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This hour we dig into Apple's encryption plan, a new version of KdenLive is out, Tor Bundled for Ukraine, and a new open source platform connects those in need with resources in their area. -- During The Show -- 00:45 Dakota's Weather Roads are ice rinks 02:15 2 Questions: IR Remote & Waking From Sleep - Gary IR Remote $150 or less buy used Used URC 450 Remote RF Base Mouse/Keyboard Waking up computer Different levels of sleep Reach out to System76 08:05 Email Management? - Heath Filter email as it comes in 11:40 Managing Multiple Online Accounts - Brandon Podman run per client podman run -d \ --name=client1-browser \ --security-opt seccomp=unconfined `#optional` \ -e PUID=1000 \ -e PGID=1000 \ -p 3000:3000 \ -v /path/to/config:/config \ --shm-size="1gb" \ --restart unless-stopped \ lscr.io/linuxserver/firefox:latest Multi Account Containers (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers) Noah's System 20:26 Minetest Feedback - Heidi Mine Test Liberapay (https://liberapay.com/celeron55/)

Do you purchase technology with the expectation that it's consumable or disposable? Noah and Steve talk about considerations to make sure you get the best bang for your buck! -- During The Show -- 01:26 Laptop suggestion? - Bri Apple is not an option Struggle to recommend HP Dell is great! Latitude Line Noah's Dell Latitude 7330 Buy second hand Dell Latitude 7490 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/384872907927?epid=10056615806&hash=item599c368497:g:VbgAAOSw0Stic-1w&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4MQVH%2Bv6uzEFBd6EZb%2B97zb9ecLMT0wwjtblim1kNmuacpeemZqobIMAKqjVSFF7EaaZbt2viDWGqmeCVDmfjc4p6ZnAXB%2FprhAt6IFX3xrSqo1F8uBS3bydbVBefVOXBJ8cg9lMrAmhj2Yw00JAMll8Sa183yMRRSTcFvVoXYScAFVDh7ja5w1b8fpAMr%2F7vu%2BWibTB9ygjKyWmGee7j3NvEAAYb5TLHgbl%2FsTdM%2FVJwc0JcdYfhntlTjy2s6fqFFOawvP%2Ft%2B8g1Ovw8zqIrnxAJPzP3zGEdpxq%2Bf9febzo%7Ctkp%3ABFBMyrXenZ1h#readMoreDesc) Reach out to System76 07:40 Sip phone recommendation? - Charlie Fanvil X3U Yealink maybe better than Grandstream UniFi Switches TP Link Switches 12:20 Network Jitters? - Andy What are ji

This is the second week of our storage round table. Join the crew as they talk storage, configuration, and considerations. If you missed part one, make sure to check out https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/313. -- During The Show -- 01:41 Steve's Script Problem Thank You Thank You for all the feedback! Bash and set +x/-x 04:28 Altispeed Runbooks - Kevin ITIL Definition (https://www.techtarget.com/searchnetworking/definition/run-book) Read the Docs Runbooks (https://runbook.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) Started with non technical things Its a manual process Altispeed's Git Hub (https://gitlab.com/altispeed) 07:48 What To Do With Repurposed Hardware? - Emmanuel Old hardware is not power efficient Point of Presence Server Backup Server Lab gopher(https://labgopher.com/) 11:50 Should I Reuse Old HDDs? - Ebal Use Mirrored Zvols Back Up 14:11 Measuring Internet Speed - Keith Don't use speedtest.net Speed of Me (https://speedof.me/) Test My Net (https://testmy.net/) 17:15 ZFS Drive Health - Sleuth ZFS can be setup to aler

It's the storage round-table! Steve Ovens, Peter Dennert, Kenny Schmidt, and Patrick Emerson join Noah to talk storage! There's a wide range of ways to set storage up, a wide range of requirements and ways to implement it. What common things do we all agree on? Where do we disagree and why? -- During The Show -- 01:11 Steve's Curl Update Thank you for your replies Where do you learn about shell commands/variables 04:51 Jeremy reflects on 312 crypto - Jeremy Can't use it at stores Mining creates e-waste and raises price of GPUs Buying a cupcake was eye opening FTX happened because unethical people not crypto Crypto isn't there yet Decentralized currency is self defeating 12:42 Storage Solution for wife - Thomas Manage Storage for her Next Cloud (https://nextcloud.com/) Seafile (https://www.seafile.com/) NFS+SystemD/Samba HDD is single point of failure 14:55 Thoughts on Signal - Nomad RCS works like Signal No interest in stories 17:30 Hank emailed in a lot Thanks for all the feedback 18:35 Question about HDMI -

