This week Chinese hackers penetrated 8 US cell phone providers. They used the backdoor the US Government asked them to put in to perform the atack. With Chinese hackers potentially still in US networks, the FBI is advising the public to adopt encryption - the same technology the FBI has long demonized. -- During The Show -- 00:51 VoxelLibre Ansible Playbook Kids wanted Luanti (https://www.luanti.org/) Server and VoxelLibre (https://github.com/VoxeLibre/VoxeLibre) Minetest changed and broke autom...
Dec 11, 2024•53 min
This week we dig into the VMware situation that's leading to companies across the companies dumping VMware. -- During The Show -- 01:11 lacucaracha123456 - Pixel Screen Repair Screen repairs require heatguns and prying them apart Check Batteries Plus Check ebay for repair services 03:48 DNS - Aryeh Enabled and working fine for Steve Hairpin NAT Tiny from the GeekLab says: "Blocky and Adguard Home support DOH and DOT" 07:55 User Response Windows S - Michael Windows Support Link (https://support.m...
Dec 04, 2024•54 min
This week Noah and Steve outline where you should leverage automation and rely on it, and when it's good to have a backup plan. -- During The Show -- 02:00 Podcasting 2.0 Podcasting is changing Thank you 05:00 Retro Tink RetroTink designed for retro gaming 06:22 Luanti Mine Test Blog (https://blog.minetest.net/2024/10/13/Introducing-Our-New-Name/) $2.5B paid for Minecraft celeron55 took on the challenge of making a similar game MineTest took over in Noah's house MineTest expanded way beyond just...
Nov 27, 2024•54 min
Mike McGrath joins the program and we get an update from Red Hat. This week we dig into week 2 of Steve's Desktop Linux struggle. -- During The Show -- 01:00 Hex OS - Craig Self host Files Pictures Home Assistant Jellyfin Wants a GUI Like the idea of ZFS Snapshots Go simple You should know how to fix things Cockpit 11:25 News Wire Wordpress 6.7 - wordpress.org (https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-6-7/) Postgres 17.1 - postgresql.org (https://www.postgresql.org/docs/rele...
Nov 20, 2024•54 min
Tim Flink, a Senior Quality Engineer from Red Hat joins us to talk about AI on Fedora. This week Noah and Steve talk about their struggles with the Linux Desktop. -- During The Show -- 02:30 Helping a Non-techy friend - Sleuth The plan Locked down second hand Android device Ting Flex plan Tracar (https://www.traccar.org/) JMP.Chat Sim Plan Mint Mobile Steer people away from sms/calls Matrix Telegram etc 08:47 News Wire Calibre 7.21 - calibre-ebook.com (https://download.calibre-ebook.com/7.21.0/)...
Nov 13, 2024•54 min
This week on Ask Noah we dig into Cosmic desktop and talk about what to do when self hosting goes wrong! -- During The Show -- 01:48 Cosmic Desktop - Dan Cosmic will be the desktop for System76 computers Built for System76 Cosmic DE still Alpha/Beta Been running Cosmic for over a month 07:38 Caller KVM/VirtManager performance Virt IO Drivers Correct ZFS block size for QCOW2 Synchronous vs Non-synchronous writes ZFS Intent Log (SLOG/ZIL) 64k Record size Turn on virtualization in UEFI Enable "writ...
Nov 06, 2024•54 min
This week Robie Basak joins Noah from the Ubuntu Summit and gives an introduction on how to get started contributing to Ubuntu. -- During The Show -- 01:26 HexOS - Craig Start with the Command Line When is a GUI appropriate Start with make a ZFS pool make a samba share Help us understand your goal What is HexOS Ubuntu and ZFS DKMS kABI Advantages of TrueNAS Snapshots Send/Receive 1 Click Re-silvering 17:08 Questions about HDMI switch - Andy Theater Receiver Decimator (https://www.amazon.com/Deci...
Oct 30, 2024•55 min
This week Steve gives a deep dive into Widevine Encryption. We love encryption when it protects our data, but what do we do when encryption prevents us from doing the things we want to do over the internet? -- During The Show -- 00:50 Which is easier kids or dogs? 01:57 Succession Planning - Steve Secure vs accessible Steve's plan Infrastructure as code Critical path continuity Nix maintains old packages Techie friends Sleuths setup/plan data separation Noah's plan 20:29 News Wire Solus 4.6 - ge...
Oct 23, 2024•54 min
This week Noah and Steve dig into thoughts for light switches if you're starting from scratch. Do you work in a small closet that's been turned into an IT room? Noah gives you a recommendation for a small portable travel laptop stand. With under a year left to switch to Windows 11, there's a surprise at how many people have yet to upgrade. We talk about why that is. -- During The Show -- 01:07 Caller Would you still go with lutron? ZWave kit GE & Brighton How Noah looks at automation Lutron ...
