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Ask Noah Show Episode 304

This hour Noah and Steve answer your questions, big picture mode on KDE, and living off-grid with solar panels!

Ask Noah Show 303

Noah and Steve answer your NAS questions, follow-up on Z-Wave devices, and appropriate responses for unwanted drones!

Ask Noah Show | Episode 302

Noah and Steve have recommended Z-Wave devices for home automation. What do you do when your home automation fails? What do you do when you suffer latency from streaming? Noah and Steve talk troubleshooting for your home network, and home...

Ask Noah Show | Episode 301

Open Source Has Won!

As we celebrate Episode 300 Noah and Steve dig into the difference in industry between 2017 when ANS launched and today. The landscape has changed considerably. Today people ask about Open Source, today people value interoperability.

Providing Open Source Support

How do you provide open source support to business who use FOSS in production? If you're using FOSS in production you need support. Noah and Steve dig into what it takes and how companies use supported FOSS software.

Playing with Kubernetes

This hour we focus on your feedback, Kubernetes, audio interfaces, and of course your weekly Linux headlines!

Introduction to Home Automation

Do you feel lost getting into home automation? This week Steve and Noah start from the beginning and give you a taste of what it takes to get a solid Home Automation system up and running!

Introduction to Home Lab Security

This week we talk about things you want to be aware of before putting self hosted services on the wide open internet!

Crowd Sourced Security with Philippe Humeau

Philippe Humeau joins us this hour to talk about CrowdSec - an IDS/IPS that uses crowd sourced information to evaluate threats on your network!

Getting Started with Container

This week we dig into containers and what it takes to get started working with them.

Fixing Crashing Containers

What do you do when your container crashes your host? Steve is back and we walk through this and other questions!

The Art of Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting is much more than solving problems. True troubleshooting is digging into the issue until you identify the root cause of the issue. This week we dig deep into the art of troubleshooting and give you some practical tips and...

Rocket Chat Speaks Matrix!

Rocket Chat is the newest member of the Matrix family! Yet another open source communication platform adopts Matrix as their standard for federation.

Redundant Virtual Hosts

What do you need to get a redundant virtual host system setup using Proxmox? We help Tony through this situation, as well as answer your questions!

Travel Laptop Security

What precautions (if any) do you take when traveling with your electronics to another country or to a hacking conference? Noah and Steve dig into the idea of travel security. Your questions, our picks, it's a packed episode you don't...

Choosing Servers...

This episode is focused on your feedback and your questions. Prebuilt NAS or custom built? Digital open source signage, and security camera recordings. We answer it all!

Ubuntu's Rolling Distro

Rolling Rhino Remix is an un-official Ubuntu flavour which converts the Ubuntu operating system into a rolling release Linux distribution. This solves an age old problem of getting up to date software on Ubuntu.

There are rumors...in the Twittersphere

We spend most of the hour on your questions and your feedback. Elon Musk purchases and promises to make the platform more open!

Follow-up Round-Up

This week it's ALL feedback! We tackle your questions and your calls!

Medical Data Privacy

Fitbit announced their FDA approval to detect atrial fibrillation in their wearable. What privacy and security concerns does this pose and what can you do about it? We tackle your questions, plus the news! It's a packed week!

The Weaponization of Open Source

The Weaponization of Open Source is happening but does it enact real change or are we hurting the reputation of FOSS? We tackle your questions, your feedback and this question this week!

Civil Engineering on LINUX!

Erik Lietz, PE from Oakridge Engineering joins the Ask Noah Show this hour to discuss running an an engineering firm on Linux! Does it work perfectly? Does Linux leave something to be desired? We dig deep and discuss merits of...

Intro to Storage Part 2

In episode 274 we introduced you to block storage, in this episode we build on that to talk about storage types, and using those storage types with NAS and SAN storage.

Happy Birthday Arch, btw

This week we take your questions then dig into the releases that are hot this week. KDE, Gnome, Pine64, and System76 all have something for you this week!

Home Labs Tips

In addition to answering your questions, this week Noah and Steve give you some tips and tricks to getting started with a home lab!

Introduction to Storage

This week we talk storage! The more we dig into this the deeper the hole goes. We start with an introduction and and overview but this one is likely to be a two or even three part series!

