Will went back to GNOME and made it exactly like Xfce, Félim used an unethical app ethically, and Graham had a great time at the Ubuntu Summit. Plus easily creating a customised Firefox profile, compiling Python, and what Mozilla would have to do for us to move to another browser. Discoveries firebuilder GNOME m.uber.com codon Ubuntu Summit Feedback Zen Browser Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructur...
Nov 11, 2024•32 min
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. 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 ....
Nov 08, 2024•21 min
How using a copy-on-write filesystem like ZFS can get systems back online within seconds after ransomeware encrypts all your data, and even warn you more quickly that it’s happening. Plus Jim and Allan’s advice on getting a job as a sysadmin. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Klara: 5 Reasons Why Your ZFS Storage Benchmarks Are Wrong Free consulting We were asked about getting a job as a sysadmin. See our contact page for ways to get in touch....
Nov 07, 2024•31 min
Linux removes Russian maintainers and bungles the explanation, Flutter is forked due to Google’s “labor shortage”, the OSI finally defines open source AI (and we don’t take it very seriously), Hollywood uses loads of FOSS, an easy way to help out Home Assistant, and Thunderbird for Android arrives. News Some Clarity On The Linux Kernel’s “Compliance Requirements” Around Russian Sanctions Removal of Russian coders spurs debate about Linux kernel’s politics We’re forking Flutter. This is why. The ...
Nov 05, 2024•31 min
Our development hot takes including “rewrite it in Rust”, lack of documentation, single vs multiple monitors, dependency numbers, light vs dark mode, and distro package repos. 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...
Nov 03, 2024•25 min
How to be the change you wish to see in the workplace, how application architecture and infrastructure architecture are related, and if there are any real alternatives to Kubernetes for building a hybrid cloud. 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 ....
Nov 01, 2024•26 min
It’s Halloween so Jim and Allan share horrific and spooky stories from their sysadmin careers. Plus picking a UPS for a homelab. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Klara: NAS: Maintenance Best Practices See our contact page for ways to get in touch....
Oct 31, 2024•33 min
In this episode: Martin has been keeping his secrets safe with gocryptfs . CLI setup: gocryptfs -init ~/Syncthing/Secrets: Create encrypted storage gocryptfs ~/Syncthing/Secrets ~/Vault: Mount the decrypted secrets under ~/Vault fusermount -u ~/Vault: Unmount the decrypted secrets GUI Tools: vaults (Linux, GTK4) SiriKali (cross-platform, Qt) Mark wrote, built and released powerline-go-moodle . Alan joined the club and bought an LG Dualup monitor. You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters....
Oct 29, 2024•28 min
Yet another to do list manager, reflashing abandoned IP cameras, first impressions of the Framework 13 laptop, organising your workshop with 3D printed storage, what the death of Windows 10 means for Linux adoption, and more. Discoveries Taskfinder Thingino YouTube video on how to install it follow up videoon Neos Framework 13 DIY edition Linux After Dark 80 HAL Project How GFX Cards Work GridFinity Videos about a modular shed WikiHouse Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-f...
Oct 28, 2024•32 min
We revisit our home networking setups including using MoCa (network over coax), Chris searching for a unicorn, and relying on an Apple TV for home automation. 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 ....
Oct 25, 2024•21 min
SSL certificates are likely going to last less time, the latest Windows 11 update leaves a huge chunk of data behind and doesn’t play nicely with some SSDs, picking a modern dhcp server on a homebrew router, and storing encrypted backups on a friend’s NAS with ZFS. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Klara Halloween Webinar: ZFS Horror Stories. Oct 31st 13:00 EDT, 17:00 UTC News Sysadmins slam Apple’s SSL/TLS cert lifespan cuts Windows 11 24H2 ho...
Oct 24, 2024•31 min
The WordPress drama escalates, a great opportunity for Firefox to gain market share, Android will open up a little bit, the FOSS funding problem is solved, we laugh at WinAmp, a new release of Plasma, AAA gaming on Asahi, 20 years of Ubuntu, and more. News WordPress saga escalates as WP Engine plugin forcibly forked WP Engine asks court to stop Matt Mullenweg from blocking access to WordPress resources Google has started automatically disabling uBlock Origin in Chrome Google must crack open Andr...
Oct 22, 2024•31 min
You need to be able to write good code to be a successful developer, but how important are other “soft” skills like communication, relating to and motivating others, and time management? Kevin mentioned a blog post about burnout in the Rust project 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 p...
Oct 20, 2024•26 min
Do we ever consider the environmental impacts of our cloud computing, or do we just like to watch the world burn? 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 ....
Oct 18, 2024•26 min
The difference between monitoring and metrics analysis, the security pros and cons of cloud vs on-prem, why Jim and Allan don’t use Unraid, and cloud storage and email for a small company. Feedback Netdata Nagios ZFS and Unraid Free consulting We were asked about cloud storage and email for a small company. Automox Check out the brand new Autonomous IT podcast . Listen in as a variety of experts in the IT Operations space discuss the latest Patch Tuesday releases, mitigation tips, and custom aut...
