This post covers putting a Python script into a docker container and distributing it across a Mesos cluster. To skip to the end, here are the necessary files and steps.

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I have installed Ubuntu over a dozen times in the last week - a couple on bare metal and many more as guests under Xen. I have gotten pretty good at navigating the menus and options, but it still takes time to fill in fields and click “Continue”. And the data usage according to my ISP…

There has to be a better way.

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I want to run a Mesos cluster. I want to test Asgard, docker, Kubernetes, and Consul. I want to understand how docker, LXD, and CoreOS work together (or do not). I have one spare machine.

This is a guide to install the Xen hypervisor on a fresh install of Ubuntu Server 15.10. The end result is a working Xen installation with a running Ubuntu Server 15.04 guest (aka Virtual Machine (VM)).

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I am developing an Erlang application on my laptop for a production system that runs FreeBSD 10.x. By default, the compiled releases are for OSX/darwin and do not run on the production target. This post details how to cross compile an Erlang project for FreeBSD, however, it should be applicable to any operating system.

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