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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 (

Containers are amazing but managing them one by one can be a nightmare! Steve Ovens joins us as we discuss the best way to manage container workloads with tools like OpenShift and OKD. -- During The Show -- 01:12 - Dave Follows up from EP 212 - Dave Avantree Bluetooth (https://avantree.com/usb-bluetooth-audio-transmitter-for-pc-avantree-dg80) Play/Pause works Volume Buttons change headset volume not desktop volume Mic is clear Not USB-C Another Dongle Volume issues in Mic mode 03:45 - Multitrack recording under Linux? - Ryan Get Jacked from JB (https://github.com/JupiterBroadcasting/GetJacked) RME is considered High End Studio uses Axia (https://www.telosalliance.com/Axia/Livewire-AoIP-Networking) Try Pipewire on Fedora Try using individual USB Audio devices Scarlett 18i8 3rd Gen USB Audio (https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Scarlet18i8G3--focusrite-scarlett-18i8-3rd-gen-usb-audio-interface) 11:00 - Managing a Cert Authority - Mike Jamielinux.com link (https://jamielinux.com/docs/openssl-certificate-auth

Inkscape has a new release, ChromeOS 91 will support Linux apps out of beta. Sublime Text 4 is out with new features, we look at a peer to peer web browser and we take Natron an open source animation compositor for a spin. -- During The Show -- 01:00 - Accessing Database from website - Steven Nextcloud (https://nextcloud.com/) 64 Audio (https://www.64audio.com/) 05:30 - User responds to TP/Ubiquiti conversation Grand Stream GWN7600 (https://www.grandstream.com/products/networking-solutions/wifi-access-points/product/gwn7600) 10:30 - User Warns about electronic entry gear - Agustin Agustin's Links YouTube Link (https://youtu.be/XXW27KKHtc8) PDF Download (https://www.assaabloyopeningsolutions.pl/Local/PL/Support/manuals/HID/HID%20EntryProx%20Instrukcja%20rev_C_ENG.pdf) Look at Pages 15,16,17 PDF Download (https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1255902/Hid-Entryprox.html) Look at Page 19 & 20 PDF Download (https://files.elfsight.com/storage/71171a08-7b7d-459a-92c0-9b5c5d8a7c35/cefea687-cd1c-499f-818b-f9e70b70155c.pdf

Matrix has revamped communities into spaces! This brings Matrix in line with many other team collaboration software platforms. We talk about a correction to ipv6 privacy, video editing on a Chromebook, Rocky Linux release, and more! -- During The Show -- 00:26 Response to IPv6 segment - Rafal IPv6 has 3 specifications to make the IP address private Combine and Hash the MAC with the IP before adding it Use things like install time, start up time, etc Make it random with every connection 03:50 Dealing with Container Volumes - Jon Explore Kubernetes Check out OKD (http://okd.io/) 06:20 - College Advice - Matt Technical writing is more likely remote More Companies looking for network security consultants 11:20 User Responds to 227 Issue - Andy Ryzen CPU issue Change the "Power Supply Idel Control" in the BIOS Bugzilla Link (https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196683) 12:20 Portfolio File manager made for Linux mobile Github (https://github.com/tchx84/Portfolio) Gnome Blog Article (https://blogs.gnome.org/

In this episode Steve joins us again to discuss networking. Building on the knowledge from our last episode we dig further into ipv6 and other network technology! -- During The Show -- 01:00 - VLAN question - Scott Management VLan is for admin not printers etc Set the switch to only allow access on the management VLan Use firewall rules to allow or deny cross VLan access 08:10 - Replace Unify with TP Link Omada? - Charlie Checking it out, will get back to you 09:00 - Just FYI problem accessing Wireguard tutorial - Paul New Wireguard Tutorial (http://ost.altspd.com/kb/faq.php?id=201) 09:30 - What Router Should I buy? - Nik Netgate SG-1100 (https://shop.netgate.com/products/1100-pfsense) 12:15 IPv4 Broadcast traffic - sends a packet to everyone, not forwarded by routers Broadcast Domain - Any computer that can hear a broadcast packet ARP Table - Table that matches switch port to mac address Computers also keep ARP Tables - Including Host Name, MAC Address, IP Address Rebooting a switch will cause it to rebuild

