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This week Aaron Prisk and Jason Nucciarone join the program to talk about Ubuntu Summit 2024. We dig into your feedback and talk about the benefits of immutable operating systems. -- During The Show -- 00:55 Intro Steve's WiFi issues Printer issues Nextcloud issues 07:46 Arch and Mandatory Access Control - Baker Why Steve chooses Arch Arch doesn't enable "auditing" in the kernel Other Mandatory Access Control SELinux Will tell you what to do Don't shut it off Permissive Mode Arch is the most "vanilla" distro Things do break in Arch, and other distros Consider Arch 17:42 Printers - Rabin Steve uses Brother printers Till Kamppeter ANS 368 (https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/368) Buy Brother Use IPP/IPPS 20:56 Charlie Asks The Audience Self Hostable Web based CRM Designed for both IT professionals and tradesmen Can: Assign Staff Assign Jobs List Stock Quote Job/Task Invoice Produce list of stock which is needed to buy as stock is low/empty Easy Appointments (https://easyappointments.org/) InvenTree (https://github.com/inventree/InvenTree) 23:50 News Wire AntiX 23.2 - antixlinux.com (https://antixlinux.com/antix-23-2-released/) Nitrux 3.7 - nxos.org (https://nxos.org/changelog/release-announcement-nitrux-3-7-0/) Qbittorrent 5.0 - qbittorrent.org (https://www.qbittorrent.org/news) Firefox 131 - mozilla.org (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/131.0/releasenotes/) Network Manager 1.50 - networkmanager.dev (https://networkmanager.dev/blog/networkmanager-1-50/) Ardour 8.8 - ardour.org (https://ardour.org/whatsnew.html) FWUPD 2.0 - github.com (https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/releases/tag/2.0.0) Rocky Linux from CIQ - insidehpc.com (https://insidehpc.com/2024/10/rocky-linux-from-ciq-launched/) Pine64's E-innk Tablet - howtogeek.com (https://www.howtogeek.com/pine64-pinenote-linux-tablet-returns/) Perfctl Malware - thehackernews.com (https://thehackernews.com/2024/10/new-perfctl-malware-targets-linux.html) Nvidia Open Source AI Model - venturebeat.com (https://venturebeat.com/ai/nvidia-just-dropped-a-bombshell-its-new-ai-model-is-open-massive-and-ready-to-rival-gpt-4/) 25:00 Ubuntu Summit Interview Arron Prisk Jason Nucceroni What is Ubuntu Summit Renamed "Ubuntu Summit" from "Ubuntu Developer Summit" Target audience for Ubuntu Summit Talks about Rust Matthew from Matrix Matrix in Canonical Getting the flavors together Community Teams Ubuntu Summit (https://summit.ubuntu.com/) 45:00 Noah's Imposed Handicap Build service infrastructure Secure enclave Valve heading a specific direction SteamOS is immutable Use Tails for a daily driver Includes basic tools Can update keys Can clone itself Persistent storage Gnome KDE Plasma Everyone should have a Tails drive Endless OS -- 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/410) 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 Verizon outage. We'll talk about why and how you can host your own communication infrastructure, so an outage is less detrimental to your life! -- During The Show -- 01:35 Notes with sync? - Jou Jou How Steve takes notes Standard Notes (https://app.standardnotes.com/) Joplin (https://joplinapp.org/) Simple Mobile Tools (https://simplemobiletools.com/) Fossify (https://www.fossify.org/apps/) Nextcloud Notes app Collabra 09:12 Listener Reacts To Distros - Aaron Issues with Ubuntu Go for Fedora Endless OS Write in with your Ubuntu issues Mind Drip One Offline Windows Setup (https://docs.minddripone.com/Windows/windows-11-offline-setup/) 15:27 Audio Issues Mixer died Loaner from company Got the board fixed Sample rate changed Sample rate manually fixed and digital recorder back in production 17:48 News Wire Firefox 131 - mozilla.org (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/131.0/releasenotes/) FFmpeg 7.1 - ffmpeg.org (https://ffmpeg.org) GnuCash 5.9 - gnucash.org (https://www.gnucash.org/news.phtml) Postgres 17.1 - postgresql (https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-17-released-2936/) Winamp Source Code - bleepingcomputer.com (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/winamp-releases-source-code-asks-for-help-modernizing-the-player/) Liya 2.1 - notebookcheck.net (https://www.notebookcheck.net/Arch-Linux-based-Liya-2-1-rolls-out-with-the-6-11-0-1-kernel.893752.0.html) Arch and Valve Collaboration - lists.archlinux.org (https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/arch-dev-public@lists.archlinux.org/thread/RIZSKIBDSLY4S5J2E2STNP5DH4XZGJMR/) Tails and Tor Join Forces - blog.torproject.org (https://blog.torproject.org/tor-tails-join-forces/) Statial-B - hackaday.com (https://hackaday.com/2024/09/25/the-statial-b-open-source-adjustable-mouse/) Molmo Open Source AI Model - venturebeat.com (https://venturebeat.com/ai/ai2s-new-molmo-open-source-ai-models-beat-gpt-4o-claude-on-some-benchmarks/) 18:55 Arch Flatpak Issue Installed Arch, ran the ansible, restored backups Flatpak installs failed Github Issue (https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/issues/5111) Arch Flatpak Fix ``` flatpak remote-delete --force flathub flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo ``` * Let's do a better job 26:10 Verizon Outage No clear communication Speculation abounds No clear ETA for restoration of service Never seen people behave this badly Self Hosted services unaffected Calls and Texts via 3CX and JMP.chat Internal communications over Matrix Companies should self host their own services Communication is changing Master Switch (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/194417/the-master-switch-by-tim-wu/) Steve didn't even notice the outage Other carriers reported issues contacting Verizon customers Don't be a slave to the glowing brick 40:33 Thunderbird on Android Mozilla took over K9 Mail Unified Inbox Still in Beta Asking for feedback Thunderbird Matrix Chat (https://chat.mozilla.org/#/room/#tb-android:mozilla.org) Thunderbird Blog Post (https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/09/help-us-test-the-thunderbird-for-android-beta/) 46:00 Reproducibility Combinations of packages can be problematic Automation can fail Never will be completely safe Automation can get you a long way NixOS ZFS Snapshots -- 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/409) 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)

We struggled again this week with audio. We appologize for any inconvinence for skipping / low pitched audio This week Steve shares his distro hopping adventures! Noah and Steve are both skating towards the same end goal. They are going about getting there different ways. -- During The Show -- 00:45 Steve's Distro Hopping Steve's distro journey Deepin Desktop vs Deepin Distro Deepin Desktop mix of Gnome and KDE Commercial vs Steve's desktop implementations Unique monitor setup What Noah wants in a computer Reinstall with the niceties Pop!_OS & Cosmic experience Deepin is Chinese Arch & Deepin DE KDE experience KDE can always recover Latte-Dock (https://github.com/KDE/latte-dock) Arch is the nerd safety OS Lots of distros, what's missing 44:00 News Wire SparkyLinux 7.5 - sparkylinux.org (https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-7-5/) ZorinOS 17.2 - zorin.com (https://blog.zorin.com/2024/09/19/zorin-os-17.2-has-landed/) MXLinux 23.4 - mxlinux.org (https://mxlinux.org/blog/mx-23-4-libretto-now-available/) Linux Libre 6.11 - lwn.net (https://lwn.net/Articles/990533/) Real-time Linux Officially Mainline - arstechnica.com (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/09/real-time-linux-is-officially-part-of-the-kernel-after-decades-of-debate/) Gnome 47 - release.gnome.org (https://release.gnome.org/47/) Gnome 46.5 - discourse.gnome.org (https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-46-5-released/23429) Open Source Maintainers Unpaid - cybersecuritydive.com (https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/open-source-maintainers-unpaid-xz-utils/727216/) NSF Initiative - new.nsf.gov (https://new.nsf.gov/tip/updates/nsf-launches-new-initiative-safeguard-open-source-ecosystems) Citrine Sleet Poisons PyPI - darkreading.com (https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/citrine-sleet-poisons-pypi-packages-mac-linux-malware) Void Editor - voideditor.org (https://voideditor.com) omgubuntu.co.uk (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/09/void-editor-open-source-cusor-alternative) Alibaba AI Models - cnbc.com (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/19/alibaba-launches-over-100-new-ai-models-releases-text-to-video-generation.html) Mark Zuckerberg's Goal - businessinsider.com (https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-open-source-ai-platforms-future-competition-apple-llama-2024-9) 46:00 Continuing Camera Discussion - CantankerousAdmin Axis A1001 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/186693503722?) Honeywell's was horrible Newer Axis requires windows Lenels (https://www.lenels2.com/en/security-solutions/access-control/) is the big dog Only for large installs Requires windows Haven't responded to sales inquires Kerisys (https://leviton.com/products/residential/load-centers) is the underdog Requires windows 49:58 Smart Thermostats & Panels - Rob Leviton Load Centers (https://leviton.com/products/residential/load-centers) SPAN Panel (https://www.span.io/panel) Honeywell RedLINK -- 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/408) 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)

AUDIO THIS WEEK HAD A SAMPLE RATE ISSUE. SORRY FOR IN INCONVENIENCE. -- During The Show -- 00:52 Steve's WiFi We think its fixed! Noah brought lots of gear Replaced some hardware 02:41 Recovery after power surge - David Cattle not Pets Steve's Nextcloud experience Noah's laptop approach 09:43 Communications App Upheaval - Charlie There is a war on encrypted messaging Courts are making decisions 12:45 Listener Responses To Listener (cameras in home) - Chris UniFi Wave Pico system 13:51 News Wire AlmaLinux Certification SIG - almalinux.org (https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-09-10-announcing-new-certification-sig/) Wine 9.17 - gitlab.winehq.org (https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-9.17) Samba 4.21 - samba.org (https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.21.0.html) Rust 1.81 - blog.rust-lang.org (https://blog.rust-lang.org/2024/09/05/Rust-1.81.0.html) GNU Nano 8.2 - lists.gnu.org (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2024-09/msg00001.html) Firefox 130 - mozilla.org (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/130.0/releasenotes/) QEMU 9.1 - qemu.org (https://www.qemu.org/2024/09/03/qemu-9-1-0/) Peropesis 2.7 - peropesis.org (https://peropesis.org) RLXOS 2.0 - rlxos.dev (https://blog.rlxos.dev/introducing-rlxos-20-sankalpa) Q4OS Released - q4os.org (https://q4os.org/blog.html) Rust Kernel Support for MIPS - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Linux-Kernel-MIPS-Patches) Linux in Automotive - globenewswire.com (https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/09/10/2943456/0/en/Eclipse-Foundation-Releases-Landmark-Report-on-Open-Source-Software-in-Automotive-Design.html) MX Linux 23.4 - mxlinux.org (https://mxlinux.org/blog/mx-23-4-libretto-now-available/) Tails 6.7 - torproject.org (https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-67/) EasyOS 6.3 - bkhome.org (https://www.bkhome.org/news/202409/easyos-scarthgap-series-version-63-released.html) Virtualbox 7.1 - virtualbox.org (https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-7.1) KDE 6.2 - kde.org (https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.1.90/) KDE Frameworks 6.6 - kde.org (https://kde.org/announcements/frameworks/6/6.6.0/) Shotcut 24.09 - shotcut.com (https://shotcut.com/blog/new-release-240913/) Ardour 8.7 - ardour.org (https://ardour.org/whatsnew.html) White House Working Group - govciomedia.com (https://govciomedia.com/feds-prioritize-open-source-software-security-initiatives/) Tidelift Study - businesswire.com (https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240917030299/en/Tidelift-Study-Reveals-Paid-Open-Source-Maintainers-Do-Significantly-More-Critical-Security-and-Maintenance-Work-Than-Unpaid-Maintainers) OpenSearch Foundation - techcrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/16/aws-brings-opensearch-under-the-linux-foundation-umbrella/) Hedera - cointelegraph.com (https://cointelegraph.com/news/hedera-linux-foundation-hiero-decentralized-trust) Linux 6.11 - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.11) MNT Reform Next - arstechnica.com (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/09/all-open-source-mnt-reform-laptop-is-getting-a-sequel-with-a-refined-design/) Juno Tab 3 - colocrossing.com (https://www.colocrossing.com/blog/introducing-the-juno-tab-3-a-699-linux-tablet-equipped-with-ubuntu-24-04-lts/) Oracle Weblogic Exploited - thehackernews.com (https://thehackernews.com/2024/09/new-linux-malware-campaign-exploits.html) Advanced materials AI Model - aibusiness.com (https://aibusiness.com/nlp/new-open-source-ai-model-for-advanced-material-design-unveiled) LightEval - venturebeat.com (https://venturebeat.com/ai/lighteval-hugging-faces-open-source-solution-to-ais-accountability-problem/) RHEL AI - businesswire.com (https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240905544240/en/Red-Hat-Enterprise-Linux-AI-Now-Generally-Available-for-Enterprise-AI-Innovation-in-Production) 