This week Matt Hicks the CEO and President of Red Hat joins the Ask Noah Show to talk about AI! We answer your questions about how to get a voice point-to-point link, plus we'll tell you what we're thinking for SELF. -- During The Show -- 00:50 SELF Announcements Ironing out meetup details AMA session War stories Steve's talks Retro installs 04:00 Landline to Wireless? - JM Bell S60900 (https://www.amazon.com/Southwestern-Bell-S60900-Wireless-Phone/dp/B0006HPFKM) DECT (https://en.wikipedia.org/w...
May 15, 2024•54 min
This week Matthew Miller joins the program from Red Hat Summit and we learn about Fedora 40. -- During The Show -- 00:50 Red Hat Summit In Colorado Corporate vs Community events Red Hat feels like the "big brother of open source" Red Hat's dedication to open source 04:20 Charlie responds to Steve - Charlie ReoLink Cameras Suggested by Charlie RLC-510A (POE/Night Vis) (No PTZ) RLC-520a (POE/Night Vis) (No PTZ) RLC-810a (POE/Night Vis) (No PTZ) Steve's ReoLink PTZ (Reolink TrackMix PoE 4K Dual-Len...
May 08, 2024•1 hr
This week it's a recap of Linuxfest Northwest! We circle back to creating your own ISO, and we'll touch on the recent events in the Nix Community have resulted in Jonathan Ringer no longer be fulfilling the role of release manager. -- During The Show -- 00:48 Steve's Camera Experiences Axis PTZ camera died Factory reset Replaced with Riolink camera Be aware of what you are buying 08:00 Arcolinux for Building ISOs - Wiggy Automate logins Selenium (https://www.selenium.dev/) Kwallet Arcolinux (htt...
May 01, 2024•54 min
-- During The Show -- 00:50 10 Year Hardware Plan - Caller Extended warranty support from hardware company Offer your own extended support Cold Shelf 3-5 years seems acceptable Tolerance for business continuity 06:08 NFS Moral of the story Trouble shooting process Inner workings of NFS R and W size 11:55 UI for Building ISO - A Typical ISO building process OpenSUSE Build Service (https://build.opensuse.org/) EaseUS Utility (https://www.easeus.com/backup-utility/create-an-iso-image-from-your-oper...
Apr 24, 2024•54 min
-- During The Show -- 00:50 MIDI MIDI a better mouse trap Pitch bending Special snowflake Firewire hardware Motu UltraLite AVB (https://motu.com/products/avb/ultralite-avb) Ardour (https://ardour.org/) Musicians please send in feedback! 11:25 News Wire Dynebolic is Back - ZDnet (https://www.zdnet.com/article/dynebolic-is-a-portable-linux-distribution-that-can-be-used-without-installation/) OpenSSL 3.3 - OpenSSL (https://www.openssl.org/news/openssl-3.3-notes.html) OpenTTD - OpenTTD (https://www....
Apr 17, 2024•44 min
This week Noah and Steve give you the latest on open source mobile operating systems. Windows is pushing people to Linux by way of charging them $244 per year for updates in the third year. -- During The Show -- 01:20 Hardware Protectli (https://protectli.com/) $170 Chinesium Device (https://www.newegg.com/p/22Z-007C-009Y8?Item=9SIAK3UJNH8968) Lenovo Thunderbolt Dock (https://www.amazon.com/ZoomSpeed-Universal-Thunder-40B00300US-DisplayPort/dp/B0B1T7PPGZ) CalDigit Thunderbolt Dock (https://www.c...
Apr 10, 2024•54 min
Malicious updates made to a Linux tool were a few weeks away from going mainstream. Noah and Steve help you understand what you need to know. -- 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/383) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:...
Apr 03, 2024•54 min
What's the best way to roll central authentication? What's the best Google replacement suite? This week Noah and Steve dig into hosting questions, as always your calls go to the front of the line! -- During The Show -- 01:36 PHP, Kanban etc - Joe Nextcloud Deck Our Note Organizer (https://github.com/JoeMrCoffee/OurNoteOrganizer) 03:40 NIX Feedback - Alexander People time rank/prioritize "What problem does it solve" is a framework Effective evangelizing Making something "sticky" No bad questions ...
Mar 27, 2024•54 min
-- During The Show -- Scale Ubicon & NixCon Krita talk HPC (High Performance Computing) Ubuntu and Matrix What problem does Nix solve? Future adoption of Nix? Flox (https://flox.dev/) Sat night dinner Bazzite (https://bazzite.gg/) Making and keeping connections -- 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/381) Phone...
Mar 20, 2024•54 min
Task management can be a challenge, this week Noah and Steve talk about open source tools and ideas to managing your workflow. -- During The Show -- 00:50 Noah in CA CA experience Noah is in CA for SCALE 02:00 Windows For Charity - Wayne Separate task from desire Linux is non-profit's best friend Windows doesn't want you as a customer Snowflake Windows software Remmina (https://remmina.org/) ThinLinX (https://thinlinx.com/) Convincing mode Noah's strategy 13:00 KDE - Hank Versioning 14:45 News W...
