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Episode 246: Open Source Polish Aug 17, 2021

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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 behind the development will blow your mind!

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01:06 Proton Mail feedback - Patrick

SteigerLegal
Proton Mail's design make this irrelevant
Important to understand were security ends

08:20 Apple vs Privacy - Ben

Apple's message doesn't match their actions
Stross's talk
Cory Doctorow

15:20 Making an image while OS running? - Advait

Timeshift + BTRFS snapshots
ZFS Snapshots

19:20 LTE Modems - Scott

Double NAT, Carrier Grade NAT
Create a VPN out to a VPS

22:25 Router recommendations - Yakoke

Microtik
PFSense 1100
OPNSense
Protectli+OPNSense
IPSEC is on everything
OpenVPN is better
WireGuard is best

31:19 Time Keeping

Caesium-133 Atom (Atomic) is the most accurate
GNSS Receiver
10 KHz side band radio
Computers use NTP
Stratum One
- Developed by Facebook
- Replaces Proprietary Boxes
- Interfaces via PCIe
TechCrunch

39:00 Element Improvements

Voice Messages
New 1:1 Voice and Video Calls
- Screen Sharing
- Intelligent Call entries
- Dial pad
Message indications
Encryption Improvements
Spaces coming out of Beta
Element Blog

46:15 Pine64

New Device PineNote
- One of the most powerful eReaders on the market
- Quadcore A55 CPU/4GB RAM/128GB eMMC
- Dual Mics/Dual Speakers/USB-C/AC WiFi
- 10.3" 3:4 227 DPI 1404x1872 Display
- Touch and Wacom Pen input
- PineNote is aimed at early Adopters/Developers
PinePhone Keyboard Released
Pine64 Blog post

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Episode 245: Apple Thinks Different About Encryption Aug 10, 2021

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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 might be paying per mile to drive an EV.

-- During The Show --

03:00 Manually Connecting Services - Jim

Yes look for a developer
Make sure you understand what needs doing
Andreas Spiess YT Lora Info

07:20 Career Advice? - Robert

Start based on Value
Start with what you know well
Start with a LLC on the side
If moving to a new employer, be honest about how long you will work there
Put the customer's needs first
Anticipate needs
Set up a full LLC or Corp, not a DBA, pass through, or sole proprietorship

18:00 Email & PGP - Barking Bandicoot

AU Gov can force back doors
Symmetric vs (Public/Private key pair) Asymmetric/PKI encryption
GPG Guide
Enigmail

24:00 Pick of the Week

Stingle
Stingle White Paper
FOSS Photo backup app
Photos locally encrypted
ArsTechnica

26:20 Gadget of the Week

HulkMan Alpha100
Heavy Duty vehicle jump-starter/battery bank
Amazon Affiliate

30:30 Firefox 91

Total Cookie Protections Enhancement
Supports Log In and SSO on more sites
Simplify Page for printing is back
HTTPS First

31:45 Valve & Arch vs Debian

Debian - "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"
Arch - Faster fixes, Faster updates
PC Gamer

37:45 Infra Bill Includes Per Mile Road Tax

Per Mile Usage Fee
Data collected via
- Third Party OBDII modules
- OEM Telematics
- Insurance Companies
- "Any other method"
Nothing about data privacy
TheDrive.com

45:00 Apple & Encryption

Communication Safety Feature
iOS and MacOS
On-Device Machine Learning
Dangerous potential
Apple Privacy Letter
Apple Child Safety
Odysee Video
Snowden's Twitter Post
EFF Article

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Episode 244: Starting Fresh: Part 2 Aug 03, 2021

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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 expanding it's free repository of medical datasets for AI research, and Steam hits 1% Linux users again!

