Ask Noah Show

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[...]

-- 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[...]

-- 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.openttd.org/news/2024/04/13/openttd-14-0) Ardour - Ardour (https://ardour.org/whatsnew.html) KDE Frameworks 6.1.0 -[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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 -[...]

-- 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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

This week Daniel Schaefer 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[...]

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)[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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_release_announcement/) Plasma 6 Beta Milestone - KDE (https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/beta1/) Cinnamon - Its Foss[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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 --[...]

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[...]

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[...]

This week a special guest joins The Ask Noah Show to discuss how approachable and easy Framework is making the purchase and maintnece of a modular laptop. Matthew Miller joins the program and we talk Fedora! -- During The Show -- 00:30 LFNW Conference is re-scheduled (early next year) All other activities still going on[...]

This week we dig into single board computers, has the Raspberry Pi lost it's way? The new Pi 5 is out but is it too expensive? Intel sold the NUC line to Asus, and of course we take your feedback, answer your questions. -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and[...]

This week Noah and Steve dig into the BEST way to automate presence detection in home assistant. We answer your questions, and Francis Chow joins the program to chat about in vehicle operating systems! -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this[...]

This week Noah and Steve dig into motion detectors for Home Assistant, some exciting new features for Matrix 2.0 that have landed, and of course your questions! -- During The Show -- Enjoying Tech Personal bleeding over to professional Communication Skills 04:36 Cloning SSDs - Kris Why did snapshots not work? Immutable OS Automate environment[...]

What if you could purchase a computer built like a Mac but run a free and open source operating system on it that you can't break, would you buy one? Steve and Noah discuss the Malibal, and an immutable distro with Flatpaks that "just works" -- During The Show -- 00:58 Intro Steve's Nvidea Issue[...]

Google makes the news this week in one of the largest cases in history over meaningful competition. Do we need the regulation to stop Google? Ubuntu will start allowing you to use a TPM chip for encryption, plus your livestreaming, ZFS, and VPN questions are answered! -- During The Show -- 02:00 Matrix Server Digital[...]

This week we dig into your feedback, and EG Nadhan, the Global Chief Architect Leader, CTO joins the program and we discuss current and future roles of RH Chief Architect. -- During The Show -- 01:40 Noah Triple Failure Power Surge Nothing is working Switch Died - Replaced Cable Modem dead - ISPs Problem Backup[...]

-- During The Show -- 00:58 Intro Viral videos YouTube Profiling Rich Men North of Richmond - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Men_North_of_Richmond) 04:17 Chat Programs, Kid access etc - Semantic Scholar Beeper Kids on platforms Affects of 'screens' Kids & Technology 12:12 Just thanks - Entransic Thanks for the show! 12:30 Soldering Iron? - Charlie Soldering irons peak[...]

This week Noah and Steve take you down the journey of two open source guys using open source day in and day out for their lives. Is it perfect? No there are rough edges, but why do they make those choices? What's the appeal to freedom and stability? -- During The Show -- 01:10 Caller[...]

This week CIQ, Oracle, and SUSE have formed OpenELA, we dig into the Libera chat / Matrix bridge issues, and we discuss choosing the problems you want to solve. -- During The Show -- 00:58 Pre-Show Steve's dead hardware Noah's type-C charger upgrade Noah's portable rack 06:40 Home Assistant - Curt Run on a re-purposed[...]

This week Home Assistant accidentally takes over Noah's house, and Micah Pendleton returns to dig into specifics about professional video production on Linux. -- During The Show -- 00:58 Steve's Luddite Week Amazon return with no phone Society is going to requiring phones 05:00 VLANs - Norm Steve's VLANs VLANs 10 Admin 20 Guest 30[...]

This week Noah lives off of a 37Ah battery, and the Rocky Linux team joins Noah and Steve to discuss their plans going forward to maintain a clone of RHEL! -- During The Show -- Running Off Battery 37Ah battery Point of the experiment Anderson Power Pole Vanomize (https://vanomize.com/pages/shop) Powerwerx (https://powerwerx.com/solar-portable-power) LiFePO4 Battery Modular/Form Factor[...]

Vojtěch Pavlík the General Manager for Business-Critical Linux joins The Ask Noah Show to discuss SUSE's plans to create a hard fork of RHEL and fill the gap created by Red Hat's recent changes. -- During The Show -- 01:45 News Wire Libre Office 7.5.5 - Document Foundation (https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2023/07/20/libreoffice-7-5-5-community-available-for-download/) Qt Creator 11 - Qt Io[...]

This week Alma has big news, Slackware hits 30 years, we give you an update on Beeper, and Noah found his new favorite Matrix client! -- During The Show -- 01:00 Audio Success Story - Ricky Yamaha TF1 Mixer No news is good news Worked great! 04:30 Adam follows up (remote desktop) - Adam Any[...]

This week Bradley Kuhn from Software Freedom Conservancy joins Ask Noah to discuss the Red Hat situation and what if any GPL violations there are. Read Bradley's Blog Post Here! (https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/jun/23/rhel-gpl-analysis/) -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from[...]

Micah Pendleton - Owner & Producer of Caution Glass joins The Ask Noah Show to discuss professional video production on Linux! -- During The Show -- 00:45 Happy 4th of July 01:20 Old Desktops - Mike Where to donate old desktops? Check around in your community Free Geek (https://www.freegeek.org/) Reach back out to us 05:32[...]

Mike McGrath joins the Ask Noah Show to discuss the changes Red Hat is making in how they make their source code available. -- During The Show -- 00:50 Arch Keyring Fix - Bloominstrong at the bottom of /etc/pacman.conf Include "SigLevel = Optional TrustAll" under core and extra Update the keyring -Sy archlinux-keyring Confirm each[...]

Singpolyma from JMP.chat joins Ask Noah to discuss the public launch of JMP.chat! -- During The Show -- 01:40 JMP.Chat 6 Years in Beta Lots of work Always over delivered Singpolyma from JMP.Chat The history of JMP.Chat Why is JMP.Chat for geeks? De-coupling number from a device Financial model Beta Price Extension Pricing Porting Multi[...]

This week we dig into professional video capture, a new NextCloud alternative, and SSH key pairs! -- During The Show -- 00:30 Support the show Sound board repair cost ANS is an investment Phone call & Mumble best Email and Chat bot Multiple points of view are great 06:45 Steve's Home Assistant Experience Network attached[...]

This week we're live from SELF! We talk about the conference and the PineTab2! -- During The Show -- 00:45 SELF SELF is special Community is special Live Coverage Everyone is back Join us on Matrix 04:48 Distro Chooser Container Technology Trading pain points Distro Chooser (https://distrochooser.de/) About section FAQ section Reviews/Feedback 13:32 News Wire[...]

Matt Hicks the CEO of Red Hat joins the Ask Noah Show to discuss his hands on approach in his leadership role! -- During The Show -- 00:45 SELF SELF is special Community is special Live Coverage Everyone is back Join us on Matrix 04:48 Distro Chooser Container Technology Trading pain points Distro Chooser (https://distrochooser.de/)[...]

This week Lamine Lachhab the Chief technical officer for the Scottish government joins the Ask Noah Show and we discuss open source and open data with the Scottish government. -- During The Show -- Last Week Electrical storm took out the studio Telos (https://www.telosalliance.com/) was amazing! Sorry about last week 01:50 Secure Phone and Apps[...]

This week we dig into the Asus Ally. We'll tell you about an awesome all-in-one content production studio that works FLAWLESS on Linux, and of course your questions go to the front of the line! -- During The Show -- 03:30 Self Hosted IMAP backup - Sebastián Steve would call Noah Mail spooler Local Thunderbird[...]

Passkeys are finally here to replace your passwords! What are your boundaries when choosing to support or to avoid companies? As always, your questions go to the front of the line! -- During The Show -- 01:30 ZFS Questions - DJ Drive Slot hosting ZFS.rent Niche of a niche Bare Metal Altispeed 08:20 Note Taking[...]

Does the perfect self-hosted Google Photos replacement exist? A free and open source ChatGPT clone is available, we'll show you a site designed to help hone your IT skills, and legislation in the EU might be a threat to open source! -- During The Show -- Photo Management Kenny Schmidt from Altispeed What where you[...]

This week the EARN-IT Act is Back! For the third time Senators are trying to push through the EARN-IT Act. Steve and Noah take you through this, as well as your questions! -- During The Show -- 01:15 Steve's Home Automation Sonoff Zigbee 3 Integration issues Problem Solved! Zwave fairness Hindsight recommendations 07:50 Listener Responds[...]

This week Noah and Steve dig into the RESTRICT Act and the DATA Act! Your questions, your thoughts go to the front of the line. -- During The Show -- 01:30 Encrypted Journal? - Matt EncyptPad (https://github.com/evpo/EncryptPad/releases) Joplin (https://joplinapp.org/) Standard Notes (https://standardnotes.com/) Too tied to a service Separate the app from the encryption Vaults 10:45[...]

This week Google is killing some of their cloud services rendering some hardware devices useless bricks, we follow up on our Graphene discussion from last week, and of course your questions are at the front of the line! -- During The Show -- 01:14 Graphene OS - Chris Audio Issues Google Maps & Android Auto[...]

Week one is in the books on GrapheneOS. Noah gives the deep dive on his experience and moves the needle on Steve's skepticism. -- During The Show -- 01:30 Home Assistant on Immutable OS? - Panzer Steve likes Coreos Appliance approach Spouse factor (KISS) Ziggbee 07:55 Shout out for Heads OS - Charlie HeadsOS (https://heads.dyne.org/)[...]

This week we dig into immutable operating systems An OS where core parts of the system are locked down to prevent unwanted changes and corruption from third-party applications or a faulty update. -- During The Show -- 01:30 Caller Opening up a Minecraft server to the internet? TailScale Minecraft Servers are targets Fail2Ban SSHGuard TincVPN[...]

SCALE 2023 is a wrap and it was a blast! We introduce you to some new voices on the Linux scene as well as get an update from the projects you know and love! -- During The Show -- Parental Control of Internet - Cory OpenDNS Filtering is hard Kids have no expectation of privacy[...]

In this episode Noah and Steve dive into error prevention, and really organizational problem prevention! Having a plan to deal with problems in an organization is essential for organizational growth. -- During The Show -- 01:23 VPNs - Eddy Setup a firewall on the PiVPN 05:00 Tool To Install Software - Bhikhu SryRMS (https://github.com/hakerdefo/sryrms) Cuda[...]

Canonical has issued an official edict: the approved Ubuntu remixes must remove Flatpak support as of the next release. Ring video doorbell informed a customer they were required to release footage to a police department with a signed warrant. All the footage from that customers account was sent to the police. -- During The Show[...]

Open source voice assistant software-maker Mycroft disappointed thousands when it announced Friday it will not be sending its Linux-based smart speaker to any more people who backed the product on Kickstarter and Indiegogo, we talk SCALE 20X, and of course your questions! -- During The Show -- 01:30 Ilan & SCALE 2023 March 9-12 @[...]

Matt is on a mission to teach 21st Century skills like coding, design, digital art and management. This involves three pillars: First, Endless Studios is a youth game making studio that teaches the skills of Silicon Valley through the power of games. Teens love games. They lean into that. The second two pillars are about[...]

Jellyfin is the volunteer-built media solution that puts you in control of your media. Stream to any device from your own server, with no strings attached. Your media, your server, your way. Jellyfin joins the Ask Noah Show and we discuss their project! -- During The Show -- 00:50 ZFS & Ubuntu - Bhikhu ZFSBootMenu[...]

The EFF has filed an Amicus Brief challenging the constitutionality of geofence warrants. PikaOS is a distro that sets the stage for gaming on Linux, and Plasma Mobile has some updates! -- During The Show -- 01:30 Boost Discussions Feedback - Chris Agree with value for value Good instructions On Going Costs The show is[...]

Are you looking for a small server for your home or a backup server? The HP Microserver might be an option for you! We discuss along with your feedback. -- During The Show -- 01:15 Join Via Mumble Mumble Doc (https://docs.minddripmedia.com/mumble/) Join the geeklab chat Web Browser (https://minddripone.com/) Matrix Chat Client (https://matrix.to/#/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) #Mumble with what[...]

Dr. Doug Milburn President and founder of 45 Drives joins the Ask Noah Show to talk storage with their lead storage architect Mitch Hall! -- During The Show -- 01:40 News Wire Red Hat OptaPlanner Red Hat (https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-build-optaplanner-now-available-red-hat-application-foundations) Kubescape SDX Central (https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/interview/cncf-accepts-kubescape-as-inaugural-open-source-security-scanner/2023/01/) Kodi 20 Nexus Liliputing (https://liliputing.com/kodi-20-nexus-media-center-adds-support-for-av1-multiple-instances-of-add-ons-and-more/) GNU Cash 5.0 9 to 5 Linux (https://9to5linux.com/gnucash-5-0-accounting-software-promises-new-stock-transaction-assistant-more)[...]

This week we discuss EndlessOS and why it's the best operating system to help you learn technology! Regardless if it's your kids, your friends, or your family, EndlessOS has something for you! -- During The Show -- 45 Drives Interview Please join us live! Send your 45 Drives questions to the bot! Immutable OS' -[...]

This hour we talk about NY right to repair bill! We discuss The fediverse is getting attention from mainstream media, and people are leaving Twitter to join Mastadon. -- During The Show -- Steve's Mini Rant Getting Sats Supporting Creators Centralized vs Decentralized Expectations 10:28 Thinkpad T470 - Charlie Don't use non OEM batteries in[...]

Have you ever thought of an object you'd like to have but for one reason or the other it didn't exist? It's easier now than ever to get into 3D printing! We give you our take on the SteamDeck and we talk funding for Matrix! -- During The Show -- 01:20 Note taking suggestion -[...]

It's Christmas time! This hour Noah and Steve dig through their favorite gift ideas for your geek! -- During The Show -- 01:15 Intro Dakota's weather is Cold 02:00 Listener Responds to Email Backup - Griffon Fetchmail Procmail Blog Post (https://easierbuntu.blogspot.com/2011/09/managing-your-email-with-fetchmail.html?m=1) Linux.com Link (https://www.linux.com/news/process-your-email-procmail/) 04:20 Lenovo X270 issue - Cory Unplugging the charger causes throttling[...]

This hour we dig into Apple's encryption plan, a new version of KdenLive is out, Tor Bundled for Ukraine, and a new open source platform connects those in need with resources in their area. -- During The Show -- 00:45 Dakota's Weather Roads are ice rinks 02:15 2 Questions: IR Remote & Waking From Sleep[...]

Do you purchase technology with the expectation that it's consumable or disposable? Noah and Steve talk about considerations to make sure you get the best bang for your buck! -- During The Show -- 01:26 Laptop suggestion? - Bri Apple is not an option Struggle to recommend HP Dell is great! Latitude Line Noah's Dell[...]

This is the second week of our storage round table. Join the crew as they talk storage, configuration, and considerations. If you missed part one, make sure to check out https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/313. -- During The Show -- 01:41 Steve's Script Problem Thank You Thank You for all the feedback! Bash and set +x/-x 04:28 Altispeed Runbooks[...]

It's the storage round-table! Steve Ovens, Peter Dennert, Kenny Schmidt, and Patrick Emerson join Noah to talk storage! There's a wide range of ways to set storage up, a wide range of requirements and ways to implement it. What common things do we all agree on? Where do we disagree and why? -- During The[...]

-- During The Show -- 00:30 Steve's Curl Issue Curl not picking up variables properly ``` myvar=RvNAQycq2KOrWaGVuaoHBwPgfEOwzPi2 curl -k -d "clientsecret=${myvar}" https://keycloak.k3s.lab/realms/myrealm/protocol/openid-connect/token |jq .idtoken) ``` 02:00 Pihole & Eero - Wyeth YouTube Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnFtWsZ8IP0&t=721s) Tutorial (https://www.derekseaman.com/2019/09/how-to-pi-hole-plus-dnscrypt-setup-on-raspberry-pi-4.html) Eero System may be the issue Get the ISP to allow your old router Email Ask Noah show for[...]

Where do you go either at work or in home to for help when you get stuck exploring new technology? Noah and Steve take you through their process. We take your calls, your questions, and look at what's happening in the FOSS world! -- During The Show -- 01:25 Caller Kevin Outdoor speakers? Outdoor Speaker[...]

Elon Musk is buying Twitter, but will this be a benefit for free speech or a nightmare for the internet? There's a security vulnerability in OpenSSL we'll tell you what you need to know, and of course your questions go to the front of the line! -- During The Show -- Steve's Surprise Things to[...]

-- During The Show -- Steve's and K38 04:40 Cory Clarifies File Share Use Case - Cory Created a FTP share Set up networking FTP resets every 60 seconds? FTPS and SFTP Script Kiddies ISP may be interfering 11:10 Tell Me More About Sophos - Jeremy Don't go lower than XG-135 Sophos hardware XG-210 with[...]

This episode Noah and Steve discuss building a NAS, audio room correction, Dustin writes back in to say he got his church bank access working, and what do you need to get a law office up and running? It's a packed episode! -- During The Show -- 01:00 Remote Access to OpenMediaVault - Cory Computer[...]

This week, Noah and Steve tell you about the new Intel NUC that supports a TRIPPLE GPU Slot, a company that provides commercial support for Linux users, and the courts are divided on the scope of cell phone searches! -- During The Show -- 04:00 Rural 5G Internet - Chris User Hardware Netgear RAX45 ZTE[...]

Jack Kang from SiFive joins Noah and Steve to talk about SiFive and their IP that has become the go-to choice for NASA! -- During The Show -- 01:30 Caller - Jeff From Cincinnati Linksys AC2100 Router dropping connections Check for interference Change the WiFi Channel Increase transceiver power WiFi Analyzer (https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.vrem.wifianalyzer/) 15:43 Sleuth -[...]

Noah and Steve dig into observability! What is it? Why is it important? How do you use observability to get a handle on your troubleshooting? -- During The Show -- 01:30 Theatre Remote - Glenn IR Blaster/Receiver (https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2261799826804957.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.37544c4drBCZSh&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa4itemAdapt&_randl_shipto=US) with Tasmota + Knock off IR Remote Warning Current Model may not be Tasmota compatible URC Remote[...]

Email 1 - Help digitizing a church - Scott Hi Noah, I'm an IT guy from Brookings SD and my church wants to move to a more digital setup. This is currently a bit beyond my depth. Where would be a good place to post questions about our setup? Scott (Post Your Setup Here!)[https://notes.minddripmedia.com/kSLUHFePTz-IyVyN-40YcA#] Email[...]

Noah and Steve answer your NAS questions, follow-up on Z-Wave devices, and appropriate responses for unwanted drones! -- During The Show -- 00:55 Steve's PSA Please make sure that if expecting a response, the email has a return address. Avoid "donotreply" and "noreply" addresses 04:15 NAS Questions - Mars Xray What are you doing on[...]

Noah and Steve have recommended Z-Wave devices for home automation. What do you do when your home automation fails? What do you do when you suffer latency from streaming? Noah and Steve talk troubleshooting for your home network, and home automation. -- During The Show -- 02:20 Ordering System/Management? - Zack Hydra OMS Presta Shop[...]

The EFF has offered an opinion on the FAAs visual line of sight rule for Drones. What does this do for privacy? If the FAA makes a different recommendation on how they will enforce drone regulations. The EFF has also launched the Atlas of Surveillance, a publicly searchable crowdsourced database to see which tools law[...]

As we celebrate Episode 300 Noah and Steve dig into the difference in industry between 2017 when ANS launched and today. The landscape has changed considerably. Today people ask about Open Source, today people value interoperability. -- During The Show -- 01:50 Listener follows up on Bluray playback - William It worked! The solution 03:30[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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?[...]

-- 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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

-- 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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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/)[...]

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_Personal_Listening.html) 10:30 Smoke Detector Feedback - Dave automationdirect.com sm120x 13:00 Ryan Follows up on Unifi layout - Ryan UAP LR Outdated? What speed[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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 Depot Leak Detector (https://www.homedepot.com/p/MOEN-Smart-Leak-Detectors-3-Pack-920-005/313196961) Honeywell[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

You filled this hour with questions, we spent the hour answering them. From VLANS to point to point radios, this episode has something for everyone. -- During The Show -- 02:27 Response to VPN - Charlie IVPN (www.ivpn.net) No "private mobile provider" 05:54 Why Default to VPNs - Ray Constant VPN Connection ISPs harvest your[...]

Moxie steps down as Signal CEO, Snapcraft gets a rework, and a developer courrupts NPM libraries Colors and Faker breaking thousands of apps. The crew of Altispeed joins this episode to answer questions and participate in the tech round table! -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in[...]

The team from Altispeed Technologies join Noah this episode to tell the story of how Altispeed Technologies was born, where it is today, and where the team is headed! 01:15 Altispeed Today Help Desk - Issac Installation and Support - Kenny & Peter Backend R&D - Richard & Simon Administration - Sarah & Jess 02:28[...]

An entire show packed with your questions! Noah and Steve spend the hour answering your calls, your emails, and your questions! -- During The Show -- 00:30 Caller Chaz Next Cloud Mobile Access Check DNS Android App might have a bug 07:40 Naelr from Jitsi Collaborative spreadsheet editing Nextcloud + OnlyOffice (https://nextcloud.com/blog/how-to-install-onlyoffice-in-nextcloud-hub-and-new-integration-feature/) 12:00 Steve's House[...]

Noah and Steve discuss the open source model and the potential consequences when companies that rely on FOSS solutions don't support them. -- During The Show -- 00:55 - Migrating Installation to Raid? - Andrew What performance are you looking for? Do not use motherboard raid Can not use DD or similar 08:15 - Church[...]

Merry Christmas! This hour we dig into our favorite gifts for Christmas and Steve and Noah dig further into the Altispeed data center project! -- During The Show -- 01:16 Drive Migration - Andrew Clonezilla Boot partitions LVM DD won't work 04:30 Hairpin NAT - Michael Hairpin NAT DNS solution Gifts for Geeks 07:44 The[...]

-- During The Show -- 00:45 Steve's OpenSuse Experience Splash Screen Kernel Panic 03:10 Caller Ed Best VM server Proxmox (https://www.proxmox.com/en/) Libvirt (https://libvirt.org/) + Cockpit (https://cockpit-project.org/) Ovirt (https://www.ovirt.org/) 08:08 Sleuth Asked Is there software to send and receive audio over the network that work on phones and Linux machines? My usecase is I want to[...]

This episode we focus on your feedback. Steve describes automating his Christmas tree. We give you some tips for getting started with Home Assistant. A new version of Firefox has been released with new privacy sandboxing features, and as always your calls go to the front of the line. -- During The Show -- 01:00[...]

In this episode Noah and Steve discuss migrating moving into a datacenter. Amazon Linux 3 is based off of Fedora, a new GPD Pocket 3 is out and is an IT sysadmin's dream, a privacy respecting voice assistant, join us for a packed show! -- During The Show -- 01:41 Fedora Feedback & Tumbleweed Challenge[...]

Matthew Miller joins us this hour to discuss Fedora 35, Steve and Noah discuss their experience, we answer your questions plus our picks! -- During The Show -- 01:00 SSH Over Restricted Networks - DJ Respect WiFi terms of service OpenVPN Wireguard Gravitational Teleport (https://github.com/gravitational/teleport) 07:18 Server OS for Home Lab - Brett Nothing wrong[...]

-- During The Show -- Ian Tien joins us to discuss Mattermost, an open-source, self-hostable online chat service with file sharing, search, and integrations. -- 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[...]

Jack Aboutboul joins us this hour to talk about Alma Linux, a Red Hat Linux clone that is now doing what the former CentOS did prior to it becoming CentOS Stream. -- During The Show -- 00:54 Caller Mommy 01:15 Write in about Ticking/Asset Managment 01:50 Convert Docker file to Podman file? - Charlie Docker[...]

Researchers at the University of Cambridge discovered a bug that affects most computer code compilers. Fedora 35 is out, Matrix is now offering a bridging service for $5/mo. We tackle your questions, plus our picks! -- During The Show -- 01:00 Steve's House Steve's Home Automation Disaster Zigbee 07:42 Questions about the Industry - Jackson[...]

