Podcast Episodes

2.5 Admins 29: Supply pain

Why it’s so hard to build a PC these days, finding help for ZFS issues, getting started with a homebrew router, and more.

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The history of ARM and FreeBSD

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Published on 4 years, 9 months ago

2.5 Admins 28: Cluster fsck

Why hard disks will be around for ever, bad news for VR, slowdown from disk I/O, and when clustering isn’t necessarily the best solution.

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Register for Open Source 101

OpenZFS: dRAID is coming…

Published on 4 years, 9 months ago

2.5 Admins 27: Learning to say no

Where we draw the line when supporting friends and family, monitoring SSL certs, ZFS on single drives, Chromium finally cleans up its act, and more in this feedback-filled episode.

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Chromiu…

Published on 4 years, 10 months ago

2.5 Admins 26: RISCy acquisition

Bad news for LastPass users, why Nvidia probably won’t buy Arm, what happens to our servers if we disappear, and using the cloud to avoid bottlenecks.

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FreeBSD Jails – The beginning of Contain…

Published on 4 years, 10 months ago

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.

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Simple and Secure VPN in FreeBSD – Introducing WireGuard

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Published on 4 years, 10 months ago

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.

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History of FreeBSD Part 4: BSD and TCP/IP

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Published on 4 years, 10 months ago

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…

Published on 4 years, 10 months ago

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.

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Exploring Swap on FreeBSD

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Amazon cuts off Parler’s Web hostin…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

2.5 Admins 21: Reproducible errors

The merits of ECC RAM, why reproducible builds are a good idea, and where to buy used equipment.

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Webinar: Introducing OpenZFS 2.0

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Linus Torvalds rails …

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

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.

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Webinar: Introducing OpenZFS…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago