Episode 375: Ask Noah Show 365 | Ajit Pai

How do you balance the stress of tech with the benefits? Noah and Steve dig through the delicate issue of work life balance. -- During The Show -- 01:00 Migrations Complete! $22/month on EMS to $50/month Self Hosted 02:30 Ajit Praise - Cory Their are cultural differences between Japan and the US Most of us want "maximum absence of coercion" People have different views of "justice" Internet going from luxury to necessity in a generation Still learning the effect of internet and technology Book recommendation The Master Switch (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/194417/the-master-switch-by-tim-wu/) Moral compasses Things are moving fast in multiple directions 12:40 Django vs PHP - Joe Batteries included approach Open Source Tech Training Overview (https://opensourcetechtrn.blogspot.com/p/open-source-tech-training-overview.html) Our Note Organizer (GitHub) (https://github.com/JoeMrCoffee/OurNoteOrganizer) 15:40 Naelr from Mumble Suggestion: iRedMail (https://www.iredmail.org/) Suggestion: MailCow (https://mailcow.email/) Mail in a Box (https://mailinabox.email/) Noah has not decided to self host email Going on 3 months of Microsoft unable to send email to Yahoo 23:20 Smart Vacuums - Charlie Tech should be there from me Some smart vacuums can be locally controlled via MQTT Home Assistant integration Some smart vacuums can be "flashed" NY Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/technology/roomba-irobot-data-privacy.html) Digital Trends (https://www.digitaltrends.com/home/how-to-map-house-with-roomba/) 28:00 News Wire OpenSUSE systemd-boot - OpenSUSE (https://news.opensuse.org/2024/03/05/systemd-boot-integration-in-os/) Tails 6.0 - Beta News (https://betanews.com/2024/02/27/tails-6-0-linux-privacy-big-brother/) KDE 6 Update - How To Geek (https://www.howtogeek.com/kde-6-update-plasma-desktop-linux/) Gnome Variable Refresh Rate - GitLab (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/merge_requests/1154) GDB 14.2 - Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Debugger-GDB-14.2) Shotcut 24.02 - GitHub (https://github.com/mltframework/shotcut/releases/tag/v24.02.29) Gparted 1.6 - Source Forge (https://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/files/gparted/gparted-1.6.0/) Distrobox 1.7 - Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Distrobox-1.7) Linux 6.8 Back on Track - The Register (https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/04/linux_6_8_rc_7/) Ubicloud AWS Alternative - Tech Crunch (https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/05/ubicloud-wants-to-build-an-open-source-alternative-to-aws/) AMD's HDMI 2.1+ Rejected - Tech Radar (https://www.techradar.com/pro/amd-just-had-its-proposition-for-a-new-open-source-hdmi-driver-rejected) GTPDOOR - The Hacker News (https://thehackernews.com/2024/02/gtpdoor-linux-malware-targets-telecoms.html) BIFROSE - The Hacker News (https://thehackernews.com/2024/03/new-bifrose-linux-malware-variant-using.html) 29:25 Balance of Technology Shut off all devices for 1 Day Noah has staff You have to have a passion for IT to work in IT Example of a day off win Work Life Balance Steve's experience Turning off the device and walking away can be the best choice It can be challenging Turn the box off Responsibility/Stimulus Noah's experience and reaction Finding a win Cancel Culture Face to Face vs Online communication Book Recommendation Irresistible (https://www.amazon.com/Irresistible-Addictive-Technology-Business-Keeping/dp/1594206643) -- 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/379) 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] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed)

This week Noah and Steve celebrate some open source wins, answer your open source questions, and talk about the Linux and open source news of the week! -- During The Show -- 01:13 Creating Training Content - Jeremy Clients will not send you questions ahead of time Customization is work Traditional training Custom corporate training Business models 08:32 Running Docker as non-root - Joshua What putting your user in the docker group does Depends on what you are trying to achieve Passing the docker socket into a container Running daemons as root Mandatory Access Control Podman 13:50 Security Camera Recommendations - Kevin Reolink POE Axis Product Selector (https://www.axis.com/support/tools/product-selector) Axis Lens Calculator (https://www.axis.com/support/tools/lens-calculator) 18:15 HVAC Auotmation - Kevin DIY Johnson Controls (https://www.johnsoncontrols.com/) Very expensive Very proprietary Honeywell RedLINK 22:47 Manjaro Question - Chris Launch application from the command line Write in if you can help! 24:36 