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Dr. Andy Yen joins us this hour to discuss the latest features of Proton. We ask Andy about the Proton user, a French suspect that was arrested for squatting. Did ProtonMail do it's job in protecting privacy? -- During The Show -- 00:45 - Thunderbolt Dock - Aaron Lenovo Thunderbolt Dock Affiliate (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B07M6S81CM/?tag=minddripmedia-20) 05:00 - POE Access Points - Mark UniFi AC Pro AP (https://www.newegg.com/ubiquiti-uap-ac-pro/p/N82E16833664026) WifiAnalyzer (https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.vrem.wifianalyzer/) Approximately 50ft apart/20DB Signal Separation TP Link Omada (https://www.tp-link.com/us/business-networking/ceiling-mount-access-point/) 11:30 - Locally Managed WiFi 6 AP - Eric UniFi Cloudkey (https://store.ui.com/collections/unifi-accessories/products/unifi-cloudkey) UniFi Docker Controller (https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-unifi-controller) UniFI AP 6 lite (https://store.ui.com/products/unifi-ap-6-lite) Ruckus (https://www.commscope.com/product-type/enterprise-networki

This episode we focus on your questions! How to build a NAS? Best remote desktop software? We cover it all! Mozilla announced Firefox Suggest. FreeNAS and NextCloud are in a new partnership, and a self hosted server system for layman. -- During The Show -- Steve's House Moving the NOC Uplift Desk (https://www.upliftdesk.com/) Caller Chris Prosumer TV injector Use RF Modulator Cabletronix RF Modulators (https://www.cabletronix.com/products/products2.php?cat2=60) STI Desimator (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B075FDL4VZ/?tag=minddripmedia-20) 15:40 Caller James Sunfounder (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FHF7H3L/?tag=minddripmedia-20) Screen Size/Resolution Considerations 22:22 New Laptop Suggestions? - Lou X1 Carbon T14s AMD Gen 2 X1 Yoga Gen 6 Framework Laptop XPS 13 System76 Lemur Pro Asus Zephrus G14 with 3060 Razor Blade 14 with 3060 28:02 Recommendation for NAS? - Chris Xeon-D D-1612 Supermicro X10SDV-4C-TLN2F Raspberry Pi 4 Ryzen 3 CPU and Motherboard Fractal Design Node 804 Case (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K6OVG0

Google is backing a new project from the Linux Foundation to the tune of $1 million that aims to bolster the security of critical open-source projects. GitLab is going public with their IPO, plus we address your feedback and calls! -- During The Show -- 02:45 Caller Chris 450 TB backup is 90% full Connect Multiple FreeNAS Servers Different shares on different servers 45 Drives (https://www.45drives.com/) Twinax (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinaxial_cabling) Infinaband (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InfiniBand) 09:05 Bhikhu Responds to ANS Ep 252 Conduit (https://conduit.rs/) Mirotalk Heroku (https://mirotalk.herokuapp.com/) Cabal Chat (https://cabal.chat/) Email Solutions Main in a Box (https://mailinabox.email/) Iredmail (https://www.iredmail.org/) Cuttle Fish (https://cuttlefish.io/) Mailu.io (https://mailu.io/1.8/) James Apache (https://james.apache.org/) Accessable Coconut can't host on github due to file size restrictions Matrix is going towards P2P Shut off federation solves many issues Don't host yo

It's a packed episode with your questions and thoughts! There's a ton of information in this episode and equipment recommendations this week! Don't miss it! -- During The Show -- 01:15 Veritunda Asks Bitwarden (https://bitwarden.com/) Airsonic (https://airsonic.github.io/) Podget (https://github.com/dvehrs/podget) 02:20 TwoBit Asks Wire strippers for smaller than 32 AWG? Amazon Affiliate Link (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WFL122J/?tag=minddripmedia-20) Link from TheLinuxNinja (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000LDMF2C/?tag=minddripmedia-20) 03:30 Distro for Visually Impaired - Charlie Debugpoint Accessible Coconut (https://www.debugpoint.com/2021/05/accessible-coconut-linux-visually-impaired/) Sourceforge Accessible Coconut (https://sourceforge.net/projects/accessible-coconut/) Braille Display (https://thelowvisionstore.com/products/humanware-brailliant-bi-20x-braille-display) 07:15 Concerns about Matrix - Anon Hackea.org Article (https://www.hackea.org/notas/matrix.html) Archived Copy of Hackea.org Article (https:/