-- During The Show --

01:25 Hardware Keys, Ciphers, SSH - Jordan

OpenPGP
PKCS11
NitroKey, Onlykey, Yubikey, Solokey, etc secures your key
Most secure way is use a different key per hardware device
Corporate centrally manages SSH keys (FreeIPA, Active Directory)
Central Management

09:20 Swisscows vs Duckduckgo - Cory

DuckDuckGo is more private
DuckDuckGo Privacy Policy

12:00 Open Source Health Data Tracking - Alexei

Open Hak
Simblee 32bit BLE/MCU module

13:52 WiFi Phones - Charlie

Great Idea
I too am moving all communications to IP based

19:15 Gadget of the Week

Axis M3067-P
360° panoramic view Camera
Local Configuration
Multiple Views/Streams Available

24:10 Open-Source Medical Data Sets (AIMI)

Stanford.edu
AI Spots things better than the human eye
AI needs large data sets to train
Stanford provides an open source data set for training AI
Allows researchers to train AI for "non profitable" uses

28:28 Steam is back to 1% Linux Users

PCMag.com
Happened before steam deck was announced
Linux is taking over
Microsoft is pushing people to "Windows as a service"

33:44 Open Compute Project

Sharing data center design and management standards
Mind Drip Media Open Compute Project Video
Whole new way of looking at data centers
Build racks and data centers to use case
DataCenterKnowledege
Jeffgeerling.com
ArsTechnica

38:50 NEST

Fedora Linux Conventions
Flock to Fedora
- In Person
- Virtual Should remain when continued
Nest with Fedora
- Virtual
- Replacing Flock (Covid)
FUD Con
- Fedora Users and Developers Convention
- Replaced by Flock
Virtual Release parties will continue

50:55 Building Steve's House Continued

Kid friendly video chat station
Comfy Gaming area
Projector Room
Vlan Setup/Switches
Netgear Switch Rabbit Hole

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Episode 243: Starting Fresh: Part 1 Jul 27, 2021

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Steve Ovens joins us as we discuss the steam deck, Matrix getting 30 million in funding to polish the rough edges, and with Steve moving into a new house we talk about starting fresh!

-- During The Show --

00:45 Affiliate Link Typo - Chris

Feel free to google the model and buy else where
Lenovo Dock (Affiliate Link) works with MAC
OWC Dock (Affiliate Link) preferred MAC dock

02:50 Unexpected IPv6 - Hesham

IPv4 has NAT, firewall optional
IPv6 no NAT, firewall required

06:15 ANS Telegram - Advait

Geeklab.ninja no account required
GeekLab Telegram
GeekLab Matrix
Matrix and Telegram are bridged

07:20 Resizing Windows Drives - Chris

Use the windows partition manager
Remove unnecessary files
Disable Swap File
- Start>Settings>System>About System
- Advanced System Settings (About half way down)
- Click Settings Button Under "Performance"
- Click Advanced Tab
- Under Virtual Memory click change button
- Un-check "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives"
- Select no paging file
- Click OK and reboot
JkDefrag
From an administrative command prompt run: jkdefrag -a 5
Shrink partition using Windows partition manager
Remember to leave enough room to turn swap file back on
[Chris DeLuca (naelr) Matrix ID](@naelr:linuxdelta.com)

09:30 Email Feedback - Will

Posteo doesn't allow custom domains
Having control over your email domain is important

11:00 Pick Of the week

OtterCast
Audio line out
Audio Headphones out
Audio IN
WiFi
Ethernet
USB Sound card mode
Webinterface (Configuration)
Shairport-Sync
Pulseaudio sink/source
Snapcast server/client
Spotify Connect (librespot)

13:20 Gadget of the week

Steam Link Discussion with Steve Ovens
Will probably buy for the family instead of a switch
Steam controller is a favorite controller
Steambox/Steam Controller vs Steam Link comparison
Valve is pushing game shops to use Proton instead of linux native
Price discussion
FOSS vs Proprietary discussion

24:30 Ear 1 Wireless Ear Buds

Verge Article
Earbuds from OnePlus
$99
11.6 Drivers by Teenage Engineering
Qi and Type-C charging

26:30 Matrix Gets 30M

Access Act bill, HR 3849
World is waking up to decentralized services
Managing locked in platforms are too much for gov to manage
150,000 German Health care organizations on Matrix
Funding from Protocol Labs
Makers of Matrix don't "need" this funding
EMS currently makes enough to fund matrix development
This funding simply accelerates development and "Polish"
Funding planned for:
- Full P2P support
- Native E2EE VOIP/Web Conferencing
- Decentralized Reputation system
Barinsta Cease and Desist Reddit
Barinsta Cease and Desist Github
Cease and Desist seems slightly over reaching

