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Noah J. Chelliah

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  • 53 minutes 52 seconds
    Episode 389: Ask Noah Show 389

    This week Matt Hicks the CEO and President of Red Hat joins the Ask Noah Show to talk about AI! We answer your questions about how to get a voice point-to-point link, plus we'll tell you what we're thinking for SELF.

    -- During The Show --

    00:50 SELF Announcements

    • Ironing out meetup details
    • AMA session
    • War stories
    • Steve's talks
    • Retro installs

    04:00 Landline to Wireless? - JM

    10:20 News Wire

    11:35 Matt Hicks Interview

    • Matt Hicks - Red Hat CEO
    • How does Red Hat stay on top of new technologies?
    • Future of AI?
    • 90s Linux mindset?
    • AIX
    • Service aspect, solving customer problems
    • Making the software work for the customer
    • People want on prem
    • Involving open source community
    • Open source and AI
    • How does Red Hat stay competitive with massive AI models?
      • IBM and AI
      • Know where you get your data from
      • Small highly trained models
    • Matt Hick's geek projects
      • Door Bell
    • Matt Hick's Daily Driver
      • Fedora 40
      • Dell laptop

    29:38 KeePassXC

    • Debian developer removed functionality from KeePassXC
    • Debian developer refused to restore functionality
    • KeePassXC developer pushed people to use FlatPak
    • We trust distro maintainers
      • We don't want to do it our selves
      • Largely thankless job
    • Functionality is necessary in today's age
    • It's a package not a plugin
    • Talk to the software developer first?
    • Why not have a separate "secure" package?
    • At some point you have to allow user choice
    • What does "stable" mean?
    • Noah's Flatpak Remmina
    • Flatpak themeing
    • Linux IAC
    • Debian.org

    45:00 Endless OS 6

    • Based on Debian 12
    • Gnome 43
    • Pipewire audio
    • Endless OS offline for Noah's kid
    • Endless OS is opinionated
    • 9 to 5 Linux
    • System 76 and Pop! OS

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    15 May 2024, 1:00 am
  • 59 minutes 44 seconds
    Episode 388: Ask Noah Show 388

    This week Matthew Miller joins the program from Red Hat Summit and we learn about Fedora 40.

    -- During The Show --

    00:50 Red Hat Summit

    • In Colorado
    • Corporate vs Community events
    • Red Hat feels like the "big brother of open source"
    • Red Hat's dedication to open source

    04:20 Charlie responds to Steve - Charlie

    • ReoLink Cameras Suggested by Charlie

    12:20 Dealing with conflict of interest - Brandon

    • Client continuing to "milk you"
    • Clients will respect you more for setting boundaries
    • Steve's solution
      • Communicate in writing
      • Ask what the client wants
      • Write out what you remember
      • Don't do anything more
    • Noah's solution
      • Be a good listener
      • Documentation for past work ok
      • "how would you do...." not ok
      • Have a frank conversion
    • Don't be afraid to let a client walk

    20:30 Proton mail discloses user data? - Charlie

    • Restore Privacy Article
    • Email is not secure
    • Proton has never exposed contents of email
    • There has been some misreporting
    • Meta data is not encrypted
    • Proton is not a shroud for illegal activity
    • All companies are required to follow laws
    • Does shutting down "server their customers"?
    • Technology has limitations
    • Operational security
    • Proton mail contested a lot of requests

    29:40 Matthew Miller Interview

    • Matthew Miller - Fedora Project lead
    • Fedora 40
    • CentOS Stream forks from Fedora every 3 years
    • XZ Utils Vulnerability
    • Requiring "Gov ID" can be detrimental
    • Open Source allowed for attribution
    • Is Fedora a target?
    • Mailing lists to Discourse
    • Email is becoming a "captured system"
    • Impact of having discussions "searchable"
    • Feedback needs to be constructive
    • Mediation
    • Get involved with Fedora!
      • AI and ML
      • Boot-able containers
      • Documentation
      • Design Team
      • Moderation/Communication
      • Event organizing
    • FLOCK
      • Contributor focused conference
      • Brings contributors together
      • In person connections are important
      • Nest with Fedora
    • What skills does a person need?
      • Sales
      • Coordination/Project Management
      • Room for all levels of skills
      • Good place to learn skills
    • What does open source mean to you
      • Friends Features Freedoms First
      • Important for people to "own their OS"

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    8 May 2024, 3:00 am
  • 53 minutes 35 seconds
    Episode 387: Ask Noah Show 387

    This week it's a recap of Linuxfest Northwest! We circle back to creating your own ISO, and we'll touch on the recent events in the Nix Community have resulted in Jonathan Ringer no longer be fulfilling the role of release manager.

