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A dreadful backup box mistake was made but then rectified, whether to take on the technical debt of an older Ubuntu LTS, and why there are more important battles to fight than advocating for FOSS.
2.5 Admins episode where Joe talks about his ZFS setup
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It’s the alternative open source OS challenge! May got OpenIndiana, Joe got ReactOS, Gary got GhostBSD, and Chris got Haiku.
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Podcast: Download (Duration: 22:15 — 18.1MB)
The search for the ideal cheap and small off-site backup machine, and our advice on learning the ins and outs of desktop Linux.
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Podcast: Download (Duration: 23:35 — 19.2MB)
When a certain task has both options, what do we only do with the command line and what do we only do with a GUI? Plus May’s Linux win that wasn’t quite enough to avoid going back to the Windows desktop.
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Podcast: Download (Duration: 23:09 — 18.8MB)
We share the stories of our various tech wins and fails over the holiday period including updating Ubuntu, getting mad at Docker, trying to recover Microsoft passwords, building a PC over a video call, wireless access points that mostly just work, and more.
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Podcast: Download (Duration: 22:39 — 18.4MB)
We look back at what we wanted to happen in the Linux and FOSS world in 2024, and talk about what we want to happen in 2025.
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Podcast: Download (Duration: 24:24 — 19.8MB)
Gary observes that non-FOSS people don’t understand or care about licences. Chris admits that he too is somewhat clueless in this area so we try to explain the basics, and then get to the bottom of why “normal” people aren’t interested.
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Podcast: Download (Duration: 27:56 — 22.7MB)
Our FOSS frustrations, and our satisfying open source wins.
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1Password
Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at 1password.com/linuxafterdark
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Podcast: Download (Duration: 25:35 — 20.8MB)
We all compete to create the worst possible RAID array and network storage device. The mantra here was “what would Jim and Allan from 2.5 Admins NOT do”.
Guess who won with this monstrosity.
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Podcast: Download (Duration: 21:26 — 17.4MB)
Where do we draw the line when it comes to being made to use software that we don’t want to at work? Plus why only half of us use Linux on the desktop.
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