Ask Noah Show - Episodes Tagged with “Noah Chelliah”

This week Noah and Steve address the blueprint OpenAI CEO Sam Altman published. -- During The Show -- 00:50 Intro 486 being removed from Linux Nixsys.com (https://nixsys.com/legacy-computers/windows-98-computers) Noah's early experience Drawing a living off open source Trends and walled gardens 09:12 Linux Tablets - Tobias Users experiences Steve struggles to find a use case Noah's experiences PineTab2 16:38 Refrigeration/Cooling - Graham Wildly inefficient heating Boiler plants 23:08 Wiki for Church - Dustin WikiJS (https://js.wiki/) XWiki (https://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome) Markdown WYSIWYG Where to start Steve's WikiJS Patch (https://github.com/stratus-ss/wikijs/tree/main) 34:28 News Wire OpenTTD 15.3 - openttd.org (https://www.openttd.org/news/2026/04/04/openttd-15-3) Archinstall 4.0 - xda-developers.com (https://www.xda-developers.com/archinstall-40-finally-makes-installing-arch-linux-bearable/) Gnome 49.5 - gnome.org (https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-49-5-released/34574) Peazip 11 - github.io (https://peazip.github.io/changelog.html) Elive 3.8.50 - distrowatch.com (https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12779) 4mLinux 51.0 - 4mlinux.com (https://4mlinux.com/index.php?page=home) AerynOS 2026.03 - aerynos.com (https://aerynos.com/blog/2026/03/31/march-2026-project-update/) Netrunner 26 - netrunner.com (https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-26-twilight-released/) Omarchy 3.5 - github.com (https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy/releases) MX Linux Pushes Back - linuxjournal.com (https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/mx-linux-pushes-back-against-age-verification-stand-privacy-and-open-source-principles) Removing 486 - tomshardware.com (https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-devs-start-removing-support-for-37-year-old-intel-486-cpu-head-honcho-linus-torvalds-says-zero-real-reason-to-continue-support) Meta AI - axios.com (https://www.axios.com/2026/04/06/meta-open-source-ai-models) Trinity-Large-Thinking - venturebeat.com (https://venturebeat.com/technology/arcees-new-open-source-trinity-large-thinking-is-the-rare-powerful-u-s-made) Arcee.ai (https://www.arcee.ai/blog/trinity-large-thinking) Gemma 4 - ciodive.com (https://www.ciodive.com/news/google-gemma-4-AI-model-open-source/816644/) 35:45 AI Overlords Sam Altman's white paper How useful AI will be for the average person Spend commitments 90% of AI failing in enterprise Robots building robots Robot tax Containment playbooks for dangerous AI Economic survival from robots General Super AI (AI Singularity) ArsTechnica (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/what-the-heck-is-wrong-with-our-ai-overlords/) Tech4Gamers.com (https://tech4gamers.com/ddr5-ram-prices-finally-declining/) -- 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/486) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix (https://element.linuxdelta.com/#/room/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard (http://www.asknoahshow.com) Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies (http://www.altispeed.com/) Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed)

This week Kenny Schmidt the Operations Manager for Altispeed Technologies joins the show! Kenny and Noah talk about the role of Linux in a commercial environment, and what a healthy view of taking work home looks like! -- During The Show -- 00:50 Intro Show goes in cycles Linux making it's way into 01:48 Alarm Panels Reliable and robust Honeywell Vista Panel Closed contact Shellys (https://us.shelly.com/) Resistors Home Assistant integration ESP8266 Alarm Decoder .com (http://www.alarmdecoder.com) Alarm Decoder .square.site (https://alarmdecoder.square.site/) Eyezon (www.eyezon.com) Building a system 17:50 Kenny From Altispeed Taking your work home Love learning at home Open source vs Proprietary Garage door automation Zigbee vs Z-Wave Unicast vs Multicast POE Zigbee Adapter Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BL6DQSB3?) Rebuilding the "Schmidt Cloud" DNS Challenge Immich (https://immich.app/) Immich release notes and documentation Changes to the Immich project and funding Nyquist from Bogen (https://www.bogen.com/products/type/nyquist-ip-based-paging) Kenny's Blog bitsandbolts.net (http://bitsnbolts.net/) 45:02 News Wire Bcachefs 1.37 - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bcachefs-1.37-Released) FFMPEG 8.1 - ffmpeg.org (https://www.ffmpeg.org/index.html#news) Blender 5.1 - blender.org (https://www.blender.org/download/releases/5-1/) Openrazer 3.12 - github.com (https://github.com/openrazer/openrazer/releases) OpenShot 35 - openshot.org (https://www.openshot.org/blog/2026/03/16/openshot-35-faster-smoother-and-more-powerful-than-ever/) KiCad - kicad.org (https://www.kicad.org/blog/2026/03/Version-10.0.0-Released/) GX Browser - gamingtrend.com (https://gamingtrend.com/news/opera-gx-browser-now-on-linux/) AntiX 26 - antixlinux.com (https://antixlinux.com/antix-26-released/) Fedora Asahi Remix 43 - fedoramagazine.org (https://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-asahi-remix-43-is-now-available/) GlassWorm - scientificamerican.com (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/glassworm-malware-hides-in-invisible-open-source-code/) Quantum Hardware Repository - thequantuminsider.com (https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/03/18/oqd-reveals-open-source-quantum-hardware-repository/) Post-Quantum Secure RISC-V - thequantuminsider.com (https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/03/19/tumcreate-leads-development-open-source-post-quantum-secure-risc-v-processor/) Open-Source AI Wallet - bitcoinmagazine.com (https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/moonpay-launches-open-source-wallet) 46:13 Credoid Credoid (https://credoid.com/) Docs are written in WikiJS Mercury Boards Lifetime license Self Host-able via docker Follows all best practices and standards -- 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/484) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix (https://element.linuxdelta.com/#/room/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard (http://www.asknoahshow.com) Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies (http://www.altispeed.com/) Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed) Special Guest: Kenny Schmidt.