Linux Foundation drops the ban-hammer on University of Minnesota over controversial 'research' experiment but there's a twist, the code recently submitted was not part of the research. We feature open source firmware for IP cameras, an all in one access control solution, and SUSE got bought again :) -- During The Show -- 00:45 - Ubuntu and Kernel upgrade question - Michael sudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-20.04 Once a year run the purge kernels command Auto remove does not always remove old kernels by default sudo apt autoremove --purge 08:40 - OpenSuse Tumbleweed laptop sleep issue - JJ cat /sys/power/state Arch Linux BBS (https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=250712) 10:50 - TV Device Recommendations - Simon Nvidea Shield (https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/shield/) Raspberry Pi + OpenElec (https://openelec.tv/) Logitech keyboard trackpad combo k400 (https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/keyboards/k400-plus-touchpad-keyboard.html) Cat5 HDMI (https://www.amazon.com/Extender-OREI-Balun-Audio-Optical/dp/B0

-- During The Show -- 01:00 - Software to control keyless locks? - Dave FreePBX (https://www.freepbx.org/) 3CX (https://www.3cx.com/) VoxTelsys (https://voxtelesys.com/) Wiegand Standard (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiegand_interface) Honeywell Netaxs 123 (https://www.security.honeywell.com/access-systems-solutions-demo/netaxs) Honeywell WinPak (https://www.security.honeywell.com/product-repository/winpak) Kerisys System (https://www.kerisys.com/) HID Edge EVO (https://www.hidglobal.com/products/controllers/edge-evo)(Said Vertex during the show sorry) 12:55 Caller - Tony Q: What Hypervisor do you use? A: Cockpit (https://cockpit-project.org/) Cockpit Intro (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/intro-cockpit) Ansible Role to install and configure Cockpit (https://galaxy.ansible.com/linux-system-roles/cockpit) Linux System Roles Project (https://linux-system-roles.github.io/) Q: How do you choose Wireless AP placement A: Right way - get a signal scanner A: Cheap way - Use an App like WiFiAnalyzer (https://f-droid.

Matthew Miller joins the show to talk about next week's release of Fedora 34, with Gnome 40 and Pipewire there is no shortage of exciting changes coming to the distro. We take your calls, and emails and answer questions! -- During The Show -- 00:50 Multi-Hard Drive Install - M.X.U. If you have the same make/model make sure you know your serial numbers 04:00 Sony WH-1000XM4 headsets help? - Richard 06:00 Headphone recommendation? - Chris Frequency Range Human Range 20-20,000 hz Sony WH-1000XM4 Sampling rate - 44.1 khz is nearly imperceptible to the human ear Wireless requires Encoding/Decoding which can degrade quality CD quality is much better than mp3, FLAC and WAV can be "uncompressed" Driver Unit Size Generally larger driver = better sound quality Multiple small drivers can out perform a single large driver Passive/Isolation vs Active Noise Cancellation Active - generates opposite wave from to cancel out noise Passive/Isolation - Simply tries to block outside noise 1st Choice Sony WH-1000XM4 (https://www.s

This episode is all about questions. Networking, home automation, problems booting, we have it all this week as we dig through the email inbox and take your phone calls! -- During The Show -- Garage Door Notifications - Shawn Modern doors have open/closed status Standalone door sensor & tie into access/security system Vista 20P panel (https://www.resideo.com/us/en/pro/products/security/intrusion-panels--systems/hybrid-systems/vista-20p-control-panel-vista-20p/) Chalk board pictures - Reed Q: Photo Camera for chalkboard A: Document camera A: Okio Document Camera (https://www.amazon.com/OKIOCAM-Documents-Recording-Time-Lapse-Definition/dp/B0827LLG8P/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=document+camera&qid=1618353994&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzMUgxTlU1U1VCMlY2JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNDAyMDAyMlpaQzVTTkwwQ0pMSyZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMTI2ODY0Mlo0REpSMkRLQTcyWSZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=) A: FFMPEG one liner ffmpeg -f video4linux2 -i /dev/v4l/by-id

Everyone uses a network to access the internet, but how well do you understand the network you use? In this episode Steve Ovens joins us to give a basic network overview as well as answer questions you sent in! -- During The Show -- 02:00 Setting up Network Segment Reverse Proxy - Cameron Nginx Reverse Proxy (https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/web-server/reverse-proxy/) Kernel networking Issue - James BCM4354 WiFi Card RPM Fusion Link from Conan Kudo (https://koji.rpmfusion.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=18141) Should we all use IPV6 IPV6 is only being deployed in Telcos Short Answer No How to Wireguard into my network? 10:50 FireJail FireJail (https://github.com/netblue30/firejail) Sandboxes applications using native Linux Kernel features Open Source Requires 3.x+ Kernel Bubblewrap (https://github.com/containers/bubblewrap) Alternative to FireJail Steve Ovens Talks/Articles Linux Namespaces (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/7-linux-namespaces) Mount Namespaces (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/mount-namespac

