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    Late Night Linux – Episode 344

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2025 21:41


    Intel kills its Linux distro without any notice, the UK government might ban state organisations from paying ransomware ransoms, we laugh at a vibe coding disaster, KDE's new immutable arch-based distro, and more.   News All good things come to an end: Shutting down Clear Linux OS Clear Linux OS terminated as Intel trims the... Read More

    Linux Dev Time – Episode 129

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2025 30:01


    With the recent news of Bcachefs (probably) being removed from the Linux kernel, we are joined by Allan Jude from 2.5 Admins and Klara to discuss some of what we think went wrong, how to manage and maintain multiple releases of a project at once, and why release engineering is an important concept.    ... Read More

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    Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 35

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2025 28:40


    What to think about when picking a public cloud provider, and why it depends on the needs of your business. Free credits, billing complexity, available tools, small clouds vs the big three, hiring people with experience of particular cloud platforms, support, compliance, ease of repatriation, and more.         Support us on patreon... Read More

    2.5 Admins 257: Outage365

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2025 29:00


    Two recent outages were handled very differently but show the dangers of centralisation, Let's Encrypt is introducing certificates for IP addresses, and the differences between backup and production systems.   Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes   News/discussion Microsoft's 19-hour Outlook outage exposes fragility in cloud... Read More

    Linux Matters 60: Frankenstein’s Ubuntu Server Framework

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2025 33:43


    In this episode: Martin uses xdg-override to answer the question, How do you change browser in Slack anyway? Mark upgrades the SSD in his Framework laptop in the most elaborate way, e-v-e-r! Alan masters gh to build reports and automate GitHub operations.   You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form. If... Read More

    Late Night Linux – Episode 343

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2025 30:05


    The sad reality of the AI crawler bot arms race, the baddies seem to be obsessed with Xorg, but Wayland will soon be a reality for older smaller desktops (hopefully). Plus controlling a silly Red Dwarf thing, software releases with feature flags, a massive list of cheat sheets, another way to avoid the likes of... Read More

    Linux After Dark – Episode 100

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2025 23:32


    It's our 100th episode spectacular! We look back at some of the memes and themes of our first hundred episodes including our obsession with old hardware, our silly challenges, our move away from custom phone ROMs, our disappointment with Arm desktop Linux, composable/immutable distros, how we've changed as people, and more.       Support... Read More

    2.5 Admins 256: Why ZFS

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2025 32:16


    To celebrate the 256 milestone we devote the whole episode to explaining why we use ZFS. We explain about data safety, data retention, data portability, and ease of administration.   Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Klara ZFS Basecamp – Central Resource for Everything ZFS Practical... Read More

    Late Night Linux – Episode 342

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2025 24:56


    Mixed gaming news, Google's AI is seemingly inescapable, SUSE offers Europe-only support, Ubuntu is dropping support for loads of RISC-V boards in favour of future ones, a quick KDE Korner, and more.   News Stop Killing Games consumer movement hits some major milestones DOGWALK Official Release Unless users take action, Android will let Gemini access... Read More

    Linux Dev Time – Episode 128

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2025 22:32


    What it takes to sustain a medium-to-large-sized open source project.           Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes   See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed

    Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 34

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2025 22:55


    How we access home environments from outside the home network while trying to stay secure using VPNs, Wireguard, overlay VPNs (like Tailscale and Nebula) and reverse proxies. Sean introduces us to Pangolin as an open source alternative middle-ground.       Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes... Read More

    2.5 Admins 255: Copyright Your Face

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2025 30:04


    Microsoft offers Windows 10 updates in return for your settings data, Denmark wants to protect against deepfakes using copyright, someone is wrong on the Internet about RAID, and getting a sysadmin job in your late 40s.   Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes   News/discussion Microsoft's... Read More

    Ask The Hosts – Episode 26

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2025 15:28


    Whether we'd live in the country side or the city, the best Christmas presents we got as kids, and our Christmas movie traditions. With Allan from 2.5 Admins, Martin, Mark and Allan from Linux Matters, and Gary from Linux After Dark and Hybrid Cloud Show.         Patrons got this this in their... Read More