Smart Home Concerns - Micah Privacy Concerns X10 was horrible Use purpose built components Things should last 10+ years Putting things on the network Network island 32:09 News Wire Firefox 123 - Mozilla (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/123.0/releasenotes/) Ardour 8.4 - Ardour (https://ardour.org/whatsnew.html) RawTherapee 5.10 - RawTherapee (https://rawtherapee.com/downloads/5.10/) Sway 1.9 - Git Hub (https://github.com/swaywm/sway/releases/tag/1.9) Tiny Core - Tiny Core Linux (https://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,26861.0.html) NTSYNC RFC - Its Foss (https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-gaming-boost-driver/) Steam Audio Apache-2.0 - Foss Force (https://fossforce.com/2024/02/valve-releases-steam-audio-as-open-source/) Ubuntu 22.04.4 - Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-22.04.4-LTS-Released) More Libreboot Hardware - 9 to 5 Linux (https://9to5linux.com/libreboot-open-source-bios-uefi-firmware-adds-more-hardware-support) SSH-Snake Weaponized - The Hacker News (https://thehackernews.com/2024/02/cybercriminals-weaponizing-open-source.html) Gemma AI Models - Fortune (https://fortune.com/2024/02/21/google-new-family-open-source-ai-models-gemma/) AWS Mistral - Venture Beat (https://venturebeat.com/ai/aws-will-add-mistral-open-source-ai-models-to-amazon-bedrock/) Seeking Input on AI Guardrails - Washington Examiner (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2866026/biden-administration-on-rules-for-open-source-artificial-intelligence/) 34:00 USB-C Docks Minimum viable battle station USB-C refers to the physical connector Thunderbolt Controller Thunderbolt 4 dock backwards compatible with USB Noah's home dock (https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/accessories-and-software/docking/docking_thunderbolt-docks-(universal-cable-docks)/40b00300us?cid=us) Anker USB-C dock (https://www.amazon.com/Anker-PowerExpand-Adapter-Delivery-Ethernet/dp/B08NDGD2V5) 40:50 Mikes Boxes US delivery address for Canadian customers Django framework for building applications open source legos Python works, batteries not included Customizing things can be difficult Frameworks are good for 80% of use cases Once a maintainer (https://onceamaintainer.substack.com/p/once-a-maintainer-david-wobrock) Greatfull to all the people in open source Talk Python To Me (https://talkpython.fm/) Episode 437 (https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/437/htmx-for-django-developers-and-all-of-us) Episoide 428 (https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/428/django-trends-in-2023) Episode 379 (https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/379/17-libraries-you-should-be-using-in-django) 48:10 AT&T Botched Update Offered $5 Noah didn't notice Ticket Master worked on GrapheneOS -- 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/378) 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] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed)

This week Simon Quigley, and Rick Timmis from Kubuntu join the Ask Noah Show to talk about the issues surrounding Kubuntu and what the path looks like going forward. -- During The Show -- 01:18 Ajit Pai Feedback - Chris The question is "when to regulate" Purpose of govt is to protect people Bad situations exist Internet is becoming essential 05:58 Self Hosting Email - Jon Dealing with black lists stinks Security is a moving target Project like Nextcloud incorporates email Down time responsibility Noah is NOT in the "go host your own email boat" Simon's Cisco link (https://blogs.cisco.com/security/february-1-2024-a-date-all-email-senders-should-care-about) Email security requirements 13:34 FrePBX and Firewalls - Austin Sangomakb Knowledge Base (https://sangomakb.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FP/pages/12124292/Asterisk+and+FreePBX+Deployment+Questionnaire) FreePBX has evolved Don't expose anything you don't have to Noah's home setup Voxtelesys & 3CX 17:15 Long Term Backups? - Charlie Don't store long term data on flash media Used drives can be ok 3-2-1 Rule Test your backup 18:49 SkoobaSteve Over the Air TV HDHomeRun Network TV Self host TV 21:38 News Wire Linux Kernel CNA - Kroah.com (http://www.kroah.com/log/blog/2024/02/13/linux-is-a-cna/) Firefox 123 - Mozilla (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/123.0/releasenotes/) Auto cpufreq 2.2.0 - GitHub (https://github.com/AdnanHodzic/auto-cpufreq/releases) Miracle-wm - GitHub (https://github.com/mattkae/miracle-wm/releases/tag/v0.1.0) Louvre 1.2.0 - GitHub (https://github.com/CuarzoSoftware/Louvre/releases/tag/v1.2.0-2) RISC-V Kernel Builds - Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/RISC-V-With-Clang-LTO-Linux-6.9) Asahi & OpenGL - Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/asahi-linux-projects-opengl-support-on-apple-silicon-officially-surpasses-apples/) Apple Insider (https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/02/15/asahi-linux-conformant-to-opengl-46-opengl-es-32-on-apple-silicon-macs) E-Gov Diia - Twitter (https://twitter.com/fedorovmykhailo/status/1757693273269788997?s=46&t=7ugGYitUqcbsg7Y6lXRo-w) freenginx fork - Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/02/nginx-key-developer-starts-a-freenginx-fork-after-dispute-with-parent-firm/) Wi-Fi Auth Bypass - Security Week (https://www.securityweek.com/new-wi-fi-authentication-bypass-flaws-expose-home-enterprise-networks/) Migo Malware Campaign - Info Security (https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/linux-malware-migo-targets-redis/) Ivanti Pulse Secure Weaknesses - The Hacker News (https://thehackernews.com/2024/02/ivanti-pulse-secure-found-using-11-year.html) Ubiquiti Routers Infected - Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/02/doj-turns-tables-on-russian-hackers-uses-their-malware-to-wipe-out-botnet/) Cohere Aya Model - Siliconangle (https://siliconangle.com/2024/02/13/cohere-ai-unveils-aya-multilingual-open-source-ai-101-languages/) 24:38 Kubuntu Interview Rick Timis Kubuntu Consular/Community Manager Simon Quigley Kubuntu Member What happened? What would have been the future of Kubuntu? How did Rick get involved? Bringing the consul together What does Kubuntu look like going forward? Is Kubuntu considering the new flutter installer? Downstream vendors/use cases Kubuntu hardware partners/vendors Kubuntu support JPL Helicopter 40:40 Cloud vs Self Hosting Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/wyze-cameras-gave-13000-people-unauthorized-views-of-strangers-homes/) Can you blame Wyze for not securing the feeds? Wyze cameras go offline due to AWS 3rd party caching client 2nd leak in less than 6 months If code is not open source, no one can raise the alarm Eufy lied about not uploading data Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/11/eufys-no-clouds-cameras-upload-facial-thumbnails-to-aws/) If it's not client side encrypted, it can be leaked The Register (https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/20/wyze_admits_13000_users_allowed_feed_access/) Centralization of services Open source can be fixed Closed source, helpless If you care about privacy, host it yourself on open source 51:10 Chat room feedback Plex and Jellyfin can be used as HDHomeRun receiver 51:30 Kubuntu Design Contest Kubuntu Design Contest (https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-graphic-design-contest/) -- 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/377) 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] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed) Special Guests: JT Pennington and Simon Quigley.

How do you setup an IP camera doorbell to call your phone? Can Windows decrypt gpg files and should you store those on a network share? It's a packed episode with your questions and our answers! -- During The Show -- 01:50 Noah's Cloud Experience Paramount attaches to google account Google locks out account Experience was terrible even when it was working Artificial barriers encourage piracy Google continues to charge card after closing account 07:20 Nextcloud Issues - David Apple shuts down 3rd party sync iPhone automation to fire the Nextcloud app Add CardDav/CalDav account Contact sync guide (https://docs.minddripone.com/how-to/nextcloud-ios-contact-sync/) Check "pathing" Report the issue to container maintainer What the Nextcloud all in one container does Pulls down other containers "black box" 15:54 Encrypted files help - Joshua Master source of truth Attackers target samaba shares PGPtool (https://pgptool.github.io/) ZFS encrypted volume and manually load/unload key Encrypted containers Veracrypt (https://www.veracrypt.fr/code/VeraCrypt/) KDE Vaults Purpose of encryption Write back in with use case! 24:52 Linux Consulting? - Jeremy Make sure your employer is cool with it Networking Look in the community Job boards 31:54 Home Assistant & Door Bells - Eddie Riolink python library (https://github.com/ReolinkCameraAPI/reolinkapipy) Use Home Assistant automation Noah's setup Generic SIP = phone portion Generic RTMP = Camera portion Generic GPIO = Control 38:51 Niche Distros Can be special snowflakes Nobara (https://nobaraproject.org/download-nobara/) Based on Fedora Made by glorious eggroll folks GoboLinux (https://gobolinux.org/) Why not just use "configure package" on base distro? Appliance distros have their place ElementaryOS (https://elementary.io/) Endless OS (https://www.endlessos.org/os) 50:38 EMS Migration EMS responsive, great docs No insight EMS left instances running past shut down date Don't run two servers at once -- 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/376) 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] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed)

