2.5 Admins 310: GPLFreeBSD

2.5 Admins 310: GPLFreeBSD

Author: The Late Night Linux Family July 30, 2026 Duration: 29:11

Google wants you to use a selfie video for account recovery, LG will stop apps turning their smart TVs into residential proxy nodes, we disagree about how serious OpenAI’s agent hacking Hugging Face is, FreeBSD removes the last bits of GPL software and suffers an embarrassing git flub , and backing up to an encrypted NAS without ZFS.

 

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Introducing selfie for sign-in: a new, easy way to access your Google Account

LG to Ban Residential Proxies from Smart TV Apps

OpenAI says its AI agent broke out of testing sandbox to hack Hugging Face

FreeBSD 16 Retires The Last Of Its GPL Code From Its Base System

Ports Repository Freeze

 

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We were asked about backing up to an encrypted NAS without ZFS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Late Night Linux Family All Episodes podcast is your comprehensive archive for a whole ecosystem of shows dedicated to the open-source world. This feed bundles every episode from the network's distinct voices into one convenient stream. You'll hear the flagship Late Night Linux with its broad discussions on desktop Linux, software, and community news, alongside more focused sister shows. Dive into the developer-centric conversations of Linux Dev Time, explore the deeper technical and philosophical layers on Linux After Dark, and get practical sysadmin insights from 2.5 Admins. The network also branches into infrastructure with the Hybrid Cloud Show and offers a direct line to the creators with Ask The Hosts. Listening to this podcast means having the entire spectrum of the Late Night Linux perspective at your fingertips, from casual chatter to deep dives, all united by a genuine passion for technology and the Linux platform. It's the definitive collection for enthusiasts who want every angle covered.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 50

Late Night Linux Family All Episodes
Podcast Episodes
Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 62 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 31:14
The biggest homelab mistakes we’ve made, and what we learned from them. Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Subscribe to the RSS feed.
2.5 Admins 311: Couch Cushions [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:12
Microsoft restored an account including files that it initially claimed wasn’t possible, Apple might lock down phones if people don’t keep up their lease payments, ZFS scrubs shouldn’t be painful, and accessing another n…
Late Night Linux – Episode 397 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:01
Initial Steam Machine reviews are broadly positive, Jellyfin is losing some key project leaders, Sony deletes more movies that people “bought”, why you probably shouldn’t wipe your phone when the US authorities ask for a…
Linux After Dark – Episode 127 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 24:02
We got a lot of feedback about choosing a distro for the friends and family we support, but a lot of suggestions didn’t make sense to us. We get into why we pick boring and safe choices instead of interesting and excitin…
Late Night Linux – Episode 396 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:19
With several open source figures taking a stance on either side of the generative AI debate, we have another argument about it. This time we actually come to something closer to an understanding of each other’s views, ev…
Linux Dev Time – Episode 155 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:20
Does language choice actually matter? 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
Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 61 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 23:32
It’s another hot questions episode! Tech we’d use if we rebuilt everything from scratch, career advice to our past selves, how much of our jobs we could do from our phone, and the qualities we’ve seen in great managers.…
2.5 Admins 309: Orbital Sauron [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 24:01
A new HTTP caching standard looks promising but might struggle to get adopted, a terrible space mirror idea is actually happening, cars will spy on us all, and picking a VPN for use with an IP that doesn’t change very of…
Late Night Linux – Episode 395 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:22
Some of the tech from early on in our lives that inspired where we are today. Plus discoveries including and old game that doesn’t work, professional audio hardware that now works on Linux, Arch on easy mode, and an old…
Linux After Dark – Episode 126 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 25:13
Having seen some technologies come to a definite end, Chris wonders if we should be willing to draw a line under open source software sometimes. Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes…