Jim and Allan’s thoughts on GitHub Copilot, why you can’t take the bar exam on modern Intel hardware, and database VM snapshot consistency. Plugs Contributing to Open Source: Beyond Software Development Support us on patreon News/discussion GitHub Copilot Linux Downtime – Episode 51 Why can’t Intel’s 12th-gen CPUs pass the bar exam? Blame […]
More on abandoned hardware, central auth, Internet Explorer, Antivirus, monitoring, speed testing, and more. Plugs Watch Jim and Allan’s webinar: Getting started with bhyve Support us on patreon Things mentioned: End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers (selected models) Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers FreeIPA Sophos Icinga […]
A PSA about cheap hard drives, a major Internet outage in Canada, Apple’s new Lockdown Mode, and hostnames and DNS. Plugs From 0 to Bhyve on FreeBSD 13.1 Support us on patreon News PSA: buyer beware on “WaterPanther” drives Canadian ISP Rogers falls over for hours, takes out broadband, cable, cellphones Rogers restores […]
Picking the right switch, clustering Raspberry Pis, dynamic DNS, replacing a desktop PC, work-life balance, and more. Kolide Kolide is a fleet visibility solution for Mac, Windows, and Linux that can help you securely scale your business. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3HB8xUv Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines […]
The best ways to test your Internet speed, more on filesystem caching, monitoring servers at scale, and more. Plugs ZFS Developer job description Webinar: Open-source Virtualization: Getting Started with Bhyve Support us on patreon Discussion Public iPerf3 servers DSLReports MTR fast.com Feedback OpenZFS on Windows Free Consulting We were asked about […]
Internet Explorer is dead, Cisco small business routers that need to be junked, antivirus on Linux servers, and you’ll never guess what Jim and Allan recommend for easily rolling back updates. Plugs ZFS Developer job description Webinar: Open-source Virtualization: Getting Started with Bhyve Support us on patreon News Internet Explorer 11 has retired […]
The finer points of allocating VM resources, Jim is annoyed with the browser situation on Ubuntu desktop, and when you should have passwords on your SSH keys. Plugs ZFS Developer job description Support us on patreon News/discussion How are we improving Firefox snap performance? Part 1 Free Consulting We were asked about […]
Freeing up millions of IPv4 addresses, WSL 2 comes to Windows Server, why cert renewal should be automated, what to do with SMR drives, and more. Plugs ZFS Developer job description Support us on patreon News Freeing up of hundreds of millions of IPv4 addresses proposed Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 splashes down […]
A Linux user tries out FreeBSD’s Bhyve hypervisor, choosing storage for a VMware ESXi server, and perfect use case for WireGuard. Discussion Jim has been testing Bhyve Free Consulting We were asked about connecting home and small business networks, and choosing storage for a VMware ESXi server. Linode Simplify your […]
End-to-end encryption is under threat again, Broadcom is buying VMware, prison time for an angry DBA, and backing up your photos with encryption. Plugs Evaluating FreeBSD-CURRENT for Production Use BSDCan 2022 – Online June 1-4th Support us on patreon News “War upon end-to-end encryption”: EU wants Big Tech to scan private messages Broadcom […]
More on Ubuntu mirrors and DNS, detecting advanced persistent threats, resilient backups, and open source Active Directory alternatives. Plugs bhyve: the BSD hypervisor Support us on patreon Feedback ubuntu/pool/main/b/bash Damaged ZFS filesystems can be more or less unrepairable Free Consulting We were asked about open source Active Directory alternatives. Linode […]
Another attempt to replace passwords, trying to solve the problem of write-once storage, and the unusual ways we manage our invoices. Plugs EuroBSDCon CfP: September 15-18, 2022 in Vienna, Austria. Submit by May 25th Support us on patreon News Apple, Google, and Microsoft want to kill the password with “Passkey” standard How Apple, […]
How long optical disks last and why cold storage isn’t usually worth it, VM security, more thoughts on crypto nonsense, and more. Plugs Learning the Fundamentals of the FreeBSD Shell Support us on patreon Feedback Twitter thread about optical media longevity Qubes OS Free Consulting We were asked about exporting VMs. […]
Musk buys Twitter, Ubuntu’s ZFS on root snapshot tool is put on the back burner, and setting up your own apt mirror. Plugs Build your own NAS, Part 2: Tuning Support us on patreon News Elon Musk strikes deal to buy Twitter for $44bn Tweet from Rik Mills (Ubuntu & Kubuntu developer) Launchpad […]
Yet another IoT company abandons its customers, ridiculous “hard drives”, Postrges with containers, and cloud storage that isn’t quite as good as it sounds. With guest host Alex Kretzschmar from the Self-Hosted podcast. Plugs Building Your Own FreeBSD-based NAS with ZFS Support us on patreon News Insteon looks dead—just like its users’ smart […]