Ajit Pai, the former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission joins Noah and Steve to discuss regulation at the federal level and how we best frame our laws to promote innovation and the freedom of the internet. -- During The Show -- 00:58 Noah Helps Son's Friend Buys bits at a time Went Linux vs $200 Windows Walked him through all the steps Made a recovery script 03:20 Glenn From The Geek Lab Switched away from Mail in a Box Went to Mailcow Your experience with blacklists? 04:48 Penguin From The Geek Lab Bunny CDN? Open Source going strong Open source friendly options Why you may need a CDN 06:27 Mobile Operating Systems Many devices still need android drivers Sailfish OS Incremental improvements still being made 07:50 Inventree Inventree (https://inventree.org/) Divides purchasing and selling Manage Suppliers BOM Management 08:58 News Wire GNU C Library 2.39 - Source Ware (https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2024-January/154363.html) Helium OS Public Alpha - Helium OS (https://www.heliumos.org/blog/post/the-first-alpha-version-of-heliumos-10-is-publicly/) OnlyOffice - Only Office (https://www.onlyoffice.com/blog/2024/01/onlyoffice-docs-8-0-released) LibreOffice 24.2 - Document Foundation (https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/24.2) Scribus 1.6 - Scribus (https://www.scribus.net/scribus-1-6-0-released/) Mesa 24.0 - Freedesktop.org (https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2024-February/226138.html) Ubuntu 24.04 & Linux 6.8 - OMG Ubuntu (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/ubuntu-24-04-linux-kernel-6-8-likely) KaOS Linux 2024.01 - 9 to 5 Linux (https://9to5linux.com/kaos-linux-2024-01-released-with-a-pure-kde-plasma-6-based-environment) Nitrux 3.3 - NXOS (https://nxos.org/changelog/release-announcement-nitrux-3-3-0/) SUDO on Windows Server - Bleeping Computer (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-is-bringing-the-linux-sudo-command-to-windows-server/) PKL Programing Language - Tech Radar (https://www.techradar.com/pro/apple-just-launched-a-new-open-source-programming-language) Glibc Flaw - The Hacker News (https://thehackernews.com/2024/01/new-glibc-flaw-grants-attackers-root.html) GNU C v2.39 - Source Ware (https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2024-January/154363.html) AI2 Full Open Source LLM - Axios.com (https://www.axios.com/2024/02/01/allen-institute-for-ai-fully-open-source-large-language-model-olmo-7b) Protect AI Integrates LLM Guard - csoonline.com (https://www.csoonline.com/article/1303232/protect-ai-adds-llm-support-with-open-source-acquisition.html) Hugging Face AI Assistant Maker - Venture Beat (https://venturebeat.com/ai/hugging-face-launches-open-source-ai-assistant-maker-to-rival-openais-custom-gpts/) Mistral CEO Confirms Leak - Venture Beat (https://venturebeat.com/ai/mistral-ceo-confirms-leak-of-new-open-source-ai-model-nearing-gpt-4-performance/) 10:50 Ajit Pai Interview What was your big picture of the FCC when you were appointed? Why advocate for less regulations and what were the results? Where does the line fall between FCC and elected officials? Does regulation stifle innovation? What are you views on net neutrality? Where is the line between giving authority to state and local government vs the FCC? Internet/last mile providers and internet backbone ICS in prisons Is there any reason why internet couldn't facilitate low cost communications in prisons? Can you see a time where the federal government puts in internet infrastructure? AI and robo calls and texts What can you speculate about the FCC and frameworks for licensing space stations engaged in in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (ISAM) Where do you see the future of ham radio? FCC.gov (https://www.fcc.gov/news-events/notes/2024/01/24/february-2024-open-meeting-agenda) NY Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/14/technology/net-neutrality-repeal-vote.html) Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/11/ajit-pai-blames-cher-and-hulk-actor-for-ginning-up-net-neutrality-support/) FCC PDF (https://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2013/db0809/DOC-322749A4.pdf) Events coming up Texas Linux Fest Linux Fest North West Scale SELF -- 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/375) 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] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed) Special Guests: Ajit Pai and JT Pennington.