This week we dig into ripping Bluerays, best practices for DIY IP camera systems, and your questions answered! -- During The Show -- 00:50 Intro Running your own company Not all clients are good clients Cosmic marionette Not a 9 to 5 job Diversification of Altispeed 10:25 Unlocked Bluray ripping - Caller Many drives disable ripping Steve's 4K Drive Walmart (https://www.walmart.com/ip/LG-WH16NS60-Internal-Blu-Ray-BDXL-M-Disc-Writer-Drive-with-UHD-4K-Playback/520581082) LG Bluray Drives MTHS Tech Drive Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/External-MthsTec-Blu-Ray-Optical-Compatible/dp/B07SZKNRF2) 15:35 Open Source Electromagnetic Resonance Tablet - Charlie Homemade writing tablet GAOMON PD1161 Drawing Tablet Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YFG742J) Being able to see the screen Hackaday (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/an-open-source-electromagnetic-resonance-tablet/) Read The Docs (https://patchouli.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) Gitlab (https://gitlab.com/yukidama/patchouli) 19:15 Security Camera - Tyler Be careful with specifications Levels of cameras Overview Detection Observe Recognition Identification Pulling Ethernet Vertical Cable Frigate (https://frigate.video/) Steve's camera/NVR setup Surveillance Station Coral NPU Stay away from Dahua and Hikvision Armcrest Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Amcrest-Nightcolor-Microphone-Detection-IP8M-2779EW-AI/dp/B0BMWFTFLS) Riolink - Amazon 1 (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C27ZY3R5/) Amazon 2 (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FL75MLLD/) Fosscam Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/FOSCAM-Security-Surveillance-Detection-Waterproof/dp/B0CBLQMKQJ) Axis/Used Axis Ebay 1 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/276889400479) Ebay 2 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/168041430163) Ebay 3 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/136976598281) Pelco Enclosure bhphotovideo.com (https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1055774-REG/pelco_eh14_series_indoor_outdoor_compact.html) 51:12 News Wire Curl 8.19 - curl.se (https://curl.se/ch/8.19.0.html) GIMP 3.2 - gimp.org (https://www.gimp.org/news/2026/03/14/gimp-3-2-released/) Calibre 9.5 - github.com (https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/releases/tag/v9.5.0) OBS Studio 32.1 - videocardz.com (https://videocardz.com/newz/obs-studio-32-1-0-improves-nvidia-blur-quality-fixes-hdr-playback-and-video-scaling-issues) Qt Creator 19 - qt.io (https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-19-released) KDE Frameworks 6.24 - kde.org (https://kde.org/info/kde-frameworks-6.24.0/) Marknote 1.5 - blogs.kde.org (https://blogs.kde.org/2026/03/13/marknote-1.5/) PearOS NiceCore 26.3 - pearos.xyz (https://pearos.xyz/downloads) SparkyLinux 2026.03 - sparkylinux.org (https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-2026-03/) Debian Trixie 13.4 - debian.org (https://www.debian.org/News/2026/20260314) EndeavorOS Titan - endeavoros.com (https://endeavouros.com/news/whats-new-in-endeavouros-titan-release/) CrackArmor - blog.qualys.com (https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2026/03/12/crackarmor-critical-apparmor-flaws-enable-local-privilege-escalation-to-root) Leanstral - mistral.ai (https://mistral.ai/news/leanstral) NemoClaw - thenewstack.io (https://thenewstack.io/nvidia-nemoclaw-launch/) Open-Weight AI Models - wired.com (https://www.wired.com/story/nvidia-investing-26-billion-open-source-models/) -- 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/483) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix (https://element.linuxdelta.com/#/room/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard (http://www.asknoahshow.com) Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies (http://www.altispeed.com/) Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed)

This week we take your feedback give an update on Steve's son's server. We talk some Xsession woes, Noah gives you an update on access control and credentials, and Steve has some thoughts on Apple. -- During The Show -- 00:42 Intro Conference season Seasons of Life Each conference has something different 03:15 Steve's Audio Issues - bout10bucks Jellyfin and Kodi MKV containers What Steve was doing 06:22 Steve's Son's Server and other things - Norm Steve's son and Linux Parenting Applying pressure Noah's listening Audio Books Jupiter Broadcasting Darknet Diaries Steve's listening Jupiter Broadcasting Coder Radio Late Night Linux AI Fix Smashing Security Getting a company to open source code Open Source community can be hostile Gather info before hand What is the benefit to the company Licensing Linux Conference Talk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=iW1r5jhXJlM&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fopenmoonray.org%2F&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjY) 21:16 Charlie's Xsession woes - Charlie How to disable error generation into the xsession file What is an xsession file AI is good at parsing log files 25:41 News Wire Postfix 3.11 - postfix.org (https://www.postfix.org/announcements/postfix-3.11.0.html) Handbrake 1.11 - handbrake.fr (https://handbrake.fr/news.php?article=62) Digikam 9.0 - digikam.org (https://www.digikam.org/news/2026-03-08-9.0.0_release_announcement/) Docker 29.3 - docker.com (https://docs.docker.com/engine/release-notes/29/#2930) SQLite 3.52 - sqlite.org (https://www.sqlite.org/releaselog/3_52_0.html) Rust 1.94 - releases.rs (https://releases.rs/docs/1.94.0/) GTK 4.22 - gitlab.gnome.org (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/releases/4.22.0) KDE Plasma 6.6.2 - kde.org (https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.6.2/) Nvidia 595 Driver - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/review/nvidia-595-linux) CIQ Kernel - yahoo.com (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ciq-introduces-ciq-linux-kernel-170500733.html) ZeroRISC Crypto Stack - thequantuminsider.com (https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/03/10/zerorisc-open-silicon-post-quantum-cryptography/) Fake Laravel Packages - thehackernews.com (https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/fake-laravel-packages-on-packagist.html) RELIANOID Community Edition v7.9 - relianoid.com (https://www.relianoid.com/blog/relianoid-load-balancer-community-edition-v7-9-release-notes/) Austrumi 5.2 - ftp.linux.edu.lv (https://ftp.linux.edu.lv/austrumi/) CachyOS March 2026 release - cachyos.org (https://cachyos.org/blog/2603-march-release/) T2 26.3 Desktop Edition - t2linux.com (https://t2linux.com/#news-2026-03-04) Nitrux 6.0 - nxos.org (https://nxos.org) NemoClaw - cnbc.com (https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/10/nvidia-open-source-ai-agent-platform-nemoclaw-wired-agentic-tools-openclaw-clawdbot-moltbot.html) Google Always On Memory Agent - venturebeat.com (https://venturebeat.com/orchestration/google-pm-open-sources-always-on-memory-agent-ditching-vector-databases-for) Database to Study Cancer - hopkinsmedicine.org (https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/2026/03/johns-hopkins-investigators-create-open-source-database-to-more-easily-study-cancer) 27:20 Access Control Credentials Wiegand (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiegand_interface) and OSDP (https://doc.osdp.dev/) Flipper Zero Types of credentials TM Dallas Proxmark3 (https://www.amazon.com/Upgraded-Proxmark3-Integrated-Decryptor-Frequency/dp/B0BCHPCZBS/) 33:55 Steve's Apple Observations Cellphone in laptop form factor Eats into "low end devices" Unified memory and VRAM Developers already targeting Mac Cost to running Linux Linux's answer Developer angle 47:29 GrapheneOS & Motorola Annouced at Mobile World Congress Buying a Pixel to load other operating systems Android Authority.com (https://www.androidauthority.com/grapheneos-motorola-partnership-announced-3645710/) Motorola News (https://motorolanews.com/motorola-three-new-b2b-solutions-at-mwc-2026/) 51:00 Age Verification Built into OS California is requiring age verification in the OS What is expected of other operating systems Now is the time to speak up How it effects Linux itsfoss.com (https://itsfoss.com/news/distros-response-age-verification-laws/) -- 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/482) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix (https://element.linuxdelta.com/#/room/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard (http://www.asknoahshow.com) Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for liste

