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Reviving Old School Laptops with PrimTux: Battling Obsolescence on a Budget

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 8, 2025

A slightly different post today. This is something I like to see as it saving resources and saving the planet. Fighting planned obsolescence in schools. Inspired by a fantastic initiative from the City of Blois in France – where they’re ditching Microsoft’s Windows 10 end-of-life drama for Linux-based PrimTux on old laptops. I’m diving into […]

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How to Set Up pfSense Community Edition as a Firewall Using VMware Workstation Pro 17 (2025 Edition)

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 27, 2025

pfSense is one of the most powerful open-source firewalls and routers available. Running it inside VMware Workstation Pro 17 (the current 2025 version) is an excellent way to build a lab or even protect a small home/office network without dedicating physical hardware. I wanted to write this blog post years ago, but you know, how […]

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Zorin OS 18: Ditch Windows 11’s Bloat – A Lighter, Smarter Linux Ride

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 30, 2025

If you’ve been following my ramblings on Linux distros, you know I’m no stranger to hunting for that sweet spot between power and simplicity. Back in February 2024, I geeked out over Zorin OS Lite – that zippy little beast that breathes new life into dusty old hardware. Fast forward to today, October 2025, and […]

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Winux OS – Why I like it?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 23, 2025

Winux OS is a Windows-like Linux OS that is easy to install and use. It comes up as 3 different ISOs you can choose from (Light, Normal and FAT). Each one of them is for different use but all of them keeps the same great use of theming and solid Ubuntu foundations. It’s designed for […]

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VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 9.0 Released

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: September 14, 2025

New update for old tool from VMware! Yes, VMware Converter 9.0 is out and supports latest virtual hardware 22, as well as VCF 9.0. Also, broadens support for Linux VMs which are now available for synchronization after initial cloning. This is quite cool as it allows you to do the final cut-off with much less […]

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StarWind Virtual Backup Appliance Free – Stay Protected With Immutable Backups

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: September 3, 2025

Today, we’ll have a look at a StarWind Virtual Backup Appliance (VBA) Free, a great tool from StarWind that brings enterprise-grade backup storage capabilities with immutability, to your home lab, small business, or proof-of-concept (PoC) environment. In this post, we’ll explore its deployment options across various platforms, zoom in on its immutable backup capabilities, and […]

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Quick tip and solution How to find older vSphere documentation PDFs

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: September 1, 2025

Many admins has already uses vSphere 8 since long time. As a result, many of you have already got the whole vSphere 8.x documentation set, with all those PDFs etc. However, if you are looking to download those files right now, you won’t find them easily as broadcom decomissionned the “legacy” docs.vmware.com site and put […]

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Microsoft MVP, VMUG Advantage, VMware vExpert, Nutanix NTC, and Veeam Vanguard – FREE NFR Starter Pack from Devolutions!

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: July 22, 2025

Yes, this is a very good news for all my Microsoft MVP, VMUG Advantage, VMware vExpert, Nutanix NTC, and Veeam Vanguard collegues and peers. A FREE NFR license of a bundle from Devolutions which allows you to use those those in your lab for FREE. The bundle, called Starter Pack, covers Four products and it is […]

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Another VMware Alternative Called Harvester – How does it compare to VMware?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: July 7, 2025

Today we’ll have a look at another VMware alternative called Harvester, which is an open-source hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solution built by SUSE, designed for modern cloud-native environments. It uses KVM and KubeVirt to manage VMs alongside containers in a Kubernetes-based framework, with a modern web-based GUI for administration. Key Features: A sleek, web-based interface for […]

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Vulnerability in your VMs – VMware Tools Update

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 19, 2025

Recent news about vulnerabilities siting quietly inside our VMware VMs is rather worrying. What if, attacker was going to hack our infrastructure from inside of our VMs? And what if not only Windows VMs, but also Linux VMs were affected? VMware Tools Update is important as your ESXi patch update. This vulnerability is labeled as […]

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