-- During The Show -- 00:30 Steve's Curl Issue Curl not picking up variables properly ``` myvar=RvNAQycq2KOrWaGVuaoHBwPgfEOwzPi2 curl -k -d "clientsecret=${myvar}" https://keycloak.k3s.lab/realms/myrealm/protocol/openid-connect/token |jq .idtoken) ``` 02:00 Pihole & Eero - Wyeth YouTube Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnFtWsZ8IP0&t=721s) Tutorial (https://www.derekseaman.com/2019/09/how-to-pi-hole-plus-dnscrypt-setup-on-raspberry-pi-4.html) Eero System may be the issue Get the ISP to allow your old router Email Ask Noah show for Nextcloud setup 15:20 Suggestion for Church - Charlie AM/FM Radio 16:30 Audio over IP - Brett Church Setup Noah's thoughts 18:45 Storage Question - Jeremy External storage pros/cons Better to build storage box 21:25 Ceph or ZFS? - Russel Ceph is good for racks of storage ZFS is better for single box 23:30 Vlan on PFsense worksonmybox Trouble creating VLans on PFsense Check your trunk port UniFi treats VLans strangely 25:55 Espanso Espanso (https://espanso.org/) Open Source tex

Where do you go either at work or in home to for help when you get stuck exploring new technology? Noah and Steve take you through their process. We take your calls, your questions, and look at what's happening in the FOSS world! -- During The Show -- 01:25 Caller Kevin Outdoor speakers? Outdoor Speaker 1 (https://www.amazon.com/Polk-Audio-Atrium-Outdoor-Speakers/dp/B00378KMEG) Outdoor Speaker 2 (https://www.amazon.com/Electro-Voice-EVID-4-2-Surface-Mount-Loudspeaker/dp/B0010EFJJW/) Volumio (https://volumio.com/) Switch for NDI (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Device_Interface) and Dante (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_(networking)) Cisco SG Series The 3560 and 3750 are very common IGMP Snooping QOS Managed Telos Alliance audio over IP switch configuration (https://www.telosalliance.com/uploads/Axia%20Products/Support%20Documents/Tech%20Tips/cisco3560-3750-switchconfig-for-livewire-rev4-1.pdf) 11:15 How to calculate Required Bandwidth? - Bhikhu Cactus Comments (https://cactus.chat/) Goat Counter (h

Elon Musk is buying Twitter, but will this be a benefit for free speech or a nightmare for the internet? There's a security vulnerability in OpenSSL we'll tell you what you need to know, and of course your questions go to the front of the line! -- During The Show -- Steve's Surprise Things to be thankful for Working at Red Hat 02:14 Listener comments on file transfers - Charlie Format the HDD in exFAT Use FTP/SFTP inside a VPN gFTP instead of Filezilla Freedom Box (https://www.freedombox.org/) 04:40 Bitwarden and Email Alias - Jeremy Proton Mail Acquired Simple Login (https://simplelogin.io/blog/simplelogin-join-proton/) Contribute to Mind Drip Media Docs (https://docs.minddripmedia.com/contributing/) 07:50 Send Us Feedback and Questions Email - Email in Phone - Best Way! 1-855-450-NOAH (6624) Mumble (https://docs.minddripmedia.com/mumble/) - #Mumble in GeekLab 10:30 Is there a Google Voice alternative? - Kevin FlowRoute (https://flowroute.com/) + 3CX (https://www.3cx.com/) VoxTelsys (http://www.voxtelesys.co