Mar 13, 2024•56 min
How do you balance the stress of tech with the benefits? Noah and Steve dig through the delicate issue of work life balance. -- During The Show -- 01:00 Migrations Complete! $22/month on EMS to $50/month Self Hosted 02:30 Ajit Praise - Cory Their are cultural differences between Japan and the US Most of us want "maximum absence of coercion" People have different views of "justice" Internet going from luxury to necessity in a generation Still learning the effect of internet and technology Book re...
Mar 06, 2024•54 min
This week Noah and Steve celebrate some open source wins, answer your open source questions, and talk about the Linux and open source news of the week! -- During The Show -- 01:13 Creating Training Content - Jeremy Clients will not send you questions ahead of time Customization is work Traditional training Custom corporate training Business models 08:32 Running Docker as non-root - Joshua What putting your user in the docker group does Depends on what you are trying to achieve Passing the docker...
Feb 28, 2024•54 min
This week Simon Quigley, and Rick Timmis from Kubuntu join the Ask Noah Show to talk about the issues surrounding Kubuntu and what the path looks like going forward. -- During The Show -- 01:18 Ajit Pai Feedback - Chris The question is "when to regulate" Purpose of govt is to protect people Bad situations exist Internet is becoming essential 05:58 Self Hosting Email - Jon Dealing with black lists stinks Security is a moving target Project like Nextcloud incorporates email Down time responsibilit...
Feb 21, 2024•54 min
How do you setup an IP camera doorbell to call your phone? Can Windows decrypt gpg files and should you store those on a network share? It's a packed episode with your questions and our answers! -- During The Show -- 01:50 Noah's Cloud Experience Paramount attaches to google account Google locks out account Experience was terrible even when it was working Artificial barriers encourage piracy Google continues to charge card after closing account 07:20 Nextcloud Issues - David Apple shuts down 3rd...
Feb 14, 2024•54 min
Ajit Pai, the former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission joins Noah and Steve to discuss regulation at the federal level and how we best frame our laws to promote innovation and the freedom of the internet. -- During The Show -- 00:58 Noah Helps Son's Friend Buys bits at a time Went Linux vs $200 Windows Walked him through all the steps Made a recovery script 03:20 Glenn From The Geek Lab Switched away from Mail in a Box Went to Mailcow Your experience with blacklists? 04:48 Pengui...
Feb 07, 2024•52 min
This week Noah and Steve dig into alternatives to Axis for cameras. What can you buy that won't break the bank, but also has open source compatibility? Your questions go to the front of the line, and what if NextCloud had an email backend? -- During The Show -- 01:10 Steve's WiFi/SSID problem Double NAT theory MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) 03:43 Mail-in-a-box - Joe Mail-in-a-box uses Nextcloud components Office in a box Center around files or email Nextcloud conversation Roundcube (https://rou...
Jan 31, 2024•54 min
This week we revisit the idea of self-hosting your own email server. For years both of us have been against it, with the current state of "cloud" mail providers, maybe it's time to reconsider. Noah and Steve dig into new research that suggests some concerns with kids using tech at a young age. -- During The Show -- 00:52 Steve's Question Can't load sites on WiFi AP unless on a VPN Write in! 02:00 Noah on Hosted Email Hosted O365 Client filed ticket Entire yahoo.com email domain not working Micro...
Jan 24, 2024•54 min
This week Noah and Steve talk monitoring dashboards! Get a single pane of glass for your house! A discussion about proprietary garbage, and answer your questions. -- 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/372) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicat...
Jan 17, 2024•54 min
This week Daniel Schäfer joins Ask Noah and we talk about the design of the Framework laptop and upcoming 16" version of the laptop. We answer your questions, and tell you about a newbie friendly terminal emulator! -- During The Show -- 01:45 Sharing Passwords - Anthony Send data/info via multiple channels Nextcloud Passphrases 07:40 Axis Camera Feedback - Dominik AXIS M3075-V Motion Detection on camera No need for proprietary software 11:16 Pi Hole Problems - Anthony Blocked or not, same amount...
Jan 10, 2024•54 min
This week Noah and Steve dig back through 2023 and give you a Home Automation Year Roundup! We look at your questions throughout the year and evaluate how we would answer those questions today! -- During The Show -- Future Home Automation 5 inch tablets M5Stack Speakers Steve's 2023 Purchases Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 (Amazon) (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09KXTCMSC) Sonoff S40 Lite Zigbee Smart Plug (Amazon) (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09LV53X62) Zigbee 2 Channel Smart Relay (Amazon) (htt...
Jan 03, 2024•1 hr 16 min
This week we dig into feedback from someone looking at a new IT job, Steve gives an update on trying to maintain a presence on a platform that doesn't want him. -- During The Show -- 00:55 Bad Hardware Day Motherboard swap PSU modular cables Fan controller magic smoke Bent CPU pins 06:48 VMs and Storage - Joe Advantages of separating OS and Data Joe's GitHub (https://github.com/JoeMrCoffee/NextCloudDockerCompose) IX Systems and 45 Drives Use JBOD not Raid ZFS needs direct access HA (High Availab...
