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ZFS with Allan Jude

15 Apr 2020

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Allan Jude author of the book FreeBSD Mastery joins us to discuss ZFS, backup strategies, system administration and so much more!

FOSS Alternatives to Zoom

07 Apr 2020

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Zoom is everywhere in the news. While they're doing their best to respond and resolve the issues users are finding - have you asked yourself if you wa...

Troubleshooting Like a Boss

31 Mar 2020

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WarheadSE and DagoRed join Noah this episode for a discussion on troubleshooting, the OSI model, and why Arch is a better distro for those who want to...

Better Web With Scroll

24 Mar 2020

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Firefox launches a new plan to bring revenue directly to websites without 3rd party tracking! Qubes OS is tackling the GUI domain, and a new professio...

EARN IT

17 Mar 2020

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A bill has been introduced that may require every message sent to be read by government-approved scanning software. AMD looks to court Linux gamers by...

AMD Security Flaw

10 Mar 2020

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An Intel-funded study found that AMD Processors including all Ryzen chips are vulnerable to side-channel security flaw. A fork of Signal messenger is ...

Full Memory Encryption

03 Mar 2020

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Intel promises full memory encryption in upcoming CPUs, Facebook becomes a premiere sponsor of the OBS project, and billions of wifi devices were open...

DNS over HTTPS

25 Feb 2020

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Mozilla has launched DNS over HTTPS (DoH) in their browser to protect the privacy of users by default! Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Introduces Bill To C...

Ultimate KDE Desktop

19 Feb 2020

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KDE is one of the most popular desktops available on Linux. Noah walks you through his KDE setup to get you started on your perfect Linux desktop!

Router Personality Disorder

11 Feb 2020

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There are so many good routers to choose from it's so hard to decide. There's good and bad with all of them. Unifi is back at it again with sending da...

Protecting Data From Physical Threats

04 Feb 2020

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Ten feet of water or 1000+ degrees, there's a box that will help you keep your data safe! Jim Whitehurst will become the President of IBM, and Korea i...

Internet of Spying

28 Jan 2020

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Ring is in the news yet again for sharing data with 3rd parties. How many people have access to your ring camera? The FSF has suggested Microsoft open...

Pinebook Pro Arrives

21 Jan 2020

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The Pinebook pro has arrived and Noah gives his initial impressions. SHA-1 is broken in a new way thats cheaper and easier.

Apple Tells the FBI "No!"

14 Jan 2020

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Once again the FBI has asked for Apple's assistance in breaking into a mobile device used by a mass shooter. Apple once again has told the FBI...NO!

Encrypted Calendar Solution

07 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Proton Calendar Beta is here! Firefox has a new version with enhanced privacy, and we take your calls from around the world on iot, vpns, and Ryzen!

10 Years of Network Lessons

17 Dec 2019

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Altispeed Technologies was formed on December 9th 2009 in Noah's basement. Since then he's grown it to a company that serves customers across the US a...

China Ditches Windows

10 Dec 2019

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China is ditching Windows by 2022. Wireguard is ready for Kernel 5.6, plus some great follow up discussion on IP cameras and Noah's review of the Syno...

IP Security Cameras

03 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ring, Nest, Dropcam, smart cameras are everywhere. Enhance your physical security space without compromising your network on this week's episode!

All About VPNs

26 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Private Internet Access is merging with Kape Technologies and the Internet isn't happy about it. We dive into VPN technology and give you some alterna...

Cryptoware Targets Linux

19 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Cryptoware is up 70% this year. This new cryptoware is particularly terrifying because it targets our Linux servers. Plus, a new browser that promises...

Unifi Phones Home with Telemetry

12 Nov 2019

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Unifi introduced new firmware that sends data from your network back to them. Networking and security questions, plus CubicalNate from DLNXtend joins ...

Too Much Choice

05 Nov 2019

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Microsoft has announced the release of Edge for Linux! Great news or is there a deeper discussion about too much choice? The Pinebook Pro is taking or...

Permanent Record Part 2: What You Can Do

22 Oct 2019

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Data collection and mass surveillance is all over the news and media. We dive into the specific tools and techniques you can use to stay safe from pry...

Permanent Record

15 Oct 2019

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Edward Snowden's new book is out and he makes a case for what you should be doing to protect your privacy. This is a packed episode with input from ca...

Facebook's Encryption Problem

08 Oct 2019

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In an open letter, government officials from the U.S., U.K. and Australia have asked Facebook to delay further deployment of encryption without “inc...

CentOS Stream

02 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

CentOS stream is Red Hat's answer to rolling distros. That leaves Debian and Ubuntu out in the cold! We discuss the pros and cons!

Network Choices

25 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Building your small or medium network requires careful thought. We chat with callers that all have different circumstances and requirements but the sa...