17:55 Immich Developer scratches his own itch Immich better than google photos now Google data pull GitHub Script (https://gist.github.com/chabala/22ed01d7acf9ee0de9e3d867133f83fb) * 7z x \*.zip Roadmap Private/Locked photos In app editing Auto stacking Funding Foodo Steve's current photo solution Immich backup methods Forground Background Manual sync button Sharing/Collaboration Infinite scrolling Social aspect Deletion issue Requires inputting the port 37:00 FCC and 900Mhz Meshtastic LoRa Chirp Spread Spectrum Only good for long range small packets of data Rx/Tx Wattage NextNav wants to buy the spectrum LoRa enables lots of possibilities Lilygo T Deck Plus (https://www.lilygo.cc/products/t-deck-plus) Rokland blog post (https://store.rokland.com/blogs/news/help-us-protect-meshtastic) Licensing the frequency stifles innovation Could hamper emergency response Having open frequencies democratizes communication LoRa FCC Guide (https://www.sunfiretesting.com/LoRa-FCC-Certification-Guide/) Opposition_Letter (https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0071/3772/files/Opposition_Letter.pdf?v=1725463027) FCC Paths to LoRa Certification FCC Part 15.247 - Digital Modulation FCC Part 15.247 - Frequency Hopping Spread-Spectrum (FHSS) FCC Part 15.249 - All Other Transmission in the 900MHz range FCC Part 15.247(b)(3) Problematic spectrum impact -- 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! 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This week we dig back into home automation, we talk a bit about choosing cameras for a large camera system, and of course we answer your questions! -- During The Show -- 00:52 Intro Home automation Weekend of learning 03:48 Monitoring Remote Location (Cameras) - Rob Powerline adapters might work Ubiquiti Nano Beam Synology Surveillance Station (https://www.synology.com/en-global/surveillance) Frigate Do not put the NVR on the internet Privacy File server upload Home Assistant events 17:18 Camera Systems for Tribal Lands - William NDAA compliant cameras and NVRs ReoLink NVR banned ReoLink Cameras depends - bad idea NDAA compliant brands 360 Vision Technology (360 VTL) Avigilon Axis Communications BCD International Commend FLIR Geutebrück iryx JCI/Tyco Security Mobotix Pelco Rhombus Systems Seek Thermal Solink Vaion/Ava WatchGuard Main 3 NVR in use Exac Vision Avigilon Milestone NDAA conversation Noah's favorites Axis FLIR #### 25:09 Charlie Finds e-ink android - Charlie Boox Palma (https://shop.boox.com/products/palma) Why a camera? Nice for reading Lineage or Graphene will NOT work 27:57 ESPDevices for Light Switches - Avri Shelly's are ESP32 devices Devices can talk to each other 30:00 Beaming podcasts to Volumio and Roku - Tiny Pulse Audio Write in! 31:40 News Wire 4M Linux 46 - opensourcefeed.org (https://www.opensourcefeed.org/4mlinux-46-release/) Debain Bookwork 12.7 - debian.org (https://www.debian.org/News/2024/20240831) Porteus 1.6 - porteus.org (https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?t=11426) Rhino Linux 2nd Release - itsfoss.com (https://news.itsfoss.com/rhino-linux-2024-2-release/) GNU Screen 5 - theregister.com (https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/03/gnu_screen_5/) Wireshark 4.4 - wireshark.org (https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.4.0) Bugzilla releases - bugzilla.org (https://www.bugzilla.org/blog/2024/09/03/release-of-bugzilla-5.2-5.0.4.1-and-4.4.14/) Armbian 24.8 - armbian.com (https://www.armbian.com/newsflash/armbian-24-8-yelt/) Elasticsearch and Kibana licensing - businesswire.com (https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240829537786/en/Elastic-Announces-Open-Source-License-for-Elasticsearch-and-Kibana-Source-Code) Xe2 Linux Support - wccftech.com (https://wccftech.com/intel-push-out-xe2-graphics-enablement-linux-6-12-kernel/) Cicada3301 - thehackernews.com (https://thehackernews.com/2024/09/new-rust-based-ransomware-cicada3301.html) New Phi-3.5 AI Models - infoq.com (https://www.infoq.com/news/2024/08/microsoft-phi-3-5/) Open-Source, EU AI Act Compliant LLMs - techzine.eu (https://www.techzine.eu/blogs/privacy-compliance/123863/aleph-alphas-open-source-llms-fully-comply-with-the-ai-act/) View on Why AI Models Should be Open and Free for All - businessinsider.com (https://www.businessinsider.com/anima-anandkumar-ai-climate-change-open-source-caltech-nvidia-2024-8) 33:53 Hoptodesk