Dec 27, 2023•54 min
This week Till Kamppeter joins The Ask Noah Show and we talk about OpenPrinting. We answer your questions, and if you were hosting your Matrix instance with EMS we'll walk you through the latest announcement. -- During The Show -- Feedback about BT extension EP 351 - John Cheap phone watch Disdain for any kind of phone Kid Friendly Distro Feedback - Jeremy PFSense + pfBlockerNG Canadian Block Lists GitHub (https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts) Will this work with DNS over TLS? Null out IPs Linux...
Dec 20, 2023•1 hr 10 min
This week Noah and Steve discuss picking out a vHost and considerations for deploying it into production. -- During The Show -- 02:00 Types of AI Amount of compute required is astronomical Foundational model vs tweaking 05:55 Kid Friendly distro? - Chris Endless OS (https://www.endlessos.org/) What age to give kids a computer Why give a kid a computer Why Endless OS OpenDNS Filtering 14:13 Serial Connection To Proxmox VMs - Michael Client Setting Host Setting Enable the serial console Proxmox Wi...
Dec 13, 2023•1 hr 4 min
This week Noah and Steve talk about their home labs and keeping on top of the projects! 03:26 News Wire Roundcube Next Cloud Merging - Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Roundcube-Nextcloud) Pipewire 1.0 - ZDnet (https://www.zdnet.com/article/pipewire-1-0-linux-audio-comes-of-age/) GitLab (https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/releases) MKVtoolnix 81.0 - MKVtoolnix (https://mkvtoolnix.download/doc/NEWS.md) DigiKam 8.2 - DigiKam (https://www.digikam.org/news/2023-12-03-8.2.0_rel...
Dec 06, 2023•54 min
This week Steve goes through his data migration story at his house. What things should you consider before moving large datasets around, and what things need to be taken into account for a solid backup plan? -- During The Show -- 01:52 Home Automation Leak Detection - Jeremy You can't really Using cameras 08:06 mmWave sensor update/comparison Seedstudio mmWave Sensor (https://wiki.seeedstudio.com/mmwave_human_detection_kit/) Space for other sensors Way better than a PIR sensor Aqara Water Sensor...
Nov 29, 2023•1 hr 4 min
This week Simon Quigley, the release manager for Lubuntu joins Ask Noah to talk about the 24.04 release! We give you some gift ideas for the geek in your life, and of course we answers your questions. -- During The Show -- 00:55 Gratitude Gratitude is good for your health Reduces stress Can be measured in as small as a few weeks Noah's thank full for Friends willing to help For profit companies contributing to open source Developers who donate their time As we get older, gratefulness grows Steve...
Nov 22, 2023•54 min
This week Noah and Steve talk about migrating subnets from a smaller one, to a larger one. What things should you think about, how should you approach the problem, and tools should you know about. -- During The Show -- 01:43 MARS/MS-DMT On Linux? - Klaus Never used MARS 02:57 Using Chrome Extension of IE requirements - Glenn ANS 361 ~25:14 Min (https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/361) IE Tab Extension (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ie-tab/hehijbfgiekmjfkfjpbkbammjbdenadd) Pull things to ...
Nov 15, 2023•54 min
Noah heads to Riga Latvia to explore the amazing work the Ubuntu community is doing! Canonical restructured the former Ubuntu Developer Summit to have a wider reach! Jon Seager the VP of Engineering joins the program to explain that effort and how Canonical is serving the broader open source ecosystem. -- During The Show -- 01:07 RTSP Latency - Joey Axis M3065 (https://www.axis.com/products/axis-m3065-v/support) NDI Video (https://ndi.video/) Sony Handycams STI Video converters Decimator (https:...
Nov 08, 2023•54 min
This week we talk about some home assistant updates, the ability to stick markdown docs together, and as always your questions and feedback! -- During The Show -- Intro Noah's LFNW experience NextCloud Fedora on Macs Voice on Home Assistant Talk Home Assistant Voice on Home Assistant Talk Selfhosted 108 (https://selfhosted.show/108) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzgYYkOrnhQ) Home Assistant Blog (https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2023/10/12/year-of-the-voice-chapter-4-wakewords/) Zigb...
Nov 01, 2023•54 min
This week Senator Kevin Cramer joins The Ask Noah Show and we discuss net neutrality! It's a more complicated and nuanced issue than most people give it credit for. Our access to the internet these days is like running water. -- During The Show -- 01:50 Senator Kevin Cramer Interview Common Carrier - treat all traffic equally Net Neutrality - ISPs must treat all traffic equally History 1934 Title 2 1980 Computer 2 Policy 2002 Cable Broadband gets an exemption 2005 All ISPs ARE NOT common carrier...
Oct 25, 2023•54 min
