How do you provide open source support to business who use FOSS in production? If you're using FOSS in production you need support. Noah and Steve dig into what it takes and how companies use supported FOSS software. -- During The Show -- 01:30 Remote Desktop Tool - Aaron DW Service (https://www.dwservice.net/) Can't self host Wouldn't use All remote access software is a backdoor RustDesk (https://rustdesk.com/) RPort (https://rport.io/) Simple Help (https://simple-help.com/) Not open source 06:...
Aug 17, 2022•54 min
This hour we focus on your feedback, Kubernetes, audio interfaces, and of course your weekly Linux headlines! -- During The Show -- 00:50 FreeCAD Thank You FreeCAD 03:00 Caller Matrix Bridge Hosting Bridges can break when cooperation is required on the other end 12:00 Kubernetes? - Tyler Grunt Work Kubernetes Crash Course (https://blog.gruntwork.io/a-crash-course-on-kubernetes-a96c3891ad82) Red Hat - Steve Ovens (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/users/steve-ovens) Kubernetes dropped Docker shim f...
Aug 10, 2022•54 min
This week Noah and Steve dig into the exact make and models of devices they use, what they like, what they don't like, and how to do it yourself! -- During The Show -- 01:50 Hedgedoc Profile photo Sleuth Asked: How do you set profile photos in hedgedoc/codimd? Gravatar (https://en.gravatar.com/) 03:10 Differences Between Remote Access? - Griffon SSH/OpenVPN/TailScale (https://tailscale.com/)/Firezone.dev OpenVPN Built into PFSense SSH open to the web SSH Guard (https://sshguard.net/) Fail2Ban (h...
Aug 03, 2022•54 min
-- During The Show -- 01:27 Caller Harvey Android kills permissions 07:50 Plugs Send in home automation questions Send in Mycroft Questions SCALE 2022 - July 28-31, 2022 at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport in Los Angeles, CA. 08:11 News Wire Samsung NPU Kernel Patches Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Samsung-Trinity-NPU-Linux-AI) Asahi Linux on M1 Ultra and M2 Infoq (https://www.infoq.com/news/2022/07/Asahi-linux-m2-support/) Unreal Engine Properly Released on Linux Gaming on Linux (https:/...
Jul 27, 2022•54 min
This week we talk about things you want to be aware of before putting self hosted services on the wide open internet! -- During The Show -- 02:50 Power Monitoring, Home Assistant - Andy Basic CT Clamps and ESP32 Home Assistant and MQTT Steve's power monitoring setup Mosquitto MQTT (https://mosquitto.org/) Steve's Device Emporia (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07R11H2Q2/?tag=minddripmedia-20) Be Careful Power is Dangerous 14:42 Privacy on Android - Chas What is your threat vector? Give garbag...
Jul 20, 2022•1 hr
Philippe Humeau joins us this hour to talk about CrowdSec - an IDS/IPS that uses crowd sourced information to evaluate threats on your network! -- During The Show -- 01:00 New Red Hat CEO Matt Hicks New Red Hat CEO (https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-names-matt-hicks-president-and-chief-executive-officer) 03:44 Remove all traces of a user on logout? - Wayne TailsOS (https://tails.boum.org/) Noah's hackish solution TempFS? RamDisk? SquashFS? 'Delete' isn't a thing (Inodes) Pho...
Jul 13, 2022•54 min
This week we dig into containers and what it takes to get started working with them. -- During The Show -- 03:50 Central Home Directory? - Nikki Central Mounted Storage Systemd Mounting vs AutoFS UID/GID FreeIPA SystemD Auto Mount (https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?title=Fstab_-_Use_SystemD_automount) 12:20 Linux on a Chrome book Instructions? - Pete Arch Linux Arm Wiki Write Protection Device How to use Linux on a Chromebook (https://beebom.com/how-use-linux-chromebook/) Mr Chromebox (https://...
Jul 06, 2022•54 min
What do you do when your container crashes your host? Steve is back and we walk through this and other questions! -- During The Show -- 03:20 Wireguard & Modems - Norm State Tables Image loading issue Next Steps Upgrade Modem Log into Modem Replace Modem 10:30 Emby, Docker & System Resources - Mike What a container is Name Spaces CGroups Use Systemd to launch containers Manually apply CGroup controls Steve's CGroups Write Up (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/cgroups-part-one) Docker flags...
