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2.5 Admins 324: Less Canadian

November 5, 2026 · 33 min

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A bug in APT shines a light on a long-standing issue, backing up databases in containers, the pros and cons of using FreeBSD to host Linux VMs, network isolation for VMs, and using another backup technology in addition to ZFS. With guest host Sean from Hybrid Cloud Show.

 

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APT can merge two different package downloads after an HTTP redirect gives them the same URI

 

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A modern Proxmox Docker architecture with disposable VMs, VirtIO-FS, and ZFS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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