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Aug 17, 2022 • 54min
Episode 299: Providing Open Source Support
How do you provide open source support to business who use FOSS in production? If you're using FOSS in production you need support. Noah and Steve dig into what it takes and how companies use supported FOSS software.
-- During The Show --
01:30 Remote Desktop Tool - Aaron
DW Service
Can't self host
Wouldn't use
All remote access software is a backdoor
RustDesk
RPort
Simple Help
Not open source
06:00 Home Router? - Howard
Fiber Micro Node
Purchase/Build a server with SFP
Mind Drip Media Link
09:00 Migrating OS drive? - Lucas
Install and Rsync Data
Computers should be cattle
Ansible
Seafile
Clonezilla
Block Size
Corruption
14:00 Update Machines on Lan - Charlie
Don't run a local repo
Apt-Cacher NG
Mount NFS Share
19:50 CloudFlare and Ep 297 - Jeremy
21:20 More Cloudflare Feedback - Tiny
24:15 Gadget of the Week
Marlin Firmware
Prusa3D
Cura
OctoPrint
FreeCAD
Blender
OctoPrint Home Asstant Integration
Creality Printers rival "commercial"
Creality more "tinker" friendly
32:50 Supporting Open Source
Different types of clients
Flowcharts and escalation
Open Source doesn't always have a clear escalation path
Projects that offer hosting preferred
Bitwarden
NextCloud
Element/Matrix
Red Hat
45 Drives
IX Systems
Netgate
Signing up for these services helps support open source development
Open Source Solution
Resolved in less than 60 min
Patch Applied in less than 24 hours
Code pushed to upstream in about a week
Rising tides lift all boats
Closed Source Solution
Contacted provider
Still waiting for a response
Open Source allows for a better customer experience
Corporations use open source to avoid lock in
Shift in public perception
Ansible is great
Containers and Modularity comes at a price
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Aug 10, 2022 • 54min
Episode 298: Playing with Kubernetes
This hour we focus on your feedback, Kubernetes, audio interfaces, and of course your weekly Linux headlines!
-- During The Show --
00:50 FreeCAD
Thank You FreeCAD
03:00 Caller
Matrix Bridge Hosting
Bridges can break when cooperation is required on the other end
12:00 Kubernetes? - Tyler
Grunt Work Kubernetes Crash Course
Red Hat - Steve Ovens
Kubernetes dropped Docker shim for CNI
OpenShift
MiniKube
Mini Shift
OKD (UpStream OpenShift)
Steve's How Containers Work
24:26 News Wire
OpenPGL Path Guiding Library
Phoronix
MoonRay Renderer
Open Source For U
Hollywood Reporter
VISTA 2.0
Open Source For U
CMU auton-survival
Mark Teck Post
LLNL GridDS
LLNL.GOV
Godot 3.5
Gaming On Linux
NanoScale Atomic Force Microscope
Hackster.io
CIFS/SMB3 just in time for Linux 6.0
Phoronix
Elastic Search Alternative
Manticore Search
New Ransomeware Targeting Linux Systems
Info Security Magazine
Bleeping Computer
New IoT Malware RapperBot
The Hacker News
Tails 5.3.1 Emergency Release
TorProject
26:28 Audio Interfaces? - Thor
Lexicon Alpha
Change the Default Sample Rate on Pipewire (ArchWiki)
30:16 Bluray Playback on old computer? - William
Amazon Link
Ebay Link 1
Ebay Link 2
BUS Speed may limit the drive bay
Don't buy T series parts for a E series
Why use optical media?
MakeMKV
Big Buck Bunny
38:00 Linux Delta Website? - Lou
How did you create the Linux Delta website
Noah didn't build Linux Delta
Brad Wilson
KhronoSync
Linux Delta website code
39:50 Thornbill Asks
Is Invoice Ninja still the recommended solution for invoicing?
Noah's Frustrations
43:20 Pick of the Week
DICOM Viewer Weasis
History of DICOM
What is DICOM
DCM4CHEE (PACS)
GitHub
Atlassian EE2 Overview
J4Care.com
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Aug 3, 2022 • 54min
Episode 297: Introduction to Home Automation: Part 2
This week Noah and Steve dig into the exact make and models of devices they use, what they like, what they don't like, and how to do it yourself!
-- During The Show --
01:50 Hedgedoc Profile photo
Sleuth Asked:
How do you set profile photos in hedgedoc/codimd?