Oct 17, 2024•32 min
In this episode: Alan, Martin, and Mark read your feedback about streaming audio and video, those funny square monitors, funny keyboards and more. Some links and products mentioned in the show: funkwhale Synergy Elis’ monitors we “forced” them to buy Indoor cameras tvheadendinterruptionchecke homeserver-power-saver dockcheck 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 j...
Oct 15, 2024•22 min
Loads of discoveries including Will’s terrible way of flashing Android phones from a web browser, real-time database analytics, editing audio with text, a great way to deal with log files, and learning about the fundamentals of computer graphics. Plus the best way to manage data and backups, and a reason to add an old laptop to the stack. Discoveries fastboot.js android-webinstall dolphie audapolis toolong Topics in computer graphics OpenZFS sanoid Feedback linux-surface Tailscale Tailscale is a...
Oct 14, 2024•24 min
Framework sent Joe a 13 DIY edition (for free and to keep) so we do our best to talk about it honestly. It’s a great machine, but you pay a premium for the ability to repair and upgrade it. 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 for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed ....
Oct 11, 2024•26 min
NIST has finally proposed some sensible password standards, why server CPUs with high core counts make sense in a lot of deployments, the .io TLD is probably sticking around, and the best options for a Linux-based router. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Klara Halloween Webinar: ZFS Horror Stories. Oct 31st 13:00 EDT, 17:00 UTC ZBM 101: Introduction to ZFSBootMenu News NIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rules You’re ri...
Oct 10, 2024•30 min
How we remind ourselves of things, what we most and least enjoyed about school, what 3 colours we’d paint the world, which country has the best food, and whether we feel bad about killing mosquitos. With Gary from Linux After Dark , Graham from Late Night Linux , and Amolith from Linux Dev Time . Patrons got this this in their feed two weeks ago....
Oct 09, 2024•20 min
How the boss of WordPress spectacularly failed to read the room, why the CUPS vulnerabilities didn’t live up to the hype, Mozilla disappoints once again, great news for home automation, Valve supports Arch, and a Raspberry Pi 500 looks imminent. With guest host Andy from Linux Dev Time. News Know Before You Go – OggCamp 24 Announcing the OggCamp Swap Shop Get Involved at OggCamp 2024: bring a talk or demo The latest on the WordPress fight over trademarks and open source Critical Linux bug is CU...
Oct 08, 2024•31 min
Campbell Barton joins us to talk about porting Blender , the hugely popular professional 3D software, to Wayland. Wayland support in blender task Wayland Support on Linux 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...
Oct 06, 2024•26 min
The pros and cons of smaller cloud providers when compared with the huge ones, and security best practices when you’re new to Kubernetes. 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 ....
Oct 04, 2024•25 min
Why cold storage is never as good as keeping your data warm and regularly tested, how the American air traffic control system became so outdated, and isolating your devices from a roommate’s shenanigans. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes News/discussion Music industry’s 1990s hard drives, like all HDDs, are dying FAA air traffic control modernization efforts are a mess Free consulting We were asked about isolating your devices from a roommate’s ...
Oct 03, 2024•30 min
In this episode: Martin has been overclocking and underclocking GPUs with the pretty tools: gpuviewer GreenWithEnvy Which needs a Coolbits bit mask of 28 to enable power and fan control. Linux AMDGPU Configuration Tool or LACT Requires the amdgpu.ppfeaturemask kernel parameter with this value 0xfffd7fff to enable power and fan control. Alan, who is still not a developer, has been writing more Python to discover new music via the Spotify APIs. Mark created a new Audiobook server using audiobooksh...
Oct 01, 2024•30 min
Jason Evangelho tells us about the rosy state of Linux gaming, including a lot of games that perform as well or even better than on Windows. Plus feedback, and discoveries about interacting with GitHub via the command line, a handy DNS testing tool, and playing ancient games with accurate audio. Discoveries GitHub CLI dug asid-vice Feedback Archiveteam Jason Evangelho Jason’s Mastodon Jason’s articles on Forbes Entroware This episode is sponsored by Entroware . They are a UK-based company who se...
Sep 30, 2024•25 min
Social media was a mistake that has caused polarisation through the spread of misinformation by grifters. We try to come up with some ideas for what to do about it. Dalton mentioned cohost to shut down at end of 2024 . 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 ....
Sep 27, 2024•23 min
A proposed solution to the WHOIS TLS verification problem gets a surprising amount of pushback. Plus isolating IoT devices, our thoughts on Ubiquiti gear, setting up WiFi in a new house, remote access with WireGuard, and our mini PC recommendations. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes News Google calls for halting use of WHOIS for TLS domain verifications Free consulting We were asked about isolating IoT devices, our thoughts on Ubiquiti gear, set...
Sep 26, 2024•30 min
We look back at the biggest news stories and trends from the last 7+ years and 300 episodes of LNL. With guest host popey from Linux Matters . Check out his newsletter . Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Seven and a bit years of news Google launches game streaming service called Stadia A message about Stadia and our long term streaming strategy Introducing a new version of Steam Play Steam Deck Launching February 25th 2022 Introducing Ubuntu 12.04 ES...
Sep 23, 2024•29 min
What is it about Linux that draws us to it as a development platform? Plus why we choose the specific distros that we use. 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...
Sep 22, 2024•26 min
