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How Intel and AMD have fought it out over the years, Apple changes the industry with their M1 SoC, and we repeat the mantra that RAID is not a backup.

 

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A history of Intel vs. AMD desktop performance, with CPU charts galore

Hands-on with the Apple M1—a seriously fast x86 competitor

Intel’s Disruption is Now Complete

 

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A question about drive failures is answered with a basic lesson in backups.

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Google proves that “unlimited” anything doesn’t exist, GitHub shenanigans, Apple’s new Arm computers, and which distro to start with as a sysadmin.

 

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Allan’s ZFS Webinar – Nov 18th, signup soon

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Arm Macs announced

Google Photos is the latest “Unlimited” plan to impose hard limits

GitHub’s source code was leaked on GitHub last night… sort of

Allan trolls Greg K-H

 

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We were asked whether someone starting out as a sysadmin should master Debian or CentOS.

 

 

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We wade through Cloudfare’s marketing fluff, forced WordPress plugin updates, a bunch of your questions, and the shocking revelation that FreeBSD actually has graphics drivers.

 

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History of FreeBSD, Part 2

 

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Introducing Cloudflare One

Introducing Cloudflare Browser Isolation beta

WordPress deploys forced security update for dangerous bug in popular plugin

 

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We answered a big batch of questions about managing bandwidth quotas, tape backups, preventing users from rebooting, and DKMS issues.

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How not to store test results, AMD firmly on top of the desktop space, what moving to remote work means for corporate networks, and deduplication of disorganized data.

 

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Allan’s summary of the OpenZFS Devsummit 2020

All Things Open

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Why using Microsoft’s tool caused Covid-19 results to be lost

AMD’s new Zen 3 Ryzen desktop CPUs arrive November 5

Yesterday’s corporate network design isn’t working for working from home

 

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Joe asked for advice on deduplicating some old disorganized data.

 

 

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Intel almost catching up to AMD with Tiger Lake, the .uk fiasco, and why you shouldn’t be using dd.

 

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OpenZFS Developer Summit

All Things Open 2020

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Hands-on with Intel’s i7-1185G7 Tiger Lake prototype laptop

Intel’s run at the GPU market begins with Tiger Lake onboard graphics

What the hell is going on with .uk?

.uk registry operator Nominet responds to renewed criticism – by silencing its critics

.uk overlord Nominet tells everyone not to worry about ‘distorted’ vote allocations in its board elections

 

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We were asked about block size while using dd. Jim mentioned his blog post about iostat.

 

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Cyber insurance for ransomware, more confusing WD specs, the truth behind the return of the Gateway brand, and managing config files.

 

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Ransomware accounted for 41% of all cyber insurance claims in H1 2020

Western Digital is trying to redefine the word “RPM”

We found out who makes Walmart’s new Gateway laptops, and it’s bad news

 

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We were asked about managing config files when updating.

 

 

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How Internet standards are decided, what a new one means for the Web, a surprising “feature” of Chrome, and the best ways to monitor your systems.

 

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WebBundles Harmful to Content Blocking, Security Tools, and the Open Web

RFC8890: The Internet is for End Users

A Chrome feature is creating enormous load on global root DNS servers

 

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We were asked about monitoring backups and systems in general.

 

 

 

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Low power x86 vs Arm boards, hard disk failure rates, and the intricacies of ZFS snapshots.

 

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OpenZFS Developer Summit

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Seeed Studio’s Odyssey is a mini-PC for big projects and small wallets

Backblaze Hard Drive Stats Q2 2020

 

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We were asked about ZFS on root, snapshots, and Jim’s project called Sanoid.

 

 

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Intel’s 7nm woes, hosts files, Mozilla’s VPN service, and automating ssh between remote hosts.

 

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Heads roll at Intel after 7nm delay

Intel’s 7nm is busted, chips delayed, may have to use rival foundries to get GPUs out for US govt exascale super

AMD is now following Moore’s Law: More chips, more money, more pressure on Intel, more competition in the x86 space

AMD Says Zen 3 Consumer CPUs Will Launch This Year

Windows 10: HOSTS file blocking telemetry is now flagged as a risk

We test Mozilla’s new Wireguard-based $5/mo VPN service

 

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We were asked about automating ssh between remote hosts. Allan mentioned SSH Mastery.

 

 

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New types of hard disks, recovering data from dying drives, AMD makes Jim reach for the calculator, and what to do with obscure software that you need.

 

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FreeBSD Fridays: A Series of 101 Classes

Joe’s podcast consulting

 

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Western Digital releases new 18TB, 20TB EAMR drives

Tales From The Sysadmin: Impending Hard Drive Doom

AMD Ryzen 4000 desktop CPUs will be here in Q3 2020

 

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We were asked how to deal with updates for software that isn’t in repos and needs to be compiled.

 

 

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