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57 minutes | 2 days ago
Episode 228: Fedora 34 with Matthew Miller
Matthew Miller joins the show to talk about next week's release of Fedora 34, with Gnome 40 and Pipewire there is no shortage of exciting changes coming to the distro. We take your calls, and emails and answer questions! -- During The Show -- 00:50 Multi-Hard Drive Install - M.X.U. If you have the same make/model make sure you know your serial numbers 04:00 Sony WH-1000XM4 headsets help? - Richard 06:00 Headphone recommendation? - Chris Frequency Range Human Range 20-20,000 hz Sony WH-1000XM4 Sampling rate - 44.1 khz is nearly imperceptible to the human ear Wireless requires Encoding/Decoding which can degrade quality CD quality is much better than mp3, FLAC and WAV can be "uncompressed" Driver Unit Size Generally larger driver = better sound quality Multiple small drivers can out perform a single large driver Passive/Isolation vs Active Noise Cancellation Active - generates opposite wave from to cancel out noise Passive/Isolation - Simply tries to block outside noise 1st Choice Sony WH-1000XM4 2nd Choice Bose Quiet Comfort 19:30 Gnome 40 still single thread? - Jon Phoronix Article 21:00 Caller HDD Arrays - Mark It depends on your use case JBOD "just a bunch of disks" Mirrored Array Raid 5 Raid Cards can cause issues, Certain file systems (ZFS) want to talk to the disks directly 25:00 Education/Career Advice for a High Student A few paths to take Programmer Support System Engineer Network Engineer Job Shadow Internships Certs can be good Red Hat Certs are good (RHCSA) Don't rely on certs 28:45 Interview with Matt BTRFS by default went well Fedora 34 Currently On Schedule Fedora Linux Schedule Transparent Compression is enabled Shipping with Gnome 40 Multi-Monitor in Gnome 40 needs some work still New Spins available Pipewire by default (Pro audio for everyone!) SystemD OOMD on by Default Fedora Server received lots of polish (thank you Fedora Server Team) Fedora IOT Edition, Based on RPM OS Tree and Containers CoreOS has 3 streams now You can get involved with Fedora New Fedora Logo History Of the Fedora Logo [Fedora Site](getfedora.org) 53:30 Another Backup question - Daniel You want off site and automated backup Bacula ZFS/BTRFS Send/Receive Check out Episode 36 of Opinion Dominion The Opinion Dominion Ep 36 Call to Action We will have community rooms/booths Matrix Chat (Element) will be used again this year SELF will be virtual this year, hosted again by yours truly! SELF Call for Talks SELF dates June 10-12 Email volunteers@minddripmedia.com with your skill set and contact details -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies Special Guest: Matthew Miller.Support Ask Noah Show
56 minutes | 9 days ago
Episode 227: Feedback Frenzy!
This episode is all about questions. Networking, home automation, problems booting, we have it all this week as we dig through the email inbox and take your phone calls! -- During The Show -- Garage Door Notifications - Shawn Modern doors have open/closed status Standalone door sensor & tie into access/security system Vista 20P panel Chalk board pictures - Reed Q: Photo Camera for chalkboard A: Document camera A: Okio Document Camera A: FFMPEG one liner ffmpeg -f video4linux2 -i /dev/v4l/by-id/usb-0c45_USB_camera-video-index0 -vframes 1 test.jpeg Chromebook Feedback - Charliebrownau All Chromebook Users should: Backup ChromeOS install Backup data to usb storage Learn how to open chromebook and change write protect tab Download Mrchromebook firmware (forked from Coreboot/seabios) Download GalliumOS GalliumOS EndeavorOS MrChromebox Caller Joey Q: How to share photos with out app or password A: Piwigo A: Seafile Q: Industrial Z-Wave Temp Sensor + Home Assistant A: Leviton Switches A: Lutron Switches A: [Global Industrial Thermostat] A: Digiten Wireless Temperature Controlled Thermostat Docking Stations - Roger System76 Support Link Debugging Desktop Crashes - Lucas Check the logs (journalctl) Press Caps Lock key - See if the light toggles Take out all extra componets, reintroduce one by one Ultimate Boot disc Memtest86 First Gen Ryzen CPU have a known issue, check/RMA https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/deck