Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is now available to download, six (rather hectic) months after development on the release first began.Complete GuideUbuntu 20.04 LTS: Everything You Need to Know

This is the final, stable release of Ubuntu 20.04, codename ‘Focal Fossa’. It comes with 5 years of guaranteed security updates, critical fixes, and select software updates from Canonical.

You can download Ubuntu 20.04 direct from the Ubuntu image server using the link below. This will download a 64-bit .iso image of the release that is around 2.7GB in size.

Once the download completes you will need to write the Ubuntu 20.04 .iso image to a blank DVD or flash it to a USB stick using a tool like Etcher. Then just pop the DVD in or plug in the USB and reboot, selecting the appropriate boot option.

Download Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (64-bit .iso)

Download Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (.torrent)

I always recommending using the ‘Try Ubuntu without installing’ option first. This drops you into a full desktop session that you can explore safely and check that all of your hardware works okay. If you like what you see you can then run the installer app from the live image to install the OS on to your system.

If you’re a regular reader of this site you’ll be pretty clued up on the changes the Focal offers by now — I feel like I hadn’t stopped talking about it for months — But on the off chances you’re not…

Ubuntu 20.04 rides atop the Linux 5.4 kernel, boasts faster boot speeds thanks to new kernel compression algorithms, and carries a clutch of new graphics drivers, software, and utilities:

• Linux 5.4
• Improved ZFS install support
• OEM logo displayed during boot
• GNOME Shell 3.36
• Performance improvements
• New Lock screen
• Do not disturb mode
• Refined app folder creation
• Updated Settings panels
• Visible ‘Suspend’ option in Status Menu
• Optional ‘dark’ theme
• Fractional scaling support
• Snap-based Ubuntu Software store
• Feral Game Mode added to the archives

Don’t forget that you can also upgrade to 20.04 from 19.10 or 18.04 directly, which may be easier than starting afresh, especially if you have a lot of files to back up.

SSL Certificate with a private Key

OpenSSL, Convert PFX to .key and .crt

Before copy the certificate we need to convert the .PFX into a .Crt and .Key file.
I used the following openssl command;

• openssl pkcs12 -in star_domain_nl.pfx -clcerts -nokeys -out star_domain_nl.crt
• openssl pkcs12 -in star_domain_nl.pfx -out start_domain_nl.key -nodes

Edit the NGINX config file on the JMP server

• Before editing the NGINX config file, copy/paste the .Crt and .Key file created on your linux machine previous step to the folder “C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\JMP\com\XMS\nginx\conf”
• Stop the “JMP” services in the following order

Login to console white putty

• #service-control –start applmgmt
• #systemctl list-unit-files

Found the applmgmt.service is in Masked status

• #systemctl unmask applmgmt

unmask it

• #systemctl list-unit-files

check it agin you should see applmgmt.service turned into Enabled, and should start automatically after reboot of de VCA.

vSphere 7

The new generation of vSphere for existing enterprise apps. Available in two editions.

VMware vSphere 7, the new generation of vSphere, is now generally available. This major new release brings a massive improvement in the work experience of vSphere administrators, folks who are responsible for the security, performance, and resiliency of the infrastructure and applications that provide all the key services to their organizations.

Watch the vSphere 7 digital launch event for the executive view, a technical overview, and a customer perspective with the hosts of siliconANGLE’s theCUBE.

The latest release of VMware Horizon 7.11, VMware Horizon Client 5.3, and VMware Dynamic Environment Management 9.10 includes a multitude of offerings, from SAML authentication to new REST APIs; with the HTML5-driven Console as primary, better integrated help, and better visibility via dashboard; upgraded Horizon GPO bundle, and much more.

Horizon 7 SAML Authentication? with VMware Unified Access Gateway 3.8

1. Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Policies > Microsoft > Windows > WindowsUpdate > AU
2. Right click and add a the following keys (without the quotes):
   "NoAutoUpdate"=dword:00000000
"AUOptions"=dword:00000003
"AllowMUUpdateService"=dword:00000001
"IncludeRecommendedUpdates"=dword:00000001

wuauclt /detectnow /updatenow

The above mentioned command will work in all versions of Windows including Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. But if you are using Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016, you can use UsoClient command which has more options than wuauclt. You can run UsoClient with the following switches:

StartScan – Start checking for updates

StartDownload – Start downloading updates

StartInstall – Start installing downloaded updates

RestartDevice – Restart Windows after updates are installed

ScanInstallWait – Check for updates, download available updates and install them

script:
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REM Download and Fully Install Windows Updates

usoclient ScanInstallWait
usoclient StartInstall

REM Wait 40 mins to allow all the installs to complete on Windows 10
timeout /T 2400

REM this command will need a local path to the file unless it is run from the same folder that contains it
ShutdownWithUpdates.exe /r /f

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Or Powershell
Install-Module PSWindowsUpdate
Get-WindowsUpdate
Install-WindowsUpdate

The latest Ubuntu 18.04 LTS point release is now available to download.

Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS, which arrives a week later than planned due to a few last minute issue, serves as the penultimate point release in the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS release cycle.

As ever there’s not much that’s “new” per se. An Ubuntu point release is simply a freshly spun install .iso that features all of the OS fixes and improvements released to the OS since last install image was issued.

Or, to word it another way, point releases are a shortcut; a hop on point for new users. They still install the same OS that was released back in April 2018, but without the hassle of having to download the 100MBs of updates released to it since.