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August 26Ask Noah Show 503
This week we talk about alternative ways to remote into your PC. Eric the IT guy joins us to talk about BootC, and we celebrate Linux' 35 birthday!
-- During The Show --
00:48 Intro
Being a perfectionist
PLA 3D printing
06:00 Remoting in - David
Archiving 35mm photos and 8mm film
Mainframes
Sunshine and Moonlight over Tailscale
Cyclical trends
Convergence device
Interface to the "mainframe"
"Hack" steam streaming
15:41 BootC Interview
EricTheItGuy - Eric Hendricks
What is bootc
Why bootc?
Roll back and reproduce-ability
Updates
Troubleshooting
Initial experience
What you should know first
Mind shift
Local bootc
Advantages of bootc
Getting started
Installing the desktop
Eric's bootc pitch
41:30 Happy Birthday Linux
Linux turns 35 years old
Impact of Linux on Steve
Impact of Linux on Eric
Impact of Linux on Noah
The world runs Linux
9 to 5 Linux
49:24 Struggling with "Good Enough"
Building bridges
Loosing sight of the MVP
Steve's example
Eric's example
Being good stewards
Write in!
News Wire
KDE Gear 26.08 has been released
Filezilla 3.71 is now available
RPM 6.1 is out
Rust 1.98 has been released
COSMIC Desktop 1.6 is now available
Thunderbird 154 is out
Firefox 154 is also out
The GNU Linux-libre 7.2-gnu has been released
The tails team has announced the availability of Tails 7.11
Garuda Linux has pushed out its latest release
Slackware based Porteux 2.8 is now out
OpenAI Open Sources Codex Harness Framework
TrueFoundry's open source AI agent harness TrueForge boasts 30%-75% cheaper task completion than Claude Managed Agents
AT&T is Using Open Source Models to Curb Anthropic Bills
A New Nonprofit Aims to Build Open-Source Software for the ARM Industry
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August 19Ask Noah Show 502
This week we talk about when is it appropriate to fix problems, and when is it scope creep. Plus, the second installment of our new SteveScale segment!
-- During The Show --
00:45 Intro
Rabbit holes
02:30 Comodore phone - Charlie
Flip phone
Sailfish OS
Commodore Phone
04:37 Cameras - Tyler
Agara (AQARA?) Hub
Camera flood light combo
AQARA to homekit
Honeywell Vista 20P Panel
Eyezon EVL4(https://www.eyezon.com/envisalink_evl4_smart_alarm_dsc_honeywell_no_monthly_fees.html)
Silicon Lab CP210
Alarm Relay
12:50 News Wire
Postgres 18.6 - postgresql.org
GIMP 3.4 - phoronix.com
Rsync 3.5 - lwn.net
QEMU 11.1 - phoronix.com
Linux 7.2 - phoronix.com
KDE Frameworks 6.29 - kde.org
Linux Mint HWE 22.3 - linuxmint.com
Sparklinux 8.4 - sparkylinux.org
Manjaro 26.1 - daily.dev
Meta Glimmer 30b - huggingface.co
LTX 2.5 - huggingface.co
Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B - huggingface.co
DeepSeek-V4-Pro - huggingface.co
Qwen3.8-27B - huggingface.co
Debian Turns 33 - bits.debian.org
14:35 Church Tech
Church "Tech Booth"
Stripped everything down
Built a tech both
Traced and labeled all the lines
Plugged everything back in
Re-Configured the mixer
Beringer XR18 with X Air Edit
FreeShow
OBS
Streamdeck with BitFocus Companion
Angry Audio interface
21:30 Oven's Data Center
Let us know if you want to hear about storage and backup
Laying down infrastructure
Local git Forgejo
GitHub vs GitLab vs Others
Secret Management
Ansible Vault
KeePass
Hashicorp Vault
OpenBao
Running into problems
RLIMIT_MEMLOCK
Docker registry
Comfy UI
MiniMax H3
Thunder Compute
Fish Audio
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August 12Ask Noah Show 501
Check out the second installment of our new segment "Steve Scale" as Steve digs into the Ovens family distro. What is BootC and why does he use it? LG is pushing ads to your monitor, and we introduce you to CachyOS.
