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Feb 28, 2024 • 54min
Ask Noah Show 378
This week Noah and Steve celebrate some open source wins, answer your open source questions, and talk about the Linux and open source news of the week!
-- During The Show --
01:13 Creating Training Content - Jeremy
Clients will not send you questions ahead of time
Customization is work
Traditional training
Custom corporate training
Business models
08:32 Running Docker as non-root - Joshua
What putting your user in the docker group does
Depends on what you are trying to achieve
Passing the docker socket into a container
Running daemons as root
Mandatory Access Control
Podman
13:50 Security Camera Recommendations - Kevin
Reolink POE
Axis Product Selector
Axis Lens Calculator
18:15 HVAC Auotmation - Kevin
DIY
Johnson Controls
Very expensive
Very proprietary
Honeywell RedLINK
22:47 Manjaro Question - Chris
Launch application from the command line
Write in if you can help!
24:36 Smart Home Concerns - Micah
Privacy Concerns
X10 was horrible
Use purpose built components
Things should last 10+ years
Putting things on the network
Network island
32:09 News Wire
Firefox 123 - Mozilla
Ardour 8.4 - Ardour
RawTherapee 5.10 - RawTherapee
Sway 1.9 - Git Hub
Tiny Core - Tiny Core Linux
NTSYNC RFC - Its Foss
Steam Audio Apache-2.0 - Foss Force
Ubuntu 22.04.4 - Phoronix
More Libreboot Hardware - 9 to 5 Linux
SSH-Snake Weaponized - The Hacker News
Gemma AI Models - Fortune
AWS Mistral - Venture Beat
Seeking Input on AI Guardrails - Washington Examiner
34:00 USB-C Docks
Minimum viable battle station
USB-C refers to the physical connector
Thunderbolt Controller
Thunderbolt 4 dock
backwards compatible with USB
Noah's home dock
Anker USB-C dock
40:50 Mikes Boxes
US delivery address for Canadian customers
Django
framework for building applications
open source legos
Python works, batteries not included
Customizing things can be difficult
Frameworks are good for 80% of use cases
Once a maintainer
Greatfull to all the people in open source
Talk Python To Me
Episode 437
Episoide 428
Episode 379
48:10 AT&T Botched Update
Offered $5
Noah didn't notice
Ticket Master worked on GrapheneOS
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Feb 21, 2024 • 54min
Episode 377: Ask Noah Show 377
This week Simon Quigley, and Rick Timmis from Kubuntu join the Ask Noah Show to talk about the issues surrounding Kubuntu and what the path looks like going forward.
-- During The Show --
01:18 Ajit Pai Feedback - Chris
The question is "when to regulate"
Purpose of govt is to protect people
Bad situations exist
Internet is becoming essential
05:58 Self Hosting Email - Jon
Dealing with black lists stinks
Security is a moving target
Project like Nextcloud incorporates email
Down time responsibility
Noah is NOT in the "go host your own email boat"
Simon's Cisco link
Email security requirements
13:34 FrePBX and Firewalls - Austin
Sangomakb Knowledge Base
FreePBX has evolved
Don't expose anything you don't have to
Noah's home setup
Voxtelesys & 3CX
17:15 Long Term Backups? - Charlie
Don't store long term data on flash media
Used drives can be ok
3-2-1 Rule
Test your backup
18:49 SkoobaSteve Over the Air TV
HDHomeRun
Network TV
Self host TV
21:38 News Wire
Linux Kernel CNA - Kroah.com
Firefox 123 - Mozilla
Auto cpufreq 2.2.0 - GitHub
Miracle-wm - GitHub
Louvre 1.2.0 - GitHub
RISC-V Kernel Builds - Phoronix
Asahi & OpenGL - Ars Technica Apple Insider
E-Gov Diia - Twitter
freenginx fork - Ars Technica
Wi-Fi Auth Bypass - Security Week
Migo Malware Campaign - Info Security
Ivanti Pulse Secure Weaknesses - The Hacker News
Ubiquiti Routers Infected - Ars Technica
Cohere Aya Model - Siliconangle
24:38 Kubuntu Interview
Rick Timis Kubuntu Consular/Community Manager
Simon Quigley Kubuntu Member
What happened?
What would have been the future of Kubuntu?
How did Rick get involved?
Bringing the consul together
What does Kubuntu look like going forward?
Is Kubuntu considering the new flutter installer?
Downstream vendors/use cases
Kubuntu hardware partners/vendors
Kubuntu support
JPL Helicopter
40:40 Cloud vs Self Hosting
Ars Technica
Can you blame Wyze for not securing the feeds?
