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Late Night Linux – Episode 397
3 augustus 2026 · 26 min
Initial Steam Machine reviews are broadly positive, Jellyfin is losing some key project leaders, Sony deletes more movies that people “bought”, why you probably shouldn’t wipe your phone when the US authorities ask for access, Graham repurposes some discarded crypto hardware to play arcade games, Félim gets that old game working, a great terminal music player, and more. Lees meer
News
Steam Machine with SteamOS Linux – initial thoughts
Jellyfin Project Leadership Changes
Sony Deletes A Bunch More Movies From The Accounts Of People Who ‘Bought’ Them
US government targets Cop City protester over phone operating system
David Potter, the man who put Psion in the palm of your hand, logs off at 82
Discoveries
AMD BC250 Documentation
Cholo
kew
Screenshot of kew in action
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Linux After Dark – Episode 127
31 juli 2026 · 24 min
We got a lot of feedback about choosing a distro for the friends and family we support, but a lot of suggestions didn’t make sense to us. We get into why we pick boring and safe choices instead of interesting and exciting ones. Lees meer
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2.5 Admins 310: GPLFreeBSD
30 juli 2026 · 29 min
Google wants you to use a selfie video for account recovery, LG will stop apps turning their smart TVs into residential proxy nodes, we disagree about how serious OpenAI’s agent hacking Hugging Face is, FreeBSD removes the last bits of GPL software and suffers an embarrassing git flub , and backing up to an encrypted NAS without ZFS. Lees meer
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News/discussion
Introducing selfie for sign-in: a new, easy way to access your Google Account
LG to Ban Residential Proxies from Smart TV Apps
OpenAI says its AI agent broke out of testing sandbox to hack Hugging Face
FreeBSD 16 Retires The Last Of Its GPL Code From Its Base System
Ports Repository Freeze
Free consulting
We were asked about backing up to an encrypted NAS without ZFS.
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Late Night Linux – Episode 396
28 juli 2026 · 28 min
With several open source figures taking a stance on either side of the generative AI debate, we have another argument about it. This time we actually come to something closer to an understanding of each other’s views, even if we still end up disagreeing. Lees meer
News/discussion
Piss up at The Shipwrights Arms (just next to London Bridge station) on Saturday 5th September from 5pm until late
“Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects, and if somebody has issues with that, they can do the open-source thing and fork it”
Protecting our FLOSS commons from LLMs
General Resolution: LLM usage in Debian
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Linux Dev Time – Episode 155
26 juli 2026 · 26 min
Does language choice actually matter? Lees meer
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Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 61
24 juli 2026 · 24 min
It’s another hot questions episode! Tech we’d use if we rebuilt everything from scratch, career advice to our past selves, how much of our jobs we could do from our phone, and the qualities we’ve seen in great managers. Lees meer
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2.5 Admins 309: Orbital Sauron
23 juli 2026 · 24 min
A new HTTP caching standard looks promising but might struggle to get adopted, a terrible space mirror idea is actually happening, cars will spy on us all, and picking a VPN for use with an IP that doesn’t change very often. Lees meer
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HTTP gets a QUERY method so complex searches can stop pretending to be POST
FCC grants approval for sun-reflecting space mirror that’s been widely criticized by astronomers
Feels like all of us need to pay way more attention to the new rules affecting EU and US folk, requiring all new cars to include a driver monitoring camera aimed at your face
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We were asked about picking a VPN for use with an IP that doesn’t change very often.
