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The Late Night Linux Family
All episodes from Late Night Linux, Linux Dev Time, Linux After Dark, 2.5 Admins, Linux Matters, Hybrid Cloud Show, and Ask The Hosts.
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May 9, 2024 • 30min
2.5 Admins 194: Thundering Mastodon
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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Jim was on Late Night Linux
News
Mastodon delays firm fix to solve link preview DDoS
Mastodon Is DDoSing Me
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.
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May 8, 2024 • 19min
Ask The Hosts – Episode 12
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.
Patrons got this this in their feed two weeks ago.

May 7, 2024 • 25min
Late Night Linux – Episode 280
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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Kolide
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May 5, 2024 • 26min
Linux Dev Time – Episode 97
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.
Emily Bache
cyber‑dojo
Test with Go
Kolide
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May 3, 2024 • 27min
Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 03
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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May 2, 2024 • 31min
2.5 Admins 193: TV DoS
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.
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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
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.
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Apr 30, 2024 • 27min
Linux Matters 28: Wake-On-LAN for Preschoolers
In this episode:
Alan gives the rationale for turning the Linux Matters Podcast upside down
Mark explains why he hasn’t migrated Plex to his shiny new server
Martin flies to the end of the alphabet to talk about Zoxide
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Apr 29, 2024 • 25min
Late Night Linux – Episode 279
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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Check out all the great Late Night Linux Family shows
Voice of the masses
What’s the best non-mainstream Linux distro?
Distrowatch is Not a Measure of Popularity
Discoveries
mapscii
Descent 3
Sizewell B
EndeavourOS
StezStix Fix?
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Apr 26, 2024 • 22min
Linux After Dark – Episode 68
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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Also check out Hybrid Cloud Show – the new podcast in the Late Night Linux Family.
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Apr 25, 2024 • 31min
2.5 Admins 192: ZFS Week
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).
Plugs
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How to upstream code to open source projects
News
Ubuntu 24.04 Supports Easy Installation Of OpenZFS Root File-System With Encryption
After years of testing, Seagate claims its heat-assisted HAMR drives are as reliable as traditional PMR storage
Seagate makes HDD price hikes, says AI caused demand spike
Free Consulting
We were asked about learning ZFS, and which filesystem to use for a single SSD.
Tailscale
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See our contact page for ways to get in touch.