-- During The Show --
00:48 Tech Updates
Oven's standard public build
Upstream BootC breakage & recovery
Static vs Rolling
Best way forward
A/B Scheme
Method of recovery
Container Registry
Container layers
Noah's new technology phases
Would Steve move away from Arch?
How work load changes workstation requirements
Flameshot
29:30 BootC - Adam
Not public yet
Docs Site
Let Steve know what you are looking for
Balancing privacy and openness
Securely sanitizing PII from docs
Documentation pipeline
The other side of documentation
Tell us if you want to hear about documentation
41:20 News Wire
Rhythmbox 3.5 - gitlab.gnome.org
FFmpeg 9.0 - ffmpeg.org
OpenLDAP 2.7 - openldap.org
Mesa 26.2 - torproject.org
GCC 16.2 - phoronix.com
IceWM 4.1 - phoronix.com
Gnome 50.4 - discourse.gnome.org
Tails 7.10.1 - torproject.org
DietPi 10.6 - dietpi.com
Spark Model - cnbc.com
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning - cnbc.com
CloudFlare Vibe-Coding Platform - arstechnica.com
42:38 LG Monitor Ads
MS Update installs LG bloatware ads
Monitor prices dropped
Known affected models
34GX900A-B
45GX950-B.AEU
32GS95UE-B
39GX950B
27GP83B-B
27GN800
32GS95UE-B
27GN850-B
Linux was unaffected
Possible on Linux with proprietary software
ArsTechnica
47:50 CachyOS
Gentoo meets Arch
Targeted towards modern hardware
LTO and BOLT
Advantage of custom Linux Kernel
Kernel scheduler
Zen 4 optimization
Hyperland
My Linux for Work GitHub
9 to 5 Linux
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August 05Ask Noah Show 500
We're back!! After a brief hiatus we're live from the Tamarack Tap Room in Woodbury MN! We celebrate and record the 500th episode of the Ask Noah Show. We talk about what's gone well, and where we think we can improve. After 235 episodes, Steve finally gets his own segment! This is an episode you don't want to miss.
-- During The Show --
00:25 Intro
Live from the Taproom
Why the Taproom
Tell us what you want the show to be!
02:00 Monitors
How big is too big
Multi monitor or Ultrawide
Linking monitors
Display port over thunderbolt
06:30 Steve Scale
How tech functions large scale
Ovens data center
IPMI boards
HP ProLiant Servers Gen9
Supermicro boards
Work lab is off most of the time
Virtualization
Deciding what goes where
Containers
What is in the home lab
Immich
Ente
Dashboards
Mealie
Logging
Semaphore UI
HashiCorp Vault
Home Assistant
Frigate
SmokePing
Local container registery
Wiki.js
User facing vs "backend"
Don't enjoy changing workflows
Silverblue and BootC
Scratching an itch
Planning vs get started
Why do you do it?
25:55 Jeremy
Positivity
Steve and Noah's positivity
We need you to be critical
We need feedback
29:45 News Wire
Thunderbird ESR 132 - thunderbird.net
Firefox ESR 132 - firefox.com
GNU Nano 9.2 - nano-editor.org
Shotcut 26.8 - shotcut.org
OBS Studio 32.2 - obsproject.com
Network Manager 1.58 networkmanager.dev
Cosmic Epoch 1.4 - phoronix.com
Gnome 50.3 - gnome.org
MocaccinoOS 26.08 - mocaccino.org
4mLinux 52.0 - 4mlinux-releases.blogspot.com
AerynOS 2026.08 - aerynos.com
Tails 7.10 - torproject.org
MiniMax H3 - minimax.io
30:50 Desktop or Laptop
Why desktop
Building the workstation into the desk
Graphics card with Thunderbolt dock
Cable management
Separating the desk from the computer
Accessing things over the internet
Minddripone.com
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July 29Ask Noah Show 499
Join us next week for the recording of episode of 500. We'll be live from the Tamarack Tap Room at 6pm next Tuesday Aug 4th. This week we talk about Steve building a custom distro for his house with BootC!
