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May 8, 2024 • 60min
Episode 388: Ask Noah Show 388
This week Matthew Miller joins the program from Red Hat Summit and we learn about Fedora 40.
-- During The Show --
00:50 Red Hat Summit
In Colorado
Corporate vs Community events
Red Hat feels like the "big brother of open source"
Red Hat's dedication to open source
04:20 Charlie responds to Steve - Charlie
ReoLink Cameras Suggested by Charlie
RLC-510A (POE/Night Vis) (No PTZ)
RLC-520a (POE/Night Vis) (No PTZ)
RLC-810a (POE/Night Vis) (No PTZ)
Steve's ReoLink PTZ (Reolink TrackMix PoE 4K Dual-Lens)
ReoLink camera is Noah's "make good camera"
Electrical Power
ESP32 with LORA
Off Grid comms
900 mhz
12:20 Dealing with conflict of interest - Brandon
Client continuing to "milk you"
Clients will respect you more for setting boundaries
Steve's solution
Communicate in writing
Ask what the client wants
Write out what you remember
Don't do anything more
Noah's solution
Be a good listener
Documentation for past work ok
"how would you do...." not ok
Have a frank conversion
Don't be afraid to let a client walk
20:30 Proton mail discloses user data? - Charlie
Restore Privacy Article
Email is not secure
Proton has never exposed contents of email
There has been some misreporting
Meta data is not encrypted
Proton is not a shroud for illegal activity
All companies are required to follow laws
Does shutting down "server their customers"?
Technology has limitations
Operational security
Proton mail contested a lot of requests
29:40 Matthew Miller Interview
Matthew Miller - Fedora Project lead
Fedora 40
CentOS Stream forks from Fedora every 3 years
XZ Utils Vulnerability
Requiring "Gov ID" can be detrimental
Open Source allowed for attribution
Is Fedora a target?
Mailing lists to Discourse
Email is becoming a "captured system"
Impact of having discussions "searchable"
Feedback needs to be constructive
Mediation
Get involved with Fedora!
AI and ML
Boot-able containers
Documentation
Design Team
Moderation/Communication
Event organizing
FLOCK
Contributor focused conference
Brings contributors together
In person connections are important
Nest with Fedora
What skills does a person need?
Sales
Coordination/Project Management
Room for all levels of skills
Good place to learn skills
What does open source mean to you
Friends Features Freedoms First
Important for people to "own their OS"
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May 1, 2024 • 54min
Episode 387: Ask Noah Show 387
This week it's a recap of Linuxfest Northwest! We circle back to creating your own ISO, and we'll touch on the recent events in the Nix Community have resulted in Jonathan Ringer no longer be fulfilling the role of release manager.
-- During The Show --
00:48 Steve's Camera Experiences
Axis PTZ camera died
Factory reset
Replaced with Riolink camera
Be aware of what you are buying
08:00 Arcolinux for Building ISOs - Wiggy
Automate logins
Selenium
Kwallet
Arcolinux
13:20 Home Assistant ESP32
ESP32 devices falling off the network
Trouble shooting
Solution
#### 19:32 Tempest Weather Station
Tempest Weather Station
Can find other local stations
20:57 Fixing Dad's House
Overview of nightmare
Shelly Pro 4 PM
ZigBee Network Scene Controller
ZWave Network Scene Controller
Portable/Small Scene Switch
Aeotec Aeon Labs WallMote
Aeotec NanoMote Quad
26:20 System76 Interview
Carl Richell - CEO of System76
Cosmic Gnome Shell
Building Cosmic Desktop
Built in Rust
Tiling WM
High positive response
Did you think System76 would get into software development?
How it works
Keyboard shortcuts
Cosmic GitHub
38:35 Boot.dev
Gameified backend coding platform
Not a bootcamp or degree
Gameified learning is not always practical
Gameified learning may not keep you motivated long term
Boot.dev
Scrapli
Python library for configuring network devices
47:30 Nix Drama
Jonathan Ringer no longer release manager
There is a human on the other side of the keyboard
How is this "inclusive and accepting"?
Many open source projects came from tax dollars
Focus on meritocracy
Singling out a person is sad
Hope it all works out
Save Nix Together
Nix News
Kilo Byte Size
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Apr 24, 2024 • 54min
Episode 386: Ask Noah Show 386
-- During The Show --
00:50 10 Year Hardware Plan - Caller
Extended warranty support from hardware company
Offer your own extended support
Cold Shelf
3-5 years seems acceptable
Tolerance for business continuity
06:08 NFS
Moral of the story
Trouble shooting process
Inner workings of NFS
R and W size
11:55 UI for Building ISO - A
Typical ISO building process
OpenSUSE Build Service
EaseUS Utility
Very time consuming
Image the system
15:14 Networking for Libvirt - Carey
Cockpit
macvtap Red Hat Doc Arch Wiki
Do you need VMs to talk to the Host?
