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Ask Noah Show 445 Jun 10, 2025

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X11Libre is a fork of xorg, do the developers of xorg not want xorg to continue? This week Steve and Noah give you the details of what can only be described as a weird situation. SELF is coming up this weekend, Steve, Noah and executive producer JT will be there and we hope to see you!

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00:52 Intro

Two ways of traveling
Noah's airline story
Personal entertainment
Ente

10:28 Self

This year is "retro year"
old tech could be loaded
anything requiring sign in can't be used
retro swap
Free admission
Free HAM radio test
Free HAM cram session
Lan Party
GPG Signing party
HAM Radio
Meshtastic

22:22 XLibre

Project to continue the Xorg display server
Xorg developed over several decades
Xorg server client model
Wayland comes in
less developement in Xorg, more in Wayland
Freedesktop.org
Lots of merge requests closed
People running RHEL just take what comes down the pipe
Cool that they are improving not just keeping it alive
theregister.com
Github
Lunduke YouTube Video
Fedora Project Wiki

36:06 News Wire

Snapd 2.69 - github.com
Sway 1.11 - github.com
PeerTube 7.2 - joinpeertube.org
RockyLinux 9.6 - rockylinux.org
Linux Mint 20 EOL - news.itsfoss.com
Open Source Supply Chain Attacks - thehackernews.com
Chaos RAT - scworld.com
Kali AI - gbhackers.com
Dots.llm1 - compterworld.com
Boltz-2 - nasdaq.com
ChatGPT Used to Disable SecureBoot - tomshardware.com

37:25 Warp Terminal

Foss Force
It is closed source
Uses AI
How does Warp stack up against the new RHEL AI?
RHEL AI will probly run on the local machine
Where it may make sense
What is the target audiance?

43:22 Ereader for Music - Steven

Tablets?
Convertible laptops?
Noah bought the PineTab2 for this purpose
Nashville Number System
SongbookPro
Tabbed PDF viewer
Trying proton

51:07 Run OPNsense - Kevin

You can't install anything else on netgate appliances
Used Sophos with sata drives

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Ask Noah Show 444 Jun 03, 2025

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Akash Srivastava & Mairin “Mo” Duffy join the Ask Noah Show to talk about Red Hat's approach to AI models.

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00:45 Intro

Talking about christmas gifts
Presentation season
Christmas time

03:30 Communicating Technical Things

Who are you talking to
Willingness to learn
Knowledge for Knowledge sake
Steve's process for teaching
We all compare to things we know
Building vocabulary
How to know an idea isn't landing
What do you aim for time wise

10:28 Red Hat Granite Models

Small Language Model
Language and Code Model
Indemnify the Model
What is an Open Source Model?
Models are not software
Weights
Why smaller models for enterprise use?
Tuning models
Why monolithic vs agentic AI?
Is it better to train your own model?
Beam search and inference time scaling
Why InstructLab?
InstructLab safety rails
HuggingFace, InstructLab, formats
AI in general use

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Episode 443: Ask Noah Show 443 May 27, 2025

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This week Mike McGrath from Red Hat joins us and we talk about RHEL AI, quantum computing, and we get an update as to where Red Hat landed with all the licensing drama from a few years ago.

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00:50 Real ID

Real ID Act from 20 years ago
Problems with Real ID
Canadian Central Government
Alternatives to Real ID
Surrendering information
"Be Your Real Self"
Government creating problems they can solve
No one wants to admit they are wrong
EFF.org

12:57 News Wire

Firefox 139 - mozilla.org
Firefox shutting down Pocket - mozilla.org
Linux 6.15 - kernelnewbies.org
Most of WSL Open Source - zdnet.com
NixOS 25.05 - nixos.org
RHEL 10 - redhat.com
AlmaLinux 9.6 - almalinux.org
Fedora Removes X11 - pagure.io
Karton - blogs.kde.org
SMB Server Zero Day - gbhackers.com
Devstral - venturebeat.com
LlamaFirewall - helpnetsecurity.com
Woodpecker - siliconangle.com

14:25 Mike McGrath - VP of Software engineering

Have things calmed down?
Red Hat and Communities
RHEL 10
RHEL Lightspeed
Mike McGrath's background
Lightspeed vs Search Engine
CentOS Stream
SIGs & community
Upstream and CentOS Stream
RHEL AI
RHEL AI "developer license"
How is AI effecting RHEL?
Is the OS a "bootloader" for AI?
Agentic AI
Post Quantum attacks