Wyze cameras go offline due to AWS
3rd party caching client
2nd leak in less than 6 months
If code is not open source, no one can raise the alarm
Eufy lied about not uploading data
Ars Technica
If it's not client side encrypted, it can be leaked
The Register
Centralization of services
Open source can be fixed
Closed source, helpless
If you care about privacy, host it yourself on open source
51:10 Chat room feedback
Plex and Jellyfin can be used as HDHomeRun receiver
51:30 Kubuntu Design Contest
Kubuntu Design Contest
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Feb 14, 2024 • 54min
Episode 376: Ask Noah Show 376
How do you setup an IP camera doorbell to call your phone? Can Windows decrypt gpg files and should you store those on a network share? It's a packed episode with your questions and our answers!
-- During The Show --
01:50 Noah's Cloud Experience
Paramount attaches to google account
Google locks out account
Experience was terrible even when it was working
Artificial barriers encourage piracy
Google continues to charge card after closing account
07:20 Nextcloud Issues - David
Apple shuts down 3rd party sync
iPhone automation to fire the Nextcloud app
Add CardDav/CalDav account
Contact sync guide
Check "pathing"
Report the issue to container maintainer
What the Nextcloud all in one container does
Pulls down other containers
"black box"
15:54 Encrypted files help - Joshua
Master source of truth
Attackers target samaba shares
PGPtool
ZFS encrypted volume and manually load/unload key
Encrypted containers
Veracrypt
KDE Vaults
Purpose of encryption
Write back in with use case!
24:52 Linux Consulting? - Jeremy
Make sure your employer is cool with it
Networking
Look in the community
Job boards
31:54 Home Assistant & Door Bells - Eddie
Riolink python library
Use Home Assistant automation
Noah's setup
Generic SIP = phone portion
Generic RTMP = Camera portion
Generic GPIO = Control
38:51 Niche Distros
Can be special snowflakes
Nobara
Based on Fedora
Made by glorious eggroll folks
GoboLinux
Why not just use "configure package" on base distro?
Appliance distros have their place
ElementaryOS
Endless OS
50:38 EMS Migration
EMS responsive, great docs
No insight
EMS left instances running past shut down date
Don't run two servers at once
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Feb 7, 2024 • 52min
Episode 375: Ask Noah Show 365 | Ajit Pai
Ajit Pai, the former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission joins Noah and Steve to discuss regulation at the federal level and how we best frame our laws to promote innovation and the freedom of the internet.
-- During The Show --
00:58 Noah Helps Son's Friend
Buys bits at a time
Went Linux vs $200 Windows
Walked him through all the steps
Made a recovery script
03:20 Glenn From The Geek Lab
Switched away from Mail in a Box
Went to Mailcow
Your experience with blacklists?
04:48 Penguin From The Geek Lab
Bunny CDN?
Open Source going strong
Open source friendly options
Why you may need a CDN
06:27 Mobile Operating Systems
Many devices still need android drivers
Sailfish OS
Incremental improvements still being made
07:50 Inventree
Inventree
Divides purchasing and selling
Manage Suppliers
BOM Management
08:58 News Wire
GNU C Library 2.39 - Source Ware
Helium OS Public Alpha - Helium OS
OnlyOffice - Only Office
LibreOffice 24.2 - Document Foundation
Scribus 1.6 - Scribus
Mesa 24.0 - Freedesktop.org
Ubuntu 24.04 & Linux 6.8 - OMG Ubuntu
KaOS Linux 2024.01 - 9 to 5 Linux
Nitrux 3.3 - NXOS
SUDO on Windows Server - Bleeping Computer
PKL Programing Language - Tech Radar
Glibc Flaw - The Hacker News
GNU C v2.39 - Source Ware
AI2 Full Open Source LLM - Axios.com
Protect AI Integrates LLM Guard - csoonline.com
Hugging Face AI Assistant Maker - Venture Beat
Mistral CEO Confirms Leak - Venture Beat
10:50 Ajit Pai Interview
What was your big picture of the FCC when you were appointed?
Why advocate for less regulations and what were the results?
Where does the line fall between FCC and elected officials?
Does regulation stifle innovation?
What are you views on net neutrality?
Where is the line between giving authority to state and local government vs the FCC?
Internet/last mile providers and internet backbone
ICS in prisons
Is there any reason why internet couldn't facilitate low cost communications in prisons?
Can you see a time where the federal government puts in internet infrastructure?
AI and robo calls and texts
What can you speculate about the FCC and frameworks for licensing space stations engaged in in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (ISAM)
Where do you see the future of ham radio?