Comparison to Team Viewer Hoptodesk (https://www.hoptodesk.com/) Free & Open Source Cross platform E2E Encryption Can self host the server Wayland is not officially supported 38:05 EmuDeck ArsTechnica (https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/08/emudeck-machines-pack-popular-emulation-suite-in-linux-powered-plug-and-play-pc/) Seeking funding Already been doing this on the steamdeck For retro games Drawing unwanted attention Powered by Bazzite 41:05 Home Automation Zwave Great for nerds/tinkering Not for professional installs RadioRA 2 Licensed dedicated frequency Central planning Never had a failure Designed to be integrated Orbit Panels and Shelly Pro Line Game changer 100% reliable People don't want a wall of dimmers Seeed Studio mmWave Sensor (https://wiki.seeedstudio.com/mmwave_human_detection_kit/) I don't like WiFi for automation Steve's experience -- 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/406) 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)

Why do you use Linux? Why do you want to use Linux? This week Noah and Steve dig into their technology past and reflect on why a technologist would choose Linux and Open Source over the proprietary alternatives. -- During The Show -- 01:08 Why I Use Linux - Ryan Opened my eyes Wide open Allows me to choose how to use my computer 02:40 405 Error "Method Not Allowed" DICOM Software requires activation activation server went away Online Game Activation direct to drive companies take the game with them Memories taken Steve's Story Windows put you in a sandbox Linux is nerdy and different Unix philosophy 2 parts Linux and Open Source Reading source code Windows got better then worse 2 main professional automation systems Build systems independently then tie together Ruling things out X10 zigbee Ruled in ZWave Shellys Home Assistant update broke Orbit Panels Breaking the automation network out Shelly integration methods Steve's Parent's Setup RaspberryPi with Home Assistant ESP8266 with door sensor 42:48 News Wire Calligra 4.0 - carlschwan.eu (https://carlschwan.eu/2024/08/27/calligra-office-4.0-is-out/) Calibre 7.17 - calibre-ebook.com (https://calibre-ebook.com/whats-new) KDE Gear 24.08 - kde.org (https://kde.org/announcements/gear/24.08.0/) EasyOS 6.2 - notebookcheck.net (https://www.notebookcheck.net/Puppy-Linux-successor-EasyOS-gets-updated-to-version-6-2.877341.0.html) Linux Desktop Share All Time High - tomshardware.com (https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-market-share-approaching-45-for-first-time-could-hit-5-by-1q25) Descent 3 Open Source Engine Release - gamingonlinux.com (https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/descent-3-open-source-project-gets-a-first-release/) NVIDIA 560.35.03 - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-560.35.03-Linux-Driver) Arch Install 2.8.3 Adds COSMIC - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-Archinstall-2.8.3) Microsoft Confirms Breaking Linux Dual Boot - bleepingcomputer.com (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-confirms-august-updates-break-linux-boot-in-dual-boot-systems/) Zen 5 Chip Runs 16% Faster - tomshardware.com (https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/ryzen-9-9950x-runs-16-faster-on-an-intel-optimized-linux-distro) NASA Awards $1.4M - science.nasa.gov (https://science.nasa.gov/open-science/funding-winners-open-source/) Pidgin Keylogger Plugin - pidgin.im (https://pidgin.im/posts/2024-08-malicious-plugin/) Sedexp Malware - bleepingcomputer.com (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/stealthy-sedexp-linux-malware-evaded-detection-for-two-years/) AI Powered Robots - iotworldtoday.com (https://www.iotworldtoday.com/robotics/open-source-ai-platform-releases-guide-for-low-cost-robotics) Dracarys LLM - venturebeat (https://venturebeat.com/ai/open-source-dracarys-models-ignite-generative-ai-fired-coding/) All Things Open Open Source AI Definition - blog.adafruit.com (https://blog.adafruit.com/2024/08/22/there-is-a-new-draft-of-the-open-source-ai-definition-from-the-open-source-initiative/) Linux turned 33 on August 25th 45:45 Long Term Investment Core business software is built on open source today Being told no is unappealing Being able to fix things Are you controlling the box or is the box controlling you? -- 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/405) 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 gives a deep dive into his adventures with Frigate, an open