RISC-V has been called the "Linux of Hardware ISA" find out why in this episode with Stephano. Your emails, our picks, it's a packed episode! -- During The Show -- 00:53 Informal Discussion Steve's Migration to Bitwarden 06:40 Disagreement About Statements from Proton CEO - Jan ANS EP 255 (https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/256) Laws regarding VPN in Sweden[...]

Dr. Andy Yen joins us this hour to discuss the latest features of Proton. We ask Andy about the Proton user, a French suspect that was arrested for squatting. Did ProtonMail do it's job in protecting privacy? -- During The Show -- 00:45 - Thunderbolt Dock - Aaron Lenovo Thunderbolt Dock Affiliate (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B07M6S81CM/?tag=minddripmedia-20) 05:00 -[...]

This episode we focus on your questions! How to build a NAS? Best remote desktop software? We cover it all! Mozilla announced Firefox Suggest. FreeNAS and NextCloud are in a new partnership, and a self hosted server system for layman. -- During The Show -- Steve's House Moving the NOC Uplift Desk (https://www.upliftdesk.com/) Caller Chris[...]

Google is backing a new project from the Linux Foundation to the tune of $1 million that aims to bolster the security of critical open-source projects. GitLab is going public with their IPO, plus we address your feedback and calls! -- During The Show -- 02:45 Caller Chris 450 TB backup is 90% full Connect[...]

It's a packed episode with your questions and thoughts! There's a ton of information in this episode and equipment recommendations this week! Don't miss it! -- During The Show -- 01:15 Veritunda Asks Bitwarden (https://bitwarden.com/) Airsonic (https://airsonic.github.io/) Podget (https://github.com/dvehrs/podget) 02:20 TwoBit Asks Wire strippers for smaller than 32 AWG? Amazon Affiliate Link (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WFL122J/?tag=minddripmedia-20) Link from[...]

Even when you can self host it, relying on proprietary software can be challenging. This week Noah & Steve step through the latest self hosting options! Canonical extended their support for Ubuntu for 10 years, plus our picks! -- During The Show -- 01:00 Caller James Windows won't run well on a RaspberryPi Look at[...]

-- During The Show -- 01:30 Rotating SSH Keys FreeIPA (https://www.freeipa.org/page/Main_Page) Put keys in Git Repo Gravitaional/Teleport (https://github.com/gravitational/teleport) Hardware token like Solokey (https://solokeys.com/), Yubikey, OnlyKey (https://onlykey.io/) ANS EP 118 (https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/118) 05:25 Open Source Voice Assistant Mycroft (https://mycroft.ai/) 07:55 USB Enclosures - Shawn Casper files Ventoy Persistance Plugin (https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_persistence.html) Stack Overflow (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2566121/what-is-a-casper-rw-loop-file-and-why-do-i-need-it-to-make-saving-persistent-on) 10:55 Charlie Building his[...]

-- During The Show -- 02:14 VPN Links - Jscar Hawk Road Warrior Script (https://github.com/Nyr/openvpn-install) Mullvad Pricing (https://mullvad.net/en/pricing/) privacytools.io (https://www.privacytools.io/providers/vpn/) Privacy Security and OSINT Podcast (https://inteltechniques.com/podcast.html) 04:30 Email 2 - VPN Question Response - Charlie Incognet VPS (https://incognet.io) Mullvad VPN (https://mullvad.net) Nearly Free Speech Webhosting (https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/about/faq#Payment) OpenNIC (https://www.opennic.org) HackerPublic Radio EP 3323 (https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=3323) 09:45 Caller[...]

Patrick Emerson, director of IT from New Springs Church joins us to talk about their migration from their proprietary walled garden network and storage, to free and open source options. -- During The Show -- 00:55 VPS that accepts physical cash? - Charlie Brown Host that accepts cypto currency Pre-paid credit card 05:30 User Responds[...]

LibreOffice 7.2 is out, Gnome 41 Beta has been released, we talk streaming infrastructure, a must have networking tool for structured wiring, plus your questions, our picks! -- During The Show -- 02:30 Difference Between CDN - Brian Matrix is designed to bridge chats Early Days/Rough Edges Pachutelive.tv Demo (https://parachutelive.tv/) Nginx (https://nginx.org/en/) Restream.io (https://restream.io/) Restreaming[...]

This week there are fantastic FOSS software releases, Element, PineNote, and an open source time keeping device that fits on a PCI card, the company behind the development will blow your mind! -- During The Show -- 01:06 Proton Mail feedback - Patrick SteigerLegal (https://steigerlegal.ch/2021/08/02/protonmail-daten-usa/) Proton Mail's design make this irrelevant Important to understand were[...]

Apple has announced a new update that will allow scanning of your private photos. Firefox 91 is released, and the new US infrastructure bill means you might be paying per mile to drive an EV. -- During The Show -- 03:00 Manually Connecting Services - Jim Yes look for a developer Make sure you understand[...]

Steve Ovens returns to lay out his plans for his new house as well as ask the community for input on best practices. Standford AIMI center is expanding it's free repository of medical datasets for AI research, and Steam hits 1% Linux users again! -- During The Show -- 01:25 Hardware Keys, Ciphers, SSH -[...]

Steve Ovens joins us as we discuss the steam deck, Matrix getting 30 million in funding to polish the rough edges, and with Steve moving into a new house we talk about starting fresh! -- During The Show -- 00:45 Affiliate Link Typo - Chris Feel free to google the model and buy else where[...]

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is warning of world in which no phone is safe from state-sponsored hackers. A new version of Plasma Mobile is out, and Valve has released a portable gaming device, running Arch with KDE! -- During The Show -- 00:30 What Noah uses - Jon Software Distro - Kubuntu/Fedora DE - KDE[...]

We've received a ton of email asking how to get off Gsuite, and what alternative providers are out there. This week we dig in and go through the top alternatives to Gsuite. -- During The Show -- 00:30 Another Gmail Migration Suggestion - Charims https://imapsync.lamiral.info/ (https://imapsync.lamiral.info/) email address: charims@pcwideopen.com 01:00 More Gmail Suggestions - Freddie[...]

After a privacy policy update to Audacity, a FOSS audio editing software has been forked. Google is forcing new apps to use app bundles instead of APKs starting in August, and Jim Whitehurst steps down from his role just 14 months in. -- During The Show -- 01:00 User Responds to User RE: MBOX -[...]

Mix has a new release, The Linux Foundation is working on an open voice network, the Baltimore PD surveillance plane has been shut down by a judge, and we share what we know about Windows 11, -- During The Show -- 00:45 Cost of RTL 308? - Philip RTL 308 (https://www.ruggtek.com/product/rtl-308/) RTL 310 (https://www.ruggtek.com/product/rtl-310/) I[...]

This week we're focusing on your questions! We take your calls, answer emails, and with the help of the community we solve some Linux problems! -- During The Show -- 02:40 Caller - Bret Vendor agnostic hybrid conference room Audio: Audio-Technica Pro (https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/168029-REG/Audio_Technica_PRO44_PRO_44_Hemi_Cardioid_Boundary.html) Video: PCI capture device (https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1247779-REG/blackmagic_design_bdlkduo2_decklink_duo_2.html) c920 webcam Amazon Affiate Link (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006JH8T3S/?tag=minddripmedia-20) c930e[...]

Matthew Hodgson returns to the program to discuss the current state of Matrix and the exciting features that are coming! -- During The Show -- 01:40 Freenode Discussion There was a change in Freenode leadership Libera IRC (https://libera.chat/) was created IRC server software was changed, effectively killing all existing rooms Article from Conan Kudo (https://ariadne.space/2021/05/20/the-whole-freenode-kerfluffle/)[...]

Kenny from Altispeed joins us to discuss applying the network concepts covered in episodes 226 and 231. Amazon is rolling out a new feature that's sharing your internet, and it's on by default. OBS, KDE, and Firefox all have new versions plus our gadgets and picks! -- During The Show -- 01:20 Controlling Multiple Computers?[...]

Containers are amazing but managing them one by one can be a nightmare! Steve Ovens joins us as we discuss the best way to manage container workloads with tools like OpenShift and OKD. -- During The Show -- 01:12 - Dave Follows up from EP 212 - Dave Avantree Bluetooth (https://avantree.com/usb-bluetooth-audio-transmitter-for-pc-avantree-dg80) Play/Pause works Volume Buttons[...]

Inkscape has a new release, ChromeOS 91 will support Linux apps out of beta. Sublime Text 4 is out with new features, we look at a peer to peer web browser and we take Natron an open source animation compositor for a spin. -- During The Show -- 01:00 - Accessing Database from website -[...]

Matrix has revamped communities into spaces! This brings Matrix in line with many other team collaboration software platforms. We talk about a correction to ipv6 privacy, video editing on a Chromebook, Rocky Linux release, and more! -- During The Show -- 00:26 Response to IPv6 segment - Rafal IPv6 has 3 specifications to make the[...]

In this episode Steve joins us again to discuss networking. Building on the knowledge from our last episode we dig further into ipv6 and other network technology! -- During The Show -- 01:00 - VLAN question - Scott Management VLan is for admin not printers etc Set the switch to only allow access on the[...]

Linux Foundation drops the ban-hammer on University of Minnesota over controversial 'research' experiment but there's a twist, the code recently submitted was not part of the research. We feature open source firmware for IP cameras, an all in one access control solution, and SUSE got bought again 🙂 -- During The Show -- 00:45 -[...]

-- During The Show -- 01:00 - Software to control keyless locks? - Dave FreePBX (https://www.freepbx.org/) 3CX (https://www.3cx.com/) VoxTelsys (https://voxtelesys.com/) Wiegand Standard (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiegand_interface) Honeywell Netaxs 123 (https://www.security.honeywell.com/access-systems-solutions-demo/netaxs) Honeywell WinPak (https://www.security.honeywell.com/product-repository/winpak) Kerisys System (https://www.kerisys.com/) HID Edge EVO (https://www.hidglobal.com/products/controllers/edge-evo)(Said Vertex during the show sorry) 12:55 Caller - Tony Q: What Hypervisor do you use? A: Cockpit (https://cockpit-project.org/)[...]

Matthew Miller joins the show to talk about next week's release of Fedora 34, with Gnome 40 and Pipewire there is no shortage of exciting changes coming to the distro. We take your calls, and emails and answer questions! -- During The Show -- 00:50 Multi-Hard Drive Install - M.X.U. If you have the same[...]

This episode is all about questions. Networking, home automation, problems booting, we have it all this week as we dig through the email inbox and take your phone calls! -- During The Show -- Garage Door Notifications - Shawn Modern doors have open/closed status Standalone door sensor & tie into access/security system Vista 20P panel[...]

Everyone uses a network to access the internet, but how well do you understand the network you use? In this episode Steve Ovens joins us to give a basic network overview as well as answer questions you sent in! -- During The Show -- 02:00 Setting up Network Segment Reverse Proxy - Cameron Nginx Reverse[...]

Fedora 34 Beta is out with Gnome 40. This is a major rework of Gnome and the payoff was worth the wait! -- 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[...]

Apple has rejected important updates to the ProtonVPN iOS app. This decision compromises the ability of the people of Myanmar to preserve their human rights by submitting information to the UN. We discuss a FOSS IT inventory and asset system, and a Raspberry Pi based tablet! -- During The Show -- 00:30 Accounting Software -[...]

A federal grand jury today returned an indictment against the Chief Executive Officer and an associate of the Canada-based firm Sky Global on charges that they knowingly and intentionally participated in a criminal enterprise that facilitated the transnational importation and distribution of narcotics through the sale and service of encrypted communications devices. System 76 has[...]

Major tech companies are buying electronic components made from minerals mined by children, and forced labor. Ryan DasGeek joins the Ask Noah Show to discuss what's happening in the tech industry and how you can vote against it with your wallet. -- During The Show -- 01:15 Good SSH Connection Manager? - Jamie Use a[...]

The Blackbird Secure Desktop is a POEWR9 system, a fully open source modern POWER9 workstation without any proprietary code. Plasma mobile has a new update out, we talk bluetooth headsets, VoIP phone systems, and a one handed keyboard! -- During The Show -- 01:00 nVidia shield and blocking google DNS - Zack Try setting up[...]

The Gnome team is revamping multi-monitor support. Firefox 86 is released and features Total Cookie Protection to make cross site tracking more difficult increasing user privacy. Kodi 19 has landed with a lot of new features around metadata and a better music interface. -- During The Show -- How to rename USB Audio interface? -[...]

