Sysadministrivia

It was, in fact, DNS (this time!).

We talk about some basics of DNS via a bird’s-eye-view of how it works. (Full shownotes at https://sysadministrivia.com/episodes/S3E10)

In this episode we provide some initial experiences with some self-hosted GitHub alternatives: Gogs, Gitea, and GitLab. (Full shownotes at https://sysadministrivia.com/episodes/S3E9)

We talk about administration of systems in a cross-platform/cross-OS fleet. Jthan poses a question about evaluating software for deployment. (Full shownotes at https://sysadministrivia.com/episodes/S3E8)

In this episode, we talk about the shortcomings of ZFS on Linux and briefly introduce you to the world of running your own private PKI. (Full shownotes at https://sysadministrivia.com/episodes/S3E7)

We give an update of our personal projects, Jthan and I announce a joint project for Arch users, and we talk a bit about whether webapps should be packaged. The birth of me saying “paythan”. (Full shownotes at https://sysadministrivia.com/episodes/S3E6)

In this episode, we talk about considerations for remotely working/telecommuting/digital-only offices/businesses. Jthan’s reference to “meatsnacks”. (Full shownotes at https://sysadministrivia.com/episodes/S3E5)

In which we talk about conducting audits and why hardware vulns are such a big deal. We also mention a charity event we want to do at HOPE! (Full shownotes at https://sysadministrivia.com/episodes/S3E4)

In which we expound upon mentoring and choosing enterprise distros. We also deliver the as-promised language-package-manager rant. (Full shownotes at https://sysadministrivia.com/episodes/S3E3)

Where we talk about choosing which enterprise Linux distro to use (or, rather – how to choose which Linux distro you should use in your enterprise environment), being a valuable mentor, Let’s Encrypt offering wildcard certs, and why people need to clam dwno about Net Neutrality (as important as it is!).

The origin of the “transvanporent” and “grunchy” inside jokes. (Full shownotes at https://sysadministrivia.com/episodes/S3E2)

Striker (yes, that’s his real name), from FreeIPA (which we talk about in S2E10), joins us to talk more in-depth about the project.

Sorry for the delay in release! (Full shownotes at https://sysadministrivia.com/episodes/S3E1)