    -- During The Show --

    00:48 Steve's Camera Experiences

    • Axis PTZ camera died
    • Factory reset
    • Replaced with Riolink camera
    • Be aware of what you are buying

    08:00 Arcolinux for Building ISOs - Wiggy

    13:20 Home Assistant ESP32

    • ESP32 devices falling off the network
    • Trouble shooting
    • Solution

    #### 19:32 Tempest Weather Station

    20:57 Fixing Dad's House

    26:20 System76 Interview

    • Carl Richell - CEO of System76
    • Cosmic Gnome Shell
    • Building Cosmic Desktop
      • Built in Rust
      • Tiling WM
    • High positive response
    • Did you think System76 would get into software development?
    • How it works
    • Keyboard shortcuts
    • Cosmic GitHub

    38:35 Boot.dev

    • Gameified backend coding platform
    • Not a bootcamp or degree
    • Gameified learning is not always practical
    • Gameified learning may not keep you motivated long term
    • Boot.dev
    • Scrapli
      • Python library for configuring network devices

    47:30 Nix Drama

    • Jonathan Ringer no longer release manager
    • There is a human on the other side of the keyboard
    • How is this "inclusive and accepting"?
    • Many open source projects came from tax dollars
    • Focus on meritocracy
    • Singling out a person is sad
    • Hope it all works out
    • Save Nix Together
    • Nix News
    • Kilo Byte Size

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    1 May 2024, 1:00 am
  • 53 minutes 52 seconds
    Episode 386: Ask Noah Show 386

    -- During The Show --

    00:50 10 Year Hardware Plan - Caller

    • Extended warranty support from hardware company
    • Offer your own extended support
    • Cold Shelf
    • 3-5 years seems acceptable
    • Tolerance for business continuity

    06:08 NFS

    • Moral of the story
    • Trouble shooting process
    • Inner workings of NFS
    • R and W size

    11:55 UI for Building ISO - A

    15:14 Networking for Libvirt - Carey

    18:30 Self Hosted Email Feedback - Michael

    • Biggest challenge
      • DKIM
      • DMARC
      • SPF
      • Reverse Lookups
    • Noah is not in the "host your own email" camp
    • Looking for reasons to "say no"
    • Seen lots of Gsuite and Office365 not setting up records correctly

    21:14 Encryption, Email and Wifi questions - Nikki

    25:12 Gmail Alternative - Nikki

    • Why Proton subscription
    • Catch all domain
    • Filtering email
    • Tutanota
    • Fast Mail
    • Anything is better than Gmail

    29:23 News Wire

    Linux in Your Car

    • ARS Technica
    • Software defined vehicles
    • System 1
      • Power train
      • ABS
      • Traction Control
    • System 2
      • Camera
      • Ultrasonic Sensors
      • Self Driving Systems
    • System 3
      • Infotainment
    • System 4
      • Climate
      • Lighting
    • System 5
      • Master control over everything
    • ISO 26262
    • 4,000 Linux security patches in 8 years
    • Red Hat heavily investing in automotive

    37:25 Miracle WM

    • Wayland tiling window manager
    • Tiling window managers are for more than just text based
    • Where tiling WM don't do as well
    • Linux IAC
    • The Register

    40:46 Mir & Wayland

    45:41 QT Ubuntu 24.04

    • The Register
    • Kubuntu switching to Calamares installer
    • Ubuntu Flutter installer only on "Main Ubuntu"
    • Kubuntu has Plasma 5
    • Lubuntu has LXQT 1.3
    • AppArmor namespace Etcher issue solved
    • Steve's choice of Distro
    • Noah and flatpaks
    • Steve moving away from Ubuntu to RHEL and Arch

    52:28 Announcements

    • Linux Fest North West
      • April 26-28 2024
      • Bellingham Technical College

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    24 April 2024, 1:00 am
  • 44 minutes 11 seconds
    Ask Noah Show 385

    -- During The Show --

    00:50 MIDI

    • MIDI a better mouse trap
    • Pitch bending
    • Special snowflake
    • Firewire hardware
    • Motu UltraLite AVB
    • Ardour
    • Musicians please send in feedback!

    11:25 News Wire

    12:56 Framework Laptops

    • Matt Hartley Linux Support Lead
    • Reddit welcome post
    • First impressions
    • Assembly
    • How Framework supports Linux
      • Officially supported distros
      • Community support program
      • Community support
      • Ansible for other distros
    • Support
    • Framework 16
    • Alternative uses of Frameworks

    27:48 Tailscale

    35:37 QLC+

    • QLC+
    • DMX
    • Lighting Control Boards
    • Lighting Cues
    • DMX King
    • Chases
    • Built in web interface
    • Network interfacing
    • Elation Enode4
    • Please write in about lighting on Linux!

