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How and why the recent huge Windows outage was caused by a bad CrowdStrike update and how it could have been avoided, a hilariously dumb ESXi vulnerability, and using SAS drives with a PCIe card. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes News A closer look at what caused the CrowdStrike Windows crashes Ransomware gangs are loving this dumb but deadly ESXi flaw Jake Williams on Twitter Free Consulting We were asked about using SAS drives with a PCIe card...
NVIDIA makes more of its drivers easier to install, the EU is probably going to redirect FOSS funding to AI, Mark Zuckerberg abuses the term “open source”, Proton jumps the shark, a trio of typical Google stories, and the shortest KDE Korner in history. News NVIDIA Transitions Fully Towards Open-Source GPU Kernel Modules The next Nvidia driver makes even more GPUs “open,” in a specific, quirky way FOSS funding vanishes from EU’s 2025 Horizon program plans Open Source AI Is the Path Forward The f...
Developing as part of an in-person team vs working remotely, synchronous vs asynchronous development, how to make a hybrid team work effectively, and how code review fits into it all. 1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at 1password.com/linuxdevtime Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed...
We talk about infrastructure as code, what it is, what it isn’t, how it differs from configuration management, how to structure it, best practices to stay consistent between Dev/Test and Production, avoiding configuration drift, and some experiences trying to do infrastructure/configuration as code in a home lab. Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Subscribe to the RSS feed ....
How a Bitcoin mine made life in a Texas town absolutely miserable, why paying for extended support for end of life Windows versions is just doubling down on technical debt, and the best way to manage router redundancy. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes News/discussion Inside the ‘Nightmare’ Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town Enterprises urged to think carefully about Windows 10 extended support options Free Consulting We were asked about mana...
In this episode: Alan explains how and why he uses Listmonk to create, host and send out a personal email newsletter . Mark gets guilt-tripped nerd-sniped into updating the Flutter-based Quickgui project. Martin digs into his pile-o-bits to craft a new home-lab server that is quieter, cooler, harder, faster, better, stronger, and mostly empty. Martin mentioned an episode of Ask The Hosts . You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with ot...
Testing the security of your Bluetooth devices, diffing databases, visualising MQTT data, running Linux VMs on an iPad or Iphone, org mode in Kate, and making point and click games. Plus whether we are too negative, or if we are just realistic. Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Check out all the great Late Night Linux Family shows Discoveries BlueSpy reladiff MQTT Explorer You can now run VMs on iOS with UTM kate-org-mode Bladecoder Adventure Engine ...
We all customise our phones and computers to one extent or another, but does it make sense to inflict our defaults on other people’s machines when we set them up? Or should we set them up with normal defaults on mainstream distros like Ubuntu? Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes 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 See our contact page...
A widely-used login system is still using MD5 which is bad news, miscreants took over some domains when they moved from Google to Squarespace, Linksys’ sloppy app isn’t a huge problem but is a bad sign, and why backing up an Android phone in one go is pretty much impossible without root. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes News New Blast-RADIUS attack breaks 30-year-old protocol used in networks everywhere Squarespace migration linked to DNS hijac...
The EU are close to adopting a law to scan messages, Switzerland blazes the public money public code trail, Chromium-based browsers have a “special feature” to interact with Google sites, Mozilla shows that it needs advertising, and openSUSE might be getting a new (terrible) name. News EU chat control law proposes scanning your messages — even encrypted ones Take action to stop chat control now! Switzerland mandates software source code disclosure for public sector Why Chromium tells Google site...
What agile software development is exactly, why planning and being willing to adapt the plan are key, the pros and cons of all the process that’s involved, the role that scrum plays, and why it’s all about communication. Study finds 268% higher failure rates for Agile software projects Amolith will be at Fossy in August. Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed...
How best to get started with Kubernetes and whether it is better to start with a low-touch option like MicroK8s/K3s, using a cloud-managed Kubernetes from the outset, or set up everything yourself “the hard way” Kubernetes The Hard Way Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Subscribe to the RSS feed ....
We didn’t get to all of your questions for our Episode 200 free consulting special so here is another full episode of your questions and our answers. Our thoughts on a new UK smart devices law, backing up 30TB off-site, how to learn ZFS, SMB vs other ways to share files, and backing up secrets. Smart devices: new law helps citizens to choose secure products FreeBSD Mastery: ZFS FreeBSD Mastery: Advanced ZFS 1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device....
The best TV show of all time, and the future of e-waste and what we can and will do about it. 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.
