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Ask Noah Show Episode 304

20 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This hour Noah and Steve answer your questions, big picture mode on KDE, and living off-grid with solar panels!

Ask Noah Show 303

13 Sep 2022

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Noah and Steve answer your NAS questions, follow-up on Z-Wave devices, and appropriate responses for unwanted drones!

Ask Noah Show | Episode 302

06 Sep 2022

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Noah and Steve have recommended Z-Wave devices for home automation. What do you do when your home automation fails? What do you do when you suffer lat...

Ask Noah Show | Episode 301

30 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Open Source Has Won!

23 Aug 2022

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As we celebrate Episode 300 Noah and Steve dig into the difference in industry between 2017 when ANS launched and today. The landscape has changed con...

Providing Open Source Support

16 Aug 2022

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How do you provide open source support to business who use FOSS in production? If you're using FOSS in production you need support. Noah and Steve dig...

Playing with Kubernetes

10 Aug 2022

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This hour we focus on your feedback, Kubernetes, audio interfaces, and of course your weekly Linux headlines!

Introduction to Home Automation

26 Jul 2022

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Do you feel lost getting into home automation? This week Steve and Noah start from the beginning and give you a taste of what it takes to get a solid ...

Introduction to Home Lab Security

19 Jul 2022

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This week we talk about things you want to be aware of before putting self hosted services on the wide open internet!

Crowd Sourced Security with Philippe Humeau

12 Jul 2022

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Philippe Humeau joins us this hour to talk about CrowdSec - an IDS/IPS that uses crowd sourced information to evaluate threats on your network!

Getting Started with Container

05 Jul 2022

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This week we dig into containers and what it takes to get started working with them.

Fixing Crashing Containers

28 Jun 2022

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What do you do when your container crashes your host? Steve is back and we walk through this and other questions!

The Art of Troubleshooting

21 Jun 2022

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Troubleshooting is much more than solving problems. True troubleshooting is digging into the issue until you identify the root cause of the issue. Thi...

Rocket Chat Speaks Matrix!

31 May 2022

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Rocket Chat is the newest member of the Matrix family! Yet another open source communication platform adopts Matrix as their standard for federation.

Redundant Virtual Hosts

24 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What do you need to get a redundant virtual host system setup using Proxmox? We help Tony through this situation, as well as answer your questions!

Travel Laptop Security

17 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What precautions (if any) do you take when traveling with your electronics to another country or to a hacking conference? Noah and Steve dig into the ...

Choosing Servers...

10 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is focused on your feedback and your questions. Prebuilt NAS or custom built? Digital open source signage, and security camera recordings...

Ubuntu's Rolling Distro

03 May 2022

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Rolling Rhino Remix is an un-official Ubuntu flavour which converts the Ubuntu operating system into a rolling release Linux distribution. This solves...

There are rumors...in the Twittersphere

26 Apr 2022

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We spend most of the hour on your questions and your feedback. Elon Musk purchases and promises to make the platform more open!

Follow-up Round-Up

19 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week it's ALL feedback! We tackle your questions and your calls!

Medical Data Privacy

12 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Fitbit announced their FDA approval to detect atrial fibrillation in their wearable. What privacy and security concerns does this pose and what can y...

The Weaponization of Open Source

05 Apr 2022

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The Weaponization of Open Source is happening but does it enact real change or are we hurting the reputation of FOSS? We tackle your questions, your f...

Civil Engineering on LINUX!

29 Mar 2022

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Erik Lietz, PE from Oakridge Engineering joins the Ask Noah Show this hour to discuss running an an engineering firm on Linux! Does it work perfectly?...

Intro to Storage Part 2

22 Mar 2022

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In episode 274 we introduced you to block storage, in this episode we build on that to talk about storage types, and using those storage types with NA...

Happy Birthday Arch, btw

15 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week we take your questions then dig into the releases that are hot this week. KDE, Gnome, Pine64, and System76 all have something for you this w...

Home Labs Tips

01 Mar 2022

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In addition to answering your questions, this week Noah and Steve give you some tips and tricks to getting started with a home lab!

Introduction to Storage

01 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week we talk storage! The more we dig into this the deeper the hole goes. We start with an introduction and and overview but this one is likely t...

Migrating Matrix with 12K Users

08 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week we tried to migrate our Matrix instance to our own data center, it didn't go well. We discuss our mistakes and what our next steps are. Your...

Better Passwords with Bitwarden

01 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we talk with Bitwarden to learn more about this open source password manager.

Soft Skills & Cupcakes

25 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Improve your work environment by knowing yourself. How do you convince a customer or co-worker that their idea is a bad one? Google Analytics gets ano...

Networking Madness

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

You filled this hour with questions, we spent the hour answering them. From VLANS to point to point radios, this episode has something for everyone.

Tech Roundtable

11 Jan 2022

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Ringing In The New Year

04 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

An entire show packed with your questions! Noah and Steve spend the hour answering your calls, your emails, and your questions!

Modeling Open Source

28 Dec 2021

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Noah and Steve discuss the open source model and the potential consequences when companies that rely on FOSS solutions don't support them.

Log4Shell Security Alert!

14 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Log4Shell has set the internet on fire this week. Noah and Steve dig into the details of this vulnerability as well as discuss what you can do to miti...

Fun with Automation

07 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode we focus on your feedback. Steve describes automating his Christmas tree. We give you some tips for getting started with Home Assistant. ...

Moving to a Datacenter

30 Nov 2021

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In this episode Noah and Steve discuss migrating moving into a datacenter. Amazon Linux 3 is based off of Fedora, a new GPD Pocket 3 is out and is an ...

Mattermost with Ian Tien

16 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ian Tien joins us to discuss Mattermost, an open-source, self-hostable online chat service with file sharing, search, and integrations.

Alma Linux with Jack Aboutboul

09 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jack Aboutboul joins us this hour to talk about Alma Linux, a Red Hat Linux clone that is now doing what the former CentOS did prior to it becoming Ce...

Supply Chain Attacks

02 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Researchers at the University of Cambridge discovered a bug that affects most computer code compilers. Fedora 35 is out, Matrix is now offering a brid...

RISC-V with Stephano Cetola

26 Oct 2021

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RISC-V has been called the

Decrypting Privacy with Dr. Andy Yen

19 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 sq...

Self Hosting Hardware

12 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Google Funding FOSS Security

05 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Bots Emails and Calls

28 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 mi...

If it's not FOSS - Don't Host It

21 Sep 2021

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Even when you can self host it, relying on proprietary software can be challenging. This week Noah & Steve step through the latest self hosting option...

When E2EE is Moderated

14 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Facebook and WhatsApp users offered "end-to-end encryption" which most users interpret to mean that the parent companies couldn't view the content of ...

Pine64 with Lukasz Erecinski

10 Sep 2021

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Lukasz Erecinski joins us this hour to discuss Pine64 and their lineup of open source hardware for geeks!

Migrating a Network and a NAS

31 Aug 2021

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Patrick Emerson, director of IT from New Springs Church joins us to talk about their migration from their proprietary walled garden network and storag...

30 Years of Linux!

24 Aug 2021

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LibreOffice 7.2 is out, Gnome 41 Beta has been released, we talk streaming infrastructure, a must have networking tool for structured wiring, plus you...

Open Source Polish

17 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 b...

Apple Thinks Different About Encryption

10 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Starting Fresh: Part 2

03 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 expandin...

Selling Spyware

20 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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, an...

Gmail Alternatives

13 Jul 2021

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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 ...

Forked FTW

06 Jul 2021

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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 APK...

Digital Handcuffs

29 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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, an...

Calls Emails and Questions Oh My!

22 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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!

I Can Do That with FOSS!

25 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 br...

Matrix Spaces!

19 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Matrix has revamped communities into spaces! This brings Matrix in line with many other team collaboration software platforms. We talk about a correct...

Networking Part 2 with Steve Ovens

11 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

University of Minnesota BANNED

04 May 2021

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Linux Foundation drops the ban-hammer on University of Minnesota over controversial 'research' experiment but there's a twist, the code recently submi...

Ubuntu 21.04 Overview

27 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We dig into Ubuntu 21.04 latest release. 9 months of updates, dark theme, Pipewire and Wayland make this a fantastic release! We cover your feedback, ...

Fedora 34 with Matthew Miller

20 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 comi...

Fedora 34 Initial Impressions

30 Mar 2021

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Fedora 34 Beta is out with Gnome 40. This is a major rework of Gnome and the payoff was worth the wait!

Fighting for Human Rights with Tech

23 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Apple has rejected important updates to the ProtonVPN iOS app. This decision compromises the ability of the people of Myanmar to preserve their human ...

Arrested over Encryption

16 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Blackbird Secure Desktop

02 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Blackbird Secure Desktop is a POEWR9 system, a fully open source modern POWER9 workstation without any proprietary code. Plasma mobile has a new u...

Studying Gnome Users

16 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 V...

VR in the Metaverse

02 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 ne...

Red Hat's New Deal

19 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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. ...

Self-Hosting Your Platform

12 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Self-hosting has always been a good idea but when your platform doesn't want to serve you, we have some self-hosted options that will. A Reddit user h...

New Year New Releases

05 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We're kicking off 2021 with a bang! The KDE team has announced a new focus on Wayland and fingerprint readers. Cawbird 1.3 a native twitter client for...

Rocky Linux with Greg Kurtzer

29 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Greg Kurtzer executive director of Rocky Linux a bug for bug RedHat distribution joins us this hour to tell the story of CentOS and what his vision fo...

GeekLab Gift Guide

15 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

RedHat may have replaced CentOS Linux with CentOS stream but Gregory Kurtzer has launched his own replacement based as CentOS was on the RHEL source c...

CentOS Stream

08 Dec 2020

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CentOS is dead long live Centos Stream! CentOS Stream is a way of getting newer packages out to the community so developers have the latest and greate...

Getting Started with The Pinephone

01 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Pinephone might be the best $200 you can spend on a project for yourself or with your family. Now it's easier than ever to flash new operating sys...

Pipewire on Fedora

24 Nov 2020

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A proposal has been put forward to use PipeWire by default in Fedora. Neal Gompa Fedora contributor joins us to discuss! A new release of KStarts 3.5....

Defending Open Source

17 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

YouTube-DL is back on GitHub! GitHub has started a legal defense fund, and Plasma mobile has been released!

Fedora 33 Review

27 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Fedora 33 is out! We take Fedora for a test drive. There's a new project on the block that aims to make Containers easy to use for everyone! XDA has p...

Intro to CGroups with Steve Ovens

13 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Steve Ovens from RedHat joins to discuss CGroups! Manjaro Arm the new default on PineBook releases 20.10. We answer some self hosted photo options, re...

Fedora 33 with Matthew Miller

06 Oct 2020

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Matthew Miller joins the program to discuss Fedora 33! With BTRFS as the default file system, Gnome 3.38, and Fedora IoT an official Fedora Edition, t...

Ham Radio Linux Superstation

29 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We celebrate episode 200 by sharing our plans to serve the community better! Ham Radio has come a long way from tubes and dials. Alex Archer KC0REL jo...

Privacy Comes at a Price

22 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Microsoft releases Edge for Linux, the founder of ARM has starts a fund to "save ARM" from NVIDIA, and Facebook threatens to shut down it's access to ...

Age of AI

15 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The DLN crew joins Noah to discuss the $40B proposed deal NVIDIA and SoftBank announced a definitive agreement for NVIDIA to acquire Arm from SoftBank...

Amazon Bottlerocket's Distro

01 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Bottlerocket is a Linux-based open-source operating system that is purpose-built by Amazon Web Services for running containers on virtual machines or ...

Office in a Box

25 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Linux and virtualization have made operating your office out of a box a reality! It turns out smart doorbells are not such a smart choice, RedHat now ...

OpenPOWER Foundation with James Kulina

11 Aug 2020

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James is Executive Director of the OpenPower Foundation, joins us to discuss what's new with OpenPOWER. Mozilla is downsizing, an open source Linux h...

Face Recognition Nightmare

28 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Masks are being debated around the US and around the world but what do they do for privacy? China has facial recognition software that works even with...

Privacy Shield Invalidated

21 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The European Court of Justice invalidates Privacy Shield. The Court clarified for a second time now that there is a clash between EU privacy law and U...

Btrfs The Fedora Default Filesystem

07 Jul 2020

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The Btrfs team joins the Ask Noah Show to set the record straight. Btrfs is being used at Facebook and has been selected as the default filesystem for...

Privacy & Security Enhanced w/ Dr. Andy Yen

30 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Security and privacy is a moving target but ProtonMail is staying ahead of the curve. Join Dr. Andy Yen as he talks end to end encryption, the privacy...

The Future of SELF

23 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

SELF was remote this year but that means next year will be bigger than ever! More presenter rooms, more interaction from remote attendees. Jeremy Sand...

Matrix Madness

16 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matrix is the communications platform you've been waiting for. Sick of being on Slack, Telegram, IRC, and Signal? Join one platform to rule them all!

COVID-19 Privacy

27 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Google & Apple have released their answer to contact tracing and for once it seems like they may be taking the side of their users! Microsoft is addin...

Pop!_OS 20.04 with Carl Richell

19 May 2020

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Founder and CEO of System76 Carl Richell joins us to discuss their latest release of PopOS 20.04. This incredible release features auto-tiling and is ...

The Open Compute Project with Bill Carter

12 May 2020

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Bill Carter, the CTO of the Open Compute Project joins us to discuss a new way of building a rack for a data center. The OCP uses a tool-less, modern,...

TrueNAS Core 12 with Kris Moore

05 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Kris Moore joins us to talk about the upcoming release of FreeNAS. OpenZFS, per dataset encryption, new features that they've pulled from TrueNAS and ...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

28 Apr 2020

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The latest release of Ubuntu is out and it takes polish to a whole new level! ZFS support, security enhancements, snap packages and so much more!

Wireguard with Jason Donenfeld

21 Apr 2020

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Jason Donenfeld lead developer joins us this hour to discuss WireGuard, an extremely simple yet fast and modern VPN that utilizes state-of-the-art cry...