One of the things I always like about using VMWare's ESXi servers was the ability to access the console of the virtual machine (VM).

This ability also exists when using Linux KVM and Linux VMs, and is pretty simple to set up.

Bonus points after a small config change, it's much more usable.

Enable the console from …

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Using minikube is a great way to learn Kubernetes, without all of the overhead/complexity of installing a full fledged Kubernetes deployment.

In a nutshell, minikube is local Kubernetes.

As Kubernetes/minikube are container orchestration tools, you need something to run the 'pods'.

For minikube, this can be Docker, …

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I wrote previously about my frustration with trying to get the default Ubuntu desktop to run in a VNC session, one that would install as a service, and work after a reboot.

After spending more time than I'd like to admit, I threw in the towel, and went with the Mate desktop (Gnome 2 based), which worked without a …

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So I needed a way to connect to a Linux VM via VNC.

There is a lot of information out there on how to do it, but most of it talks about using less resource intensive desktop (xfce4).

I wanted the full desktop experience, and as both my Linux box and my full-time desktop are both connected to a 1GB switch, I wasn't …

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