Small Business - Jeremy Running your own company means lots of bosses instead of one Cold Calling doesn't work Spend time networking Give Free Samples Focus on serving the customer well You can't purchase trust - Keep your word no matter what Book Thu Shalt Prosper IT Management - Shawn Knowlegebase Wiki Github/Gitlab osTicket Knowlegebase Device Tracking/Monitoring SnipeIT LibreNMS Zabbix Ticket System osTicket NextCloud with Decks Pick of the Week Airline Managment Game Competely Free Open Source No Ads New world comeing in Version 2 Friendly Game Community Over 7000 players Developer Wanted a more realistic game Version 2 Video Brave is Blocking FLoC Android Police Article Search Engine Journal Article FloC is bad for privacy Chrome version 89 on is affected EFF Link AM I Flocked .org -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies Support Ask Noah Show
59 minutes | 16 days ago
Episode 226: Networking Basics with Steve Ovens | Ask Noah Show 226
Everyone uses a network to access the internet, but how well do you understand the network you use? In this episode Steve Ovens joins us to give a basic network overview as well as answer questions you sent in! -- During The Show -- 02:00 Setting up Network Segment Reverse Proxy - Cameron Nginx Reverse Proxy Kernel networking Issue - James BCM4354 WiFi Card RPM Fusion Link from Conan Kudo Should we all use IPV6 IPV6 is only being deployed in Telcos Short Answer No How to Wireguard into my network? 10:50 FireJail FireJail Sandboxes applications using native Linux Kernel features Open Source Requires 3.x+ Kernel Bubblewrap Alternative to FireJail Steve Ovens Talks/Articles Linux Namespaces Mount Namespaces Building Container Namespaces Cgroups Part One 14:00 Gadget of the week Orico Tool-Free USB 3.0 Enclosure 18:00 Networking Segment Caller Scooter Q: Sync Photos between Apple and Android Devices? A: Nextcloud Agent A: Piwigo Q: Where can I find the Multipass app A: I will look into this A: Last resort chrome app Caller Tony Q: Rsync/backup advice A: Rsync A: ZFS send/receive A: Bacula A: SpiderOak Q: Monitoring backups A: Librenms A: Site visits/manual What is an IP address What is my IP Type what is my IP in duckduckgo.com What is a Default Gateway Usually your router What is Bridge Mode All traffic gets passed through What is a MAC Address Unique hardware address Never changes Added to all packets What is a Subnet Mask How many computer are in a IP Range Class C Networks have 254 usable addresses How to separate large networks Use Subnets (no security) Use VLans Trouble Shooting Ping default gateway Check DNS DNS Phone Book for the internet Translates Domain Names to IP addresses Slower but Private DNS - Quad9, OpenDNS Faster but not Private - Google Static vs Dynamic IP addresses Dynamic is DHCP Reserve static address in DHCP server Wireguard YouTube Tutorial Call to Action We will have community rooms/booths Matrix Chat (Element) will be used again this year SELF will be virtual this year, hosted again by yours truly! SELF Call for Talks SELF dates June 10-12 Email volunteers@minddripmedia.com with your skill set and contact details -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies Support Ask Noah Show
56 minutes | 23 days ago
Episode 225: Fedora 34 Initial Impressions
Fedora 34 Beta is out with Gnome 40. This is a major rework of Gnome and the payoff was worth the wait! -- During The Show -- -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies Support Ask Noah Show
56 minutes | a month ago
Episode 224: Fighting for Human Rights with Tech
