Box of Cables

Building custom WSL distro images with Podman

Use Podman on Windows to build custom WSL distro images.

Determined to Keep Learning

Having been 'in the trenches' as an engineering manager at Rancher Labs, I am very happy to return to my roots of open source community building at Determined AI.

My Time at the Ranch

As my time at Rancher Labs ends, I reflect on the teams I have had the opportunity to lead and the amazing things those teams have accomplished.

Windows Subsystem for Linux

Running a massively scalable CUDA-accelerated AI/ML lab on WSL 2 with Determined

Getting a scalable AI/ML model training environment set up and running on WSL 2, with Docker Desktop and CUDA GPU compute.

Windows

Creating A Lightweight Windows Container Dev Environment without Docker Desktop

Working with Windows Containers without Docker Desktop from PowerShell.

Windows Subsystem for Linux

Building CBL-Delridge, Microsoft's other Linux distro

Microsoft has another Linux distro you probably haven't heard of. You can easily build it and even import it into WSL.

February 1 Live Stream: Trying (and failing) to install openSUSE and SmartOS on Vultr

Windows Subsystem for Linux

How Oracle saved rpm on WSL 1

Oracle to the rescue.

Linux

Installing Retro Home on the Raspberry Pi 400

Let's celebrate New Years and install Retro Home on a Raspberry Pi 400 and play some games.

Installing RISC OS on the Raspberry Pi 400

Let's learn about the origins of ARM and RISC OS at Acorn, download and flash a RISC OS image for the Pi 400 using another ARM device ironically, tangent into BeOS and Haiku, and then explore the unique UI of RISC OS.

Windows Subsystem for Linux

Build An Accelerated KVM Guest Custom Kernel for WSL 2 - 2022 Edition

Updated, simpler guide for building a custom Linux kernel for WSL 2 optimized for running nested KVM guests.

Open Source

Bill Gates was right

Gates' 'Open Letter to Hobbyists' wasn't a declaration of war against open source. It is a key foundation of it.

Linux

Building a custom kernel for WSL 2 on openSUSE

How to build a custom kernel for WSL 2 on openSUSE. Now with more PowerShell.

Editorial

Feel the fear. Do it anyway.

I want to let you all in on a secret.

Linux

Troubleshooting GUI Linux apps on openSUSE on WSLg

Troubleshooting common issues with Linux GUI apps on openSUSE on WSL.

Linux

Install openSUSE Tumbleweed on WSL

How to install the official openSUSE Tumbleweed images for WSL directly from the Open Build Service to enjoy this rolling distribution on Windows.

Linux

Trying Windows Server 2022 Insider Preview on openSUSE Tumbleweed

Installing Windows Server 2022 Insider Preview in GNOME Boxes on openSUSE Tumbleweed and configuring it with its own IP address on the LAN with YaST.

Open Source

The Next Chapter: Setting Sail

I am excited to 'go green' 🦎, play a role in the new SUSE, get more involved in the Kubernetes community, and continue pushing the boundaries of OS interoperability.

Linux

Deploying Rancher on k3s on WSL 2

Running k3s server on WSL2 and then installing Rancher on it.

Open Source

Experimenting with flux2 on microk8s

In which I try to get flux2 working on microk8s...

Virtualization

Microsoft's Virtual Machine Hub: Hyper-V Server 2019

Getting to know Hyper-V Server by running Windows 8.1 and Ubuntu 21.04 on Hyper-V Server 2019...on Hyper-V on Windows 10 Pro.

Editorial

Why you should care about Section 230

Section 230 opponents want to punish social media sites for offending their Dear Leader and are willing to burn down online culture as we know it to do so.

Editorial

No, Microsoft is not rebasing Windows to Linux

The choice will not really be Windows or Linux, it will be whether you boot Hyper-V or KVM first, and Windows and Ubuntu stacks will be tuned to run well on the other.

Windows Subsystem for Linux

Accelerated KVM guests on WSL 2

The internet asked for this.

Open Source

Microsoft and Open Source: An unofficial timeline

The profound cultural transformation towards open source did not happen overnight at Microsoft. This is an unofficial timeline of Microsoft's embrace of open source.