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Late Night Linux – Episode 395
20 juli 2026 · 26 min
Some of the tech from early on in our lives that inspired where we are today. Plus discoveries including and old game that doesn’t work, professional audio hardware that now works on Linux, Arch on easy mode, and an old chip that can do a surprising amount. Lees meer
Discoveries
Celebrating 55 years of the 555 timer chip (flashing alert)
open-apollo
Ovine
EndeavourOS
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Linux After Dark – Episode 126
17 juli 2026 · 25 min
Having seen some technologies come to a definite end, Chris wonders if we should be willing to draw a line under open source software sometimes. Lees meer
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2.5 Admins 308: Sloppy Shims
17 juli 2026 · 28 min
Microsoft really wants your Windows settings data, secure boot has been useless for a decade, our thoughts on (the idea of) Incus and IncusOS, and configuring ZFS for a Lightning Memory Mapped Database. Lees meer
Plugs
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Jails, Not Containers: FreeBSD Isolation Done Right
News/discussion
Microsoft flips Windows Backup to on by default unless you’re in the EU
Microsoft’s Secure Boot has been broken for a decade and no one noticed until now
IncusOS
Incus
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Late Night Linux – Episode 394
14 juli 2026 · 24 min
Mozilla is paying for Firefox to be on the front of Wrexham football shirts, SCO vs IBM might not be dead after all, Red Hat will support RHEL forever if you are willing to pay, OpenMandriva discovers why distros need good governance, Félim awaits his statue, and a quick Kagi update. Lees meer
News
Wrexham AFC and Firefox announce a multi-year, front-of-kit partnership
Zombie ‘who owns Unix?’ lawsuit comes alive again
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long-Life Add-On: Your path to RHEL with no pre-determined end date
OpenMandriva Statement regarding attempted distribution sabotage
KDE at 30
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Linux Dev Time – Episode 154
12 juli 2026 · 23 min
With an increase in the number of security bugs being disclosed irresponsibly, we dig into how the process should work, the differences between normal bugs and security bugs, the complexities of coordinating patches, the human issues involved, and more. Lees meer
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Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 60
10 juli 2026 · 26 min
Is the industry now better or worse than when we got into it? Lees meer
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2.5 Admins 307: One Big Pool
9 juli 2026 · 27 min
Follow-up on rebooting to update, portable power stations, glass storage, and objective news sources. Plus whether to use one ZFS pool per vdev, or just one large pool. Lees meer
Plugs
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Native inotify in FreeBSD
Feedback
Anker SOLIX EV Charger Adapter (For F3000, J1722 only)
EcoFlow EV Charger to Portable Power Station Adaptor (SAE J1772 to 5P8 Port, 50A)
WattCycle First-to-Market: WattLINK – EcoFlow Delta 2/3 Series PPS E
Free consulting
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Ask The Hosts – Episode 38
8 juli 2026 · 4 min
The condiment we’d pick if we could only have one. With Allan from 2.5 Admins, May from Linux After Dark, and Shane from Hybrid Cloud Show. This is a short episode because Joe is having a summer break. Lees meer
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Late Night Linux – Episode 393
6 juli 2026 · 27 min
A great example of accessibility features benefitting more than the target audience, a new version of the classic game Nethack, checking for bufferbloat, and Windows 10 limps on in discoveries. Then Félim’s question about the perceived value of open source goes in unexpected directions. Lees meer
Discoveries
quick drag
Nethack 5
check your bufferbloat
opnsense help
Microsoft extends extended updates for Windows 10 in the most muted way imaginable
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Linux After Dark – Episode 125
3 juli 2026 · 26 min
Chris is struggling to decide which distro to install on his new work laptop, and he and Gary want to pick a new distro for the people they support. Plus Joe wonders what moving on from Xfce would look like. Lees meer
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2.5 Admins 306: WiFi Cable
2 juli 2026 · 28 min
Why setting up commercial email and VPN services is incredibly hard, avoiding TrueNAS’s move from FreeBSD to Linux, why we avoid virtualising storage systems, and bridging WiFi to an external building. Lees meer
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Using Object Storage with OpenZFS and SeaweedFS
Discussion
Jeff Moss explains why setting up private email and VPN services are so difficult
Feedback
XigmaNAS
Free consulting
We were asked about bridging WiFi to an external building.
