Virtual machines (VMs) allow you to explore Linux without permanently altering your computer. If you're curious about Linux but hesitant to commit, a VM offers a safe, flexible solution. In case this ...

Hyper-V in Windows 10 has a built-in tool called Quick Create that lets you automate the process of setting up new virtual machines. Here's how to use it. As someone who has worked in IT for what ...

For penetration testers out there, Offensive Security's Kali Linux platform is often considered the go-to option given its wide variety of tools, constant updates, and the relatively user-friendly ...

Is there a method to prep a Linux system so it can be redeployed? I would like to have a patched and ready Linux system to deploy for testing. Maybe I'm not understanding Linux fully and there might ...

Three and a half years ago, Mark Russinovich, Azure CTO, Microsoft's cloud, said, "One in four [Azure] instances are Linux." Next, in 2017, Microsoft revealed that 40% of Azure virtual machines (VM) ...

VMware has supported Linux desktops running on its VDI platform since VMware Horizon 6.2. In fact, last year I wrote an article on how to use CentOS as a Linux desktop on VMware Horizon 6.2, and ...

I had a couple Zenoss VMware appliances that run Linux that needed to have more space allocated to them. I knew just adding another hard drive wouldn’t solve the issue so I set about finding the least ...

VMware is warning that ESXi VMs running on Linux kernel 5.19 can have up to a 70% performance drop when Retbleed mitigations are enabled compared to the Linux kernel 5.18 release. More specifically, ...

In our main Windows 11 review posted earlier this week, we covered the majority of new features and design decisions in Microsoft’s newest consumer OS—and it feels reasonable to characterize the ...