18:30 Self Hosted Email Feedback - Michael
Biggest challenge
DKIM
DMARC
SPF
Reverse Lookups
Noah is not in the "host your own email" camp
Looking for reasons to "say no"
Seen lots of Gsuite and Office365 not setting up records correctly
21:14 Encryption, Email and Wifi questions - Nikki
Tang & Clevis - automated decryption on boot
What is your attack vector
Red Hat Knowledge base Article
25:12 Gmail Alternative - Nikki
Why Proton subscription
Catch all domain
Filtering email
Tutanota
Fast Mail
Anything is better than Gmail
29:23 News Wire
Fedora 40 - Fedora
Tails 6.2 - Tails
Lakka 5.0 - Lakka
Wine 9.7 - GitLab
LXQT 2.0 - LXQT
Firefox 125 - OMG Ubuntu
Audacity 3.5 - Git Hub
OpenSSF CISA DHS and SBOMs - SD Times
Cerber Ransomware - SC Magazine
Akira Ransomware - The Hacker News
Phi-3 LLM - axios.com
Meta Llama 3
Gentoo Rejects AI Code - The Register
Linux in Your Car
ARS Technica
Software defined vehicles
System 1
Power train
ABS
Traction Control
System 2
Camera
Ultrasonic Sensors
Self Driving Systems
System 3
Infotainment
System 4
Climate
Lighting
System 5
Master control over everything
ISO 26262
4,000 Linux security patches in 8 years
Red Hat heavily investing in automotive
37:25 Miracle WM
Wayland tiling window manager
Tiling window managers are for more than just text based
Where tiling WM don't do as well
Linux IAC
The Register
40:46 Mir & Wayland
Mir now serves as a Wayland compositor
Mir office hours
Are we Wayland yet
X server is still very solid
Crashes X vs Wayland
Wayland paper cuts
Waypipe
45:41 QT Ubuntu 24.04
The Register
Kubuntu switching to Calamares installer
Ubuntu Flutter installer only on "Main Ubuntu"
Kubuntu has Plasma 5
Lubuntu has LXQT 1.3
AppArmor namespace Etcher issue solved
Steve's choice of Distro
Noah and flatpaks
Steve moving away from Ubuntu to RHEL and Arch
52:28 Announcements
Linux Fest North West
April 26-28 2024
Bellingham Technical College
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Apr 17, 2024 • 44min
Ask Noah Show 385
Exploring MIDI advancements, news on open-source software, the Framework Laptop's Linux compatibility, Tailscale for secure connections, and QLC+ for lighting control boards. Unboxing the modular Framework Laptop, repurposing computers, and simplifying encrypted connections with WireGuard technology are also discussed.

Apr 10, 2024 • 54min
Ask Noah Show 384
This week Noah and Steve give you the latest on open source mobile operating systems. Windows is pushing people to Linux by way of charging them $244 per year for updates in the third year.
-- During The Show --
01:20 Hardware
Protectli
$170 Chinesium Device
Lenovo Thunderbolt Dock
CalDigit Thunderbolt Dock
09:19 Graphene OS - Craig
GrapheneOS
Moving away from phones
JMP.Chat
Conversations
Gajim
Linphone
JMP.Chat phone service
LineageOS
PostmarketOS
SailfishOS
Titan M chip
Had pretty good luck on ebay
NitroKey/NitroPhone
25:55 NixOS Thoughts - Jeremy W
Where NixOS is useful
"Productised" NixOS
Set people up for success
32:58 Self Hosted Email - Jeremy H
Write in and tell me about your self hosted email experiences
34:54 News Wire
German State Moving to Linux - ARSTechnica
Kodi 21.0 - Kodi
Nitrux - nxos.org
Ubuntu 24.04 Delayed - Toms Hardware
EndeavourOS ARM Discontinued - EndeavourOS
Linux 6.7 EOL - Server Host
QT Creator 13 - QT
FFmpeg 7.0 - FFmpeg
Dtrace 2.0 - Phoronix
AURORA-M - Mark Tech Post
Gretel AI Text-to-SQL - Mark Tech Post
Viking Model Family - Mark Tech Post
Framework Hiring - Phoronix
36:26 Bell Canada is deleting DVR/PVR recordings
Steve hates Bell Canada
Marriage photographer story
HDCP
HDCP Stripper
OREI HDMI splitter
43:03 Windows Upgrades/Updates
Windows 10 EOL October 2025
Extended Security Updates (ESUs)
Microsoft will charge for updates
ARS Technica
46:06 Germany Switching to Linux
Linux solves "Windows high hardware requirements"
Schleswig-Holstein developing open source directory service
LiMux from Munich
Steve's take
[Lxer.com](lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=339628)
ARS Technica
51:10 American Privacy Rights Act
[Fusion Centers](lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=339628)
IQT
Tax dollars funding data collection companies
The Register
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Apr 3, 2024 • 54min
Ask Noah Show 383 | XZ Vulnerbility
Malicious updates made to a Linux tool were a few weeks away from going mainstream. Noah and Steve help you understand what you need to know.