39:33 OPNSense

What Steve and Noah run at home
Netgate/PFSense have done shady things
ycombinator.com
reddit.com
PFSense
- Requires an account to download
- Can't virtualize
- Can't between CE and Appliance
- Starts at ~$1000
- Many devices failed, soldered in
- Netgate hardware doesn't meet PFSense Standards
- Zero Support
- No update cadence
- Can't reliably automate PFSense
OPNSense
- Fork of PFSense
- Much nicer interface
- DHCP backend switching
- Always moving forward
- Hardware device doesn't have weird VLAN bonding
- Newegg
- Up date cadence
Shop and kids router changed over
Steve's attempt to migrate

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Ask Noah Show 442 May 20, 2025

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This week we're live from Red Hat Summit! We talk security, evolving threats, and Steve gives an update on his journey with his new graphics card.

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01:30 Vincent Danen - VP of Product Security

You can secure your own data on premise
Cloud you loose some control
Supply chain attacks
Where do you get your news?
- Hacker News
- Naked Security
- IBM security feed
- The Register
AI for security
Agentic workflows
AI attack vectors
"Slop squatting"
Sanitizing AI input
Guard rails

23:48 News Wire

Calibre 8.4 - calibre-ebook.com
Nmap 7.96 - gbhackers.com
Mesa 25.1 - plamolinux.org
Linux Kernel 6.15 - theregister.com
Plamo Linux 8.2 - plamolinux.org
Rust Sudo & Ubuntu 25.10 - discourse.ubuntu.com
Deepin Desktop Removed From openSUSE Repos - opensuse.org
Fedora 42 WLS - theregister
ClickFix - bleepingcomputer.com
NordVPN Linux GUI - computerweekly.com
Fake AI Videos & Noodlophile - bleepingcomputer.com
Reachy 2 - infoq.com
OpenVision - venturebeat.com
Open WebUI - reddit.com

26:00 Steve's GPU Travels

Swapped the graphics card
Custom Arch install
GPU requires beta drivers
ZFS on root and boot menu
beta drivers require newer kernel
DKMS Nvidia drivers
Flatpaks are broken
Picking the problem you want to solve
What would you change?

36:48 Flatpak Problems

Flatpaks use drivers
Some launched some didn't
Can't find some files on the system

42:50 Solar Panels - Tony

Solar on a vehicle is great!
Product vs system
12v vs 24v
Jackery
Inverter vs Micro Inverters
Brands for a "product solution"
- Anker
- EcoFlow
- Make sure to get a LFP (LifePO4) model
HQST PV Panels
- Monocrystalline
- 9BB or 10BB
HQST MPPT Charge Controller
- 20 amp, consider the 60 amp
LiTime
- Pick a "Self Heating"
SOK Battery
- Metal case batteries can be "rebuilt/repaired"
Brands to consider
- Victron
- Epoch Battries
- Renogy
- Brands listed above
Brands to avoid
- GoalZero
- Any "Chineseium"

48:50 Cassette Tape Restoration - William

Professional Services
Local University
Reach out to Noah/Altispeed

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Ask Noah Show 441 May 13, 2025

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This week we dig into why and how Canonical designed and implemented Matrix. Noah gives an update to his solar project, and discovers some open source solutions for solar!

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00:48 Olympia Mike Insperation

ANS 439
Sorting out details
Please give us feedback!
Pair with homeless shelter
Pair with food bank
Technical details
Windows 10 deadline coming
Lowering friction

09:55 Solar Camera Update

Panel brings in enough power
Switch arrived, worked great
SolarPoint
- Had to RMA
- Will R&D
- Issues with SolarPoint
Renogy Charge Controller
Victron
- Push the Victron Connect App
- Victron has a commitment to open source
- Victron GX controller
- Bare wire ends
- GX software on a raspberry pi

23:20 News Wire

Calibre 8.4 - calibre-ebook.com
Nmap 7.96 - gbhackers.com
Mesa 25.1 - plamolinux.org
Linux Kernel 6.15 - theregister.com
Plamo Linux 8.2 - plamolinux.org
Rust Sudo & Ubuntu 25.10 - discourse.ubuntu.com
Deepin Desktop Removed From openSUSE Repos - opensuse.org
Fedora 42 WLS - theregister
ClickFix - bleepingcomputer.com
NordVPN Linux GUI - computerweekly.com
Fake AI Videos & Noodlophile - bleepingcomputer.com
Reachy 2 - infoq.com
OpenVision - venturebeat.com
Open WebUI - reddit.com