Gravatar
03:10 Differences Between Remote Access? - Griffon
SSH/OpenVPN/TailScale/Firezone.dev
OpenVPN Built into PFSense
SSH open to the web
SSH Guard
Fail2Ban
CrowdSec
08:55 Cloudflare for self hosting? - JJ
Cloudflare decrypting and re-encrypting
Maybe for a public site
Hardpass
Please write back in
12:45 Option for Power Monitoring - Patrick
Egauge
Stores 30 years of data
Not Open Source
Easy API
Cheaper options out there
15:50 Energy/Solar Monitoring - Jeremy
Emporia Vue2
Multiple Emporia Vue2
Phases
18:50 Re: Phones and Privacy - Roger
Silent Pocket
Faraday Cage for phones
Practicality of faraday cages on phones
23:20 News Wire
Linux 5.19 from Asahi
The Register
Firefox 103
Mozilla
Linux Mint 21
OMG Ubuntu
Linux Mint
GitGuardian GGCanary
Open Source For U
Limit Theory
Kickstarter
Arctic Tern BMC
Phoronix
90nm FDSOI Manufacturing
Reuters
Electronics Weekly
Mark Pearson Lenovo Linux Update
Phoronix
Linux 6.0 AMD Temp Monitoring
Phoronix
Fedora CC0 Licensing
Security Boulevard
Open Source For U
650% Linux Malware Increase
Make Use Of
25:10 IOT Devices, Sensors, and Control Points
Zwave
AeoTec
Inovelli Switch
Voice Control
Mycroft
Mycroft Home Assistant Skill
Smart Speakers (Alexa, Apple, Google)
Power Monitoring
CT Clamp
Hire a qualified electrician
Basic and Advanced monitoring
Emporia Vue2
Crestron
Very Expensive
OpenHAB
NodeRed
Java Monolith
More flow chart, less linear
Independent, also integrated into Home Assistant
Home Assistant
Install on a RaspberryPi
Holds your hand
Almost perfect mobile interface
Works with the community
A lot of momentum behind it
WiFi Communication
Tasmota
ESPHome
MQQT
Rumba MQQT
Requires app for setup
works offline
Pick one thing to start with
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Jul 27, 2022 • 54min
Episode 296: Introduction to Home Automation
-- During The Show --
01:27 Caller Harvey
Android kills permissions
07:50 Plugs
Send in home automation questions
Send in Mycroft Questions
SCALE 2022 - July 28-31, 2022 at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport in Los Angeles, CA.
08:11 News Wire
Samsung NPU Kernel Patches
Phoronix
Asahi Linux on M1 Ultra and M2
Infoq
Unreal Engine Properly Released on Linux
Gaming on Linux
Nvidia AI and ML updates
Venture Beat
Developer and IT Professionals Survey
Arnnet
Info World
LibreOffice 7.3.5
Document Foundation
LightDM 1.32.0
GitHub
NSCDE 2.2
GitHub
10:35 Home Automation
What is your home automation goal?
Convenience
Learning new skills
Save time/money
Security
X10 System
Bad Science Project
Noah's Automation Journey
Steve's Automation
Boolean Logic
Automation for others
Steve's starting advice
Solve Existing Problems
Noah's 'Best of Class'
Lights - Lutron Switches
Audio - Volumio
Security - Honeywell Vista 15P
Access Control - Axis
Camera's - Axis Cameras
HVAC - Honeywell Redlink
Blinds - Sivoia Shades
Steve's Solar EnPhase Solar
Tasmota
ESPHome
ZigBee - Problematic
ZWave - Rock Solid
ConBee II Zigbee stick
'Hub Z' QuickStick Combo, HUSBZB
Mycroft
Steve's IOT Hardware Github
Enbrighten Z-Wave Plus Smart Motion Sensor Light Switch
UltraPro Z-Wave Smart Rocker Light Switch
Aeotec NanoMote Quad
GoControl CECOMINOD016164 HUSBZB-1 USB Hub
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Jul 20, 2022 • 1h
Episode 295: Introduction to Home Lab Security
This week we talk about things you want to be aware of before putting self hosted services on the wide open internet!
-- During The Show --
02:50 Power Monitoring, Home Assistant - Andy
Basic CT Clamps and ESP32
Home Assistant and MQTT
Steve's power monitoring setup
Mosquitto MQTT
Steve's Device Emporia
Be Careful Power is Dangerous
14:42 Privacy on Android - Chas
What is your threat vector?
Give garbage information
Trusted Device?
