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Dive into the world of Immich, a photo management tool revolutionizing how we organize pictures across devices and families. Discover the challenges and benefits of using OpenShift for home labs. The hosts discuss the growing issue of remote car takeovers in automated vehicles. Plus, get the latest on open-source software updates, including Gparted Live and Mozilla Thunderbird. This episode also highlights the integration of AI in photo management and shares personal stories of triumph and trial in organizing vast photo collections.

The hosts dive into tech trends, discussing the release of MySQL 9.2 and Nvidia's pricey GeForce RTX 5090, ideal for AI and machine learning. They explore the challenges of video game preservation and the rise of DeepSeek, a Chinese AI contender shaking up the market. Practical tips for digitizing old photos and managing USB devices on Linux are covered, alongside heartwarming stories of time management while aiding others. Plus, insights on open-source contributions and the balance between personal commitments and community support make for a well-rounded discussion.

This week we dig into your questions, and talk about Nvidia's new AI rig. -- During The Show -- 00:56 George From NYC Used computers for a church Lenovo laptops and Thinkcenters Dell Optiplex Ebay Made in the last 4 years Make sure they have TPM 2.0 04:50 Noah's new toy Flipper Zero Electronic multi-tool Had to legitimately bypass access control Read and emulate RFID and NFC Lots of Apps 08:58 HVAC - Ziggy Zigbee timer system? Wouldn't put the timer on device Steve's solution Why timers? 14:20 Battery Pack - Erik Anderson Power Pole Deep Cycle SLA INIU 100w Type C Dewalt Battery Adapter Offical Dewalt USB C Adapter 83w 12v USB Outlet 21:40 NFS vs S3 for Home Lab - Brendan Recoverability Added complexity Would lean away from S3/Minio Hard to recover broken S3 file system It's ok to play with technology 28:21 Nextcloud Office - IK All-In-One master container Steve's attempt Not all Docker containers are official 33:52 News Wire Dillo 3.2 - github.io OpenZFS 2.3 - github.com Rsync 3.4 - samba.org Linux Mint 22.1 - linuxmint.com Rhino Linux 2025.1 - rhinolinux.org TuxCare Now Offering EOL MS Support - fossforce.com Merit Systems Trying to Fund Open Source Devs - cnbc.com MiniMax Models - scmp.com 35:00 Ebook 2 Audio Book Ebook2Audiobook Uses "local AI" Many types of text input Runs on CPU or GPU Surprised at the quality Steve's kid's apprenticeship Society has developed an aversion to anything "hard" Teaching the value of work and learning 42:00 Getting Started with AI What is AI? Math coprocessors CPUs are "generalist" processors GPUs are "specialized" processors CUDA Cores NVIDIA GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip 3 Classes of GPUs Design software story Project Digits LMStudio.at GPT4All TecMint.com -- 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 we get an update from the Ovens Data Center. Steve migrates a box from Ubuntu to Red Hat, and of course we answer your questions! -- During The Show -- 00:50 Intro Deadly cold weather Oven's data center update Spending "cloud money" on local media 05:55 Custom RHEL ISO ISO build system Red Hatters building all kinds of custom ISOs Why a custom ISO Red Hat Doc Why switch to RHEL Professional Linux support Mixed environment? 20:20 CES POE powered TV ArsTechnica Atricle Basecase Crowd funding Questions about interfaces Powered over barrel connector Very expensive 29:58 News Wire Firefox 134 - mozilla.org Flatpak 1.16 - github.com KDE Frameworks 6.10 - kde.org Tails 6.11 - blog.torproject.org Debian 12.9 - debian.org 16GB Raspberry PI 5 - raspberrypi.com Nvidia Desktop AI "Super Computer" - theverge.com Phi-4 Fully Open-Source - venturebeat.com Sky-T1-32B-Preview - techcrunch.com zdnet.com 30:55 Social Media/Decentralized Networks Mastodon shifting to being owned by a non-profit Creator wants users in control of Mastodon People are choosing to embrace the open source decentralized option Network effect is starting to weaken in favor of interoperability ArsTechnica 36:15 OpenZFS 2.3 Support for Linux 4.18, up to Linux 6.12 LTS Adding new devices to existing RaidZ pool 9 to 5 Linux 38:30 Red Hat In-Vehical OS Standardized domains ISO 26262 Automotive Safety Integrity Level B (ASIL-B) thefastmode.com 41:10 ZFS/QCOW2 - Carey Double writes ZFS doesn't support trim Options Snapshots Copying a QCOW2 file can be tricky 47:54 Daughters Internet Access - Vlad Shut off Internet access entirely Take the device Internet is different than technology 49:20 Politics in Software - Max Does the project throw it in your face? Be the bigger person Don't tolerate treating people badly because they don't agree with you -- 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

The hosts dive into their holiday projects, including retro gaming and tech tinkering. YouTube's recent IP bans spark discussions about user privacy and access to educational content. They explore the integration of AI into photo management and the complexities of Linux news. The benefits of wired connections over Wi-Fi for home networks are highlighted. Fire safety tips are shared, emphasizing the proper use of extinguishers and the importance of monitoring hazards. Personal disaster recovery plans also take center stage, ensuring data safety during emergencies.

