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This week, the hosts tackle the AI-driven hardware shortage affecting RAM and GPUs, predicting price spikes lasting until 2027. They explore managing ZFS via web interfaces like Cockpit and introduce WebZFS for streamlined server management. The discussion shifts to valuable tools like Calibre for eBooks and the excitement of karaoke with light-sync projects. They also dive into automation techniques for certificate management using LDAP and Ansible. Finally, they highlight the promising new ESP32-E22 with Wi-Fi 6E capabilities.

What is the role of tape backup in 2026? Should ZFS be used on tape? Steve takes us back to his days at IMAX and gives us some things to think about when using tape. We answer your questions, take your feedback -- During The Show -- 00:50 Immich - Greg Immich feedback Round 1 deployment recap Round 2 deployment recap Latest breakage Things Steve likes about Immich Ente experience Rising tide, iron sharpens iron Everyone hits problems sometimes 11:50 General Show Feedback - Pete Thank You feedback Buying Expedition 33 Noah purchased Expedition 33 "Little Noah" and budget Using external disks for games 16:28 News Wire Curl 8.18 - curl.se Doxygen 1.16 - doxygen.nl Windowmaker Live 13.3 - wmlive.sourceforge.net Budgie 10.10 - buddiesofbudgie.org Pentoo 2026.0 - pentoo.ch Nitrix 5.1 - nxos.org Debian 13.3 - debian.org Linux Mint 22.3 - linuxmint.com Bose Open Sources Speakers - designboom.com UAT-7290 - thehackernews.com GoBruteforcer - darkreading.com VoidLink - thehackernews.com NousCoder-14B - venturebeat.com Razer AI Kit - techpowerup.com 17:55 Caller Btrfs Assistant Restoring btrfs snapshots Base vs incremental snapshots Framework Knowledge Base 23:00 Music Production on Linux Started with misconception everything is for Windows and Mac Not many instruments are being made Hybrid pianos Stage pianos Pianoteq Virtual instruments Hammer graded controllers Semi weighted keys Synth Keys Akai Professional MPK Mini Plus Amazon VST3 MT Powerdrum Tal Base Line 101 36:50 Tape Backup Slow but reliable and cheap Tar command Data velocity Burn rate How to use tape Tools for data tapes Failure domain -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies Support Ask Noah Show

This week dives into the drama of a dead hard drive that disrupted a Frigate setup, exploring recovery strategies and drive lifecycles. The hosts discuss the challenges of integrating new technology into users' lives, including a fun take on an electric dirt bike firmware flash. Listeners are treated to a tech news roundup featuring updates on software like Shotcut and OpenTTD. A spirited debate on Flatpak versus traditional packaged software showcases differing preferences, while backup strategies for GrapheneOS deliver practical insights.

This week Steve reviews Expedition 33. We take your feedback, and Steve builds a new PC and talks motherboard. -- During The Show -- 00:50 Intro Profanity Kids language Stripping profanity and vulgarity MonkeyPlug Motherboards and RAM prices ASRock ASUS 18:04 News Wire Lua 5.5 - lua.org Ruby 4.0 - ruby-lang.org QEMU 10.2 - wiki.qemu.org Pinta 3.1 - omgubuntu.co.uk Voyager 13.2 - voyagerlive.org Nobara 43 - nobaraproject.org Porteux 2.5 - distrowatch.com Parrot 7.0 - parrotsec.org PostmarkOS 25.12 - postmarketos.org Elementary OS 8.1 - elementary.io MinIO in Maintenance Mode - infoq.com KawaiiGPT - opensourceforu.com Z.ai - businesswire.com Chatterbox Turbo - the-decoder.com 18:57 Listener responds to self hosted - Josh Setup SSO PocketID Hesitant to adopt passkeys Argument for and against passkeys 26:41 Email Archiving for Privacy - Dominik Why you should archive email Plain text vs Mbox/PST imapsync GitHub Email threat model 32:54 Expedition 33 Expedition 33 Doesn't have an "agenda" Story of small Indie team If you apply yourself, you can succeed Awards Sales Live action adaptation Game play and Story are amazing It's a sad game Amazing music AI controversy AI vs human work Proper use of AI tools -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies Support Ask Noah Show

This week, the duo embarks on a holiday adventure, installing a smart lock and discussing Steve's programmable Christmas tree that dances with lights. They explore the ins and outs of structured wiring, covering Ethernet setups for home media and D&D gaming. The conversation shifts to evaluating local control devices like SwitchBot, while reflecting on consumer choices and gratitude. Finally, they dive into the latest open-source news, including exciting releases and security stories.

