2.5 Admins 298: Windows Postdate

Microsoft is encouraging employees with the most experience to leave the company and letting users pause Windows updates forever, some of the best features you’ll get in the version of ZFS that ships with the new Ubuntu LTS, and backing up data from cloud services.

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Extending ZFS Performance Without Hardware Upgrades (klarasystems.com/articles/extending-zfs-perfor…)

News/discussion

Microsoft tackles quality control issues. Just kidding, it’s encouraging experienced workers to leave (theregister.com/2026/04/24/microsoft_seeks_qua…)

Your Windows update experience just got updated (blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2026/04/24/y…)

github.com/openzfs/zfs/releases/tag/zfs-2.3.0

github.com/openzfs/zfs/releases/tag/zfs-2.4.0

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