This week we do live troubleshooting on the air with a listener, dig into permissions, ACLs, and talk about the software we didn't know we couldn't live without! -- During The Show -- 00:50 Merry Christmas! People are generous Steve's Christmas Plans Red Hat Rewards 02:20 TrueNas ZFS Replication Problem Drivers Permissions Unable to chmod 777 as root ZFS allow command No AppArmor Feature flags ZFS send/receive in verbose mode File system locked Remount the file system GID UID Jellyfin wants to be user ID Can create and delete but not change permissions ZFS ACLs ZFS ACL and Share ACL Send/Recive doesn't strip ACLs 14:15 Open Source Software Recommendations pluja/whishper Super Productivity Firefox Multi Account Containers Flameshot Frigate Eye Of Gnome ErsatzTV Immich Wiki.js Cinnamon Desktop Soundux Brasero -- 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, Eric Hendricks, a Red Hat technical marketer and host of the Fedora Podcast, brings his expertise to the discussion. He shares insights on the RHEL 10 beta, urging listeners not to install it in production yet. The conversation touches on cleaning up orphaned entities in Home Assistant, and the challenges of using Threema as a privacy-focused messaging app. They also explore the exciting developments in Linux distributions like CentOS Stream 10 and the significance of special interest groups in the open-source community.

This week Chinese hackers penetrated 8 US cell phone providers. They used the backdoor the US Government asked them to put in to perform the atack. With Chinese hackers potentially still in US networks, the FBI is advising the public to adopt encryption - the same technology the FBI has long demonized. -- During The Show -- 00:51 VoxelLibre Ansible Playbook Kids wanted Luanti Server and VoxelLibre Minetest changed and broke automation Flatpak and Snap Obtaining Snap version Steve's Solution Potential for problems 13:52 Steam Lan Transfer Speed - Charlie No experience with LAN transfer speed limit Look inside of Steam Check for router/switch/bad cable Check for a system bottle necks 17:21 Internet Phone System - Jon Steve's IP phone system attempt Altispeed got out of doing phones Voxtelesys FreePBX Unix Surplus Grandstream GRP2612W YeaLink or Fanvil Check Ebay for sip phones Cisco SPA Series Cisco 7975 proceed with caution programmed with TFTP Ploycom VVX series asks for lots of information fill all fields, except password, with the the extension 32:32 News Wire Thunderbird Turns 20 - thunderbird.net GNU Shepherd 1.0.0 - gnu.org QT Creator 15 - qt.io OBS Studio 31 - obsproject.com Gnome 47.2 - discourse.gnome.org Nvidia 565.77 Driver - phoronix.com Linux 6.11 & 4.19 EOL - kernel.org Linux 6.12 LTS - slashdot.org EasyOS 6.5 - distrowatch.com Austrumi 5.0 - zicos.com Nitrus 3.8 - nxos.org Alpine Linux 3.21 - aplinelinux.org openSUSE Leap Micro 6.1 - opensuse.org FOSDEM - opensource.org Linux Foundation Summit - opensource.org TUM ReAM250 - 3dprintingindustry.com OLMo 2 - infoq.com Concerns About Chinese AI - techcrunch Llama 3.3 - venturebeat.com 34:00 FBI Advises Adopting E2EE 8 US Telcoms hacked Salt Typhoon Meta data and sms accessed FBI has said for years encryption is bad Law enforcement has found ways around encryption Salt Typhoon used the government back doors Over history many people back track Level of embarrassment Steve's thoughts on the effects Pragmatic approach to mobile Encrypted communication Network effect and framing the conversation Do you have a favorite E2EE platform? If you come across proof Salt Typhoon is China write in! PCMag -- 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 discussion centers around the upheaval in the VMware landscape as companies pivot to open-source solutions. A deep dive into screen repair tactics unfolds, revealing handy tips for DIY enthusiasts. The conversation also tackles the complexities of data backup and encryption, emphasizing local security measures and useful tools like GPG and Spider Oak. Tech updates highlight Rust and Firefox developments, while insights on Linux graphics performance spark a debate on sustainable tech choices. Get ready for lively exchanges and valuable advice!

This week Noah and Steve outline where you should leverage automation and rely on it, and when it's good to have a backup plan. -- During The Show -- 02:00 Podcasting 2.0 Podcasting is changing Thank you 05:00 Retro Tink RetroTink designed for retro gaming 06:22 Luanti Mine Test Blog $2.5B paid for Minecraft celeron55 took on the challenge of making a similar game MineTest took over in Noah's house MineTest expanded way beyond just a Minecraft clone Luanti Voxel Libre 16:00 When to Automate A different way to tackle the problem Automation vs by hand Nix Maintaining old versions Learning something new vs using what you know Shifting paradigms 38:30 Windows S Mode People have tremendous patience for MS but not Open Source Windows S mode only allows software from the MS Store Requires purchasing a key 43:30 Microsoft 360 Outage Service announcement delayed No one at Microsoft to communicate with 45:00 Windows Server Update Mistake Upgrade flagged as security update No license check 48:00 Windows Thin Client Box connects to cloud desktop MS pushing people off Windows 10 Things are moving to cloud services ArsTechnica -- 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