All episodes from Late Night Linux, Linux Downtime, and Linux After Dark.
Linux After Dark – Episode 68
Dalton asks us when consumer computers peaked which stirs up a debate about various generations of XPS and ThinkPad laptops, trackpads vs trackpoints, P-cores and E-cores, and more. Plus follow-up on the devices and software we trust. Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure it can’t access your apps. It’s... Read More
2.5 Admins 192: ZFS Week
ZFS on root is back in the Ubuntu installer but there’s a better way to do it, next-generation hard drives are proving to be reliable but prices are going up thanks to storage-hungry AI, why getting started with ZFS is really easy, and the best filesystem for a single SSD (take a guess). Plugs... Read More
Late Night Linux – Episode 278
More bad news for Nintendo Switch emulators shows the risks of using Discord for open source communities, great news in the home automation world, further proof that crypto nonsense isn’t the answer to funding open source, why telling Windows users to switch to Linux is counterproductive, and yet more FOSS in space. News Discord... Read More
Linux Dev Time – Episode 96
Kevin and Andy answer Joe’s noob questions about development including the differences between compiled and interpreted languages, C vs C++, why the Linux kernel is written in C, Go vs Rust, and what memory safety means. Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure it can’t access your apps. It’s Device... Read More
Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 02
Redis is forked by cloud companies, how to manage modern cloud identity and access management, vendor lock-in for government cloud contracts, and cloud security best practices in the light of the xz vulnerability. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Shane’s platform engineering newsletter News/discussion... Read More
2.5 Admins 191: Mechanical Turk
Why updating iPhones in their sealed boxes might have some downsides, Amazon’s “AI” turned out to just be people, LLMs hallucinating imaginary dependencies is potentially a security risk, Aruba backs up its government data to the Internet Archive, and disk queue schedulers in Linux. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS... Read More
Linux Matters 27: If I could just interject
In this episode: Alan, Martin and Mark read some highlights from your wonderful feedback. Thank you for all the kinds words you have sent us. Here are the links to everything we mentioned. Snaps Bucklespring Localsend Snapdrop Hardware Mark’s funky monitor – the LG DualUp 8BitDo Micro Gamepad Security keys and passwords https://man.archlinux.org/man/systemd-cryptenroll.1... Read More
Late Night Linux – Episode 277
How we all keep our Linux systems secure in Voice of the masses, and another German government is giving Linux a shot. Plus removing backgrounds from images, monitoring GPUs, making music with loops, and nostalgic boot sounds. Voice of the masses How do you keep your Linux systems secure? News German state ditches... Read More
Linux After Dark – Episode 67
We are joined by Jorge Castro for an update on the world of what used to be called immutable Linux. Jorge doesn’t really like that word. He prefers “composable” Linux. Whatever you want to call it, we’re talking about an image-based approach to desktop Linux – built with cloud native technologies – that allows you... Read More
2.5 Admins 190: twitterz
A backdoor has been found in xz-utils, OpenZFS improves ZVOL performance on Linux, Twitter devs fail at regex, and adding SATA ports to a home NAS. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Hybrid Cloud Show is a new show that’s part of the Late Night... Read More
Ask The Hosts – Episode 11
The most amused we’ve ever been, how we’d cobble a meal together with limited ingredients, and whether we have an inner monologue. With Amolith from Linux Dev Time, Gary from Linux After Dark, and and Jim from 2.5 Admins. Patrons got this this in their feed two weeks ago. Soggy or Hard? ElectroBOOM ... Read More
Late Night Linux – Episode 276
There’s only one news story this week and it’s a big one. A backdoor has been found in xz-utils, and there’s a lot to discuss about it. Plus details of a couple of Linux events in the UK later this year. Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes... Read More
Linux Dev Time – Episode 95
We are joined by Drew DeVault to discuss his programming language called Hare, which aims for 100 years of forwards compatibility. We mentioned Drew’s blog posts Can I be on your podcast? and It takes a village Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure it can’t access your apps. ... Read More
Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 01
There’s a new show in the Late Night Linux Family! Industry professionals Aaron, Gary, Sean, and Shane talk about public cloud, private cloud, and everything in between. In this first episode: the big three public cloud providers have dropped egress fees, four years of lessons and regrets from running a startup, and avoiding surprise fees... Read More
2.5 Admins 189: Too Much Glass
Glassdoor seemingly doesn’t understand its raison d’etre, Telegram wants to cheap out on sending verification codes, law enforcement makes YouTube give them details of everyone who watched certain videos, and tuning a low end VPS to host a blog. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes... Read More