2.5 Admins is a podcast featuring two sysadmins called Allan Jude and Jim Salter, and a producer/editor who can just about configure a Samba share called Joe Ressington. Every two weeks we get together, talk about recent tech news, and answer some of your admin-related questions.
2.5 Admins 105: Old Men Yell at Cloud
The pros and cons of using email aliases, an Internet hero scratches his own itch, Jim and Allan yell at the cloud, and choosing a firewall distro.
News/discussion
The Security Pros and Cons of Using Email Aliases
Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homes
Feedback
A few people wanted Allan and Jim to answer the same question that was discussed on Linux After Dark 23:
In a world of cloud and serverless, is there any point in most people learning the command line?
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We were asked about firewall distros.
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