-- During The Show -- Steve's and K38 04:40 Cory Clarifies File Share Use Case - Cory Created a FTP share Set up networking FTP resets every 60 seconds? FTPS and SFTP Script Kiddies ISP may be interfering 11:10 Tell Me More About Sophos - Jeremy Don't go lower than XG-135 Sophos hardware XG-210 with SFP/Expansion 15:30 Charlie Wants to Know About "Critical Thought" Availability Critical Thought Website (https://podcast.criticalthought.show/) KONX Live Stream (https://knoxradio.com/) Subscribe to Critical Thought (https://podcast.criticalthought.show/subscribe) 17:00 News Wire Graph for GUAC Info Security Magazine (https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/google-guac-improve-software/) SC Magazine (https://www.scmagazine.com/brief/third-party-risk/new-google-open-source-tool-seeks-to-bolster-software-supply-chains) WiFi Patches IT Wire (https://itwire.com/business-it-news/open-source/developers-patch-five-wi-fi-bugs-which-were-in-linux-kernel-since-2019.html) OldGremlin targets Linux Computing Co UK (https:/

This episode Noah and Steve discuss building a NAS, audio room correction, Dustin writes back in to say he got his church bank access working, and what do you need to get a law office up and running? It's a packed episode! -- During The Show -- 01:00 Remote Access to OpenMediaVault - Cory Computer provides more control TailScale (https://tailscale.com/) Tinc Mesh VPN (https://tinc-vpn.org/) WireGuard (https://www.wireguard.com/) Site to Site VPN Overlay network Nebula (https://github.com/slackhq/nebula) HeadScale (https://github.com/juanfont/headscale) SyncThing (https://syncthing.net/) 12:00 Bradly from mumble DNS Issue use DIG Check your DNS Route DNS config needs to add the new VPN Client Subnet as ALLOWED 17:30 DIY Digital Room Correction with Linux - Charlie DIY Digital Room Correction (https://th0ma5w.github.io/DIY-Room-Correction/) Calibrated Measurement Microphone (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ADR2B84) Discussion Thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33053485) 19:30 Tiny from Mumble Hosted ema

This week, Noah and Steve tell you about the new Intel NUC that supports a TRIPPLE GPU Slot, a company that provides commercial support for Linux users, and the courts are divided on the scope of cell phone searches! -- During The Show -- 04:00 Rural 5G Internet - Chris User Hardware Netgear RAX45 ZTE MC8010CA Telus in Canada CGNAT Cradle Point (https://cradlepoint.com/) Peplink (https://www.peplink.com/) 07:40 Listener Responds to 305 - Greg White list "assets.adobedtm.com" 09:20 HDMI-CEC - Avri Wikipedia CEC (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Electronics_Control) HDMI 2.0a Ethernet over HDMI (https://thehometheaterdiy.com/hdmi-with-ethernet/) Cable companies are going to IP TV STI Cables STI HDMI Decimator (https://www.btx.com/decimator-md-lx-hdmi-sdi-converter) 15:00 Listener follows up on own hosting question - Gary A2 Hosting 16:15 ParrotSec ParrotSec (https://parrotsec.org) Multiple flavors/editions 18:30 Euro Linux Euro Linux (https://en.euro-linux.com/eurolinux/desktop/) Euro Linux Review (https:

Jack Kang from SiFive joins Noah and Steve to talk about SiFive and their IP that has become the go-to choice for NASA! -- During The Show -- 01:30 Caller - Jeff From Cincinnati Linksys AC2100 Router dropping connections Check for interference Change the WiFi Channel Increase transceiver power WiFi Analyzer (https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.vrem.wifianalyzer/) 15:43 Sleuth - Used Thinkpads Is there anything wrong with it? Are parts user replaceable? Thinkpad T480 Noah's thoughts Dock on the bottom? 21:55 Listeners Responds About Bank/ISP - Brian & Jeremy IP Changed during log in Use a VPN 'Ban Happy' algorithm 23:35 Listener Responds About A/V Control - Travis Control devices via RS232 25:15 News Wire Linux 6.0 ARS Technica (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/10/linux-6-0-arrives-with-support-for-newer-chips-core-fixes-and-oddities/) Toms Hardware (https://www.tomshardware.com/news/linux-kernel-release-6) Rust Pull Request for Linux 6.1 Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-For-Linux-6.1-Pull-Req

