Ask Noah Show

This week we take a look at in in-vehicle OS that Red Hat is working on. -- During The Show -- 00:50 Intro 4th of July Mall of America "Patriots" continue "celebrating" 02:30 Graphic Cards and Distros Arch Linux brand new 5050TI Just waited and problem fixed it's self Bought a 5060TI 07:20 Certificate Management Certificates life going to 30 days or less Ansible AWX Semaphore (https://semaphore.io/) Had to fix some issues 12:35 Kubernetes - Nick Need to know how it works, Thanks! Not understanding technology creates problems Framework - David Laptop sizes Power requirements Steam deck 20:12 News Wire GNU Cash 5.12 - gnucash.org (https://www.gnucash.org/download.phtml) GNU Bash - omgubuntu.co.uk (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/bash-5-3-new-features) PERL 5.42 - perl.org (https://perldoc.perl.org/perldelta) DigiKam 8.7 - difikam.org (https://www.digikam.org/news/2025-06-30-8.7.0_release_announcement/) Geany 2.1 - geany.org (https://www.geany.org/news/geany-21-is-out/) Amarok 3.3 - nerds.xyz (https://nerds.

This week we discuss a proposal in Fedora 44 to remove support for 32 bit libraries. We address your Kubernetes questions and talk about 2-in-one laptops with touchscreens! -- During The Show -- 00:54 Intro VLANs on Linux Trunk into V-Host Not using NetPlan Using bridges to different ports 11:23 Kubernetes - Nick Steve and Open Shift The disconnect If you bring it, you are "the guy" You need to understand what you are running Write back in! As nerds we need to pull back the covers 21:00 How Noah got started with Linux Got it working Company paid to train Noah 22:42 News Wire xfsprogs - lwn.net (https://lwn.net/Articles/1026870/) Cryptsetup 2.8 - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Cryptsetup-2.8-Released) Docker 28.3 - docs.docker.com (https://docs.docker.com/engine/release-notes/28/) Rust 1.88 - releases.rs (https://releases.rs/docs/1.88.0/) Mir 2.21 - app.daily.dev (https://app.daily.dev/posts/mir-2-21-released-with-cursor-scaling-mouse-keys-support-dj8rkcvxb) Firefox ESR 140 - mozilla.org (https://

This week we ask the question, when is it okay to leverage technology you don't understand, and when should you work to acquire the underlying domain knowledge? -- During The Show -- 00:52 Intro Cut from the same cloth 02:12 When to Leverage Tools Will always be jobs for deep understanding Lets Encrypt shortening life of certs AWX story Why AWX Short term damage control Advice for someone else You have to understand the manual process Is it still possible to dig down? Clicking through UI skill set How much time do you spend down the rabbit hole 23:09 News Wire Open ZFS 2.3.3 - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenZFS-2.3.3) Open ZFS 2.2.8 - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenZFS-2.2.8-Released) Darktable 5.2 - darktable.org (https://www.darktable.org/2025/06/darktable-5.2.0-released/) QtCreator 17 - qt.io (https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-17-released) Nano 8.5 - gnu.org (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2025-06/msg00003.html) MKVToolNix 93.0 - mkvtoolnix.download (https://m

-- During The Show -- 00:52 Intro Being around people can be draining SELF presentations Steve helping Noah get into "hosting" Strong personalities No Windows "badge of honor" New streaming and recording system 10:10 NixOS Feedback - Eloy Vimjoyer Video YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEovNpg7J0M) udiskie NixOS Package (https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=25.05&show=udiskie&from=0&size=50&sort=relevance&type=packages&query=udiskie) Home Manager Eloy's NixOS Config GitHub (https://github.com/egara/nixos-config) Brick wall head banging NixOS experience 17:14 UPS - Tobias Grid tie solar systems Smaller UPS causing breaker to flip Chicken UPS UPS may not be needed PDU with "protected" power switch Not all UPS will solve power surges APC "800lbs Gorilla" Consider the cost and ability to replace UPS battery CyberPower 15A Rackmount PDU Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/CyberPower-CPS1215RM-Basic-Outlets-Rackmount/dp/B00077IG3O) APC Line Interactive CDW (https://www.cdw.com/product/apc-smart-ups-1500va-l

This week we're live from SELF and we talk about being reliant on yourSELF! THE Alan Hicks joins us to talk about keeping your skills sharp and learning the base domain knowledge. Special Guest: Alan Hicks.

X11Libre is a fork of xorg, do the developers of xorg not want xorg to continue? This week Steve and Noah give you the details of what can only be described as a weird situation. SELF is coming up this weekend, Steve, Noah and executive producer JT will be there and we hope to see you! -- During The Show -- 00:52 Intro Two ways of traveling Noah's airline story Personal entertainment Ente (https://next.ente.io/) 10:28 Self This year is "retro year" old tech could be loaded anything requiring sign in can't be used retro swap Free admission Free HAM radio test Free HAM cram session Lan Party GPG Signing party HAM Radio Meshtastic 22:22 XLibre Project to continue the Xorg display server Xorg developed over several decades Xorg server client model Wayland comes in less developement in Xorg, more in Wayland Freedesktop.org Lots of merge requests closed People running RHEL just take what comes down the pipe Cool that they are improving not just keeping it alive theregister.com (https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/1

Akash Srivastava & Mairin “Mo” Duffy join the Ask Noah Show to talk about Red Hat's approach to AI models. -- During The Show -- 00:45 Intro Talking about christmas gifts Presentation season Christmas time 03:30 Communicating Technical Things Who are you talking to Willingness to learn Knowledge for Knowledge sake Steve's process for teaching We all compare to things we know Building vocabulary How to know an idea isn't landing What do you aim for time wise 10:28 Red Hat Granite Models Small Language Model Language and Code Model Indemnify the Model What is an Open Source Model? Models are not software Weights Why smaller models for enterprise use? Tuning models Why monolithic vs agentic AI? Is it better to train your own model? Beam search and inference time scaling Why InstructLab? InstructLab safety rails HuggingFace, InstructLab, formats AI in general use -- 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 das

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