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Mar 27, 2024 • 54min
Ask Noah Show 382
What's the best way to roll central authentication? What's the best Google replacement suite? This week Noah and Steve dig into hosting questions, as always your calls go to the front of the line!
-- During The Show --
01:36 PHP, Kanban etc - Joe
Nextcloud Deck
Our Note Organizer
03:40 NIX Feedback - Alexander
People time rank/prioritize
"What problem does it solve" is a framework
Effective evangelizing
Making something "sticky"
No bad questions
13:22 Caller Tony from Toronto
Central Authentication?
FreeIPA
Samaba4 Distros
Zentyal
20:48 Grimnir from Mumble
Volumio
Locking it down
SSH
Samaba
Home Assistant
Adding music
Separate Volumio from the PI
25:00 Nextcloud? - Craig
Nextcloud is challenging on iOS
Head Scale
SpiderOak
Immich
SeaFile
Encrypt locally, then upload to "cloud"
Fastmail
36:20 Vivaldi & Hosting questions - Ben
Hugo
Altispeed Hosting
Vivaldi
41:25 Database Questions - Anton
Argument against DIY
OpenEMR
Open Source
No lock in
Form editor
CPT/ICD10 codes
WikiJS
Weasis
47:26 News Wire
OSI Election Results - opensource.org
Red Hat Nova - lore.kernel.org
Linux 6.9 RC - lkml.iu.edu
Regata OS 24 - betanews.com
Wine 9.5 - gitlab.winehq.org
Kafka UI 1.0 - GitHub
Firefox 124 - Mozilla
Gnome 45.5 - Gnome
Gnome 46 - Gnome
Emacs 29.3 - Gnu.org
Cmake 3.29 - Cmake.org
OpenVPN - OpenVPN
SysVInit 3.09 - Phoronix
Docker 26 - Docker
Lemur Pro - System76
Devika - Market Tech Post GitHub
Ubuntu LTS 12 Year Support - How To Geek
49:05 Shufflecake
Shufflecake
Linux encryption tool
Makes hidden volumes
Spiritual successor to TrueCrypt and VeriCrypt
GPG encryption
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Mar 20, 2024 • 54min
Ask Noah Show 381 | SCaLE 2024
-- During The Show --
Scale
Ubicon & NixCon
Krita talk
HPC (High Performance Computing)
Ubuntu and Matrix
What problem does Nix solve?
Future adoption of Nix?
Flox
Sat night dinner
Bazzite
Making and keeping connections
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Mar 13, 2024 • 56min
Ask Noah Show 380 | Open Source Task Management
This podcast discusses open source task management tools like Super Productivity and Kanban boards. They also explore transitioning nonprofits to Linux for cost savings, updates in the tech industry, and effective task tracking strategies. Additionally, they touch on community initiatives in tech events, youth track activities, and a special musical performance at an upcoming event.

Mar 6, 2024 • 54min
Ask Noah Show 379 | Work Life Balance
How do you balance the stress of tech with the benefits? Noah and Steve dig through the delicate issue of work life balance.
-- During The Show --
01:00 Migrations Complete!
$22/month on EMS to $50/month Self Hosted
02:30 Ajit Praise - Cory
Their are cultural differences between Japan and the US
Most of us want "maximum absence of coercion"
People have different views of "justice"
Internet going from luxury to necessity in a generation
Still learning the effect of internet and technology
Book recommendation The Master Switch
Moral compasses
Things are moving fast in multiple directions
12:40 Django vs PHP - Joe
Batteries included approach
Open Source Tech Training Overview
Our Note Organizer (GitHub)
15:40 Naelr from Mumble
Suggestion: iRedMail
Suggestion: MailCow
Mail in a Box
Noah has not decided to self host email
Going on 3 months of Microsoft unable to send email to Yahoo
23:20 Smart Vacuums - Charlie
Tech should be there from me
Some smart vacuums can be locally controlled via MQTT
Home Assistant integration
Some smart vacuums can be "flashed"
NY Times
Digital Trends
28:00 News Wire
OpenSUSE systemd-boot - OpenSUSE
Tails 6.0 - Beta News
KDE 6 Update - How To Geek
Gnome Variable Refresh Rate - GitLab
GDB 14.2 - Phoronix
Shotcut 24.02 - GitHub
Gparted 1.6 - Source Forge
Distrobox 1.7 - Phoronix
Linux 6.8 Back on Track - The Register
Ubicloud AWS Alternative - Tech Crunch
AMD's HDMI 2.1+ Rejected - Tech Radar
GTPDOOR - The Hacker News
BIFROSE - The Hacker News
29:25 Balance of Technology
Shut off all devices for 1 Day
Noah has staff
You have to have a passion for IT to work in IT
Example of a day off win
Work Life Balance
Steve's experience
Turning off the device and walking away can be the best choice
It can be challenging
Turn the box off
Responsibility/Stimulus
Noah's experience and reaction
Finding a win
Cancel Culture
Face to Face vs Online communication
Book Recommendation Irresistible
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