This provides a hands-on exploration of Tailscale, a zero-trust mesh VPN designed for home and enterprise use. It details the straightforward installation process of the Tailscale agent across various operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and cloud-based virtual machines, highlighting its ease of setup for remote access. The piece also delves into how Tailscale functions, explaining its departure from traditional hub-and-spoke VPNs in favor of a decentralized mesh network built on WireGuard technology, managed by a "coordination server." Finally, it outlines key enterprise features like audit logs, access controls, and MagicDNS, along with various use cases, emphasizing Tailscale's ability to simplify complex networking and enhance security.

You can read more at

https://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2024/03/26/android-vpn.aspx

https://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2024/03/18/hands-on-tailscale.aspx

https://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2024/03/14/vpn-jumpbox.aspx

https://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2024/03/28/quick-remote-vpn-access.aspx

This podcast introduces Flatcar OS, a lightweight, open-source Linux distribution specifically optimized for running containers and Kubernetes. Emphasizing its secure and minimal footprint, the author highlights Flatcar's recent acceptance as a CNCF incubating project, a significant endorsement from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. Industry leaders like Adobe and Stackit already utilize Flatcar at scale, attesting to its reliability. The piece also details Flatcar's origins as a fork of CoreOS, its acquisition by Microsoft, and its key features, including an immutable file system, atomic updates, and a security-focused approach, concluding with a look at its bright future driven by continued development and community support.

Here are my articles on it

https://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2025/01/10/deploying-containers-on-specialized-flatcar-os.aspx

https://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2025/01/07/installing-flatcar-container-linux-on-vmware-workstation.aspx

https://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2025/01/02/hands-on-with-open-source-flatcar-os-for-containers.aspx

This explains virtualization technologies, specifically virtual machines (VMs) and containers, using the analogy of a pickup truck and its cargo. It begins by contrasting a standalone computer (the truck with a single wooden crate) with the increased capabilities offered by virtualization. The document then clarifies that VMs are complete emulated systems, each with its own OS, akin to a truck towing multiple other trucks with their own payloads. It describes hypervisors (Type 1 and Type 2) that enable their operation. Finally, it introduces containers as a more lightweight solution, sharing the host OS kernel and represented as a truck simply hauling multiple separate boxes, highlighting technologies like Docker and Kubernetes for their management. The source concludes by providing guidelines on when to use each technology, based on factors such as resource intensity, portability, and management scale. It discusses their typical use cases in enterprise and other applications.