Oct 16, 2024•54 min
This week Aaron Prisk and Jason Nucciarone join the program to talk about Ubuntu Summit 2024. We dig into your feedback and talk about the benefits of immutable operating systems. -- During The Show -- 00:55 Intro Steve's WiFi issues Printer issues Nextcloud issues 07:46 Arch and Mandatory Access Control - Baker Why Steve chooses Arch Arch doesn't enable "auditing" in the kernel Other Mandatory Access Control SELinux Will tell you what to do Don't shut it off Permissive Mode Arch is the most "va...
Oct 09, 2024•57 min
This week we dig into the Verizon outage. We'll talk about why and how you can host your own communication infrastructure, so an outage is less detrimental to your life! -- During The Show -- 01:35 Notes with sync? - Jou Jou How Steve takes notes Standard Notes (https://app.standardnotes.com/) Joplin (https://joplinapp.org/) Simple Mobile Tools (https://simplemobiletools.com/) Fossify (https://www.fossify.org/apps/) Nextcloud Notes app Collabra 09:12 Listener Reacts To Distros - Aaron Issues wit...
Oct 02, 2024•55 min
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...
Sep 25, 2024•53 min
AUDIO THIS WEEK HAD A SAMPLE RATE ISSUE. SORRY FOR IN INCONVENIENCE. -- During The Show -- 00:52 Steve's WiFi We think its fixed! Noah brought lots of gear Replaced some hardware 02:41 Recovery after power surge - David Cattle not Pets Steve's Nextcloud experience Noah's laptop approach 09:43 Communications App Upheaval - Charlie There is a war on encrypted messaging Courts are making decisions 12:45 Listener Responses To Listener (cameras in home) - Chris UniFi Wave Pico system 13:51 News Wire ...
Sep 18, 2024•54 min
This week we dig back into home automation, we talk a bit about choosing cameras for a large camera system, and of course we answer your questions! -- During The Show -- 00:52 Intro Home automation Weekend of learning 03:48 Monitoring Remote Location (Cameras) - Rob Powerline adapters might work Ubiquiti Nano Beam Synology Surveillance Station (https://www.synology.com/en-global/surveillance) Frigate Do not put the NVR on the internet Privacy File server upload Home Assistant events 17:18 Camera...
Sep 04, 2024•54 min
Why do you use Linux? Why do you want to use Linux? This week Noah and Steve dig into their technology past and reflect on why a technologist would choose Linux and Open Source over the proprietary alternatives. -- During The Show -- 01:08 Why I Use Linux - Ryan Opened my eyes Wide open Allows me to choose how to use my computer 02:40 405 Error "Method Not Allowed" DICOM Software requires activation activation server went away Online Game Activation direct to drive companies take the game with t...
Aug 28, 2024•54 min
This week Steve gives a deep dive into his adventures with Frigate, an open source NVR software. -- During The Show -- 00:46 Orbit Panels Installed at home First professional install Smart home issues 03:03 Oreon Desktop The Register (https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/20/oreon_lime_desktop_almalinux/) Distro based on Alma Linux Hard to get commercial Linux desktop right Oreon Project (https://oreonproject.org/) Company has support Focus on the desktop Has lots of extra packages/software Focus ...
Aug 21, 2024•1 hr 2 min
What if you could control your lights, music, and other Home Assistant things from a panel on your wall? Do you run tech at your church and need the ability to deliver controls in a way, in a location, and with a budget that's approachable for everyone? This week, Thomas Kvamme from Orbit Panels joins Noah and Steve to discuss his new in wall PoE control panels based on the Raspberry Pi, Streamdeck, and Bitfocus Companion! -- During The Show -- 00:50 Intro Nice weather Little projects 01:45 Orbi...
Aug 14, 2024•58 min
This week we dig into Steve's home assistant migration. We take your questions on how to get started with AI, a self hosted email horror story, and more Harbor Freight. -- During The Show -- 01:25 OpenSource AI - Craig Defining "open source AI" is hard Local Offline Generative AI on Linux - Part 1 : TextGen (https://peertube.tv/w/48EvS3Y1gJz5c9vHiZF8Ya) Local Offline Generative AI on Linux - Part 2 : ImageGen (https://peertube.tv/w/ko1LUdcrZqLmEQZkyy3cN2) The Artifical Dominion Matrix Chat (http...
Aug 07, 2024•1 hr 23 min
This week Steve returns and we dig into your feedback! Kenny joins the program and shares his horror story in the continuing saga of buying and owning tools that you can rely on, authy is going away for GrapheneOS users, what's the best way to handle 2fa on GrapheneOS? -- During The Show -- 01:00 Steve's Crowdstrike Fall Out Waited 10+ hours at the airport Stream of ppl to wait with Steve's restraunt tangent Too much homogeneous systems Windows 3.1 meme Lost sight of critical paths 08:40 Netbox ...
Jul 31, 2024•54 min
This week Noah takes you through what happened with the Crowdstrike incident, and how you could prevent a similar catastrophe with free and open source software. System76 announces a release date for Cosmic DE alpha. The Immich team is. -- During The Show -- Crowd Strike Outage Caused by defective update Affected all Windows computers 8.5 Million Windows machines rendered unusable Flights grounded Entire health care sectors shut down Kernel vs User mode WHQL Certification Crowd Strike had a WHQL...
