Ask Noah Show 403 | Orbit Panels with Thomas Kvamme

What if you could control your lights, music, and other Home Assistant things from a panel on your wall? Do you run tech at your church and need the ability to deliver controls in a way, in a location, and with a budget that's approachable for everyone? This week, Thomas Kvamme from Orbit Panels joins Noah and Steve to discuss his new in wall PoE control panels based on the Raspberry Pi, Streamdeck, and Bitfocus Companion! -- During The Show -- 00:50 Intro Nice weather Little projects 01:45 Orbit Panels Thomas Kvamme - Owner and founder Why are you in ministry? Life before the stream deck StreamDeck (https://www.elgato.com/us/en/s/welcome-to-stream-deck) Bitfocus Companion (https://bitfocus.io/companion) List of Bitfocus Companion Integrations (https://bitfocus.io/connections) Bitfocus Companion Satellite (https://bitfocus.io/companion-satellite) Proprietary alternatives Origin of Orbit Panels Orbit Panels (https://orbitpanels.com/) Drop in replacement Design of the Orbit Panel Building an Orbit Panel How people use the Orbit Panels Home Assistant Integration Feedback on the panel Whats next? Available for sale! Use promo code LAUNCH for 10% off 45:00 News Wire Firefox 129 - mozilla.org (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/129.0/releasenotes/) Wine 9.15 - gitlab.winehq.org (https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-9.15) KDE Frameworks 6.5.0 - kde.org (https://kde.org/announcements/frameworks/6/6.5.0/) Gnome 46.4 - discourse.gnome.org (https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-46-4-released/22718) PopOS! 24.04 - omgubuntu.co.uk (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/07/pop_os-24-04-alpha-with-cosmic-drops-on-august-8) OpenZFS 2.2.5 - github.com (https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/releases) ZLUDA Take Down - wccftech.com (https://wccftech.com/zluda-open-source-library-nvidia-cuda-on-amd-gpus-taken-down-amid-legal-concerns/) DHS & White House $11M Partnership - therecord.media (https://therecord.media/open-source-software-security-white-house-dhs-11million-funding) TUXEDO Infinity Flex 14 - tuxedocomputers.com (https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-InfinityFlex-14-Gen1) CA AI Bill - reason.com (https://reason.com/2024/08/13/californias-ai-bill-threatens-to-derail-open-source-innovation/) Kernel Patch Boots Linux Faster - tomshardware.com (https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-boot-time-reduced-by-0035-seconds-thanks-to-a-one-line-kernel-patch) 46:32 SimpleHelp - Brandon Tailscale/Headscale WireGuard RDP + VPN Simple Help instant support Proprietary is a place holder Mesh Central (https://github.com/Ylianst/MeshCentral) 49:09 Linphone SMS & VPN Question - Kris Google requirement is to support RCS Steve holding on 2.22.31 JMP.chat (https://jmp.chat/) Matrix and SMS Route back to home OpenVPN TailScale WireGuard SurfShark Private Internet Access (https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/) Host your own VPN on a VPS -- 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/403) 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: Thomas Kvamme.