    Linux Matters 59: Old Man Yells At GMail

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2025 35:10


    In this episode: Alan has continued his Nerdy Day Trips journey into cloud-native software development. Mark fulfills his years-long dream of buying a new Laptop. Martin has junked GMail for Fastmail.   You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form. If you'd like to hang out with other listeners and share your... Read More

    Late Night Linux – Episode 341

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2025 30:20


    Joe can't decide which distro to use for a proper KDE Plasma test, an easy way to develop Home Assistant integrations, automating lights, fixing the Telegram snap on Wayland, some AI bollocks, and a browser extension to automatically use privacy-preserving versions of big websites.   Discoveries Home Assistant Developer Environment xLights QLC+ Telegram snap issue... Read More

    Linux After Dark – Episode 99

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2025 28:59


    It's part 2 of the £50 Linux machine challenge! This time: actually using them, what upgrades we did, what we'll actually use them for, and more.   Listen to part 1 here.       Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes         See our... Read More

    2.5 Admins 254: chrudo

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2025 28:47


    A vulnerability in sudo brings up concerns about feature-creep, and makes us consider alternatives. Plus Broadcom starts auditing VMware customers, and how to decide which outbound ports to open on a large network's firewall.   Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Disaster Recovery with ZFS: A... Read More

    Late Night Linux – Episode 340

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2025 29:34


    Linux gaming goes from strength to strength but puts off the inevitable death of 32-bit x86, devs are sick of companies expecting free fixes, Creative Commons disappoints on AI, and more.   News Steam Beta finally enables Proton on Linux fully, making Linux gaming simpler Games run faster on SteamOS than Windows 11, Ars testing... Read More

    Linux Dev Time – Episode 127

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2025 29:55


    When and how to use benchmarking in your project, why it's hard, and why optimising your code can be even harder.   Blog post about the speed of ripgrep hyperfine: A command-line benchmarking tool Profile-guided optimization Andy benchmarking IndexedDb             Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed... Read More

    Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 33

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2025 32:17


    How much observability and monitoring is really needed, the tooling people actually use (from Datadog and Grafana Cloud to open source options like Prometheus, Loki, and Tempo), and how to approach observability without overcomplicating things.       Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes      ... Read More

    2.5 Admins 253: ImpossibleFS

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2025 27:55


    Jim is concerned that we might not see another next-gen filesystem that can compete with ZFS, no matter how much we all want one. Plus whether you should switch to third-party firmware on your router.   Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes ZFS Performance Tuning –... Read More

    Linux Matters 58: The Very Hungry Caterpillar

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2025 29:39


    In this episode: Martin has replaced his coreutils, findutils, diffutils and sudo with Rust reimplementations. Alan has continued working on Nerdy Day Trips. Mark made a timelapse with Velocity lapse and Youcut. See it on Makertube.   You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form. If you'd like to hang out with... Read More

    Late Night Linux – Episode 339

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2025 24:14


    Making music with code in real time, fancy rsync, an open source real time strategy engine, advanced print debugging, EU-based DNS resolvers, and European government departments moving away from Microsoft and they might stick with Linux and FOSS this time.   Discoveries Strudel rsyncy Spring IceCream DNS4EU   News/discussion Two city governments in Denmark are... Read More

    Linux After Dark – Episode 98

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2025 25:12


    It's the £50 Linux machine challenge! We all had a budget of 50 GBP (~65 USD) to buy the best computer we could find to run Linux.       Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes         See our contact page for ways to... Read More

    2.5 Admins 252: Nintendon't Back Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2025 29:37


    Nintendo cuts off Switches that dare to play backed up games, more Microsoft AI exploits, why you shouldn't regularly spin down hard drives, and securing applications on a home server.   Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Reliable ZFS Storage on Commodity Hardware – A Cost-Efficient,... Read More

