2.5 Admins podcast

2.5 Admins

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.

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.

 

#293

2.5 Admins 293: Reduced Flicker

Microsoft says Windows 11 is getting less rubbish but we are skeptical, vehicles with alco... more

Yesterday

27 MINS

27:20

Yesterday


#292

2.5 Admins 292: Trivyally Infected

The US government is drumming up fear about foreign routers, a pretty serious supply chain... more

26 Mar 2026

27 MINS

27:12

26 Mar 2026


#291

2.5 Admins 291: UPS for LiFePO4

Why passkeys aren’t the right solution to everything, Allan tells us why he loves hi... more

19 Mar 2026

28 MINS

28:43

19 Mar 2026


#290

2.5 Admins 290: Tired of Tracking

Microsoft Authenticator will delete Entra credentials on phones that aren’t running ... more

12 Mar 2026

28 MINS

28:33

12 Mar 2026


#289

2.5 Admins 289: Hunter2

An exciting new cold storage technology seems to be getting closer, Nvidia seemingly wants... more

05 Mar 2026

27 MINS

27:02

05 Mar 2026


#288

2.5 Admins 288: HDD Tourism

Hardware scarcity and price hikes spread to hard drives, the Bcachefs dev thinks his AI is... more

26 Feb 2026

28 MINS

28:38

26 Feb 2026


#287

2.5 Admins 287: Dual Arguators

Jim and Allan disagree on how new hard drive tech is likely to work, more on storage and c... more

19 Feb 2026

32 MINS

32:44

19 Feb 2026


#286

2.5 Admins 286: Windows Crashed

Notepad++ falls victim to a state-sponsored attacker, AI agents talk nonsense to each othe... more

12 Feb 2026

25 MINS

25:41

12 Feb 2026


#285

2.5 Admins 285: example.com.oops

Outlook’s autodiscover feature is leaking data again, our thoughts on the cycle of c... more

05 Feb 2026

27 MINS

27:41

05 Feb 2026


#284

2.5 Admins 284: BooTooth

Why you might not want your Windows encryption keys to be backed up to Microsoft, some Blu... more

29 Jan 2026

26 MINS

26:08

29 Jan 2026


#283

2.5 Admins 283: FSOD

The last method to activate Windows without the Internet has gone away, malware that trick... more

22 Jan 2026

25 MINS

25:10

22 Jan 2026


#282

2.5 Admins 282: Fragile DNS

Cisco network gear fell over when it shouldn’t have, yet another security flaw is fo... more

15 Jan 2026

28 MINS

28:51

15 Jan 2026


#281

2.5 Admins 281: Lead The Target

The many reasons why email shouldn’t be trusted. Plus how to stop your kids accessin... more

08 Jan 2026

26 MINS

26:37

08 Jan 2026