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 (https://github.com/KDE/latte-dock) Arch is the nerd safety OS Lots of distros, what's missing 44:00 News Wire SparkyLinux 7.5 - sparkylinux.org (https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-7-5/) ZorinOS 17.2 - zorin.com (https://blog.zorin.com/2024/09/19/zorin-os-17.2-has-landed/) MXLinux 23.4 - mxlinux.org (https://mxlinux.org/blog/mx-23-4-libretto-now-available/) Linux Libre 6.11 - lwn.net (https://lwn.net/Articles/990533/) Real-time Linux Officially Mainline - arstechnica.com (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/09/real-time-linux-is-officially-part-of-the-kernel-after-decades-of-debate/) Gnome 47 - release.gnome.org (https://release.gnome.org/47/) Gnome 46.5 - discourse.gnome.org (https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-46-5-released/23429) Open Source Maintainers Unpaid - cybersecuritydive.com (https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/open-source-maintainers-unpaid-xz-utils/727216/) NSF Initiative - new.nsf.gov (https://new.nsf.gov/tip/updates/nsf-launches-new-initiative-safeguard-open-source-ecosystems) Citrine Sleet Poisons PyPI - darkreading.com (https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/citrine-sleet-poisons-pypi-packages-mac-linux-malware) Void Editor - voideditor.org (https://voideditor.com) omgubuntu.co.uk (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/09/void-editor-open-source-cusor-alternative) Alibaba AI Models - cnbc.com (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/19/alibaba-launches-over-100-new-ai-models-releases-text-to-video-generation.html) Mark Zuckerberg's Goal - businessinsider.com (https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-open-source-ai-platforms-future-competition-apple-llama-2024-9) 46:00 Continuing Camera Discussion - CantankerousAdmin Axis A1001 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/186693503722?) Honeywell's was horrible Newer Axis requires windows Lenels (https://www.lenels2.com/en/security-solutions/access-control/) is the big dog Only for large installs Requires windows Haven't responded to sales inquires Kerisys (https://leviton.com/products/residential/load-centers) is the underdog Requires windows 49:58 Smart Thermostats & Panels - Rob Leviton Load Centers (https://leviton.com/products/residential/load-centers) SPAN Panel (https://www.span.io/panel) Honeywell RedLINK -- 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/408) 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)