Jun 29, 2022•54 min
Troubleshooting is much more than solving problems. True troubleshooting is digging into the issue until you identify the root cause of the issue. This week we dig deep into the art of troubleshooting and give you some practical tips and ticks you can use to troubleshoot your way out of any issue! -- During The Show -- 01:00 Digital Signage & CCTV - Matt Xibo (https://xibo.org.uk/) Frigate (https://frigate.video/) 04:00 Rust Desk - Charlie Rust Desk (https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/rele...
Jun 22, 2022•1 hr 5 min
SELF 2022 is a wrap! It was a blast and now the countdown begins for SELF 2023. Has technology become so complicated that it's not approachable for many people or is there a solution? The best PDF editor for Linux, a self hosted, secure, private, cloud camera system. K9 mail becomes Thunderbird for Android, Element call enters beta 2, and KDE 5.25 is out! -- During The Show -- 01:50 Jeremy H SOGO (https://www.sogo.nu/) 03:08 Keith S * Linux BackBlaze Client? Local Encryption GPG VeraCrypt (https...
Jun 15, 2022•52 min
The web is great, but when content goes offline our only choice is resources like the way back machine. What if there was another way, a decentralized way, to publish content online? -- During The Show -- 02:10 Free Speech Feedback - Sashanoraa ANS 284 (https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/284) ~ 06:50 minutes in Fediverse vs Single Social Platforms 03:40 APFS Drive Mounting - Howard apfs-fuse Did not work on Linux Mint Worked on Xubuntu after installing build-essential packages apfs-fuse github (htt...
Jun 08, 2022•48 min
-- During The Show -- 01:30 Caller James from Australia Virtualize Windows+CAD? Possible solutions GPU Passthrough Off Load to server External GPU Altispeed Ansible Role (https://gitlab.com/altispeed/ansible/roles/gpupassthrough) Optimus (https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/technologies/optimus/) Laptops 16:46 Listener Responds About Streaming While Traveling - Chris RAV FileHub limitations GLiNet Travel Router 20:20 NAS questions - Jeremy Synology recovery could be impossible QNap FreeNAS Mini...
Jun 01, 2022•54 min
What do you need to get a redundant virtual host system setup using Proxmox? We help Tony through this situation, as well as answer your questions! -- During The Show -- 05:55 ZFS/BTRFS & Red Hat Certs - Simon ZFS Advantages ZFS vs BTRFS Red Hat Certifications 24:42 Tech & Travel - Kevin Matrix Community Night Matrix Ansible (https://docs.minddripmedia.com/matrix-ansible/) Travel Router & NFS/SMB 29:30 Caller Tony from Canada HA Proxmox Shared Storage Steve does "You're the Client" N...
May 25, 2022•54 min
What precautions (if any) do you take when traveling with your electronics to another country or to a hacking conference? Noah and Steve dig into the idea of travel security. Your questions, our picks, it's a packed episode you don't want to miss! -- During The Show -- 01:50 Followup AV system - Kevin Conference PC Linux distro Ubuntu Mate 03:00 GDPR Compliant Forms for gathering feedback - Friso WuFoo Help (https://help.wufoo.com/articles/en_US/kb/wufoo-gdpr) Nextcloud Forms (https://nextcloud....
May 18, 2022•55 min
This episode is focused on your feedback and your questions. Prebuilt NAS or custom built? What do you need for a vHost? Digital open source signage, and security camera recordings. We answer it all! -- During The Show -- 03:00 KVM Questions - Jeremy Steve's recommendations GPU considerations Creation/Destruction of VMs Vagrant Play, Document, Do it again 13:50 DIY NAS Vs Prebuilt - Charlie Used HDDs Odysee Video (https://odysee.com/@techdeals:4/usb-hard-drives-vs-synology-nas-—:2) 18:00 OpenSou...
