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This week Mike McGrath from Red Hat joins us and we talk about RHEL AI, quantum computing, and we get an update as to where Red Hat landed with all the licensing drama from a few years ago. -- During The Show -- 00:50 Real ID Real ID Act from 20 years ago Problems with Real ID Canadian Central Government Alternatives to Real ID Surrendering information "Be Your Real Self" Government creating problems they can solve No one wants to admit they are wrong EFF.org (https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/security-theater-realized-and-flying-without-real-id) 12:57 News Wire Firefox 139 - mozilla.org (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/139.0/releasenotes/) Firefox shutting down Pocket - mozilla.org (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/future-of-pocket) Linux 6.15 - kernelnewbies.org (https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_6.15) Most of WSL Open Source - zdnet.com (https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-finally-open-sources-most-of-windows-subsystem-for-linux/) NixOS 25.05 - nixos.org (https://nixos.org/blog/announcement

This week we're live from Red Hat Summit! We talk security, evolving threats, and Steve gives an update on his journey with his new graphics card. -- During The Show -- 01:30 Vincent Danen - VP of Product Security You can secure your own data on premise Cloud you loose some control Supply chain attacks Where do you get your news? Hacker News Naked Security IBM security feed The Register AI for security Agentic workflows AI attack vectors "Slop squatting" Sanitizing AI input Guard rails 23:48 News Wire Calibre 8.4 - calibre-ebook.com (https://calibre-ebook.com/whats-new) Nmap 7.96 - gbhackers.com (https://gbhackers.com/nmap-7-96-launches/) Mesa 25.1 - plamolinux.org (https://plamolinux.org/posts/2025-05-07-plamo-8.2-released/) Linux Kernel 6.15 - theregister.com (https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/07/linux_kernel_drops_486/) Plamo Linux 8.2 - plamolinux.org (https://plamolinux.org/posts/2025-05-07-plamo-8.2-released/) Rust Sudo & Ubuntu 25.10 - discourse.ubuntu.com (https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/adopting-sud

This week we dig into why and how Canonical designed and implemented Matrix. Noah gives an update to his solar project, and discovers some open source solutions for solar! -- During The Show -- 00:48 Olympia Mike Insperation ANS 439 (https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/439) Sorting out details Please give us feedback! Pair with homeless shelter Pair with food bank Technical details Windows 10 deadline coming Lowering friction 09:55 Solar Camera Update Panel brings in enough power Switch arrived, worked great SolarPoint Had to RMA Will R&D Issues with SolarPoint Renogy Charge Controller Victron Push the Victron Connect App Victron has a commitment to open source Victron GX controller Bare wire ends GX software on a raspberry pi 23:20 News Wire Calibre 8.4 - calibre-ebook.com (https://calibre-ebook.com/whats-new) Nmap 7.96 - gbhackers.com (https://gbhackers.com/nmap-7-96-launches/) Mesa 25.1 - plamolinux.org (https://plamolinux.org/posts/2025-05-07-plamo-8.2-released/) Linux Kernel 6.15 - theregister.com (https://w

This week Noah tells the story of how Altispeed built a solar system for a remote camera for a daycare. Tiny joins to discuss the value of metric and why he believes Victoria Metrics does it better. -- During The Show -- 00:55 Graphics Cards When do you update graphics cards Watching prices, trying to buy Bought 5060ti Quadro P6000 Sold in 2 Min What is driving the cost? Over Time "Unplugging" Mature Leaders High Intensity/Surge Seasons Talking through movies 16:05 Solar Camera System Camera's on a playground Trenching and conduit Hanging wire from utility poles Shed with no power or network Solar powered camera setup Greentech Renewables (https://www.greentechrenewables.com) Noah's Battery Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DKNJ5ZBP?) LiTime (https://www.litime.com/products/litime-12v-100ah-lithium-lifepo4-battery) Unifi SunMax SolarPoint Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Sunmax-SolarPoint/dp/B0965KBVFM/) Trouble shooting, lay it out first Nano Beams 5AC Axis Camera Industrial 24v Switch Amazon (https://www.am

