2.5 Admins 312: Bus Factor

2.5 Admins 312: Bus Factor

Author: The Late Night Linux Family August 14, 2026 Duration: 26:47

In a world where photos can no longer be trusted, Jim argues that we should move to a default distrust model where images are signed at every stage of the process of creation. We get into some of the potential issues. Plus how to ensure continuity for your clients in the event of your demise, and setting up a system to demonstrate ZFS replication capabilities.

 

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Google Earth risked ruin with retracted AI tool for making fake satellite pics

Apple is working on a way to authenticate that a photo came from an iPhone camera

 

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Microsoft claims that Windows 11 will work well with 8GB of RAM, some of the innovations coming to high end SSDs, the arguments for TP-Link Omada over Ubiquiti UniFi. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS fe…
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Duration: 24:16
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Ask The Hosts – Episode 39 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 19:50
Our favourite emoji, favourite vehicles, and whether we’d prefer to live in an icy or cold climate or an extremely hot one. With Félim, Gary, Jim, Allan, May, Shane from Hybrid Cloud Show, and special guest Shane from Li…
Late Night Linux – Episode 398 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:51
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Duration: 25:31
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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.