source NVR software. -- During The Show -- 00:46 Orbit Panels Installed at home First professional install Smart home issues 03:03 Oreon Desktop The Register (https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/20/oreon_lime_desktop_almalinux/) Distro based on Alma Linux Hard to get commercial Linux desktop right Oreon Project (https://oreonproject.org/) Company has support Focus on the desktop Has lots of extra packages/software Focus on stability 10:08 Serpent OS 9 to 5 Linux (https://9to5linux.com/serpent-os-gears-up-for-alpha-release-enables-framework-13-and-flathub-support) Serpent OS Alpha release Ikey Doherty 11:55 Cosmic OS 9 to 5 Linux (https://9to5linux.com/system76-launches-pop_os-24-04-lts-with-cosmic-alpha-desktop-environment) Pop!_OS 24.04 Alpha release of Cosmic Desktop Built for users System76 Cosmic (https://system76.com/cosmic) Easy to switch between traditional and tiling desktops Give System76 constructive feedback Available for many distros Tool kit is available on Mac and Windows 21:33 Buying/Owning Content ARSTechnica (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/redbox-app-starts-going-away-removing-purchased-content-from-owners/) Roku axed Redbox app You don't own anything purchased on a "service" 24:45 Sous Vide Cooker to Charge App is 10 years old Charging a subscription fee Claim is to cover hosting and downloads of the app Why not open source the app/protocol? ARSTechnica (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/smart-sous-vide-cooker-to-start-charging-2-month-for-10-year-old-companion-app/) 30:13 News Wire Batocera 40 - gamingonlinux.com (https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/retro-gaming-linux-distribution-batocera-40-released/) Deepin 23 deepin.org (https://www.deepin.org/en/deepin-23-is-officially-released/) TAILS 6.6 - torproject.org (https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-66/) CockroachDB Licensing Change - techcrunch.com (https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/15/cockroach-labs-shakes-up-its-licensing-to-force-bigger-companies-to-pay/) Mesa 24.2.0 - mesa3d.org (https://docs.mesa3d.org/relnotes/24.2.0.html) Gentoo & IA-64 Itanium - Gentoo.org (https://www.gentoo.org/news/2024/08/14/Gentoo-drops-IA-64-support.html) OMI Joined ORGS - theregister.com (https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/13/open_model_initiative_linux_foundation/) Hermes 3 - siliconangle.com (https://siliconangle.com/2024/08/15/hermes-3-super-creative-version-open-source-llama-3-1-llm-struggles-inner-conflict/) NeuroTrALE - extremetech.com (https://www.extremetech.com/science/mit-scientists-detangle-the-brain-with-new-open-source-ai) 32:00 Frigate Make Good Mostly user error h.265 vs h.264 New release 0.14 complete rewrite of the UI User permissions exist now! Got a response on Github! 6 cameras plus a doorbell RioLink HA plugin did magic Moved from HA to Ryzen 1700 Power usage in HA vs Baremetal+GPU Network load Now up to 125 watts 5 disks 64 GB of RAM Tying into Home Assistant Open Source taking over proprietary Documentation Getting things "dialed in" Passing on "tribal knowledge" Calculating RAM usage Predicts disk usage Don't put it on the same box as Home Assistant -- 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/404) 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)

What if you could control your lights, music, and other Home Assistant things from a panel on your wall? Do you run tech at your church and need the ability to deliver controls in a way, in a location, and with a budget that's approachable for everyone? This week, Thomas Kvamme from Orbit Panels joins Noah and Steve to discuss his new in wall PoE control panels based on the Raspberry Pi, Streamdeck, and Bitfocus Companion! -- During The Show -- 00:50 Intro Nice weather Little projects 01:45 Orbit Panels Thomas Kvamme - Owner and founder Why are you in ministry? Life before the stream deck StreamDeck (https://www.elgato.com/us/en/s/welcome-to-stream-deck) Bitfocus Companion (https://bitfocus.io/companion) List of Bitfocus Companion Integrations (https://bitfocus.io/connections) Bitfocus Companion Satellite (https://bitfocus.io/companion-satellite) Proprietary alternatives Origin of Orbit Panels Orbit Panels (https://orbitpanels.com/) Drop in replacement Design of the Orbit Panel Building an Orbit Panel How people use the Orbit Panels Home Assistant Integration Feedback on the panel Whats next? Available for sale! Use promo code LAUNCH for 10% off 45:00 News Wire Firefox 129 - mozilla.org (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/129.0/releasenotes/) Wine 9.15 - gitlab.winehq.org (https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-9.15) KDE Frameworks 6.5.0 - kde.org (https://kde.org/announcements/frameworks/6/6.5.0/) Gnome 46.4 - discourse.gnome.org (https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-46-4-released/22718) PopOS! 