This week we dig into "Nixbook", a Linux distro designed to make old laptops into Chromebooks. Noah fell down the Nix rabbit hole, and of course we answer your questions. -- During The Show -- 00:50 Generosity Experiencing generosity A bunch of computers about to flood the market 03:50 Mike Kelly (Olympia Mike) Used laptop during Covid19 Became known for used laptops Company gifts used laptops Closing the technical divide Updates Package Confusion NixOS Olympia Mike's nixbook (https://github.com/mkellyxp/nixbook) How to help out Powerwashing 13:15 Noah's Nixbook Experience Give Noah a toy and remove distractions for 5+ hours Throw out everything you know Where NixOS fits Rollback functionality Going to drive Nixbook till hitting a roadblock Can't live in a flatpak world Ansible is the hammer that hits the most nails How long to get up and running on Nix Have to adopt the "nix way" NixOS Flakes (https://nixos-and-flakes.thiscute.world/introduction/) Nix Language (https://nix.dev/tutorials/nix-language) 31:25 N

-- During The Show -- 00:48 Intro Missing Steve 01:55 Auto Updates? - Charlie Installing Linux on a Pixelbook Go Desktop vs laptop Being in the moment Noah's laptop strategy PineTab 2 (https://pine64.com/product/pinetab2-10-1-8gb-128gb-linux-tablet-with-detached-backlit-keyboard/) Google hardware Re-purposing Google hardware Github.com (https://github.com/yusefnapora/pixelbook-linux) Auto updates, EndlessOS 13:02 FreePBX - Zack What to consider when backing up Bash and FW Console Sleuth's Solution Backups are specific to the data type Use the built in backup and export functions 22:35 News Wire MySQL 9.3 - dev.myssql.com (https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/9.3/en/) Peazip 10.4 - github.com (https://github.com/peazip/PeaZip/releases/) Gnome 48.1 - discourse.gnome.org (https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-47-6-released/28414) Gnome 48.1 - discourse.gnome.org (https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-48-1-released/28424) LXQT 2.2.0 - lxqt-project.org (https://lxqt-project.org/release/2025/04/17/release-lxqt-2-2-

This week we dig into how you can host your own 5G and Ubuntu's new certification program! -- During The Show -- 00:45 Technology Another Way Cell Phone sales and inventory Market uncertainty Erasing a phone Moving to GrapheneOS Used equipment Fdroid (https://f-droid.org/) Opportunities to move people to open source Routes to take 14:00 News Wire OpenSSH 10.0p2 - openssh.com (https://www.openssh.com/releasenotes.html) OpenSSL 3.5 - github.com (https://github.com/openssl/openssl/releases) GNU Coreutils 9.7 - gnu.org (https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html) Pinta 3.0 - pinta-project.com (https://www.pinta-project.com/releases/3-0.html) OpenELA Leapp - techzine.eu (https://www.techzine.eu/news/devops/130476/openela-introduces-leapp-project-for-in-place-upgrades-of-enterprise-linux/) Linux Mint OEM Support - linuxmint.com (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4825) Asahi Linux Roadblock - appleinsider.com (https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/04/08/asahi-linux-m4-support-hits-a-roadblock-because-of

This week Steve builds a backup server, and tells us how and why! -- During The Show -- 01:13 GrapheneOS & Teams - Kevin Needed unsandboxed play services Broke on the next update This problem reported across OSes (https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msteams/forum/all/new-ms-teams-version-not-working-getting-error-no/8a4e48a0-e97b-47f6-9ab9-4c82bc8ba768?page=1) People reported needing to install "the framework" Apps stay in their sandbox Use app in a web browser 06:26 VMs - Mike Covered later in the show 07:35 searXNG - Donald More than a proxy Better results than other search engines 10:00 News Wire Curl 8.13 - curl.se (https://curl.se/ch/) GnuCash 5.11 - gnucash.org (https://www.gnucash.org/download.phtml) GNU Nano 8.4 - lists.gnu.org (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2025-04/msg00001.html) Apt 3.0 - debian.org (https://tracker.debian.org/news/1635519/accepted-apt-300-source-into-unstable/) Thunderbird 137 - thunderbird.net (https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/137.0/releasenotes/) Firef