Point-to-point Wi-Fi bridging between buildings—the cheap and easy way
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Late Night Linux – Episode 392
30 juni 2026 · 28 min
We finally have pricing for the Steam Machine, but they are very hard to actually buy, and very expensive. SteamOS is now supported on your own hardware now though, and Joe gives it a go. Plus Ubuntu makes moves to tighten up the flavours situation and announces speech to text on the desktop, and a quick KDE Korner. Lees meer
News
Valve opens Steam Machine pre-orders with queue lottery and hefty prices amid AI squeeze
Valve’s Steam Machine ships June 29 for $1,049, but you probably won’t be able to buy one yet
Gamers Nexus long review
Valve will finally let you build your own Steam Machine with SteamOS for desktop [archived]
$100 Steam Machine GPU Unlocked! PS5 APU (ASRock BC-250)
Ubuntu Flavors Now Mandated To Participate In Beta Releases For Official Status
Introducing Myna: Speech to Text for Ubuntu Desktop
KDE Korner
KDE e.V. COMMUNITY REPORT
Plasma 6.7
Get started with Union, Plasma’s new theming engine, in 2 minutes or less: a FAQ
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Linux Dev Time – Episode 153
28 juni 2026 · 7 min
The bit of code we admire most and why. This is a short episode because Joe is having a summer break. Lees meer
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Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 59
26 juni 2026 · 7 min
The one tool in our IT tool belt that we value the most. This is a short episode because producer Joe is having a summer break. Lees meer
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2.5 Admins 305: Short Two
25 juni 2026 · 7 min
The one tool in our IT tool belt that we value the most. This is a short episode because Joe is having a summer break. Lees meer
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Late Night Linux – Episode 391
22 juni 2026 · 7 min
Our favourite little things about Linux and open source. This is a short episode because Joe is having a summer break. Lees meer
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Linux After Dark – Episode 124
19 juni 2026 · 8 min
The most precious machine in our stack of laptops and PCs, excluding anything we actually use regularly. This is a short episode because Joe is having a summer break. Lees meer
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2.5 Admins 304: Wiring a House
18 juni 2026 · 30 min
Wiring up a house for networking including cables, access points, connectors, and racks. Plus Google is found liable for what its AI overviews say. Lees meer
Plugs
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Managing Cache and DirectIO for Databases on ZFS
Webinar: June 30th @ 11am EDT: FreeBSD After Hours AMA
News/discussion
Landmark German ruling declares Google’s AI Overviews are Google’s own words and makes it liable for false answers
Free consulting
We were asked about wiring up a house for access points etc.
Jim’s guide to Wi-Fi AP placement
Monoprice 24-port Cat5e Patch Panel
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Late Night Linux – Episode 390
16 juni 2026 · 33 min
The new Steam hardware is getting close, Arch Linux’s AUR is compromised, and curl is having a month off from vulnerability reports. Plus updates on using the Kagi search engine, retro handhelds, and 3D printing. Lees meer
Plugs
Piss up at The Shipwrights Arms (just next to London Bridge station) on Saturday 27th June from 6pm until late
Graham’s talk
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News
Steam Machine and Steam Frame are shipping this summer
Valve just imported 13 tons of VR headsets in one day [archived] 2
Arch Linux’s AUR Sees More Than 400 Packages Compromised With Malware 4.5
Arch Linux Now Believes Malware Incident Under Control: More Than 1,500 Affected Packages
Arch Linux AUR Hit By Another Wave Of Now More Sophisticated Malware Attack
Arch Linux locks down AUR signups amid wave of malicious commits
curl summer of bliss
Retro gaming handhelds
R36S
Fakes
R36H
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Linux Dev Time – Episode 152
14 juni 2026 · 25 min
We get into the process of working on and with formal protocol specifications, something Andy is familiar with from his work on Matrix. Lees meer
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Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 58
12 juni 2026 · 28 min