This week Noah and Steve dig into alternatives to Axis for cameras. What can you buy that won't break the bank, but also has open source compatibility? Your questions go to the front of the line, and what if NextCloud had an email backend? -- During The Show -- 01:10 Steve's WiFi/SSID problem Double NAT theory MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) 03:43 Mail-in-a-box - Joe Mail-in-a-box uses Nextcloud components Office in a box Center around files or email Nextcloud conversation Roundcube (https://roundcube.net/news/2023/11/30/nextcloud-the-new-home-for-roundcube) Microsoft support/blocking entire yahoo domain Mail partnership Write in about self hosted email 15:15 HDMI Capture card - Fred Blackmagic Decklink HDMI (https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1464918-REG/blackmagic_design_bdlkdvqdhdmi4k_decklink_quad_hdmi_recorder.html) No guarantee drivers will continue to be published PCI bandwidth Blackmagic Decklink Duo (SDI) (https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1247779-REG/blackmagic_design_bdlkduo2_decklink_duo_2.html) Quad Bus USB Card (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07WCQ64RN) Decimator (https://www.amazon.com/Decimator-MD-HX-Converter-Scaling-Conversion/dp/B00QPRGGCS) VDO.ninja (https://vdo.ninja/) 20:17 Affordable USB DMX Controller - TwoBit DMX vs RGBW Hardware controllers DMXKing USB Adapter (https://www.amazon.com/DMXking-UltraDMX-MAX-Adapter-Dongle/dp/B0C7HHYK18) QLC+ (https://www.qlcplus.org/) MIDI control WLED WLED DMX output doc (https://kno.wled.ge/interfaces/dmx-output/) Orbs, LED Walls, Christmas lights Chat Recommendation Enttec Open DMX USB (https://www.amazon.com/Open-DMX-USB-Interface-Controller/dp/B00O9RY664) Thank You TwoBit! 27:25 News Wire Vanilla OS 2 Orchid Beta - Vanilla OS (https://vanillaos.org/blog/article/2024-01-30/vanilla-os-2-orchid-beta-is-here) Ubuntu Touch OTA-4 - Ubports (https://ubports.com/en/blog/ubports-news-1/post/ubuntu-touch-ota-4-focal-release-3916) Firefox 122 Google Meet Fix - Fedora Project (https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/firefox-122-workaround-to-fix-google-meet-issue/103667) Ubuntu 24.04 Aiming for 6.8 Kernel - Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-24.04-Will-Use-Linux-6.8) NVIDIA 550 - Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-550.40.07-Linux) OpenWRT One - Toms Hardware (https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/routers/openwrt-aims-to-finialize-its-dollar100-openwrt-one-open-source-router-design-and-specification) Game Boy Homebrew - Gaming on Linux (https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/game-boy-homebrew-scene-alive-and-well-thanks-to-the-open-source-gb-studio/) EU Cyber Resilience Act - Adafruit Blog (https://blog.adafruit.com/2024/01/24/eus-cyber-resilience-act-passes-with-wins-for-open-source-opensource-python/) White House Report - Cyber Scoop (https://cyberscoop.com/white-house-securing-open-source-software/) Vivante NPU - CNX Software (https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/01/25/vivante-npu-amlogic-a311d-open-source-driver-mesa/) Eco Libre Report - Eco Libre (https://www.eco-libre.org/2023-annual-report/) Google Cloud and Hugging Face - Data Center Dynamics (https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-cloud-and-hugging-face-partner-for-open-source-ai/) New Greener AI Models - Tech Xplore (https://techxplore.com/news/2024-01-microscopic-images-source-software-ai.html) Code Llama 70B - Venture Beat (https://venturebeat.com/ai/meta-releases-code-llama-70b-an-open-source-behemoth-to-rival-private-ai-development/) 29:00 Dash Boards Being more "pro" at home Dashy (https://dashy.to/) Only tracks web end points Beautiful UI Prometheus, Grafana Uptime Kuma (https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma) Strikes a middle ground Variety of "end points" Tracks over time Layout Settings stored in SQlite file Has an API Use case Setup 38:27 Alternative Cameras Axis Great Expensive Hard to find mounts RioLink Lots of conflicting information Depends on the model Steve bought ReoLink E1 Outdoor Pro Home Assistant auto detected ReoLink Lots of sensors Has "tracking" and "motion detection" Home Assistant can update firmware Has FTP setting RioLink (Amazon) (https://www.amazon.com/Security-Detection-Assistant-Recording-RLC-510A/dp/B08F568BH1) RioLink PiPy API (https://github.com/ReolinkCameraAPI/reolinkapipy) Get a POE based camera You get what you pay for Do Not buy these cameras! Hikvision/Dahua - The Intercept (https://theintercept.com/2021/07/20/video-surveillance-cameras-us-military-china-sanctions/) Eufy - Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/02/ankers-eufy-admits-problems-with-unencrypted-video-access-pledges-overhaul/) Ring - EFF (https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/01/ring-announces-it-will-no-longer-facilitate-police-requests-footage-users) Used Axis is cheaper anyway Get cameras that follow a standard (ONVIF) ONVIF Conformant Products (https://www.onvif.org/conformant-products/) GeoVision (Amazon) (https://www.amazon.com/Geovision-GV-EBD4704-Eyeball-Camera-Microphone/dp/B0B99L7FJT) Camera longevity -- 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! 