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    17 April 2024, 1:00 am
  • 54 minutes 18 seconds
    Ask Noah Show 384

    This week Noah and Steve give you the latest on open source mobile operating systems. Windows is pushing people to Linux by way of charging them $244 per year for updates in the third year.

    -- During The Show --

    01:20 Hardware

    09:19 Graphene OS - Craig

    25:55 NixOS Thoughts - Jeremy W

    • Where NixOS is useful
    • "Productised" NixOS
    • Set people up for success

    32:58 Self Hosted Email - Jeremy H

    • Write in and tell me about your self hosted email experiences

    34:54 News Wire

    36:26 Bell Canada is deleting DVR/PVR recordings

    43:03 Windows Upgrades/Updates

    • Windows 10 EOL October 2025
    • Extended Security Updates (ESUs)
    • Microsoft will charge for updates
    • ARS Technica

    46:06 Germany Switching to Linux

    • Linux solves "Windows high hardware requirements"
    • Schleswig-Holstein developing open source directory service
    • LiMux from Munich
    • Steve's take
    • [Lxer.com](lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=339628)
    • ARS Technica

    51:10 American Privacy Rights Act

    • [Fusion Centers](lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=339628)
    • IQT
    • Tax dollars funding data collection companies
    • The Register

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    10 April 2024, 1:00 am
  • 53 minutes 49 seconds
    Ask Noah Show 383 | XZ Vulnerbility

    Malicious updates made to a Linux tool were a few weeks away from going mainstream. Noah and Steve help you understand what you need to know.

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    3 April 2024, 1:00 am
  • 53 minutes 52 seconds
    Ask Noah Show 382

    What's the best way to roll central authentication? What's the best Google replacement suite? This week Noah and Steve dig into hosting questions, as always your calls go to the front of the line!

    -- During The Show --

    01:36 PHP, Kanban etc - Joe

    03:40 NIX Feedback - Alexander

    • People time rank/prioritize
    • "What problem does it solve" is a framework
    • Effective evangelizing
    • Making something "sticky"
    • No bad questions

    13:22 Caller Tony from Toronto

    20:48 Grimnir from Mumble

    25:00 Nextcloud? - Craig

    36:20 Vivaldi & Hosting questions - Ben

    • Hugo
    • Altispeed Hosting
    • Vivaldi

    41:25 Database Questions - Anton

    • Argument against DIY
    • OpenEMR
      • Open Source
      • No lock in
      • Form editor
      • CPT/ICD10 codes
    • WikiJS
    • Weasis

    47:26 News Wire

    49:05 Shufflecake

    • Shufflecake
    • Linux encryption tool
    • Makes hidden volumes
    • Spiritual successor to TrueCrypt and VeriCrypt
    • GPG encryption

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    27 March 2024, 1:00 am
  • 53 minutes 51 seconds
    Ask Noah Show 381 | SCaLE 2024

    -- During The Show --

    Scale

    • Ubicon & NixCon
    • Krita talk
    • HPC (High Performance Computing)
    • Ubuntu and Matrix
    • What problem does Nix solve?
    • Future adoption of Nix?
    • Flox
    • Sat night dinner
    • Bazzite
    • Making and keeping connections

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    20 March 2024, 1:00 am
  • 55 minutes 55 seconds
    Ask Noah Show 380 | Open Source Task Management

    Task management can be a challenge, this week Noah and Steve talk about open source tools and ideas to managing your workflow.

    -- During The Show --

    00:50 Noah in CA

    • CA experience
    • Noah is in CA for SCALE

    02:00 Windows For Charity - Wayne

    • Separate task from desire
    • Linux is non-profit's best friend
    • Windows doesn't want you as a customer
    • Snowflake Windows software
    • Remmina
    • ThinLinX
    • Convincing mode
    • Noah's strategy

    13:00 KDE - Hank

    • Versioning

    14:45 News Wire

    16:22 Task Management

    35:30 Ilan Rabinovitch Interview

    • Anita Zhang
    • Julia Programming Language
    • Autumn Nash - Women in Open Source
    • Being intentional and aware
    • SCALE Next Generation
    • Bill Cheswick - Security
    • Community Events
    • Youth programs
    • Presentations to look forward to

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    13 March 2024, 1:00 am
  • 53 minutes 52 seconds
    Ask Noah Show 379 | Work Life Balance

    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
    • Moral compasses
    • Things are moving fast in multiple directions

    12:40 Django vs PHP - Joe

    15:40 Naelr from Mumble

    • Suggestion: iRedMail
    • Suggestion: MailCow
    • Mail in a Box
    • 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
    • Digital Trends

    28:00 News Wire

    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

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