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BtrFS support now, nice.
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@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
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@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Veeam Backup & Replication Community Edition
https://www.veeam.com/virtual-machine-backup-solution-free.htmlWasn’t there a thread for this? Or was it a telegram discussion?
Telegram
Ah, well for those curious, the big new thing, aside from the rebranding, is that you get full Veeam functionality for up to 10 VMs. Not just VeeamZip as it has always had.
I have not upgraded my free instance yet to test though.
Holy cats - that's awesome! though unless you can run it from a Linux Distro, it's still no where near free - you need an $800 Windows server license to run it from.
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Anyone ever try running Veeam in WINE?
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Anyone ever try running Veeam in WINE?
I doubt it would, but would also be happily surprised if it's possible.
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@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Anyone ever try running Veeam in WINE?
I doubt it would, but would also be happily surprised if it's possible.
Why do you doubt it? I'm trying to think of what Veeam would be tied to that would prevent it? something like compression performance might suck going through an emulator, but beyond that - I can't think of anything that's overly complex about the app. But what do I know?
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Anyone ever try running Veeam in WINE?
No, that feels like a really bad idea.
Keep in mind that deep integration with the OS is why Veeam uses Windows. Things like VSS, NTFS, ReFS, Dedupe, etc. that can't be handled via Wine.
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Anyone ever try running Veeam in WINE?
I doubt it would, but would also be happily surprised if it's possible.
Why do you doubt it? I'm trying to think of what Veeam would be tied to that would prevent it? something like compression performance might suck going through an emulator, but beyond that - I can't think of anything that's overly complex about the app. But what do I know?
It doesn't even exist in Wine.
Wine is not an emulator, it's a copy.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Anyone ever try running Veeam in WINE?
I doubt it would, but would also be happily surprised if it's possible.
Why do you doubt it? I'm trying to think of what Veeam would be tied to that would prevent it? something like compression performance might suck going through an emulator, but beyond that - I can't think of anything that's overly complex about the app. But what do I know?
It doesn't even exist in Wine.
Wine is not an emulator, it's a copy.
Wine literally stands for "Wine Is Not an Emulator"
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Anyone ever try running Veeam in WINE?
I doubt it would, but would also be happily surprised if it's possible.
Why do you doubt it? I'm trying to think of what Veeam would be tied to that would prevent it? something like compression performance might suck going through an emulator, but beyond that - I can't think of anything that's overly complex about the app. But what do I know?
Some of these software on this list would be difficult.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Anyone ever try running Veeam in WINE?
No, that feels like a really bad idea.
Keep in mind that deep integration with the OS is why Veeam uses Windows. Things like VSS, NTFS, ReFS, Dedupe, etc. that can't be handled via Wine.
hmmm.. isn't that handled on the client side? On the VM hosts themselves? Now Dedupe - OK that could be local, though for a bandwidth POV, that wouldn't make sense either.
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Anyone ever try running Veeam in WINE?
No, that feels like a really bad idea.
Keep in mind that deep integration with the OS is why Veeam uses Windows. Things like VSS, NTFS, ReFS, Dedupe, etc. that can't be handled via Wine.
hmmm.. isn't that handled on the client side? On the VM hosts themselves? Now Dedupe - OK that could be local, though for a bandwidth POV, that wouldn't make sense either.
No, it's handled in the datastore.
That's why Windows is required. Veeam isn't stupid, they didn't cripple the product just to limit their income.
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The Roomba lawnmower is finally happening
17 years after the Roomba, iRobot tackles the great outdoors.
A Roomba lawnmower has been rumored for years. The company has robomower patents going all the way back to 2008, and as recently as 2015 the company was petitioning the FCC to allow it to make its outdoor beacon navigation system legal. The original Roomba was introduced in 2002, when iRobot mostly had the home-robotics market to itself. Waiting 17 years to tackle the great outdoors means iRobot is now jumping into a crowded field of competitors, and it will have to do battle with Robomow, Husqvarna's Automower line, Honda's Miimo, and a line of mowers from Worx, among others.
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I thought that someone had one of these out a long time ago. Did I imagine that? What that a movie?
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I thought that someone had one of these out a long time ago. Did I imagine that? What that a movie?
Honey I shrunk the kids?
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I thought that someone had one of these out a long time ago. Did I imagine that? What that a movie?
The snippet clearly states that they are entering a crowded field.
How would you even infer any except that other units are out?
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I thought that someone had one of these out a long time ago. Did I imagine that? What that a movie?
Nope, they've been out for 20+ years. A friend has one. I just works based on a wire you put in the ground.
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I thought that someone had one of these out a long time ago. Did I imagine that? What that a movie?
Nope, they've been out for 20+ years. A friend has one. I just works based on a wire you put in the ground.
Oh that I know, I mean the ones that know their way around and discover the yard.
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A Surveillance Wall Is Not a Good Alternative to a Concrete Wall
If there’s one political dynamic that’s become perfectly clear in 2019, it’s this: President Trump is calling for a physical wall to be built along the U.S. southern border. Trump's political opponents, and many other groups, oppose that wall.
In response, some congressional Democrats have suggested building up a kind of virtual wall, built on surveillance technology. They’d like to expand social media screening, deploy drones, scan license plates (and not just from cars crossing the border), and even collect DNA from immigrants. All of these methods raise serious privacy concerns.
At EFF, we’re staying focused on making sure any new border measure protects the essential liberties of both U.S. residents and foreign visitors. The border shouldn't be treated like a Constitution-free zone.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
A Surveillance Wall Is Not a Good Alternative to a Concrete Wall
If there’s one political dynamic that’s become perfectly clear in 2019, it’s this: President Trump is calling for a physical wall to be built along the U.S. southern border. Trump's political opponents, and many other groups, oppose that wall.
In response, some congressional Democrats have suggested building up a kind of virtual wall, built on surveillance technology. They’d like to expand social media screening, deploy drones, scan license plates (and not just from cars crossing the border), and even collect DNA from immigrants. All of these methods raise serious privacy concerns.
At EFF, we’re staying focused on making sure any new border measure protects the essential liberties of both U.S. residents and foreign visitors. The border shouldn't be treated like a Constitution-free zone.
Except it's pretty much just that.
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Facebook got sat down
https://media.giphy.com/media/Acju6AOdvEyEU/giphy.gifApple promptly revoked Facebook's Enterprise Certificate yesterday evening. This had the effect not only of preventing further use of the app to collect user data but also of removing Facebook's ability to use Apple's Enterprise Developer Program internally. Facebook employees must now use Apple's App Store to download the apps they have developed onto their own iPhones or iPads until the situation is resolved or a new solution is adopted. Apple's move not only affects distribution of new apps but makes existing apps inoperable within the organization.