This week we dig full force into some interesting listener questions. Noah talks about an open source hardware synth, and Steve walks through some of his hardware choices to help you! -- During The Show -- 00:50 Intro Weather Cooling IT rooms in winter 05:00 Printers, DVD ripping and more - James Steve has 2 brother printers Auto Duplexing Separate printer and scanner Large business grade units Ask Noah Show 368 All in One Brother DCP-L2640DW Amazon Budget Brother HL-L2460DW Amazon Monochrome Brother HL-6210DW Amazon Color Brother HL-L3280CDW Amazon Trouble with auto duplexing Stay away from Lexar HP printers Manually add the printer Change to Jetdirect or IP printer Pay attention to exact model or most similar When it goes wrong, it goes really wrong Your mileage may vary Canon Color Image Class LBP622Cdw Amazon Scanner Brother ADS-1200 Amazon Containers vs Codecs MKV vs MP4 Avidemux Ripping as ISOs vs video files MakeMKV MakeMKV Docker Image # sudo modprobe sg services: makemkv: image: ghcr.io/jlesage/makemkv:latest ports: - "5800:5800" volumes: - "./makemkv:/config:rw" - "./storage:/storage:ro" - "./output:/output:rw" security_opt: # Fix for apparmor enabled systems - apparmor:unconfined environment: - USER_ID=1000 - GROUP_ID=1000 devices: - "/dev/sr0:/dev/sr0" - "/dev/sg0:/dev/sg0" Christmas movies Handbrake FFmpeg Transcoding Run controller at each site Ubiquiti Cloud Key Lots of problems OVH server Put basic auth in front Inbox Zero Paperless NGX Dump to eml file then import into special Thunderbird 45:14 News Wire Firefox 146 - firefox.com Thunderbird 146 - thunderbird.net KDE Frameworks 6.12 - kde.org Cinnamon Desktop 6.6 - itsfoss.com Mir 2.25 - github.com Rust 1.92 - blog.rust-lang.org AerynOS 2025.12 - phoronix.com Kali Linux 2025.4 - kali.org Pop!_OS 24.04 - itsfoss.com PearOS - pearos.xyz MaboxLinux 2025.12 - maboxlinux.org Papermoon - thenewstack.io 01flip Ransomware - esecurityplanet.com React2Shell - thehackernews.com Nomos 1 - venturebeat.com Nemotron Model - reuters.com Quilter's AI - venturebeat.com Chatterbox Labs - redhat.com Agentic AI Group - hackernoon.com Firefox AI Browser - phoronix.com 47:47 Zynthian Open hardware device We want your feedback! Are you comfortable with software VST Zynthian.org 50:30 Family Resistant to Self Hosting - David Ovens house hold approach Watching for pain points Making responsible path easy Making irresponsible path hard Value driven decisions Supporting where your paycheck comes from -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies Support Ask Noah Show

This week Steve puts his Debian powered Christmas tree up. He walks us through enterprise deployment and the failures of Firefox enterprise, and Noah builds a Raspberry Pi powered piano!Support Ask Noah Show

This week Steve takes us through his journey with Enty and Immich. Plex makes their users pay a monthly fee, and Steam releases a new SteamBox console. -- During The Show -- 00:50 Intro How was your week Watching sales Smart TVs WebOS 07:21 Mac Feedback - Gregory Network Effect "Comforting Mac Feels" Pavu Control OBS Stewardship 11:32 Mac Feedback - Patrick Pragmatic approach Steve's thoughts Treating windows like an appliance Making the FOSS path easy 18:15 Succession Planning - Dominik Suggestions Design your home so it works without automation Have a HDD with important data Have migration plan in place Struggling with massive amounts of data Steve's documentation journey Criticality 30:33 News Wire Gnome 49.2 - gnome.org Tmus 3.6 - proxmox.com Snort 3.10 - github.com Dbeaver 25.3 - dbeaver.io Proxmox 4.2 Backup Server - proxmox.com Fedora Ultramarine 43 - fyralabs.com AlmaLinux 10.1 - almalinux.org Rocky Linux 10.1 - rockylinux.org KaOS 2025.11 - kaosx.us NixOS 25.11 - nixos.org Armbian 25.11 - blog.armbian.com Solus 4.8 - getsol.us 4M Linux 50.0 - 4mlinux.com AV Linux 25 - linuxmusicians.com Pardus 25 - pardus.org Linux 6.18 - phoronix.com Flux 2 - bfl.ai z-Image-Turbo - huggingface.co Deepseek 3.2 - deepseek.com Linux MCP - siliconangle.com 31:51 Plex Crackdown Forcing Plex Pass subscriptions Proprietary software controls you Are Plex users getting what they deserve? Switching to JellyFin Scanning of people's media Reason for crackdown Problem with the approach FS PBX ArsTechnica.com 41:50 Steam Machine First response is it's a "Travel Machine" SteamDeck "just works" Community experience ArsTechnica 44:42 Self Hosted Image Software Immich experience Ente experience Ente vs Immich Ente Encryption Native App Backup Where Immich came from iOS challenges Which is the winner? -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies Support Ask Noah Show

Steve gives a deep dive into some of the struggles he's working through in his house. Google has pulled back on their plans to require developer verification. -- During The Show -- 00:45 Intro Passing the show through AI Immich Breaking changes 07:54 Steve Rants Show How it came about 09:45 Google and Side loading ANS 457 Google backs down How to Geek Hiding the setting Best of both worlds Explaining walled gardens Why walled gardens are bad Bubble level app 18:32 When is a Mac appropriate? Supporting a power user Specialty scanner Asked the AI Accidentally uninstalled mesa Trouble shooting When is a Mac appropriate? Mac's don't fix problems Mac myths "solving the problem" Network effect Apple print dialog Making the open source path easy SimpleHelp PiKVM Tailscale Windows knowledge on Linux Borrowing hardware 50:50 News Wire Git 2.52 - github.blog Cmake 4.2 - cmake.org Blender 5.0 - blender.org PHP 8.5 - php.net Protondrive 1.2 - github.com Proxmox 9.1 - proxmox.com Alma Linux 9.7 - almalinux.org Finnix 251 - finnix.org Pepple Watch 100% Open Source - howtogeek.com Zork Open Source - arstechnica.com 00:52 Coming up on Ask Noah Netowrking, proxies, caching Firefox -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies Support Ask Noah Show