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This week we revisit the idea of self-hosting your own email server. For years both of us have been against it, with the current state of "cloud" mail providers, maybe it's time to reconsider. Noah and Steve dig into new research that suggests some concerns with kids using tech at a young age. -- During The Show -- 00:52 Steve's Question Can't load sites on WiFi AP unless on a VPN Write in! 02:00 Noah on Hosted Email Hosted O365 Client filed ticket Entire yahoo.com email domain not working Microsoft doesn't know how to fix it Wed 2pm - Today (Tues) a little back and forth Still not solved Got a slew of useless troubleshooting links Noah can't fix the problem Mail in a box 08:37 New OSS Firmware for Zigbee - Charlie Open source Zigbee firmware GitHub (https://github.com/ffenix113/zigbee_home) CNX-Software Article (https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/01/22/zigbee-home-esphome-like-firmware-project-for-zigbee-devices/#comments) May enable open source firmware on new devices 11:40 Vulnerability Scanners - Steve OpenSCAP (https://www.open-scap.org/) Clair (https://github.com/quay/clair) Wazuh (https://wazuh.com/) Wazuh Vulnerability Detection Doc (https://documentation.wazuh.com/current/compliance/nist/vulnerability-detection.html) Wazuh Open SCAP how it works Doc (https://documentation.wazuh.com/current/user-manual/capabilities/policy-monitoring/openscap/how-it-works.html) Ethical Hacking steps MetaSploit (https://www.metasploit.com/) Lynis (https://cisofy.com/lynis/) 19:15 Ubuntu Pro? - Mike Paying for things identifies you Responsible disclosure Ubuntu Pro reduces vulnerability time Free for 5 machines Ubuntu Membership (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership?_ga=2.92395613.1311670255.1706052065-1441348239.1698795823) 25:18 Blocking websites & Can you recommend linux? - David Sophos XG for Home Noah recommends sophos HARDWARE not software Elementary OS, Debian, etc Go with the spin of your favorite desktop How to install MS Windows with out account Elementary OS is polished Arch Linux, to dig in 33:38 News Wire KVIrc 5.2 - KVIrc (https://www.kvirc.net/?id=news&story=2024.01.14.19.25.1.story&dir=latest⟨=en) Firefox 122 - Mozilla (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/122.0/releasenotes/) Proton 8.0 5th Patch - GitHub (https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/releases/tag/proton-8.0-5c) Fish 3.7.0 - GitHub (https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/releases/tag/3.7.0) Pulse Audio 17 - Freedesktop.org (https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/17.0/) Wine 9.0 - Wine HQ (https://www.winehq.org/news/2024011601) - Gaming on Linux (https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/wine-9-0-brings-much-improved-windows-app-and-game-compatibility-to-linux/) Bazzite v2.2 - Gaming on Linux (https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/steamos-alternative-bazzite-v22-out-now-with-lots-of-enhancements/) Sparky 2024.01 - Sparky Linux (https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-2024-01/) AV Linux 23.1 - Band Shed (https://www.bandshed.net/2024/01/14/av-linux-23-1-enlightened-released/) Linux Mint 21.3 Edge ISO - Linux Mint (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4635) MX Linux 23.2 - MX Linux (https://mxlinux.org/blog/mx-23-2-libretto-released/) BPF Updates - The News Stack (https://thenewstack.io/bpf-opens-a-door-to-linux-dynamic-scheduling-maybe-with-rust/) Multiple Severe AI Vulnerabilities - Security Week (https://www.securityweek.com/critical-vulnerabilities-found-in-ai-ml-open-source-platforms/) Facebook AGI - Forbes (https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2024/01/18/zuckerberg-on-ai-meta-building-agi-for-everyone-and-open-sourcing-it/?sh=6d24aaf74eab) 35:10 Noah's Experience Gives kids ride home Explains budgeting Offers hardware on hand Build's Ryzen tower Windows vs Linux Installs Linux Sad state of affairs Get to kids before indoctrination The Epoch Times Article (https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/the-silent-epidemic-eating-away-americans-minds-5560857) Depression