This week Noah gives an update on the Chinesium access controller, Steve has a problem with 7.1 audio and works out a solution with Noah, and of course your feedback! -- During The Show -- 00:48 Intro Weather Snark 02:08 Game Server Access - David Proxy Wireguard Nebula Tailscale Put Linux on the Sophos Dynamic DNS Name Cheap Port Forwarding Swap the drive Docs.sophos.com (https://docs.sophos.com/nsg/sophos-firewall/21.0/Help/en-us/webhelp/onlinehelp/AdministratorHelp/RulesAndPolicies/NATRules/HowToArticles/NATCreatePortForwardingRule/index.html) 11:20 Static One Liners - Dominick Bunch of helpful tools and one liners Github Link (https://gist.github.com/willurd/5720255) Scope creep 13:53 Cat6 or 6a - Ted Always pull the latest Vertical Cable (https://verticalcable.com/) Fiber vs Ethernet Down sides of fiber (conduit) OCC Fiber (https://www.occfiber.com/) DZ Cable 23:50 News Wire Firefox 148.0 - firefox.com (https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/148.0/releasenotes/) Thunderbird 148 - thunderbird.net (https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/148.0/releasenotes/) Postgres 18.3 - postgresql.org (https://www.postgresql.org/docs/release/18.3/) SciTE 5.6 - scintilla.org (https://scintilla.org/SciTE.html) Dbeaver 26 - dbeaver.io (https://dbeaver.io/2026/03/01/dbeaver-26-0/) GNU Groff 1.24 - lwn.net (https://lwn.net/Articles/1060786/) GNU Octave v11 - octave.org (https://octave.org/NEWS-11.html) Shotcut 26.2 - shotcut.org (https://www.shotcut.org/blog/new-release-26.2.26/) Ardour 9.2 - ardour.org (https://ardour.org/whatsnew.html) Calibre 9.4 - manual.calibre-ebook.com (https://manual.calibre-ebook.com) Linux EOL Dates Getting Pushed Back - social.kernel.org (https://social.kernel.org/notice/B3go6YXJlQvUgRvo2K) React Foundation - prnewswire.com (https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/linux-foundation-announces-the-formation-of-the-react-foundation-302695870.html) GNU Hurd Kernel 64 bit - guix.gnu.org (https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2026/the-64-bit-hurd/) Mabox Linux 26.02 - lwn.net (https://lwn.net/Articles/1060786/) 4MLinux 50.1 - 4mlinux.com (https://4mlinux.com/index.php?page=about) Omarchy 3.4 - github.com (https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy/releases) TheSSS 51.0 - 4mlinux.blogspot.com (https://4mlinux-releases.blogspot.com/2026/02/thesss-510-released.html) AV Linux 25.1 - heise.de (https://www.heise.de/en/news/AV-Linux-and-MX-Moksha-25-1-Package-Refresh-11195413.html) Archbang 0103 - archbang.org (https://archbang.org/download/) PorteusX 2.6 - github.com (https://github.com/porteux/porteux/releases/tag/v2.6) Aeryn OS 2026.02 - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/AerynOS-2026.02) BunsenLabs Carbon - bunsenlabs.org (https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=9711) Tails 7.5 - tails.net (https://tails.net/news/version_7.5/) Qwen3.5-Medium Performance - venturebeat.com (https://venturebeat.com/technology/alibabas-new-open-source-qwen3-5-medium-models-offer-sonnet-4-5-performance) Kali Linux & AI - linkedin.com (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/kali-linux-introduces-ai-driven-penetration-testing-yh4ie) 25:30 Steve's Audio Problems Loud sound effects, quiet speech Steve's approach Easy Effects Browser plugins Looking online Asking AI Tune the receiver Applying the solution multiple places Sound isolation Aurdor Carla Compressor x42 plugins Real time Kernel Easier than it looks Write in with your solutions! Kodi Plugins and settings Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/kodi/comments/421gf7/how_to_normalize_audio_in_kodi/?rdt=36243) Vero V (https://osmc.tv/vero/) 50:50 Access Control Update TM Dallas controller arrived Downsides/limitations Reader was "hot garbage" 54:07 Scale Scale is going on! -- 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/481) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix (https://element.linuxdelta.com/#/room/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard (http://www.asknoahshow.com) Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies (http://www.altispeed.com/) Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed)

