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Unity causes a stink with its new pricing model, running out of disk space causes a very expensive problem, how one-off promotional domains can come back to bite you, and picking the hardware and software for a router.

 

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Unity has changed its pricing model, and game developers are pissed off

Unity rushes to clarify price increase plan, as game developers fume

unity_to_godot_converter: An experimental converter from Unity to Godot game engines

Toyota outage caused by servers running out of storage

Lidl recalls Paw Patrol snacks after website on packaging displayed porn

 

Free Consulting

We were asked about picking the hardware and software for a router.

 

 

 

 

 

HelloFresh

With HelloFresh, you get farm-fresh, pre-portioned ingredients and seasonal recipes delivered right to your doorstep. Get 50% off plus 15% off the next 2 months at hellofresh.com/5025admins using code 5025admins.

 

 

Kolide

Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure, it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Watch the demo today to see how it works at kolide.com/25a

 

 

 

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The user experience on fresh installations of Windows and Edge is terrible and we get to the bottom of why. Unfortunately the reason isn’t exclusive to Microsoft’s offerings – it’s a pattern that we’ve seen from numerous companies, even Mozilla. Plus why it’s a bad idea to power your server on and off regularly.

 

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Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron

Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Windows 11 to get people to ditch Google

 

 

 

 

 

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Dropbox once again proves that there is no such thing as “unlimited” anything, Intel isn’t going to support WiFi 7 on Windows 10 (but it doesn’t really matter), managing ssh keys, setting up data storage for containers, and more on IPMI for Raspberry Pis.

 

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Dropbox limits ‘all the storage you need’ unlimited plan, blames abusive users

Intel doesn’t plan to support Wi-Fi 7 on Windows 10

Wi-Fi 7 is Coming: Here’s What You Need to Know

 

Feedback

Turing Pi

 

Free Consulting

We were asked about managing ssh keys, and setting up data storage for containers.

 

 

 

 

Kolide

Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure, it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Watch the demo today to see how it works at kolide.com/25a

 

 

 

 

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CNET’s SEO attempts once again show that nothing lasts forever, why the reports of the death of the mechanical hard drive are greatly exaggerated, and home-made IPMI on the cheap.

 

News/discussion

The Internet is not forever after all: CNET deletes old articles to game Google

Coughlin: SSDs will not kill disk drives

Samsung Announces 256TB SSDs and Unveils Peta-Byte Scale PBSSDs

 

 

 

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Why fully remote work is on the wane as Zoom drags employees back to the office and Bluejeans is shut down, the Sandisk SSDs that keep failing, and how and why you should use ECC RAM in your home server if you can.

 

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Zoom has “Zoom fatigue,” requires workers to return to the office

BlueJeans, Verizon’s Google Meet competitor you’ve never heard of, is shutting down

We just lost 3TB of data on a SanDisk Extreme SSD

SanDisk’s silence deafens as high-profile users say Extreme SSDs still broken

 

Free Consulting

We were asked about ECC RAM in a home server.

 

 

 

Kolide

Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure, it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Watch the demo today to see how it works at kolide.com/25a

 

 

 

 

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Allan and Jim reminisce about the early days of connecting to the Internet, and what inspired them to become sysadmins in the first place. Plus recovering old versions of files, and an exciting announcement about the show.

 

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2.5 Admins is now part of the Late Night Linux Family. Support us on Patreon

 

News/discussion

2.5 Admins in

The ‘90s Internet: When 20 hours online triggered an email from my ISP’s president

How To Start An ISP (like it’s 1993)

 

Free Consulting

We were asked about recovering old versions of files.

 

 

 

 

 

Linux Matters

Check out Linux Matters – a show in the Late Night Linux Family hosted by popey, Mark, and Wimpy about all the Linux matters that matter. They did a recent episode about backups (without using ZFS).

 

 

 

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Why the increasing trend of charging for public IPv4 addresses won’t change much, Google trials restricting its employees’ Internet access, and operating systems uploading firmware to devices at boot.

 

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Klara 2023 Recommended Summer Reads – FreeBSD and Linux

 

News

New – AWS Public IPv4 Address Charge + Public IP Insights

AWS to charge customers for public IPv4 addresses from 2024

Google’s new security pilot program will ban employee Internet access

 

 

Free Consulting

We were asked about operating systems uploading firmware to devices at boot, rather than having it baked in.

 

 

 

 

Kolide

Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure, it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Watch the demo today to see how it works at kolide.com/25a

 

 

 

 

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Updating the robots.txt standard for the AI era, the US government implements an IoT certification and labeling system, and the issues with fully encrypting a server.

 

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3 Advantages to Running FreeBSD as Your Server Operating System

 

News/discussion

Google suggests updating the robots.txt standard

Robots.txt is not the answer: Proposing a new meta tag for LLM/AI

ChatGPT Browse with Bing temporarily disabled

The Biden administration is tackling smart devices with a new cybersecurity label

 

Free Consulting

We were asked about fully encrypting a server.

The Klara article that Allan mentioned

 

 

 

 

 

Factor

Factor’s fresh, never frozen, meals are ready in just 2 minutes, so all you have to do is heat them up and enjoy. Go to factormeals.com/25a50 and use code 25a50 to get 50% off.

 

 

 

 

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Intel is giving up on NUCs and Asus is taking over the line, millions of classified US military emails are going to a Russian ally thanks to a common typo, and monitoring SSDs.

 

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Linux and FreeBSD Firewalls – Part 2

 

News

Intel is quitting on its adorable, powerful, and upgradable mini NUC computers

Intel and ASUS Agree to Term Sheet to Take Intel NUC Systems Product Line Forward

‘Millions’ of sensitive US military emails were reportedly sent to Mali due to a typo

 

Free Consulting

We were asked about monitoring SSDs.

 

 

 

 

Kolide

Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure, it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Watch the demo today to see how it works at kolide.com/25a

 

 

 

 

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Setting up a self-hosted alternative, what counts as a “removable” battery, and backing up a Windows machine to ZFS.

 

News/discussion

Practical ZFS

Making sense of the EU’s fight for user-replaceable smartphone batteries

(Jim was wrong about AirTags and their batteries. He’ll correct the record next time. No need to email us.)

 

Free Consulting

We were asked about backing up a Windows machine to ZFS.

 

 

 

 

HelloFresh

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