5 specialized Linux distros

5 specialized Linux distros

There are Linux distros designed to meet the specific needs of a single professional sector or a concrete group of users. In this posts we are listing some of them we found at Omicrono

Scientific Linux: A distro built by CERN and Fermilab scientifics who decided to create a special operating system for universities and labs worldwide. It is Red Hat Linux based and offers a stable and scalable desktop which enables the development of scientific applications.

VM clones and templates best use cases

VM clones and templates best use cases

Cloning a virtual machine (VM) and creating a VM template are similar processes, since both make it easier to build and deploy VMs, but they serve different purposes in a virtual desktops infrastructure.

A VM clone is a VM copy performed at a specific time, an exact copy of the latest saved version, with the same configuration settings and identifiers. This may cause interoperability issues. Each clone can be modified as needed while the original VM keeps the same, so new changes or new copies can be made.

Mobile World Congress 2016 around the corner

Mobile World Congress 2016 around the corner

Mobile World Congress 2016, the reference event for mobility industry, will be hold from next Monday until February 25th at Fira Gran Vía in Barcelona.

Important keynote speakers like Brian Krzanich, CEO of Intel Corporation, Simon Segars, CEO of ARM or Shang Bing, Chairman of China Mobile, will talk about industry’s latest and future trends.

Deploying a Docker cluster with OpenStack Heat

Deploying a Docker cluster with OpenStack Heat

OpenStack and Docker are two complementary technologies very useful for IT administrators in traditional data centers.

In this post we tell you how to deploy a Docker cluster capable of using external storage provided byOpenStack Cinder.

The deployment of clusters is usually performed through OpenStack Magnum, which leverages Heat templates. But, how can we ensure Magma deploys and configures container infrastructure inclusive of providing external storage support for containers.?

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