FCC.gov
NY Times
Ars Technica
FCC PDF
Events coming up
Texas Linux Fest
Linux Fest North West
Scale
SELF
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Jan 31, 2024 • 54min
Episode 374: Ask Noah Show 374
This week Noah and Steve dig into alternatives to Axis for cameras. What can you buy that won't break the bank, but also has open source compatibility? Your questions go to the front of the line, and what if NextCloud had an email backend?
-- During The Show --
01:10 Steve's WiFi/SSID problem
Double NAT theory
MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit)
03:43 Mail-in-a-box - Joe
Mail-in-a-box uses Nextcloud components
Office in a box
Center around files or email
Nextcloud conversation
Roundcube
Microsoft support/blocking entire yahoo domain
Mail partnership
Write in about self hosted email
15:15 HDMI Capture card - Fred
Blackmagic Decklink HDMI
No guarantee drivers will continue to be published
PCI bandwidth
Blackmagic Decklink Duo (SDI)
Quad Bus USB Card
Decimator
VDO.ninja
20:17 Affordable USB DMX Controller - TwoBit
DMX vs RGBW
Hardware controllers
DMXKing USB Adapter
QLC+
MIDI control
WLED
WLED DMX output doc
Orbs, LED Walls, Christmas lights
Chat Recommendation Enttec Open DMX USB
Thank You TwoBit!
27:25 News Wire
Vanilla OS 2 Orchid Beta - Vanilla OS
Ubuntu Touch OTA-4 - Ubports
Firefox 122 Google Meet Fix - Fedora Project
Ubuntu 24.04 Aiming for 6.8 Kernel - Phoronix
NVIDIA 550 - Phoronix
OpenWRT One - Toms Hardware
Game Boy Homebrew - Gaming on Linux
EU Cyber Resilience Act - Adafruit Blog
White House Report - Cyber Scoop
Vivante NPU - CNX Software
Eco Libre Report - Eco Libre
Google Cloud and Hugging Face - Data Center Dynamics
New Greener AI Models - Tech Xplore
Code Llama 70B - Venture Beat
29:00 Dash Boards
Being more "pro" at home
Dashy
Only tracks web end points
Beautiful UI
Prometheus, Grafana
Uptime Kuma
Strikes a middle ground
Variety of "end points"
Tracks over time
Layout
Settings stored in SQlite file
Has an API
Use case
Setup
38:27 Alternative Cameras
Axis
Great
Expensive
Hard to find mounts
RioLink
Lots of conflicting information
Depends on the model
Steve bought ReoLink E1 Outdoor Pro
Home Assistant auto detected ReoLink
Lots of sensors
Has "tracking" and "motion detection"
Home Assistant can update firmware
Has FTP setting
RioLink (Amazon)
RioLink PiPy API
Get a POE based camera
You get what you pay for
Do Not buy these cameras!
Hikvision/Dahua - The Intercept
Eufy - Ars Technica
Ring - EFF
Used Axis is cheaper anyway
Get cameras that follow a standard (ONVIF)
ONVIF Conformant Products
GeoVision (Amazon)
Camera longevity
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Jan 24, 2024 • 54min
Ask Noah Show 373
This week we revisit the idea of self-hosting your own email server. For years both of us have been against it, with the current state of "cloud" mail providers, maybe it's time to reconsider. Noah and Steve dig into new research that suggests some concerns with kids using tech at a young age.
-- During The Show --
00:52 Steve's Question
Can't load sites on WiFi AP unless on a VPN
Write in!
