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2.5 Admins 102: Admins After Dark

August 04, 2022 29:26 21.29 MB Downloads: 0

The consequences of accrued technical debt and how to avoid it, a serious security issue in Confluence, Proxmox’s poor ZFS config, and more. With guest host Gary from Linux After Dark.   Plugs Support us on patreon   News Linux x86 32-bit Is Vulnerable To Retbleed But Don’t Expect It To Get Fixed Debian skip-skip-cross-up-grade […]

2.5 Admins 101: Atomic Database

July 28, 2022 29:20 21.22 MB Downloads: 0

Jim and Allan’s thoughts on GitHub Copilot, why you can’t take the bar exam on modern Intel hardware, and database VM snapshot consistency.   Plugs Contributing to Open Source: Beyond Software Development Support us on patreon   News/discussion GitHub Copilot Linux Downtime – Episode 51 Why can’t Intel’s 12th-gen CPUs pass the bar exam? Blame […]

2.5 Admins 100: 💯

July 21, 2022 30:25 22.0 MB Downloads: 0

More on abandoned hardware, central auth, Internet Explorer, Antivirus, monitoring, speed testing, and more.   Plugs Watch Jim and Allan’s webinar: Getting started with bhyve Support us on patreon   Things mentioned: End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers (selected models) Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers FreeIPA Sophos Icinga […]

2.5 Admins 99: 00000000

July 14, 2022 30:56 22.38 MB Downloads: 0

A PSA about cheap hard drives, a major Internet outage in Canada, Apple’s new Lockdown Mode, and hostnames and DNS.   Plugs From 0 to Bhyve on FreeBSD 13.1  Support us on patreon   News PSA: buyer beware on “WaterPanther” drives Canadian ISP Rogers falls over for hours, takes out broadband, cable, cellphones Rogers restores […]

2.5 Admins 98: Lemonade

July 07, 2022 29:45 21.52 MB Downloads: 0

Picking the right switch, clustering Raspberry Pis, dynamic DNS, replacing a desktop PC, work-life balance, and more.       Kolide Kolide is a fleet visibility solution for Mac, Windows, and Linux that can help you securely scale your business. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3HB8xUv   Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines […]

2.5 Admins 97: Gotta Go Fast

June 30, 2022 28:31 20.63 MB Downloads: 0

The best ways to test your Internet speed, more on filesystem caching, monitoring servers at scale, and more.   Plugs ZFS Developer job description Webinar: Open-source Virtualization: Getting Started with Bhyve Support us on patreon   Discussion Public iPerf3 servers DSLReports MTR fast.com   Feedback OpenZFS on Windows   Free Consulting We were asked about […]

2.5 Admins 96: Skunky Routers

June 23, 2022 30:40 22.18 MB Downloads: 0

Internet Explorer is dead, Cisco small business routers that need to be junked, antivirus on Linux servers, and you’ll never guess what Jim and Allan recommend for easily rolling back updates.   Plugs ZFS Developer job description Webinar: Open-source Virtualization: Getting Started with Bhyve Support us on patreon   News Internet Explorer 11 has retired […]

2.5 Admins 95: Opened in 45 Seconds

June 16, 2022 30:33 22.1 MB Downloads: 0

The finer points of allocating VM resources, Jim is annoyed with the browser situation on Ubuntu desktop, and when you should have passwords on your SSH keys.   Plugs ZFS Developer job description Support us on patreon   News/discussion How are we improving Firefox snap performance? Part 1   Free Consulting We were asked about […]

2.5 Admins 94: Free IPv4s, Click Here!

June 09, 2022 29:34 21.39 MB Downloads: 0

Freeing up millions of IPv4 addresses, WSL 2 comes to Windows Server, why cert renewal should be automated, what to do with SMR drives, and more.   Plugs ZFS Developer job description Support us on patreon   News Freeing up of hundreds of millions of IPv4 addresses proposed Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 splashes down […]

2.5 Admins 93: Byhve Mind

June 02, 2022 31:56 23.09 MB Downloads: 4

A Linux user tries out FreeBSD’s Bhyve hypervisor, choosing storage for a VMware ESXi server, and perfect use case for WireGuard.   Discussion Jim has been testing Bhyve   Free Consulting We were asked about connecting home and small business networks, and choosing storage for a VMware ESXi server.       Linode Simplify your […]

2.5 Admins 92: End to End to End

May 26, 2022 29:24 21.27 MB Downloads: 0

End-to-end encryption is under threat again, Broadcom is buying VMware, prison time for an angry DBA, and backing up your photos with encryption.   Plugs Evaluating FreeBSD-CURRENT for Production Use BSDCan 2022 – Online June 1-4th Support us on patreon   News “War upon end-to-end encryption”: EU wants Big Tech to scan private messages Broadcom […]

2.5 Admins 91: The Deenis

May 19, 2022 30:24 22.21 MB Downloads: 0

More on Ubuntu mirrors and DNS, detecting advanced persistent threats, resilient backups, and open source Active Directory alternatives.   Plugs bhyve: the BSD hypervisor Support us on patreon   Feedback ubuntu/pool/main/b/bash Damaged ZFS filesystems can be more or less unrepairable   Free Consulting We were asked about open source Active Directory alternatives.     Linode […]

2.5 Admins 90: 2 Admins

May 12, 2022 31:07 22.72 MB Downloads: 0

Another attempt to replace passwords, trying to solve the problem of write-once storage, and the unusual ways we manage our invoices.   Plugs EuroBSDCon CfP: September 15-18, 2022 in Vienna, Austria. Submit by May 25th Support us on patreon   News Apple, Google, and Microsoft want to kill the password with “Passkey” standard How Apple, […]

2.5 Admins 89: Warm Storage

May 05, 2022 32:15 23.53 MB Downloads: 0

How long optical disks last and why cold storage isn’t usually worth it, VM security, more thoughts on crypto nonsense, and more.   Plugs Learning the Fundamentals of the FreeBSD Shell Support us on patreon   Feedback Twitter thread about optical media longevity Qubes OS   Free Consulting We were asked about exporting VMs.   […]

2.5 Admins 88: Great Scott

April 28, 2022 30:15 22.1 MB Downloads: 0

Musk buys Twitter, Ubuntu’s ZFS on root snapshot tool is put on the back burner, and setting up your own apt mirror.   Plugs Build your own NAS, Part 2: Tuning Support us on patreon   News Elon Musk strikes deal to buy Twitter for $44bn Tweet from Rik Mills (Ubuntu & Kubuntu developer) Launchpad […]