Apple has rejected important updates to the ProtonVPN iOS app. This decision compromises the ability of the people of Myanmar to preserve their human rights by submitting information to the UN. We discuss a FOSS IT inventory and asset system, and a Raspberry Pi based tablet! -- During The Show -- 00:30 Accounting Software - Greg GNU Cash FOSS Every Dollar Put out by Dave Ramsey Web App/Service Freemium KMyMoney From the KDE Project FOSS Good UI HomeBank Recomendation from the chat room 06:50 Questions around Peertube - Charlie OVH subsidized by Canadian government VPS Sizing Network Bandwidth Disk Size CPU/RAM Peertube Docs Install Activity Pub Docs Home DNS Use your registrar's DNS Setup individual A records SSL/TLS Buy a cert Use LetsEncrypt 15:55 Caller John RaspberryPi Troubleshooting Try a Different Power Supply Try a Different SD Card 20:55 Questions About Solar Winds - Hank Correct, The Signing key never left their site Solarwinds/Sunspot/StellarParticle was hard to defend against 24:30 Matrix Question - Warped Axis p5655 Elgato Stream Deck Canon Cameras STI is better than HDMI 31:30 Pick of the Week SnipeIT Simple developer JSON REST API Pre-defined "kits" for faster checkouts Admin Dashboard Recent Activity Overview Consuables and Asset Tracking License Management Self Host-able Have a cloud option 99.99% SLA Full time in house support team Servers across the globe Will help you move to your own self hosted instance 38:30 Gadget of the Week Cutiepi BCM2711, Quad-core Cortex-A72 (ARM v8) 64-bit SoC @ 1.5 GHz Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, Wireless, 2GB Lite (CM4102000) 8” IPS LCD (1280x800) Li-Po 5000 mAh battery WLAN 2.4 GHz, 5.0 GHz IEEE 802.11 b/g/n/ac Bluetooth 5.0, BLE Rear-facing camera 5MP (1080p) I/O ports 1x USB type-A 1x USB type-C (charging and OTG) 1x Micro HDMI 1x MicroSD Card slot Pre-orders Now open $200 Estimated delivery in July, 2021. Cutiepi Github 41:40 Georgio Where can I find slide show music Incompetec Square-Peach.com Audioblocks.com Now StoryBlocks.com 45:45 News Apple Blocks ProtonVPN App Updates If you have an Apple device complain 53:40 Fedora 34 Beta Fedora Magazine Article Phoronix Article BTRFS Transparent Compression Replacing PulseAudio with PipeWire Fedora Workstation includes Gnome 40 KDE Plasma uses Wayland by default New I3 Spin, First Tiling Window Manager Systemd-oomd on by default for all spins Fedora Project Link New episode of Open Source Voices out Open Source Voices We will have a Networking Segment on April 6th -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies Support Ask Noah Show
56 minutes | a month ago
Episode 223: Arrested over Encryption
A federal grand jury today returned an indictment against the Chief Executive Officer and an associate of the Canada-based firm Sky Global on charges that they knowingly and intentionally participated in a criminal enterprise that facilitated the transnational importation and distribution of narcotics through the sale and service of encrypted communications devices. System 76 has a new professional desktop, the Linux Foundation has a new open source signing tool that could make secure software supply chains universal. -- During The Show -- 00:30 LumoSQL - Dan Youtube Link 1 Youtube Link 2 Youtube Link 3 02:00 Listener Responds to SSH Questions - Roger man ssh_config Cyberciti Article 03:00 Off Site Backup suggestion? - Alex Rsync Snapshots Bluray Archive Disks ZFS/BTRFS Send/Receive Tarsnap Cryptomator 13:00 Pick of the Week Plasma Leakguard Auto-restarts KDE Plasma if it is taking an abnormal amount of memory 16:00 Gadget of the Week Opensource.com Article Raspberry PI router + Modem Requirements Raspberry Pi Power Cable Computer (Preferably running Linux) MicroSD Card (16GB or larger) Ethernet cable LTE Modem SIM Card Default IP 192.168.1.1 modemmanager to configure modems 20:55 Sigstore Software signing through block chain From the Linux Foundation Functional but considered to be beta software Tech Republic Article 27:00 System76 Thelio Mira System76 Blog Post Hand crafted in the USA 4th Gen AMD Ryzen CPUs PCIe 4.0 NVMe storage Up to 128GB RAM Unique Cooling system 31:40 India Planning Cypto Currency ban ArsTechnica Article India is planning to introduce legislation banning crypto currency Legislation would give crypto currency owners six months to liquidate 35:00 KDE Elisa Grows Up Article Link Music Player Now supports AAC files Pinephone experience is better than Zebra devices in use today 41:50 Sky Global ArsTechnica Article US uses RICO warrants to charge SkyGlobal Executives US alleges SkyGlobal knowingly sold devices with strong encryption to drug dealers 47:00 Google Incognito Mode Lawsuit Bloomberg Article ArsTechnica Article 5 Billion Dollar Lawsuit 52:15 Fedora Workstation 34 Gnome Blog Post NVidia driver catches up with wayland Headless Display support (Thank You Jonas Ådahl) Full Pipewire support Red Hat is getting into the automotive space, Watch for related job posts 54:00 Call to Action SELF will be virtual this year! SELF Link SELF dates June 10-12 Email volunteers@minddripmedia.com with your skill set and contact details -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies Support Ask Noah Show