Migrating Matrix with 12K Users

This week we tried to migrate our Matrix instance to our own data center, it didn't go well. We discuss our mistakes and what our next steps are. Your calls, your emails we cover it all in this episode!

Better Passwords with Bitwarden

In this episode we talk with Bitwarden to learn more about this open source password manager.

Soft Skills & Cupcakes

Improve your work environment by knowing yourself. How do you convince a customer or co-worker that their idea is a bad one? Google Analytics gets another blow from the Austrian government, SUSE announces Liberty Linux a RHEL clone.

Networking Madness

You filled this hour with questions, we spent the hour answering them. From VLANS to point to point radios, this episode has something for everyone.

Tech Roundtable

Ringing In The New Year

An entire show packed with your questions! Noah and Steve spend the hour answering your calls, your emails, and your questions!

Modeling Open Source

Noah and Steve discuss the open source model and the potential consequences when companies that rely on FOSS solutions don't support them.

Log4Shell Security Alert!

Log4Shell has set the internet on fire this week. Noah and Steve dig into the details of this vulnerability as well as discuss what you can do to mitigate it. Pop_OS 21.10 is out, Toyota make their keyfob a service,...

Fun with Automation

This episode we focus on your feedback. Steve describes automating his Christmas tree. We give you some tips for getting started with Home Assistant. A new version of Firefox has been released with new privacy sandboxing features, and as always...

Moving to a Datacenter

In this episode Noah and Steve discuss migrating moving into a datacenter. Amazon Linux 3 is based off of Fedora, a new GPD Pocket 3 is out and is an IT sysadmin's dream, a privacy respecting voice assistant, join us...

Mattermost with Ian Tien

Ian Tien joins us to discuss Mattermost, an open-source, self-hostable online chat service with file sharing, search, and integrations.

Alma Linux with Jack Aboutboul

Jack Aboutboul joins us this hour to talk about Alma Linux, a Red Hat Linux clone that is now doing what the former CentOS did prior to it becoming CentOS Stream.

Supply Chain Attacks

Researchers at the University of Cambridge discovered a bug that affects most computer code compilers. Fedora 35 is out, Matrix is now offering a bridging service for $5/mo. We tackle your questions, plus our picks!

RISC-V with Stephano Cetola

RISC-V has been called the

Decrypting Privacy with Dr. Andy Yen

Dr. Andy Yen joins us this hour to discuss the latest features of Proton. We ask Andy about the Proton user, a French suspect that was arrested for squatting. Did ProtonMail do it's job in protecting privacy?

Self Hosting Hardware

This episode we focus on your questions! How to build a NAS? Best remote desktop software? We cover it all! Mozilla announced Firefox Suggest. FreeNAS and NextCloud are in a new partnership, and a self hosted server system for layman.

Google Funding FOSS Security

Google is backing a new project from the Linux Foundation to the tune of $1 million that aims to bolster the security of critical open-source projects. GitLab is going public with their IPO, plus we address your feedback and calls!

Bots Emails and Calls

It's a packed episode with your questions and thoughts! There's a ton of information in this episode and equipment recommendations this week! Don't miss it!

If it's not FOSS - Don't Host It

Even when you can self host it, relying on proprietary software can be challenging. This week Noah & Steve step through the latest self hosting options! Canonical extended their support for Ubuntu for 10 years, plus our picks!

When E2EE is Moderated

Facebook and WhatsApp users offered "end-to-end encryption" which most users interpret to mean that the parent companies couldn't view the content of the messages, it turns out there's a catch! Ventoy gets a UI, and CentOS clones are getting support!

Pine64 with Lukasz Erecinski

Lukasz Erecinski joins us this hour to discuss Pine64 and their lineup of open source hardware for geeks!

Migrating a Network and a NAS

Patrick Emerson, director of IT from New Springs Church joins us to talk about their migration from their proprietary walled garden network and storage, to free and open source options.

30 Years of Linux!

LibreOffice 7.2 is out, Gnome 41 Beta has been released, we talk streaming infrastructure, a must have networking tool for structured wiring, plus your questions, our picks!