-- During The Show --
00:45 Intro
Time snark
Lots done in the studio
01:55
Tamark Taproom in Woodbury MN
Big Thank You to the venue
Aug 4 17:30
Uncomfortable Man hugs available
03:25 Oven's Project
Lots of computers in the Oven's house
Outgrown imutable OS
NixOS was considered
Looked to sharpen both home and industry skills
Wide domain knowledge
BootC and Fedora CoreOS
Printer drivers
Testing and working out the bugs
The process
Special snowflake computer
What is BootC
Automating the process
SilverBlue issues
Zero touch config
Problems
Picking a distro
Encryption
"Day 2"
Staging machine
Take-aways
36:55 News Wire
Peazip 11.2 - github.io
Proton 11 - steamdeckhq.com
KDE Frameworks 6.28 - kde.org
Calibre 9.11 - calibre-ebook.com
TMUX 3.7 - github.com
GNU Nano 9.1 - nano-editor.org
GNU Cash 5.16 - github.com
Shotcut - 26.6 - shotcut.org
Arm64 Live Kernel Patching - ubuntu.com
Cosmic Epoch 1.1 - phoronix.com
7.0 Kernel EOL - eosl.date
KaOS 2026.06 - kaosx.us
Parrot OS 7.3 - parrotsec.org
Mageia 10.0 - mageia.org
Ultramarine 44 - blog.fyralabs.com
Gnoppix 26.7 - forum.gnoppix.org
4mLinux 51.2 - 4mlinux-releases.blogspot.com
Porteux 2.6 linuxjournal.com
CachyOS June 2026 linuxjournal.com
Hannah Montana Linux ReMaster - tomshardware.com
Ubuntu 25.10 - discourse.ubuntu.com
Debian 13.6 - debian.org
Azure Linux 4.0 - zdnet.com
Bad Epoll - securityweek.com
Januscape - thehackernews.com
Tencent hy3 - the-decoder.com
Z.Ai GLM-5.2 - counterpointresearch.com
Leanstral 1.5 - the-decoder.com
Github's License Tool - helpnetsecurity.com
39:35 Noah's Framwork
Noah's change in mindset
Buying new doesn't save much
13 Pro on the way
Many but not all new parts interchangeable with original Framework 13
Screen aspect ratio
Framework has been consistant
LPCAMM2 RAM
Life of laptops
51:10 Activist Charged with Felony
CBP Agent entered Duress code into GrapheneOS phone
Wiped the encryption key, effectively wiping the device
Activist charged with a Felony
Successfully thwarted the government
Question to the audiance
ArsTechnica
The Guardian
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June 24Ask Noah Show 498
This week we interview Avri Chen-Roth and he gives us an overview of Pocket ID! We give you the details on our upcoming Episode 500 party in the Minneapolis / St.Paul area on Tuesday August 4th 2026!
-- During The Show --
00:50 Up Coming on the Show
ANS on the air 9 years
Studio is all Linux
Telos Axia Board
Runs Linux
Moved from hardware to docker
Lost art of leveraging technology
"Glowing Box Stores"
Growing the show
Episode 500 in MN St Paul
Show is taking a pause
12:22 Avri Chen-Roth Interview
PocketID and OpenID Connect
Home lab authentication problem
Commercial solutions largely PAAS
LDAP and Active Directory
OpenID Connect
Apps don't save credentials
New open source standard
Compatible with large service providers
Passkeys
Storing passkeys
Why PocketID?
Setting up PocketID
On boarding PocketID
Converting existing accounts to PocketID
Groups
OAuth 2.0
WebAuthn
LDAP Sync
41:10 Retired Phone Computing
What to do with old cellphones
Using old phones for cluster compute
Thermal runaway
Major challenge is distributing the load
Getting Linux on the phones
research.google
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June 17Ask Noah Show 497
This week the boys are back at home and talk about the latest changes with coming down the line with Roku. Your questions as always go to the front of the line.