42:30 Alma Linux Office Hours

Alma Linux Post
Monday 4pm UTC
Beginning August 2nd 2021
You can email your questions in too!
Haven't been able to reach Rocky Linux folks
Alma Linux very accessible and involved

46:00 K9Mail Upgrade

Android Police
Huge Upgrade
Lots of fixes
Lots of new features
Version 5.8 is not quite available in Play Store

47:47 Steve Ovens Move/Tech

Where do I centralize things?
Access Points/Ethernet drops
Types of mounting/racks
Smurf Tube (Affiliate Link)
TV Boxes
Device Charging Setup

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Episode 242: Selling Spyware Jul 20, 2021

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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, and Valve has released a portable gaming device, running Arch with KDE!

-- During The Show --

00:30 What Noah uses - Jon

Software

Distro - Kubuntu/Fedora
DE - KDE Plasma
Terminator/Konsole
Thunderbird
Fastmail (Work)
Proton Mail (Personal)
VLC/MPV
MakeMKV/Brasero
QMMP MP3 Player
KeepassXC (Personal)
Bitwarden (Public)
Virtual Box/KVM Libvirt
Audacity
Zoom/Jitsi
Sublime Text (Work)/EncryptPad/Joplin/VIM/Kate
Gimp (Images)/Inkscape (Graphic Design)
Element/Nheko/SchildiChat (The turtle one)
Okular
Install Method - Flatpak, AppImage, Snap

Phone

Work - Galaxy S10/iPhone
Personal - Nexus 6P with LineageOS
Personal Disconnected device - Sony Xperia SailfishOS
GPD Pocket on order
Play Device - Pinephone

In the Backpack

Dual Type-C charger RavPower
Apple Type-C charger
2TB External Drive
Small tool kit
- Screw drivers
- wirecutters
- Flash drives
Portable Battery Pack
Netgear Nighthawk Mobile Broadband
Noise Canceling Headphones Sony WH1000xm4
Emergency Kit
- Backup Phone (S7)
- Backup Wallet

Minimal Viable Battle Station

Pelican 1620
Docking station Lenovo Dock Affiliate
Portable Desk
27" 2K Display

21:15 Decentralized Tech - Jay

22:45 ARP vs MAC Tables - Octavio

MAC Tables
- Built by "MAC Learning"
- Snooped
- Used by switches to prevent HUB behavior
- Used for switching
ARP tables
- Built with ARP protocal
- Used for routing

26:45 Pick of the Week

Tauon Music Box

Drag n Drop file importing
CUE sheet support
MOD tracker
Network Playback
Flathub

27:55 Make Good

SonoBus

High Quality, Low Latency, Peer-to-Peer Audio oever the internet
AAC-LD/AAC-HE
New commercial boxes use OPUS codec

31:30 Gadget of the Week

Omega Charger
World's Smallest 100W & 200W USB-C Charger
World's first 200W Gallium Nitride (GaN) charger
Quick charge 4 devices simultaneously
Estimated Shipping July 2021

34:00 Red Hat To expand Offerings

ZDnet
Low cost/Free RHEL for education
Conan Kudo Link
Open to Primary and Secondary Schools as well

38:20 Snowden Spyware / Mobile Phones Pegasus

Pegasus Malware Made by the NSO Group
Access to
- Photos
- Emails
- Records Calls
- Secretly Activate Microphones/Cameras
- WhatsApp Chat
- GPS Data
- Calendar
- Contacts
Over 50,000 numbers suspected targets
New "zero-click" attacks
Tech advancing too fast for normal people to keep up
Courts have ruled FaceID/Fingerprints can be compelled
Guardian
Jul 18th Guardian Article
Amnesty Article

49:40 Plasma Mobile 21.07 Released

Plasma Mobile Post
Join the Matrix room - #plasmamobile:matrix.org

52:55 Steam Deck

Steam Handheld
4 core, 8 threads AMD APU
64GB, 256GB, 512GB
$399-$649
Runs SteamOS (Arch+KDE+Big Picture Mode)
Goal: Get every Windows Game working before launch
Tech Radar
IGN

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Episode 241: Gmail Alternatives Jul 13, 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 alternatives to Gsuite.