Noah and Steve dig into observability! What is it? Why is it important? How do you use observability to get a handle on your troubleshooting? -- During The Show -- 01:30 Theatre Remote - Glenn IR Blaster/Receiver (https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2261799826804957.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.37544c4drBCZSh&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa4itemAdapt&_randl_shipto=US) with Tasmota + Knock off IR Remote Warning Current Model may not be Tasmota compatible URC Remote and Base station (https://www.urc-automation.com/product-category/complete-control/) + Scenes Inteset 4-in-1 Universal Backlit IR Learning Remote (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00M4I1BAY/?tag=minddripmedia-20) write in to the show 13:00 Caller Dustin in TX Bank is blaming new ISP for no online bill pay Talk to the ISP Take machine from home to church Try tethering to your phone Try a VPN Could be multiple issues 28:00 Linux News Wire Linus Prediction The Register (https://www.theregister.com/2022/09/26/linux_6_rc7/) Tech Radar (https://www.techradar.com/news/linux-60-sho

Email 1 - Help digitizing a church - Scott Hi Noah, I'm an IT guy from Brookings SD and my church wants to move to a more digital setup. This is currently a bit beyond my depth. Where would be a good place to post questions about our setup? Scott (Post Your Setup Here!)[https://notes.minddripmedia.com/kSLUHFePTz-IyVyN-40YcA#] Email 1 - Help digitizing a church - Scott Hi Noah, I'm an IT guy from Brookings SD and my church wants to move to a more digital setup. This is currently a bit beyond my depth. Where would be a good place to post questions about our setup? Scott Email 3 - Dub over video? - Jeremy What would you suggest to dub audio over pre-recorded video from a go pro? Best, Jeremy Picks (5 min) Zenmap https://nmap.org/zenmap/ Zenmap is the official Nmap Security Scanner GUI. It is a multi-platform (Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, BSD, etc.) free and open source application which aims to make Nmap easy for beginners to use while providing advanced features for experienced Nmap users. Frequently used scans ca

Noah and Steve answer your NAS questions, follow-up on Z-Wave devices, and appropriate responses for unwanted drones! -- During The Show -- 00:55 Steve's PSA Please make sure that if expecting a response, the email has a return address. Avoid "donotreply" and "noreply" addresses 04:15 NAS Questions - Mars Xray What are you doing on the NAS? Start with requirements There is no "poor man's NAS" Start with 3 copies on 2 kinds of media ZFS on Linux Ubuntu vs Red Hat OpenZFS TrueNAS/UI IXSystems 45 Drives Connecting Drives Dell Optiplex Steve's Setup 18:15 User responds about Frontier Fiber & PFSense - Mike OPNSense Fix (github.com/opnsense/src/issues/114) Options Use another firewall Use Frontier router in bridge mode Use Layer 3 switch between the ONT and OPNSense box Arris NVGG468MQ 21:55 Users respond about Zwave - James & David Upgrade the Z-Wave Hub firmware Upgrading Guide (https://community.hubitat.com/t/guide-nortek-husbzb-1-nvm-backup-restore-and-updating-z-wave-firmware/48012) Steve's Thoughts Rebooting

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 automation. -- During The Show -- 02:20 Ordering System/Management? - Zack Hydra OMS Presta Shop (https://www.prestashop.com/en/1.7) 07:50 Caller Delmer Zwave network problems 30ish Devices Maybe an issue with the Zwave stick Try putting the Zwave Stick on an extension Garage Door Sensor Zwave Tilt Sensor Playing Media over the internet? Internet Routing Trace Route (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traceroute) Ping Plotter (https://www.pingplotter.com/) 31:10 Securing Seafile? - Mathieu Threat Modeling SeaFile is designed to be on the internet SeaFile Encrypts/Decrypts Native Client - Locally Web Client - Cached for 1 hour server side OVH is in and subsidized by Canada Gov Consider something like Fail2Ban (https://www.fail2ban.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page) or CrowdSec (https:/

The EFF has offered an opinion on the FAAs visual line of sight rule for Drones. What does this do for privacy? If the FAA makes a different recommendation on how they will enforce drone regulations. The EFF has also launched the Atlas of Surveillance, a publicly searchable crowdsourced database to see which tools law enforcement is using to spy on communities. -- During The Show -- 02:20 Wiping Hard drives? - Stephen DBAN (https://dban.org/) Nwipe (https://wiki.andybev.com/doku.php?id=nwipe) ShedOS (https://github.com/nadenislamarre/shredos) All In One System Rescue Toolkit (https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/all_in_one_%E2%80%93_system_rescue_toolkit_technician.html) Destroy the drive 07:30 Whole BR rips? - Karel Just rip ISOs 12:00 Smart door lock? - Eddie Bluetooth locks are terrible Schlage ZWave (https://www.schlage.com/en/home/smart-locks/connect-zwave.html) Axis A1001 (https://www.axis.com/products/axis-a1001) Shelly 1 (https://shelly.cloud/products/shelly-1-smart-home-automation-relay/) Axis D

