Ask Noah Show Episode 243: Starting Fresh: Part 1
Steve Ovens joins us as we discuss the steam deck, Matrix getting 30 million in funding to polish the rough edges, and with Steve moving into a new house we talk about starting fresh!
-- During The Show --
00:45 Affiliate Link Typo - Chris
- Feel free to google the model and buy else where
- Lenovo Dock (Affiliate Link) works with MAC
- OWC Dock (Affiliate Link) preferred MAC dock
02:50 Unexpected IPv6 - Hesham
- IPv4 has NAT, firewall optional
- IPv6 no NAT, firewall required
06:15 ANS Telegram - Advait
- Geeklab.ninja no account required
- GeekLab Telegram
- GeekLab Matrix
- Matrix and Telegram are bridged
07:20 Resizing Windows Drives - Chris
- Use the windows partition manager
- Remove unnecessary files
- Disable Swap File
- Start>Settings>System>About System
- Advanced System Settings (About half way down)
- Click Settings Button Under "Performance"
- Click Advanced Tab
- Under Virtual Memory click change button
- Un-check "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives"
- Select no paging file
- Click OK and reboot
- JkDefrag
- From an administrative command prompt run: jkdefrag -a 5
- Shrink partition using Windows partition manager
- Remember to leave enough room to turn swap file back on
- [Chris DeLuca (naelr) Matrix ID](@naelr:linuxdelta.com)
09:30 Email Feedback - Will
- Posteo doesn't allow custom domains
- Having control over your email domain is important
11:00 Pick Of the week
- OtterCast
- Audio line out
- Audio Headphones out
- Audio IN
- WiFi
- Ethernet
- USB Sound card mode
- Webinterface (Configuration)
- Shairport-Sync
- Pulseaudio sink/source
- Snapcast server/client
- Spotify Connect (librespot)
13:20 Gadget of the week
- Steam Link Discussion with Steve Ovens
- Will probably buy for the family instead of a switch
- Steam controller is a favorite controller
- Steambox/Steam Controller vs Steam Link comparison
- Valve is pushing game shops to use Proton instead of linux native
- Price discussion
- FOSS vs Proprietary discussion
24:30 Ear 1 Wireless Ear Buds
- Verge Article
- Earbuds from OnePlus
- $99
- 11.6 Drivers by Teenage Engineering
- Qi and Type-C charging
26:30 Matrix Gets 30M
- Access Act bill, HR 3849
- World is waking up to decentralized services
- Managing locked in platforms are too much for gov to manage
- 150,000 German Health care organizations on Matrix
- Funding from Protocol Labs
- Makers of Matrix don't "need" this funding
- EMS currently makes enough to fund matrix development
- This funding simply accelerates development and "Polish"
- Funding planned for:
- Full P2P support
- Native E2EE VOIP/Web Conferencing
- Decentralized Reputation system
- Barinsta Cease and Desist Reddit
- Barinsta Cease and Desist Github
- Cease and Desist seems slightly over reaching
42:30 Alma Linux Office Hours
- Alma Linux Post
- Monday 4pm UTC
- Beginning August 2nd 2021
- You can email your questions in too!
- Haven't been able to reach Rocky Linux folks
- Alma Linux very accessible and involved
46:00 K9Mail Upgrade
- Android Police
- Huge Upgrade
- Lots of fixes
- Lots of new features
- Version 5.8 is not quite available in Play Store
47:47 Steve Ovens Move/Tech
- Where do I centralize things?
- Access Points/Ethernet drops
- Types of mounting/racks
- Smurf Tube (Affiliate Link)
- TV Boxes
- Device Charging Setup
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