Articles

Ready for Takeoff  

Not all PC settings – traditionally optimized for magnetic hard disks – are suitable for solid state drives. We show you how to configure Windows 10 for optimal operation with SSDs.

Appetizers  

Google develops a software tool that is a genuine alternative to Gzip, with improved website compression rates that save bandwidth for server operators.

SUSE, A Company on the Move  

This month we talk with SUSE CEO Nils Brauckmann.

HIP: CUDA Integration with ROCm  

AMD senior architect Ben Sander explains how the HIP interface integrates existing CUDA programs with the ROCm open development environment.

It's a Snap!  

Canonical's Snapcraft (Snappy) package manager creates a self-contained application that works across Linux distributions. We show you how to install, publish, and run a simple snap.

Learning in Containers  

For research into deep learning algorithms that automatically acquire new skills, OpenAI operates some of the largest Kubernetes clusters worldwide, with up to 36,000 CPU cores. We look at some practical experience with the container management system.

Pumping Station  

Data on AWS S3 is not necessarily stuck there. If you want your data back, you can siphon it out all at once with a little Python pump.

Medicine Cabinet  

WSUS simplifies updating Windows 10 computers over the network, but first, you need to modify some settings and add new Group Policy templates to insure successful installation of the updates.

Key Master  

Admin teams can use secret sharing to centrally manage shared access to user accounts and services. HashiCorp Vault is one of the few tools that has proven effective when it comes to implementing this solution. Here's how to use this open source tool and keep important credentials safe.

Small but Mighty  

We show you how to install and use the NEMS distribution of Nagios network monitoring on a Raspberry Pi.