2.5 Admins 277: Battering RAM

2.5 Admins 277: Battering RAM

Author: The Late Night Linux Family December 11, 2025 Duration: 28:34

The Crucial brand of consumer SSDs and RAM is going away, AMD and Intel memory encryption can be bypassed with cheap hardware, more AI buffoonery, and monitoring users’ usage on a network.

 

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Micron Announces Exit from Crucial Consumer Business

Cheap Hardware Module Bypasses AMD, Intel Memory Encryption

Google’s vibe coding platform deletes entire drive

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Ever wondered what happens when two seasoned system administrators and a producer who knows just enough to be dangerous get together for a weekly chat? That’s the premise behind 2.5 Admins, a refreshingly honest tech podcast from The Late Night Linux Family. Hosts Allan Jude and Jim Salter bring their deep, real-world expertise to the table, while Joe Ressington-the “0.5” who can configure a Samba share on a good day-keeps the conversation grounded and relatable. Each episode feels like eavesdropping on a lively breakroom discussion, where the latest headlines in technology are dissected not with sterile analysis, but with the practical, sometimes weary perspective of people who keep the digital lights on. You’ll hear them tackle listener-submitted admin questions, offering solutions that are tried and tested rather than purely theoretical. This isn’t about hype or buzzwords; it’s about the tools, headaches, and occasional triumphs that define life in IT. The chemistry between the hosts makes complex topics accessible, and the blend of professional insight with Joe’s every-user viewpoint creates a uniquely balanced listen. If you’re looking for a tech podcast that feels like talking shop with knowledgeable friends, this is it.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 100

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Podcast Episodes
2.5 Admins 245: IPaaS [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:16
Crosswalks were comically vulnerable to being hacked, even Google struggles with tiered SSD and HDD storage, some insight into how AI scrapers are using domestic IPs, and creating a ZFS mirror one disk at a time. Plugs S…
2.5 Admins 244: Branded and Splintered [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 31:07
Some Synology NAS products will require drives they sold you, doubt is cast on the CVE program, why some FreeBSD packages didn’t appear when they should have, and backing up the keys for encrypted backups. Plugs Support…
2.5 Admins 243: 0.5 Centuries [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 32:59
IPv4 addresses are worth an awful lot of money, the serious dangers of a seemingly sensible deepfake law, Microsoft is 50 years old, and our thoughts on antivirus on Linux and Windows. Plugs Support us on patreon and get…
2.5 Admins 242: Malscraping [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 33:41
Jim’s server is getting hammered by AI scrapers and he’s big mad about it, why RCS doesn’t work on Android without Google apps, a complex Google account issue, and how Jim and Allan handle their WireGuard configs. Plugs…
2.5 Admins 241: Anecdatum [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:30
Whether tech debt is inevitable and where the blame lies, how to properly organise ZFS datasets, and selectively managing updates. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes ZFS…
2.5 Admins 240: 30 DVI Cables [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:14
The key differences between throughput and latency – and when they matter, the tech that we’d keep if we stopped working in IT, and avoiding bitrot with rsync backups. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS f…
2.5 Admins 239: Collective Power [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:55
RISC-V is on the rise in China, why Power CPUs aren’t as promising, the dystopian nightmare of surveillance tech at work, and decrypting ZFS at boot. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early epi…
2.5 Admins 238: Hyperbranded Nonsense [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:23
Ten-year-old Chromecasts stop working, movie DVDs start rotting, Skype is finally dying, using ZFS on VM guests and hosts. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes ZFS Space A…
2.5 Admins 237: Kafkaesque [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 32:00
HP was forcing people to wait on hold for 15 minutes to get support, the DOGE site was embarrassingly insecure, setting up encrypted offsite backups, and mixing SATA and NVMe in a server. Plugs Support us on patreon and…
2.5 Admins 236: Hybrid Admins Show [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 33:36
Arm is going to make its own server chips, WordPress is selling “100 year” domain registrations, geo-redundancy for VPSs, and backing up Windows to Backblaze B2. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed wi…