Even when you can self host it, relying on proprietary software can be challenging. This week Noah & Steve step through the latest self hosting options! Canonical extended their support for Ubuntu for 10 years, plus our picks! -- During The Show -- 01:00 Caller James Windows won't run well on a RaspberryPi Look at a Skull Canyon NUC RaspberryPi 4GB model should handle 1080P or lower 06:05 User Responds Wiping Flash Media - Dalton Boomstick Self Contained Automatic/semi-automatic USB stick based SSD and HDD Eraser Boomstick Gitlab (https://gitlab.com/UniversalSuperBox/boomstick) Noah does not trust SSD firmware 09:12 Windows 10 Bloat Removal Script - Charlie Windows Decrapifier Script Decrapifier Github (https://github.com/n1snt/Windows-Decrapifier) Make Use Of Article (https://www.makeuseof.com/windows-10-decrapifier-debloater/) Portable Apps (https://portableapps.com/) 10:30 User Reflects on EP 250 - Bhikhu Ctemplar About (https://ctemplar.com/about/) Ctemplar Features (https://ctemplar.com/features/) Ctempl

-- During The Show -- 01:30 Rotating SSH Keys FreeIPA (https://www.freeipa.org/page/Main_Page) Put keys in Git Repo Gravitaional/Teleport (https://github.com/gravitational/teleport) Hardware token like Solokey (https://solokeys.com/), Yubikey, OnlyKey (https://onlykey.io/) ANS EP 118 (https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/118) 05:25 Open Source Voice Assistant Mycroft (https://mycroft.ai/) 07:55 USB Enclosures - Shawn Casper files Ventoy Persistance Plugin (https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_persistence.html) Stack Overflow (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2566121/what-is-a-casper-rw-loop-file-and-why-do-i-need-it-to-make-saving-persistent-on) 10:55 Charlie Building his own laptop MeLE Fanless 4K Mini PC (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002487769084.html) 9" Touch screen portable - HDMI + USBC (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000320399834.html) USB HDMI 4K capture dongle (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001880861192.html) USB sound card (for chromebook) (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33056020608.html)

-- During The Show -- 02:14 VPN Links - Jscar Hawk Road Warrior Script (https://github.com/Nyr/openvpn-install) Mullvad Pricing (https://mullvad.net/en/pricing/) privacytools.io (https://www.privacytools.io/providers/vpn/) Privacy Security and OSINT Podcast (https://inteltechniques.com/podcast.html) 04:30 Email 2 - VPN Question Response - Charlie Incognet VPS (https://incognet.io) Mullvad VPN (https://mullvad.net) Nearly Free Speech Webhosting (https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/about/faq#Payment) OpenNIC (https://www.opennic.org) HackerPublic Radio EP 3323 (https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=3323) 09:45 Caller Ryan UniFi AP Setup Can be done with UniFi App (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubnt.easyunifi) UniFi CloudKey (https://store.ui.com/collections/unifi-accessories/products/unifi-cloudkey) Check the Docker Container Author Use the docker file/container file and build it yourself UniFi+Podman (https://github.com/jdoss/unifi) Author is known in the community AP placement (20 db of se

Patrick Emerson, director of IT from New Springs Church joins us to talk about their migration from their proprietary walled garden network and storage, to free and open source options. -- During The Show -- 00:55 VPS that accepts physical cash? - Charlie Brown Host that accepts cypto currency Pre-paid credit card 05:30 User Responds to Ventoy - Chris Ineo M.2 NVMe Enclosure Affiliate Link (http://www.amazon.com/dp/‎B0827PB71G/?tag=minddripmedia-20) IODD 2531 Affiliate Link (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TDJ4BJU/?tag=minddripmedia-20) IODD 2541 Affiliate Link (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00S3G12E6/?tag=minddripmedia-20) Japanese chat Giveaway - write in your war story where one of these would have saved you 09:50 Firefox Audio Response - Cory restart in safe mode (no need to disable add-ons) 11:30 Firefox Audio Feedback - Matthew CLI Command: flatpak install org.freedesktop.Platform.ffmpeg-full/x86_64/20.08 12:20 Managing Documents Response - Jordan Open Paper (https://openpaper.work/en/) 14:40 Pick of the Week E