02:00 Noah on Hosted Email
Hosted O365
Client filed ticket
Entire yahoo.com email domain not working
Microsoft doesn't know how to fix it
Wed 2pm - Today (Tues) a little back and forth
Still not solved
Got a slew of useless troubleshooting links
Noah can't fix the problem
Mail in a box
08:37 New OSS Firmware for Zigbee - Charlie
Open source Zigbee firmware
GitHub
CNX-Software Article
May enable open source firmware on new devices
11:40 Vulnerability Scanners - Steve
OpenSCAP
Clair
Wazuh
Wazuh Vulnerability Detection Doc
Wazuh Open SCAP how it works Doc
Ethical Hacking steps
MetaSploit
Lynis
19:15 Ubuntu Pro? - Mike
Paying for things identifies you
Responsible disclosure
Ubuntu Pro reduces vulnerability time
Free for 5 machines
Ubuntu Membership
25:18 Blocking websites & Can you recommend linux? - David
Sophos XG for Home
Noah recommends sophos HARDWARE not software
Elementary OS, Debian, etc
Go with the spin of your favorite desktop
How to install MS Windows with out account
Elementary OS is polished
Arch Linux, to dig in
33:38 News Wire
KVIrc 5.2 - KVIrc
Firefox 122 - Mozilla
Proton 8.0 5th Patch - GitHub
Fish 3.7.0 - GitHub
Pulse Audio 17 - Freedesktop.org
Wine 9.0 - Wine HQ - Gaming on Linux
Bazzite v2.2 - Gaming on Linux
Sparky 2024.01 - Sparky Linux
AV Linux 23.1 - Band Shed
Linux Mint 21.3 Edge ISO - Linux Mint
MX Linux 23.2 - MX Linux
BPF Updates - The News Stack
Multiple Severe AI Vulnerabilities - Security Week
Facebook AGI - Forbes
35:10 Noah's Experience
Gives kids ride home
Explains budgeting
Offers hardware on hand
Build's Ryzen tower
Windows vs Linux
Installs Linux
Sad state of affairs
Get to kids before indoctrination
The Epoch Times Article
Depression in teens
Getting worse
Steve's discussion with a young person
Effect of COVID
Screen vs in person
Screens and psychological disorders
48:28 Firefox Releases DEB
Mozilla Blog Post
DEB gets faster updates than snaps
Hard to move architectures
Hard to find all edge cases
9 to 5 Linux
51:42 CSA Open Letter
From Matrix
Lots of companies signed
Matrix Blog Post
52:52 AV Linux
Real cool
Music Nerds write in!
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Jan 17, 2024 • 54min
Ask Noah Show 372
This week Noah and Steve talk monitoring dashboards! Get a single pane of glass for your house! A discussion about proprietary garbage, and answer your questions.
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Jan 10, 2024 • 54min
Ask Noah Show 371
This week Daniel Schäfer joins Ask Noah and we talk about the design of the Framework laptop and upcoming 16" version of the laptop. We answer your questions, and tell you about a newbie friendly terminal emulator!
-- During The Show --
01:45 Sharing Passwords - Anthony
Send data/info via multiple channels
Nextcloud
Passphrases
07:40 Axis Camera Feedback - Dominik
AXIS M3075-V
Motion Detection on camera
No need for proprietary software
11:16 Pi Hole Problems - Anthony
Blocked or not, same amount of traffic
Windows on separate/guest network
Try a debloat script
15:00 controld for dns - Mohammad
[Controld](controld.com)
Steps
Get subscription from controld.com
In controld.com, define a device with your desired settings, and then add DoH providers to the block list
Set up dnsdist as DNS forwarder
Configure DHCP to point devices to dnsdist
Configure NAT on the Mikrotik to redirect all UDP/TCP DNS requests to dnsdist
Configure the firewall to block the known DoH IPs
19:54 Zwave Power up - Tiny
Normally shows up quickly
Interrogation takes time
Pair close to the controller
Battery devices may go to sleep
Network remaps/self heals every ~ 1.5 days
22:40 Video over WiFi
Don't do video over WiFi
STI
NDI
Bandwidth
1.5 Mbps min
3 Mbps for SD
5 Mbps for 1080p
25 Mbps for 4K
26:00 Station Broadcast System
Streaming box
Ubuntu
OBS
Quad STI Card
Quad USB Bus
Streams to Owncast
Embedded Matrix chat
Repeat-ability
Making it an appliance
Move assets on to a web end point
Linux Admin way
Ansible pull and systemd timers
Custom flatpak
Bitfocus stream deck
39:30 OBS Pull Request
Github pull request
lots of back and forth
Should have been closed due to OBS COC
Is OBS playing gatekeeper?
OBS is not blocking Kick
Write or call in!
44:00 News Wire
Solus Linux 4.5 - GetSol
MKVtoolnix 82 - MKVtoolnix
Calibre - Calibre
Vim 9.1 - Vim
Firewalld 2.1 - Firewalld
CmdlineGL - Nrdvana
Linux Mint 21.3 - Phoronix
Linux 6.7 - OMG Ubuntu
GNU Linux-libre 6.7 - Lists GNU
Rust Toolchain, Linux 6.8 - Phoronix
x86-64-v3 RHEL 10 - Phoronix
Thelio and AMD Threadrippers - How to Geek
45:15 Framework Laptop Interview
Daniel Schäfer
How did the Framework come about?
How did you get involved?
Laptop dis-assembly
Hardware kill switches
14" vs 16"
What work is left on the 16"?
USB-C Expansion protocol
3rd party products
Published expansion card spec
51:48 Gen-Z Terminal Emulator
Waveterm
Start with basics, work your way up
Installer is a zip file
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Jan 3, 2024 • 1h 16min
Episode 370: Ask Noah Show 370
This week Noah and Steve dig back through 2023 and give you a Home Automation Year Roundup! We look at your questions throughout the year and evaluate how we would answer those questions today!