Having recently moved house, Gary wonders how to reconfigure his homelab and network setup. Plus Shane is fed up with GitHub’s outages and formulates a plan to move away… somewhere… Lees meer
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2.5 Admins 303: Denial of Secrets
11 juni 2026 · 30 min
People were locked out of their password managers to stop a brute force attack, Coreutils come to Windows, a FreeBSD PR effort backfires, and the best simple consumer WiFi gear. Lees meer
Plugs
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Why ZFS Is the Ideal Filesystem for Multi-User/Department Media Production
Webinar: June 30th @ 11am EDT: FreeBSD After Hours AMA
News/discussion
Password manager Dashlane suspends customer accounts amid brute-force attacks
Microsoft Announces Coreutils For Windows: Derived From Rust Coreutils
Coreutils for Windows
FreeBSD Foundation Executive Director Tries Daily Driving FreeBSD On Laptop
Free consulting
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Ask The Hosts – Episode 37
10 juni 2026 · 20 min
Late night snacks, and the books we love and hate. With Félim, Gary, Jim, and special guest Shane from Linux Lads. Lees meer
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Late Night Linux – Episode 389
8 juni 2026 · 27 min
A new Firefox release confuses Félim, Plex makes no sense in a world where Jellyfin exists, Will considers paying for the Kagi search engine, and another small Android tablet for your wall. Plus what we learned at the recent Ubuntu Summit. Lees meer
News/discussion
Firefox 151.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes
New Lifetime Plex Pass Pricing
Kagi
Shelly Wall Display
Ubuntu Summit
Ubuntu Summit 26.04 Timetable
Ubuntu Summit videos
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Linux After Dark – Episode 123
5 juni 2026 · 25 min
We revisit the topic of the dire situation with hardware prices, this time with a focus on getting the most out of machines with limited resources. Lees meer
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2.5 Admins 302: ClawPilot
5 juni 2026 · 33 min
Microsoft threatens a security researcher for disclosing vulnerabilities publicly, bricks old versions of Office, and announces their version of OpenClaw. Plus keeping up with the latest technology. Lees meer
Plugs
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Which ZFS Storage Metrics Matter for Database Performance
Webinar: June 25th @ 11am EDT: Understanding AnyRAID with Jon from HexOS
News/discussion
Microsoft under fire for threatening security researcher with criminal investigation
The researcher is a former MS employee says Krebs
Microsoft reaches for olive branch after public dustup with 0-day researcher
Microsoft is intentionally bricking all Office for Mac 2019/2021 installations
Introducing Microsoft Scout: Your always-on personal agent
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Late Night Linux – Episode 388
2 juni 2026 · 28 min
Steam Deck price rises point toward high prices for the new Valve hardware, Lenovo puts its name to a cheap retro handheld and regrets it, Wikipedia management seems to be acting like a typical big tech company and the workers are organising, Bambu pisses off its 3D printer customers and Joe got given a free unrelated 3D printer, and we don’t believe that the Raspberry Pi 6 will arrive as late as 2028. Lees meer
News
Steam Deck back in stock, with updated pricing
The golden age of handheld gaming is already over [archived]
Lenovo pulls its controversial G02 retro handheld from sale – starting a chain reaction that could decimate the retro gaming market
Sellers circumvent Lenovo’s retro handheld ban with cheap wholesale storefronts
Big Tech’s Anti-Labor Playbook Has Come for Wikipedia
We’re Wiki Workers United, a global solidarity union for the staff of the Wikimedia Foundation
Wikipedia editors plot strike and banner sabotage after Wikimedia layoffs
Comprehensive Response to Bambu’s AGPLv3 Violations – Software Freedom Conservancy
‘Fuck you, Bambu’: How one private message could change the face of 3D printing [archived]
No Raspberry Pi 6 before 2028
Don’t expect a Raspberry Pi 5 in 2023, says Eben Upton [21st Dec 2022]
Introducing: Raspberry Pi 5! [28th Sep 2023]
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Linux Dev Time – Episode 151
31 mei 2026 · 28 min
What makes a good library? Lees meer
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Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 57