This week we focus on your feedback! Questions about NextCloud, questions about best practices for remote storage, and of course the latest headlines from JT! -- During The Show -- Thermostat for Garage - Jayson Garage Heater Inside heat control Wireless vs hardwired Hydro radiant heat Home Assistant centralizes everything Venstar T7900 (https://venstar.com/thermostats/colortouch/) WiFi issues More Private AI? - Anon Training data Taking AI offline Duck AI techradar.com (https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/signals-founder-is-taking-on-chatgpt-heres-why-the-truly-private-ai-cant-leak-your-chats) Immich & Other things - Fey Immich in the Oven's Household Noah's experience with updates Ente (https://ente.io/) Having things come back up in order Backups vs Snapshots Offline backups Tape backups 3 - 2 - 1 strategy Mail-in-a-Box (https://mailinabox.email/) Self hosting password manager Nextcloud Alternative - HJ Default tuning is not great Trouble shooting can be difficult How Steve updates Noah uses a playbook Finding alternatives Add-ons "sell" Nextcloud News Wire OpenTTD 15.2 - tt-forums.net (https://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?t=92703) GNU Awk 5.4 - lwn.net (https://lwn.net/Articles/1060050/) Pipewire 1.6 - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/PipeWire-1.6) DNF 5.4 - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/DNF-5.4-Released) KDE Plasma 6.6 - kde.org (https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.6.0/) EasyOS 7.2 - bkhome.org (https://bkhome.org/news/202602/easyos-excalibur-series-version-72-released.html) SparkyLinux 8.2 - sparkylinux.org (https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-8-2/) Xubuntu Wallpaper Contest - discourse.ubuntu.com (https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/xubuntu-26-04-community-wallpaper-contest/77213) Gentoo Moving to Codeberg - linuxjournal.com (https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/gentoo-charts-new-path-moving-away-github-toward-codeberg) Cline CLI Attack - scworld.com (https://www.scworld.com/brief/open-source-ai-coding-assistant-cline-cli-targeted-in-supply-chain-attack) SecureClaw - securityweek.com (https://www.securityweek.com/openclaw-security-issues-continue-as-secureclaw-open-source-tool-debuts/) helpnetsecurity.com (https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/18/secureclaw-open-source-security-plugin-skill-openclaw/) Buzzdetect - entomologytoday.org (https://entomologytoday.org/2026/02/24/buzzdetect-open-source-bioacoustics-listening-pollinators/) AI Slop Drowning Godot - pcgamer.com (https://www.pcgamer.com/software/platforms/open-source-game-engine-godot-is-drowning-in-ai-slop-code-contributions-i-dont-know-how-long-we-can-keep-it-up/) -- 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/480) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix (https://element.linuxdelta.com/#/room/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard (http://www.asknoahshow.com) Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies (http://www.altispeed.com/) Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed)

-- During The Show -- 00:48 Intro No Steve this week Awesome piece of hardware 01:39 News Wire OpenVPN 2.7 - community.openvpn.net (https://community.openvpn.net/Downloads) Mesa 26.0 - mesa3d.org (https://docs.mesa3d.org/relnotes/26.0.0.html) KDE Frameworks 6.23 - kde.org (https://kde.org/announcements/frameworks/6/6.23.0/) Gnome 49.4 - gnome.org (https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-49-4-released/34067) Vim 9.2 vim.org (https://www.vim.org/vim-9.2-released.php) GNU Linux Libre 6.19 - fsfla.org (https://www.fsfla.org/pipermail/linux-libre/2026-February/003642.html) GNU Binutils 2.46 - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Binutils-2.46) Tinycore 17 - tinycorelinux.net (https://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,28008.0.html) Debian 13.3 - voyagerlive.org (https://voyagerlive.org/voyager-13-debian/) Pear OS 26.2 - pearos.xyz (https://pearos.xyz/downloads) MythTV 36 - mythtv.org (https://www.mythtv.org/news/176/v36.0%20Released) Parrot 7.1 - linuxiac.com (https://linuxiac.com/parrot-os-7-1-released-with-linux-kernel-6-17/) SSHStalker - bleepingcomputer.com (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-linux-botnet-sshstalker-uses-old-school-irc-for-c2-comms/) LockBit 5.0 - helpnetsecurity.com (https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/16/lockbit-5-0-ransomware-windows-linux-esxi/) GLM-5 - venturebeat.com (https://venturebeat.com/technology/z-ais-open-source-glm-5-achieves-record-low-hallucination-rate-and-leverages) 03:00 Chinesium Access Control Access Control Disclaimer 4 components in access control Power Controller Credentials and reader Locking mechanism Door monitors Embedded door sensor Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C394NYZ7/) Use access control wiring Honeywell genesis wire Vertical Cable Run everything to a central place Avoid using cloud Use high quality equipment Adamsrite 7400 Securiton electromagnetic lock ASSA ABLOY Don't use odd credentials MIFARE (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIFARE) Wiegand (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiegand_interface) Mercury Access Controllers (https://www.mercury-security.com/) Access A1001 OSDP protocol (https://www.securityindustry.org/industry-standards/open-supervised-device-protocol/) Chinesium Access ControllerAmazon (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH4S2C64) Chinesium Card reader Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CMHCC6TD) Leosac (https://github.com/leosac/access-control) 41:57 Ring and Flock cut ties "Familiar Faces" Flock Camera's Privacy concerns EFF (https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/no-one-including-our-furry-friends-will-be-safer-rings-surveillance-nightmare-0) -- 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/479) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix (https://element.linuxdelta.com/#/room/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard (http://www.asknoahshow.com) Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies (http://www.altispeed.com/) Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed)

This week we talk music! Noah gets hands on with the Zynthian. Matrix is slowly taking over governments. The timing couldn't be better, Discord is requiring age verification. -- During The Show -- 00:50 Intro No Steve this week Call in! Join the GeekLab (https://matrix.to/#/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) 01:30 Fun with Linux Audio - Wayne Helm Synth (https://tytel.org/helm/) Vital Synth (https://vital.audio/) Tal NoizeMaker (https://tal-software.com/products/TAL-NoiseMaker) Cardinal (https://cardinal.kx.studio/) Surge Synth (https://surge-synth-team.org/) LSP Plugins (https://lsp-plug.in/) Calf Plugins (https://calf-studio-gear.org/) Reaper (https://www.reaper.fm/) ToneLib-GFX (https://tonelib.net/gfx-overview.html) kxstudio repositories (https://kx.studio/Repositories) Struggle to get LV2 plugins to work Tal baseline (https://tal-software.com/products/tal-bassline) MIDI Noah's light bulb moment Backing tracks Cloud based 16:16 Dell HDDs - TwoBit Never seen Dell requiring special drives Requirements by card and drive specs No longer using hardware raid HBA Mode Flashing HBA Firmware Buy pre-flashed card Use each drive as it's own raid array 20:16 News Wire GCompris 26 - gcompris.net (https://gcompris.net/news/2026-02-04-en.html) LibreOffice 216.2 - documentfo8undation.org (https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/26.2) Ardour - ardour.org (https://ardour.org/whatsnew.html) Calibre 9.1 - calibre-ebook.com (https://calibre-ebook.com/whats-new) Peazip 10.9 - github.com (https://github.com/peazip/PeaZip/releases/) Linux 6.19 - lkml.org (https://lkml.org/lkml/2026/2/8/418) Oracle Linux 7 - oracle.com (https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/oke-oracle-linux-7-x86_64-enters-extended-support) LiteBox - helpnetsecurity.com (https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/05/microsoft-litebox-security-focused-open-source-library-os/) GoogleSQL - developer-tech.com (https://www.developer-tech.com/news/google-open-source-zetasql-project-to-googlesql/) Toyota Open Source Game Engine - techzine.eu (https://www.techzine.eu/blogs/applications/138584/toyota-drives-development-of-open-source-game-engine/) Open Source Chest CT Model - nature.com (https://www.nature.com/articles/s43856-025-01328-1) 21:16 Zynthian Zynthian (https://zynthian.org/) No Soldering Requires gentle "clock makers hand" Based on a Raspberry Pi Professional audio system How it's built First power up and usage 34:10 Matrix Protocol Matrix Protocol is taking over Digital sovereignty The Register (https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/09/matrix_element_secure_chat/?td=rt-3a) Seems to solve problems Beeper (https://www.beeper.com/) 41:45 Discord KYC Requiring ID verification Discords background inference model Landscape for social media and connecting people Noah's story of connecting KNOX chat room gomuks (https://github.com/gomuks/gomuks) The Register (https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/09/discord_demands_id_proof_of_age/) 51:20 Ring Camera's Search Party Ring has a history eff.org (https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/no-one-including-our-furry-friends-will-be-safer-rings-surveillance-nightmare-0) -- 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/478) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix (https://element.linuxdelta.com/#/room/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard (http://www.asknoahshow.com) Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies (http://www.altispeed.com/) Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed)

