2.5 Admins 291: UPS for LiFePO4

Gary is concerned that he might have dug himself into a hole of on-prem vendor lock-in, despite using open source software. Plus why you should have PiKVM type device in your toolkit.   PiKVM GL.iNet Comet               HelloFresh Go to HelloFresh.com/hcs10fm to Get 10 free meals + a FREE Zwilling Knife (a $144.99 value) on your third box. Offer valid while supplies last. Free meals applied as discount on first box, new subscribers only, varies by plan.     Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes           Subscribe to the RSS feed.

Why passkeys aren’t the right solution to everything, Allan tells us why he loves his new Lithium Iron Phosphate UPS, Btrfs vs ZFS on root, and restricting Internet access for IoT devices on your network.   Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Designing OpenZFS Storage for Independence   News/discussion Please, please, please stop using passkeys for encrypting user data Allan’s new Anker SOLIX C1000 Gen 2 Portable Power Station   Free consulting We were asked about restricting Internet access for IoT devices on your network.                 Automox Turnkey Results Endpoint management tailored to your specific environment. Know the plan. Trust the result. Learn more at www.automox.com       See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

Drama in the exciting world of office suites, new ThinkPads are properly repairable, hands on with the Android desktop convergence future, and more.   News/discussion LibreOffice Online: a fresh start LibreOffice Online dragged out of the attic LibreOffice 26.2 is here: a faster, more polished office suite that you control Lenovo’s New T-Series ThinkPads Score 10/10 for Repairability Your Pixel phone can now become a full Android PC via USB-C You will be able to install “unverified” Android apps with ADB                 Automox Turnkey Results Endpoint management tailored to your specific environment. Know the plan. Trust the result. Learn more at www.automox.com     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. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

May has actually been using her stack of laptops and learning that “legacy” distros make more sense, the Firefox flatpak performs better than other packages, Linux Mint is a fine distro, Linux has the best calculators, and GNOME’s scaling is really good now.             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.

Microsoft Authenticator will delete Entra credentials on phones that aren’t running stock ROMs, Jim’s nightmare experience trying to get a user back into their MS account, tracking vehicles via tire pressure monitors, using a ZFS pool in a degraded state, and keeping cold ZFS storage dataset snapshots in sync.   Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes ZFS Fast Dedup for Proxmox   News/discussion Microsoft Authenticator to nuke Entra creds on rooted and jailbroken phones Jailbreak/root detection in Microsoft Authenticator Jim Microsoft MFA rant Vehicle Tire Pressure Sensors Enable Silent Tracking   Free consulting We were asked about purposely using a ZFS pool in a degraded state, and keeping cold ZFS storage dataset snapshots in sync.                 Automox Turnkey Results Endpoint management tailored to your specific environment. Know the plan. Trust the result. Learn more at www.automox.com       See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

Our favourite smells, whether we use dark mode, and whether there’s any meaning to life. With Andy from Linux Dev Time, and Shane from Hybrid Cloud Show. Patrons got this this in their feed two weeks ago.          

Discord delays their age-gating rollout but legislators are pushing for operating systems including Linux to verify ages, LLM licence laundering might mean the end of copyleft, and how and why you might want to detect Meta’s spy camera glasses.   News Getting Global Age Assurance Right: What We Got Wrong and What’s Changing US state laws push age checks into the operating system California introduces age verification law for all operating systems, including Linux and SteamOS — user age verified during OS account setup I have actually read the text of California law CA AB1043 and, honestly, I don’t hate it Do you really think that circumventing these things will always be a simple firmware mod or hardware hack? Relicensing with AI-assisted rewrite – Tuan-Anh Tran Chardet dispute shows how AI will kill software licensing, argues Bruce Perens No right to relicense this project Hide from Meta’s spyglasses with this new Android app Dear Meta Smart Glasses Wearers: You’re Being Watched, Too                   Automox Turnkey Results Endpoint management tailored to your specific environment. Know the plan. Trust the result. Learn more at www.automox.com     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. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

The importance of having and sticking to correct development processes, what can go wrong when you don’t, and how to fix the problems you might end up with.               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 recently talked about backing up Shane’s homelab, but this time it’s the turn of enterprise backups. Risk management, cloud and hybrid environments, planning for realistic disaster scenarios, convincing the finance people what’s required, and more.         Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes           Subscribe to the RSS feed.

An exciting new cold storage technology seems to be getting closer, Nvidia seemingly wants a slice of the laptop hardware action, why you (and your users) should definitely not use LLMs to “generate” passwords , and whistleblowing when sensitive customer data isn’t being taken seriously.   Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes ARC and L2ARC Sizing on Proxmox   News/discussion Data stored in glass could last over 10,000 years, Microsoft says Nvidia plans a Windows PC SoC, setting up direct competition with Qualcomm, Intel, and AMD Vibe Password Generation: Predictable by Design   Free consulting We were asked about whistleblowing when sensitive customer data isn’t being taken seriously.                 Automox Turnkey Results Endpoint management tailored to your specific environment. Know the plan. Trust the result. Learn more at www.automox.com       See our contact page for ways to get in touch.