May 11, 2022•54 min
Rolling Rhino Remix is an un-official Ubuntu flavour which converts the Ubuntu operating system into a rolling release Linux distribution. This solves an age old problem of getting up to date software on Ubuntu. -- During The Show -- 03:14 Smb and KDE - Chris D Solved! Ubuntu broke KDE by freezing FUSE 2 [kio-fuse Reddit thread] 06:30 Charlie Calls Out Steve On Free Speech - Charlie Free speech doesn't mean I have to engage with you 10:30 AV System - Kevin Industry Standard - Polycom/Cisco PC ba...
May 04, 2022•54 min
We spend most of the hour on your questions and your feedback. Elon Musk purchases and promises to make the platform more open! -- During The Show -- 02:11 Listener responds Hearing Loss - John Part 15 transmitters AM Transmitter (https://www.amazon.com/Talking-House-AM-Radio-Transmitter/dp/B00XV97XZW/?tag=minddripmedia-20) 05:30 Caller James Check out Fedora Spins (https://spins.fedoraproject.org/) Check out the "Everything image" (https://alt.fedoraproject.org/) 09:50 Listener Responds SMB Mou...
Apr 27, 2022•54 min
This week it's ALL feedback! We tackle your questions and your calls! -- During The Show -- Caller Josh Assistive Listening Device? Retekess (https://www.amazon.com/Transmitter-Retekess-Simultaneous-Translation-Transmission/dp/B087FJ48XC/?tag=minddripmedia-20) In Ear Monitor (IEM) (https://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Professional-Transmitter-Rehearsal-Performance/dp/B09BMXGBLN/?tag=minddripmedia-20) Wireless interference Telex (https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/370613-REG/Telex_71917031_SM_2_Pe...
Apr 20, 2022•54 min
Fitbit announced their FDA approval to detect atrial fibrillation in their wearable. What privacy and security concerns does this pose and what can you do about it? We tackle your questions, plus the news! It's a packed week! -- During The Show -- 03:40 Response to weaponization of OSS - Jose Steve and Noah's response 14:20 Bhikhu feed back Open Snitch (https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch) 16:00 PFSense not getting DHCP - Jaren Untangle (https://www.untangle.com/shop/firewall/) Smooth Wall ...
Apr 13, 2022•54 min
The Weaponization of Open Source is happening but does it enact real change or are we hurting the reputation of FOSS? We tackle your questions, your feedback and this question this week! -- During The Show -- 01:55 Authentication Options - Jordan Single Sign On (SSO) LDAP Red Hat IDM/389DS/FreeIPA OAuth Front End Proxy 08:35 Digital Announcements? - Michael Software * Tight Rope Media (https://www.trms.com/) * Screenly (https://www.screenly.io/ose/) * Yo Deck (https://www.yodeck.com/) * Pi Signa...
Apr 06, 2022•55 min
Erik Lietz, PE from Oakridge Engineering joins the Ask Noah Show this hour to discuss running an an engineering firm on Linux! Does it work perfectly? Does Linux leave something to be desired? We dig deep and discuss the merits of running a business on Open Source! -- During The Show -- 01:45 Hard Drive Questions - Friso Ask Ubuntu (https://askubuntu.com/questions/637450/cannot-perform-smart-data-and-self-test-on-external-hard-drive/692892#692892) No one uses SCSI or IDE today Linux Kernel Block...
Mar 30, 2022•54 min
In episode 274 we introduced you to block storage, in this episode we build on that to talk about storage types, and using those storage types with NAS and SAN storage. -- During The Show -- 02:11 Matrix Bridges - William JMP.chat (https://jmp.chat/) Matrix Bridge Encryption 05:30 Core Switch for Church - Kevin F5 Load Balancer 99% of the time other brands are fine HP 1950 or 1920 switches Dell Switches Pass All VLan Traffic 11:30 Google Collecting Data from phones - Charlie Register Article (ht...
Mar 23, 2022•57 min
This week we take your questions then dig into the releases that are hot this week. KDE, Gnome, Pine64, and System76 all have something for you this week! -- During The Show -- 02:10 User recommends Self Hosted Email - James Mailu (https://mailu.io/1.9/) 04:15 KDE Plasma Questions - Stephen GVfs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GVfs) SystemD FSTAB mount SMB4K (https://smb4k.sourceforge.io/) 10:30 Trouble Running BricCad - Ryan BricCad (https://www.bricsys.com/) Malformed URL in AUR package Wayland...
