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Alex Kretzshmar 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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Show Notes:

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Chapters

1. Let's talk! (00:00:00)

2. Sponsor: Tiger Data (00:00:38)

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3. Start the show! (00:02:17)

4. How are you, Alex? (00:02:45)

5. Ok, this is the start for reals (00:06:17)

6. Docker ot Podman? (00:08:24)

7. Let's talk bootc (00:15:33)

8. Rootless vs root (00:16:40)

9. Texas Linux Fest!! (00:16:52)

10. 50,000 subs (and counting) (00:20:46)

11. Sponsor: Depot (00:28:31)

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12. Adam, how do you do your backups?! (00:31:22)

13. Hetzner for backups? (00:32:57)

14. zfs.rent (00:33:46)

https://zfs.rent

15. The trouble with BSD (00:37:12)

16. Immich instead of Google Photos (00:38:57)

17. From Red Hat to full-time content for Tailscale (00:41:24)

18. Doing content as a job (00:43:31)

19. How honest can you be?? (00:48:54)

20. Alex's homelab (from gateway to clients) (00:51:22)

21. I don't trust myself with k8s yet (00:53:03)

22. Plex!!! (00:53:24)

23. Physical media is off the shelf (00:59:08)

24. Sponsor: Augment Code (01:06:51)

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25. Sponsor: Framer (01:09:46)

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26. Now we have to talk about AI (01:11:00)

27. Alex built QuickSync Benchmarks with AI (01:18:33)

28. Favorite Linux distro? (01:34:17)

29. Declarative vs Bash script (01:36:25)

30. The 4 DIMM problem (01:38:02)

31. BBQ and Texas Linux Fest 2026!! (01:40:08)

32. Watch Silicon Valley (01:41:59)

33. Closing thoughts and stuff (01:42:47)

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Down the Linux rabbit hole (Friends)

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