ZFS on root is back in the Ubuntu installer but there’s a better way to do it, next-generation hard drives are proving to be reliable but prices are going up thanks to storage-hungry AI, why getting started with ZFS is really easy, and the best filesystem for a single SSD (take a guess).
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Ubuntu 24.04 Supports Easy Installation Of OpenZFS Root File-System With Encryption
Seagate makes HDD price hikes, says AI caused demand spike
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We were asked about learning ZFS, and which filesystem to use for a single SSD.
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Why updating iPhones in their sealed boxes might have some downsides, Amazon’s “AI” turned out to just be people, LLMs hallucinating imaginary dependencies is potentially a security risk, Aruba backs up its government data to the Internet Archive, and disk queue schedulers in Linux.
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Here’s our first look at Apple’s in-the-box iPhone updating machine
Amazon Ditches ‘Just Walk Out’ Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores
AI bots hallucinate software packages and devs download them
Caribbean nation of Aruba backs itself up to Internet Archive
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We were asked about disk queue schedulers in Linux.
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A backdoor has been found in xz-utils, OpenZFS improves ZVOL performance on Linux, Twitter devs fail at regex, and adding SATA ports to a home NAS.
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backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to ssh server compromise
OpenZFS Merges Support For Using Multiple Task Queues To Increase Performance for zvols
X fixes URL blunder that could enable social media phishing
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We were asked about adding SATA ports to a home NAS.
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Glassdoor seemingly doesn’t understand its raison d’etre, Telegram wants to cheap out on sending verification codes, law enforcement makes YouTube give them details of everyone who watched certain videos, and tuning a low end VPS to host a blog.
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Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent
Telegram’s Peer-to-Peer Login system is a risky way to save $5 a month
Feds Ordered Google To Unmask Certain YouTube Users
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Tailscale
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Kolide
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The FreeBSD version of TrueNAS is going away, a major Apple antitrust case begins, encrypted LLM chat responses are relatively easy to read, and scaling a fleet of FreeBSD hosts with jails.
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TrueNAS CORE 13 is the end of the FreeBSD version
Apple’s antitrust fight begins
US DOJ’s blockbuster lawsuit against Apple is headline grabber but poses limited near-term impact
Hackers can read private AI-assistant chats even though they’re encrypted
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Cluster provisioning with Nomad and Pot on FreeBSD
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Prison officials took away inmate student laptops for no good reason, Warner Bros. ruined gamers’ experiences, Google’s terrible office WiFi, and managing gold images.
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An engineer bought a prison laptop on eBay. Then 1,200 incarcerated students lost their devices
Devs left with tough choices as Warner Bros. ends all Adult Swim Games downloads
Google’s self-designed office swallows Wi-Fi “like the Bermuda Triangle”
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We were asked about managing gold images.
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Roku stops its users watching TV until they accept a new ToS, the line between journalism and computer fraud and abuse, and when using jumbo frames on a network makes sense.
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Roku disables players and TVs with attempt to coerce arbitration agreement
Over 15,000 hacked Roku accounts sold for 50¢ each to buy hardware
Op-ed: Charges against journalist Tim Burke are a hack job
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We were asked about using jumbo frames on a network.
Kolide
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The boss of Nvidia says kids don’t need to code because they can just use AI, companies sell their users’ data to train models, and why 2.5Gbps networking probably isn’t worth bothering with.
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Jensen Huang says kids shouldn’t learn to code — they should leave it up to AI
Google cut a deal with Reddit for AI training data
Tumblr and WordPress to Sell Users’ Data to Train AI Tools
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We were asked about adding 2.5Gbps gear to your network.
Kolide
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More cameras leak footage, Avast is fined for selling user data, a vending machine quietly scans students’ faces, using a small NVMe drive with ZFS, and taking snapshots of VMs.
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“So violated”: Wyze cameras leak footage to strangers for 2nd time in 5 months
Avast fined $16.5 million for ‘privacy’ software that actually sold users’ browsing data
Vending machine error reveals secret face image database of college students
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We were asked about using a small NVMe drive with ZFS, and taking snapshots of VMs.
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Why it’s not a great idea to install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware, quantum computing hype has been replaced by AI, toothbrushes can’t be part of a botnet, Google has killed cached search results, and testing your backups.
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Windows 11 24H2 goes from “unsupported” to “unbootable” on some older PCs
Investors threw 50% less money at quantum sector last year
Viral news story of botnet with 3 million toothbrushes was too good to be true
Google has killed cached results in search
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We were asked about testing your backups.
Kolide
Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Visit kolide.com/25a to learn more.
Automox
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Nginx is forked, Broadcom/VMware kills ESXi, dedup is finally fixed in ZFS, using multiple network interfaces on a NAS, and more.
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Broadcom-owned VMware kills the free version of ESXi virtualization software
OpenZFS Native Encryption Use Raises Data Corruption Concerns
Fast Dedup is a Valentines Gift to the OpenZFS and TrueNAS Communities
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We were asked about using multiple network interfaces on a NAS.
Kolide
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