56 minutes | a month ago
Episode 222: Child Labor in Big Tech
Major tech companies are buying electronic components made from minerals mined by children, and forced labor. Ryan DasGeek joins the Ask Noah Show to discuss what's happening in the tech industry and how you can vote against it with your wallet. -- During The Show -- 01:15 Good SSH Connection Manager? - Jamie Use a centralized jump host for logging/authentication (SSSD&FreeIPA) Use Putty Integrate with KeepassXC Teleport 06:30 Possible to forward broadcasts between VLANs PFSense? Becareful to not create broadcast storms/loops UDP-Proxy 10:45 Router recommendation? - Larry Unifi USG Requires controller/Cloudkey If controller goes offline you can't manage your network Netgate SG-1100 + PFsense/OpnSense 15:00 Firewalld/UFW & Apparmor/SELinux Debian/Ubuntu are not insecure, Firewall is off by default Apple Support Reqired Ports RTSP 554 TCP/UDP Airplay Digital Audio Access Protocol TCP 3689 Multicast DNS (MDNS) 5353 on Fedora $ firewall-cmd --add-service=mdns $ firewall-cmd --add-service=rtsp $ firewall-cmd --add-port=3689/tcp $ firewall-cmd --runtime-to-permanent 18:15 Caller Serial Connection Logging - Chaz minicom 24:45 Ryan (DasGeek) Ethical Hardware Production 24.9 million ppl are victims of forced labor Know the Chain Import Genius Intercept Article DasGeek Ethics Youtube Video DasGeek Community More Ethical Brands HP Intel Nokia Fairphone HP Dragonfly HP Dragonfly on CDW Check out other podcasts Ryan is on regularly, Destination Linux, Hardware Addics, others over at [Destination Linux Netowrk](destinationlinux.network) 52:00 FBI Breaking encryption & Lying to Congress EFF Link EFF Link 2 Upturn Article Less than 24 Hours to brute force a phone -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies Support Ask Noah Show
56 minutes | 2 months ago
Episode 221: Blackbird Secure Desktop
The Blackbird Secure Desktop is a POEWR9 system, a fully open source modern POWER9 workstation without any proprietary code. Plasma mobile has a new update out, we talk bluetooth headsets, VoIP phone systems, and a one handed keyboard! -- During The Show -- 01:00 nVidia shield and blocking google DNS - Zack Try setting up DNS on your router Run PFSense/OpnSense in a VM, use that to block DNS requests to Google, pass on legit requests to a PiHole 05:15 VOIP Recommendations for Home Phone? - Dennis Use a Trunk Provider Voxtelesys Hosted Option Self host a 3CX PBX FreePBX Asterisk #### 12:45 Caller - George Best Slide show App? Make Video in KdenLIVE LibreOffice Impress HedgeDoc Slideshow mode Antenna for TV? Apmlified Digital Antenna User Feedback - Ben Solution for nerve damage in one hand Use a one handed keyboard Twiddler Keyboard 18:15 Bluetooth headphones? - Graeme Best Bluetooth headphones for both calls and music Check out Steelseries Sony WH1000xm4 21:15 Pick of the Week Loving Memory GitHub Built on GitHub Pages Doesn't require any web expertise 24:00 Tech of the Week Cactus Chat Embed Anywhere Privacy Respecting Highly Compatible Decentralized 30:00 Blackbird OS News Article about Blackbird Power9 is fully open source unlike Intel/ARM Basic Blackbird Bundle $1,733 Blackbird has a BMC running OpenBMC GameCube, Wii, Xbox 360 all use PowerPC-based processors Power1 was released in 1990 Fedora and OpenSuse both support Power9 49:00 Plasma Mobile Plasma Mobile Blog Post Pinephone + Jumpdrive is awesome Plasma Mobile is almost Daily Driver New Features Welcome/Setup Screen Modified Home Screen Groundwork for future features Plasma Dialer improvements DTMF & USSD Requests work now -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies Support Ask Noah Show
56 minutes | 2 months ago
Episode 220: Multi-Monitor in Gnome 40