in teens Getting worse Steve's discussion with a young person Effect of COVID Screen vs in person Screens and psychological disorders 48:28 Firefox Releases DEB Mozilla Blog Post (https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/4-reasons-to-try-mozillas-new-firefox-linux-package-for-ubuntu-and-debian-derivatives/) DEB gets faster updates than snaps Hard to move architectures Hard to find all edge cases 9 to 5 Linux (https://9to5linux.com/how-to-install-firefox-as-a-deb-package-in-debian-ubuntu-or-linux-mint) 51:42 CSA Open Letter From Matrix Lots of companies signed Matrix Blog Post (https://matrix.org/blog/2024/01/open-letter-csa/) 52:52 AV Linux Real cool Music Nerds write in! -- 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! 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This week Noah and Steve talk monitoring dashboards! Get a single pane of glass for your house! A discussion about proprietary garbage, and answer your questions. -- 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/372) 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] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed) Special Guest: JT Pennington.

This week Daniel Schaefer joins Ask Noah and we talk about the design of the Framework laptop and upcoming 16" version of the laptop. We answer your questions, and tell you about a newbie friendly terminal emulator! -- During The Show -- 01:45 Sharing Passwords - Anthony Send data/info via multiple channels Nextcloud Passphrases 07:40 Axis Camera Feedback - Dominik AXIS M3075-V Motion Detection on camera No need for proprietary software 11:16 Pi Hole Problems - Anthony Blocked or not, same amount of traffic Windows on separate/guest network Try a debloat script 15:00 controld for dns - Mohammad Controld (controld.com) Steps Get subscription from controld.com In controld.com, define a device with your desired settings, and then add DoH providers to the block list Set up dnsdist as DNS forwarder Configure DHCP to point devices to dnsdist Configure NAT on the Mikrotik to redirect all UDP/TCP DNS requests to dnsdist Configure the firewall to block the known DoH IPs 19:54 Zwave Power up - Tiny Normally shows up quickly Interrogation takes time Pair close to the controller Battery devices may go to sleep Network remaps/self heals every ~ 1.5 days 22:40 Video over WiFi Don't do video over WiFi STI NDI Bandwidth 1.5 Mbps min 3 Mbps for SD 5 Mbps for 1080p 25 Mbps for 4K 26:00 Station Broadcast System Streaming box Ubuntu OBS Quad STI Card Quad USB Bus Streams to Owncast Embedded Matrix chat Repeat-ability Making it an appliance Move assets on to a web end point Linux Admin way Ansible pull and systemd timers Custom flatpak Bitfocus stream deck 39:30 OBS Pull Request Github pull request (https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/pull/10043) lots of back and forth Should have been closed due to OBS COC Is OBS playing gatekeeper? OBS is not blocking Kick Write or call in! 44:00 News Wire Solus Linux 4.5 - GetSol (https://getsol.us/2024/01/08/solus-4-5-released/) MKVtoolnix 82 - MKVtoolnix (https://mkvtoolnix.download/windows/releases/82.0/) Calibre - Calibre (https://download.calibre-ebook.com/7.3.0/) Vim 9.1 - Vim (https://www.vim.org/vim-9.1-released.php) Firewalld 2.1 - Firewalld (https://firewalld.org/2024/01/firewalld-2-1-0-release) CmdlineGL - Nrdvana (https://www.nrdvana.net/cmdlinegl/) Linux Mint 21.3 - Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Mint-EDGE-To-Linux-6.2) Linux 6.7 - OMG Ubuntu (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/01/linux-kernel-6-7-new-features) GNU Linux-libre 6.7 - Lists GNU (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2024-01/msg00004.html) Rust Toolchain, Linux 6.8 - Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Upgrade-For-Linux-6.8) x86-64-v3 RHEL 10 - Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/RedHat-RHEL10-x86-64-v3-Explore) Thelio and AMD Threadrippers - How to Geek (https://www.howtogeek.com/system76-thelio-major-zen-4-threadripper/) 45:15 Framework Laptop Interview Daniel Schaefer How did the Framework come about? How did you get involved? Laptop dis-assembly Hardware kill switches 14" vs 16" What work is left on the 16"? USB-C Expansion protocol 3rd party products Published expansion card spec 51:48 Gen-Z Terminal Emulator Waveterm (https://www.waveterm.dev/download) Start with basics, work your way up Installer is a zip file -- 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/371) 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] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed) Special Guest: JT Pennington.

