Dual 9654 (96 cores per socket) is over 70% faster than the Sapphire Rapids-SP flagship….Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)
…..64-core Epyc 9554 pair is 25% faster than the latter makes it hard to defend the Intel offering. The Xeon Platinum 8490H mostly competes with the last-gen Milan and Milan-X flagships…..MariaDB and Nginx
AMD’s 96 Core Epyc Genoa CPU is Over 70% Faster than Intel’s Xeon Sapphire Rapids Flagship in 2S Mode
…..The Genoa parts are faster, with a lead of 10% to 40%, while the 64-core Milan-X deals with Sapphire Rapids….
Are Quantum Computers about to Break Online Privacy?
An interesting article from Scientific American. Accorfing to the article
A team of researchers in China has unveiled a technique that—theoretically—could crack the most common methods used to ensure digital privacy, using a rudimentary quantum computer.
Are Quantum Computers about to Break Online Privacy?
The technique worked in a small-scale demonstration, the researchers report, but other specialists are sceptical that the procedure could be scaled up to beat ordinary computers at the task. Still, they warn that the paper, posted late last month on the arXiv repository, is a reminder of the vulnerability of online privacy.
The Linux Cluster 