The Gnome design team conducted a research project to better understand their users. The results were surprising! We'll give you an update about the Vero 4K, a FOSS app to track your GPS history. -- During The Show -- 01:15 IT War/Disaster Stories Call Out Got IT horror stories, let us know! We want to[...]

Have you ever dreamed of having a virtual enviorment that can simulate the real world in, have meetings in, and connect with others in. Firefox has new protections for supercookies, ubuntu has a new installer out, and CloudLinux has a beta out of AlmaLinux. -- During The Show -- Red Hat License - Jon RedHat[...]

With all the changes Google is making there's never been a better time to to self host your own stuff! This week we dive into replacing Google Photos! -- During The Show -- 00:45 Minutes In Email 1 - Setting up Federated service instance - Brian What decentralized services could you support using a $5[...]

RedHat is expanding the developer program making it easier than ever to access RHEL! Now individuals can run 16 RHEL servers under this new program. Brian Exelbierd joins us this hour to discuss this new program and how it addresses many of the concerns raised in the transition from CentOS to CentOS Stream. -- During[...]

Self-hosting has always been a good idea but when your platform doesn't want to serve you, we have some self-hosted options that will. A Reddit user has Linux booting on an iPhone 7, a man was quoted $50K to run fiber to his house, so he built his own fiber ISP! -- During The Show[...]

New Year New Releases We're kicking off 2021 with a bang! The KDE team has announced a new focus on Wayland and fingerprint readers. Cawbird 1.3 a native twitter client for Linux has a new release with improved video uploading and replies, and Matrix will power FOSDEM this year! -- During The Show -- 01:45[...]

Greg Kurtzer executive director of Rocky Linux a bug for bug RedHat distribution joins us this hour to tell the story of CentOS and what his vision for Rocky Linux is! -- During The Show -- Greg Kurtzer - Executive Director of Rocky Linux, a bug for bug red hat compatible distro Greg's history Centos[...]

Gnome 40 has a major redesign, a new version of Kdenlive is out adding some much desired pro features, Matrix has some exciting announcments and we discuss the Solar Winds backdoor and give you some alternatives. If this is the time of the year you want to tinker with new projects we have a few[...]

GeekLab Gift Guide RedHat may have replaced CentOS Linux with CentOS stream but Gregory Kurtzer has launched his own replacement based as CentOS was on the RHEL source code. We help you pick out tech gifts for that geek in your life! -- During The Show -- Troubleshooting Trackpads sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-synaptics[...]

CentOS is dead long live Centos Stream! CentOS Stream is a way of getting newer packages out to the community so developers have the latest and greatest, but this comes at the cost of the previous goals of CentOS. Does this increase the security of RedHat's free offering? -- The Extra Credit Section -- For[...]

The Pinephone might be the best $200 you can spend on a project for yourself or with your family. Now it's easier than ever to flash new operating systems to the phone. OpenZFS 2.0 has been released, a new version of Wireguard has been released for Windows, and the KDE Edition of the Pinephone is[...]

A proposal has been put forward to use PipeWire by default in Fedora. Neal Gompa Fedora contributor joins us to discuss! A new release of KStarts 3.5.0. Lemmy.ml, a decentralized alternative to Reddit enabled federation and Comcast rolls out a 1.2TB data caps to the rest of their subscribers as of next year. -- The[...]

YouTube-DL is back on GitHub! GitHub has started a legal defense fund, and Plasma mobile has been released! -- 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/207) Phone Systems for Ask Noah[...]

Certificates issued by Let's Encrypt will soon be signed solely by their own root certificate. It's problematic because of the lack of Android updates. Apple has released two ARM based Macs, there's a potential replacement for SCP and a stellar release of Gimp with support for Hi-DPI -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links[...]

YouTube-DL is under attack, the RIAA thought it could remove YouTube-DL's source code off of the internet, does that work? There's a new Raspberry Pi on the block, built into a keyboard! Portainer a simple UI for container management in Docker, Swarm, Kubernetes, ACI and Edge environments. Questions from the community about syncing laptops, the[...]

Fedora 33 is out! We take Fedora for a test drive. There's a new project on the block that aims to make Containers easy to use for everyone! XDA has partnered to bring a new phone, the Pro1-X and shipping with Ubunut AND Linage, you're choice, and some messengers are leaking your link previews! --[...]

System76 launches the Thelio Mega. This is the world's smallest quad-GPU workstation for deep learning and scientific computing. Matrix says "no thanks" to backdoor encryption and instead suggests a different way to combat abuse. Pine64 has a new site for their store, a type-c soldering iron, and the DOJ has filed a long awaited antitrust[...]

Steve Ovens from RedHat joins to discuss CGroups! Manjaro Arm the new default on PineBook releases 20.10. We answer some self hosted photo options, remote VPN access, plus our picks! -- 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[...]

Matthew Miller joins the program to discuss Fedora 33! With BTRFS as the default file system, Gnome 3.38, and Fedora IoT an official Fedora Edition, this is a big release! Nextcloud Hub 20 is out and it's a game changer we discuss why! -- Feedback -- See all available block devices (disks) lsblk Let's write[...]

We celebrate episode 200 by sharing our plans to serve the community better! Ham Radio has come a long way from tubes and dials. Alex Archer KC0REL joins us to discuss building the ideal ham shack on Linux! -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's[...]

Microsoft releases Edge for Linux, the founder of ARM has starts a fund to "save ARM" from NVIDIA, and Facebook threatens to shut down it's access to the UK if the push for privacy continues. -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out[...]

The DLN crew joins Noah to discuss the $40B proposed deal NVIDIA and SoftBank announced a definitive agreement for NVIDIA to acquire Arm from SoftBank. Mark Shuttleworth responds to community concerns that he's not involved enough, plus the picks, your feedback, and more!. -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and[...]

Most people aren't choosing password that are secure enough. Professional attackers are able to crack up to 90% of passwords chosen by most people. The tools both for breaking passwords and saving them are open source. Thunderbird begins rolling version 78 and Alphabet Inc has a new end to end web platform for tracking and[...]

Bottlerocket is a Linux-based open-source operating system that is purpose-built by Amazon Web Services for running containers on virtual machines or bare metal hosts. Most customers today run containerized applications on general-purpose operating systems that are updated package-by-package, which makes OS updates difficult to automate. -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the[...]

Linux and virtualization have made operating your office out of a box a reality! It turns out smart doorbells are not such a smart choice, RedHat now support multi-path TCP, and Cockpit has a new update! -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check[...]

A Raspberry Pi based device that plugs directly into your bare-metal server, giving you a virtual console, updates to Kdenlive, and RHEL releases a runtime for flatpak. -- 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[...]

James is Executive Director of the OpenPower Foundation, joins us to discuss what's new with OpenPOWER. Mozilla is downsizing, an open source Linux handheld is available for pre-order and the Linux Foundation is launching the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) to address security in open source! -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to[...]

Masks are being debated around the US and around the world but what do they do for privacy? China has facial recognition software that works even with face masks but NIST has shown that's not always the case! F5 has a major vulnerability that is allows someone with network access to the configuration utility, through[...]

The European Court of Justice invalidates Privacy Shield. The Court clarified for a second time now that there is a clash between EU privacy law and US surveillance law. Pine phone has a convergence package, and the Linux Foundation now has an open source contract tracing app. -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links[...]

Frank Karlitschek Managing Director and Founder of NextCloud joins Noah to discuss the progress that NextCloud has made and how the community has shaped his views and goals. Funding costs have LibreOffice considering a "enterprise" vs "personal" edition, plus a device that will alert you to voice assistants spying on you! -- The Extra Credit[...]

The Btrfs team joins the Ask Noah Show to set the record straight. Btrfs is being used at Facebook and has been selected as the default filesystem for Fedora! The EARN-IT act is back with a second version, this one might be worse than the first. -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to[...]

Privacy & Security Enhanced w/ Dr. Andy Yen, Security and privacy is a moving target but ProtonMail is staying ahead of the curve. Join Dr. Andy Yen as he talks end to end encryption, the privacy aspect of protests, and the status and future of ProtonDrive! -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to[...]

SELF was remote this year but that means next year will be bigger than ever! More presenter rooms, more interaction from remote attendees. Jeremy Sands and producer JT join us this hour to discuss SELF and it's future. The CIA had it's biggest leak in history and underscores exactly why we need end to end[...]

Matrix is the communications platform you've been waiting for. Sick of being on Slack, Telegram, IRC, and Signal? Matthew Hodgson joins us to discuss Matrix and why this is such a revolutionary platform. -- Join our Matrix Instance -- Noah's Booth (https://riot.linuxdelta.com/#/room/#noahsbooth:linuxdelta.com) -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material[...]

Questions have been raised about the Brave browser collecting BAT donations on behalf of users that didn't consent. Plasma 5.19.0 is out and FreeNAS has a new version based on Linux! -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from[...]

Rohan Karamandi joins us to talk about how to awaken your home with an open source automation system that puts local control and privacy first! -- 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[...]

The Raspberry Pi 4 with 8GB of RAM has been released, the state of MN is using contact tracing to track protesters instead of COVID, and Google wants your location data so bad it's willing to lie to you! -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this[...]

Google & Apple have released their answer to contact tracing and for once it seems like they may be taking the side of their users! Microsoft is adding GUI support for Linux apps on Windows and Linus has switched to team red! -- The Extra Credit Section -- Host your own speedtest (https://github.com/librespeed/speedtest) For links[...]

Founder and CEO of System76 Carl Richell joins us to discuss their latest release of PopOS 20.04. This incredible release features auto-tiling and is designed to empower anyone who is creating, or developing on the Linux Desktop! -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode[...]

The Open Compute Project with Bill Carter Bill Carter, the CTO of the Open Compute Project joins us to discuss a new way of building a rack for a data center. The OCP uses a tool-less, modern, efficient design and best of all - the plans are open and available! -- The Extra Credit Section[...]

Kris Moore joins us to talk about the upcoming release of FreeNAS. OpenZFS, per dataset encryption, new features that they've pulled from TrueNAS and tons of other improvements. -- 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![...]

The latest release of Ubuntu is out and it takes polish to a whole new level! ZFS support, security enhancements, snap packages and so much more! -- 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[...]

Jason Donenfeld lead developer joins us this hour to discuss WireGuard, an extremely simple yet fast and modern VPN that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography. is an extremely simple yet fast and modern VPN that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography. -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check[...]

Allan Jude author of the book FreeBSD Mastery joins us to discuss ZFS, backup strategies, system administration and so much more! -- 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/176) Phone Systems[...]

Zoom is everywhere in the news. While they're doing their best to respond and resolve the issues users are finding - have you asked yourself if you want to host your company meetings with a third party? We'll show you the best ways to host end to end encrypted meetings on your hardware! -- The[...]

WarheadSE and DagoRed join Noah this episode for a discussion on troubleshooting, the OSI model, and why Arch is a better distro for those who want to dig deep into tech! -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from[...]

Firefox launches a new plan to bring revenue directly to websites without 3rd party tracking! Qubes OS is tackling the GUI domain, and a new professional audio editor is available for Linux! -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page[...]

A bill has been introduced that may require every message sent to be read by government-approved scanning software. AMD looks to court Linux gamers by making its GPU driver even better! -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from[...]

An Intel-funded study found that AMD Processors including all Ryzen chips are vulnerable to side-channel security flaw. A fork of Signal messenger is born, and the best way to secure your iot network. -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's[...]

Show Notes MD Template Intel promises full memory encryption in upcoming CPUs, Facebook becomes a premiere sponsor of the OBS project, and billions of wifi devices were open to eavesdropping. -- 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[...]

Mozilla has launched DNS over HTTPS (DoH) in their browser to protect the privacy of users by default! Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Introduces Bill To Create A Data Protection Agency, and A new version of Cockpit is out! -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode[...]

KDE is one of the most popular desktops available on Linux. Noah walks you through his KDE setup to get you started on your perfect Linux desktop! -- 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[...]

There are so many good routers to choose from it's so hard to decide. There's good and bad with all of them. Unifi is back at it again with sending data home, KDE 5.18 is out, and we've officially launched wiki.linuxdelta.com! -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced[...]

Ten feet of water or 1000+ degrees, there's a box that will help you keep your data safe! Jim Whitehurst will become the President of IBM, and Korea is switching to Linux. -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page[...]