The Gnome team is revamping multi-monitor support. Firefox 86 is released and features Total Cookie Protection to make cross site tracking more difficult increasing user privacy. Kodi 19 has landed with a lot of new features around metadata and a better music interface. -- During The Show -- How to rename USB Audio interface? - Steve pacmd update-sink-proplist alsa_output.usb-c-Media_electronics_inc._USB-Audio_Device-00.analog-stereo.2 device.description=What-We-Call-It-Now Self Hosted Music - Sloth56 Ampache Funkwhale Self host or managed services - Mike Good Email providers ProtonMail Tutuanotoa Fastmail 18:15 RHCSA Training - Adam Getting to ask questions is good Classes can create community In person training is best Udemy Course Link VTC is almost as good as official RedHat training RHCSA Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: Training and Exam Preparation Guide Second Edition 23:15 Linux Accessibility - Brendan Trackball + Onboard on screen keyboard 27:50 Affiliate link for register4less? - Jerremy 14.99/yr Privacy included Free email aliases Free 10MB of web hosting (no SSL) Sub Accounts for managing Customer service is beyond amazing 29:45 Pick of the Week Open IAS Game Clock (count down/up) Adjust on the fly Keyboard Bindings Set Team Logo Multiple Scoreboard Tabs Control multiple Scoreboard scoreboards through one control window. Packaged as an AppImage Cross Platform FOSS 34:20 Gadget of the Week BitBarista BitBarista: fully autonomous coffee machine built using Raspberry Pi and Bitcoin Pi Controlling the BitBarista uses Raspbian Uses Electrum for the BitCoin payments. Code is on GitHub Pays people to restock it Can even call a technician to get repairs 36:40 Multi-Monitor on Gnome 40 Gnome Blog Post Workspaces changes on primary monitor by default Supports changing workspaces on all displays Introduction of the workspaces navigator on secondary display Transitioning to Horizontal workspaces New additional shortcuts switch workspaces will be Super+Alt+←/→. Moving windows between workspaces will be Super+Alt+Shift+←/→. Super+Alt+↑ will also open the overview and then app grid Super+Alt+↓ will close them These directional keyboard shortcuts have matching touch-pad gestures: Three-finger swipes left and right will switch workspaces Three-finger swipes up and down will open the overview and app grid Gnome is doing and explaining changes in the open 44:00 Kodi 19.0 (Matrix) Kodi Article Nearly 50 developers contributed code About 5,000 commits Over 1,500 pull requests since the first release of 18.x "Leia" Over 5,500 changed files 600,000 lines of code added, changed or removed significant improvements to meta-data handling New Matrix-inspired visualization Database and meta-data improvements Many more improvements Kodi 19 replaces the old XML meta-data scrapers with Python Most new features here revolve around usability 49:50 Nextcloud Hub Nextcloud Blog Post High performance back end for Nextcloud files Wide range of performance improvements Nextcloud talk improvements Debuts message status indicators Raise hand feature Group conversation description And more! Wide Range of Groupware improvements drag’n’drop Nicer threading in Mail Syncing social media avatars in Contacts 53:00 Firefox 86 Released Mozilla Blog Post New Features Total Cookie Protection (each site gets it's own ("cookie jar") Multiple videos Picture-in-Picture Fixed Issues Reader mode now works with local HTML pages Orca and other screen reader fixes Reader View links have more color contrast various security fixes 55:00 New Platform for the Show https://parachutelive.tv/ -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies Support Ask Noah Show
56 minutes | 2 months ago
Episode 219: Studying Gnome Users