Jul 24, 2024•53 min
This week Dan Noal Director, Product Management at Red Hat for In Vehicle OS joins us to tell you why your car needs and operating system, and why Red Hat is ready to meet that need. Chris Wright the CTO of Red Hat joins the program to discuss Red Hat's strategy for AI. -- 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/396) ...
Jul 17, 2024•45 min
This week Mauro Gaspari and Lukas Märdian join us to give us a deep dive into using Netplan on an Ubuntu vHost. We give you a self hosted way to track your car's maintenance, and a suite of tools to use if you work in production or in live performances! -- During The Show -- 00:40 Cosmic Desktop Started with Elementary OS External displays Cosmic is a complete remake Cosmic splits the difference i3 shortcuts Releasing this fall 07:30 3CX vs Asterisk - jisbetterthanj 3CX 20 stamps out all open so...
Jul 10, 2024•52 min
Why do you use Linux and what problems do you run into? Both Noah and Steve make a value based decision when approaching tech, this week we dig deeper into why we choose to run Linux on the desktop. Could you power a 12v light, or 100 watt Ham Radio with a USB-C battery pack? Noah will tell you how doing so gave him light in his garage. Buckle your seat-belt, it's a packed show! -- During The Show -- 00:50 Intro Deepin Desktop Why do we run what we run Ownership of skills and resources 3 Categor...
Jul 03, 2024•54 min
-- During The Show -- 01:20 Pocket 386 IBM compatible system It's a toy Classic vs today's games Electrical components in power systems ARSTechnica (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/the-ultimate-windows-3-1-laptop-sellers-behind-book-8088-are-back-with-pocket-) Aliexpress (https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805356267711.html) 06:15 Tor Browser 13.5 VPN camp vs Tor Camp FBI drops cases rather than reveal methods Fingerprinting EFF Cover your tracks (https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/) Letter...
Jun 26, 2024•54 min
This week we talk about network documentation and alerts! What makes a good alert? When should you tap a human on the shoulder, and what should be left to the backlog? -- During The Show -- 01:50 Music Production On Linux - William MuseScore (https://musescore.org/en) LMMS (https://lmms.io/) Audacity (https://www.audacityteam.org/) Write in if you do music on Linux! 05:45 DIY Smart Plug - Charlie Instructables (https://www.instructables.com/Plug-It-Open-Source-Smart-Plug/) TH3D Studio (https://w...
Jun 19, 2024•54 min
This week we talk about presenting at Linux conferences, and how to get the most out of them. -- During The Show -- 01:40 Frigate Documentation Performance Room to grow Couldn't record on bare metal Stream selection Hardware conundrum Coral USB Accelerator 14:52 - Staying In Touch With Kids - Norm Libertarian view on tracking "chipping" JMP.chat Sim Service (https://jmp.chat/sim) Matrix Server Guide (https://docs.minddripone.com/how-to/matrix-ansible/) Simplex Chat (https://simplex.chat/) 24:00 ...
Jun 12, 2024•53 min
This week we're live at SELF and we host an Ask Me Anything! We further our discussion about Harbor Freight and disposable tools, and talk about what technology excites us for the future. -- During The Show -- -- 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/394) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www...
Jun 09, 2024•54 min
This week we dig into a war story at Steve's house troubleshooting wifi! -- During The Show -- 01:10 Noah & Steve War Story Pivoted to installing a doorbell ReoLink doorbell App is needed for setup Frigate (https://frigate.video/) Back to WiFi Changed management port Reset/VLan snafu Dell 7330 no network port Endless OS can't install tools "Mission Mode" Switch was bad WiFi issue ZWave vs ZigBee "Known Quantities" Next steps Spectrum analyzer Laptop couldn't connect to phone WiFi When is pro...
Jun 05, 2024•54 min
This week Matthew Jones and Kaete Piccirilli join the Ask Noah Show to talk Ansible! Catch the latest advancements as well as a look at what's coming down the road. -- During The Show -- 00:55 Steve's WiFi Problems Multiple APs 70+ Access Points 02:23 Guacamole Conversation - Joey Steve's presentation? SELF puts them online Steve might have a copy Restricting to IP Don't use as sole defense Shields from "script kiddies" Block based on GeoIP/Country 08:50 Watch Axis Camera in VLC - TwoBit Steve r...
May 29, 2024•53 min
This week Vincent Danen the VP of product security from Red Hat joins the Ask Noah Show to talk about Open Source security practices. We take your calls, answer your questions, and give you an update about The Linux Challenge Coin. -- During The Show -- 01:50 Caller Nitro Phone Pixel 8 with GrapheneOS flashed on it 05:58 Remote Access Via Browser? - Craig Ethical/Liability issues Work policy violations Retroactive punishment Apache Guacamole (https://guacamole.apache.org/) Security concerns Set ...
May 22, 2024•54 min