This week we give an update on the journey with GrapheneOS. -- During The Show -- 00:58 Intro Cold weather Do I shovel snow? 01:36 Thank you! - Nick Steve knows A LOT about kubernetes Tell us what about kubernetes do you want to learn? 2 Camps of people How deep will Steve go 06:57 GraphenOS - Craig Noah's experience/device Samsung made an un-rom-able US version Carrier's load an OS when you boot their sim card Noah's Pixel 8a Why no financial apps Inherent insecurities in phones Niche vs common target Phones can "walk off" Rouge Pixel, video file, audio file, etc Even normal people with a stock phone struggle Pixel 6A as a work phone Being attached to "glowing bricks" Authenticator apps WiFi only/no sim Google Account requires logging in on a stock device Navigation Here WeGo Maps Notifications Micro-g Persistent Notification Browsers Firefox Vandium Be prepared for hiccups Nitro Phone Make sure the bootloader is unlocked Naomi Brockwell TV Block Phone Tracking (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPnFJ8PeSsY) N

This week Steve and Noah give you tips on hosting your first home server. -- During The Show -- 00:58 Intro Minimum Viable Battle Station Pelican 1620 Cases XREAL Air 2 (https://us.shop.xreal.com/products/xreal-air-2) Ergonomics 09:52 Home Server Questions - Dan Noah's first homelab Pick an OS with low churn, long term OS Generational upgrades Experiment in VMs Starting with a VM host Starting with a file server Don't put 30 drives in one box Noah's vs Steve's approach Do it, Document it, Blow it away, Do it again Know the thing before you automate Low level tech roles being handed to other business people Playbooks Ansible Steve's OpenAudible-TO-AudioBookShelf (https://github.com/stratus-ss/OpenAudible-To-AudioBookShelf) 48:06 Kubernetes - Jeremy Kube Dev Lab (https://www.kubedevlab.com/docs/tutorials/kubernetes-cluster/) Steve's K8s Labs (https://github.com/stratus-ss/k8s-labs) 50:32 News Wire Calibre 8.0 - calibre-ebook.com (https://calibre-ebook.com/new-in/seventeen) Linux 6.14 - lkml.org (https://lkml.or

This week a community resource fell offline unexpectedly. Members from all over the internet banded together to restore a community resource! -- During The Show -- 01:00 Intro Noah brought the warm weather back We need your feedback Join Geeklab (https://matrix.to/#/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) Tag Marlin 04:10 Smart Watches Original pebble inventor New pebble smartwatches available for preorder ArsTechnica (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/new-pebbleos-watches-with-more-battery-and-familiar-looks-are-up-for-preorder/) Steve's smartwatch use case Noah's watch Pine Time (https://pine64.com/product/pinetime-smartwatch-sealed/) Fitness Features Eric Migicovsky doesn't stick with companies AsteroidOS (https://asteroidos.org/) BangleJS (https://banglejs.com/) 28:32 News Wire GIMP 3.0 - gimp.org (https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/03/16/gimp-3-0-released/) Digikam 8.6 - digikam.org (https://www.digikam.org/news/2025-03-15-8.6.0_release_announcement/) Peertube 7.1 - joinpeertube.org (https://joinpeertube.org/news/rel

This week the news of an "ESP backdroor" spread around the internet like wildfire. We dig into the technical details as to what happened, and what if any, the risk is. -- During The Show -- 00:52 Intro Thank you for visiting at Scale Weather Cutting Silicon Wafers YouTube Video (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WHmRj2mZ-dk) Sleuth - Live Ham Radio Liscnse Address requirement ARRL Privacy (https://www.arrl.org/fcc-licensee-privacy) Private Mail Box Nomads With a Purpose (https://www.nomadswithapurpose.com/south-dakota-residency-full-time-rv/) Dakota Post (https://www.dakotapost.net/) America's Mailbox (https://americasmailbox.com/south-dakota-residency/) QSL Cards 09:15 HVAC follow up - Ziggy Boiler Heat Equipment Interface Module How boilers work ESP32 Pull the old thermostat Be careful making changes on the boiler Venstar Thermostats (https://venstar.com/thermostats/colortouch/) Honeywell Intrusion (https://www.amazon.com/Honeywell-Intrusion-TH6320ZW2003/dp/B07H5FR7WL/) 21:49 Fedora on PI Boot Problems - Mark O