The Gnome design team conducted a research project to better understand their users. The results were surprising! We'll give you an update about the Vero 4K, a FOSS app to track your GPS history. -- During The Show -- 01:15 IT War/Disaster Stories Call Out Got IT horror stories, let us know! We want to do an episode on them Email live@asknoahshow.com 02:00 Jon caller Emailed about Noah's soft spot for Red Hat Latest thoughts on System76 PopOS! Home Lab/Docker Questions 12:40 Vircadia VR Responds to Episode - Vadim FOSDEM Talk 13:50 Building an Online Presence - Joel Don't buy lifetime services/domain names - Not sustainable business model register4less.com Don't buy a domain in your real name A records - mail.mydomain.com nextcloud.mydomain.com etc.mydomain.comment Redirects mydomain.com/server1 mydomain.com/server2 Start with a web server, lessons learned apply everywhere 21:00 User responds for MS SQL - Richard rdiff-backup - like rsync with history Other backup utilities backuppc veaam (closed source) redic (with rclone) restic Send in your backup solutions! 23:00 Pick of the Week - Zombie Tracker GPS Lightweight Linux+KDE equivalent to Garmin's "Basecamp" Manages collections of GPS tracks Local Data Charting, Graphing, Advanced sorting and querying Live GPS via GPSD 26:10 Gadget of the Week Blackmagic Decklink Duo SDI is the professional version of HDMI HDMI without copy protection Make your own cables with RG-6+quad shielded+BNC ends, use them as SDI cables. Works with Linux, you do need to install the driver, but FLAWLESS as compared to USB devices Much higher quality / capacity You will need to convert HDMI to SDI 31:00 Gnome 40 - UX Changes The Research Gnome Blog Post 40:00 Vero 4K Update Very well packaged system Incredible UI - Couldn't believe it was Kodi underneath Both RF and IR functionality Includes wall mounting plate Doesn't stream Blu-rays over WiFi Plays DVD rips just fine Vero 4K 47:30 Plasma New app launcher Breeze Twilight - Hybrid Theme Plasma Firewall settings page (ufw and firewalld) More effort put into Wayland support in Kwin 49:50 Pine Updates -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #AskNoahShow on Freenode! -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies Support Ask Noah Show
56 minutes | 3 months ago
Episode 218: VR in the Metaverse
Have you ever dreamed of having a virtual enviorment that can simulate the real world in, have meetings in, and connect with others in. Firefox has new protections for supercookies, ubuntu has a new installer out, and CloudLinux has a beta out of AlmaLinux. -- During The Show -- Red Hat License - Jon RedHat exists to make a profit, and they need to RedHat spends money to support open source that they could take home/pocket RedHat handled the release poorly and cut the release cycle short RedHat has been a good friend of the community The new model makes more sense, but was poorly communicated 11:00 Element vs Rocket - cheskel Element/Matrix Pros: Decentralized Federated Integrated with other services (Bridges & Widgets) End to End Encryption 15:00 Pick of the Week Funkwhale Decentralized Selfhosted Spotify Makes music social again Why host your own? Because of things like this 17:00 Gadget of the Week Mihai's Blog post White Noise Machine based on a raspberry pi Uses OMX Player My Noise on Google Play Noice App 20:00 Firefox Cracks Down on Supercookies Firefox Blog Post](https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/01/26/supercookie-protections/) Firefox 85 implements network partitioning Different image cache for each site Firefox 85 also partitions pooled connections, pre-fetch connections, pre-connect connections, speculative connections, and TLS session identifiers 26:00 New Ubuntu Installer Ubiquity is getting hard to maintain Subiquity Github Uses Curtin and Flutter Flutter is controlled by Google, this could be a problem long term Why a snap? 29:00 GitLab Subscription Model GitLab Blog Post GitLab is phasing out the Bronze/Starter tier Special Offers for people transitioning GitLab Free tier gained over 450 features this year and continues to gain more 32:00 Element Suspended from Play Store Google suspended Element in the Play Store without notifying the developers Google said it was due to abusive content somewhere on Matrix Reddit Post Matrix Team responded quickly and openly to resolve the issue Matrix Team went above and beyond and implemented community suggestions Having multiple clients is an advantage to the Matrix Protocol 35:00 Ctrl IQ Ars Technica artical Greg founded a new start up company called Ctrl IQ Greg was interviewed on Ask Noah EP 213 36:00 CloudLinux Launches AlmaLinux AlmaLinux Blog Post First RHEL 8 respin available for download Download AlmaLinux 37:00 Open Source VR Metaverse Vircadia Site An Introduction to Vircadia Vircadia™ is an open-source 3D interface and server foundation Ecosystem of open source metaverse applications Open Source VR/Virtual World Far more than entertainment, lots of potential Download Vircadia -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #AskNoahShow on Freenode! -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies Support Ask Noah Show