This week John Terrill from Red Hat joins us to talk about branding in Open Source. Many projects don't have a unified communication strategy, but having one is important. -- During The Show -- 00:50 Intro Steve is in Vegas Noah "getting deals" 04:37 Lossless Cut Reached for Avidemux (https://avidemux.sourceforge.net/) Avoiding re-encoding Learning a new program Lossless Cut Webpage (https://mifi.no/losslesscut/) Lossless Cut GitHub (https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut) 08:30 OmniTools Small docker image Does everything in the web browser OmniTools GitHub (https://github.com/iib0011/omni-tools?tab=readme-ov-file) 12:43 NLSH For people who want to learn the CLI Translates natural language into CLI Making things easy can backfire NLSH GitHub (https://github.com/junaid-mahmood/nlsh) 16:00 Xyops Features: Job scheduling Workflow automation Server monitoring Alerting Incident response Self Hosted Open Source Xyops (https://github.com/pixlcore/xyops) 18:18 News Wire Squid 7.4 - github.com (https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/releases) Openttd 15.1 - openttd.org (https://www.openttd.org/news/2026/01/24/openttd-15-1) Rust 1.93 - rust-lang.org (https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/01/22/Rust-1.93.0/) GNU C lwn.net (https://lwn.net/Articles/1055757/) Extix - linux.exton.net (https://linux.exton.net/extix-deepin-26-1-live-based-on-deepin-25-0-10-stable-latest-with-refracta-snapshot-and-kernel-6-18-6-amd64-exton-build-260123/) Liya Linux 2.5 - distrowatch.com (https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12709) CachyOS 2026 - cachyos.org (https://cachyos.org/download/) GNU Guix 1.5 - quix.gnu.org (https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2026/gnu-guix-1.5.0-released/) MxLinux 25.1 - mxlinux.org (https://mxlinux.org/blog/mx-25-1-infinity-isos-now-available/) Crypto Thieves in Snap Store - helpnetsecurity.com (https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/21/linux-malware-snap-store/) Open Source Quantum Computer - uwaterloo.ca (https://uwaterloo.ca/news/global-futures/building-worlds-first-open-source-quantum-computer) AI Weather Models - kqed.org (https://www.kqed.org/news/12071021/nvidia-rolls-out-open-source-ai-weather-models-as-federal-funding-wanes) Banks Prefer Open-Source - finainews.com (https://finainews.com/strategy/nvidia-84-of-banks-prefer-open-source-gen-ai-models/) Rack-Scale AI - theasset.com (https://www.theasset.com/article/55738/red-hat-nvidia-pair-enterprise-open-source-with-rack-scale-ai) OIN 2.0 - yahoo.com (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/open-invention-network-unveils-oin-050000340.html) 19:55 Python Built-in Web Server Use python to host a web server Used for file transfers Use case Steve's travel router 24:17 Proxy RCE - PSA Basics of the problem grahamhelton.com (https://grahamhelton.com/blog/nodes-proxy-rce) 26:30 Matter Camera 1920x1080 30fps Synology App to turn a phone into a camera linuxgizmos.com (https://linuxgizmos.com/espressif-launches-industrys-first-mcu-based-matter-camera-solution/) 30:06 MS Gives Keys to FBI Microsoft confirms they gave the FBI BitLocker keys ~ 20 requests per year Home users forced to upload keys Jump through hoops to avoid uploading Encryption is only as good as who holds the keys Pragmatism aardwolfsecurity.com (https://aardwolfsecurity.com/microsoft-hands-over-bitlocker-encryption-keys-to-fbi/) ArsTechnica (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/01/how-to-encrypt-your-pcs-disk-without-giving-the-keys-to-microsoft/) 35:20 Linux Continuity Continuity document merged into Kernel docs theregister.com (https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/27/linux_continuity_plan/) 36:40 John Terrill PR in open source Branding open source One size fits all projects Extracting technical knowledge Technical accuracy How to talk with journalists Separating personal views from project views Negative coverage Messaging guidelines Branding and marketing Attracting media attention -- 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/477) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix (https://element.linuxdelta.com/#/room/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard (http://www.asknoahshow.com) Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies (http://www.altispeed.com/) Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed)