The new features in OpenSSH, an embarrassing outage, the ugly side of Apple’s AirTags, and securing SSH keys when using Git. With guest host Dalton Durst from Linux After Dark. Plugs Improving Replication Security With OpenZFS Delegation Support us on patreon News OpenSSH 9.0 released At last, Atlassian sees an end to its […]
CAPTCHAs in phishing attacks, Jim gets angry about Bitcoin propaganda in schools, and packet loss with UDP. Plugs Tuning OpenZFS Record size Support us on patreon Discussion How CAPTCHA puzzles cloak phishing page URLs in emails Jim gets mad about crypto propaganda in schools Free Consulting We were asked about packet loss […]
An open source dev goes rogue, a big single sign-on provider is compromised, self-hosting DNS, and more. Plugs Should I upgrade to OpenZFS 2.1? Support us on patreon News BIG sabotage: Famous npm package deletes files to protest Ukraine war The Fragile Open Source Ecosystem Isn’t Ready for ‘Protestware’ Okta Hack Exposes A […]
SSD reliability, a huge potential amplification DDoS attack, and learning how a mail server works. Plugs Webinar: Improving Recovery Objectives with OpenZFS Support us on patreon News Backblaze report finds SSDs as reliable as HDDs New method that amplifies DDoSes by 4 billion-fold. What could go wrong? Free Consulting We were asked […]
Our concerns about Google’s latest acquisition, the technical implications of the sanctions on Russia, more on VPNs and filesystem replacements, and using Nagios with Sanoid. Plugs Controlling Resource Limits with RCTL in FreeBSD Support us on patreon News Google makes second-largest acquisition ever: $5.4 billion for Mandiant Internet backbone Cogent cuts Russia connectivity […]
How not to solve some of the problems with filesystems, why backups are only part of defending your data, and Allan finally tells us the difference between FreeBSD and OpenBSD. Plugs NFS Sharing with ZFS Support us on patreon Discussion Backups ‘no longer effective’ for stopping ransomware attacks Where Did I Put That […]
Browser version numbers might break websites, Samsung’s bad crypto implementation, more on Mazda and Caddy, the FreeBSD init system, and keeping VMs in sync between the two physical hosts. Plugs UNIX Philosophy: The ideas that made UNIX Improving Recovery Objectives with OpenZFS Support us on patreon News Three major browsers are about to […]
Maintaining data long-term, Chrome OS comes to generic PCs, and how to detect intrusions and malware on servers and networks. Plugs The FreeBSD Boot Process Support us on patreon News/discussion Most hard drives have a lifespan of three to five years. Have you checked yours lately? Google is bringing Chrome OS to PCs […]
Why Arm was never likely to be acquired by Nvidia, an expensive bug in Mazda cars, and how there isn’t always a technical solution to a policy problem. Plugs Unix: On the path to BSD Support us on patreon News Arm’s $66bn sale to Nvidia collapses Intel’s strategy for outflanking Arm takes shape […]
What the recent Spotify controversy means for open podcasting standards, why young people increasingly don’t understand the concept of a hierarchical filesystem, and our update practices. Plugs Modern inetd on FreeBSD Support us on patreon Discussion Joe Rogan Podcast is staying on Spotify says boss Students who grew up with search engines might […]
The pain of updating Windows, FreeBSD vs Linux, and getting started with ZFS. Plugs FreeBSD Periodic Scripts Support us on patreon News/discussion Microsoft: Windows needs at least 8 hours online to update reliably Why we’re migrating (many of) our servers from Linux to FreeBSD Counterpoint to “FreeBSD’s network stack is better” Free […]
Allan has a recent war story for us, Microsoft blocked email from Linode, maximizing performance in a large capacity storage server, and more. Plugs Cluster Provisioning with Nomad and Pot Support us on patreon Feedback Register article about Microsoft blocking email from Linode Allan’s recent war story Photos Free Consulting We […]
A potential new European recursive DNS, why VPNs aren’t the silver bullet some people think they are, and how we set up new systems from scratch. Plugs Support us on patreon The Birth of Unix News/discussion EU wants to build its own DNS infrastructure with built-in filtering capabilities Free Consulting We were […]
A novel approach to an old scam, your feedback about web servers and ransomware, and maintaining old databases. Plugs Packet Scheduling with Dummynet and FreeBSD Support us on patreon News/Discussion Pay to park scam Feedback Jim’s review of the Caddy web server Free Consulting We were asked about optimising and maintaining […]
Microsoft suffers an embarrassment with Exchange, why it’s so hard to host your own email, and the easiest and safest way to manage your backups. Plugs BSDCan 2022: June 1-4th. CFP Closes Jan 19th Support us on patreon News/discussion Microsoft releases emergency fix for Exchange year 2022 bug Gloomy sysadmin take on running […]