56 minutes | 3 months ago
Episode 217: Self Hosting Photos
With all the changes Google is making there's never been a better time to to self host your own stuff! This week we dive into replacing Google Photos! -- During The Show -- 00:45 Minutes In Email 1 - Setting up Federated service instance - Brian What decentralized services could you support using a $5 Droplet or similar virtual server? It is never be set and forget Built in backups are good but don't rely on them What can run on a $5 DO Droplet No - Peertube needs more resources Yes - Mastodon can run, might want more resources Sorta - Matrix could but really should have more resources Yes - Tor relay works really well Yes - VPN node works really well Best practice to run each service on its own VPS 06:50 Minutes In Email 2 - USB WiFi 5 or 6 Dongle? - Cory Edimax MU-MIMO-EW Plugable WiFi Adapter All Plugable gear is great 08:55 Minutes In Email 3 - Suggestion for Chat programs - Charlie XMPP Best Prior to matrix XMPP Functionality is dependant on add-ons XMPP Slow or a battery hog Delta Chat - chat over email back-end Luke Smith has good video on his peertube server explaining how to setup a email server over at Link 1 bitchute link PS If anyone is looking for cheap VPS providers, I recommend checking out Low End Box Community forum 13:00 Minutes In Email 4 - Linux Jobs? - Matt Focus on skills not certs Be willing to work for less or free If you want to go the route of certifications RedHat RHCSA Linux Essentials (010-160) USD 120.00 LPIC-1 and LPIC-2 (101-500, 102-500, 201-450, 202-450) USD 200.00 https://www.lpi.org/our-certifications/lpic-1-overview 18:15 Minutes In Pick of the Week Beeperhq All your chats in one place Uses matrix on the back-end 21:30 Minutes In Gadget of the Week Deskreen Use any device with web browser as second screen for your computer (using Display Dummy Plug) Works accross WiFi or LAN Supports multiple screen sharing sessions to as many devices as you want Supports changing picture quality while sharing a screen. Picture auto quality change supported. (for performance boost while watching youtube video for example) End-to-end encryption Dark mode UI support! Available for Windows / Mac / Linux 24:30 Minutes In Kickstarter for Solo Key V2 Solo Key v2 Reversible connector for both USB-A and USB-C Touch buttons NFC Firmware Upgrades Supports advanced authentication, PIV (FIPS 201) Each device comes with both a P256 and Ed25519 attestation certificate 30:15 Minutes In Mobian Community Edition Mobian Blog Post Posh gnome UX for phones (Originally developed for Purism Libre 5) Setup Process allows you to set your user password and setup full disk encryption Pine64 Store 33:15 Minutes In Beagle Five Opensource/No patents Single Board Computer Source code for it is available under a BSD license Built around a dual-core 1.5 GHz StarFive SiFive U74 processor with 2MB L2 cache A neural engine for hardware-accelerated computing video decoder/encoder able to handle 4K 60 FPS video decoding. HDMI out port (30fps 1080p) 4 regular USB 3.0 ports ethernet audio microSD card slot USB Type-C port for power Integrated Wi-Fi 2.4GHz b/g/n Bluetooth 4.2 40-pin GPIO connector 2 MIPI-CSI connectors (camera connector) MIPI-DSI connector (display connector) Only the $149 8GB model (sans GPU) is available right now You currently have to sign up for the chance to buy the BeagleV OMG Ubuntu blog post 35:50 Minutes In JingOS JingOS JingOS Github UX designed for tablets JingOS is based on Ubuntu 20.04, KDE v5.75, Plasma Mobile 5.20 They will replace the framework from Plasma Mobile to JDE(Jing Desktop Environment) later this year. Trackpad Gestures Full Function Desktop Apps 37:55 Minutes In Main Segment Microsoft switched their edge browser to be based on Chrome Current browser market share: Chrome = 69.28% Edge = 7.75% Safari = 