Ring is in the news yet again for sharing data with 3rd parties. How many people have access to your ring camera? The FSF has suggested Microsoft open source Windows 7, and Apple reversed their decision to provide end to end encryption to user's icloud data in an effort to help the FBI. -- The[...]

The Pinebook pro has arrived and Noah gives his initial impressions. SHA-1 is broken in a new way thats cheaper and easier. -- 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/163) Phone[...]

Once again the FBI has asked for Apple's assistance in breaking into a mobile device used by a mass shooter. Apple once again has told the FBI...NO! Is your data safe from attackers on an iPhone? Does Apple's security model prevent them from giving access to the FBI? KDE is making a soft landing spot[...]

Proton Calendar Beta is here! Firefox has a new version with enhanced privacy, and we take your calls from around the world on iot, vpns, and Ryzen! -- 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[...]

The phone Linux users have always wanted is finally available, The Qt Company wants some changes to the SLA they have with The KDE Free Qt Foundation, and a new version of professional photo software is released in Linux! -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this[...]

Ryan, DasGeek joins us for this special episode and together we give you the 2019 run down. What to buy for Christmas! Altispeed Technologies was formed on December 9th 2009 in Noah's basement. Since then he's grown it to a company that serves customers across the US and in a few cases...the world! -- The[...]

Altispeed Technologies was formed on December 9th 2009 in Noah's basement. Since then he's grown it to a company that serves customers across the US and in a few cases...the world! -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from[...]

China is ditching Windows by 2022. Wireguard is ready for Kernel 5.6, plus some great follow up discussion on IP cameras and Noah's review of the Synology Disk Station DS718+ -- 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[...]

Ring, Nest, Dropcam, smart cameras are everywhere. Enhance your physical security space without compromising your network, self hosted, and on LINUX on this week's episode! -- 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[...]

Private Internet Access is merging with Kape Technologies and the Internet isn't happy about it. We dive into VPN technology and give you some alternatives to PIA. An interesting story has emerged in which Pen testers were arrested for doing their job! -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material[...]

Cryptoware is up 70% this year. This new cryptoware is particularly terrifying because it targets our Linux servers. Plus, a new browser that promises to protect privacy while still giving a way to pay web publishers. -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check[...]

Unifi introduced new firmware that sends data from your network back to them. Networking and security questions, plus CubicalNate from DLNXtend joins us to discuss Microsoft and it's value to the Linux / FOSS community. -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out[...]

Microsoft has announced the release of Edge for Linux! Great news or is there a deeper discussion about too much choice? The Pinebook Pro is taking orders RIGHT NOW and a new version of Fedora is out! -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode[...]

Data collection and mass surveillance is all over the news and media. We dive into the specific tools and techniques you can use to stay safe from prying eyes and reclaim your privacy! -- The Extra Credit Section -- First Pass ffmpeg -y -i input.mov -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:v libx264 -preset medium -b:v 700k -pass 1[...]

Edward Snowden's new book is out and he makes a case for what you should be doing to protect your privacy. This is a packed episode with input from callers, clips from the book, and as always - your questions! -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in[...]

In an open letter, government officials from the U.S., U.K. and Australia have asked Facebook to delay further deployment of encryption without “including a means for lawful access to the content of communications to protect our citizens.” Essentially, backdoors. -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this[...]

CentOS stream is Red Hat's answer to rolling distros. That leaves Debian and Ubuntu out in the cold! We discuss the pros and cons! -- 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[...]

Building your small or medium network requires careful thought. We chat with callers that all have different circumstances and requirements but the same end goal. Richard Stallman has stepped down as the President of the FSF, and we kick off a discussion about what to look for in a ham radio handheld. -- The Extra[...]

Huawei’s struggles with the US government has resulted in them shipping certain models of the Matebook pre-loaded with Deepin Linux. Firefox has a VPN like add-on, and Pine releases a $25 smartwatch! -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page[...]

Bloomberg has reported that Huawei has formed a partnership with Protonmail to bring their app to Huawei phones. What does this mean for data privacy? Does this give the Chinese control over ProtonMail user data? -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out[...]

Ever dreamed of having a Linux laptop in the palm of your hand or in your pocket? That's a reality with SailfishOS. A downloadable Linux operating system for your phone that's as much Linux in spirit as it is in the kernel unlike Android. -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles[...]

A survey of more than 6,000 firmware images shows there has been little to no security improvement over the last 15 years. We dive into the practical ramification of this as well as what you can do to keep your data safe! -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material[...]

What do you do with those old drives after you're done with them? Don't DBAN them, there's a better way! -- 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/142) Phone Systems for[...]

We dig into the ZFS, IP Security cameras, Routers! If it has to do with IT consulting, we talk about it! -- 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/ ***PUT EPISODE[...]

How do you organize your digital life? No, not just your photos, videos, movies, and TV shows - how do you store and find the digital bits of your online life? -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from[...]

Ring is giving free cameras in exchange for access to a secret portal that police can use to obtain footage without a warrant. -- 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/139)[...]

Fedora is dropping the snapd plugin from the Gnome Software Center! This is big news, but is it Canonical's loss or Fedora's loss? -- 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/138)[...]

People who are familiar with Carver’s design work over the years will realize that Bob doesn’t just try to make the same products as everyone else…rather, he is an original thinker. Bob joins us to give us his take on the perfect speaker, the perfect amplifier, and how to build the perfect home theater. --[...]

The 34 billion dollar deal is finally complete! We dive into the particulars and a different view that you're seeing on the internet. Stefanie Chiras Vice President and General Manager of RHEL joins us to discuss RHEL 8. -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's[...]

Aerc is the new CLI email client on the block. Drew DeVault joins us to discuss. The Raspberry PI 4 is shipping but there are some things you might want to know before you run out and buy! -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's[...]

Canonical is returning 32-bit Ubuntu Linux support after a huge backlash from the gaming community. Ruth Suehle joins us to talk about Red Hat COLAB! Project Links: Website: https://www.redhat.com/en/open-source-stories/colab Twitter: @suehle -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from[...]

Tom Gilbert, is our guest this hour. He is the Managing Director at Deutsche Bank, and joins us to discuss how Open Source Methodologies reduce risk and empower businesses. -- 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[...]

We're live from Southeast Linuxfest 2019 and we have not one but TWO big announcements! This is a an episode you don't want to miss! The future of Linux is ever changing and this new resource aims to keep it's finger on the pulse. Project Links: Website: www.linuxdelta.com Twitter: @LinuxDelta -- The Extra Credit Section[...]

As we get ready to kick of Southeast Linuxfest 2019 Jeremy Sands and JT Pennington both join us to discuss SELF. As a lifelong Gentoo user, we finally dig into the discussion of what makes Gentoo a viable distro for people and why you might consider using it. -- Side Notes -- -- The Extra[...]

-- Side Notes -- Project Spotlight: MyOS https://www.cdevn.com/my-os/ TLDR; Use Docker as lite VM to allow for a portable, sharable dev environment HiddenWasp Malware Stings Targeted Linux https://www.intezer.com/blog-hiddenwasp-malware-targeting-linux-systems/ Russian Miliary migrates away from Windows to Linux https://fossbytes.com/russian-military-astra-linux-adoption/ A Contraversial Idea about Linux Mint https://www.techrepublic.com/article/scientific-linux-and-antergos-are-shutting-down-its-time-for-linux-mint-to-go/ VoidLinux on Power https://www.talospace.com/2019/05/void-comes-alive-cd.html -- The Extra Credit Section -- For[...]

Chris Wright is our guest this hour. Chris is a Vice president and Chief Technology Officer of Red Hat. Chris has spent more than 15 years as a Linux Developer and has worked in the telecommunications industry on high availability and distributed systems, and in the Linux industry on security, virtualization, and networking. The city[...]

Melanie Shimano is our guest this hour. Melanie is an educator who uses open source tools to help students realize that they can impact the world. Project Links: Website: https://foodcomputerprogram.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/melanieshimano -- Side Notes -- -- Calls -- Jack - Wireguard Worked! Joel - ThnkPad with Ryzen Charlie - 19.04 -- The Extra Credit[...]

We're back from Red Hat Summit and we've got a first-hand look at what you need to know about RHEL 8. Scott McCarty joins us and shares everything you've wanted to know about the latest release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Project Links: Website: https://developers.redhat.com/rhel8/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RedHat -- Side Notes -- -- The Extra Credit[...]

This hour we talk to Alex Tselegidis, owner and founder of EasyAppointments - a highly customizable web application that allows your customers to book appointments with you via the web. Moreover, it provides the ability to sync your data with Google Calendar so you can use them with other services. We catch up with Lutris[...]

Publish your app for Linux users for desktop, cloud, and Internet of Things. That's the promise of Snaps but what exactly are snaps, what do they do, and why do they mean the future for the Linux desktop? Alan Pope joins us to discuss! -- Side Notes -- Project Spotlight: negit-ng: https://github.com/eteran/nedit-ng nedit-ng is a[...]

This hour we talk to Dr Andy Yen Founder and CEO of Protonmail. ProtonMail is an end-to-end encrypted email service founded in 2014 at the CERN research facility by Andy Yen, Jason Stockman, and Wei Sun. ProtonMail uses client-side encryption to protect email contents and user data before they are sent to ProtonMail servers, unlike[...]

Venkat Venkataraju principal software engineer from Yubico joins us this hour to share the exciting new features and functionality Yubico is bringing to the table! Project Links: Website: https://www.yubico.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Yubikey Github: https://github.com/yubico Twitter: https://twitter.com/yubico Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Yubico Project Links: Website: https://www.yubico.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/Yubico -- Side Notes -- Gimp : https://www.gimp.org/news/2019/04/07/gimp-2-10-10-released/ Gnome : https://feaneron.com/2019/04/05/rewarding-our-friends-of-gnome/ Project Spotlight:[...]

This week Michael Tunnell from Tux Digital joins us to share a creative new workflow for automating podcast production. Suse is claiming to be the largest independent Linux company and UBPorts has officially formalized their foundation. -- Side Notes -- Project Spotlight: Featherpad: https://github.com/tsujan/FeatherPad Featherpad is a standalone lightweight Qt5 Plain-Text Editor for Linux under[...]

This hour Drew DeVault joins us from sway and wlroots. OpenSSH 8.0 is about to be released and we'll tell you why this means a big increase in security for those that use SSH! -- Side Notes -- NSA-B-Gone: A Thinkpad X220 board that disconnects the webcam and microphone data lines https://github.com/zakqwy/NSA-B-GONE Project Spotlight: NeXTSTEP:[...]

In this weeks episode we air out interview with Hugh Blemings the executive director of the OpenPower Foundation. The OpenPOWER Foundation is an open technical membership organization that will assist data centers in rethinking their approach to technology. Google, Tyan, Nvidia and Mellanox are all founding members of the OpenPOWER Foundation. OpenPower is an “open[...]

Google announced its biggest move into the gaming space at GDC. Stadia, a streaming game service is designed to run on everything from PCs and Android phones to Google's own Chromecast devices. DasGeek (Ryan) join us to discuss! ** -- Spotlight -- ** The new Jetson Nano: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/autonomous-machines/embedded-systems/jetson-nano/ Background on the Jetson series: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/autonomous-machines/embedded-systems-dev-kits-modules/ Direct[...]

We give you the recap of ScALE this year and give you another option to manage your servers from a Web UI. Abraham Ingersoll joins us this hour and we talk about Teleport. Teleport lets you provide seamless and secure access to infrastructure for your organization, centrally managed from a simple command-line tool and your[...]

This hour we talk to Augustin aka Mr.WaddleSplash from the Haiku Project. The Haiku project is a Haiku is a free and open-source operating system compatible with the now discontinued BeOS. Its development began in 2001 under the name OpenBeOS, but rebranded as Haiku in 2004. We talk about the Project History and their aim[...]

Closing the Linux Sale | Ask Noah Show 116 Keith Perry open source business experts is back on the show tonight and we discuss strategies to sell open source solutions to your clients. It’s a packed episode and one you don’t want to miss! -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles[...]

The Linux Design Tool | Ask Noah Show 115 Alessandro Castellani joins us to talk about Akira, a native Linux app for UI and UX design built in Vala and GTK! Marc from the Southern California Linux Expo joins us to give us a peak into ScALE 2019! It’s a packed episode you can’t afford[...]

