2.5 Admins

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 week we get together, talk about recent tech news, and answer some of your admin-related questions.

2.5 Admins is a technology podcast hosted by The Late Night Linux Family, with 312 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 86. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

The Late Night Linux Family hosts 2.5 Admins, a technology show with 312 episodes published.

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  2.5 Admins 313: Cooking with NVMe

  Aug 20, 202628 min

  Microsoft claims that Windows 11 will work well with 8GB of RAM, some of the innovations coming to high end SSDs, the arguments for TP-Link Omada over Ubiquiti UniFi.   Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes FreeBSD Support: Greatest Hits   Discussion Microsoft says 8 GB of RAM should be enough for anyone running Windows 11 Windows quality: an update on the commitment we made in March   Free consulting We were asked about the arguments for TP-Link Omada over Ubiquiti UniFi.                 See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

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  2.5 Admins 312: Bus Factor

  Aug 13, 202627 min

  In a world where photos can no longer be trusted, Jim argues that we should move to a default distrust model where images are signed at every stage of the process of creation. We get into some of the potential issues. Plus how to ensure continuity for your clients in the event of your demise, and setting up a system to demonstrate ZFS replication capabilities.   Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes Piss up at The Shipwrights Arms (just next to London Bridge station) on Saturday 5th September from 5pm until late   Discussion Google Earth risked ruin with retracted AI tool for making fake satellite pics Apple is working on a way to authenticate that a photo came from an iPhone camera   Free consulting We were asked about how to ensure continuity for your clients in the event of your demise, and setting up a system to demonstrate ZFS replication capabilities.                 See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

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  2.5 Admins 311: Couch Cushions

  Aug 6, 202628 min

  Microsoft restored an account including files that it initially claimed wasn’t possible, Apple might lock down phones if people don’t keep up their lease payments, ZFS scrubs shouldn’t be painful, and accessing another network from a locked-down work machine.   Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes ZFS vs Ceph: Do You Actually Need Ceph?   News/discussion Microsoft restores player’s 25-year-old account following widespread backlash iOS 27 code suggests Apple could restrict leased devices after missed payments If Scrubs Hurt, Your ZFS Design Is Broken   Free consulting We were asked about accessing another network from a locked-down work machine.   Teleport Community Apache Guacamole® Linux After Dark – Episode 120                 See our contact page for ways to get in touch.

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  2.5 Admins 310: GPLFreeBSD

  Jul 30, 202629 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.   Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes   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.                 See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

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  2.5 Admins 309: Orbital Sauron

  Jul 23, 202624 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.   Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes   News/discussion 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   Free consulting We were asked about picking a VPN for use with an IP that doesn’t change very often.                 See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

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