We're live from SCaLE this year, and a panel joins us to learn more about how Ubuntu is trying to reach the next generation. Dinner at SCale We're teaming up with Jupiter Broadcasting for a meetup and dinner! Come join us Saturday night! Where: El Cholo Café 300 E Colorado Blvd Suite 214 Pasadena, CA When: Saturday, March 8, 2025 7:00 PM. -- 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/431) 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 excite

This week we dig into what it takes to get started and involved in Open Source. You can do it in your community, in your city, or in your area. If nothing like that exists in your area, join us at one of the upcoming community conferences! -- During The Show -- 00:51 Polar Vortex Polar vortex collapse Audio bookshelf python code 03:02 Steve's Immich Journey - Stephen Storage templates (https://immich.app/docs/administration/storage-template/) Asset types and storage locations (https://immich.app/docs/administration/storage-template/) Makes sense from programming perspective Not knowing what to look for 10:38 Cheap Card for AI - Joshua Driver issues Quadro performs a little better Stay away from Tesla cards RAM and CUDA cores Stay away from Intel and AMD 16:10 Seafile help? - Tyler Context path Help available in Geeklab 20:25 Church A/V - Emmanuel RJ6 Quad Shielded Cable RESI (https://resi.io/) OBS and Owncast (https://owncast.online/) NDI Camera Aida Camera (https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1697374-REG/

This week Noah and Steve describe their geek weekend. Steve teaches Noah about containers, and takes on a cool ZFS on boot project! -- During The Show -- 01:00 Steve's Trip Went up North to visit Noah and Altispeed 02:22 Nextcloud on VMs - Bradly Nextcloud works better on VMs NFS challenges Give MariaDB lots of memory This is how enterprise deploys things All in one falls over Struggled to get real time collaboration to work Pass a zvol through to the VM S3 storage Ceph (https://docs.ceph.com/en/quincy/start/)/Gluster (https://www.gluster.org/) is complicated but most robust Pass a block device not another QCOW2 file 13:52 3D printing experience - Jeremy Prusa MK4S, open source friendly Handheld Framework Case (https://www.printables.com/model/1051411-framework-portable-handheld-case-beth-deck-rev-15) Creality 6 SE Creality Ender 3 Fully open vs high end 3D printers Cloud dependant 22:52 AI for interviews - Avri Interview Coder (https://github.com/ibttf/interview-coder) Red Hat interview story Kid using hotel

We go live from Witchia KS and learn how a NewSpring Church is using free and open source technology to advance their mission. Ilan from SCaLE joins us to discuss the upcoming conference! -- During The Show -- 00:50 Special Guest Elon from SCALE Talks for everyone at every level Live podcast panel Co-Located Events There are things for kids! SCALE wants people to help people find their next roll Advice for first time attendees Evening activities Any advice for attendees Promo Code NOAH 18:00 News Wire Plasma 6.3 - kde.org (https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.0/) KDE Frameworks 6.11 - kde.org (https://kde.org/announcements/frameworks/6/6.11.0/) Gnome 47.4 - discourse.gnome.org (https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-47-4-released/27093) TRX & Tomb Raider II Adds Linux Support - gamingonlinux.com (https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/tomb-raider-ii-open-source-re-implementation-adds-linux-support/) Netrunner 25 - netrunner.com (https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-25-shockworm-released/) EndeavourOS Mercury