29 mei 2026 · 26 min
It’s a Linux Dev Time style hot questions episode. Is “cloud native” more about where the workload is going or how you deploy it? What is a skill that is really important in your job that may surprise people? Is the cloud more or less secure than a company-controlled data centre or on-prem? Would you recommend what you do to your kids/nephews etc? Lees meer
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2.5 Admins 301: F(OSS) Consulting
28 mei 2026 · 29 min
It looks like Bitlocker had a back door in it, how a listener accidentally broke Gitea for users of the snap version, Google accidentally published an unpatched exploit for Chromium-based browsers, why people are starting to ditch Bitwarden, and moving a tech stack away from large corporations. Lees meer
Plugs
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How Klara and TrueNAS fixed ZFS’s longest standing limitation
Webinar: June 25th @ 11am EDT: Understanding AnyRAID with Jon from HexOS
News/discussion
YellowKey Bitlocker Bypass Vulnerability
Microsoft shares mitigation for YellowKey Windows zero-day
How I Broke Gitea for Everyone
Google publishes exploit code threatening millions of Chromium users
The Quiet Renovation at Bitwarden
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Late Night Linux – Episode 387
25 mei 2026 · 25 min
Debian’s ambitious aim to make all packages reproducible pushes us closer to a better future, yet more talk about age verification for VPNs, Firefox gets more users on mobile thanks to regulation, Opera’s gaming browser comes to Linux, Valve releases CAD files for the Steam Controller, and the Steam Frame might be coming soon. With guest host Andy from Linux Dev Time. Lees meer
News/discussion
Debian Release Team: Debian Must Now Ship Reproducible Packages
EU calls VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push
EU browser choice rules send millions more users Firefox’s way
Opera GX Lands on Linux
Steam Controller and Puck CAD files officially released under a Creative Commons license — Valve encourages users to create accessories for the device
Steam Frame coming soon?
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Linux After Dark – Episode 122
22 mei 2026 · 25 min
We all seem to be moving away from Ubuntu, but there are still quite a few reasons to keep using it. Lees meer
WG Tunnel
PiVPN
Charlie’s OggCamp talk about infrastructure as code
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2.5 Admins 300: IPvWot?
21 mei 2026 · 28 min
Why a proposal for an alternative to IPv6 is unlikely to be viable, Microsoft really doesn’t want you to run Exchange Server on-prem, Google will finally stop being a proper search engine, setting up an email server for internal use, and mitigating DDoS attacks without Cloudflare. Lees meer
Plugs
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Tuning ZFS for Databases
Webinar: May 27th at 11am EDT: Database Performance on ZFS with Tom Lawrence
News/discussion
Veteran network architect proposes IPv8 – to improve IPv4, not leapfrog v6
Exchange Server zero-day vulnerability can be triggered by opening a malicious email
Google Search as you know it is over
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Late Night Linux – Episode 386
19 mei 2026 · 28 min
Great funding news for LVFS and KDE, why Europe probably needs some more home-grown distros, a conspiracy theory about Cloudflare seems unlikely, and we wonder what can be done about all the irresponsibly disclosed vulnerabilities that new tools are discovering. With guest host Andy from Linux Dev Time. Lees meer
News
LVFS Sponsorship Announcement
Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development
KDE bags €1.3M as Europe realizes it might need an OS of its own
Can Someone Please Explain Whether Cloudflare Blackmailed Canonical?
‘Dirty Frag’ Linux flaw one-ups CopyFail with no patches and public root exploit
Dirty Frag gets a sequel as Fragnesia hands Linux attackers root-level access
Linux kernel maintainers pitch emergency killswitch after CopyFail and Dirty Frag chaos
DirtyCBC: When Linux Kernel Decrypt-Before-MAC Turns Authenticated Encryption Into a Page-Cache Write
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Linux Dev Time – Episode 150
17 mei 2026 · 29 min
Andy has been taking the One Billion Row Challenge, and has been thinking about the broader question of what makes software fast. Lees meer
Andy’s videos on Peertube and YouTube.
