Server won't boot? Forgot to make that backup? Have no fear, just blame Microsoft
Who, Me? Everything is Windows' fault. Even when it really isn't
4 Jan 2021 | 39
Even 2020 cannot bring forth the Year of Linux on the Desktop
Windows Subsystem for Linux or Linux Subsystem for Windows? Who cares, 'open source has won', says Microsoft MVP and Canonical engineer lead
15 Oct 2020 | 47
Time for a virtual love affair: ESXi-Arm Fling flung onto the web for peeps to test drive with Raspberry Pi 4, other kit
Totally not-safe-for-production 64-bit Arm hypervisor port released for evaluation, sell the SmartNIC idea, etc
7 Oct 2020 | 6
Microsoft submits Linux kernel patches for a 'complete virtualization stack' with Linux and Hyper-V
Linux on Azure might no longer need Windows
15 Sep 2020 | 40
Who cares what Apple's about to announce? It owes us a macOS x86 virtual appliance for non-Mac computers
Comment Shift to Arm processors will maroon some users – and Hackintoshes are problematic
15 Sep 2020 | 134
AWS unleashes a new homegrown Linux that's good enough to bottle
Contain your enthusiasm, because ‘Bottlerocket’ is for containers and containers only
1 Sep 2020 | 10
Baidu cloud catches up by offloading cloudy networking and storage to SmartNICs
Also claims database breakthroughs with home-brewed MySQL-compatible code
26 Aug 2020 |
Can't decide which OS to run today? Why not Linux inside Windows inside macOS?
Parallels desktop upgrade enables nested virtualization and adds a dash of automation
12 Aug 2020 | 27
Foreshadow returns to the foreground: Secrets-spilling speculative-execution Intel flaw lives on, say boffins
A misunderstanding about the vulnerability means defenses fall short
7 Aug 2020 | 8
Linus Torvalds pines for header file fix but releases Linux 5.8 anyway
Lots of love for AMD and POWER 10 and a hint of some Google's operational code making it into future releases
3 Aug 2020 | 37
Bigger than big: Linux kernel colonel Torvalds claims 5.8 is 'one of our biggest releases of all time'
'We have modified about 20 per cent of all the files'
15 Jun 2020 | 17
Canonical pushes out MicroK8s installer for Mac and Windows, with Multipass VM tech lurking behind the scenes
Another option for Kubernetes fans not strictly on Linux
2 Jun 2020 | 2
AWS rolls out 'Linux 2 Ready' scheme to lure penguins into using its homegrown distro
'Many customer workloads perform better on Amazon Linux 2' firm claims, but where is the source?
22 Apr 2020 | 7
Not exactly the kind of housekeeping you want when it means the hotel's server uptime is scrubbed clean
On Call A Hoover-dunnit for your Friday morning
13 Mar 2020 | 176
Still hoping to run VMware's ESXi on Arm any time soon? Don't hold your breath – no rush and no commitments
Xen, KVM muscling in, meanwhile
12 Mar 2020 | 14
Beware the three-finger-salute, or 'How I Got The Keys To The Kingdom'
On Call With great power comes great irresponsibility
27 Dec 2019 | 77
Crossing the platforms: The Register checks in with Canonical's WSL alternative – Multipass
Lightweight Linux VMs for all. So long as Ubuntu is your thing
18 Dec 2019 | 8
Managing the Linux kernel at AWS: 'A large team of security experts' dealing with fallout from Spectre, Meltdown flaws
Interview OS director on staying safe and advantages of Amazon's Nitro hypervisor
10 Dec 2019 | 17
How to break out of a hypervisor: Abuse Qemu-KVM on-Linux pre-5.3 – or VMware with an AMD driver
Pair of bug reports show how VM escapes put servers at risk
18 Sep 2019 | 2
Justice served: There is no escape from the long server log of the law
Who, Me? A handover or handcuffs? Take your pick, eh?
16 Sep 2019 | 168