    Late Night Linux – Episode 338

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2025 29:24


    X11 is basically dead (again) and we are quite pleased, the Linux Foundation sets out to fix the WordPress mess and some of us are cynical, custom ROMs for Pixel phones are going to be much more difficult to make, Apple is adding proper OCI containers to macOS, and more.   News Ubuntu 25.10 drops... Read More

    Linux Dev Time – Episode 126

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2025 25:25


    How we deal with complex projects involving non-technical people as well as developers. How to manage expectations about timing, how to deal with issues, why documenting conversations is important, and more.           Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes   See our contact page... Read More

    Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 32

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2025 24:17


    After over 10 years of using Synology appliances for his backups, Gary has had enough of their shenanigans and needs to rethink his whole setup.   Synology confirms that higher-end NAS products will require its branded drives AOOSTAR NAS series UGREEN NASync DXP2800 2-Bay Desktop NAS Fractal Design Node 304 – Black – Mini Cube... Read More

    2.5 Admins 251: OversharePoint

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2025 31:54


    SharePoint is exploitable by Microsoft's AI, NIST proposes a new metric for exploited vulnerabilities, SBCs that look cool for a mini NAS and a router,  and setting up a first NAS with 4 disks.   Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes The Maintainer's Dilemma: Strategies for... Read More

    Ask The Hosts – Episode 25

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 16:46


    Sports we'd take up if we were less unfit and lazy, whether we listen to our own podcasts, what the best time of day is, and our favourite sci-fi shows. With Allan from 2.5 Admins, and Martin from Linux Matters.         Patrons got this this in their feed two weeks ago.  ... Read More

    Linux Matters 57: Nerdy Day Trips

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2025 36:54


    In this episode: Martin has been brutally reclaiming GitHub runner disk space using Nothing but Nix This technique can be applied to other purposes. Get the technical details from Martin's blog: The Nix Space Heist: Reclaiming 130GB in GitHub Actions Alan has resurrected a very nerdy website. Go to Nerdy Day Trips² and submit your... Read More

    Late Night Linux – Episode 337

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2025 31:36


    Redis finally picks the right licence but it's probably too late, the Ubuntu release process is being modernised, GNOME drops X11 for good and gets a new Executive Director, the Android Desktop mode is officially happening, and Linux Format magazine is no more. Plus a cool Frigate update, auto dark mode in Plasma, and Fender's... Read More

    Linux After Dark – Episode 97

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2025 22:15


    Some of our hot takes and some from other people. Your OS is a passive gateway to apps and services, OSTree sucks, when you need to reboot Ubuntu is a mystery, stop hiding things from users, Chris needs an “I use Debian by the way” t-shirt, and more.   Zak's post on Mastodon Luke Miani's... Read More

    2.5 Admins 250: Better RAIDz?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2025 32:26


    Google bypasses the usual channels to distrust two certificate authorities, Meta's new escalation in the privacy arms race, Allan gives us the inside details of a new mixed-disk-size ZFS RAID feature, and moving from UniFi gear to TP-Link.   Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes The... Read More

    Late Night Linux – Episode 336

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2025 32:05


    Mozilla kills Pocket and Fakespot, SteamOS is now available for devices other than the Steam Deck, Nextcloud's Android app was missing key functionality until they made a public stink about it, WSL is now open source, there's a new open source command-line text editor in Windows, and more.   News Investing in what moves the... Read More

    Linux Dev Time – Episode 125

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025 26:49


    What are the fundamental ideas and components of development and programming?         Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes   See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed

    Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 31

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 21:21


    When should you consider using a third-party management tool, rather than just the ones built into your cloud of choice?     Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com         Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes           Subscribe to the... Read More

    2.5 Admins 249: Octopodian Nightmare

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 29:21


    Locating people with just a phone call, Google forces a change to Let's Encrypt certificates, yet another example of a “lifetime” subscription being cut short, connecting drives to a small form factor machine, and managing ssh keys with LDAP.   Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes... Read More