25:18 Minimalism

Minimum viable battle station
Tails
Reproduce-ability
Linux Fest Northwest Laptop
NixOS re-install
Can't auto mount usb drives
Dark theme

31:00 Matrix Interview

Nils Buchner
Matrix rabbit hole
Ubuntu & Matrix Chat
Ubuntu Juju setup
Other Setup methods
Where can Matrix grow/improve?
Next steps for the Ubuntu Matrix server?
Matrix clients
- Element
- Cinny
- Nheko
Matrix client matrix
Network effect
Distros installing matrix clients

43:00 Juju & Charms Interview

Merlijn Sebrechts
Juju and Charms
Abstraction
Code re-use
Where Juju and Charms work well
Knowledge needed
Making better charms

52:20 Continue Being a Petri dish

Ansible is the biggest hammer
Nix
Juju

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Ask Noah Show 440 May 06, 2025

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This week Noah tells the story of how Altispeed built a solar system for a remote camera for a daycare. Tiny joins to discuss the value of metric and why he believes Victoria Metrics does it better.

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00:55 Graphics Cards

When do you update graphics cards
Watching prices, trying to buy
Bought 5060ti
Quadro P6000 Sold in 2 Min
What is driving the cost?
Over Time
"Unplugging"
Mature Leaders
High Intensity/Surge Seasons
Talking through movies

16:05 Solar Camera System

Camera's on a playground
Trenching and conduit
Hanging wire from utility poles
Shed with no power or network
Solar powered camera setup
Greentech Renewables
Noah's Battery Amazon
LiTime
Unifi SunMax SolarPoint Amazon
Trouble shooting, lay it out first
Nano Beams 5AC
Axis Camera
Industrial 24v Switch Amazon
Enphase System
Metrics, data nerds
Victoria Metrics
Victoria Metrics Docs
Grafana
Solar Cable Amazon
MC4 Crimper Amazon
HQST Solar
SOK Battery
Victron Charge Controllers

48:30 Sustainability

ANS 424
Reproduce-ability
Minimalism
Access Control System

News Wire

Deluge 2.2.0 - deluge.readthedocs.io
OpenZFS 2.3.2 - phoronix.com
Bleachbit 500 - bleachbit.org
Thunderbird 138.0 - Thunderbird.net
Firefox 138.0 - mozilla.org
QBittorrent 5.1.0 - qbittorrent.org
Redis Open Source Again - thenewsstack.io
Tails 6.15 - torproject.org
4MLinux 48.0 - 4mlinux-releases.blogspot.com
Commodore OS 3 - theregister.com
AnduinOS - zdnet.com
Malicious Go Modules - thehackernews.com
AI Threat Defense - venturebeat.com
Meta's AI Model Goes to Space - fb.com
Parakeet-TDT-0.6B-V2 - venturebeat.com
LTXV-13B - siliconangle.com
Linux Inside MS Excel - tomshardware.com

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Ask Noah Show 439 Apr 29, 2025

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This week we dig into "Nixbook", a Linux distro designed to make old laptops into Chromebooks. Noah fell down the Nix rabbit hole, and of course we answer your questions.

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00:50 Generosity

Experiencing generosity
A bunch of computers about to flood the market

03:50 Mike Kelly (Olympia Mike)

Used laptop during Covid19
Became known for used laptops
Company gifts used laptops
Closing the technical divide
Updates
Package Confusion
NixOS
Olympia Mike's nixbook
How to help out
Powerwashing

13:15 Noah's Nixbook Experience

Give Noah a toy and remove distractions for 5+ hours
Throw out everything you know
Where NixOS fits
Rollback functionality
Going to drive Nixbook till hitting a roadblock
Can't live in a flatpak world
Ansible is the hammer that hits the most nails
How long to get up and running on Nix
Have to adopt the "nix way"
NixOS Flakes
Nix Language

