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Down the Linux rabbit hole (Friends)
Dec 12, 2025 · 1 hr 45 min · 151.8 MB
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Alex Kretzschmar joins Adam for a trip down the Linux rabbit hole – Docker vs Podman, building a Kubernetes cluster, ZFS backups with zfs.rent, bootc, favorite Linux distros, new homelab tools built with AI, self-hosting Immich, content creation, Plex and Jellyfin, the future of piracy and more.
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- 0:00Let's talk!
- 0:38Sponsor: Tiger Data
- 2:17Start the show!
- 2:45How are you, Alex?
- 6:17Ok, this is the start for reals
- 8:24Docker ot Podman?
- 15:33Let's talk bootc
- 16:40Rootless vs root
- 16:52Texas Linux Fest!!
- 20:4650,000 subs (and counting)
- 28:31Sponsor: Depot
- 31:22Adam, how do you do your backups?!
- 32:57Hetzner for backups?
- 33:46zfs.rent
- 37:12The trouble with BSD
- 38:57Immich instead of Google Photos
- 41:24From Red Hat to full-time content for Tailscale
- 43:31Doing content as a job
- 48:54How honest can you be??
- 51:22Alex's homelab (from gateway to clients)
- 53:03I don't trust myself with k8s yet
- 53:24Plex!!!
- 59:08Physical media is off the shelf
- 1:06:51Sponsor: Augment Code
- 1:09:46Sponsor: Framer
- 1:11:00Now we have to talk about AI
- 1:18:33Alex built QuickSync Benchmarks with AI
- 1:34:17Favorite Linux distro?
- 1:36:25Declarative vs Bash script
- 1:38:02The 4 DIMM problem
- 1:40:08BBQ and Texas Linux Fest 2026!!
- 1:41:59Watch Silicon Valley
- 1:42:47Closing thoughts and stuff