Huawei Ships Linux

17 Sep 2019

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Huawei’s struggles with the US government has resulted in them shipping certain models of the Matebook pre-loaded with Deepin Linux. Firefox has a V...

A Huawei and Protonmail Partnership?

10 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Bloomberg has reported that Huawei has formed a partnership with Protonmail to bring their app to Huawei phones. What does this mean for data privacy?...

SailfishOS

03 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ever dreamed of having a Linux laptop in the palm of your hand or in your pocket? That's a reality with SailfishOS. A downloadable Linux operating sys...

No Security Gains in 15 Years

27 Aug 2019

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A survey of more than 6,000 firmware images shows there has been little to no security improvement over the last 15 years. We dive into the practical ...

Destroying Data

20 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What do you do with those old drives after you're done with them? Don't DBAN them, there's a better way!

Network Equipment and Filesystems

13 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We dig into the ZFS, IP Security cameras, Routers! If it has to do with IT consulting, we talk about it!

Organizing Your Digital Life

06 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

How do you organize your digital life? No, not just your photos, videos, movies, and TV shows - how do you store and find the digital bits of your onl...

Ring's Secret Agreement

30 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ring is giving free cameras in exchange for access to a secret portal that police can use to obtain footage without a warrant.

Fedora's Snappy Future

23 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Fedora is dropping the snapd plugin from the Gnome Software Center! This is big news, but is it Canonical's loss or Fedora's loss?

Home Theater Design w/ Bob Carver

16 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

People who are familiar with Carver’s design work over the years will realize that Bob doesn’t just try to make the same products as everyone else...

Red Hat is still Red Hat

09 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The 34 billion dollar deal is finally complete! We dive into the particulars and a different view that you're seeing on the internet. Stefanie Chiras ...

A New Kind of Email w Drew DeVault

02 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Aerc is the new CLI email client on the block. Drew DeVault joins us to discuss. The Raspberry PI 4 is shipping but there are some things you might wa...

Canonical's 32-bit Problem

25 Jun 2019

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Canonical is returning 32-bit Ubuntu Linux support after a huge backlash from the gaming community. Ruth Suehle joins us to talk about Red Hat COLAB!

More FOSS Less Risk

17 Jun 2019

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Tom Gilbert, is our guest this hour. He is the Managing Director at Deutsche Bank, and joins us to discuss how Open Source Methodologies reduce risk a...

Linux Delta

17 Jun 2019

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We're live from Southeast Linuxfest 2019 and we have not one but TWO big announcements! This is a an episode you don't want to miss! The future of Lin...

Bootstrapping SELF

17 Jun 2019

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As we get ready to kick of Southeast Linuxfest 2019 Jeremy Sands and JT Pennington both join us to discuss SELF. As a lifelong Gentoo user, we finally...

Why SUSE Matters

04 Jun 2019

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Alan Clark, from the CTO office of SUSE joins us this hour to discuss the exciting things SUSE is doing and what the future looks like for them post E...

Hacking Baltimore

28 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Wright is our guest this hour. Chris is a Vice president and Chief Technology Officer of Red Hat. Chris has spent more than 15 years as a Linux...

Building The Future with Open Source

21 May 2019

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Melanie Shimano is our guest this hour. Melanie is an educator who uses open source tools to help students realize that they can impact the world.

Snapcraft with Alan Pope

01 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Publish your app for Linux users for desktop, cloud, and Internet of Things. That's the promise of Snaps but what exactly are snaps, what do they do, ...

Protonmail with Dr. Andy Yen

23 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Andy Yen, CEO of ProtonMail, a mail system that uses client-side encryption to protect email contents and user data before they are sent to Proton...

Locking it Down with Yubikey

16 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Venkat Venkataraju principal software engineer from Yubico joins us this hour to share the exciting new features and functionality Yubico is bringing ...

Innovative Podcast Workflows | Ask Noah Show 122

09 Apr 2019

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This week Michael Tunnell from Tux Digital joins us to share a creative new workflow for automating podcast production. Suse is claiming to be the lar...

Sway and Wlroots with Drew DeVault | Ask Noah Show 121

02 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This hour Drew DeVault joins us from sway and wlroots. OpenSSH 8.0 is about to be released and we'll tell you why this means a big increase in securit...

The Power of OpenPower | Ask Noah Show 120

26 Mar 2019

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In this weeks episode we air out interview with Hugh Blemings the executive director of the OpenPower Foundation. The OpenPOWER Foundation is an open...

Google Stadia | Ask Noah Show 119

19 Mar 2019

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Google announced its biggest move into the gaming space at GDC. Stadia, a streaming game service is designed to run on everything from PCs and Androi...

Gravitational Teleport | Ask Noah Show 118

12 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We give you the recap of ScALE this year and give you another option to manage your servers from a Web UI. Abraham Ingersoll joins us this hour and we...