This week we dig into the hardware shortage caused by AI, answer your questions, and dig into managing ZFS via the web! -- During The Show -- 00:45 Intro Cheap managed POE switch Switch hops 05:35 Certificates - Randy Step CA (https://smallstep.com/docs/step-ca/) XCA (https://www.hohnstaedt.de/xca/) Certificate Authority (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_authority) ACME (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Certificate_Management_Environment) LDAP (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight_Directory_Access_Protocol) Kerberos (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerberos_(protocol)) Steve's use of LDAP LDAP with PKI link (https://enterprise.arcgis.com/en/portal/11.4/administer/linux/use-ldap-and-pki-to-secure-access-to-your-portal.htm) ACME and Domain registrars dot tk (http://www.dot.tk/en/index.html?lang=en) Ansible collection (https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/collections/community/crypto/acme_certificate_module.html) 19:19 Ebook Management - Jeremy Steve went to audio books Calibre (https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/collections/community/crypto/acme_certificate_module.html) PDF manuals folder Audio bookshelf (https://www.audiobookshelf.org/) Paperless NGX (https://docs.paperless-ngx.com/) 23:50 Light Sync - Peter UltraStar Deluxe (https://usdx.eu/) Animux (https://usdb.animux.de/) USBD_Syncer (https://github.com/bohning/usdb_syncer/releases) Doing events Why Noah likes Karaoke Effect of "shared experiences" Steve's Christmas tree lights DMX lighting WLED Project (https://kno.wled.ge/) 33:03 News Wire Firefox 147 - firefox.com (https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/147.0/releasenotes/) Thunderbird 147 - thunderbird.net (https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/147.0/releasenotes/) Grub 2.14 - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/GRUB-2.14-Released) Gnome 49.3 - discourse.gnome.org (https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-49-3-released/33609) Wine 11 - theregister.com (https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/15/wine_11_arrives_faster_and/) Q4OS 6.5 - q4os.org (https://www.q4os.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=5903) Endeavour OS Genymede Neo - endeavouros.com (https://endeavouros.com/news/ganymede-neo-is-out-with-core-updates-and-upstream-nvidia-changes/) Tails 7.4 - torproject.org (https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-7_4/) Linux Mint 22.3 - blog.linuxmint.com (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4981) BeaglePlay PowerVR - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/BeaglePlay-PowerVR-Success) StackChan - cnx-software.com (https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/13/m5stack-stackchan-is-a-cute-open-source-ai-desktop-robot/) Mentra's Smart Glasses - engadget.com (https://www.engadget.com/wearables/mentras-first-smart-glasses-are-open-source-and-come-with-their-own-app-store-150021126.html) VoidLink - checkpoint.com (https://research.checkpoint.com/2026/voidlink-the-cloud-native-malware-framework/) darkreading.com (https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/voidlink-malware-advanced-threat-linux-systems) csoonline.com (https://www.csoonline.com/article/4117038/sophisticated-voidlink-malware-framework-targets-linux-cloud-servers.html) Boltz-1 - labmanager.com (https://www.labmanager.com/mit-researchers-release-boltz-1-an-open-source-alternative-to-alphafold-3-33385) Photoshop on Linux - videocardz.com (https://videocardz.com/newz/adobe-photoshop-can-now-install-on-linux-after-a-redditor-discovers-a-fix#disqus_thread) No Commits to MySQL Repo - devclass.com (https://devclass.com/2026/01/13/open-source-mysql-repository-has-no-commits-in-more-than-three-months/) Senate Inquiry - jdsupra.com (https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/recent-inquiry-from-senate-intelligence-2158429/) EU Tech Sovereignty - cybernews.com (https://cybernews.com/tech/europe-looks-for-ways-to-cut-cord-from-big-tech/) biometricupdate.com (https://www.biometricupdate.com/202601/eu-calls-for-input-on-open-source-as-it-looks-toward-tech-sovereignty) 35:03 SysAdmins & Smartphones Lowering friction Graphical vs CLI Webzfs (https://github.com/webzfs/webzfs) Exposing ZFS via Web UI Cockpit Putting Webzfs into Cockpit Write in! 43:43 New ESP32 ESP32-E22 Tri-band WiFi What is an ESP32 Steve's use of ESP32 Bandwidth Getting started with ESP32 linuxgizmos.com (https://linuxgizmos.com/esp32-e22-debuts-with-tri-band-wi-fi-6e-and-dual-mode-bluetooth/) 48:05 AI Hardware Run RAM spikes 300%-400% SSD price spikes Fab Capacity Bitcoin effect ARS Technica (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/01/ram-shortage-chaos-expands-to-gpus-high-capacity-ssds-and-even-hard-drives/) -- 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/476) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix (https://element.linuxdelta.com/#/room/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) -- Stay In To

What is the role of tape backup in 2026? Should ZFS be used on tape? Steve takes us back to his days at IMAX and gives us some things to think about when using tape. We answer your questions, take your feedback -- During The Show -- 00:50 Immich - Greg Immich (https://immich.app/) feedback Round 1 deployment recap Round 2 deployment recap Latest breakage Things Steve likes about Immich Ente (https://ente.io/) experience Rising tide, iron sharpens iron Everyone hits problems sometimes 11:50 General Show Feedback - Pete Thank You feedback Buying Expedition 33 Noah purchased Expedition 33 "Little Noah" and budget Using external disks for games 16:28 News Wire Curl 8.18 - curl.se (https://curl.se/ch/) Doxygen 1.16 - doxygen.nl (https://www.doxygen.nl/manual/changelog.html) Windowmaker Live 13.3 - wmlive.sourceforge.net (https://wmlive.sourceforge.net) Budgie 10.10 - buddiesofbudgie.org (https://buddiesofbudgie.org/blog/budgie-10-10-released) Pentoo 2026.0 - pentoo.ch (https://pentoo.ch/isos/Release/Pentoo_Core_amd64_hardened/) Nitrix 5.1 - nxos.org (https://nxos.org) Debian 13.3 - debian.org (https://www.debian.org/News/2026/20260110) Linux Mint 22.3 - linuxmint.com (https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_zena.php) Bose Open Sources Speakers - designboom.com (https://www.designboom.com/technology/bose-recycles-discontinued-wireless-speakers-open-source-01-09-2026/) UAT-7290 - thehackernews.com (https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/china-linked-uat-7290-targets-telecoms.html) GoBruteforcer - darkreading.com (https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/gobruteforcer-botnet-targets-50k-plus-linux-servers) VoidLink - thehackernews.com (https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/new-advanced-linux-voidlink-malware.html) NousCoder-14B - venturebeat.com (https://venturebeat.com/technology/nous-researchs-nouscoder-14b-is-an-open-source-coding-model-landing-right-in) Razer AI Kit - techpowerup.com (https://www.techpowerup.com/344924/razer-intros-aikit-an-open-source-project-for-easier-local-llm-development) 17:55 Caller Btrfs Assistant (https://gitlab.com/btrfs-assistant/btrfs-assistant) Restoring btrfs snapshots Base vs incremental snapshots Framework Knowledge Base (https://knowledgebase.frame.work/en_us/fedora-system-restore-root-snapshots-using-btrfs-assistant-rkHNxajS3) 23:00 Music Production on Linux Started with misconception everything is for Windows and Mac Not many instruments are being made Hybrid pianos Stage pianos Pianoteq (https://www.modartt.com/) Virtual instruments Hammer graded controllers Semi weighted keys Synth Keys Akai Professional MPK Mini Plus Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BFBDT2D2/) VST3 MT Powerdrum (https://www.powerdrumkit.com/) Tal Base Line 101 (https://www.tal-software.com/products/tal-bassline-101) 36:50 Tape Backup Slow but reliable and cheap Tar command Data velocity Burn rate How to use tape Tools for data tapes Failure domain -- 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/475) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix (https://element.linuxdelta.com/#/room/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard (http://www.asknoahshow.com) Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies (http://www.altispeed.com/) Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed)

