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Free Windows OS Alternative called ReactOS

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: August 2, 2016

ReactOS - Very familiar XP Experience

Alternative to Windows? They are some… Today I’d like to introduce you to Free Windows OS Alternative called ReactOS, which is not a Linux alternative to Windows, but rather a Windows clone. ReactOS is an open-source effort to develop a quality operating system that is compatible with applications and drivers that are written for the Microsoft […]

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Free Tool from Extrasphere – Free vMotion for Free ESXi Hosts

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 11, 2019

Extrasphere App - Free vMotion

There is a new free tool available for VMware ESXi users, which is interesting, as it kind of, does vMotion for free. I’d rather say the tool does “quick migration”. There is a small downtime because the VM has to be paused for a short period of time and then resumed on the other host. There […]

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Introduction to Turnkey Linux Appliances with No Pain

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: July 21, 2016

Turnkey Linux Maketplace

The title was meant to be captive. I hope it is, because today we’ll show you an easy way to play with downloadable Linux VMs (but not only) which are prepackaged as Virtual appliances ready to go. Turnkey Linux Appliances are free downloads. The way that they’re prepackaged is quite interesting as when you download them […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Home Lab Tagged With: Turnkey Linux Appliances

vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Reference Poster – Free Download

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: July 18, 2016

VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Reference Poster

A few days ago VMware released a nice vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Reference Poster. I wanted to share this with our readers as it is a very good initiative from a fellow blogger Emad Younis who now is working for VMware. The poster gathers all the useful information for VCSA 6.0 into a single poster. In […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Server Virtualization Tagged With: vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Reference Poster

Putty Alternative Called Xshell 5 – Free for Home users and Schools

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 11, 2019

Xshell 5 Secure Terminal Emulator

I wanted to point out to this cool free utility (compatible with Windows 10), a Putty Alternative Called Xshell 5 – Free for Home users and Schools.  It’s a company called Netsarang (US) which is producing the software. Xshell 5 is another SSH client and terminal, but the product has more than that under the […]

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Remote Utilities – Manage Systems Remotely over WAN/LAN environments

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 27, 2016

Remote Utilities - The different connection possibilities

Many tools exist for remote access. Some of them are better than others, some of them are more expensive than others. Some shops are using Teamviewer or Anydesk, but some admins might just stick with traditional VNC, Tight VNC or other free tools. Today we’ll have a look at Remote utilities which might fit small […]

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Top 5 Free VMware Fundamental Trainings

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 12, 2016

VMware vCloud Director Fundamentals

This post sums Top 5 Free VMware Fundamental Trainings. As you know, the VMware “fundamental” training are free and so it’s quite interesting to get you started with product or technology without paying a dime. Those free pieces of training are delivered to your web browser so you’ll need an internet connection in order to follow the […]

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How-To Install and Configure CoreOS OVA Image on ESXi

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 9, 2022

Change the password for core

CoreOS is a lightweight Linux distro destined for running Containers. Docker is installed on each CoreOS machine. You should construct a container for each of your services (web server, caching, database) start them with a fleet and connect them together by reading and writing to etcd. CoreOS doesn’t ship a package manager — any software you would like […]

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Free Training – VMware Network Virtualization Fundamentals 2016

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 3, 2016

VMware Network Virtualization Fundamentals 2016

There is a new Free Training – VMware Network Virtualization Fundamentals 2016. There is 5 chapters only but they are packed. The training is completely free, just need a VMware education account. If you don’t have one you can grab one, for free. The training is online delivered to your browser via Adobe courseware. It’s true that NSX […]

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PuTTyTray Is Free Improved Version of PuTTy

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 15, 2017

PuTTY Tray is an improved version of PuTTY

A quick post today about a neat free tool which will be added to my Free Tools page. PuttyTray is improved version of Putty, SSH client, and terminal emulator. It’s heavy modified version, originally compiled by Barry Haanstra, now maintained by Chris West (Faux). It’s a free tool which can be personalized and which is cool. […]

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