Episode 435: Ask Noah Show 435

This week we give an update on the journey with GrapheneOS. -- During The Show -- 00:58 Intro Cold weather Do I shovel snow? 01:36 Thank you! - Nick Steve knows A LOT about kubernetes Tell us what about kubernetes do you want to learn? 2 Camps of people How deep will Steve go 06:57 GraphenOS - Craig Noah's experience/device Samsung made an un-rom-able US version Carrier's load an OS when you boot their sim card Noah's Pixel 8a Why no financial apps Inherent insecurities in phones Niche vs common target Phones can "walk off" Rouge Pixel, video file, audio file, etc Even normal people with a stock phone struggle Pixel 6A as a work phone Being attached to "glowing bricks" Authenticator apps WiFi only/no sim Google Account requires logging in on a stock device Navigation Here WeGo Maps Notifications Micro-g Persistent Notification Browsers Firefox Vandium Be prepared for hiccups Nitro Phone Make sure the bootloader is unlocked Naomi Brockwell TV Block Phone Tracking (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPnFJ8PeSsY) Naomi Brockwell TV Main Site (https://www.nbtv.media) Vehicle Tracking 50:45 Linux Wins! - Dan Combat Studies Group (https://combatstudiesgroup.blogspot.com/) Re-purposing computers for re-use 52:35 News Wire XZ Utils 5.8.0 - github.com (https://github.com/tukaani-project/xz/releases/tag/v5.8.0) Shotcut 25.03 - shotcut.org (https://www.shotcut.org/blog/new-release-250329/) Android Development Going Private - arstechnica.com (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/google-makes-android-development-private-will-continue-open-source-releases/) Kaos 2025.03 - kaosx.us (https://kaosx.us/news/2025/kaos03/) Zorin 17.3 - zorin.com (https://blog.zorin.com/2025/03/26/zorin-os-17.3-is-here/) Linux Lite 7.4 - gbhackers.com (https://gbhackers.com/linux-lite-7-4-final-released/) Q4OS 5.8 - q4os.org (https://www.q4os.org/blog.html#news250327) EU-OS - linuxjournal.com (https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/eu-os-bold-step-toward-digital-sovereignty-europe) OpenAI Open Weight Model - wired.com (https://www.wired.com/story/openai-sam-altman-announce-open-source-model/) -- 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/435) 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)