This week Noah and Steve dig back through 2023 and give you a Home Automation Year Roundup! We look at your questions throughout the year and evaluate how we would answer those questions today! -- During The Show -- Future Home Automation 5 inch tablets M5Stack Speakers Steve's 2023 Purchases Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 (Amazon) (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09KXTCMSC) Sonoff S40 Lite Zigbee Smart Plug (Amazon) (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09LV53X62) Zigbee 2 Channel Smart Relay (Amazon) (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B979N75C) Eco-Worthy Linear Actuator (Amazon) (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NM8H5PA) Aqara Door Sensor (Cloud Free) (https://cloudfree.shop/product/aqara-door-and-window-sensors/) Aqara Temperature Sensor (Cloud Free) (https://cloudfree.shop/product/aqara-temperature-and-humidity-sensor/) WiFi vs Zigbee High Availability GHome Smart WO2 Smart Outlet (Amazon) (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09JZBJPS4) Shelly Plus 1 (Shelly) (https://www.shelly.com/en-us/products/shop/shelly-plus-1-ul) Shelly Plus 1PM (Shelly) (https://www.shelly.com/en-us/products/shop/shelly-plus-1-pm-ul) Shelly Plus 1 Mini (Shelly) (https://www.shelly.com/en-us/products/shop/shelly-plus-1-mini) No longer flashing shelly devices Shelly Plus Addon (Amazon) (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BRBMKB53) 50ft 360 LED Waterproof Rope Light (Amazon) (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VBKFQ1C) WS2811 LED strings (Amazon) (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08DFM651D) seedstudio mmWave sensor (Aamzon) (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CLDHZWV8) ATOM Echo Smart Speaker (M5 Stack Speaker) (https://shop.m5stack.com/products/atom-echo-smart-speaker-dev-kit) Voice control Ring Contact Sensors (Amazon) (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08KWPB2TR) Updates 21:25 Noah's 2023 Experiences Started with X10, very bad Lutron, reliable HASSIO new "source of truth" Integration wins Axis front door camera GridCards 5 inch touch screen (Amazon) (https://www.amazon.com/ELECROW-Raspberry-Touchscreen-Monitor-HDMI-Compatible/dp/B07FDYXPT7) Instant (proprietary) vs Delayed (open standard) reaction Better way of doing things (Node-RED) Direct connection vs intermediary 34:20 Steve's 2023 Experiences Axis PTZ camera ONVIF LED lighting flashing Tiny tweaks, big wins Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 controller ZHA to Zigbee2MQTT Zigbee in general Cloud Free smart plugs Plastic sprinkler timer Shelly warranty service Amazon Seller Yantech Amazon Seller Xiaxuanke 45:20 Commercial Home Assistant Spouse approval factor vs Commercial 47:15 2024 Projects Motion sensors in switches just work Power monitoring in the box Noah's Dad's house Scene switch suggestions - write in! Expanding Volumio (https://volumio.com/en/) 53:40 Zigbee/Zwave Question: - Zac Local devices on registered frequency - best way Zigbee & ZWave Advantages of Wifi 57:20 Light Automation: John Inadvertently resetting Noah's can lights Each light on it's own dimmer Control with home assistant Past answer Sensing switches 1:01:30 Garage Detector/Leak Sensor - Shawn Automates the lights Past answer Honeywell magnet sensor Pressure switch 1:04:30 Smart Thermostats - Ryan Centralite Pearl thermostat (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KVDFRGC) Venstar Thermostat (https://venstar.com/thermostats/) Honeywell Redlink system Past answer 1:08:51 Smart Door Locks - Eddie Axis A1001 R10 mini reader MiFare 2 Standard New system no longer has web UI Axis 8105 Past answer 1:13:40 Replace Home Security System with Home Assistant - Jeremy Home Assistant has Haven't used it Alarm relay Honeywell security system -- 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/370) 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] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed) Special Guest: JT Pennington.