31:25 News Wire

Nginx 1.28.0 - unit.nginx.org
GCC 15.1 - devclass.com
Cosmic Alpha.7 - blog.system76.com
QEMU 10.0 - qemu.org
Chainguard $356M Raised - bankinfosecurity.com
Open Source 5G/6G Software - breakingdefense.com
Crux 3.8 - crux.nu
Archcraft Prime ISO - wiki.archcraft.io
4mLinux 48.0 Stable - 4mlinux.com
Openmandriva 6.0 - wiki.openmandriva.org
Kali Linux Warning - bleepingcomputer.com
Attack of the Vsock - gbhackers.com
ARES Robot Data Platform - a16z.com
Qwen3 - venturebeat.com

33:00 Community

How your self branding and its effects
Noah's experience with a young man
Noah's negative experience
People remember how you make them feel and that reflects on communities
There is what is said and what is received
How to deliver messages
Dinner example

41:20 OsmAnd - Richard

Garmin Device
Waze
OsmAnd
Fdroid OsmAnd

45:28 Drive Rotation Off site backup - Kevin

The back up plan you understand is the best
Not doing anything un-usual
A few concerns
Hardware cycling
HDD destruction

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Episode 438: Ask Noah Show 438 Apr 22, 2025

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00:48 Intro

Missing Steve

01:55 Auto Updates? - Charlie

Installing Linux on a Pixelbook Go
Desktop vs laptop
Being in the moment
Noah's laptop strategy
PineTab 2
Google hardware
Re-purposing Google hardware
Github.com
Auto updates, EndlessOS

13:02 FreePBX - Zack

What to consider when backing up
Bash and FW Console
Sleuth's Solution
Backups are specific to the data type
Use the built in backup and export functions

22:35 News Wire

MySQL 9.3 - dev.myssql.com
Peazip 10.4 - github.com
Gnome 48.1 - discourse.gnome.org
Gnome 48.1 - discourse.gnome.org
LXQT 2.2.0 - lxqt-project.org
Ubuntu 25.04 - canonical.com
Fedora 42 - fedoramagazine.org
Manjaro 25 manjaro.org
NX App Hub - x.com
Easy OS 5.9 - bkhome.org
XorDDos - thehackernews.com
BPFDoor - securityweek.com

23:34 Steve's Backup and ZFS Adventures

Data should be in 3 places
New server
Running data and power
Existing data sets
Encrypting the data
Snapshots
Block Cloning
Nesting and inheriting encryption attributes
What would you do differently if you could start over
Take-a-ways
How long until you "trust" the new backup system?

43:50 OpenWrt One

OpenWrt One
Great build quality
Multiple ways to power
WiFi off by default
Has a console port
Really impressed

48:28 Switching to Cloud

Companies moving to Azure to avoid Redmond markups
Companies starting to re-consider moving to cloud
Windows still entrenched
3 People running thousands of VMs and containers

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Ask Noah Show 437 Apr 15, 2025

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This week we dig into how you can host your own 5G and Ubuntu's new certification program!

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00:45 Technology Another Way

Cell Phone sales and inventory
Market uncertainty
Erasing a phone
Moving to GrapheneOS
Used equipment
Fdroid
Opportunities to move people to open source
Routes to take

14:00 News Wire

OpenSSH 10.0p2 - openssh.com
OpenSSL 3.5 - github.com
GNU Coreutils 9.7 - gnu.org
Pinta 3.0 - pinta-project.com
OpenELA Leapp - techzine.eu
Linux Mint OEM Support - linuxmint.com
Asahi Linux Roadblock - appleinsider.com
Proxmox VW 8.4 - proxmox.com
Archbang 0904 - sourceforge.net
Feren OS 2025.03 - feren-os.com
Pardus 23.4 - pardus.org
SparkyLinux - sparkylinux.org
MX 26.3 - mxlinux.org
Particle OS - itsfoss.com
Malware "Patches" - darkreading.com
Slopsquatting - theregister.com
Luminary Cloud and Honda's AI Model - engineering.com

15:50 Canonical Certifications

Adriana Frick's Story
Why Adriana left tech
BGP
What did the creation process look like?
- Defining standards
- Making it measurable
- Proving skills
How did you learn what employers want
Mauricio Buschinelli's Story
Verifying completion of a task
What does the test look like
Easter Eggs through out
As close to real as possible
Care about outcomes
Accessibility
Testing
A lot more coming

41:00 5G

Cellphone companies want to be at the tower
5G Hardware
Entire stack is open source
Provisioning Sim Cards
Roaming
Charmed Ether SD Core

50:00 FCC Licensing

Not a walk in the park
FCC starting to require receiver registration
Spectrum is crowded

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