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Why do we need a bash on Windows?

Reading Time: 4 minutes One recent announce by Microsoft was the bash support/integration in Windows 10: with the latest Windows Fast Ring update (14316) it’s possible run Bash and Ubuntu commands on Windows 10. This is the result of the partnership between Microsoft and Canonical. To try this you must be part of the Windows Insider program, then you need to switch your Windows 10 system to the Fast Ring. You do this by going “System Settings > Advanced Windows Update options” and selecting your Insider Preview update setting to the far right.

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Approaching to Veeam Backup & Replication v9.5

Reading Time: < 1 minute Three months after the releasing of Veeam Backup & Replication v9, Veeam is start talking the next release, that seems to be v9.5 (so an intermediate version). Last week they have announced the first new major feature: a new storage integration with with Nimble Storage! This integration will complete the existing with EMC, HP and NetApp products (for primary storage) and confirm the rumor of a support not for a big name (at least not one of the biggest), but a promising new storage vendor.

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Several issues with vmxnet3 virtual adapter

Reading Time: 3 minutes VMware best practices for virtual networking, starting with vSphere 5, usually recommend the vmxnet3 virtual NIC adapter for all VMs with a “recent” operating systems: starting from NT 6.0 (Vista and Windows Server 2008) for Windows and for Linux that include this driver in the kernel, and for virtual machines version 7 and later. For those operating systems the choice is normally between the e1000 or the vmxnet3 adapter: the new virtual machine wizard suggest the e1000 for the recent Windows systems, but only because this driver is included in the OSes. Historically there were some […]

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May 2016 IT events

Reading Time: < 1 minute Interesting European IT events: European Tech Summit 2016 – Cork (May, 5) TechUG – London (May, 5) sambaXP 2016 – Berlin (May, 10-12) TECHunplugged – London (May, 12) IP EXPO – Manchester (May, 18-19) BriForum – London (May, 19-20) EMEA Atmosphere 2016 – Algrave (May, 23-26) 5th PHP Unconference Europe – Palma De Majorca (May, 28-29)

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