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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts |
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| Oct 27 | — | — |
| Oct 20 | — | #200 |
Latest episodes
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2.5 Admins 322: Internet Defrigeration
October 22, 2026 · 29 minSupermarkets found out why their fridges shouldn’t be on the Internet and Samsung smart fridges broke after a firmware update, why we don’t recommend MoCA, some tips for running ethernet cables in your house, and why it’s fine to use a…
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2.5 Admins 321: Backup Strategy
October 15, 2026 · 28 minWhy batteries in homes could benefit everyone involved, why we didn’t bring up wake-on-LAN when someone asked about keeping a NAS powered on as little as possible, building a router vs buying one, and ways to manage ssh…
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2.5 Admins 320: Dining on Goose
October 8, 2026 · 30 minGoogle offers a few pennies to web publishers to make up for stealing their content and not sending them any traffic, the tech we’d try to use after the apocalypse, why Jim doesn’t virtualise his clients’ desktops, and setting up Volume…
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2.5 Admins 319: Funding Open Source
October 1, 2026 · 30 minThe challenges of funding open source software projects, how Netflix uses FreeBSD in a positive way, why you shouldn’t try to complicate your monitoring, and running servers in a small residence. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an…
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2.5 Admins 318: End of Exchange
September 24, 2026 · 31 minMicrosoft really wants you to update your Exchange server, our thoughts on immutable distros, more on Jim’s approach to internet access for his kids, restricting access to servers on a corporate network, and cloning and backing up…
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2.5 Admins 317: Need Less
September 17, 2026 · 26 minSome of the ways you can mitigate the ridiculous hardware prices, and designing a small business LAN. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes FreeBSD’s Release Cycle: What It Means for Your…
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2.5 Admins 316: BGP Clipboard Hijack
September 10, 2026 · 28 minA BGP hijack involved some basic errors, Microsoft teaches people to ignore warnings in Windows, Zoom appears to be reading the clipboard on X11, why a non-US open certificate authority is feasible in theory, and keeping a NAS powered on…
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2.5 Admins 315: Hot Bus Adapter
September 3, 2026 · 27 minWhat to read into a study of long-term Backblaze hard drive failure data, why the difference between TB and TiB matters, and what to do about an overheating host bus adapter. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed…
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2.5 Admins 314: 50 PBS TBS
August 27, 2026 · 28 minA TV station struggles to retrieve its data from the data centre company that a defunct intermediary used, why we don’t want AI to manage our networks (even if Microsoft thinks we should), and understanding vdevs, and datasets in…
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2.5 Admins 313: Cooking with NVMe
August 20, 2026 · 28 minMicrosoft 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 feed with some…
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2.5 Admins 312: Bus Factor
August 13, 2026 · 27 minIn 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…
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2.5 Admins 311: Couch Cushions
August 6, 2026 · 28 minMicrosoft 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 network from a…
About the show
2.5 Admins is a podcast featuring two sysadmins called Allan Jude and Jim Salter, and a producer/editor who can just about configure a Samba share called Joe Ressington. Every week we get together, talk about recent tech news, and answer some of your admin-related questions.