All episodes from Late Night Linux, Linux Downtime, and Linux After Dark.
In the last ~10 years we’ve seen a lot of changes happen in the Linux and open source world. So what do we think will happen over the next decade? What about the future of the web? With guest host Jim from 2.5 Admins.
Automox
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Is Linux hard to use? It turns out the answer is both “yes, absolutely” and “not at all!”
Kolide
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Mastodon’s link previews are causing downtime for web servers without properly configured caching, locking down DNS inside Windows networks, why using write-once backup media is a bad idea, and increasing the performance of a Microsoft SQL Server with SSDs and ZFS.
Plugs
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News
Mastodon delays firm fix to solve link preview DDoS
Microsoft plans to lock down Windows DNS like never before
Free Consulting
We were asked about write-once backup media, and increasing the performance of a Microsoft SQL Server with SSDs and ZFS.
Tailscale
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Popular songs we can’t stand, and our biggest regrets in life. With Andy from Linux Dev Time, Jim from 2.5 Admins, and Martin from Linux Matters.
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Ubuntu 24.04 is out and we have mixed feelings about it. Plus bad news for RISC-V, a new Linux distro might control safety systems in cars, a classic media player is back from the dead, and more. With guest host Jim from 2.5 Admins.
News
Fedora Linux 40 Available For Download As A Wonderful Upgrade
Canonical releases Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Noble Numbat
Xubuntu 24.04: A minimal install that really means it
Linux is now an option for safety-minded software-defined vehicle developers
RISC-V support in Android just got a big setback
US government reportedly ponders crimping China’s use of RISC-V
Amarok 3.0 “Castaway” released!
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Andy is a huge proponent of test-driven development and explains why – including types of code testing including unit tests and integration tests, when you actually need to run tests, how long they should take, and more.
Kolide
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What “hybrid cloud” actually means to us. Where it works well, where it creates challenges, where the control plane should live, how to abstract differences between platforms to make workloads more suitable to be used in a hybrid setup, maintaining compliance across clouds, and guarding against security vulnerabilities in containerised dependencies.
Ubuntu Explained: How to ensure security and stability in cloud instances—part 1
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How a smart TV broke a Windows machine on the same network by pretending to be hundreds of different TVs, Jim’s alarming theory about AI malware, and encrypting offsite backups.
Plug
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News/discussion
Is your PC having trouble? Your smart TV might be to blame
Free Consulting
We were asked about encrypting offsite backups.
Tailscale
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Kolide
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Tailscale
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What we all think counts as a non-mainstream distro, and some great examples of them in Voice of the masses. Plus ASCII maps in the terminal, another classic game is now open source, Arch on easy mode, a trip report from a nuclear power station, and more. With guest host popey from Linux Matters.
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Voice of the masses
What’s the best non-mainstream Linux distro?
Distrowatch is Not a Measure of Popularity
Discoveries
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Dalton asks us when consumer computers peaked which stirs up a debate about various generations of XPS and ThinkPad laptops, trackpads vs trackpoints, P-cores and E-cores, and more. Plus follow-up on the devices and software we trust.
Kolide
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