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

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    Hayden Barnes
8 min read
Why you should care about Section 230
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.

  • Hayden Barnes
    Hayden Barnes
10 min read
No, Microsoft is not rebasing Windows to Linux
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.

  • Hayden Barnes
    Hayden Barnes
6 min read
Accelerated KVM guests on WSL 2
Windows Subsystem for Linux

Accelerated KVM guests on WSL 2

The internet asked for this.

  • Hayden Barnes
    Hayden Barnes
10 min read
Microsoft and Open Source: An unofficial timeline
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.

  • Hayden Barnes
    Hayden Barnes
8 min read
The Myth and Promise of Open Source
Open Source

The Myth and Promise of Open Source

When it comes to the legal foundations of open source, there is no spoon.

  • Hayden Barnes
    Hayden Barnes
13 min read
How to test Ubuntu Focal Fossa on Hyper-V
Virtualization

How to test Ubuntu Focal Fossa on Hyper-V

A build of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS beta for the Hyper-V Quick Create gallery is now available. To test, I recommend installing the 19.10 image from the Hyper-V Quick Create gallery and

  • Hayden Barnes
    Hayden Barnes
3 min read
iPad Launch Day: April 3, 2010
Vintage

iPad Launch Day: April 3, 2010

Behind the scenes photos by an Apple employee at the launch of the iPad on April 3, 2010.

  • Hayden Barnes
    Hayden Barnes
3 min read
How to test Ubuntu Focal Fossa on WSL: Reporting Bugs
Archived

How to test Ubuntu Focal Fossa on WSL: Reporting Bugs

How to triage and report bugs properly on Ubuntu on WSL.

  • Hayden Barnes
    Hayden Barnes
3 min read
How to test Ubuntu Focal Fossa on WSL: Sideload a fresh build
Windows Subsystem for Linux

How to test Ubuntu Focal Fossa on WSL: Sideload a fresh build

Side-load an image of Focal Fossa on WSL to test the upcoming 20.04 LTS release of Ubuntu.

  • Hayden Barnes
    Hayden Barnes
3 min read
How to test Ubuntu Focal Fossa on WSL: Upgrade an existing installation
Windows Subsystem for Linux

How to test Ubuntu Focal Fossa on WSL: Upgrade an existing installation

Backup your Bionic working environment and then upgrade to Focal.

  • Hayden Barnes
    Hayden Barnes
4 min read
Automate Ghost updates with systemd on Ubuntu
Linux

Automate Ghost updates with systemd on Ubuntu

Secure your self-hosted Ghost blog with Ubuntu Livepatch, unattended upgrades, and systemd.

  • Hayden Barnes
    Hayden Barnes
6 min read
Hola nova: The Cuban government Linux distro
Linux

Hola nova: The Cuban government Linux distro

Looking for a more revolutionary distro? A look at Nova, the Linux distro from the Cuban government.

  • Hayden Barnes
    Hayden Barnes
4 min read
Running Windows 2000 on WSL
Vintage

Running Windows 2000 on WSL

Sometimes you just want to run FORTRAN PowerStation.

  • Hayden Barnes
    Hayden Barnes
5 min read
The Legal Profession Needs To Die
Editorial

The Legal Profession Needs To Die

Lawyers don't need to learn to code. They need to stop putting humans in cages.

  • Hayden Barnes
    Hayden Barnes
4 min read
Dual-Boot Windows and Windows Insiders Builds Without Re-Partitioning
Windows

Dual-Boot Windows and Windows Insiders Builds Without Re-Partitioning

Run Windows 10 Insider Fast Ring builds on bare metal without risking your daily driver. No partitioning required.

  • Hayden Barnes
    Hayden Barnes
8 min read
Toxicity in Open Source
Open Source

Toxicity in Open Source

There is a very small but noisy contingent in open source that is far from open, responds with vitriolic hate to other viewpoints, engages in the worst forms of gatekeeping, and are generally very toxic people.

  • Hayden Barnes
    Hayden Barnes
3 min read
Job Update
Windows Subsystem for Linux

Job Update

I am pleased to announce that I have accepted a position as a Developer Advocate on Ubuntu for WSL at Canonical. Pengwin and its parent company Whitewater Foundry will remain an independent open

  • Hayden Barnes
    Hayden Barnes
3 min read
Open Sourcing DAP: Legal Outreach Software
Open Source

Open Sourcing DAP: Legal Outreach Software

DAP was a project at my old law firm to provide outreach to consumers being sued by debt trolls. DAP was written in Python, used an SQLite Database, interacted with an IBM mainframe and two web APIs to send information to consumers.

  • Hayden Barnes
    Hayden Barnes
4 min read
Automated Snaps of Nim Using GitHub Actions
Linux

Automated Snaps of Nim Using GitHub Actions

Nim is a compiled, garbage-collected systems programming language with a design that focuses on efficiency, expressiveness, and elegance.

  • Hayden Barnes
    Hayden Barnes
6 min read
Getting Started with Ubuntu Core on Hyper-V using WSL
Windows Subsystem for Linux

Getting Started with Ubuntu Core on Hyper-V using WSL

Ubuntu Core is a tiny, transactional version of Ubuntu Linux from Canonical. Use WSL to convert a KVM image of Ubuntu Core and boot in Hyper-V on Windows.

  • Hayden Barnes
    Hayden Barnes
6 min read
The one in which I kind of get Corel Linux 1.2 to work 21 years later.
Vintage

The one in which I kind of get Corel Linux 1.2 to work 21 years later.

With the increasing adoption of Microsoft's Office, in 1999 Corel took a swing at Microsoft's other core business, Windows, with Corel Linux.

  • Hayden Barnes
    Hayden Barnes
3 min read
That time the Windows API broke Debian Stable
Linux

That time the Windows API broke Debian Stable

winapi-rs is a Rust crate that provides raw foreign function interface (FFI) bindings to the entire Windows API from Rust. This gives Rust applications on Windows direct access to the Windows API. This

  • Hayden Barnes
    Hayden Barnes
2 min read
hyper-v-gallery: Creating a custom Hyper-V Quick Create gallery with Linux and *BSD live ISOs
Virtualization

hyper-v-gallery: Creating a custom Hyper-V Quick Create gallery with Linux and *BSD live ISOs

Above is Quick Create for Hyper-V, the virtualization platform built into Windows 10. You can find Quick Create for Hyper-V by searching for "quick create" in Windows 10: The Quick Create gallery in

  • Hayden Barnes
    Hayden Barnes
2 min read
A Tour of Trinity Desktop Environment
Vintage

A Tour of Trinity Desktop Environment

TDE is notable to me for it's speed, visual design, stability, and it's vast eco-system of well-designed and functional user software.

  • Hayden Barnes
    Hayden Barnes
4 min read
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