LibreOffice 7.2 is out, Gnome 41 Beta has been released, we talk streaming infrastructure, a must have networking tool for structured wiring, plus your questions, our picks! -- During The Show -- 02:30 Difference Between CDN - Brian Matrix is designed to bridge chats Early Days/Rough Edges Pachutelive.tv Demo (https://parachutelive.tv/) Nginx (https://nginx.org/en/) Restream.io (https://restream.io/) Restreaming Service not CDN Streamyard (https://streamyard.com/) Paid product Cloud Based/Proprietary Scale Engine (https://www.scaleengine.com/livedemo/lead/frontpage) Best Option Lots of similar/Better Features Better Priced Fantastic Customer Service Ran by Members of the FOSS Community 16:00 Firefox Audio Problem - Cory Try the Flatpak Newer version of Firefox might fix it Extensions can cause issues Try Firefox safemode Check the sample rate of the system audio 19:55 PineNote & Android Apps - Rev Joel Collier Today no... It is very possible in the future Developers are currently working on getting Android A

This week there are fantastic FOSS software releases, Element, PineNote, and an open source time keeping device that fits on a PCI card, the company behind the development will blow your mind! -- During The Show -- 01:06 Proton Mail feedback - Patrick SteigerLegal (https://steigerlegal.ch/2021/08/02/protonmail-daten-usa/) Proton Mail's design make this irrelevant Important to understand were security ends 08:20 Apple vs Privacy - Ben Apple's message doesn't match their actions Stross's talk (http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2018/01/dude-you-broke-the-future.html) Cory Doctorow (https://boingboing.net/2017/12/29/llcs-are-slow-ais.html) 15:20 Making an image while OS running? - Advait Timeshift (https://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift) + BTRFS snapshots ZFS Snapshots 19:20 LTE Modems - Scott Double NAT, Carrier Grade NAT (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier-grade_NAT) Create a VPN out to a VPS 22:25 Router recommendations - Yakoke Microtik (https://mikrotik.com/) PFSense 1100 (https://shop.netgate.

Apple has announced a new update that will allow scanning of your private photos. Firefox 91 is released, and the new US infrastructure bill means you might be paying per mile to drive an EV. -- During The Show -- 03:00 Manually Connecting Services - Jim Yes look for a developer Make sure you understand what needs doing Andreas Spiess YT Lora Info (https://www.youtube.com/c/AndreasSpiess/featured) 07:20 Career Advice? - Robert Start based on Value Start with what you know well Start with a LLC on the side If moving to a new employer, be honest about how long you will work there Put the customer's needs first Anticipate needs Set up a full LLC or Corp, not a DBA, pass through, or sole proprietorship 18:00 Email & PGP - Barking Bandicoot AU Gov can force back doors Symmetric vs (Public/Private key pair) Asymmetric/PKI encryption GPG Guide (https://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual/c14.html) Enigmail (https://www.enigmail.net/index.php/en/) 24:00 Pick of the Week Stingle (https://stingle.org/) Stingle White Paper (htt

Steve Ovens returns to lay out his plans for his new house as well as ask the community for input on best practices. Standford AIMI center is expanding it's free repository of medical datasets for AI research, and Steam hits 1% Linux users again! -- During The Show -- 01:25 Hardware Keys, Ciphers, SSH - Jordan OpenPGP PKCS11 NitroKey (https://www.nitrokey.com/), Onlykey (https://onlykey.io/), Yubikey, Solokey (https://solokeys.com/), etc secures your key Most secure way is use a different key per hardware device Corporate centrally manages SSH keys (FreeIPA, Active Directory) Central Management 09:20 Swisscows vs Duckduckgo - Cory DuckDuckGo is more private DuckDuckGo Privacy Policy (https://duckduckgo.com/privacy#s3) 12:00 Open Source Health Data Tracking - Alexei Open Hak (https://www.openhak.com/) Simblee 32bit BLE/MCU module 13:52 WiFi Phones - Charlie Great Idea I too am moving all communications to IP based 19:15 Gadget of the Week Axis M3067-P (https://www.axis.com/products/axis-m3067-p) 360° panorami

