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Introduction
Contributing
Student Discount/Free Stuff
Hull University Related
Hull Related
Business/Career
Services
Software
Law and Standards
Learning Resources
Linux Distributions
Hypervisors and virtual machines
Cyber Security Resources
Other Interesting Stuff
Andrew Hancock, Department of Computer Science & Technology - Systems

Introduction

This list comprises resources contributed by staff and students at the University of Hull across a variety of abilities, levels and degree disciplines.

List originally comprised by @closebracket, visit his website here.

Contributing

If you feel something is missing from the list, please feel free to fork the repository and submit a pull request with your changes. This will increase your skills with git, markdown and show that you can contribute to projects voluntarily. Students and staff at the University of Hull are particularly encouraged to contribute.

Student Discount / Free stuff

Github Student Pack.
Azure for Students.
VMware Academic Software Licensing Program e.g. VMware Workstation, VMware vSphere, VMware Fusion - Request access via http://support.hull.ac.uk and mention Andy Hancock VMware vExpert PRO!
Free Books on Robotics
Learning Python Book
Free books on CS related subjects
Data Science Handbook

On the Hub - Free software for University of Hull Students
Brian Tompsett Youtube Channel. Brian is a lecturer at University of Hull and has a long list of published works.
Andrew Hancock. Andrew is the VMware Specialist in Computer Science & Technology, responsible for architecure, watering & feeding the Computer Science and Technology VMware infrastructure. He also has a long list of VMware and Virtualisation articles.
The Yellow Book - A fantastic intro to C# from former Hull Lecturer, Rob Miles. He also has other publications available here.
Rob Miles Youtube.
CSBlogs - A collection of blogs from UoH staff, alumni and current students.
Freeside Discord.
#HullCSS Discord.
Hull Gaming Society Discord.
Hull Robotics Society Discord.
Department of Computer Science and Technology Twitter.

For Entrepreneurs Only - Headquartered on UoH campus providing business mentoring and support.
C4Di (Hull Based)
Connected Humber Hardware Meetups
Hull Central Library Makerspace
Hull Chamber of Commerce

Business / Career

Google Campus (London Based)
Barclays Eagle Labs (Nationwide)
For Entrepreneurs Only - Headquartered on UoH campus providing business mentoring and support.
C4Di (Hull Based)
5 ways to help get into the games industry
Writing the ideal CV for the games industry
University of Hull Computer Science Linkedin Group
Network Yorkshire Linkedin Group
One Hull Business Forum Linkedin Group
The Yorkshire Mafia Linkedin Group
Yorkshire Enterprise Network Linkedin Group
York & Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership Linkedin Group
Andrew Hancock talks with friends Randy Redberg and Thomas Bernal at Experts Exchange about Career Growth and VMware
Andrew Hancock talks with friends Randy Redberg and Thomas Bernal at Experts Exchange about being an IT Author and British Beekeeper

Services

Migadu.com - Unlimited cheap email for lots of domains.
Github Pages
Gitlab
Matomo - Self hosted Google Analytics alternative.
Wekan - Opensource Kanban.
Shodan - Create an account with your University email address to get free membership.
The Things Network
Programmable Web APIs
A list of publically available APIs

Software

Atom Editor
Jetbrains Editors.
The Awesome Self-Hosted List - a list of open source projects which can be self-hosted. The list comprises an amazing range of fascinating tools and projects. Thanks to @starbeamrainbowlabs for pointing it out.
Postman.
Bashmarks
Doctl
The Big Warehouse - A collection of resources for programmers from @starbeamrainbowlabs.
Dockstation - Docker GUI for Windows, Mac and Linux
Tush - a literate testing shell
Haven Self Hosted Blog - A self hosted private blog built with ruby on rails.

Law and Standards

W3 - Standards for web design and applications, devices, architecture, XML, web services and other technology.
GDPR Compliance Checklist
ICO Guide to GDPR
Government overview of Data Protection
The Chartered Institute for IT
Computer Misuse Act 1990

Learning Resources

Math Talks to Blow Your Mind Playlist
Data Structures Playlist.
Harvard CS50x.
- 3.1 Harvard CS50 2018 Lectures Playlist.
- 3.2 Harvard CS50 for Lawyers Playlist.
- 3.3 (CS50 Youtube Channel).
NullByte (Youtube Channel).
NumberPhile (Youtube Channel).
Learn Electronics (Youtube Channel).
Computerphile (Youtube Channel).
Docker's Official Youtube.
Brian Tompsett Youtube Channel. Brian is a lecturer at University of Hull and has a long list of published works.
The Yellow Book - A fantastic intro to C# from former Hull Lecturer, Rob Miles. He also has other publications available here.
Rob Miles Youtube .
CSBlogs - A collection of blogs from UoH staff, alumni and current students.
Kattis - Programming problems to help you improve your skills. Compete against staff/students.
Code Academy - Improve your programming knowledge.
DevDocs - Searchable developer docs
Aweomesheet - CSS Generator
Install LAMP on Ubuntu - Tutorial on installing LAMP on Ubuntu
CRISP-DM PyData 2015
Tackling Imposter Syndrome, a cambridge students perspective.
Shaping the Future of Connected Policing
Enabling Digital Policing: Computacenter and VMWare
Digital Ocean Tutorials - System Administration tutorials from Digital Ocean. Can be followed on any Linux machine.

Linux Distributions

Ubuntu - Great starting distributions for beginners as lots of support is available.
Fedora - Freeside uses this in our Lab!
Arch - Advanced distribution for those looking to expand their knowledge of Linux.
Kubuntu - Ubuntu with an alternative desktop environment.
Mint - Another variant of Ubuntu, great for those familiar with Windows.
Tails - A portable distribution that runs only in memory, for the ultimate privacy protection.