This week we dig into how a dead hard drive took Frigate out, answer your questions, and start a new challenge for the new year. -- During The Show -- 00:50 Intro Sticky Things and Bug reports Electric Dirt Bike Validating work Picking and offering boats Hosting in home lab 10:00 Frigate Frigate drive failure 4 TB drive died Frigate setup Swapping drives and power on hours Running drives into the ground Replacing drives Motion detection 20:06 News Wire Shotcut 25.12 - shotcut.org (https://shotcut.org/blog/new-release-25.12.30/) Ncurses 6.6 - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ncurses-6.6) OpenTTD 15.0 - openttd.org (https://www.openttd.org/news/2026/01/01/openttd-15-0) QPrompt 2.0 - patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/posts/qprompt-2-0-147192236) Mkvtoolnix 97 - mkvtoolnix.download (https://mkvtoolnix.download/windows/releases/97.0/) Privoxy 4.1 - sourceforge.net (https://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/files/Sources/4.1.0%20%28stable%29/) OpenBGPD 9.0 - bsdsec.net (https://bsdsec.net/articles/openbgpd-9-0-released) IceWM - debugpoint.com (https://www.debugpoint.com/icewm-4-0-0-features/) Devuan 6.1 - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Devuan-6.1-Released) Manjaro 26.0 - manjaro.org (https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-26-0-anh-linh-released/184526) Qwen Text to Image - venturebeat.com (https://venturebeat.com/technology/open-source-qwen-image-2512-launches-to-compete-with-googles-nano-banana-pro) 27:07 Flatpak vs Packaged Software - Pete New contest! Steve uses packaged software Idea behind flatpaks Flatpak edge cases Install via AUR AppImages 37:16 Backup GrapheneOS - Domink Toilet backup strategy Plan to come back from scratch Contacts VCF file ADB Backup Guide (https://droidwin.com/how-to-create-and-restore-app-backup-via-adb-commands/) ADB Backup Caveat (https://developer.android.com/about/versions/12/behavior-changes-12#adb-backup-restrictions) 45:09 KVM Switch? - Jeremy Now use remote software Barrier (https://github.com/debauchee/barrier) Synergy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synergy_%28software%29) Deskflow (https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow) IO Gear KVM (https://iogear.com/collections/cable-kvms-desktop-kvms) Rust Desk (https://rustdesk.com/) -- 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/474) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix (https://element.linuxdelta.com/#/room/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard (http://www.asknoahshow.com) Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies (http://www.altispeed.com/) Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed)

This week Steve reviews Expedition 33. We take your feedback, and Steve builds a new PC and talks motherboard. -- During The Show -- 00:50 Intro Profanity Kids language Stripping profanity and vulgarity MonkeyPlug (https://github.com/mmguero/monkeyplug) Motherboards and RAM prices ASRock ASUS 18:04 News Wire Lua 5.5 - lua.org (https://www.lua.org/manual/5.5/readme.html#changes) Ruby 4.0 - ruby-lang.org (https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025/12/25/ruby-4-0-0-released/) QEMU 10.2 - wiki.qemu.org (https://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog/10.2) Pinta 3.1 - omgubuntu.co.uk (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/pinta-3-1-released-new-axonometric-grids) Voyager 13.2 - voyagerlive.org (https://voyagerlive.org) Nobara 43 - nobaraproject.org (https://nobaraproject.org/download.html) Porteux 2.5 - distrowatch.com (https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12688) Parrot 7.0 - parrotsec.org (https://parrotsec.org/blog/2025-12-24-parrot-7.0-release-notes/) PostmarkOS 25.12 - postmarketos.org (https://postmarketos.org/blog/2025/12/23/v25.12-release/) Elementary OS 8.1 - elementary.io (https://blog.elementary.io/os-8-1-available-now/) MinIO in Maintenance Mode - infoq.com (https://www.infoq.com/news/2025/12/minio-s3-api-alternatives/) KawaiiGPT - opensourceforu.com (https://www.opensourceforu.com/2025/12/open-source-ai-kawaiigpt-turns-cybercrime-into-a-one-click-operation/) Z.ai - businesswire.com (https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251223393714/en/Z.ai-Open-Sources-GLM-4.7-a-New-Generation-Large-Language-Model-Built-for-Real-Development-Workflows) Chatterbox Turbo - the-decoder.com (https://the-decoder.com/resemble-ai-drops-chatterbox-turbo-an-open-source-text-to-speech-model-that-clones-voices-in-five-seconds/) 18:57 Listener responds to self hosted - Josh Setup SSO PocketID (https://pocket-id.org/) Hesitant to adopt passkeys Argument for and against passkeys 26:41 Email Archiving for Privacy - Dominik Why you should archive email Plain text vs Mbox/PST imapsync GitHub (https://github.com/imapsync/imapsync) Email threat model 32:54 Expedition 33 Expedition 33 (https://www.expedition33.com/) Doesn't have an "agenda" Story of small Indie team If you apply yourself, you can succeed Awards Sales Live action adaptation Game play and Story are amazing It's a sad game Amazing music AI controversy AI vs human work Proper use of AI tools -- 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/473) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix (https://element.linuxdelta.com/#/room/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard (http://www.asknoahshow.com) Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies (http://www.altispeed.com/) Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed)

