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Shells Review – Best Personal Cloud Computer

The Crazy Programmer

Virtual desktops are preinstalled copies of operating systems on the cloud. It helps in isolating the desktop environment from the existing system that is accessible on any device. Users can build their Virtual Cloud Linux Desktop using Shells services. The best part! Cross-functionality of Apps. Cloud Security.

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Book Review: A Philosophy of Software Design

Henrik Warne

The focus is on how to structure systems to make them easy to understand and work with. The author defines complexity as anything related to the structure of a software system that makes it hard to understand and modify. The goal of software design is to reduce the complexity of the system. What I Liked The Most. Complexity.

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CUPS: A Critical 9.9 Linux Vulnerability Reviewed

Aqua Security

In the past couple of days there has been many troubling publications and discussions about a mysterious critical Linux vulnerability allowing remote code execution. While this headline is very alarming, after diving into details there are many preconditions that cool down the level of alertness.

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Radar Trends to Watch: November 2024

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

The model aims to answer natural language questions about system status and performance based on telemetry data. Google is open-sourcing SynthID, a system for watermarking text so AI-generated documents can be traced to the LLM that generated them. These are small models, designed to work on resource-limited “edge” systems.

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Operating System Characteristics (Features)

The Crazy Programmer

The operating system is the software that enables an ideal environment for all these application software to work effectively. And without using an operating system, it is not possible to use smartphone devices to computer devices efficiently. What is an Operating System? Operating System Characteristics. Image Source.

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Why GreenOps will succeed where FinOps is failing

CIO

Capital One built Cloud Custodian initially to address the issue of dev/test systems left running with little utilization. Architects must combine functional requirements with multiple other long-term requirements to build sustainable systems. The rapid adoption of AI is making the challenge an order of magnitude worse.

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Make a resolution to clean up your digital act? Here’s how

The Parallax

Whether you’re using an iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, or Linux device, one of the easiest ways to avoid getting hacked is to ensure that all your software is up-to-date. That includes the operating system, the programs and apps that run on it, and the aforementioned Internet of Things. Step 5: Keep your software up-to-date.