Hypervisors and virtual machines

Ontop of the great VMware resources below there are other hypervisors for running containers and virtual machines.

Hypervisors are classified as Type 1 or Type 2 hypervisors. Type 1 are often known as bare metal hypervisors. It's installed on bare metal, e.g. it is not installed as an application on top of an operating system. A Type 2 hypervisor is an application which is installed on the operating system. Type 2 Hypervisors can be SLOW. In most reviews and experience, they perform at roughly 30-40% hardware capability. That means an Guest Operating Systems in a virtual machine hosted on a Type 2 hyperviosor will likely perform at best like it has an 800 MHz CPU if you have 2 GHz physical CPU.

If you use a Type 1 Hypervisor, you get much better performance (based on experience and reviews) typically get 80-90% hardware capability - so that same virtual machines hosted on the same 2 GHz CPU should operate more like it has a 1.6 GHz CPU instead of 800 Mhz.

Here are some type 1 and type 2 hypervisors.

Type 1 (Bare Metal Hypervisors)

Proxmox - A Free version of the commercial Proxmox hypervisor
Nutanix CE - A free version of the Nutanix HCI platform
Oracle VM Server - Commercial Type 1 hypervisor
XCP-ng - Based on Xen Server - Available on GitHub.
Citrix Hypervisor - Originally based on Xen Server. Commercial version by Citrix.
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 - Hyper-V can be enabled as a role in Windows Server. This is a Type 1 hypervisor. - Available for free if a Student of The Department of Computer Science and Technology.
Microsoft Hyper-V Server - Not to be confused with Windows Server. This is a Type 1 Hypervisor, and is just server core Hyper-V with no GUI. - Available for free if a Student of The Department of Computer Science and Technology.
Microsoft Windows 10 Client Hyper-V - Hyper-V can be enabled in Windows 10 Pro and above. This is a Type 1 Hypervisor. - Available for free if a Student of The Department of Computer Science and Technology.
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) - Available for free, or full version - Available for free if a Student of The Department of Computer Science and Technology.
KVM/QEmu - KVM is built into the linux kernel, just like Hyper-V in Windows

There are many frontends / management tools for KVM, including but not limited to

furthermore, if you're system supports VT-d you can pass through your video card, or other pci device to use within your vm

GPU Passthrough

Type 2

Oracle Virtualbox - A Free alternative to VMware Workstation for all platforms
VMware Fusion for Apple Mac - Type 2 Hypervisor for Apple Mac - Available for free if a Student of The Department of Computer Science and Technology.
VMware Workstation - Type 2 Hypervisor for Linux and Windows - Available for free if a Student of The Department of Computer Science and Technology.
VMware Player - Type 2 Hypervosor for Linux and Windows - Available for free if a Student of The Department of Computer Science and Technology.
Parallels Desktop 16 for Mac - Type 2 Hypervisor for Mac.

Help and Support

There are lots of lovely people ready to help you out in Freeside's Discord server, but these places may be helpful too.

Ask Ubuntu - Ubuntu Q&A site. Part of Stack Exchange.
Unix & Linux Stack Exchange - For more general Linux-related questions.

Cyber Security Resources

Disclaimer: Hacking without authorisation is illegal. Links to these materials are provided for reference only. You should not engage in illegal acts. Freeside will report malicious hacking to the University.

Hackersploit (Youtube Channel) - 'hacking' without permission is illegal. Don't act without written consent.
Capture the Flag Playlist. 'hacking' without permission is illegal. Don't act without written consent.
Metasploit Introduction Playlist. 'hacking' without permission is illegal. Don't act without written consent.
Ethical Hacking Introduction Playlist. 'hacking' without permission is illegal. Don't act without written consent.
Python3 for Penetration Testing Playlist 'hacking' without permission is illegal. Don't act without written consent.
Hunchly - The Only Web Capture Tool Designed For Online Investigations.
Have I Been Pwned
Authy
GCHQ Cyberchef
DuckDuckGo Smarter Encryption
CIS Benchmarking - Benchmarking tools to protect your environment
Cyber Essentials Certificaton
Privacy Tools
Syclla.sh - community-oriented database leak community that is a useful tool for security researchers.
h8mail - Email OSINT & Password breach hunting tool, locally or using premium services. Supports chasing down related email
TryHackMe - is an online platform for learning cyber security, using hands-on exercises and labs!
Awesome OSINT - List of OSINT Tools and resources
Dark Reading - Cyber Security News.
Data Breach Today - Data Breach News.
Help Net Security - Cyber Security News.
Hackaday - New hacks every day & interesting projects.
Infosec Institute - Info sec best practices & updates.
Wireshark Packet Analysis
SSL Labs - Test the HTTPS configuration of your web server online
testssl.sh - TLS configuration tester like SSL Labs, but runs locally

Other interesting stuff

Platform.uno - Multi platform applications, one code base.
D Sharp Plus - An unofficial .NET wrapper for the Discord API
E Foundation
Satyr - Self hosted media streaming
File Stash
MIT Press: Reading code != Reading Language

Andrew Hancock, Department of Computer Science & Technology - Systems

Andrew is the VMware Specialist in Computer Science & Technology, responsible for the VMware architecture, watering & feeding the Computer Science & Technology VMware vSphere infrastructure. (based on VMware vSphere). He also has a long list of VMware and Virtualisations articles, a passionate VMware Technical Architect, and VMware vExpert Pro. His articles are reproduced here for your reading pleasure. If you want to discuss anything VMware, then ask him! He will only be too happy to oblige.

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