Data Service Providers collect
GrapheneOS
Noah's Approach
Tin Foil
OrganicMaps
OSMAnd+
Aurora Store
33:40 Website / Flask
WikiJS
Nginx
36:50 Gadget of the Week
GoControl CECOMINOD016164 HUSBZB-1 USB Hub(https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GJ826F8??tag=minddripmedia-20)
Zigbee and Z-Wave interface
Good Linux Support
39:30 News Wire
Rocky Linux 9
The Register
IT Pro Today
RISC-V 10 Billion Cores
COSFONE
Medusa E-Commerce
Tech Crunch
RedNixOS v0.1 Alpha
GitHub
Justine Tunny
Justine Tunny
Retbleed Fix
Dark Reading
DARPA Wants to Understand Linux
Technology Review
Ortur Open Source Firmware
HackaDay
HackaDay
MS Open Source SBOM Generator
Security Week
New License for Digital Research's CP/M
The Register
42:00 OpenEMR
OpenEMR 7 Released
Fundraised $115,000
$120,000 of professional development
Usability Study
44:55 Install Linux on your (Intel Based) Chromebook
Breath
Different approch to putting Linux on a Chromebook
46:20 Home Lab Security
Connect back in
TailScale
Consider Core Competency of the project
Put it behind a firewall
Turn off UPnP
Vlans
54:19 Caller Tony
How do you handle old equipment?
Some hard requirements
Set Client expectations
Help where you can
Computers are good for 1000 days
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Jul 13, 2022 • 54min
Episode 294: Crowd Sourced Security with Philippe Humeau
Philippe Humeau joins us this hour to talk about CrowdSec - an IDS/IPS that uses crowd sourced information to evaluate threats on your network!
-- During The Show --
01:00 New Red Hat CEO
Matt Hicks New Red Hat CEO
03:44 Remove all traces of a user on logout? - Wayne
TailsOS
Noah's hackish solution
TempFS? RamDisk? SquashFS?
'Delete' isn't a thing (Inodes)
PhotoRec
09:30 Recommendations for hosting provider - Gary
Gary's Site
Host Gator
Self Host with Hugo
Tied to Hosting provider
14:00 Listener responds about CAD on Linux - Heath
FreeCAD
LibreCAD
TinkerCAD
Run under Wine
15:30 More Info about Steve's Solar? - Ian
Steve likes his EnPhase Solar setup
Hacks Home Assistant Integration
18:30 News Wire
Linux Better on i9 Systems
Ghacks
UltimateXR
XR Today
EMQX 5.0
EIN News
Calibre 6.0
9 to 5 Linux
Budgie Desktop 10.6.2
Buddies of Budgie
Linux Mint 21 Beta
9 to 5 Linux
Debian GNU/Linux 11.4
9 to 5 Linux
Kali Linux on Linode
Help Net Security
Paladin Cloud Security-as-Code
Virtualization Review
Android Zero Day
XDA Developers
OrBit Malware
Cyper Security News
CrowdSec Interview
Philippe Ew-Mow from CrowdSec
What is CrowdSec
How CrowdSec works
Domains and Hashes vs IP Address and Behavior
How IPs are cleaned
Reporting based on "identity" not IP Address
IDS and IPS
CrowdSec Agent and CrowdSec Console
Open Source
Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI)
CrowdSec API
How does CrowdSec resolve IDS and IPS problems?
Blocking Unique Attacks
The 3 Tiers of Crowdsec
CrowdSec and GDPR
Using Crowdsec Bouncers (IPS)
CrowdSec Best Practices
Replay Mode
Integration into Firewalls
CrowdSec on OPNSense
Best place to get started/learn [CrowdSec Docs](doc.crowdsec.net)
49:00 Thoughts on CrowdSec
Noah has been playing with CrowdSec
Can also identify and block malicious out going traffic
51:00 Interview with Matt Hicks
Interview with Matt Hicks (YouTube)
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Jul 6, 2022 • 54min
Episode 293: Getting Started with Container
This week we dig into containers and what it takes to get started working with them.
-- During The Show --
03:50 Central Home Directory? - Nikki
Central Mounted Storage
Systemd Mounting vs AutoFS
UID/GID
FreeIPA
SystemD Auto Mount
12:20 Linux on a Chrome book Instructions? - Pete
Arch Linux Arm Wiki
Write Protection Device
How to use Linux on a Chromebook
Mr Chromebox
K Myers
16:20 Linux on a Mac? - Jeremy
rEFInd Boot Manager
Elementary on a Mac
17:45 RPORT? - Ryan
FOSS
2FA
Web App
Creates VPN Tunnel
20:00 Athom Smart Home Gear - Charlie
ESP Home and Aliexpress
Athom Smart Open Source Firmware
Athom Store
22:30 News Wire
Condres OS 1.0
CondresOS
Porteus Linux 5.0
9 to 5 Linux
Debian LTS 9 is EOL
9 to 5 Linux
Dark Table 4.0
Github
Linux Steam Marketshare 1.18%
Phoronix
GTK 5 and x11
The Register
CISA Warns PwnKit Exploited in the Wild
Bleeping Computer
Paralus
SD Times
KDE Slimbook Gen4 Available
9 to 5 Linux
StarFighter Linux Laptop Teased
9 to 5 Linux
TUXEDO Pulse 15 Gen2
9 to 5 Linux
UK Open Source Software
Beta News
24:45 Basic Container Concepts
Message Marlin Bot with #Learning
Why Containers
LXC
System Container
Emulates the entire stack
More like a VM
Kernel is shared
Docker/Podman
Application Container
Single service per container
Just enough to run the service
Container Host
Linux Name Spaces and Cgroups
Micro Services
Container File vs Image
Open Container Initiative (OCI)
Container Registry (Pull/Push)
Steve's Method
Container Clients (Docker/Podman)
Docker
Runs as root
requires daemon
Podman
FOSS
runs rootless
no daemon
Buildah - builds containers
Skopeo - container inspection/manager
runc - container runner/feature builder
crun - optional more flexible runtime
PODs
Podman and SystemD
IT is cyclical
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Jun 29, 2022 • 54min
Episode 292: Fixing Crashing Containers
What do you do when your container crashes your host? Steve is back and we walk through this and other questions!
-- During The Show --
03:20 Wireguard & Modems - Norm
State Tables
Image loading issue
Next Steps
Upgrade Modem
Log into Modem
Replace Modem
10:30 Emby, Docker & System Resources - Mike
What a container is
Name Spaces
CGroups
Use Systemd to launch containers
Manually apply CGroup controls
Steve's CGroups Write Up
Docker flags to limit Memory and/or CPU Usage:
docker run -it --cpus="1.0" --memory="1g"
17:50 Linux and Backblaze - Keith
BackBlaze B2 Protocol
Dupicity Restic
GPG Encrypt
20:00 IPFS to store academic papers? - BG
IPFS Might work
23:30 Caller 1
Restaurant Point of Sale System
Open Source POS.org
Squirrel POS
Odoo POS
Odoo POS Hardware
27:50 Caller 2
Mesh Commander
Mesh Central
On Site Radios?
MURS Radio
Buy Two Way Radios
Repeaters
Element has a walkie talkie feature
36:00 Solution for single node container host? - Jeremy
SystemD
Swarm or Single Node OpenShift
38:00 Problems with new TLDs - Sunjam
Spamassassin Blocks New Domains by Default
Steve hasn't had issues
Most big companies don't care
Make sure you have DKIM and SPF setup
44:00 News Wire
AMD Publishes FSR 2.0 Under MIT License
WCCF Tech
Rust in Linux Kernel
The Register
CBL Mariner 2.0 Live Patching and PXE Boot
Phoronix
KDE Plasma 5.25-1
Make Use Of
Firefox 102
9 to 5 Linux
KaOS Linux 2022.06 Released
9 to 5 Linux
EndeavourOS Artemix Launches
9 to 5 Linux
Pitivi 2022.06
9 to 5 Linux
Xone Driver 0.3 Released
Github
Flameshot v12 Released
GitHub
GTK 2FA App "Authenticator"
Tech Republic
Digikam 7.7 Released
Digikam
Peta Pixel
Github Co-Pilot changes liscense (No Longer Free)
Infoq
GoFundMe To Fight Government Contractor Copying and Copyrighting Open Source 3D Printer
Tech Drit
47:05 Pick of the Week
Firezone
"Run Anywhere" Firewall and VPN Server
Based on Wireguard
Stable, Performant, Lightweight
NAT Gateway
Static IP
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Jun 22, 2022 • 1h 5min
Episode 291: The Art of Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting is much more than solving problems. True troubleshooting is digging into the issue until you identify the root cause of the issue. This week we dig deep into the art of troubleshooting and give you some practical tips and ticks you can use to troubleshoot your way out of any issue!
-- During The Show --
01:00 Digital Signage & CCTV - Matt
Xibo
Frigate
04:00 Rust Desk - Charlie
Rust Desk
Video on censortube
Video Shownotes for docker install
Rport
Important to offer a paid "hosted" option
11:00 Camera/NVR Combo - Mike
Chinese cameras bad
Used Access Cameras
Might be missing peices
May need to be reset
May not have updates
GeoVision
Stay away from GeoVision 360 Cameras
Spork Syndrome
Buy a Used Switch
Synology + Survelance Station
[Orchard NVR](ipconfigure.com)
MotionEyeOS
21:20 Gadget of the Week
Notkia Hackaday
24:00 News Wire
JRC Disaster Relief Algorithm
JRC
Github
Open Source USB Camera
DIY Photography
Circuit Valley
MS Store Policy Changes
GHacks
Mattermost 7
Venture Beat
Grafana OnCall Open Source
Tech Crunch
KDE Plasma 5.25
KDE
Manjaro 21.3
Make Use Of
Linux 5.17 EOL
9 to 5 Linux
Fish Shell 3.5
Fish Shell
Ubuntu Core 22
Venture Beat
Proton 7.0-3
Make Use Of
Total War WARHAMMER III Ported to Linux
9 to 5 Linux
Travis CI Bug
Tech Monitor
Linux Rootkit Syslogk
Tech Radar
SSH Worm Panchan
Akamai
New Linux Malware Symbiote
Threat Post
28:15 Technical Problem Solving
Start with the end in mind
Define Success (Avoids Scope Creep)
Appropriate Response to scope creep
Eliminate low hanging fruit first
Make sure things are up to date
Back tracing (try earlier versions)
Nuke and Pave
Keunwoo's Blog Post
Start with what you know
Eliminate Variables
Simplify or Isolate
Be Firm "We have to do this"
Minimize hardware and software configuration
Can the problem be reproduced on single and/or multiple systems
Root Cause Analasys
What is the cause
Is it correctly fixed
Three main Root Causes
Physical
Human Error
Organizational
Problem Solving Steps
1 Define the Problem
2 Gather Data
3 Identify Causal Factors
4 Determine Root Cause for each factor
5 Implement Solutions
Documentation
Start with existing documentation
Document and share trouble shooting steps
Document the solution (no magic configs)
Share the solution
Effective Bug Reporting
A HUMAN IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF YOUR BUG REPORT!!!
Title/Bug ID/Reference Point
Environment details
Steps to reproduce a bug
Expected result
Actual result
Visual Proof (Screenshot/Video/Logs)
Severity/Priority
Resolution / Presentation
Review the end goal
Work around or fix
Escalated/Filled Bug Report
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Jun 15, 2022 • 52min
Episode 290: Technology Complexity and The Solution
SELF 2022 is a wrap! It was a blast and now the countdown begins for SELF 2023. Has technology become so complicated that it's not approachable for many people or is there a solution? The best PDF editor for Linux, a self hosted, secure, private, cloud camera system. K9 mail becomes Thunderbird for Android, Element call enters beta 2, and KDE 5.25 is out!
-- During The Show --
01:50 Jeremy H
SOGO
03:08 Keith S
* Linux BackBlaze Client?
Local Encryption
GPG
VeraCrypt
encfs and cryfs
TarSnap
Spider Oak
Encryption gets weaker over time
10:06 Zac
Signing PDFs?
Okular
PDF Studio
Pick of the Week
E2E Cloud Surveillance system using Raspberry Pis and Matrix
Backend
Front End
Prototype
16:56 Gadget of the Week
ZimaBoard
$119 USD
6W Power
OpenWrt and PFSense/OPNSense
Netgate SG1100
Designed to be used as a personal server
Preinstalled with Casa OS
PFSense Install Guide
20:00 Gov Buys Your Data
EFF
Apps and Data Brokers
Follow the money
3rd Party Doctrine
Companies are secretive about data collection and sale
Many apps are 'required' today
Venntel, subsidiary of Gravy Analytics
30:40 K9 Mail to Become Thunderbird for Android
Thunderbird
ArsTechnica
Had to be
Open Source
Have Power User features
Respect the user
Blue Mail
Contribute Here
34:00 Element Call Beta 2
Matrix Blog
Everything is now E2E
Experimental Spatial Audio Rendering
Walkie-Talkie Mode (PTT)
37:00 Mozilla Enables Firefox Total Cookie Protection by Default
9 to 5 Linux
Firefox is leaving Chrome and Edge in the dust!
39:00 KDE Plasma 5.25 is Out!
[KDE Plasma Blog]https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.25.0/
New "Floating Mode" for panels (Dock)
Tablet Mode
Improved input
KDE Neon
43:00 2022 SELF Wrap Up
Huge Thank You to the entire team
People come on their own time and dime
Family Friendly went well, more next year
Diverse level of skill sets
Where Technology is headed
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