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Matt from Linux Out Loud guest hosts with Jill and Ryan to dive into major internet events and Linux news! We tackle Ryan's "disappointing" take according to a listerner on EU censorship and free speech, discuss the massive Cloudflare outage that took half the internet down, debate if antivirus is necessary on Linux, and look at ProtonDB and the Steam Survey to see if Linux gaming has already won. Plus, we highlight Rclone as the Software Pick.
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:54 Community Feedback: “Disappointed in Ryan” (EU Censorship & Free Speech)
00:31:10 Sandfly Security – Agentless Defense for Linux
00:33:48 Cloudflare Falls Over: When Half the Internet Trips
00:34:38 Game Preservation: Keeping Delisted Classics Alive
00:47:03 Kaspersky on Linux: Do We Even Need Antivirus?
00:54:28 ProtonDB & Steam Survey: Has Linux Gaming Already Won?
01:04:15 Software Pick: Rclone – RSync for All Your Clouds
01:06:29 Outro
Matt from Linux Out Loud guest hosts with Jill and Ryan to dive into major internet events and Linux news! We tackle Ryan's "disappointing" take according to a listerner on EU censorship and free speech, discuss the massive Cloudflare outage that took half the internet down, debate if antivirus is necessary on Linux, and look at ProtonDB and the Steam Survey to see if Linux gaming has already won. Plus, we highlight Rclone as the Software Pick.
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:54 Community Feedback: “Disappointed in Ryan” (EU Censorship & Free Speech)
00:31:10 Sandfly Security – Agentless Defense for Linux
00:33:48 Cloudflare Falls Over: When Half the Internet Trips
00:34:38 Game Preservation: Keeping Delisted Classics Alive
00:47:03 Kaspersky on Linux: Do We Even Need Antivirus?
00:54:28 ProtonDB & Steam Survey: Has Linux Gaming Already Won?
01:04:15 Software Pick: Rclone – RSync for All Your Clouds
01:06:29 Outro










![Interview with John Overton of Kove, Software Defined Memory
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In this episode of Destination Linux, we interview the founder of Kove, Dr. John Overton, about the journey from co-inventing distributed hash tables that powered the early cloud to his latest breakthrough Kove:SDM, a Software Defined Memory system that literally lets servers download more RAM. Overton dives into the open source ethos that shaped his career. If you’re passionate about Linux, composable infrastructure, or tech that bends the laws of physics, this conversation is a must watch.
SHOW NOTES ►► https://destinationlinux.net/430
Forum Discussion Thread ►► https://destinationlinux.net/forum
Hosted by:
Michael Tunnell = https://michaeltunnell.com
Jill Bryant = https://jilllinuxgirl.com
Ryan (DasGeek) = https://dasgeek.net
Links:
- https://kove.com/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_hash_table
SHOW NOTES ►► https://destinationlinux.net/430
Chapters:
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:21 Why we turned a 3-minute booth chat into a full interview
00:02:40 John Overton of Kove
00:03:48 Early career & inventing distributed hash tables
00:16:10 Foundational tech that made todays cloud possible
00:24:56 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
00:26:48 Johns take on AI
00:39:52 The birth of Kove SDM – why it started
01:03:16 Making download more RAM real – memory-pool magic
01:17:40 Kove SDM vs. Compute Express Link (CXL)
01:24:54 What are there new challenges in computing you’re excited to tackle?
01:35:39 Lightning round – guilty pleasures, movies & more
01:40:03 Outro
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