Fedora 34 Beta is out with Gnome 40. This is a major rework of Gnome and the payoff was worth the wait! -- During The Show -- -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard (http://podcast.asknoahshow.com/225) 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] as

Apple has rejected important updates to the ProtonVPN iOS app. This decision compromises the ability of the people of Myanmar to preserve their human rights by submitting information to the UN. We discuss a FOSS IT inventory and asset system, and a Raspberry Pi based tablet! -- During The Show -- 00:30 Accounting Software - Greg GNU Cash (https://gnucash.org/) FOSS Every Dollar (https://www.everydollar.com/) Put out by Dave Ramsey Web App/Service Freemium KMyMoney (https://kmymoney.org) From the KDE Project FOSS Good UI HomeBank (http://homebank.free.fr/en/index.php) Recomendation from the chat room 06:50 Questions around Peertube - Charlie OVH (https://www.ovh.com/world/) subsidized by Canadian government VPS Sizing Network Bandwidth Disk Size CPU/RAM Peertube Docs Install (https://docs.joinpeertube.org/install-any-os) Activity Pub (https://docs.joinpeertube.org/api-activitypub) Docs Home (https://docs.joinpeertube.org/) DNS Use your registrar's DNS Setup individual A records SSL/TLS Buy a cert Use LetsEncry

A federal grand jury today returned an indictment against the Chief Executive Officer and an associate of the Canada-based firm Sky Global on charges that they knowingly and intentionally participated in a criminal enterprise that facilitated the transnational importation and distribution of narcotics through the sale and service of encrypted communications devices. System 76 has a new professional desktop, the Linux Foundation has a new open source signing tool that could make secure software supply chains universal. -- During The Show -- 00:30 LumoSQL - Dan Youtube Link 1 (https://youtu.be/CMJ0OMYtIGk) Youtube Link 2 (Https://LumoSQL.org/src/lumosql) Youtube Link 3 (https://youtu.be/uyyqtPA5sS4) 02:00 Listener Responds to SSH Questions - Roger man ssh_config Cyberciti Article (https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/create-ssh-config-file-on-linux-unix/) 03:00 Off Site Backup suggestion? - Alex Rsync Snapshots Bluray Archive Disks (https://www.amazon.com/Archival-Verbatim-M-Disc-Inkjet-Printable/dp/B01B99WWXI/ref=

Major tech companies are buying electronic components made from minerals mined by children, and forced labor. Ryan DasGeek joins the Ask Noah Show to discuss what's happening in the tech industry and how you can vote against it with your wallet. -- During The Show -- 01:15 Good SSH Connection Manager? - Jamie Use a centralized jump host for logging/authentication (SSSD&FreeIPA) Use Putty (https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/) Integrate with KeepassXC (https://keepassxc.org/) Teleport (https://goteleport.com/) 06:30 Possible to forward broadcasts between VLANs PFSense? Becareful to not create broadcast storms/loops UDP-Proxy (http://www.vttoth.com/CMS/index.php/technical-notes/63#Appendix) 10:45 Router recommendation? - Larry Unifi USG Requires controller/Cloudkey If controller goes offline you can't manage your network Netgate SG-1100 (https://shop.netgate.com/products/1100-pfsense) + PFsense (https://www.pfsense.org/)/OpnSense (https://opnsense.org/) 15:00 Firewalld/UFW & Apparmor/SELinux Debi

The Blackbird Secure Desktop is a POEWR9 system, a fully open source modern POWER9 workstation without any proprietary code. Plasma mobile has a new update out, we talk bluetooth headsets, VoIP phone systems, and a one handed keyboard! -- During The Show -- 01:00 nVidia shield and blocking google DNS - Zack Try setting up DNS on your router Run PFSense/OpnSense in a VM, use that to block DNS requests to Google, pass on legit requests to a PiHole 05:15 VOIP Recommendations for Home Phone? - Dennis Use a Trunk Provider Voxtelesys Hosted Option (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah/221) Self host a 3CX PBX (https://www.3cx.com/) FreePBX (https://www.freepbx.org/) Asterisk (https://www.asterisk.org/) #### 12:45 Caller - George Best Slide show App? Make Video in KdenLIVE (https://kdenlive.org/en/) LibreOffice Impress (https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/impress/) HedgeDoc Slideshow mode Antenna for TV? Apmlified Digital Antenna (https://www.amazon.com/Latest-Amplified-Digital-Antenna-65-80/dp/B07FVLXHYV/ref=sr_1_3?d

