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Convert Your Windows Install Into A VM On Linux
Here’s how I configured a VirtualBox VM to use a physical Windows drive on my Linux workstation. I use VirtualBox frequently to create virtual machines for testing new versions of Fedora, new application programs, and lots of administrative tools like Ansible. I have even used VirtualBox to test the creation of a Windows guest host. …
6 Container Concepts You Need To Understand
Containers are everywhere, and they’ve radically changed the IT landscape. What do you need to know about them? Containerization has radically changed the IT landscape because of the significant value and wide array of benefits it brings to business. Nearly any recent business innovation has containerization as a contributing factor, if not the central element. …
Introducing Swift On Windows
The Swift project is introducing new downloadable Swift toolchain images for Windows! These images contain development components needed to build and run Swift code on Windows. For over a year now, there has been a significant endeavour to port Swift to Windows in conjunction with the developer community at swift.org. The Windows support is now at a …
Oracle Unshackles Stores From The Cash Wrap With Flexible POS Systems
With 52 percent of shoppers reporting their favorite way to shop is still in store, retailers must continually push the boundaries of in-store experiences. For shoppers, convenience reigns supreme—they want to get in and out with the goods they were seeking, which can only happen when inventory is accessible and smart, connected associates are ready to …
Windows Server Applications, Welcome To Google Kubernetes Engine
The promise of Kubernetes is to make container management easy and ubiquitous. Up until recently though, the benefits of Kubernetes were limited to Linux-based applications, preventing enterprise applications running on Windows Server from taking advantage of its agility, speed of deployment and simplified management. Last year, the community brought Kubernetes support to Windows Server containers. Building …
A Quarter Of Computers Still Run On Windows 7
An estimated 26.6% of the world population still uses Windows 7 as their desktop operating system, Net Marketshare reports. End of support Now more than a decade since its release, Microsoft finally cut support for Windows 7 last January 14. This means that none of these things will be provided anymore: Security updates Software …
All You Need To Know About Microsoft’s New Products
Microsoft’s recently concluded 2019 Surface event revealed some new and exciting Surface products. Which products from this huge announcement should you buy? Which ones should you avoid? Let’s find out in this quick rundown. Surface Duo This device is quite the surprise during the announcement, especially since it has been years now since the discontinuation …
Microsoft Build 2019 | The new Windows subsystem for Linux architecture: a deep dive
Microsoft Build 2019 | The new Windows subsystem for Linux architecture: a deep dive Session ID: BRK3068 The WSL community has given amazing feedback on how we can improve through platforms like Twitter, Github, and UserVoice. Our team has taken that feedback to heart. In this session, they’ll be showing off how the new …
How To: Install Python 3.7 In Windows
Prerequisites Operating System: Windows 7 or above Steps 01. Open a command prompt or PowerShell 02. Check if Python is already installed. Execute the following to determine A message will be shown if Python is available. 03. Open a browser and download the installer at https://www.python.org/downloads/. Click on the Download link for the …