This week we dig full force into some interesting listener questions. Noah talks about an open source hardware synth, and Steve walks through some of his hardware choices to help you!
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00:50 Intro
WeatherCooling IT rooms in winter05:00 Printers, DVD ripping and more - James
Steve has 2 brother printersAuto DuplexingSeparate printer and scannerLarge business grade unitsAsk Noah Show 368All in One Brother DCP-L2640DW AmazonBudget Brother HL-L2460DW AmazonMonochrome Brother HL-6210DW AmazonColor Brother HL-L3280CDW AmazonTrouble with auto duplexingStay away from LexarHP printersManually add the printerChange to Jetdirect or IP printerPay attention to exact model or most similarWhen it goes wrong, it goes really wrongYour mileage may varyCanon Color Image Class LBP622Cdw AmazonScanner Brother ADS-1200 AmazonContainers vs CodecsMKV vs MP4AvidemuxRipping as ISOs vs video filesMakeMKVMakeMKV Docker Image# sudo modprobe sg
services:
makemkv:
image: ghcr.io/jlesage/makemkv:latest
ports:
- "5800:5800"
volumes:
- "./makemkv:/config:rw"
- "./storage:/storage:ro"
- "./output:/output:rw"
security_opt: # Fix for apparmor enabled systems
- apparmor:unconfined
environment:
- USER_ID=1000
- GROUP_ID=1000
devices:
- "/dev/sr0:/dev/sr0"
- "/dev/sg0:/dev/sg0"
Christmas moviesHandbrakeFFmpegTranscodingRun controller at each siteUbiquiti Cloud KeyLots of problemsOVH serverPut basic auth in frontInbox ZeroPaperless NGXDump to eml file then import into special Thunderbird45:14 News Wire
Firefox 146 - firefox.com
Thunderbird 146 - thunderbird.net
KDE Frameworks 6.12 - kde.org
Cinnamon Desktop 6.6 - itsfoss.com
Rust 1.92 - blog.rust-lang.org
AerynOS 2025.12 - phoronix.com
Kali Linux 2025.4 - kali.org
Pop!_OS 24.04 - itsfoss.com
MaboxLinux 2025.12 - maboxlinux.org
Papermoon - thenewstack.io
01flip Ransomware - esecurityplanet.com
React2Shell - thehackernews.com
Nomos 1 - venturebeat.com
Nemotron Model - reuters.com
Quilter's AI - venturebeat.com
Chatterbox Labs - redhat.com
Agentic AI Group - hackernoon.com
Firefox AI Browser - phoronix.com
47:47 Zynthian
Open hardware deviceWe want your feedback!Are you comfortable with software VSTZynthian.org50:30 Family Resistant to Self Hosting - David
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