2GT Podcast

2GT Podcast

The 2GT podcast is a conversational podcast from 2GuysTek focused on a variety of #homelab, #selfhosting, and general #datacenter and #technology topics. We strive to get these out monthly, but you know...sometimes that's hard. Find us on YouTube at https://youtube.com/@2guystek If you enjoy the pod, consider supporting us by buying some of our swag or becoming a member of our YouTube channel!

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March 17, 2026 77 mins

We're back in the saddle again, and this month, Rich and Branden explore what it would take to create a buddy colocation to share homelab infrastructure with your friends while talking through pitfalls or risks!

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We're back, people, did ya miss us?! This month, we're bringing you a special conversation I had with Dave Vincent, an IT professional, homelabber, AI Agent mastermind, and VergeOS user extraordinaire! 

Branden and I will be back next month with the same great pod. Until then, enjoy!

Check out Dave's blog here: https://blog.homelabadventures.com/

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This is the second part of our deep dive into the current state of virtualization 2025. In this installment, we talk about VMware by Broadcom's VCF 9.0, Red Hat OpenShift, SUSE Harvester, and touch on this month's news topics!

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In this podcast, we dive deep into the current state of enterprise virtualization. We go deep into what's changed with Nutanix, VergeIO, Proxmox, XCP-ng, and Scale Computing, talk about where you should turn if you're trying to find your way out of the grips of Broadcom by VMware, and more!


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This is a special edition podcast this month! We'll be back next month with more great content! Enjoy!

It's been nearly a year since I released my video on VergeIO's virtualization platform, #VergeOS. A lot has changed in a year, and I've been curious to see how things have been going for Verge, what new innovations they've been bringing to their platform, and where the #homelab version of VergeOS is!

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In this episode, we tackle the news of Google and Meta forcing people to prove their age, the UK government asking people to delete their email and pictures to save water, AOL dial-up coming to an end, OpenAI's ChatGPT5's rough rollout and breaking up with their best friends, and SCALE Computing gets acquired by Acumera.

This month's main topic is all about Red Hat's release of #RHEL 10 and the new features it br...

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With quite a break in between, Rich and Branden are back to finish their conversation about what they're running in their #homelabs! Are there any that you didn't know about? Do you have one that the guys didn't mention? Head over to our Discord and let them know!

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This month's pod is a LOOOONG one! This month we begin to tackle what's running in our #homelabs, what we like about them, what we don't like about them and why! 

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This month's pod is all about revisiting AI now that it's been a year since we talked about it last. Rich and Branden go over how they're using AI in the daily lives, the value each of them feel it provides for them, and then things take a turn as they discuss the advent of AI agents and the potentially disastrous effects it will have on engineering in the future.

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What's next for homelab and tech in 2025? What does the future hold for #virtualization, #AI, and the #homelab? Join Rich and special guest Tom Lawrence as they discuss their predictions for 2025, from all things infrastructure to their plans for this coming year!

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October 22, 2024 77 mins

Occasionally we like to just talk shop, after we cover the month's news. Lucky for you, this month is another one of our Datacenter Mixed Bag podcasts where Rich and Branden get together, talk about all things #datacenter, #homelab, #2GuysTek video releases, and more!

Don't forget to rate us on your favorite podcast platform! 9 out of 10 doctors agree it'll do something!

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There has been a lot of talk on tech Youtube about De-”Google” or “De-Microsoft” yourself and your company. While we completely agree that you as a user or a business should have complete control over your data, we find that some of the solutions provided have major pitfalls that either make it unattainable to the average user or missing major features. We wanted to give both sides of the argument since it seemed very one-sided fro...

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This month's episode is dedicated to discussing Crowdstrike (yeah, we know—we promise this is the last one!) In this pod, Rich and Branden talk tech news and then dive deep into the Crowdstrke Falcon drama now that (most of) the dust has settled. 

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In this episode of the 2GuysTek Tech Chats podcast, Rich and Branden dig through the news and then discuss containers in the homelab, why it's not always the right decision to containerize applications, and microservice versus monolithic architectures and their relevance to containers.

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I had the INCREDIBLE opportunity to sit down and chat with Jeff Ready, CEO and Co-founder of SCALE Computing about the business, their enterprise virtualization platform, HyperCore, and the future of virtualization. Jeff shares some fantastic insights on the virtualization landscape post-Broadcom and the future of virtualization! This is a can't-miss conversation!

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In this month's Tech Chats Podcast, the guys cover the news. Rich rants about cloud providers like Azure and AWS not freely providing the security tools necessary to protect their customers and companies like Microsoft upselling security tools that should be provided for free to customers of their services.

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This month's Tech Chat podcast is all about the risks and benefits of open-source software. From the Red Hat and Redis licensing changes to the XZ backdoor attempt, there have been some pretty significant events in the open-source landscape, and in this podcast, we discuss the good, the bad, and the risk and rewards of using open-source software.

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In the post-vmware world we live in today, many people are evaluating where to turn next for their virtualization needs. In this video, I sat down with  Tom Lawrence to discuss the viability of open-source hypervisors as an alternative to #vmware and other closed-source hypervisors available today. We touch on #XCP-ng and #Proxmox, their viability in business, the #homelab, whether a Broadcom-style takeover could happen to them, an...

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February 4, 2024 81 mins

Welcome to our first podcast of 2024! (yes, it's a little late...that's my fault.) Anyway, we're changing up the podcast a bit in terms of format. That's right! We're trying something a little different! We've added a short news section to the beginning of the pods, followed by our deep-dive topic. This month's podcast is all about 'Life after VMware', where we talk about options and dis...

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December 23, 2023 28 mins

This month, Rich is doing the pod solo, Branden will be back next month! In this episode, Rich talks about the changes to VMware Broadcom has made, his thoughts and feelings on the switch from perpetual licensing to subscription, the potential end of Carbon Black, and VMware's EUC (End-user compute) products like Horizon VDI.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM ALL OF US AT 2GT! LOOKING FORWARD TO 2024!

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