Lesspass with Guillaume Vincent | Ask Noah Show 114 Guillaume Vincent is my guest this hour and we talk about Lesspass. Lesspass is a stateless password manager that differentiates itself in it’s simplicity and ease of use. We talk about the security, the ease of use, and Guillaume’s passion for solving the password problem! --[...]

Ethical Hacking with Bo Weaver | Ask Noah Show 113 Have you ever wanted to learn how to ethically hack into a system? Bo Weaver is our guest this hour and he walks us step by step on how to break into a machine, maintain your access, and get out without anyone knowing about it.[...]

New Software Everywhere | Ask Noah Show 112 Lubuntu Release Manager Simon Quigley joins us this hour to discuss the new Lubuntu Council. Kodi now has a game emulator, Canonical released Multipass for Windows and theres a new Raspberry Pi Compute Module out! -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and[...]

Project Trident with Ken Moore | Ask Noah Show 111 Project Trident is a desktop-focused operating system based on TrueOS. It uses the Lumina desktop as well as a number of self-developed utilities to provide an easy-to-use system that both BSD beginners and advanced system administrators can feel comfortable running. We give the System76 $250[...]

Journey to a FOSS Career w/ Eric Hendricks | Ask Noah Show 110 Eric Hendricks joins us to tell the story of how he went from "just an IT guy" to a Solutions Architect at GitLab! Dalton Durst from Ubuntu Touch joins us to talk about OTA 7, and System 76 is giving you a[...]

Matt Opsahl is my guest this hour and we talk Self Hosting! Should KDE move to GitLab from Phabricator? Does Google decision to move away from the Linux kernel in Android and ChromeOS hurt Linux? All that and your calls this hour! -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material[...]

JT Pennington joins us this hour to tell us about an exciting new way for independent content creators to use the open source model to create content! Firefox is playing around with a new ad system and we give you our thoughts on that but as always your calls go to the front of the[...]

AMA Christmas '18 with Jason Plum | Ask Noah Show 107 Jason Plum from GitLab joins us on this special ask me anything version of the Ask Noah Show. We’re talking Kubernetes this episode! -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this[...]

Matthew Miller is our guest and we talk about my favorite Linux distribution, Fedora! NextCloud introduces their new "Social" feature. Microsoft has dumped Edge and is throwing their weight behind Chromium, and I'll tell you how you can get a lifetime ProtonMail account and support WireGuard at the same time! -- The Extra Credit Section[...]

Kris Moore joins us to discuss the latest release of FreeNAS and what we can expect down the road! Linux.org was defaced and Coraline's personal info was released. Emby, the open source competitor to Plex has announced that future versions will be closed source. -- The Cliff Notes -- For links to the articles and[...]

All About WireGuard | Ask Noah Show 104 Have you ever wanted remote access to your home or office but didn't want the overhead of setting up a traditional VPN? WireGuard changes all that! WireGuard makes setting up a VPN as easy as generating a key pair just like we do with SSH. -- The[...]

Red Hat Application Stream | Ask Noah Show 103 Red Hat has released the beta for RHEL 8 and it features an exciting new technology called Application Stream. Apple is being sued and SCOTUS will decide if their app store is a monopoly or not. -- The Cliff Notes -- For links to the articles[...]

Brent Gervais joins us to share how he started a Linux and Open Source photography company. Canonical has announced that they are extending the support life for Ubuntu 18.04 to 10 years and as always we take your calls! -- The Cliff Notes -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's[...]

Weekly Linux Meetups | Ask Noah Show 101 This week we chat with Big Daddy Linux, a man who has spent his own time and money to build and online Linux meetup space. Samsung has announced Linux on DeX and of course as always your calls come first! -- The Cliff Notes -- For links[...]

Celebrating 100 | Ask Noah Show 100 For 100 episodes The Ask Noah Show has delivered quality content every single week without exception. This week we celebrate this important milestone live from the Tamarack Tap Room in Woodbury MN. Brandon Johnson joins us live and as always we take your questions! -- The Cliff Notes[...]

Stump The Linux Chumps | Ask Noah Show 98 Our friends from Destination Linux join us and together we form the “Linux Chumps”! Can we be stumped? We think not, but your calls try anyway! Your emails, your calls, your questions are the priority. Join Michael, Zeb, Ryan and Noah as we take on you[...]

ArcoLinux with Erik Dubois | Ask Noah Show 99 In this episode we make a bombshell announcement regarding the future of Ask Noah! Later in the hour Erik Dubois from ArcoLinux joins us to talk about a rolling distro built for those who want to learn Linux! -- The Cliff Notes -- For links to[...]

Microsoft Joins OIN with Patrick McBride | Ask Noah Show 97 The Open Invention Network is a shared defensive patent pool with the mission to protect Linux. On October 10th Microsoft joined the OIN so we invited Patrick McBride the Senior Director of Patents to join us and explain the implications both to Red Hat[...]

SQLite with Richard Hipp | Ask Noah Show 96 If you have a device with an operating system chances are it uses SQLite. Richard Hipp is our guest this hour and he joins us to talk about their controversial CoC. As an alternative to the Contributor Covenant the Rule of St. Benedict was chosen for[...]

Community Night! | Ask Noah Show 95 Community hour is where we take some time to focus on you the listener! You set the topics, you ask the questions! In this episode we chat about self hosting. We talk email, to nextcloud, to file sync. Friend of the show Brandon explains why Ansible is the[...]

In the largest software company acquisition in history, tech giant IBM has purchased Red Hat for 34 billion dollars. The open source community was shocked and devastated at first but is it too soon to judge? What has IBM really purchased a product or a culture? We explain why this could be the best thing[...]

Fred Gleason has worked for years to develop a open source Linux based broadcasting appliance. Rivendell can be used for the acquisition, management, scheduling and playout of audio content. It has all of the features one would expect in a modern, fully-fledged automation system, including support for both PCM and MPEG audio encoding, full voicetracking[...]

Linus has taken a break while he worked on his tooling to be more socially acceptable. That time is over and Greg KH has officially handed the kernel back to him. We discuss the implication of his return and what it might mean for Linux. A Google contract has been leaked that shows Google is[...]

Business Backup Tips | Ask Noah Show 91 If you have data, that data should be backed up. If you own a business or manage the IT infrastructure for a business than your backup strategy needs to be reliable, straightforward, and functional. Have you ever wondered what happens to the backup should you be hit[...]

Building a WISP and CCTV | Ask Noah Show 90 It's family friendly, we promise! You know that Linux succeeded where others fail, but did you know that cam girls are turning to Linux for it's reliability, stability, and functionality? We cover this amusing reddit thread, give you an update on the car dealership camera[...]

Supermicro suffered a huge security breach that gave the Chinese government access to servers manufactured with Supermicro boards. This revelation has caused companies like Apple and Amazon to distance themselves from the popular server manufacture. Unifi has announced that their new "Unifi Protect" will only be available on their hardware and not user built boxes.[...]

Kubernetes & Containers | Ask Noah Show 88 Have you ever wanted to know what containers and Kubernetes are all about? This week we try something new – Steve Ovens from Red Hat has produced a segment on containers for us. We talk about the latest release of Zabbix, and Noah gives the details of[...]

This is How You Should Store Your Data | Ask Noah Show 87 In this episode your calls drove the show and that's the show we set out to do! We talk storage, LVM, hard disk configuration, SteamOS, troubleshoot an OBS box, and still find time break the news about the new and best way[...]

Linus Takes a Break | Ask Noah Show 86 Linus Torvalds has decided he needs a break so he can understand people and their emotions better. The kernel has finally adopted a code of conduct based on the contributor covenant. No one knows more about codes of conduct than Paul M. Jones. Paul joins us[...]

Does This Make FOSS Better or Worse | Ask Noah Show 85 Does the "Commons Clause" help the commons? The Commons Clause was announced recently along with several projects moving portions of their code base under it. It's an additional restriction intended to be applied to existing open source licenses with the effect of preventing[...]

Google is launching it’s own hardware security key for two-factor authentication but there’s a few major problems. From pricing, to security concerns, we break the entire situation down for you. New audio production software is released for Linux, and we talk with a caller about BluRays on Linux and ripping them. -- The Cliff Notes[...]

Steve Ovens from Red Hat joins us to answer the question many of you have asked - how do you get hired by a company like Red Hat? Steve takes us through his exciting rise to working for the largest open source company in the US. Steam has dropped a bomb shell that has left[...]

Should We Care About Libre? | Ask Noah Show 82 We talk about Linux and Open Source, but is it far enough? Do we need to go all the way and push for everyone to use Libre freedom respecting software? We invite Kenny Schmidt, a 17 year old who is starting out with Linux and[...]

This week firefox made waves by encrypting DNS entries making DNS more secure for everyone. We talk about IP cameras, gaming on Linux, and Steve Ovens from RedHat joins us. It's a packed episode you can't afford to miss! -- The Cliff Notes -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's[...]

There has been a lot of rumors lately about Southeast Linuxfest. Outside pressure has been exerted in an effort to force the leadership of SELF to do things not in the best interest of the attendees but to push a political agenda. Tonight Jeremy Sands the conference organizer comes exclusively on the Ask Noah Show[...]

When Linus says that he skimmed the code and it's so exciting that he's hoping it gets merged quickly, you know this is the next big thing in Linux. We talk to Jim Salter. He gives us a perspective from day 0. We discuss the new Google gaming box, and give you an tease about[...]

How do you go from being homeless on the streets of CA to getting offers from Google, Amazon, and others? We discuss! The GPD team has released the 2nd gen 7" laptop and we give you our thoughts on their awesome laptop without Linux. As always your questions go to the front of the line.[...]

The year of the Linux desktop has become a cliché. In 2018 has a Forbes writer finally found a distro that has one click installs for every app he used to use on Windows? Microsoft ports PowerShell to a Linux snap, and of course your calls go to the front of the line! -- The[...]

Ken Moore, and JT Pennington join the Ask Noah Show this week to answer the question what does BSD offer to attract Linux users over to their ball park. We discuss the Lumina desktop as well as Project Trident. Your calls as always go to the front of the line. Learn how a law office[...]

Many have tried and failed to manufacture a laptop that stops Apple's Macbook Pro in its tracks! Has Dell finally done it with their Precision 5510? Can you get a $2200 laptop for under $1000 brand new from Dell? We'll show you how it's done and how it stacks up to Apple in this week's[...]

This week on the Ask Noah Show we tackle the difficult discussion - is it okay for companies to collect data and when should you be worried about companies having too much data? We interview Brian Martell who uses the finance aspect to get people on Linux. As always your questions go to the front[...]

What You Need to Know about WPA3 | Ask Noah Show 73 There's new security out for WiFi. Noah takes you through exactly what you need to know to stay up to date. What does WPA3 offer over WPA2? How do you take advantage of it? We talk about everything from WiFi to Colo in[...]

Ever wanted your own phone system? Maybe you want an intercom system for you house? How about the ability to use use an internet connected ham radio? We're talking Audio over IP this hour! We show you how simple it is to get AOIP setup and all the things you never knew you could do[...]

A hostile takeover has just happened to the Copperhead OS Project. Lead developer Daniel Micay has been fired by Copperhead CEO James Donaldson. Micay claims Donaldson is up to no good, and Donaldson says it's Micay who doesn't have the company's best interest in mind. Who's to blame? Was the government part of this? What[...]

Do you run a small business? Do you work for a small business? Join us this hour as we talk to Keith Perry from DAO Technologies. Keith has been running a small business for a long time and implementing open source where possible. We get Keith's insight as well as bring in Chris DeLuca to[...]

This week on the Ask Noah Show we take you live to the SELF floor! We take a look at a broadcasting company that was founded and runs entirely on Linux. That company? Jupiter Broadcasting. We tell you what you can expect from Southeast Linux Fest and how you can participate from anywhere in the[...]

Ask Noah Show 68 | Microsoft Buys GitHub This week on the show we give you the quick and dirty on Microsoft buying GitHub. We speak to Jason Plum from GitLab and he gives us a brief overview of the services GitLab offers and how they've worked to create a product that blows GitHub out[...]