Mar 16, 2022•54 min
In this episode we answer your questions then explain that latest vulnerability in Linux! -- During The Show -- 00:50 Steve's Week iSCSI targets 01:50 Charlie asks about Liquid Sensor 12V Liquid Level Sensor Switch Relay Module (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003118991336.html) Very DIY 05:20 Contact Sensors and Home Assistant Feedback - The Linux Trucker Moved to ESPHome ESPHome (https://esphome.io/) vs Tasmota (https://tasmota.github.io/docs/) Nextion Screens (https://nextion.tech/) Tasmo...
Mar 09, 2022•55 min
In addition to answering your questions, this week Noah and Steve give you some tips and tricks to getting started with a home lab! -- During The Show -- IOT, Wikis etc - Shawn David Hunt (http://www.davidhunt.ie/) HC-SR04 (https://cloudfree.shop/product/ultrasonic-distance-sensor-hc-sr04/) ESP 8266 (https://cloudfree.shop/product/esp8266-wifi-dev-board/) D1 Mini (https://cloudfree.shop/product/wemos-d1-mini-esp8266/) Aqara Leak Sensor (https://cloudfree.shop/product/aqara-water-sensor/) Home De...
Mar 02, 2022•56 min
This week we talk storage! The more we dig into this the deeper the hole goes. We start with an introduction and and overview but this one is likely to be a two or even three part series! -- During The Show -- 01:57 Electrical Questions & Switch Recommendation? - Charliebrownau Internet/Location Requirements Power Self Sufficiency CT Clamp+ESP32 Cloud Free Shop (Cloudfree.shop) My Local Bytes (www.mylocalbytes.com) Aussie Ebay Links https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/152105203797? https://www.ebay....
Feb 23, 2022•54 min
Do you work in open source? Do you sell open source? This week Noah and Steve dig into the objections they hear when they recommend free and open source solutions. -- During The Show -- 01:00 Steve's House Energy Use Home Automation CloudFree.shop (https://cloudfree.shop/) Kill A WATT (http://www.p3international.com/products/P4400.html) 06:55 Grub2 and LUKS Feedback - Ninja Tech Arch Wiki Link (https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GRUB#LUKS2) 07:51 Email Servers - Veritanuda Using a hosted email pro...
Feb 16, 2022•1 hr 6 min
This week we tried to migrate our Matrix instance to our own data center, it didn't go well. We discuss our mistakes and what our next steps are. Your calls, your emails we cover it all in this episode! -- During The Show -- 00:55 Steve's Weekend Client Prep 02:23 Caller Tony Client received a police call Transparent Proxy Managed Switches DNS Resolver/Forwarder Firewall Rules Squid Proxy Dragon's Tail 11:20 VLAN questions - Tyler TP Link G105E (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N0OHEMA/?tag=minddripm...
Feb 09, 2022•57 min
In this episode we talk with Bitwarden to learn more about this open source password manager. -- During The Show -- 01:00 Linux For Non Technical & Business Partner Question - Eric Linux Mint (https://linuxmint.com/) - Steve Kubuntu (https://kubuntu.org/) - Noah Flaws can be covered 5 Ds that cause a failure 10:00 How to decide when to use managed services - Doug Email Servers Documentation 17:57 Turn Off T450 Keyboard Backlight - Wayne Check UEFI Check Power Settings 19:17 Incident Response...
Feb 02, 2022•55 min
Improve your work environment by knowing yourself. How do you convince a customer or co-worker that their idea is a bad one? Google Analytics gets another blow from the Austrian government, SUSE announces Liberty Linux a RHEL clone. You're calls, your questions, it's a packed episode! -- During The Show -- 01:44 Caller James Script for USB storage USE UDEV not Script 06:08 Collabora Online - Roger Nextcloud + Collabora (https://nextcloud.com/collaboraonline/) 07:08 Follow up Thunderbolt 3 Gen 2 ...
Jan 26, 2022•54 min