This week Noah and Steve work on Steve's house, a new automated lock system goes in, some new structured wiring goes in, and we talk about automating your Christmas tree. -- During The Show -- 00:48 Intro Happy Christmas Kids and presents Quests at Steve's Steve's Christmas tree Steve on a Mac 16:20 Feedback You start the conversation Send in an email success stories problems you can't solve suggest a topic 18:00 Switch Bot A room to keep dogs and kids out of Why Switch Bot? Gold tier certified by Home Assistant Value of talking with others How to evaluate "the line" The "delta" Gratitude 36:17 Structured Wiring 2 Recessed outlets with Ethernet 2 Projector rooms The Smart Home Hookup (https://www.thesmarthomehookup.com/) The Smart Home Hookup Youtube (https://www.thesmarthomehookup.com/) Playing D&D with the family Lay of the land Running Cat6 SDI Video/Audio Belden Cables (https://www.belden.com/products) Vertical Cables (https://verticalcable.com/) HDMI Decimators Keystones 55:57 News Wire Darktable 5.4 - darktable.org (https://www.darktable.org/2025/12/darktable-5.4.0-released/) Kdenlive 25.12 - kdenlive.org (https://kdenlive.org/news/releases/25.12.0/) OpenShot 3.4 - openshot.org (https://www.openshot.org/blog/2025/12/15/new_openshot_release_340/) OpenZFS 2.4 - github.com (https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/releases) GNUCash 5.14 - gnucash.org (https://www.gnucash.org/news.phtml) Nvidia Linux 590.48 - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-590.48.01-Linux) Linux 6.17 EOL - 9to5linux.com (https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-6-17-reaches-end-of-life-its-time-to-upgrade-to-linux-kernel-6-18-lts) RELIANOID 7.8.0 - relianoid.com (https://www.relianoid.com/blog/release-notes-relianoid-7-8-0-community-edition/?srsltid=AfmBOoqTXRsWaTNKQFzVEqPBJTCWcDsZ6UdJ39cTIPM4-r7CGJXQ8Ldq) SparkyLinux 2025.12 - sparkylinux.org (https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-2025-12/) Easy OS Excalibur 7.1 - puppylinux.com (https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=16128) Emmabuntus Debian Edition 6 - emmabuntus.org (https://emmabuntus.org/category/english/) Solaris 11.4 - blogs.oracle.com (https://blogs.oracle.com/solaris/whats-new-in-oracle-solaris-11-4-sru-87) FreeBSD 15.0 - freebsd.org (https://www.freebsd.org/releases/15.0R/relnotes/) Rust CVE in Linux - itsfoss.com (https://itsfoss.com/news/first-linux-kernel-rust-cve/) Senate Intel Chair - cyberscoop.com (https://cyberscoop.com/tom-cotton-open-source-software-foreign-influence-national-cyber-director/) Beavertail Malware - scworld.com (https://www.scworld.com/news/north-korean-beavertail-malware-sparks-attacks-across-financial-sector) Open-Source Protein Co-Folding Model - nvidia.com (https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/customer-stories/mit-recursion-open-source-protein-co-folding-model/) Bloom - siliconangle.com (https://siliconangle.com/2025/12/22/anthropic-announces-bloom-open-source-tool-researchers-evaluating-ai-behavior/) CUGA - infoq.com (https://www.infoq.com/news/2025/12/ibm-cuga/) Nemotron AI Models - finance.yahoo.com (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nvidia-corporation-nvda-launches-family-144517323.html) -- 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/472) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix (https://element.linuxdelta.com/#/room/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard (http://www.asknoahshow.com) Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies (http://www.altispeed.com/) Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed)

This week Steve takes us through his journey with Enty and Immich. Plex makes their users pay a monthly fee, and Steam releases a new SteamBox console. -- During The Show -- 00:50 Intro How was your week Watching sales Smart TVs WebOS 07:21 Mac Feedback - Gregory Network Effect "Comforting Mac Feels" Pavu Control (https://www.freedesktop.org/software/pulseaudio/pavucontrol/) OBS (https://obsproject.com/) Stewardship 11:32 Mac Feedback - Patrick Pragmatic approach Steve's thoughts Treating windows like an appliance Making the FOSS path easy 18:15 Succession Planning - Dominik Suggestions Design your home so it works without automation Have a HDD with important data Have migration plan in place Struggling with massive amounts of data Steve's documentation journey Criticality 30:33 News Wire Gnome 49.2 - gnome.org (https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-49-2-released/32730) Tmus 3.6 - proxmox.com (https://www.proxmox.com/en/about/company-details/press-releases/proxmox-backup-server-4-1) Snort 3.10 - github.com (https://github.com/snort3/snort3/releases) Dbeaver 25.3 - dbeaver.io (https://dbeaver.io/download/) Proxmox 4.2 Backup Server - proxmox.com (https://www.proxmox.com/en/about/company-details/press-releases/proxmox-backup-server-4-1) Fedora Ultramarine 43 - fyralabs.com (https://blog.fyralabs.com/ultramarine-43-release/) AlmaLinux 10.1 - almalinux.org (https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-11-24-almalinux_101_release/) Rocky Linux 10.1 - rockylinux.org (https://rockylinux.org/news/rocky-linux-10-1-ga-release) KaOS 2025.11 - kaosx.us (https://kaosx.us/news/2025/kaos11/) NixOS 25.11 - nixos.org (https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2025/nixos-2511/) Armbian 25.11 - blog.armbian.com (https://blog.armbian.com/v25-11-improving-the-base-unlocking-new-options/) Solus 4.8 - getsol.us (https://getsol.us/2025/11/29/solus-4-8-released/) 4M Linux 50.0 - 4mlinux.com (https://4mlinux.com/index.php?page=home) AV Linux 25 - linuxmusicians.com (https://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?t=28954) Pardus 25 - pardus.org (https://pardus.org.tr/en/pardus-25-release-note/) Linux 6.18 - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.18-Released) Flux 2 - bfl.ai (https://bfl.ai/blog/flux-2) z-Image-Turbo - huggingface.co (https://huggingface.co/Tongyi-MAI/Z-Image-Turbo) Deepseek 3.2 - deepseek.com (https://api-docs.deepseek.com/news/news251201) Linux MCP - siliconangle.com (https://siliconangle.com/2025/11/25/suses-mcp-server-tech-preview-lays-foundation-ai-assisted-linux-infrastructure/) 31:51 Plex Crackdown Forcing Plex Pass subscriptions Proprietary software controls you Are Plex users getting what they deserve? Switching to JellyFin (https://jellyfin.org/) Scanning of people's media Reason for crackdown Problem with the approach FS PBX (https://www.fspbx.com/) ArsTechnica.com (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/plexs-crackdown-on-free-remote-streaming-access-starts-this-week/) 41:50 Steam Machine First response is it's a "Travel Machine" SteamDeck "just works" Community experience ArsTechnica (https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/11/steam-deck-minus-the-screen-valve-announces-new-steam-machine-controller-hardware/) 44:42 Self Hosted Image Software Immich (https://immich.app/) experience Ente (https://ente.io/) experience Ente vs Immich Ente Encryption Native App Backup Where Immich came from iOS challenges Which is the winner? -- 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/469) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix (https://element.linuxdelta.com/#/room/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard (http://www.asknoahshow.com) Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies (http://www.altispeed.com/) Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed)