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.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 4 days 3 hours 40 minutes
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2.5 Admins 25: Fiat gaming
Stadia and game streaming, Bitcoin and Linux quirks in your feedback, and building a home server for more than just storage. Plugs Simple and Secure VPN in FreeBSD – Introducing WireGuard Support us on patreon News/discussion Focusing on Stadia’s f...
2.5 Admins 24: Stonk amplification
Reddit trolls Wall Street, bad news for Parler’s new host, why you should learn iptables, and backing up S3-compatible buckets. Plugs History of FreeBSD Part 4: BSD and TCP/IP Support us on patreon News Understanding /r/wallstreetbets DDoS-Guard To...
2.5 Admins 23: Bitcoin hundredaire
The Bitcoin price is booming again so we take the chance to laugh at Allan for selling too early, then we discuss some of your emails including Arm/x86 combos, switching to Ubuntu, and the importance of using a UPS.
2.5 Admins 22: Unexpected migrations
Why Parler is unlikely to come back any time soon, free RHEL, and using a VPS to subvert VPN limits. Plugs Exploring Swap on FreeBSD Support us on patreon News Amazon cuts off Parler’s Web hosting following Apple,
2.5 Admins 21: Reproducible errors
The merits of ECC RAM, why reproducible builds are a good idea, and where to buy used equipment. Plugs Webinar: Introducing OpenZFS 2.0 Support us on patreon News/Discussion Linus Torvalds rails at Intel for ‘killing’ the ECC industry Why don’t PCs...
2.5 Admins 20: Free money, claim it now!
A cruel but necessary phishing test, ancient standards in brand new legislation, using Windows when it makes sense, and commissioning and decommissioning servers. Plugs Webinar: Introducing OpenZFS 2.0 Klara: Routing and Firewalling VLANS with FreeBS...
2.5 Admins 19: nOauth? No gmail!
Why Google services like Gmail went down recently, the potentially promising future for RISC-V, and using ZFS for home and root. News Google Mail outage Google incident report New RISC-V CPU claims record breaking performance per watt Seagate working...
2.5 Admins 18: False sense of privacy
Potentially improving DNS privacy, the big new ZFS release, and the best way to automate Linux installations. Plugs Webinar – Best Practices For Optimizing ZFS – Part 1 Support us on patreon News Improving DNS Privacy with Oblivious DoH in 1.1.1.
2.5 Admins 17: CPU change
How Intel and AMD have fought it out over the years, Apple changes the industry with their M1 SoC, and we repeat the mantra that RAID is not a backup. Plugs Support us on patreon. If enough people do, we will go weekly. News A history of Intel vs.
2.5 Admins 16: TANSTAAFL
Google proves that “unlimited” anything doesn’t exist, GitHub shenanigans, Apple’s new Arm computers, and which distro to start with as a sysadmin. Plugs Allan’s ZFS Webinar – Nov 18th, signup soon Support us on patreon. If enough people do,