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. -- During The Show -- 01:50 Listener follows up on Bluray playback - William It worked! The solution 03:30 3D Printer Recommendation - Greg Lulzbot Taz 6 Open source OctoPrint (https://octoprint.org/) 04:45 3D Printer Related - Joshua Klipper (https://www.klipper3d.org/) OpenSCAD (https://openscad.org/) Voron Project (https://www.vorondesign.com/) FreeCAD (https://www.freecad.org/) 09:30 FOSS Remote Software - Peter Mesh Central (https://meshcentral.com/info/) Mesh Central GitHub (https://github.com/Ylianst/MeshCentral) 13:10 LDAP Alternatives? - Miguel TurnKey Linux (https://www.turnkeylinux.org/) Red Hat IDM (https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/linux_domain_identity_authentication_and_policy_guide/introduction) FreeIPA (https://www.fre

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. -- During The Show -- 01:30 Remote Desktop Tool - Aaron DW Service (https://www.dwservice.net/) Can't self host Wouldn't use All remote access software is a backdoor RustDesk (https://rustdesk.com/) RPort (https://rport.io/) Simple Help (https://simple-help.com/) Not open source 06:00 Home Router? - Howard Fiber Micro Node Purchase/Build a server with SFP Mind Drip Media Link (https://notes.minddripmedia.com/uploads/aa723aeb-8fba-4d20-89d3-d08db654e0d9.png) 09:00 Migrating OS drive? - Lucas Install and Rsync Data Computers should be cattle Ansible (https://www.ansible.com/) Seafile (https://www.seafile.com/) Clonezilla (https://clonezilla.org/) Block Size Corruption 14:00 Update Machines on Lan - Charlie Don't run a local repo Apt-Cacher NG (https://wiki.debian.org/AptCacherNg) Mount NFS Share (h

This hour we focus on your feedback, Kubernetes, audio interfaces, and of course your weekly Linux headlines! -- During The Show -- 00:50 FreeCAD Thank You FreeCAD 03:00 Caller Matrix Bridge Hosting Bridges can break when cooperation is required on the other end 12:00 Kubernetes? - Tyler Grunt Work Kubernetes Crash Course (https://blog.gruntwork.io/a-crash-course-on-kubernetes-a96c3891ad82) Red Hat - Steve Ovens (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/users/steve-ovens) Kubernetes dropped Docker shim for CNI OpenShift (https://docs.openshift.com/) MiniKube (https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/) Mini Shift (https://github.com/MiniShift/minishift#documentation) OKD (UpStream OpenShift) (https://www.okd.io/) Steve's How Containers Work (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/building-container-namespaces) 24:26 News Wire OpenPGL Path Guiding Library Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-OpenPGL) MoonRay Renderer Open Source For U (https://www.opensourceforu.com/2022/08/dreamworks-animation-to-launch-moonray-renderer-as-

This week Noah and Steve dig into the exact make and models of devices they use, what they like, what they don't like, and how to do it yourself! -- During The Show -- 01:50 Hedgedoc Profile photo Sleuth Asked: How do you set profile photos in hedgedoc/codimd? Gravatar (https://en.gravatar.com/) 03:10 Differences Between Remote Access? - Griffon SSH/OpenVPN/TailScale (https://tailscale.com/)/Firezone.dev OpenVPN Built into PFSense SSH open to the web SSH Guard (https://sshguard.net/) Fail2Ban (https://www.fail2ban.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page) CrowdSec (https://www.crowdsec.net/) 08:55 Cloudflare for self hosting? - JJ Cloudflare decrypting and re-encrypting Maybe for a public site Hardpass Please write back in 12:45 Option for Power Monitoring - Patrick Egauge (https://www.egauge.net/) Stores 30 years of data Not Open Source Easy API Cheaper options out there 15:50 Energy/Solar Monitoring - Jeremy Emporia Vue2 (https://www.emporiaenergy.com/blog/introducing-emporia-vue) Multiple Emporia Vue2 (https://commun