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Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 56
15 mei 2026 · 30 min
We get into some homelab updates. Sean has been consolidating hardware, Gary has been implementing high availability with Proxmox, and Shane has been working hard to get Home Assistant working with Kubernetes, as well as downloading YouTube videos. Lees meer
Shane’s homelab
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2.5 Admins 299: RMAggravation
14 mei 2026 · 28 min
People trying to return defective hard drives and RAM are finding out why consumer protection laws would be good, GoDaddy accidentally gave someone’s domain name away, and when and how to fix ZFS fragmentation. Lees meer
Plugs
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Fast Dedup Economics: When Deduplication Beats Buying New Disks
News/discussion
Toshiba refuses to replace large hard drive that was under warranty — company offers refund at the purchase price, not the higher current retail price
GoDaddy Gave a Domain to a Stranger Without Any Documentation
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Ask The Hosts – Episode 36
13 mei 2026 · 19 min
Light bulb colour temperatures, doing nice things for ourselves, pulling faces while playing guitar, and surreal experiences. With Allan from 2.5 Admins, May from Linux After Dark, and Shane from Hybrid Cloud Show. Lees meer
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Late Night Linux – Episode 385
11 mei 2026 · 29 min
Voice to text, visualising CSVs in the terminal, managing software from releases on GitHub, a mini Android tablet for your wall, and Amiga music on Linux in Discoveries. Plus Ubuntu embracing AI makes us wonder if we should just stop having the same old arguments. Lees meer
Discoveries
VoxType
Tennis
tooler
SONOFF NSPanel Pro Gen2
Unix Amiga Delitracker Emulator
News/discussion
The future of AI in Ubuntu
I wanted to reply with some clarifications
The Pulse: token spend breaks budgets – what next?
Anthropic joins the Blender Development Fund as Corporate Patron
Upcoming Blender Development Fund and AI Policies
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Linux After Dark – Episode 121
8 mei 2026 · 26 min
How we get back to our home LANs when we are away travelling etc. It mostly involves WireGuard and Tailscale. We also get into blocking ads, mostly with Pi-hole. Lees meer
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2.5 Admins 298: Windows Postdate
8 mei 2026 · 29 min
Microsoft is encouraging employees with the most experience to leave the company and letting users pause Windows updates forever, some of the best features you’ll get in the version of ZFS that ships with the new Ubuntu LTS, and backing up data from cloud services. Lees meer
Plugs
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Extending ZFS Performance Without Hardware Upgrades
News/discussion
Microsoft tackles quality control issues. Just kidding, it’s encouraging experienced workers to leave
Your Windows update experience just got updated
zfs-2.3.0
zfs-2.4.0
Free consulting
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Late Night Linux – Episode 384
5 mei 2026 · 30 min
There’s a new Ubuntu LTS release and quite a lot is new, Canonical’s infrastructure was taken down and we disagree about whether it could have been avoided, two recent examples of irresponsible vulnerability disclosure, and the Steam controller finally arrives with a hefty price tag. Lees meer
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SeaGL 2026 Call for Presentations
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News
Canonical releases Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Resolute Raccoon
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS: What’s New Since Ubuntu 24.04?
An update on rust-coreutils
Pro-Iran group turns Ubuntu DDoS into shakedown
The most severe Linux threat to surface in years catches the world flat-footed
Carrot disclosure: Forgejo and follow-up
Steam Controller: The Ars Technica review
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Linux Dev Time – Episode 149
3 mei 2026 · 22 min
It’s yet another hot questions episode. Colour schemes, syntax highlighting, code patterns, fonts, and keyboards. Lees meer
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