The New Way to Rag Chew | Ask Noah Show 67 We talk quite a bit about owning your communication and how you can do that with Ham Radio. What if you love your Linux and want to continue to use your computer to communicate? This week we dive into an all new way to[...]

We Found Another Spectre, Meltdown Flaw | Ask Noah Show 66 This week on the show give you the latest on the new Intel flaw. We take an interesting question from a caller who asks Noah, can a router be virtualized? Plus we give you the run down on our Small Business Theme Hour coming[...]

This week on the show we talk about everything from DMX lighting on Linux to USB-C. We take an interesting question from a listener who has a massive virtual desktop infrastructure project and he asks Noah if Linux can handle this project or if he should stick with Windows -- The Cliff Notes -- For[...]

Ask Noah Show 63 | Should I Buy a Chromebook? Last week we broke the news to you that rumor has it Google is making Linux apps for the desktop a reality on Chromebooks. This week Keith Myers joins us and tells us what the experience on a Google Pixelbook is like. He explains what[...]

Ask Noah Show 63 | The Next Chromebooks Google has everyone wondering, is what they're doing going to finally lead to the year of the Linux Desktop? Are we okay with Google being in charge with Linux on the desktop? 18.04 is out and we talk about our initial impressions. Simon Quigley the release manager[...]

Ask Noah Show 62 | Live From LFNW 2018 Yet again Jupiter Broadcasting broadcasts entirely on Linux! We bring you live coverage from the floor of Linuxfest Northwest. The broadcast is done on Linux, the interviews are done on Linux, we talk about Linux. -- The Cliff Notes -- For links to the articles and[...]

Ask Noah Show 60 | This Guy Hates Encryption James Comey says American's don't need encryption the government can't override. In an age of terrorism should a segment of the population be allowed to exist beyond the reach of law? We get Chris Fisher's take on this as well as your calls on this weeks[...]

This week Noah goes on location to the University of North Dakota as a guest speaker for the communications department. He gives students his crash course on how to get a podcast up and running leveraging Linux and Open Source. -- The Cliff Notes -- Audio Technica ATR2100 (https://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-ATR2100-USB-Cardioid-Dynamic-Microphone/dp/B004QJOZS4/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1523983757&sr=8-3&keywords=atr2100) Fireside (http://fireside.fm/) SourceConnect (https://now.source-elements.com/#!/) VoxTeleSys (http://www.voxtelesys.com)[...]

Ask Noah Show 60 | Microsoft Linux It's hard to believe but Microsoft is shipping the Linux kernel. We give you the details of how and why this week on the show. -- The Cliff Notes -- Apple Switches to Own Processors (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-02/apple-is-said-to-plan-move-from-intel-to-own-mac-chips-from-2020) The Condom Challenge (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/04/02/in-case-you-missed-the-condom-snorting-challenge-and-didnt-know-its-a-bad-idea/?utm_term=.0c4418cd5f8d) LXDE Adding a Custom Shortcut (https://lkubaski.wordpress.com/2012/06/29/adding-lxde-start-menu-and-desktop-shortcuts/) See How[...]

This week on the Ask Noah Show we ask the question you've been asking us all week - Has Apple given up on desktop and laptop users? Plus, Brad joins us to ask Noah about how to get a small business of the ground, and how Altispeed has grown to what it is today. --[...]

It's been one year of non-stop unapologetic Linux content! We meet up with fans in Minneapolis for a live show and tell you about our exciting plans as we kick of year 2 of the Ask Noah Show. -- The Cliff Notes -- Apple Switches to Own Processors (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-02/apple-is-said-to-plan-move-from-intel-to-own-mac-chips-from-2020) The Condom Challenge (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/04/02/in-case-you-missed-the-condom-snorting-challenge-and-didnt-know-its-a-bad-idea/?utm_term=.0c4418cd5f8d) LXDE Adding[...]

Tech literally has a body count! As we tell you what happened and how we dive into the potentially deadly implications of automation. Have you ever wanted to manage digital signage, using linux, and on a budget? We have the solution for you. Your calls go to the front of the line as always! We[...]

This week on the show we bring you the industry experts to teach you more than you ever wanted to know about Chef. Learn how to automate your entire system. Plus uber's self driving car kills someone & we give you our take, all that and more in this weeks episode. -- The Cliff Notes[...]

Timothy calls back and puts all the discussion about a streaming audio player to an end. Noah gives you a brief look at some of the hosted services you can host, or pay to have hosted, and of course your calls go to the front of the line. -- The Cliff Notes -- Airsonic -[...]

We come to you live from ScALE. Chris joins us for the episode and we offer some updates on some SimpleHelp confusion. Ben calls us for an update on his MacBook & more, all in this weeks episode! -- The Cliff Notes -- Ted Gould (https://twitter.com/tedjgould?lang=en) Nathan Haines (https://twitter.com/nhaines) Simple Help (https://simple-help.com/) See How the[...]

This week we talk about the open source projects and closed source alternatives that make your job as an IT admin a piece of cake. We talk to Ben who wants to know if he can get Linux on his MacBook, the mumble room joins us & a distro elimination challenge update. -- The Cliff[...]

This week we ask the question who can you trust in the linux media space? What kind of shows do you want to listen to, and what kind of talent do you look for when you listen to podcasts. We break it down for you, plus your calls in this weeks episode. -- The Cliff[...]

For 50 episodes Noah has been telling callers Linux is the right choice. This week we take a call where Linux might not be the best fit! We talk crypto with Rikai our editor & tell you about the android app that will change your life! -- The Cliff Notes -- How to Setup SSL[...]

This week on The Ask Noah Show we ask the question "how far is too far?". Some people are putting bluetooth speakers in their house, others are injecting bluetooth devices into their bodies. We break it down for you, plus your calls, all in this week’s episode! -- The Cliff Notes -- Ask Noah Show[...]

This week on The Ask Noah Show we take a hard look at KDE Plasma & ask the question, should Canonical be using Plasma by default on the upcoming 18.04 LTS? -- The Cliff Notes -- 18.04 to use xorg (https://insights.ubuntu.com/2018/01/26/bionic-beaver-18-04-lts-to-use-xorg-by-default/) Phoronix - Gnome Shell 4 (https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=GNOME-Shell-4-Proposals) Gnome 4 Shell Proposal (https://wiki.gnome.org/Initiatives/Wayland/GnomeShell/GnomeShell4) I Hate Windows[...]

This week we're live from the Ubuntu Sprint in Seattle, Washington! We show you how you can get the most out of your home audio with Volumio - the open source media server & as always your calls go to the front of the line. -- The Cliff Notes -- Volumio Open Source Media Server[...]

This week on the show we give you the latest update on the Intel vulnerabilities, Noah sets the record straight on Linux media personalities that don't use Linux & as always your calls are the center of the show. -- The Cliff Notes -- Red Hat: We Didn't Pull CPU Microcode Update To Pass the[...]

This week we see how far we can push Linux! Can you use Linux in a professional photo workflow? How about High Resolution Audio? We take your calls & interview industry audio expert Bob Carver. --  The Cliff Notes -- High Resolution Audio Player (https://launchpad.net/~starws-box/+archive/ubuntu/deadbeef-player) Linux Compatible DAC (http://amzn.to/2DaUPG4) Enable High Quality Audio in LInux[...]

We pick up where we left off last Friday with our discussion about Spectre & Meltdown. Brandon Johnson from RedHat joins us to talk about this important topic & what he and his team at RedHat are doing to mitigate this disaster. -- The Cliff Notes -- Problem Booting Windows with AMD (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4073707/windows-operating-system-security-update-block-for-some-amd-based-devi?ranMID=24542&ranEAID=nOD%2FrLJHOac&ranSiteID=nOD_rLJHOac-AVnR8kDXzs7ZsWhqsDfF6A&tduid=(f0187439558fdb09f4f2aa182b303234)(256380)(2459594)(nOD_rLJHOac-AVnR8kDXzs7ZsWhqsDfF6A)()) Meltdown and[...]

On this special edition of the Ask Noah Show we saw people looking for what they need to know about the latest Intel bugs, Meltdown & Spectre, so we break it down. Plus we take your calls, talk about your War Stories & what you've seen in the field! -- The Cliff Notes -- RedHat[...]

This week on the show, we talk about Alt Coins and how Bitcoin ceases to be a viable concurrency for day to day operations. We take your calls, plus we include the Mumble room! -- The Cliff Notes -- 32 bit Bootloader (https://www.happyassassin.net/2013/11/24/the-fedlet-revived-or-fedora-linux-on-a-dell-venue-8-pro-bay-trail/) Pairing Bluetooth Using Bluez (http://portal.altispeed.com/kb/faq.php?id=180) Laptop Wakes up from Suspend (http://portal.altispeed.com/kb/faq.php?id=97) Setup[...]

This week on show we do something a little different. The phone lines are open but we're taking calls about relationships, religion, politics, diet, life choices. Anything you can think to Ask Noah he answered in this special Christmas episode. -- The Cliff Notes -- Ubuntu 17.10 Pulled (https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/12/21/ubuntu_lenovo_bios/) Root Access on MacOS (https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/28/root_access_bypass_macos_high_sierra/) Windows[...]

This week we take a dive into what it takes to break into a network. We wrap by telling you what you need to know to stay safe. Plus your calls & our answers! Note: There were some hardware issues out of our control this week, so the audio is below par. -- The Cliff[...]

This week we talk about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Should you invest? Should you look at other alt coins? -- The Cliff Notes -- Vote for the Best Linux Desktop Distro! (http://www.asknoahshow.com/elimination) See How the Ask Noah Show Got Started (video) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CkKku1JAe8) VoxTeleSys (http://www.voxtelesys.com) Join us for the AMA Episode Call In 1-855-450-NOAH Monday, December[...]

This week we lay out out plan to create a master list of Linux Distros! Which one is best? For what purpose? You tell us! -- The Cliff Notes -- Enter Your Distro - tell us WHY! (http://www.asknoahshow.com/elimination) Basic RSync Guide (http://portal.altispeed.com/kb/faq.php?id=163) VoxTeleSys (http://www.voxtelesys.com) Join us for the AMA Episode Call In 1-855-450-NOAH Monday, December[...]

Hear the Net Neutrality debate from a new perspective. Darcy from Portugal shares his insights from a land already regulated by Net Neutrality style laws. Plus a deep dive into free-rating, your calls & more! -- The Cliff Notes -- Netflix ISP New Data (https://blog.streamingmedia.com/2014/06/netflix-isp-newdata.html) VoxTeleSys (http://www.voxtelesys.com) A big thank you to those who joined[...]

Join us for a special episode of the Ask Noah Show, where we talk about our IT war stories. -- The Cliff Notes -- VoxTeleSys (http://www.voxtelesys.com) A big thank you to those who joined us for War Stories Night! Call In 1-855-450-NOAH Listen Live (http://www.asknoahshow.com) Watch Live (http://www.jblive.tv) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all[...]

This week we take a break from the phones and bring on Wendell Wilson from Level 1 Techs! -- The Cliff Notes -- Wendell on Twitter (https://twitter.com/tekwendell) Level1Techs on Twitter (https://twitter.com/level1techs) Level1Techs Website (https://level1techs.com/) Snapshooter.io (https://www.snapshooter.io) VoxTeleSys (http://www.voxtelesys.com) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard[...]

With Logitech bricking one of their hardware products do you really trust the cloud? Is there an alternative messaging platform that you can self host? What's the cost? Some say it's as low as $25 one time fee. This week we dive into communications. Plus an interview with snapshooter.io and your calls. -- The Cliff[...]

This week we tell you everything you wanted to know about Bitcoin & more. We take your calls live on the air, plus as a special treat we streamed live to Facebook this week. If you’re watching the video version of the show this week you get a peek behind the curtain! -- The Cliff[...]

Have you ever wanted to host your own phone system? Replace Google Voice? We go on site to VoxTeleSys, a linux based company that helps keep the Ask Noah Show on the air plus we give you our take on Pop_OS! -- The Cliff Notes -- Why System76 is Making PopOS (http://blog.system76.com/post/165833795278/why-system76-is-making-popos) VoxTeleSys (http://www.voxtelesys.com) --[...]