Steve Ovens joins us as we discuss the steam deck, Matrix getting 30 million in funding to polish the rough edges, and with Steve moving into a new house we talk about starting fresh! -- During The Show -- 00:45 Affiliate Link Typo - Chris Feel free to google the model and buy else where Lenovo Dock (Affiliate Link) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B07M6S81CM/?tag=minddripmedia-20) works with MAC OWC Dock (Affiliate Link) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JM3S5SJ/?tag=minddripmedia-20) preferred MAC dock 02:50 Unexpected IPv6 - Hesham IPv4 has NAT, firewall optional IPv6 no NAT, firewall required 06:15 ANS Telegram - Advait Geeklab.ninja (https://geeklab.ninja) no account required GeekLab Telegram (https://t.me/asknoahshow) GeekLab Matrix (#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) Matrix and Telegram are bridged 07:20 Resizing Windows Drives - Chris Use the windows partition manager Remove unnecessary files Disable Swap File Start>Settings>System>About System Advanced System Settings (About half way down) Click Settings Button Under "Per

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is warning of world in which no phone is safe from state-sponsored hackers. A new version of Plasma Mobile is out, and Valve has released a portable gaming device, running Arch with KDE! -- During The Show -- 00:30 What Noah uses - Jon Software Distro - Kubuntu/Fedora DE - KDE Plasma Terminator/Konsole Thunderbird Fastmail (Work) Proton Mail (Personal) VLC/MPV MakeMKV/Brasero QMMP MP3 Player KeepassXC (Personal) Bitwarden (Public) Virtual Box/KVM Libvirt Audacity Zoom/Jitsi Sublime Text (Work)/EncryptPad/Joplin/VIM/Kate Gimp (Images)/Inkscape (Graphic Design) Element/Nheko/SchildiChat (The turtle one) Okular Install Method - Flatpak, AppImage, Snap Phone Work - Galaxy S10/iPhone Personal - Nexus 6P with LineageOS Personal Disconnected device - Sony Xperia SailfishOS GPD Pocket on order Play Device - Pinephone In the Backpack (https://www.briggs-riley.com/products/at-work-large-cargo-backpack-kp436?variant=23744651132986&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhcmRou7y8QIV_2tvBB0BVQtpEAQYASABEgKzSfD

We've received a ton of email asking how to get off Gsuite, and what alternative providers are out there. This week we dig in and go through the top alternatives to Gsuite. -- During The Show -- 00:30 Another Gmail Migration Suggestion - Charims https://imapsync.lamiral.info/ (https://imapsync.lamiral.info/) email address: charims@pcwideopen.com 01:00 More Gmail Suggestions - Freddie Import mbox file into Thunderbird then export in the format you need 01:30 NFS/Freenas issue - Charliebrownau NFS shares broke with kernel 5.13 FreeNAS offers a snapshot solution to rollback 03:15 NFS - Gary Could be a NFS file locking issue 03:45 OpenMedia Vault - Cory Works great on a RaspberryPi LVM not working however 04:25 Pick of the Week Deskreen (https://deskreen.com/lang-en) Allows any device to be a second monitor Cross platform 05:30 Gadget of the week Pockethernet (https://pockethernet.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8uzvuovh8QIVs2xvBB2NdwIlEAAYASAAEgIsxfD_BwE) Smartphone connected Ethernet network analyzer Pairs via bluetoot

After a privacy policy update to Audacity, a FOSS audio editing software has been forked. Google is forcing new apps to use app bundles instead of APKs starting in August, and Jim Whitehurst steps down from his role just 14 months in. -- During The Show -- 01:00 User Responds to User RE: MBOX - Jay Mbox Viewer (https://github.com/eneam/mboxviewer) Supports files larger than 4G Export all attachments Export in EML Export all to separate EML 03:50 File permissions TrueNAS/NFS - Gray Check your permissions dataset - including child datasets NFS share FreeNAS/TrueNAS configuration is separate from the ZFS dataset 06:30 Matrix server question - Vladimir EMS (Element Matrix Services) Matrix is a server/client relationship Server - Synapse Client - Element Account portability/P2P is coming Dendrite Matrix Migration Tool (https://ems.element.io/tools/matrix-migration) 17:30 Feedback/thanks - Lukasz Thank You Noah 21:22 Email - Charlie Reacts to Audacity - Charliebrownau Why are governments/companies allowed to hijack

