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At CyberGizmo, I aim to give back to the community by sharing my knowledge on Linux, open source software, and related technology. I provide tutorials, insights, and in-depth reviews of Linux distributions, kernels, and other tools to help users make informed decisions.

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Should you upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS? 

In this live stream I break down the real decision — not another benchmark video.

We cover:
• Do you even need an LTS release?
• Hardware reality vs marketing specs (RAM, performance)
• systemd 259 — has it gone too far?
• Security deep dive: CVE spike, 659 fixed, Spectre/Meltdown status after 8+ years
• My 45-day challenge progress update (Week 2)

No fence-sitting. Clear recommendations for servers, daily drivers, workstations, and creator machines.

Live: Wednesday, April 29th at 3:00 PM CDT

If you're on 24.04 or earlier and trying to decide whether to upgrade, this is the stream for you.

Drop your current setup in the comments — what version are you running?


#Ubuntu #Ubuntu2604 #Linux
A Live Look at Ubuntu 26.04, what to expect, a CVE spike,
What Canonical did to fix them, Specre-Meltdown? and
"Should you Upgrade to 26.04 LTS"?
EP3 - Week 1 of the 45-Day GhostBSD Challenge

This is the edited version of Week 1 where I finally kick off the challenge properly.

In this episode:
- Fresh install of GhostBSD 26.1-R15.0p2 (FreeBSD 15.0 baseline) on the Comet Lake NUC
- Setting up ZFS as the root filesystem
- Fixing hardware acceleration (moving from VESA/software rendering to i915kms)
- First ZFS boot environment baseline created
- Success getting my OnTime rundown AppImage running via Linuxulator
- Honest hardware reality check: Lenovo T16s & GMKtec Ryzen AI 300 machines still failing to boot

Also sharing my thoughts on Age Verification laws and why I'm testing Parrot OS Home alongside FreeBSD.

This is the real beginning of the journey — no hype, just honest progress and friction.

Next week: Deeper into jails + PF, daily driver workflows, and more hardware testing.

#GhostBSD #FreeBSD #45DayChallenge #DailyDriver
The Channelnge begins and I will tell you all about how the first week went April 22. 2026 at 3 PM CDT
After years of thinking about it, I’m going all-in: switching from Fedora to FreeBSD 15 and using it as my full daily driver for the next 45 days.

No casual testing — this becomes my main workstation for work, browsing, development, and everything else. I’ll be living with the unified base system, legendary ZFS boot environments, simpler init, Ports collection, jails, bhyve, the Linux compatibility layer, and PF firewall in real daily use.

I’ll be completely honest in the check-ins: the wins, the frustrations, and the surprises. Toward the end, I’ll also test the upgrade to FreeBSD 15.1 when it releases on June 2nd.

This is the intro video to the full 45-day series.

🔥 Watch the full challenge playlist: [link when created]
🛠️ FreeBSD 15 Resources:
- Official FreeBSD Site: https://www.freebsd.org
- Getting Started Guide: https://www.freebsd.org/where/

#FreeBSD #FreeBSD15 #BSD #LinuxToBSD #DailyDriverChallenge
Phase 2 of the IBM + Red Hat integration began in April 2026.

In this live stream we’re going to talk about:
• What “Step 2” actually means right now (back-office consolidation, org changes, and the quiet parts nobody talks about)
• What this absorption means for the wider Linux ecosystem — including Fedora, RHEL, and upstream projects
• How it lines up with what I predicted last year
• My personal 45-day challenge: switching from Fedora to FreeBSD 15 as my daily driver

I'll also be taking your questions live.

Join me tomorrow at 3:00 PM CDT.

Timestamps will be added after the stream.

If you're watching after the live, drop your thoughts below — especially if you're currently at Red Hat or using RHEL derivatives.

The video referenced in the Live Stream is this video i made in 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lBfvMi1gHw
Something is Happening to Red Hat
“On a recent WAN Show, Luke showed himself fighting a massive 10,000+ file transfer from an NTFS drive on Linux. He ended up with thousands of files missing and had to resort to copying folder by folder.

Could he have avoided the problem?
Is there a Solution?
What I found.
In this episode of the CyberGizmo answering Linux Questions and playing around with the Live Streams again if you have a question will answer them

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Music Used in this video
"NonStop" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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