We dive into what it's like using Ubuntu 17.10 for a few days. Should you upgrade? What is cryptocurrency? We bring the mumble room in, plus your calls! -- The Cliff Notes -- Download Ubuntu 17.10 (http://releases.ubuntu.com/17.10/) Best Microphone Under $100 (http://amzn.to/2yKhxVx) Best Audio Interface Under $100 (http://amzn.to/2h3iNtJ) Host Your Own YouTube (http://cumulusclips.org/) Protecting Your[...]

Noah gives us the 30 second elevator pitch and then does a deep dive into this new attack that has plagued wifi. We talk about RedHat on it's way to a 5 billion dollar company and of course your calls. -- The Cliff Notes -- RedHat, 5 Billion Goal (https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/13/red-hat-continues-steady-march-toward-5-billion-revenue-goal) Krack Attack (https://www.krackattacks.com/) High DPI[...]

Noah takes a deep dive into Mir Wayland, what Canonical is doing with Ubuntu & how other projects like Arch and Fedora play into it. Interviews with people from the rally & of course your calls. -- The Cliff Notes -- Purism Phone (https://puri.sm/shop/librem-5/) Zoom H5N Recorder (http://amzn.to/2xtNeDF) How To Install Snaps (http://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-install-snap-packages-on-ubuntu-16-04/) Zurmo CRM[...]

In this episode we talk to Eric who runs a DJ business powered by Linux hardware. Noah shares how he became a DJ, exclusive interviews with community members from the Ubuntu Rally & of course your calls. -- The Cliff Notes -- Elation Professional Hedge Hog 4 Series - 4 II HOG102 B&H Photo (https://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?A=details&O=&Q=&ap=y&c3api=1876,{creative},{keyword}&gclid=Cj0KCQjwx8fOBRD7ARIsAPVq-NmtTRru1q5-VZRVZnBZwboKL0t3SKChoZlNgaMJqmCsS4spctm3MokaAofDEALw_wcB&is=REG&sku=1150918)[...]

Chris Fisher joins us this episode, live from New York City! We take your questions live about business & tech. -- The Cliff Notes -- Voxtelesys: Your Trusted Business VoIP Service Provider (https://voxtelesys.com/wp-content/uploads/revslider/home_page_slide/rev-arc.png) W3Schools Online Web Tutorials (https://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp) Voxtelesys (@voxtelesys) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/voxtelesys) Voxtelesys - Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/voxtelecomsolutions/) Voxtelesys | solutions to grow your business |[...]

In this episode founder of Sandbagger news Will Beaton joins us, plus Eric from the telegram group shares how he started his business entirely on Linux, all that & more including your calls from Russia! -- The Cliff Notes -- http://www.sandbaggernews.org theitguys.us belightkc.com http://portal.altispeed.com/kb/faq.php?id=177 -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this[...]

In this episode legendary home theater & stereo expert Bob Carver joins us on the air to talk about how to pick the perfect home theater & stereo speakers. Brandon Johnson from RedHat tells us how to tweak your libvirtd setup. Plus we take your calls. -- The Cliff Notes -- The Carver Challenge |[...]

This week we detail exactly what you need to put a movie theater in your basement powered by Linux & open source. Plus your calls! -- The Cliff Notes -- NVidia Shield Pro 2017 (http://amzn.to/2xK4gK4) Best Inexpensive Universal Remote (http://amzn.to/2vZPXiy) The Carver Challenge (https://www.stereophile.com/content/carver-challenge) http://portal.altispeed.com/kb/faq.php?id=163 -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for[...]

In this episode we go back in time for some tech that is still pretty cool for being so old. Plus your written questions & your calls! -- The Cliff Notes -- Website Monitoring, Website Monitoring Service, Server Monitoring: Site24x7 (http://www.site24x7.com/) Voxtelesys: Your Trusted Business VoIP Service Provider (https://www.voxtelesys.com/) Scale from 4K to 1080P ProRes[...]

In this episode we focus on your written questions, of course your calls & our take on the GPD pocket which is now shipping with LINUX! -- The Cliff Notes -- Alarm Relay | Alarm Monitoring Services Only $8.95 per Month from Alarm Relay (https://www.alarmrelay.com/) GPD Pocket, The 7-Inch Ubuntu Laptop, is Now Shipping -[...]

We dive into the Google memo that went viral, talk answer some of your email and Facebook questions & of course your calls! -- The Cliff Notes -- Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber (http://web.altispeed.com/Googles-Ideological-Echo-Chamber.pdf) Google Employee's Anti-Diversity Manifesto Goes 'Internally Viral' - Motherboard (https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kzbm4a/employees-anti-diversity-manifesto-goes-internally-viral-at-google) Fired Google engineer James Damore defended himself on Reddit - Business Insider[...]

Brandon from RedHat joins us to talk about oVirt & how you can manage your virtual infrastructure from a web console. Plus we break down the advantages and disadvantages of Android v IOS, your calls & more! -- The Cliff Notes -- LineageOS – LineageOS Android Distribution (https://lineageos.org/) F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android[...]

Jason from GitLabs kicks off this hour of the Ask Noah Show, we talk about how to recover in Linux where Windows can't & why Ubuntu Mate might be the best Linux distro out there! -- The Cliff Notes -- Ubuntu Mate - The Best Distro Ever (https://fossbytes.com/ubuntu-mate-17-10-linux-distro/) Register4Less (https://register4less.com/) Gandi (http://www.gandi.net) Free Web Templates[...]

Steve from RedHat kicks off this hour with a howto on Ansible. We also take your calls and in them talk to Peter from London & pick his brain about switching people to Linux. Plus some Google Glass news! -- The Cliff Notes -- How to automate your system administration tasks with Ansible | Opensource.com[...]

We talk about Fedora 26 and it's new project "Fleet Commander" plus some follow up on libvirt, proxmox & of course your calls! -- The Cliff Notes -- PSA: Errors after updating libdb - Fedora Magazine (https://cdn.fedoramagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/libdb-psa-945x400.png) Projects/FleetCommander - GNOME Wiki! (https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/FleetCommander) Amazon.com: AMD Radeon RX 480 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Gaming Graphics Card[...]

We chat with Ryan from System76 about their new operating system Pop_OS!. Plus a bit of virtualization on linux & of course, your calls! -- The Cliff Notes -- Turn VPS into QCOW2 File (http://portal.altispeed.com/kb/faq.php?id=167) Setup a Virtual host on Centos 6 (http://portal.altispeed.com/kb/faq.php?id=9) io Domains Compromised (https://thehackerblog.com/the-io-error-taking-control-of-all-io-domains-with-a-targeted-registration/) Video for Linux Control Panel (https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/v4l2ucp/) Magewell USB[...]

We kick off with a bit of America, talk about System76's Pop!_OS as well as Lenovo's new “Retro ThinkPad” & of course take your calls. -- The Cliff Notes -- Today is the Day Pop! OS (https://system76.com/pop) Retro Thinkpad - it's Alive! (http://blog.lenovo.com/en/blog/retro-thinkpad-its-alive/) W3 Schools (https://www.w3schools.com/) Mix Minus Mixer (http://amzn.to/2tKxs54) Cell Phone Interface Cable (http://amzn.to/2skIwl5)[...]

We dive into some really cool technology, talk about the latest Yubikey venture & Veronica Belmont joins us for a segment to talk about her upcoming show, IRLPodcast. Plus your calls! -- The Cliff Notes -- Have a Backup Plan Retro Thinkpad - it's Alive! (http://blog.lenovo.com/en/blog/retro-thinkpad-its-alive/) KeepassX 2.2 Release with Yubikey Support (https://keepassxc.org/blog/2017-06-26-2.2.0-released/) Linux Surprises[...]

This week we're back in Grand Forks and we give you a deep dive on TAILS linux - the distro designed from the ground up to provide you with a secure computing environment. Plus we talk about universal installers, the security of messengers & your calls. -- The Cliff Notes -- Tails 3.0 Security Distro[...]

This week we're live from Cincinnati Public Radio to bring a very controversial episode of the Ask Noah Show. We sit down with Paul M. Jones & he tells us why some codes of conduct are a bad idea. We take your calls, plus we we look to see if Linux security is flawed. --[...]

This week we're live from the floor at SELF! We talk to the movers & shakers in the community. RedHat employees flood in to talk about the great things they're doing for the Linux community. -- The Cliff Notes -- Linux Active Directory Systems Mooltipass (https://www.themooltipass.com/) -- Noobs Corner -- Check out the Ask Noah[...]

This week we take a look at how you can implement a domain controller on Linux or get the same functionality as active directory on a Linux ecosystem. Plus the most calls we've ever taken. -- The Cliff Notes -- Linux Active Directory Systems RAZDC (https://sourceforge.net/projects/razdc/) FreeIPA (http://www.freeipa.org/) Etcher.io (https://etcher.io/) Invoice Ninja (https://www.invoiceninja.com/) DD Command[...]

We take a serious look at SELinux: what it is, how you can manage it, and what Cockpit can do for you. The Raspberry Pi Thin client has been announced plus we take your calls! -- The Cliff Notes -- Enhance Your Security with Linux SE Linux Context Changes (https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Security-Enhanced_Linux/sect-Security-Enhanced_Linux-SELinux_Contexts_Labeling_Files-Persistent_Changes_semanage_fcontext.html) SE Linux on Arch (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SELinux)[...]

This week on the Ask Noah Show we show you what it takes to get your data everywhere without using proprietary solutions, cover recent experiences with Seafile & of course take your calls! -- The Cliff Notes -- Having a Backup Plan with SeaFile WannaCrypt Makes an Easy Case for Linux (http://www.techrepublic.com/article/wannacrypt-makes-an-easy-case-for-linux/) Dropbox Told Us[...]

This week we give you the rundown on what it takes to make Gnome the perfect desktop. Find out what extensions we use, tweaks we make, plus your calls & much more! -- The Cliff Notes -- Perfect Gnome Setup gtk-theme-arc-git (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gtk-theme-arc-git/) numix-frost-themes (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/numix-frost-themes/) Dash to Dock (https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/307/dash-to-dock/) Ping Indicator (https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/923/ping-indicator/) Refresh WiFi Connections (https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/905/refresh-wifi-connections/)[...]

On this episode of the Ask Noah Show, we're LIVE from LinuxFest Northwest! We have the head of Ubuntu Mate on the show & he gives us hope on the future of the Linux Desktop, then talk about Electron and it's roll, plus take your questions live on the air.

This week we talk about PayPal and other payment providers you can use to send and receive money, the cloud & of course - we take your calls. -- The Cliff Notes -- Paypal - The Worst Example of Customer Service (https://medium.com/@iDemonix/paypal-is-still-one-of-the-worst-online-examples-of-customer-service-42f3c13f6cd0) Cloud Connected Garage Door (http://www.businessinsider.com/iot-garage-door-opener-garadget-kills-customers-device-bad-amazon-review-2017-4?utm_content=buffer21c03&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer&r=DE&IR=T) Cloud Connected Garage (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/iot-garage-door-opener-maker-bricks-customers-product-after-bad-review/) -- Noobs Corner --[...]

This week we talk about the new AMD Ryzen, different VPS providers you could take a look at & of course - we take your calls. -- The Cliff Notes -- Best Overall VPS (http://www.digitalocean.com) VPS with Custom ISO (http://www.vultr.com) Dirt Cheap VPS (http://www.cloudatcost.com) Long Term VPS (http://www.ovh.com) IP Camera with RTMP Stream (http://amzn.to/2pbRFvi) --[...]

This week we talk about the new release of Ubuntu 17.04, take a deep dive into the “right to repair” bill that is sweeping 11 states & the newest player in the social media space, Mastodon. -- The Cliff Notes -- Ubuntu 17.04: The bittersweet Linux release (http://www.zdnet.com/article/ubuntu-17-04-the-bittersweet-linux-release/) The company dropped its smartphone and tablet[...]

This week on the Ask Noah Show we dive straight into the Ubuntu dropping Unity news story, talk about the best open source messenger application & of course take your questions live on the air. -- The Cliff Notes -- Ubuntu Unity is Dead: Desktop will switch back to Gnome next year (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/ubuntu-unity-is-dead-desktop-will-switch-back-to-gnome-next-year/) Six years[...]

This week on the Ask Noah Show we kick things off by taking a deep dive into the anti-privacy bill that is expected to be signed by President Trump. We also tell you about the layout and format of the show & what to expect. Then take calls about microphone levels for podcasting, routers, NATs,[...]

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