-- During The Show --
Future Home Automation
5 inch tablets
M5Stack Speakers
Steve's 2023 Purchases
Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 (Amazon)
Sonoff S40 Lite Zigbee Smart Plug (Amazon)
Zigbee 2 Channel Smart Relay (Amazon)
Eco-Worthy Linear Actuator (Amazon)
Aqara Door Sensor (Cloud Free)
Aqara Temperature Sensor (Cloud Free)
WiFi vs Zigbee High Availability
GHome Smart WO2 Smart Outlet (Amazon)
Shelly Plus 1 (Shelly)
Shelly Plus 1PM (Shelly)
Shelly Plus 1 Mini (Shelly)
No longer flashing shelly devices
Shelly Plus Addon (Amazon)
50ft 360 LED Waterproof Rope Light (Amazon)
WS2811 LED strings (Amazon)
seedstudio mmWave sensor (Aamzon)
ATOM Echo Smart Speaker (M5 Stack Speaker)
Voice control
Ring Contact Sensors (Amazon)
Updates
21:25 Noah's 2023 Experiences
Started with X10, very bad
Lutron, reliable
HASSIO new "source of truth"
Integration wins
Axis front door camera
GridCards
5 inch touch screen (Amazon)
Instant (proprietary) vs Delayed (open standard) reaction
Better way of doing things (Node-RED)
Direct connection vs intermediary
34:20 Steve's 2023 Experiences
Axis PTZ camera
ONVIF
LED lighting flashing
Tiny tweaks, big wins
Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 controller
ZHA to Zigbee2MQTT
Zigbee in general
Cloud Free smart plugs
Plastic sprinkler timer
Shelly warranty service
Amazon Seller Yantech
Amazon Seller Xiaxuanke
45:20 Commercial Home Assistant
Spouse approval factor vs Commercial
47:15 2024 Projects
Motion sensors in switches just work
Power monitoring in the box
Noah's Dad's house
Scene switch suggestions - write in!
Expanding Volumio
53:40 Zigbee/Zwave Question: - Zac
Local devices on registered frequency - best way
Zigbee & ZWave
Advantages of Wifi
57:20 Light Automation: John
Inadvertently resetting
Noah's can lights
Each light on it's own dimmer
Control with home assistant
Past answer
Sensing switches
1:01:30 Garage Detector/Leak Sensor - Shawn
Automates the lights
Past answer
Honeywell magnet sensor
Pressure switch
1:04:30 Smart Thermostats - Ryan
Centralite Pearl thermostat
Venstar Thermostat
Honeywell Redlink system
Past answer
1:08:51 Smart Door Locks - Eddie
Axis A1001
R10 mini reader
MiFare 2 Standard
New system no longer has web UI
Axis 8105
Past answer
1:13:40 Replace Home Security System with Home Assistant - Jeremy
Home Assistant has
Haven't used it
Alarm relay
Honeywell security system
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Dec 27, 2023 • 54min
Episode 369: Ask Noah Show 369
This week we dig into feedback from someone looking at a new IT job, Steve gives an update on trying to maintain a presence on a platform that doesn't want him.
-- During The Show --
00:55 Bad Hardware Day
Motherboard swap
PSU modular cables
Fan controller magic smoke
Bent CPU pins
06:48 VMs and Storage - Joe
Advantages of separating OS and Data
Joe's GitHub
IX Systems and 45 Drives
Use JBOD not Raid
ZFS needs direct access
HA (High Availability)
15:40 VM Storage Question - Rod
iSCSI
ZVols as block devices
QCow2 file
Dedicated disks
9p driver
virtio drivers
Nothing wrong with NFS
ifnotify
22:53 Printer Questions - Eddie
Good experience with HP Printer Tools/Jet Direct
Mostly moved away from LPD/LPR
IPP is where things are headed
Immutable distros only support IPP
For best results go through add printer dialog
28:15 Comments From New IT Person - Joshua
Start with pain points
Start with your pain points
Document existing infrastructure
Find a way to say yes
Prepare for the opportunity
"You are the expert"
Yes but....
What is motivating people
41:22 Choosing Platforms
Locked out from Linkedin
Emailed code, Linkedin errored out
Required phone and government ID
Issues with this approach
Phone numbers
Beeper + Linkedin
49:13 Beeper Gives up on iMessage
One last go
ARS Technica
Beeper Blog Post
[Beeper Bridge](github.com/beeper/imessage)
The Verge
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