This week Noah gives an update on EndlessOS and why it might be the default go-to operating system for new users. Ai scams are getting worse, and the Ashi lead dev stepped down. -- During The Show -- 00:50 EndlessOS Customized Gnome Installer Doesn't allow the user to hurt themselves Intuitive interface Remote Desktop RDP Reasonably Secure Last OS left on a computer 12:09 News Wire Thunderbird 135 - thunderbird.net (https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/135.0/releasenotes/) Firefox - mozilla.org (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/135.0/releasenotes/) Curl 8.12 - curl.se (https://curl.se/ch/) Sysvinit 3.14 - github.com (https://github.com/slicer69/sysvinit/releases) MKVtoolNix v90 - bunkus.org (https://www.bunkus.org/2025/02/2025-02-08-mkvtoolnix-v90-0-released/) Calibre 7.25 - calibre-ebook.com (https://calibre-ebook.com/whats-new) LibreOffice 25.2 - wiki.documentfoundation.org (https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/25.2) Ardor 8.11 - ardour.org (https://ardour.org/whatsnew.html) Tails

Immich provides a consistant photo experience across devices, and across family members. This week Noah and Steve give you a deep dive into Immich. We answer your questions, and give you a brief look at news from this week. -- During The Show -- 00:52 Steve's review process Two different review styles It's like a BBQ Gril 02:30 OpenShift In Labs - Ole Fine for home use Learn how to rebuild the cluster Treat it like an enterprise product OpenShift can be heavy 10:00 Continuing Computerized Car Convo - James Remote car take overs are a problem Auto makers are more aware now Cars are drive by wire now 13:56 Episode 414 - Max Nano is for gentlemen Vim is for ninjas Automation shortcuts on iOS Things can be hit or miss on iOS 18:30 News Wire Gparted Live 1.7.0 - gparted.org (https://gparted.org/news.php?item=257) Binutils 2.44 - lists.gnu.org (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2025-02/msg00001.html) Thunderbird 134.0 - thunderbird.net (https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/134.0/releasenotes/) Ar

This week we dig into your feedback, talk about an FPGA Playstation, and talk about Chinese AI. -- During The Show -- 00:50 Weather Unusual warm spell Extreme weather gear 03:00 Photos! - Anthony Flatbed scanner Handheld scanner Don't like the "scanning services" Epson Perfection Resolution of source material Canon LIdi Stay away from phones Make sure you have enough bandwidth 11:15 ttyusb - Jason Udev rules Ask an LLM 13:21 Cheque printing - Micah Use a template Quick Books Online 16:32 Questions - Atypical HACS (https://hacs.xyz/) Steve pulls several things from HACS BMC control in Home Assistant You do over extend yourself Can be deeply rewarding Have a prioritizing plan 25:36 News Wire MySQL 9.2 - mysql.com (https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/9.2/en/news-9-2-0.html) Dovecot 2.4 - dovecot.org (https://dovecot.org/mailman3/archives/list/dovecot-news@dovecot.org/thread/UYNR6GBP25XEGFCS633SWPR4HXV3NSS3/) Ventoy 1.1 - ventoy.net (https://ventoy.net/en/download.html) Gnome 46.8 - discourse.gnome.org (http

This week we dig into your questions, and talk about Nvidia's new AI rig. -- During The Show -- 00:56 George From NYC Used computers for a church Lenovo laptops and Thinkcenters Dell Optiplex Ebay Made in the last 4 years Make sure they have TPM 2.0 04:50 Noah's new toy Flipper Zero (https://flipperzero.one/) Electronic multi-tool Had to legitimately bypass access control Read and emulate RFID and NFC Lots of Apps 08:58 HVAC - Ziggy Zigbee timer system? Wouldn't put the timer on device Steve's solution Why timers? 14:20 Battery Pack - Erik Anderson Power Pole Deep Cycle SLA INIU 100w Type C Dewalt Battery Adapter (https://www.amazon.com/Converter-Battery-Adapter-Regulator-Terminal/dp/B0CQJDGQDB) Offical Dewalt USB C Adapter (https://www.dewalt.com/product/dcb094k/20v-maxflexvolt-5-amp-usb-charging-kit?tid=577811) 83w 12v USB Outlet (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B1DHNLDS?ref=fed_asin_title) 21:40 NFS vs S3 for Home Lab - Brendan Recoverability Added complexity Would lean away from S3/Minio Hard to recover broke