An Ode to Haiku | Ask Noah Show 117

05 Mar 2019

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This hour we talk to Augustin aka Mr.WaddleSplash from the Haiku Project. The Haiku project is a Haiku is a free and open-source operating system com...

Closing the Linux Sale | Ask Noah Show 116

27 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Keith Perry open source business experts is back on the show tonight and we discuss strategies to sell open source solutions to your clients. It’s a...

The Linux Design Tool | Ask Noah Show 115

19 Feb 2019

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Alessandro Castellani joins us to talk about Akira, a native Linux app for UI and UX design built in Vala and GTK! Marc from the Southern California L...

Lesspass with Guillaume Vincent | Ask Noah Show 114

12 Feb 2019

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Guillaume Vincent is my guest this hour and we talk about Lesspass. Lesspass is a stateless password manager that differentiates itself in it’s simp...

Ethical Hacking with Bo Weaver | Ask Noah Show 113

05 Feb 2019

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Have you ever wanted to learn how to ethically hack into a system? Bo Weaver is our guest this hour and he walks us step by step on how to break into ...

New Software Everywhere | Ask Noah Show 112

29 Jan 2019

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Lubuntu Release Manager Simon Quigley joins us this hour to discuss the new Lubuntu Council. Kodi now has a game emulator, Canonical released Multipas...

Project Trident with Ken Moore | Ask Noah Show 111

22 Jan 2019

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Project Trident is a desktop-focused operating system based on TrueOS. It uses the Lumina desktop as well as a number of self-developed utilities to p...

Journey to a FOSS Career w/ Eric Hendricks

15 Jan 2019

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Eric Hendricks joins us to tell the story of how he went from "just an IT guy" to a Solutions Architect at GitLab! Dalton Durst from Ubuntu Touch join...

Self Hosting with Matt Opsahl | Ask Noah Show 109

08 Jan 2019

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Matt Opsahl is my guest this hour and we talk Self Hosting! Should KDE move to GitLab from Phabricator? Does Google decision to move away from the Lin...

Open Source Media Model | Ask Noah Show 108

01 Jan 2019

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JT Pennington joins us this hour to tell us about an exciting new way for independent content creators to use the open source model to create content!...

AMA Christmas '18 with Jason Plum | Ask Noah Show 107

26 Dec 2018

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Jason Plum from GitLab joins us on this special ask me anything version of the Ask Noah Show. We’re talking Kubernetes this episode!

Fedora with Matthew Miller | Ask Noah Show 106

18 Dec 2018

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Matthew Miller is our guest and we talk about my favorite Linux distribution, Fedora! NextCloud introduces their new "Social" feature. Microsoft has d...

FreeNAS with Kris Moore | Ask Noah Show 105

11 Dec 2018

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Kris Moore joins us to discuss the latest release of FreeNAS and what we can expect down the road! Linux.org was defaced and Coraline's personal info ...

All About WireGuard | Ask Noah Show 104

04 Dec 2018

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Have you ever wanted remote access to your home or office but didn't want the overhead of setting up a traditional VPN? WireGuard changes all that! Wi...

Red Hat Application Stream | Ask Noah Show 103

27 Nov 2018

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Red Hat has released the beta for RHEL 8 and it features an exciting new technology called Application Stream. Apple is being sued and SCOTUS will dec...

10 Year Ubuntu Support | Ask Noah Show 102

20 Nov 2018

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Brent Gervais joins us to share how he started a Linux and Open Source photography company. Canonical has announced that they are extending the suppor...

Weekly Linux Meetups | Ask Noah Show 101

13 Nov 2018

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This week we chat with Big Daddy Linux, a man who has spent his own time and money to build and online Linux meetup space. Samsung has announced Linux...

Celebrating 100 | Ask Noah Show 100

10 Nov 2018

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For 100 episodes The Ask Noah Show has delivered quality content every single week without exception. This week we celebrate this important milestone ...

ArcoLinux with Erik Dubois | Ask Noah Show 99

07 Nov 2018

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In this episode we make a bombshell announcement regarding the future of Ask Noah! Later in the hour Erik Dubois from ArcoLinux joins us to talk about...

Stump The Linux Chumps | Ask Noah Show 98

07 Nov 2018

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Our friends from Destination Linux join us and together we form the “Linux Chumps”! Can we be stumped? We think not, but your calls try anyway! Yo...

Microsoft Joins OIN with Patrick McBride | Ask Noah Show 97

06 Nov 2018

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The Open Invention Network is a shared defensive patent pool with the mission to protect Linux. On October 10th Microsoft joined the OIN so we invited...

SQLite with Richard Hipp | Ask Noah Show 96

03 Nov 2018

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If you have a device with an operating system chances are it uses SQLite. Richard Hipp is our guest this hour and he joins us to talk about their cont...

Community Night! | Ask Noah Show 95

02 Nov 2018

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Community hour is where we take some time to focus on you the listener! You set the topics, you ask the questions!

IBM Buys Red Hat | Ask Noah Show 94

30 Oct 2018

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In the largest software company acquisition in history, tech giant IBM has purchased Red Hat for 34 billion dollars.

The Open Source Broadcast Appliance | Ask Noah Show 93

27 Oct 2018

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Fred Gleason has worked for years to develop a open source Linux based broadcasting appliance. He joins us to discuss!

Linus is Back! | Ask Noah Show 92

26 Oct 2018

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Linus has taken a break while he worked on his tooling to be more socially acceptable. That time is over and Greg KH has officially handed the kernel ...

Business Backup Tips | Ask Noah Show 91

23 Oct 2018

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If you have data, that data should be backed up. If you own a business or manage the IT infrastructure for a business than your backup strategy needs ...

Building a WISP and CCTV | Ask Noah Show 90

16 Oct 2018

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It's family friendly, we promise! You know that Linux succeeded where others fail, but did you know that cam girls are turning to Linux for it's relia...

Privacy Matters | Ask Noah Show 89

09 Oct 2018

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Supermicro suffered a huge security breach that gave the Chinese government access to servers manufactured with Supermicro boards. This revelation has...

Kubernetes & Containers | Ask Noah Show 88

02 Oct 2018

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Have you ever wanted to know what containers and Kubernetes are all about? This week we try something new – Steve Ovens from Red Hat has produced a ...

Linus Takes a Break | Ask Noah Show 86

18 Sep 2018

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Linus Torvalds has decided he needs a break so he can understand people and their emotions better. The kernel has finally adopted a code of conduct ba...

Does This Make FOSS Better or Worse | Ask Noah Show 85

11 Sep 2018

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Does the

Better Than Google Titan | Ask Noah Show 84

04 Sep 2018

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Google is launching it’s own hardware security key for two-factor authentication but there’s a few major problems. From pricing, to security conce...

How to Get Hired at Red Hat | Ask Noah Show 83

28 Aug 2018

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Steve Ovens from Red Hat joins us to answer the question many of you have asked - how do you get hired by a company like Red Hat? Steve takes us throu...

Should We Care About Libre? | Ask Noah Show 82

21 Aug 2018

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We talk about Linux and Open Source, but is it far enough? Do we need to go all the way and push for everyone to use Libre freedom respecting software...

Firefox Made This More Secure | Ask Noah Show 81

14 Aug 2018

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This week firefox made waves by encrypting DNS entries making DNS more secure for everyone. We talk about IP cameras, gaming on Linux, and Steve Ovens...

The Truth About Southeast Linuxfest | Ask Noah Show 80

09 Aug 2018

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There has been a lot of rumors lately about Southeast Linuxfest. Outside pressure has been exerted in an effort to force the leadership of SELF to do ...

What You Need to Know about WireGuard | Ask Noah Show 79

07 Aug 2018

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When Linus says that he skimmed the code and it's so exciting that he's hoping it gets merged quickly, you know this is the next big thing in Linux. W...

Homeless to Web Developer Overnight | Ask Noah Show 78

31 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

How do you go from being homeless on the streets of CA to getting offers from Google, Amazon, and others? We discuss! The GPD team has released the 2n...

These Apps Make Linux Usable Now | Ask Noah Show 77

24 Jul 2018

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The year of the Linux desktop has become a cliché. In 2018 has a Forbes writer finally found a distro that has one click installs for every app he us...

Should You Ditch Linux for FreeBSD | Ask Noah Show 76

17 Jul 2018

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Chris Moore, and JT Pennington join the Ask Noah Show this week to answer the question what does BSD offer to attract Linux users over to their ball p...

Dell Precision 5510 Review

10 Jul 2018

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Many have tried and failed to manufacture a laptop that stops Apple's Macbook Pro in it's tracks! Has Dell finally done it with their Precision 5510? ...

Serving Customers Well | Ask Noah Show 74

03 Jul 2018

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This week on the Ask Noah Show we tackle the difficult discussion - is it okay for companies to collect data and when should you be worried about comp...

What You Need to Know about WPA3 | Ask Noah Show 73

26 Jun 2018

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There's new security out for WiFi. Noah takes you through exactly what you need to know to stay up to date. What does WPA3 offer over WPA2? How do you...

Talking Over IP | Ask Noah Show 72

19 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Ever wanted your own phone system? Maybe you want an intercom system for you house? How about the ability to use use an internet connected ham radio? ...

CopperheadOS Takeover Explained | Ask Noah Show 71

12 Jun 2018

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A hostile takeover has just happened to the Copperhead OS Project. Lead developer Daniel Micay has been fired by Copperhead CEO James Donaldson. Micay...