In this episode, we discuss: Martin uses homepage to create a static highly customizable application dashboard. Martin also mentioned the New Tab Override extension for Firefox. Mark has been composing bass parts for an album using Tux Guitar . Alan has been visualising source code in 4K with Gource . You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters C...
An incredibly powerful hex editor for reverse engineering binaries, easily searching through snaphots for end users, streaming audio from phones to the Linux desktop, writing interactive fiction games, and how we makes notes and manage tasks. Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Check out all the great Late Night Linux Family shows Discoveries ImHex vfs_shadow_copy2 ink Feedback vimwiki nanonote Marknote See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RS...
Having been given an Asus Eee PC netbook back, Joe wonders what to do with this ancient 32-bit machine. Plus the oldest machines we currently have in production. Batocera Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed ....
Why we didn’t mention pocket fluff when we talked about USB-C charging issues, Microsoft abandons its promising underwater data center experiment and didn’t monitor it’s SSL certs, why you should be careful which WordPress plugins and themes you install,an Australian ISP’s tech debt comes due, and remoting into desktop Linux. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes News Microsoft ends Project Natick underwater data center experiment despite success Mi...
Instead of the news which is all either boring or grim, we’ve come up with a fun Linux-themed game show that’s definitely not completely fixed. Plus a great network tool, and what keeps us on Linux when most apps are available everywhere else. Feedback IMUNES 1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at 1password.com/latenightlinux See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS : Subscribe to the RSS feeds here...
Andy is annoyed that so much free and open source software is hosted on a proprietary platform that’s owned by Microsoft. There are plenty of alternatives to GitHub, but ultimately the network effect is why so many people host their code there. We dream of a proper federated solution. Maybe one day… 1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at 1password.com/linuxdevtime Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS ...
We get personal and explain our home IT setups, sharing tips on learning new technologies like networking and Kubernetes while keeping the family TV working, and consult on how to secure the root user of your cloud account. Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Subscribe to the RSS feed ....
Vulnerabilities in Asus hardware make us think there should be some regulations about what can be sold as a router, a VPN feature that we hadn’t heard of is removed from Windows, and why we don’t believe that Microsoft will ever take security as seriously as they claim. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes News/discussion High-severity vulnerabilities affect a wide range of Asus router models Dear Asus router user: You’ve been pwned, thanks to easi...
In this episode, we discuss: What’s new in quickemu . How quickgui came to be. Testing with quicktest . You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you c...
Unlocking the full potential of Nvidia graphics cards, hacking the otherwise bricked Spotify hardware device, Félim realised that his Borg backups could be significantly smaller, making wiring diagrams using text, silly terminal effects and colours, using a ThinkPad as a WiFi dongle, great lightweight distros for an ancient netbook, better Google searches, and more. Discoveries nvidia-patch Hacking the Spotify Car Thing borg compact Terminal Text Effects lolcat WireViz BunsenLabs Batocera Unsong...
We are joined by Florian Beijers who is a full time screen reader user to talk about how the accessibility experience differs on various operating systems and Linux desktop environments, and what open source software devs could be doing better. Florian’s links: Mastodon YouTube channel Twitch IC_Null Twitch LinkedIn Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes 1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the ...
It’s our episode 200 free consulting special. Jim and Allan answer your questions about hard drive availability, USB-C robustness, ZFS performance on a VPS, cold storage with a 2.5″ form factor, how we gained our level of knowledge, disk enclosure issues, and monitoring Windows servers. Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/25a and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devi...
New RISC-V and Arm Linux laptops are starting to pave the way for an exciting future, Mozilla makes another divisive acquisition, a couple of big anniversaries make us feel old, some quick KDE updates, and more. News World’s first RISC-V Laptop gets a massive upgrade and equips with Ubuntu Canonical Announce First RISC-V Laptop Running Ubuntu Video of a Banana Pi with the same SoC Significantly slower than a Pi 4 TUXEDO on ARM is coming The Two Year Journey Funded By Arm/Qualcomm For Improving A...
If you want to be a good developer, how many different programming languages should you learn? Maybe becoming an expert in one specific language is the way to go. Maybe it’s more a case of learning different concepts and paradigms than languages. 1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at 1password.com/linuxdevtime Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes See our contact pag...
Google Cloud teaches us about eggs and baskets by losing a big customer’s data, and Microsoft’s carbon emissions are up significantly – probably because of AI. Plus compliance and best practices for hardening instances, web apps, and storage. News/discussion Google Cloud accidentally deletes UniSuper’s online account due to ‘unprecedented misconfiguration’ “Unprecedented” Google Cloud event wipes out customer account and its backups Details of Google Cloud GCVE incident Microsoft’s carbon emissi...