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00:30 Another Gmail Migration Suggestion - Charims

https://imapsync.lamiral.info/
email address: charims@pcwideopen.com

01:00 More Gmail Suggestions - Freddie

Import mbox file into Thunderbird then export in the format you need

01:30 NFS/Freenas issue - Charliebrownau

NFS shares broke with kernel 5.13
FreeNAS offers a snapshot solution to rollback

03:15 NFS - Gary

Could be a NFS file locking issue

03:45 OpenMedia Vault - Cory

Works great on a RaspberryPi
LVM not working however

04:25 Pick of the Week

Deskreen
Allows any device to be a second monitor
Cross platform

05:30 Gadget of the week

Pockethernet
Smartphone connected Ethernet network analyzer
Pairs via bluetooth
Supports:
- Cable toner with customizable tones
- Wiremap
- PoE
- TDR
- TDR Graph
- Link
- CDP / LLDP
- Outgoing VLAN Tag
- DHCP
- Ping
- Traffic
- BER

07:40 Linux foundation - 3D foundation

Tech Republic
Open source 3D engine
20 founding partners
Linux Foundation can "speak corporate"
Benefits not just gaming
Github

13:16 CBL Mariner

Beta News
Github
Microsoft's Linux
uses RPM-OSTree
Follows a secure-by-default principle

15:50 Audacity Update

ArsTechnica
Telemetry is off by default
Telemetry is optional
Telemetry is intentionally easy to remove
Convenience of Yandex and Google is at odds with community wishes
Going forward Audacity will self host metrics
4Chan forced/doxed/threatened a fork of audacity into ending
Github Sneeds
Github Tenacity Maintainer post

21:40 Ansible considers switching to Matrix

Ansible Github Post
IRC issues:
- out of date
- blocked in many network environments
- Lack good moderation tools
- missed messages when not logged in
- lack of name space ownership
Matrix benefits:
- Issues in Matrix are client limitations not protocol limitations
- control over name space
- Federates like email
- Federated, auto updating blacklist
- Red Hat is providing funding for EMS hosting
EMS, Mozzila, and Red Hat are fantastic partners
Blacklist Post

34:20 Firefox 90.0

Https only mode in about:config
Print to PDF now produces working hyperlinks
FTP support removed
Firefox Post

35:30 Tony from the matrix chat

Bring in IP cam to web conferencing software
VLC capture
OBS

37:00 Gmail Alternatives

Hushmail
- Plain text only
- been around since 1999
MsgSafe.io
- 4096-bit GPG encryption
- Virtual Identities
- Free plan available
GMX
- OpenPGP
- Based in Germany
- Ad supported
- Send up to 50 MB attachments
Mailbox.org
- Setup after Snowden revelations
- Based in Germany
- 25 years of experience in providing secure communications
- Standard subscription includes many tools
- Stores IP addresses for 4 days
- Up front with their privacy policy
Posteo
- Combines privacy with sustainability
- Powered by 100% green energy
- Anonymous Sign-up and Payment
- ad-free
- 50 MB Attachments
Runbox
- 100% hydro-electric energy
- Based in Norway
Zoho Mial
- Free up to 5 users
- Full email and office suite
- Encryption
Fastmail
- Great for business
- Fantastic Management interface
- Data belongs to you
- you are the customer not the product
- Stored data encrypted with LUKS
- Has added features like "topic box"
- Based in Australia
- Australia is part of the "Five Eyes"
- Australia has the Assistance and Access Bill
Mail Fence
- Based in Belgium
- OpenPGP end-to-end encryption
- free and paid plans
KoLab Now
- Full collaboration suite
- Based in Switzerland
- 100% Free & open source software
- No vendor lock-in
Startmail
- Founded by Dutch private search engine Startpage team
- Track record of privacy
- IP address is kept for 3 days
- Tracking cookies strictly forbidden
- Offers PGP encryption
- Encryption is done server side
- Accepts crypto currency
Tutanota
- Based in Germany
- Free and Paid Plans
- Discounts for non-profits
- End-to-End encryption
- secure calendar
Proton Mail
- Open source and Independently audited
- End-to-End encryption
- No-logs
- Supports 2FA
- You control the encryption key
- Password protect non Proton Mail emails
- Message expiration
- Secure calendar and file sync
Ctemplar
- Icelandic law
- No data retention
- advanced protections (JS injection, malicious SRI)
- 100% audited and open source
- Zero data access
- end to end encryption
- powered by green energy
- Anonymous (including payments)
- App in Fdroid
- Email Comparison Chart

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Episode 240: Forked FTW Jul 06, 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 APKs starting in August, and Jim Whitehurst steps down from his role just 14 months in.

