LINUX Unplugged

678: Entropy Ain't Easy

August 2nd, 2026  |  1 hr 8 mins

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Seven Linux kernels landed in one day. We sort out which belong in your homelab, and trace Linux’s long, occasionally disastrous quest for truly random numbers.