Starlink Kill Switch in Iran, WebP Outages, CES 2026 AI Rerun, Switching to Linux

In this episode of Zero Downtime, John and Logan unpack reports that Iran was able to disrupt Starlink during protests and why that matters more than most people realize. If satellite internet can be jammed or interfered with, it changes a lot of assumptions about censorship resistance and always on connectivity. They dig into what actually works when traditional networks go dark, why mesh networks are still relevant, and where tools like Briar and low bandwidth radio meshes fit in real world scenarios. Then they shift gears into the ongoing WebP problem and why browser support does not equal production safety when embedded browsers, webviews, and legacy systems are still everywhere. AVIF comes up as the direction image pipelines are already moving. They wrap with CES 2026 feeling like the same AI story with better demos, and the practical reality of running Linux in 2026, what works daily, what still breaks, and when a Windows VM is still unavoidable. Weekly conversations about reliability, practical tech, and what actually holds up in the real world.