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 324: Less Canadian

November 05, 2026 32:46 5.6 MB ( 26.19 MB less) Downloads: 0

A bug in APT shines a light on a long-standing issue, backing up databases in containers, the pros and cons of using FreeBSD to host Linux VMs, network isolation for VMs, and using another backup technology in addition to ZFS. With guest host Sean from Hybrid Cloud Show.

 

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APT can merge two different package downloads after an HTTP redirect gives them the same URI

 

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A modern Proxmox Docker architecture with disposable VMs, VirtIO-FS, and ZFS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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