The Gnome team is revamping multi-monitor support. Firefox 86 is released and features Total Cookie Protection to make cross site tracking more difficult increasing user privacy. Kodi 19 has landed with a lot of new features around metadata and a better music interface. -- During The Show -- How to rename USB Audio interface? - Steve pacmd update-sink-proplist alsa_output.usb-c-Media_electronics_inc._USB-Audio_Device-00.analog-stereo.2 device.description=What-We-Call-It-Now Self Hosted Music - Sloth56 Ampache (http://ampache.org/) Funkwhale (https://funkwhale.audio/) Self host or managed services - Mike Good Email providers ProtonMail (https://protonmail.com/) Tutuanotoa (https://tutanota.com/) Fastmail (https://www.fastmail.com/) 18:15 RHCSA Training - Adam Getting to ask questions is good Classes can create community In person training is best Udemy Course Link (https://www.udemy.com/course/red-hat-certified-system-administrator-rhcsa-8-boot-camp/) VTC (https://vtc.com/) is almost as good as official Re

The Gnome design team conducted a research project to better understand their users. The results were surprising! We'll give you an update about the Vero 4K, a FOSS app to track your GPS history. -- During The Show -- 01:15 IT War/Disaster Stories Call Out Got IT horror stories, let us know! We want to do an episode on them Email live@asknoahshow.com 02:00 Jon caller Emailed about Noah's soft spot for Red Hat Latest thoughts on System76 PopOS! Home Lab/Docker Questions 12:40 Vircadia VR Responds to Episode - Vadim FOSDEM Talk (https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/vircadia/) 13:50 Building an Online Presence - Joel Don't buy lifetime services/domain names - Not sustainable business model register4less.com Don't buy a domain in your real name A records - mail.mydomain.com nextcloud.mydomain.com etc.mydomain.comment Redirects mydomain.com/server1 mydomain.com/server2 Start with a web server, lessons learned apply everywhere 21:00 User responds for MS SQL - Richard rdiff-backup - like rsync with history Other

Have you ever dreamed of having a virtual enviorment that can simulate the real world in, have meetings in, and connect with others in. Firefox has new protections for supercookies, ubuntu has a new installer out, and CloudLinux has a beta out of AlmaLinux. -- During The Show -- Red Hat License - Jon RedHat exists to make a profit, and they need to RedHat spends money to support open source that they could take home/pocket RedHat handled the release poorly and cut the release cycle short RedHat has been a good friend of the community The new model makes more sense, but was poorly communicated 11:00 Element vs Rocket - cheskel Element/Matrix Pros: Decentralized Federated Integrated with other services (Bridges & Widgets) End to End Encryption 15:00 Pick of the Week Funkwhale (https://funkwhale.audio/#get-started) Decentralized Selfhosted Spotify Makes music social again Why host your own? Because of things like this (https://www.compsmag.com/news/technology/spotify-patents-technology-to-recommend-songs-based-o

With all the changes Google is making there's never been a better time to to self host your own stuff! This week we dive into replacing Google Photos! -- During The Show -- 00:45 Minutes In Email 1 - Setting up Federated service instance - Brian What decentralized services could you support using a $5 Droplet or similar virtual server? It is never be set and forget Built in backups are good but don't rely on them What can run on a $5 DO Droplet No - Peertube needs more resources Yes - Mastodon can run, might want more resources Sorta - Matrix could but really should have more resources Yes - Tor relay works really well Yes - VPN node works really well Best practice to run each service on its own VPS 06:50 Minutes In Email 2 - USB WiFi 5 or 6 Dongle? - Cory Edimax MU-MIMO-EW (https://www.amazon.com/Edimax-Adapter-Supports-MU-MIMO-EW-7822ULC/dp/B01MY7PL10/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=Edimax+AC+wireless&qid=1611698824&sr=8-4) Plugable WiFi Adapter (https://www.amazon.com/Plugable-Wireless-802-11n-Network-RTL8188

RedHat is expanding the developer program making it easier than ever to access RHEL! Now individuals can run 16 RHEL servers under this new program. Brian Exelbierd joins us this hour to discuss this new program and how it addresses many of the concerns raised in the transition from CentOS to CentOS Stream. -- During The Show -- Email 1 - Signal vs Telegram - Eddie Telegram vs Signal for messaging? Telegram client is open source and supports Linux Telegram server is closed source Signal is more secure but requires a phone number Phone numbers can reveal your real identity Moxie Marlinspike (Matthew Rosenfeld) - really particular about 3rd party clients, makes it not very inviting link (https://github.com/LibreSignal/LibreSignal/issues/37#issuecomment-217211165) Not so great when your playing with alternative operating systems (SailfishOS PostmarketOS), Signal has to make a client, rather than just supporting an API Use Element/Matrix Setup your own server Sign up for paid hosting EMS (https://element.io/plan