-- During The Show --

01:00 User Responds to User RE: MBOX - Jay

Mbox Viewer
Supports files larger than 4G
Export all attachments
Export in EML
Export all to separate EML

03:50 File permissions TrueNAS/NFS - Gray

Check your permissions
- dataset - including child datasets
- NFS share
FreeNAS/TrueNAS configuration is separate from the ZFS dataset

06:30 Matrix server question - Vladimir

EMS (Element Matrix Services)
Matrix is a server/client relationship
- Server - Synapse
- Client - Element
Account portability/P2P is coming
- Dendrite
Matrix Migration Tool

17:30 Feedback/thanks - Lukasz

Thank You Noah

21:22 Email - Charlie Reacts to Audacity - Charliebrownau

Why are governments/companies allowed to hijack opensource projects
Bad things on the horizon for audacity

22:50 Pick of the Week

InkBox
OS replacement for Kobo eReader
Kobox/x11 support
OS built around security
- root file system checked on boot
- signed packages
Kobo eReader Affiliate Link
Kobo Packages

24:50 Gadget of the Week

Rain Design 10037 mTower Vertical Laptop Stand
- High Quality
- Aesthetically Pleasing
- Fits a variety of Laptops
- One piece / nothing to strip
- Heavy / doesn't slide around
- Rubber padding protect laptop
Amazon Affiliate Link
Lenovo Thunderbolt Dock Affiliate Link
Dell Monitor Affiliate Link

30:20 Jim Whitehurst Leaves IBM

Newsroom Article
Jim stayed on after the IBM acuasition
Jim is leaving after 14 Months
IBM had nothing to do with CentOS

Google Forcing App Bundles

Slash Gear
Google Developers Blog
Google is forcing new apps to use android app bundles (.aab) instead of APKs in August
Play Asset Delivery replaces OBB
- better compression
- dynamic delivery (deltas)
- smaller apps
Play Feature Delivery
- allows minimum app download
- the rest of the app downloads in the background
Utilizes Google Play only features
Requires developers to do the heavy lifting
Requires developers to maintain 2 versions of their app if they want to distribute their software outside the play store

49:10 Audacity

Github Disccusion
Reddit Discussion
Slashgear
3.0.3 RC1 Released
Adds Binary for Linux via AppImage
Ubuntu Handbook
Switch to 64-bit Windows binary
Dropped Windows XP support
Improved default spectrogram colors
Fix user interface display issue on HiDPI display in Linux.
Fix that font size scales incorrectly.
Updated Privacy Policy
3 Compile Flags
- Network Flag = Off Default, no networking features are built regardless of what other flags are set to
- Sentry Reporting - Default ON -- Enables error reporting to sentry.io
- Crash Reports - Default ON -- Sends crash reports data to breakpad
Updates Check - Default ON -- Requests data from audacityteam.org about latest release
Slashgear
Community Audacity Fork
Nothing bad in the current version
FOSS (GPL) prevents projects from dieing / being taken over
License makes it too easy to cut and run

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Episode 239: Digital Handcuffs Jun 29, 2021

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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, and we share what we know about Windows 11,

-- During The Show --

00:45 Cost of RTL 308? - Philip

RTL 308
RTL 310
I to am waiting on pricing

02:40 Networking Help - Jordan

New DHCP lease also triggers a fresh ARP entry

05:00 Help Leaving Gmail - Lucas

Use a IMAP + Email Client (like Thunderbird) to sync your mail, then use the email client to export a mbox file

07:55 Reflections on Ep 226 - Bhikhu

09:20 Pick of the Week

Allows you to turn any website/webapp into desktop app
Web Catalog

12:00 Gadget of the Week

Logitech Rally Plus
Thank you Brett

16:00 Mixxx

MIXX 2.3.0 released
True DJ software
New multithreaded analysis
More accurate key detection
New default "LateNight" skin
Improvements for Rekordbox and Serato users
Opus and HE-AAC codecs added for recording/streaming
New out-of-the-box support for hardware controllers
Improvements for existing hardware controller support
MIXX Release Notes

