Ask Noah Show 439

This week we dig into "Nixbook", a Linux distro designed to make old laptops into Chromebooks. Noah fell down the Nix rabbit hole, and of course we answer your questions. -- During The Show -- 00:50 Generosity Experiencing generosity A bunch of computers about to flood the market 03:50 Mike Kelly (Olympia Mike) Used laptop during Covid19 Became known for used laptops Company gifts used laptops Closing the technical divide Updates Package Confusion NixOS Olympia Mike's nixbook (https://github.com/mkellyxp/nixbook) How to help out Powerwashing 13:15 Noah's Nixbook Experience Give Noah a toy and remove distractions for 5+ hours Throw out everything you know Where NixOS fits Rollback functionality Going to drive Nixbook till hitting a roadblock Can't live in a flatpak world Ansible is the hammer that hits the most nails How long to get up and running on Nix Have to adopt the "nix way" NixOS Flakes (https://nixos-and-flakes.thiscute.world/introduction/) Nix Language (https://nix.dev/tutorials/nix-language) 31:25 News Wire Nginx 1.28.0 - unit.nginx.org (https://unit.nginx.org/news/2022/unit-1.28.0-released/) GCC 15.1 - devclass.com (https://devclass.com/2025/04/28/gnu-compiler-collection-15-1-released-cobol-support-improved-rust-compatibility-concerns/) Cosmic Alpha.7 - blog.system76.com (https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-7-never-been-beta) QEMU 10.0 - qemu.org (https://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog/10.0) Chainguard $356M Raised - bankinfosecurity.com (https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/chainguard-raises-356m-to-protect-open-source-supply-chain-a-28075) Open Source 5G/6G Software - breakingdefense.com (https://breakingdefense.com/2025/04/pentagon-seeks-open-source-software-for-5g-6g-networks/) Crux 3.8 - crux.nu (https://crux.nu/Main/ReleaseNotes3-8) Archcraft Prime ISO - wiki.archcraft.io (https://wiki.archcraft.io/news/49-news-release) 4mLinux 48.0 Stable - 4mlinux.com (https://4mlinux.com/index.php?page=home) Openmandriva 6.0 - wiki.openmandriva.org (https://wiki.openmandriva.org/en/distribution/releases/omlx60/new) Kali Linux Warning - bleepingcomputer.com (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/linux/kali-linux-warns-of-update-failures-after-losing-repo-signing-key/) Attack of the Vsock - gbhackers.com (https://gbhackers.com/critical-linux-kernel-flaw/) ARES Robot Data Platform - a16z.com (https://a16z.com/ares-an-open-source-platform-for-robot-data/) Qwen3 - venturebeat.com (https://venturebeat.com/ai/alibaba-launches-open-source-qwen3-model-that-surpasses-openai-o1-and-deepseek-r1/) 33:00 Community How your self branding and its effects Noah's experience with a young man Noah's negative experience People remember how you make them feel and that reflects on communities There is what is said and what is received How to deliver messages Dinner example 41:20 OsmAnd - Richard Garmin Device Waze OsmAnd (https://osmand.net/) Fdroid OsmAnd (https://f-droid.org/packages/net.osmand.plus/) 45:28 Drive Rotation Off site backup - Kevin The back up plan you understand is the best Not doing anything un-usual A few concerns Hardware cycling HDD destruction -- 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/439) 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)