    Linux Matters 56: Python a-Go-Go

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 33:06


    In this episode: Alan builds a content pipeline with ALL THE MODELS! Mark switches Bookshelf Buddy Martin completes his Fedi-migration from Fosstodon to GoToSocial.     You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form. If you'd like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can... Read More

    Late Night Linux – Episode 335

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 23:07


    Running an old version of Windows on a Wii for some reason, a nice way to learn programming languages, a couple of very different games, more documentation tools, and moving to a new Mastodon instance.   Discoveries entii-for-workcubes Learn C, Coding for Kids Isonzo Material for MkDocs markata mdq Moving to a new Mastodon instance... Read More

    Linux After Dark – Episode 96

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 23:19


    We recently talked about the lowest-end hardware we'd be willing to use as a daily desktop machine, but what about headless boxes? It turns out that it depends on what exactly it's doing and to what extent we have to actively interact with it. Ultimately we could probably use slower hardware than we actually do... Read More

    2.5 Admins 248: NASty Pi

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 30:38


    TrueNAS drops FreeBSD but there's a community fork, the elusive ZFS send bug that affected encrypted datasets is finally identified and fixed, why the Raspberry Pi doesn't make a great NAS, and when to use the zpool checkpoint feature.   Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes... Read More

    Late Night Linux – Episode 334

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 32:49


    It's the wheel of misfortune! Roughly 50 (mostly) Linux-related things are on the wheel, we take turns spinning it, and we all have to say at least some positive things about the thing we land on. (It makes sense once we start).           Porkbun.com Go to https://porkbun.com/LNL25 to get $1 off your... Read More

    Linux Dev Time – Episode 124

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 20:51


    It's another hot questions episode. Tabs vs spaces, whether we have imposter syndrome, why software keeps getting heavier, the correct length of functions and files, and what every programmer should know.   Some things we mentioned: Interesting Characters (UTF-16, utf-8, Unicode, encodings) Software Design is Knowledge Building The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Must Know... Read More

    Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 30

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 24:56


    Sean tells us about bootable containers and asks for our opinions on how he plans to use them with Kubernetes. He mentions Talos Linux.         Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com       Insta360 X5 Camera To get a free invisible selfie stick worth US$24.99 with your purchase, go to... Read More

    2.5 Admins 247: MPOF

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 33:46


    The basic computer science problems that still remain unsolvable, why you shouldn't trust AI to tune ZFS (or answer any admin questions), and setting up a check-in system for a group of friends.   Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes   Discussion Why You Can't Trust... Read More

    Ask The Hosts – Episode 24

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 19:18


    Our least favourite fandoms, frivolous things we'd buy, favourite childhood TV shows and movies, and house cleaning hacks. With Amolith, Kevin, and Andy from Linux Dev Time.           Patrons got this this in their feed two weeks ago.          

    Linux Matters 55: Thoccing Heavy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 35:09


    In this episode: Mark has been prototyping Bookshelf Buddy devices with Raspberry Pi. See the demo here. Alan has been using bots, to build bots, that pretend not to be bots. Martin fell down a rabbit hole filled with keyswitches and keycaps.   You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form. If... Read More

    Late Night Linux – Episode 333

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 36:17


    The US government is trying to break up Google which sounds like a great idea, but it is potentially catastrophic news for Mozilla and Firefox. Alex from Open Web Advocacy tells us all about it. But first we talk about blocking ads on the web with Pi-hole, uBlock Origin, and AdGuard public DNS.    ... Read More

    Linux After Dark – Episode 95

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 20:39


    What Linux and FOSS technology should Joe learn next? Is it a case of waiting for a problem to present itself before even trying?       Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes         See our contact page for ways to get in touch.... Read More

    2.5 Admins 246: Perpetual Hotpatch

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 30:23


    Old passwords work for Windows RDP, Broadcom shows why perpetual software licenses aren't really forever, Windows Server is getting hotpatching, and preventing changes to archived files.   Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes Owning the Stack: Infrastructure Independence with FreeBSD and ZFS   News/discussion Windows RDP... Read More

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