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Ready for Voyage? Try Voyager Linux Distro – A Slick, Hybrid Distro That Just Works

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 13, 2026

I’ve been poking around Linux distros for years, and every now and then one pops up that feels refreshingly different without trying too hard. Voyager Live is exactly that. It’s not chasing the bleeding edge for the sake of it, nor is it some minimalist toy. It’s a proper, polished, user-friendly system built on solid […]

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StarWind VSAN for Hyper-V: Synchronous Replication for High-Availability Shared Storage

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 3, 2026

The big VMware Exit continues and will continue over the next few years. With the ongoing shifts in the virtualization market following Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, many organizations are reevaluating their infrastructure strategies. Two-plus years after the acquisition, the licensing isn’t just “changed”; it’s become a straight-up extortion racket. Minimum 72-core purchases even for tiny servers, […]

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Veeam Backup & Replication Cybersecurity Improvements – Recon Scanner 3.0 and Malware Scanning in Backups

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 26, 2026

Veeam Backup & Replication has long been THE solution for data protection in virtualized environments. I’m covering their technology on my blog since its inception. The blog runs since 2008! Now, with the rise of ransomware and sophisticated cyber threats, Veeam has stepped up its game in cybersecurity. In recent versions, especially from v12 onwards […]

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Diving Deep into Nakivo Backup & Replication: Lesser-Known Features, Multiplatform Flexibility, and Licensing Options for Cost-Effective Data Protection

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 25, 2026

I’m blogging about Nakivo’s product since their inception. My first blog post about the product was around 2013! Nakivo Backup & Replication continues to stand out as a robust, reliable solution for safeguarding virtual, physical, cloud, and SaaS environments. I’ve covered Nakivo extensively over the years, from its Proxmox integration and Transporter scalability to free […]

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Thinware SimpleVM – A Free-Forever Hypervisor Alternative for VMware Admins Tired of Broadcom’s Rising Costs

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 23, 2026

When I stumbled via Thinware and their upcoming SimpleVM virtualization platform, I thought that it might be just what’s needed. A simple virtualization platform with central management (a vCenter like) that is FREE and OpenSource, and… simple to use. That’s exactly what they doing! I immediately got in touch with them to ask more. Many […]

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Shadow Wearables in Enterprise Environments: The Hidden Risks of Connected Devices

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 17, 2026

If you’ve been following my blog for a while (It’s up since 2008!), you know I usually dive into virtualization topics like VMware updates, Proxmox, XCP-NG, and other virtualization alternatives, or backup solutions from vendors like Nakivo and Veeam. But today, I want to shift gears a bit and talk about something that’s becoming increasingly […]

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This Virtualization Platform from NexaVM will blow your mind

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 9, 2026

Hello everyone, Vladan here. If you’ve been following my blog over the years, you know I’ve spent countless hours breaking down virtualization platforms. I invested a lot of time into VMware because it was the best virtualization platform. However, From the depths of VMware’s vSphere ecosystem, passing through some Hyper-V,  to solid open-source contenders like […]

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Ufficio Zero Linux: Boosting Productivity with an Italian Open-Source Desktop Built for Real Work – and Learn Italian!

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 4, 2026

I use VMware Workstation for quick labs and tests of different Linux distros. I  like to look for guest OSes that deliver maximum output with minimal overhead. Lightweight, stable, and preconfigured for actual tasks rather than endless post-install tweaks. That’s exactly where Ufficio Zero Linux (also known as Zero Linux or UfficioZero) shines. This Italian-developed […]

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LAB: Xen Orchestra 6 and XCP-NG – installation from the source via script from Roni Väyrynen

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 31, 2026

I was tinkering in my lab recently, and installing (or trying to) Xen Orchestra, whcih is a VMware vCenter server alternative as a management of XCP-NG hypervisors. I have already reported about XCP-NG on several blog posts, but in reality, I haven’t really did a blog post about Xen Orchestra which is the main piece, […]

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StarWind VTL: Boosting Immutability and Ransomware Protection in Your Own Datacenter

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 27, 2026

If you’re an IT admin dealing with the constant threat of ransomware, you know how crucial it is to have a solid backup strategy that goes beyond the basics. Today, I want to dive into StarWind Virtual Tape Library (VTL), a solution that’s all about making your backups immutable and ransomware-proof while keeping everything under […]

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