Mix has a new release, The Linux Foundation is working on an open voice network, the Baltimore PD surveillance plane has been shut down by a judge, and we share what we know about Windows 11, -- During The Show -- 00:45 Cost of RTL 308? - Philip RTL 308 (https://www.ruggtek.com/product/rtl-308/) RTL 310 (https://www.ruggtek.com/product/rtl-310/) I to am waiting on pricing 02:40 Networking Help - Jordan New DHCP lease also triggers a fresh ARP entry 05:00 Help Leaving Gmail - Lucas Use a IMAP + Email Client (like Thunderbird) to sync your mail, then use the email client to export a mbox file 07:55 Reflections on Ep 226 - Bhikhu Kernel.org post (https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/brcm80211) Github Script (https://github.com/hakerdefo/check-my-net) 09:20 Pick of the Week Allows you to turn any website/webapp into desktop app Web Catalog (https://webcatalog.app/) 12:00 Gadget of the Week Logitech Rally Plus (https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/video-conferencing/room-solutions/rally-ultra-hd-c

This week we're focusing on your questions! We take your calls, answer emails, and with the help of the community we solve some Linux problems! -- During The Show -- 02:40 Caller - Bret Vendor agnostic hybrid conference room Audio: Audio-Technica Pro (https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/168029-REG/Audio_Technica_PRO44_PRO_44_Hemi_Cardioid_Boundary.html) Video: PCI capture device (https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1247779-REG/blackmagic_design_bdlkduo2_decklink_duo_2.html) c920 webcam Amazon Affiate Link (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006JH8T3S/?tag=minddripmedia-20) c930e Webcam Amazon Affiliate Link (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CRJWW2G/?tag=minddripmedia-20) PTZOPtics (https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1401958-REG/ptzoptics_pt30x_sdi_gy_g2_30x_optical_zoom_3g_sdi.html) Axis Cameras (https://www.axis.com/products/network-cameras) 22:15 Caller - Tony Desktop graphics issues 25:55 Guide for installing AMD drivers? - Charlie Detailed Explanation (https://ask.fedoraproject.org/t/fedora-problem-war-thunde

Matthew Hodgson returns to the program to discuss the current state of Matrix and the exciting features that are coming! -- During The Show -- 01:40 Freenode Discussion There was a change in Freenode leadership Libera IRC (https://libera.chat/) was created IRC server software was changed, effectively killing all existing rooms Article from Conan Kudo (https://ariadne.space/2021/05/20/the-whole-freenode-kerfluffle/) 09:50 WiFi SSID Priority - Jordan RSSI "Received Signal Strength Indicator" 10:55 User feedback on Linux ERP Software - Luke Odoo (https://www.odoo.com/) 15:00 Interview with Matthew from Matrix.org Matrix team started in 2003 Hired over 30 people before a single UI/UX person Once the rough edges are shaved off the power of open source will cause it to explode Matrix team has approached development from a long term and ethical standpoint Communities was rushed through Covid helped to push EMS adoption (Commercial hosting by the creators of Element/Synapse/Matrix) 13 Governments, Education, Health

Kenny from Altispeed joins us to discuss applying the network concepts covered in episodes 226 and 231. Amazon is rolling out a new feature that's sharing your internet, and it's on by default. OBS, KDE, and Firefox all have new versions plus our gadgets and picks! -- During The Show -- 01:20 Controlling Multiple Computers? - Ryan HDMI Matrix switcher for monitors + KVM switch for keyboard, mouse, etc hardware based (good for locked down computer) depending on switchers used could accommodate more than 2 computers Synergy Website (https://symless.com/synergy) Synergy Github (https://github.com/symless/synergy-core) Barrier (https://github.com/debauchee/barrier) Open Source + free version of synergy Thunderbolt Docks Dell WD19TB Thunderbolt Dock (https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-thunderbolt-dock-wd19tb/apd/210-arik/pc-accessories) Recommended in ANS 215 Logitech MX Series Keyboard and Mouse 13:40 User responds to user from 234 - Amit Boom GitHub (https://github.com/snapshotmanager/boom) Red Hat Blog (