-- During The Show --
00:50 Intro
AI doesn't make less work
Multitasking
03:50 Reolink Wifi Door Bell - Mike
Facial Recognition
08:45 Door Bells - John
10BASE-T1L
Omnitron-Systems Link
Need them at both ends
11:10 Cameras and things - xhat
Block cameras at the firewall
Updates via Home Assistant
13:00 Feedback
Please write in!
Rising tide lifts all boats
Email or call in
14:06 Roku Story
Cheap and ubiquitous
Fox bought out Roku
22 Billion
Noah's friend joining the 21st century
Nvidia Shield
OSMC Vero
Mini PC with LibreELEC
Boxy amazon
newsroom.roku.com
archive.ph
31:50 Fedora Silverblue
Portable laptop
Switching OSTrees
Budgie Desktop
Tweaking Fedora Atomic
Domain knowledge transfer
Leveraging automation
Replacing EndlessOS
Variety of OS
ZFS Boot manager
BMC IPMI
PiKVM
ASROCK Motherboards
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June 14Episode 496: Ask Noah Show 496 | Live from SELF 2026
This week we are live from SELF! THE Alan Hicks joins the program and we talk Ai!
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June 10Ask Noah Show 495
This week Noah and Steve talk about why they'll be at Southeast Linuxfest. Noah introduces everyone to the Ai embedded in his rental car, and the boys finally find a Z-Wave thermostat!
-- During The Show --
00:50 Intro
When AI can be good
Conversing with AI
Varying AI model quality
Creativity and AI
Prompt engineering
Write into the show about AI
Accelerator for people already have a base skill
10:00 SELF and Picking Conferences
Self is this Weekend
Please come to SELF
Really use help Wednesday
New Venue
Why go to SELF
Conference size
Watch for the ANS meetup
15:55 Door bells - Ziggy
Steve would run Ethernet
Why WiFi cameras are bad
ReoLink Support
22:15 Thermostats - Tim
RadioThermostat CT50
Honeywell T6 Pro Z-Wave Programmable Thermostat (Model TH6320ZW2007)
25:30 UL Listed
UL, ETL, CE certification
European way of doing things
UL508A
Gosund Wo1 Tuya smart outlet
30:00 AI in Cars
AI built into rental
Noah's AI experience
AI Audio clips
AI engages with you
Safety concerns
Possibility of latent functionality
40:20 Age Verification
California's Digital Age Assurance Act
Open Source getting a pass in CA and CO
Privacy trade offs
Pattern of freedom and contraction
ItsFoss
48:00 OpenAI IPO
Large evaluations
Fundraising with out fundraising
May be a cash out move
Going public "opens the books"
CNBC
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June 03Episode 494: Ask Noah Show 494
This week Mike McGrath from Red Hat joins us to talk about using Red Hat to talk about the relationship RHEL and their up-streams.
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00:45 Intro
IT at home
Wrangling home "data center"
Noah's old strategy
Shoe makers kids have no shoes
Snowballing tech
Backups - pull vs push
Making things modular
11:10 Interesting Tech - Carey
TRMNL
Mecha Comet
GPD Micro PC 2
Value of pocket PCs
22:30 Shelly Devices and UL rated - Mike
UL Ratings
Pay attention to what you buy
Many Shelly devices are UL listed
UL listed Shelly devices are ~20% more expensive
"Harbor Freight" answer
28:30 Red Hat Vulnerabilities
Discovered and locked down in a few hours
Assume breach, change everything
Has worm like functionality
Bypassed 2FA
Multiple persistence methods
Heavily obfuscated
stepsecurity.io
36:45 Interview Mike McGrath
Mike McGrath - Vice President, Core Platforms
RHEL AI vs OpenShift AI
What did Red Hat get wrong and right over the last few years
Is AI a threat to open source?
Does going closed source actually solve anything?
CVEs
Mechanisms for community influence on RHEL
What are RHEL security best practices?
Quantum safe encryption
Install as little as possible
Image mode
Project Hummingbird
RHEL Forever
CentOS Stream and RHEL
What is an upside of CentOS Stream?
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