Ask Noah Show 337

This week we dig into the Asus Ally. We'll tell you about an awesome all-in-one content production studio that works FLAWLESS on Linux, and of course your questions go to the front of the line! -- During The Show -- 03:30 Self Hosted IMAP backup - Sebastián Steve would call Noah Mail spooler Local Thunderbird 08:53 General Feedback - DJ Americas Mailbox for friendly CMRA/PMB privacy/opsec 11:42 News Wire FreeSpire 9.5 FreeSpire (https://www.freespire.net/2023/05/freespire-95-released.html) TinyCore 14 Tiny Core Linux (http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,26201.0.html) Firefox 113 MOzilla (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/113.0/releasenotes/) Haiku & RISC-V RISC-V (https://landscape.riscv.org/card-mode?selected=haiku) BcacheFS Kernel.org (https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230509165657.1735798-1-kent.overstreet@linux.dev/T/#mf171fd06ffa420fe1bcf0f49a2b44a361ca6ac44) OpenVPN 2.6.4 OpenVPN (https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/Downloads) Royal Ransomware Group Data Center Knowledge (https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/security/royal-ransomware-expands-target-linux-vmware-esxi) BPFDoor Hacker News (https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/new-variant-of-linux-backdoor-bpfdoor.html) NetFilter Flaw Bleeping Computer (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-linux-kernel-netfilter-flaw-gives-attackers-root-privileges/) MichaelKors RaaS Hacker News (https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/new-michaelkors-ransomware-as-service.html) CISA KEV Security Week (https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-several-old-linux-vulnerabilities-exploited-in-attacks/) New Intel CPU Microcode Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-12-May-2023-Microcode) OpenSSF Alpha-Omega Project Security Week (https://www.securityweek.com/openssf-receives-5-million-for-open-source-software-security-project/) ImageBind Peta Pixel (https://petapixel.com/2023/05/10/meta-unveils-open-source-multimodal-generative-ai-system/) Hugging Face Make Use Of (https://www.makeuseof.com/what-is-huggingchat/) European Parliament Vote FSFE.org (https://fsfe.org/news/2023/news-20230511-01.en.html) 15:00 RODECaster II Pro with Linux Fully integrated audio production studio Smart Pads Different mixers on faders Mix minus Type C ports Rode.com (https://rode.com/en-us/interfaces-and-mixers/rodecaster-series/rodecaster-pro-ii) Guitar Center (https://www.guitarcenter.com/RODE/RODECaster-PRO-II-Integrated-Audio-Production-Studio-1500000376142.gc?cntry=us) Sweetwater (https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Rodecaster2--rode-rodecaster-pro-ii-podcast-production-console) 23:40 Willow Voice Assistant $50 peice of tech Hardware based on ESP-32 Creator wanted to jump start Home Assistant Voice Assistant Might only relay sound to Home Assistant YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ETQaLfoImc) ARSTechnica (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/05/willow-is-a-faster-self-hosted-diy-voice-assistant-built-on-50-gadgets/) 32:40 ASUS ROG Ally ROG Ally Runs MS Windows not Linux More up to date (released 2 years after Steam Deck) Low wattage modes Planned Obsolescence Running Windows ChromeBook Ewaste Does windows give ROG Ally and edge? Target audiance ARSTechnica (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/05/the-asus-rog-ally-runs-windows-eats-battery-and-needs-time-to-cook/) 50:50 Perils of Unsupported FOSS In Enterprise Open Source is winning Open Source doesn't mean cheap/free Software needs to be maintained 3rd Party Support Community Support The Register (https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/15/the_perils_of_unsupported_opensource/) -- 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 (http://podcast.asknoahshow.com/337) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix (https://element.linuxdelta.com/#/room/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard (http://www.asknoahshow.com) 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 (http://www.altispeed.com/) Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed) Special Guest: JT Pennington.