

2.5 Admins
The Late Night Linux Family
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.
Episodes
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Apr 4, 2024 • 32min
2.5 Admins 189: Too Much Glass
Glassdoor adds real names without consent, Telegram's risky login system, law enforcement demands YouTube user details. Discussion on tuning low-end VPS for blogging. Tailscale offers easy VPN, Kolide ensures device security. Podcast covers data privacy, law enforcement overreach, IP address privacy rights, and website optimization for high traffic.

Mar 28, 2024 • 29min
2.5 Admins 188: Farewell to Core
Farewell to TrueNAS CORE 13 FreeBSD version, Apple's antitrust battle, encrypted chat vulnerability, scaling FreeBSD hosts with jails discussed. Transition to Linux-only TrueNAS version, challenges in migrating systems, AI privacy risks, and scaling approaches for FreeBSD hosts explored.

Mar 21, 2024 • 31min
2.5 Admins 187: MDK
Prison officials confiscate inmate laptops, Warner Bros. upsets gamers, Google's office has bad WiFi, and managing gold images is discussed on the podcast.

Mar 14, 2024 • 30min
2.5 Admins 186: Jim Defends the CFAA
In this podcast, they discuss Roku's controversial move to disable devices until users agree to new terms, the blurred line between journalism and computer fraud, and the benefits of using jumbo frames on a network for improved performance.

Mar 7, 2024 • 29min
2.5 Admins 185: 2.5 Gigabits
In this episode, they discuss Jensen Huang's controversial statement on kids learning to code, Google's AI training data deal with Reddit, and companies selling user's data for AI training. They also offer advice on upgrading to 2.5Gbps networks and the challenges it may present.

Feb 29, 2024 • 32min
2.5 Admins 184: Avast, mateys
Discussion on privacy breaches with Wyze cameras, Avast fined for selling user data, and a vending machine scanning students' faces. Advice on using NVMe drive with ZFS and taking VM snapshots. Delving into data collection practices, open-source benefits, and optimizing storage pools in ZFS.

Feb 22, 2024 • 31min
2.5 Admins 183: Unbootable Quantum Toothbrushes
From Windows 11 issues on older PCs to the shift from quantum computing to AI, debunking a toothbrush botnet story, Google killing cached search results, and the importance of testing backups - this podcast covers a range of intriguing tech topics.

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Feb 15, 2024 • 30min
2.5 Admins 182: All the Small Things
Topics discussed in the podcast include the forking of Nginx, VMware ending the free version of ESXi, concerns about ZFS encryption, and the challenges of D-Dupe in ZFS. They also tackle the use of multiple network interfaces on a NAS and share tips for setting up a NAS backup server with a wired connection to a desktop.

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Feb 8, 2024 • 29min
2.5 Admins 181: Triangle Fraud
Discussion includes a case of an IT consultant fined for revealing poor security, triangle fraud, the proposal to create .INTERNAL domains by ICANN, setting up a NAS - benefits of RAID, choosing a distro, and disk size selection. The importance of backups is emphasized, and the limitations of RAID are explained.

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Feb 1, 2024 • 33min
2.5 Admins 180: Email 777
Microsoft's email breach, Pixel phone storage bug, hidden malware campaign at Ars Technica, and advice on upgrading hardware for Windows 11.


