Great funding news for LVFS and KDE, why Europe probably needs some more home-grown distros, a conspiracy theory about Cloudflare seems unlikely, and we wonder what can be done about all the irresponsibly disclosed vulnerabilities that new tools are discovering. With guest host Andy from Linux Dev Time.
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LVFS Sponsorship Announcement
Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development
KDE bags €1.3M as Europe realizes it might need an OS of its own
Can Someone Please Explain Whether Cloudflare Blackmailed Canonical?
‘Dirty Frag’ Linux flaw one-ups CopyFail with no patches and public root exploit
Dirty Frag gets a sequel as Fragnesia hands Linux attackers root-level access
Linux kernel maintainers pitch emergency killswitch after CopyFail and Dirty Frag chaos
DirtyCBC: When Linux Kernel Decrypt-Before-MAC Turns Authenticated Encryption Into a Page-Cache Write
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Linux Dev Time – Episode 150
17/05/2026 | 28 mins.
Andy has been taking the One Billion Row Challenge, and has been thinking about the broader question of what makes software fast.
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Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 56
15/05/2026 | 29 mins.
We get into some homelab updates. Sean has been consolidating hardware, Gary has been implementing high availability with Proxmox, and Shane has been working hard to get Home Assistant working with Kubernetes, as well as downloading YouTube videos.
Shane’s homelab
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2.5 Admins 299: RMAggravation
14/05/2026 | 27 mins.
People trying to return defective hard drives and RAM are finding out why consumer protection laws would be good, GoDaddy accidentally gave someone’s domain name away, and when and how to fix ZFS fragmentation.
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Fast Dedup Economics: When Deduplication Beats Buying New Disks
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Toshiba refuses to replace large hard drive that was under warranty — company offers refund at the purchase price, not the higher current retail price
GoDaddy Gave a Domain to a Stranger Without Any Documentation
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Ask The Hosts – Episode 36
13/05/2026 | 18 mins.
Light bulb colour temperatures, doing nice things for ourselves, pulling faces while playing guitar, and surreal experiences. With Allan from 2.5 Admins, May from Linux After Dark, and Shane from Hybrid Cloud Show.
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