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 239: Collective Power
RISC-V is on the rise in China, why Power CPUs aren’t as promising, the dystopian nightmare of surveillance tech at work, and decrypting ZFS at boot.
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Understanding ZFS in the Real World: Mistakes Made, Lessons Learned & Future Plans
News/discussion
Alibaba launches server-grade RISC-V CPU design
Y Combinator deletes posts after a startup’s demo goes viral
Your Boss Wants You Back in the Office. This Surveillance Tech Could Be Waiting for You
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We were asked about automatically decrypting ZFS at boot.
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