24.04 - omgubuntu.co.uk (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/07/pop_os-24-04-alpha-with-cosmic-drops-on-august-8) OpenZFS 2.2.5 - github.com (https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/releases) ZLUDA Take Down - wccftech.com (https://wccftech.com/zluda-open-source-library-nvidia-cuda-on-amd-gpus-taken-down-amid-legal-concerns/) DHS & White House $11M Partnership - therecord.media (https://therecord.media/open-source-software-security-white-house-dhs-11million-funding) TUXEDO Infinity Flex 14 - tuxedocomputers.com (https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-InfinityFlex-14-Gen1) CA AI Bill - reason.com (https://reason.com/2024/08/13/californias-ai-bill-threatens-to-derail-open-source-innovation/) Kernel Patch Boots Linux Faster - tomshardware.com (https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-boot-time-reduced-by-0035-seconds-thanks-to-a-one-line-kernel-patch) 46:32 SimpleHelp - Brandon Tailscale/Headscale WireGuard RDP + VPN Simple Help instant support Proprietary is a place holder Mesh Central (https://github.com/Ylianst/MeshCentral) 49:09 Linphone SMS & VPN Question - Kris Google requirement is to support RCS Steve holding on 2.22.31 JMP.chat (https://jmp.chat/) Matrix and SMS Route back to home OpenVPN TailScale WireGuard SurfShark Private Internet Access (https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/) Host your own VPN on a VPS -- 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/403) 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: Thomas Kvamme.

This week we dig into Steve's home assistant migration. We take your questions on how to get started with AI, a self hosted email horror story, and more Harbor Freight. -- During The Show -- 01:25 OpenSource AI - Craig Defining "open source AI" is hard Local Offline Generative AI on Linux - Part 1 : TextGen (https://peertube.tv/w/48EvS3Y1gJz5c9vHiZF8Ya) Local Offline Generative AI on Linux - Part 2 : ImageGen (https://peertube.tv/w/ko1LUdcrZqLmEQZkyy3cN2) The Artifical Dominion Matrix Chat (https://matrix.to/#/#TheArtificalDominion:matrix.org) What do you want to learn? LM Studio (https://lmstudio.ai/) GPT4ALL (https://flathub.org/apps/io.gpt4all.gpt4all) Haven't found a "safe for work" visual AI Glue cheese Stable Diffusion morality filter 10:50 Self Hosted Email Story - Yassine Noah is still gun shy on self hosted email 14:24 Security and Calendaring - Dan VPN back in 3rd party brokers Synology Surveillance Station (https://www.synology.com/en-global/surveillance) WireGuard Punch a hole in the firewall Dangers of punching a hole CalDav (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CalDAV) Proton Mail calendar Nextcloud calendar Home Assistant calendar Radicale (https://radicale.org/v3.html) 28:51 Harbour Freight - Hank Snap-on feedback Mechanic vs DIY Still making hobo freight argument 31:51 Android Alternatives - Jayden Sailfish OS (https://sailfishos.org/) Ente Auth (https://github.com/ente-io/ente/blob/main/auth/README.md) Cross-platform Better than Authy e/os or Murena (https://murena.com/) 36:56 News Wire LANL Fierro - ladailypost.com (https://ladailypost.com/lanl-new-open-source-code-fierro-improves-safety-and-performance-of-manufactured-parts/) Aloha Browser - accesswire.com (https://www.accesswire.com/894895/aloha-a-privacy-first-browser-goes-open-source) GCC 14.2 - gnu.org (https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-14/) GNU Binutils 2.43 - lwn.net (https://lwn.net/Articles/984539/) Peazip 9.9 - peazip.github.io (https://peazip.github.io/changelog.html) Firefox 129 - mozilla.org (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/129.0/releasenotes/) Amarok 3.1 - kde.org (https://blogs.kde.org/2024/08/02/amarok-3.1-tricks-of-the-light-released/) Azure Linux 3.0 - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Microsoft-Azure-Linux-3.0-GA) Serpent OS Pre-Alpha - serpentos.com (https://serpentos.com/blog/2024/08/01/serpent-os-prealpha0-released/) Nitrux 3.6 - sourceforge (https://sourceforge.net/projects/nitruxos/files/Release/ISO/) Linux 6.9 EOL - lwn.net (https://lwn.net/Articles/983790/) SLUBStick - securityweek.com (https://www.securityweek.com/new-slubstick-attack-makes-linux-kernel-vulnerabilities-more-dangerous/) DEV#POPPER - thehackernews.com (https://thehackernews.com/2024/07/north-korea-linked-malware-targets.html) TgRat - scmagazine.com (https://www.scmagazine.com/brief/updated-tgrat-trojan-sets-sights-on-linux-servers) RayV Lite - tomshardware (https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/hackers-hope-to-democratize-laser-based-processor-hacking-dollar500-rayv-lite-relies-on-3d-printing-a-laser-pen-and-a-raspberry-pi-to-bring-costs-down) DCLM on HugginFace - computerworld.com (https://www.computerworld.com/article/3475866/apple-ships-truly-open-source-ai-models.html) Flux - decrypt.co (https://decrypt.co/242822/flux-ai-image-generator-review-midjourney-sd3-auraflow) 39:45 Secure Boot 100s of PCs sold with 12yr old and compromised platform keys Can see the use case threat model Locking subsidized hardware Technical merits vs implementation Key management stalkware breach theregister.com (https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/29/infosec_roundup/?td=rt-3a) 52:56 Home Assistant Migration Worried about thermals Critical Steve's kid gets clever Home Assistant notifies based on MAC address Noah's ethernet bathroom adventures Migrating Home Assistant Benchmarking Operating system choice Networking RHEL faster and more power efficient Home Assistant notifications 1:10:30 Frigate Frigate NVR (https://frigate.video/) Always on recording Documentation is hard NUC couldn't handle 6x 1080p Cameras GPU faster but more power hungry Challenges Still early days for Frigate -- 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! 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This week Steve returns and we dig into your feedback! Kenny joins the program and shares his horror story in the continuing saga of buying and owning tools that you can rely on, authy is going away for GrapheneOS users, what's the best way to handle 2fa on GrapheneOS? -- During The Show -- 01:00 Steve's Crowdstrike Fall Out Waited 10+ hours at the airport Stream of ppl to wait with Steve's restraunt tangent Too much homogeneous systems Windows 3.1 meme Lost sight of critical paths 08:40 Netbox Feedback - bloominstrong Excited about the product Struggle to get things in Struggle to get things out Always plan how to get things out 11:35 Why I Use Linux - Jeremey Free Secure Flexible 12:20 decloudus.com - Jason 2 versions of the S10 Noah's phone plan GrapheneOS requires a chip in Pixels Noah's Dad on GrapheneOS Authy on GrapheneOS Bitwarden 2FA Dark open island 22:55 Caller Chris from Canada Moving from MBR to UEFI Linux Mint backup tool Cowboy approach Install apps Transfer home directory When to use the latest release Keeping computers synced? Nextcloud (https://nextcloud.com/) Seafile (https://www.seafile.com/) Syncthing (https://syncthing.net/) 34:12 News Wire Deepin 20.9 - Deepin (https://www.deepin.org/en/deepin-20-9-is-officially-released/) Vanilla OS 2 - VanillaOS (https://vanillaos.org/blog/article/2024-07-28/vanilla-os-2-orchid---stable-release) Linux Mint 22 - Linux Mint (https://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=316) Wine 9.14 - WineHQ (https://www.winehq.org/news/2024072801) IDE Qt Creator 14.0 - QT (https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-14-released) Git 2.46 - GitHub (https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.46.0.txt) SysVInit - GitHub (https://github.com/slicer69/sysvinit/releases/tag/3.10) TinyWatch S3 - CNX Software (https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/07/25/tinywatch-s3-is-an-open-source-customizable-smartwatch-powered-by-esp32-s3-soc/) White House on AI - ABC News (https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/white-house-restrict-open-source-artificial-intelligence-now-112389860) NIST AI Safety Platform - SC Magazine (https://www.scmagazine.com/news/nist-releases-open-source-platform-for-ai-safety-testing) 35:10 "Hobo Freight" Kenny Schmidt 3 tools broke Glad some tools where cheap Repeat tools Impact of breakage on the job Watch the warranties Wouldn't buy a second time More caution at harbor freight Dead blow hammer LubeLogger (https://lubelogger.com/) Keeps the economy going -- 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/401) 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)