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Oct 30, 2024 • 55min
Episode 413: Ask Noah Show 413 | Contributing to Ubuntu
This week Robie Basak joins Noah from the Ubuntu Summit and gives an introduction on how to get started contributing to Ubuntu.
-- During The Show --
01:26 HexOS - Craig
Start with the Command Line
When is a GUI appropriate
Start with
make a ZFS pool
make a samba share
Help us understand your goal
What is HexOS
Ubuntu and ZFS
DKMS
kABI
Advantages of TrueNAS
Snapshots
Send/Receive
1 Click Re-silvering
17:08 Questions about HDMI switch - Andy
Theater Receiver
Decimator
21:14 News Wire
SQLite 3.47.0 - sqlite.org
Peazip 10 - github.io
Jellyfin 10.10.0 - jellyfin.org
EasyOS 6.4 - puppylinux.com
Gnome 47.1 - gnome.org
Tor Browser 14.0 - torproject.org
AlmaLinux Kitten 10 - almalinux.org
Gentoo & DTrace 2.0 - gentoo.org
NASA $15.6M Grant for Open Source Tools - spaceanddefense.io
Open Source Printable Lathe - hackaday.com
Thelio Astra - system76.com
Eight Nvidia High Severity Vulnerabilities - forbes.com
OpenSSL 3.4 - github.com
IPS Snort v3.5 - github.com
Parrot OS 6.2 - parrotsec.org
New Granite 3.0 - zdnet.com
HUGS - reuters.com
SynthID Now Open Source - theverge.com
Mochi 1 - venturebeat.com
Ubuntu Turns 20 - ubuntu.com
23:23 Robie Basak - Ubuntu Technical Council
What drew you to Linux?
Why did you decide to work for Canonical?
What is the Ubuntu Technical Board?
Difference between Ubuntu and Canonical
The process of granting commit rights
Conflict resolution
Cloud init
Unique ID
Ubuntu Summit
Range of interaction
Membership Board Meeting
Full Hour Long Meeting Recording YouTube
43:40 Fedora 41
Fedora 41 available early!
New DNF
bootc
Plasma Mobile Spin
Fedora Magazine
Minisforum v3
Steve, Fedora, hardware
50:30 Russian Kernel Maintainers Removed
Greg Kroah-Hartman removed them due to "various compliance requirements"
Removed developers Russian and not minor contributors
We live in a world where decisions are made for political reasons
zdnet.com
therecord.media
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Oct 23, 2024 • 54min
Episode 412: Ask Noah Show 412
This week Steve gives a deep dive into Widevine Encryption. We love encryption when it protects our data, but what do we do when encryption prevents us from doing the things we want to do over the internet?
-- During The Show --
00:50
Which is easier kids or dogs?
01:57 Succession Planning - Steve
Secure vs accessible
Steve's plan
Infrastructure as code
Critical path continuity
Nix maintains old packages
Techie friends
Sleuths setup/plan
data separation
Noah's plan
20:29 News Wire
Solus 4.6 - getsol.us
Sysvinit 3.11 - phoronix.com
Calibre 7.20 - calibre-ebook.com
Ardour 8.10 - ardour.org
Wine 9.20 - gitlab.winehq.org
ReiserFS Removed in Linux 6.13 - phoronix.com
RHEL AI 1.2 - zdnet.com phoronix.com
New Malware Raids ATMs - arstechnica.com
Roundcube Webmail Exploit - bleepingcomputer.com
Critical Firefox Bug - nvd.nist.gov
21:23 Widevine
Widevine is DRM created by google
Most major streaming services use widevine
CDM hardware
Levels of Encryption
L3 software based, least secure
L2 largely not used
L1 hardware supported, most secure
Wedding photographer
Photographer requires no other photos to be taken
Photographer goes out of business
Dr Phill did a show on it, got the the photos back
NVR recordings are going away
NVR prevented getting the recording off
Devices identify what they are
Industry went to STI HD not HDMI
Industry moving to NDI
OREI HDMI Splitter
US law allows you to backup content you own
43:45 Caller Sleuth
How do you separate and backup data at Red Hat
OADP
Depends on the technology
46:46 On Call Article
Register Article
Company didn't pay the bills
Wanted things done in a hurry
Required past due and current call upfront
Router set to factory default
After getting back to the office, found out colleague reset router
Ethical dilemma
Why spend more effort on a non-paying client?
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Oct 16, 2024 • 54min
Ask Noah Show 411
This week Noah and Steve dig into thoughts for light switches if you're starting from scratch. Do you work in a small closet that's been turned into an IT room? Noah gives you a recommendation for a small portable travel laptop stand. With under a year left to switch to Windows 11, there's a surprise at how many people have yet to upgrade. We talk about why that is.
-- During The Show --
01:07 Caller
Would you still go with lutron?
ZWave kit GE & Brighton
How Noah looks at automation
Lutron RA2
Zwave and Home Assistant
Industrial system design
Shelly Pro
Orbit Panels
11:26 Journal Block Device not loaded - John
May be using a file system with out journalling
May be using a file system Lynis can't detect
GitHub Issue
13:25 Thoughts on AXIS Q9307-LV? - Jeremy
All Axis cameras work
Frigate NVR & Home Assistant
Synology Surveillance Station
ONVIF
18:45 Listener Suggestions for Nextcloud Issues - Joe
PHP 8.3 vs 8.2
Disable Nextcloud Talk
Check compatibility of apps
Browser cache
20:38 New Godot fork - Charlie
Redot
GitHub
Website
Let's see if its successful
23:12 News Wire
OpenSUSE Leap Micro 6.0 - opensuse.org
Leap 16 Development - opensuse.org
Ubuntu 24.10 - canonical.com
Tails 6.8 & 6.8.1 - torproject.org
OpenBSD 7.6 - openbsd.org
KDE Turns 28 - kde.org
KDE Frameworks 6.7.0 - kde.org
KDE Plasma 6.2 - kde.org
Linux 6.10 EOL - endoflife.date
Qt 6.8 LTS - qt.io
Python 3.13 - awakenerd.com
RPM 4.20 - rpm.org
Wayland-protocols 1.38 - freedesktop.org
Distrobox 1.8 - github.com
Inkscape 1.4 - inkscape.org
OpenTV 1.0 - github.com
OpenRazer 3.9 - phoronix.com
Pyramid Flow - Venturebeat.com
NVLM 1.0 - infoq.com
Significant Rise in Malicious Software Components - csoonline.com
25:18 Instand
Random "IT Rooms"
Instand
Pros and Cons
Traveler Guitar
35:50 Windows 10 EOL In 1 Year
MS Requires TPM Chip
"Biggest CTRL-ALT-Delete in history"
People calling for extending Windows 10 Support
Not in the users interest
3 year cycle companies shouldn't have an issue
Switch to Linux
Steve's thoughts
Windows 11 has half the users of Windows 10
Chance to make the case for desktop Linux
Take a minute to think
The Register
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Oct 9, 2024 • 57min
Ask Noah Show 410
This week Aaron Prisk and Jason Nucciarone join the program to talk about Ubuntu Summit 2024. We dig into your feedback and talk about the benefits of immutable operating systems.
-- During The Show --
00:55 Intro
Steve's WiFi issues
Printer issues
Nextcloud issues
07:46 Arch and Mandatory Access Control - Baker
Why Steve chooses Arch
Arch doesn't enable "auditing" in the kernel
Other Mandatory Access Control
SELinux
Will tell you what to do
Don't shut it off
Permissive Mode
Arch is the most "vanilla" distro
Things do break in Arch, and other distros
Consider Arch
17:42 Printers - Rabin
Steve uses Brother printers
Till Kamppeter ANS 368
Buy Brother
Use IPP/IPPS
20:56 Charlie Asks The Audience
Self Hostable Web based CRM
Designed for both IT professionals and tradesmen
Can:
Assign Staff
Assign Jobs
List Stock
Quote Job/Task
Invoice
Produce list of stock which is needed to buy as stock is low/empty
Easy Appointments
InvenTree
23:50 News Wire
AntiX 23.2 - antixlinux.com
Nitrux 3.7 - nxos.org
Qbittorrent 5.0 - qbittorrent.org
Firefox 131 - mozilla.org
Network Manager 1.50 - networkmanager.dev
Ardour 8.8 - ardour.org
FWUPD 2.0 - github.com
Rocky Linux from CIQ - insidehpc.com
Pine64's E-innk Tablet - howtogeek.com
Perfctl Malware - thehackernews.com
Nvidia Open Source AI Model - venturebeat.com
25:00 Ubuntu Summit Interview
Aaron Prisk
Jason Nucciarone
What is Ubuntu Summit
Renamed "Ubuntu Summit" from "Ubuntu Developer Summit"
Target audience for Ubuntu Summit
Talks about Rust
Matthew from Matrix
Matrix in Canonical
Getting the flavors together
Community Teams
Ubuntu Summit
45:00 Noah's Imposed Handicap
Build service infrastructure
Secure enclave
Valve heading a specific direction
SteamOS is immutable
Use Tails for a daily driver
Includes basic tools
Can update keys
Can clone itself
Persistent storage
Gnome
KDE Plasma
Everyone should have a Tails drive
Endless OS
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Oct 2, 2024 • 55min
Episode 409: Ask Noah Show 409
This week we dig into the Verizon outage. We'll talk about why and how you can host your own communication infrastructure, so an outage is less detrimental to your life!
-- During The Show --
01:35 Notes with sync? - Jou Jou
How Steve takes notes
Standard Notes
Joplin
Simple Mobile Tools
Fossify
Nextcloud Notes app
Collabra
09:12 Listener Reacts To Distros - Aaron
Issues with Ubuntu
Go for Fedora
Endless OS
Write in with your Ubuntu issues
Mind Drip One Offline Windows Setup
15:27 Audio Issues
Mixer died
Loaner from company
Got the board fixed
Sample rate changed
Sample rate manually fixed and digital recorder back in production
17:48 News Wire
Firefox 131 - mozilla.org
FFmpeg 7.1 - ffmpeg.org
GnuCash 5.9 - gnucash.org
Postgres 17.1 - postgresql
Winamp Source Code - bleepingcomputer.com
Liya 2.1 - notebookcheck.net
Arch and Valve Collaboration - lists.archlinux.org
Tails and Tor Join Forces - blog.torproject.org
Statial-B - hackaday.com
Molmo Open Source AI Model - venturebeat.com
18:55 Arch Flatpak Issue
Installed Arch, ran the ansible, restored backups
Flatpak installs failed
Github Issue
Arch Flatpak Fix
```
flatpak remote-delete --force flathub
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
* Let's do a better job
#### 26:10 Verizon Outage
* No clear communication
* Speculation abounds
* No clear ETA for restoration of service
* Never seen people behave this badly
* Self Hosted services unaffected
* Calls and Texts via 3CX and JMP.chat
* Internal communications over Matrix
* Companies should self host their own services
* Communication is changing
* [Master Switch](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/194417/the-master-switch-by-tim-wu/)
* Steve didn't even notice the outage
* Other carriers reported issues contacting Verizon customers
* Don't be a slave to the glowing brick
#### 40:33 Thunderbird on Android
* Mozilla took over K9 Mail
* Unified Inbox
* Still in Beta
* Asking for feedback
* [Thunderbird Matrix Chat](https://chat.mozilla.org/#/room/#tb-android:mozilla.org)
* [Thunderbird Blog Post](https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/09/help-us-test-the-thunderbird-for-android-beta/)
#### 46:00 Reproducibility
* Combinations of packages can be problematic
* Automation can fail
* Never will be completely safe
* Automation can get you a long way
* NixOS
* ZFS Snapshots
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Sep 25, 2024 • 53min
Ask Noah Show 408 | Distro Hopping
We struggled again this week with audio. We appologize for any inconvinence for skipping / low pitched audio
This week Steve shares his distro hopping adventures! Noah and Steve are both skating towards the same end goal. They are going about getting there different ways.
-- During The Show --
00:45 Steve's Distro Hopping
Steve's distro journey
Deepin Desktop vs Deepin Distro
Deepin Desktop mix of Gnome and KDE
Commercial vs Steve's desktop implementations
Unique monitor setup
What Noah wants in a computer
Reinstall with the niceties
Pop!_OS & Cosmic experience
Deepin is Chinese
Arch & Deepin DE
KDE experience
KDE can always recover
Latte-Dock
Arch is the nerd safety OS
Lots of distros, what's missing
44:00 News Wire
SparkyLinux 7.5 - sparkylinux.org
ZorinOS 17.2 - zorin.com
MXLinux 23.4 - mxlinux.org
Linux Libre 6.11 - lwn.net
Real-time Linux Officially Mainline - arstechnica.com
Gnome 47 - release.gnome.org
Gnome 46.5 - discourse.gnome.org
Open Source Maintainers Unpaid - cybersecuritydive.com
NSF Initiative - new.nsf.gov
Citrine Sleet Poisons PyPI - darkreading.com
Void Editor - voideditor.org omgubuntu.co.uk
Alibaba AI Models - cnbc.com
Mark Zuckerberg's Goal - businessinsider.com
46:00 Continuing Camera Discussion - CantankerousAdmin
Axis A1001
Honeywell's was horrible
Newer Axis requires windows
Lenels is the big dog
Only for large installs
Requires windows
Haven't responded to sales inquires
Kerisys is the underdog
Requires windows
49:58 Smart Thermostats & Panels - Rob
Leviton Load Centers
SPAN Panel
Honeywell RedLINK
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Sep 18, 2024 • 54min
Ask Noah Show 407
AUDIO THIS WEEK HAD A SAMPLE RATE ISSUE. SORRY FOR IN INCONVENIENCE.
-- During The Show --
00:52 Steve's WiFi
We think its fixed!
Noah brought lots of gear
Replaced some hardware
02:41 Recovery after power surge - David
Cattle not Pets
Steve's Nextcloud experience
Noah's laptop approach
09:43 Communications App Upheaval - Charlie
There is a war on encrypted messaging
Courts are making decisions
12:45 Listener Responses To Listener (cameras in home) - Chris
UniFi Wave Pico system
13:51 News Wire
AlmaLinux Certification SIG - almalinux.org
Wine 9.17 - gitlab.winehq.org
Samba 4.21 - samba.org
Rust 1.81 - blog.rust-lang.org
GNU Nano 8.2 - lists.gnu.org
Firefox 130 - mozilla.org
QEMU 9.1 - qemu.org
Peropesis 2.7 - peropesis.org
RLXOS 2.0 - rlxos.dev
Q4OS Released - q4os.org
Rust Kernel Support for MIPS - phoronix.com
Linux in Automotive - globenewswire.com
MX Linux 23.4 - mxlinux.org
Tails 6.7 - torproject.org
EasyOS 6.3 - bkhome.org
Virtualbox 7.1 - virtualbox.org
KDE 6.2 - kde.org
KDE Frameworks 6.6 - kde.org
Shotcut 24.09 - shotcut.com
Ardour 8.7 - ardour.org
White House Working Group - govciomedia.com
Tidelift Study - businesswire.com
OpenSearch Foundation - techcrunch
Hedera - cointelegraph.com
Linux 6.11 - phoronix.com
MNT Reform Next - arstechnica.com
Juno Tab 3 - colocrossing.com
Oracle Weblogic Exploited - thehackernews.com
Advanced materials AI Model - aibusiness.com
LightEval - venturebeat.com
RHEL AI - businesswire.com
17:55 Immich
Developer scratches his own itch
Immich better than google photos now
Google data pull
GitHub Script
*
7z x \*.zip
Roadmap
Private/Locked photos
In app editing
Auto stacking
Funding
Foodo
Steve's current photo solution
Immich backup methods
Forground
Background
Manual sync button
Sharing/Collaboration
Infinite scrolling
Social aspect
Deletion issue
Requires inputting the port
37:00 FCC and 900Mhz
Meshtastic
LoRa
Chirp Spread Spectrum
Only good for long range small packets of data
Rx/Tx Wattage
NextNav wants to buy the spectrum
LoRa enables lots of possibilities
Lilygo T Deck Plus
Rokland blog post
Licensing the frequency stifles innovation
Could hamper emergency response
Having open frequencies democratizes communication
LoRa FCC Guide
Opposition_Letter
FCC Paths to LoRa Certification
FCC Part 15.247 - Digital Modulation
FCC Part 15.247 - Frequency Hopping Spread-Spectrum (FHSS)
FCC Part 15.249 - All Other Transmission in the 900MHz range
FCC Part 15.247(b)(3)
Problematic spectrum impact
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Sep 4, 2024 • 54min
Ask Noah Show 406
This week we dig back into home automation, we talk a bit about choosing cameras for a large camera system, and of course we answer your questions!
-- During The Show --
00:52 Intro
Home automation
Weekend of learning
03:48 Monitoring Remote Location (Cameras) - Rob
Powerline adapters might work
Ubiquiti Nano Beam
Synology Surveillance Station
Frigate
Do not put the NVR on the internet
Privacy
File server upload
Home Assistant events
17:18 Camera Systems for Tribal Lands - William
NDAA compliant cameras and NVRs
ReoLink NVR banned
ReoLink Cameras depends - bad idea
NDAA compliant brands
360 Vision Technology (360 VTL)
Avigilon
Axis Communications
BCD International
Commend
FLIR
Geutebrück
iryx
JCI/Tyco Security
Mobotix
Pelco
Rhombus Systems
Seek Thermal
Solink
Vaion/Ava
WatchGuard
Main 3 NVR in use
Exac Vision
Avigilon
Milestone
NDAA conversation
Noah's favorites
Axis
FLIR
#### 25:09 Charlie Finds e-ink android - Charlie
Boox Palma
Why a camera?
Nice for reading
Lineage or Graphene will NOT work
27:57 ESPDevices for Light Switches - Avri
Shelly's are ESP32 devices
Devices can talk to each other
30:00 Beaming podcasts to Volumio and Roku - Tiny
Pulse Audio
Write in!
31:40 News Wire
4M Linux 46 - opensourcefeed.org
Debain Bookwork 12.7 - debian.org
Porteus 1.6 - porteus.org
Rhino Linux 2nd Release - itsfoss.com
GNU Screen 5 - theregister.com
Wireshark 4.4 - wireshark.org
Bugzilla releases - bugzilla.org
Armbian 24.8 - armbian.com
Elasticsearch and Kibana licensing - businesswire.com
Xe2 Linux Support - wccftech.com
Cicada3301 - thehackernews.com
New Phi-3.5 AI Models - infoq.com
Open-Source, EU AI Act Compliant LLMs - techzine.eu
View on Why AI Models Should be Open and Free for All - businessinsider.com
33:53 Hoptodesk
Comparison to Team Viewer
Hoptodesk
Free & Open Source
Cross platform
E2E Encryption
Can self host the server
Wayland is not officially supported
38:05 EmuDeck
ArsTechnica
Seeking funding
Already been doing this on the steamdeck
For retro games
Drawing unwanted attention
Powered by Bazzite
41:05 Home Automation
Zwave
Great for nerds/tinkering
Not for professional installs
RadioRA 2
Licensed dedicated frequency
Central planning
Never had a failure
Designed to be integrated
Orbit Panels and Shelly Pro Line
Game changer
100% reliable
People don't want a wall of dimmers
Seeed Studio mmWave Sensor
I don't like WiFi for automation
Steve's experience
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Aug 28, 2024 • 54min
Ask Noah Show 405 | Method Not Allowed
Why do you use Linux? Why do you want to use Linux? This week Noah and Steve dig into their technology past and reflect on why a technologist would choose Linux and Open Source over the proprietary alternatives.
-- During The Show --
01:08 Why I Use Linux - Ryan
Opened my eyes
Wide open
Allows me to choose how to use my computer
02:40 405 Error "Method Not Allowed"
DICOM Software
requires activation
activation server went away
Online Game Activation
direct to drive
companies take the game with them
Memories taken
Steve's Story
Windows put you in a sandbox
Linux is nerdy and different
Unix philosophy
2 parts Linux and Open Source
Reading source code
Windows got better then worse
2 main professional automation systems
Build systems independently then tie together
Ruling things out
X10
zigbee
Ruled in
ZWave
Shellys
Home Assistant update broke Orbit Panels
Breaking the automation network out
Shelly integration methods
Steve's Parent's Setup
RaspberryPi with Home Assistant
ESP8266 with door sensor
42:48 News Wire
Calligra 4.0 - carlschwan.eu
Calibre 7.17 - calibre-ebook.com
KDE Gear 24.08 - kde.org
EasyOS 6.2 - notebookcheck.net
Linux Desktop Share All Time High - tomshardware.com
Descent 3 Open Source Engine Release - gamingonlinux.com
NVIDIA 560.35.03 - phoronix.com
Arch Install 2.8.3 Adds COSMIC - phoronix.com
Microsoft Confirms Breaking Linux Dual Boot - bleepingcomputer.com
Zen 5 Chip Runs 16% Faster - tomshardware.com
NASA Awards $1.4M - science.nasa.gov
Pidgin Keylogger Plugin - pidgin.im
Sedexp Malware - bleepingcomputer.com
AI Powered Robots - iotworldtoday.com
Dracarys LLM - venturebeat
All Things Open Open Source AI Definition - blog.adafruit.com
Linux turned 33 on August 25th
45:45 Long Term Investment
Core business software is built on open source today
Being told no is unappealing
Being able to fix things
Are you controlling the box or is the box controlling you?
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Aug 21, 2024 • 1h 2min
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This week Steve gives a deep dive into his adventures with Frigate, an open source NVR software.
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00:46 Orbit Panels
Installed at home
First professional install
Smart home issues
03:03 Oreon Desktop
The Register
Distro based on Alma Linux
Hard to get commercial Linux desktop right
Oreon Project
Company has support
Focus on the desktop
Has lots of extra packages/software
Focus on stability
10:08 Serpent OS
9 to 5 Linux
Serpent OS Alpha release
Ikey Doherty
11:55 Cosmic OS
9 to 5 Linux
Pop!_OS 24.04
Alpha release of Cosmic Desktop
Built for users
System76 Cosmic
Easy to switch between traditional and tiling desktops
Give System76 constructive feedback
Available for many distros
Tool kit is available on Mac and Windows
21:33 Buying/Owning Content
ARSTechnica
Roku axed Redbox app
You don't own anything purchased on a "service"
24:45 Sous Vide Cooker to Charge
App is 10 years old
Charging a subscription fee
Claim is to cover hosting and downloads of the app
Why not open source the app/protocol?
ARSTechnica
30:13 News Wire
Batocera 40 - gamingonlinux.com
Deepin 23 deepin.org
TAILS 6.6 - torproject.org
CockroachDB Licensing Change - techcrunch.com
Mesa 24.2.0 - mesa3d.org
Gentoo & IA-64 Itanium - Gentoo.org
OMI Joined ORGS - theregister.com
Hermes 3 - siliconangle.com
NeuroTrALE - extremetech.com
32:00 Frigate Make Good
Mostly user error
h.265 vs h.264
New release 0.14
complete rewrite of the UI
User permissions exist now!
Got a response on Github!
6 cameras plus a doorbell
RioLink HA plugin did magic
Moved from HA to Ryzen 1700
Power usage in HA vs Baremetal+GPU
Network load
Now up to
125 watts
5 disks
64 GB of RAM
Tying into Home Assistant
Open Source taking over proprietary
Documentation
Getting things "dialed in"
Passing on "tribal knowledge"
Calculating RAM usage
Predicts disk usage
Don't put it on the same box as Home Assistant
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