24:00 Blender

Blender partners with Canonical to provide support
Canonical agrees to build and maintain their own Blender Services Organization
Some of the revenue goes back to Blender
Blender Article

29:00 LF Open Voice Network

Dedicated to advancing open standards in AI-enabled voice assistance systems
Initially Focused on:
- Standards Development
- Industry Value and Awareness
- Advocacy (Regulatory, Data Privacy)
Linux Foundation Press Release

34:45 Air Tracking

Arial Surveillance deemed 4th Amendment violation
Key point - they did not require a warrant to search the data
Reason Article

38:40 Would you pay for Privacy Search Engine?

Free for 3 months, 4.95/month after that
Neeva
Fast Company Article

41:25 Windows 11 - What We Know

Free Upgrade for Windows 7 Pro and 10 users
Only supported on 8th Gen Intel and newer
Android app support added
Android apps will be distributed through Microsoft and Amazon stores
Home Addition requires internet and MS online account
Mandatory TPM 2.0 chip
TPMs have unique keys burned in, which allows for increased DRM
TPMs protect the computer, not you the owner
Microsoft will force online accounts for all versions eventually
Commonsware Article
Verge Article
Secret Club Article

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Episode 238: Calls Emails and Questions Oh My! Jun 22, 2021

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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!

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02:40 Caller - Bret

22:15 Caller - Tony

Desktop graphics issues

25:55 Guide for installing AMD drivers? - Charlie

Detailed Explanation

26:50 Google Voice Alternative? - David

38:00 Caller - Jared

Resizing a windows partition
Use Gparted (defragment the drive first)
Use windows built in Disk Management in the Management Console

40:00 User Responds to 235 Zebre Printers - Skylar

Easypost

42:00 Jordan Replies Fix for WiFi Switching - Jordan

43:50 Low powered convertable device? - Joel

No personal experience, but go go it
Fedora Wiki 32-bit UEFI support Thank You Conan Kudo

44:50 Pick of the Week

RustDesk
Remote Desktop Support

46:00 Gadget of the Week

47:50 Rocky Linux

Rocky Linux Post
Report bugs or issues via Bugzilla
Released as
- Container Images
- Docker Hub
- Quay.io
- Cloud Offerings
- Amazon Web Services
- Google Cloud Platform

50:20 Right to Repair

Vice Article
Congressman Joseph Morelle (D-NY) filed national right-to-repair legislation with Congress.
Farmers have been locked out of fixing their own tractors

54:40 New HTTP Spec Proposed

Ars Technica Article
ADPC
Two specs proposed
Aims to eleminate cookie banners

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Episode 237: The Future of Matrix with Matthew Hodgson Jun 15, 2021

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Matthew Hodgson returns to the program to discuss the current state of Matrix and the exciting features that are coming!

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01:40 Freenode Discussion

There was a change in Freenode leadership
Libera IRC was created
IRC server software was changed, effectively killing all existing rooms
Article from Conan Kudo

09:50 WiFi SSID Priority - Jordan

RSSI "Received Signal Strength Indicator"

10:55 User feedback on Linux ERP Software - Luke

Odoo

15:00 Interview with Matthew from Matrix.org

Matrix team started in 2003
Hired over 30 people before a single UI/UX person
Once the rough edges are shaved off the power of open source will cause it to explode
Matrix team has approached development from a long term and ethical standpoint
Communities was rushed through
Covid helped to push EMS adoption (Commercial hosting by the creators of Element/Synapse/Matrix)
13 Governments, Education, Health care, Emergency Services, etc
Full account portability is coming (needed for P2P support)
Matrix team solved the computer science problem of decentralized access control

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31:19 Time Keeping

39:00 Element Improvements

46:15 Pine64

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19:15 Gadget of the Week

24:10 Open-Source Medical Data Sets (AIMI)

28:28 Steam is back to 1% Linux Users

33:44 Open Compute Project

38:50 NEST

50:55 Building Steve's House Continued

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24:30 Ear 1 Wireless Ear Buds

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