19% Firefox = 03% Samsung = 03% Opera = 02% One company controlling this much of the browser market is bad Google is discontinuing API access Nothing changes for you if you don't sign in now Google is holding firm and is misleading in their marketing announcements Firefox, Vivaldi, Opera and others have their own sync systems Google is killing unlimited google photos Awesome Selfhosted Best model is Free Trial>Paid Hosting or Self Hosted PiwiGo checks all the boxes [Piwigo Software Project](piwigo.org) [Piwigo Service Provider](piwigo.com) 1yr / €39 / $47 / yr Unlimited Storage Photos Only No Ads Give you a custom domain Business Plans 50G / €45 All file types €250 / 1TB From the Piwigo privacy policy: "Piwigo.com business model relies on subscriptions from clients. Personal data we store (such as email address in order to contact you or IP address for technical reason) are never used outside the hosting service operations. Your data are never sold or exchanged with any partner. Never." Multiple accounts in one application Extentions System 53:00 Minutes In Caller - Jared Thompson Reuters Workpapers CS Needs SQL server Error messages keep changing Maybe help getting SQL going on Linux -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #AskNoahShow on Freenode! -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. 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58 minutes | 3 months ago
Episode 216: Red Hat's New Deal
RedHat is expanding the developer program making it easier than ever to access RHEL! Now individuals can run 16 RHEL servers under this new program. Brian Exelbierd joins us this hour to discuss this new program and how it addresses many of the concerns raised in the transition from CentOS to CentOS Stream. -- During The Show -- Email 1 - Signal vs Telegram - Eddie Telegram vs Signal for messaging? Telegram client is open source and supports Linux Telegram server is closed source Signal is more secure but requires a phone number Phone numbers can reveal your real identity Moxie Marlinspike (Matthew Rosenfeld) - really particular about 3rd party clients, makes it not very inviting link Not so great when your playing with alternative operating systems (SailfishOS PostmarketOS), Signal has to make a client, rather than just supporting an API Use Element/Matrix Setup your own server Sign up for paid hosting EMS Sign up for free on a community server like Linux Delta Minutes In 07:50 Run Matrix on CoreOS https://fedoramagazine.org/deploy-your-own-matrix-server-on-fedora-coreos/ With Fedora CoreOS, you get all the benefits of Fedora (podman, cgroups v2, SELinux) packaged in a minimal automatically updating system thanks to rpm-ostree. Running a Matrix service requires the following software: Synapse: a Matrix server PostgreSQL: a database Nginx: a web server Let’s Encrypt: a certificate provider Element: a Matrix web client Minutes In 09:30 Email 2 - How to Stream a Live Event without YT - M.X.U. streamyard Open Broadcaster Software OBS Setting up your own CDN is impractical Setup an RTMP server with Nginx Community based CDN Scale Engine Instant Trial Minutes In 15:50 Email 3 - User Responds to James' Question - Landon Deja Dupe Only backs up working files not the entire OS Incremental Backups and Multiple file versions Similar to Mac TimeMachine Minutes In 18:40 Email 4 - Please Expand on Self Hosting without Net Neutrality - Will Owning your own server doesn't fix getting online Decentralized infrastructure make taking people offline hard Minutes In 22:10 Email 5 - Which Episode for Parental Control? - Lucas Life360 Life360 is partnered with Arity (analytic company) link CA Do not sell No longer used or recommended Check out OwnTracks Uses MQTT, lightweight, and you can self host Minutes In 25:15 Pick of the Week MMORPG_Tycoon_2 It's a Single Player MMO / Building an MMO Independent Game shop https://www.vectorstorm.com.au/ Early Access, expect bugs Developer is very active in the community and wants feedback Massively addicting Minutes In 28:10 Gadget of the Week OSMC Vero 4K FLIRC IR receiver OSMC project is a rock solid Kodi platform OSMC Vero 4K Minutes In 31:35 RedHat Interview Guest: Brian Excelbeard Moving to CentOS Stream brings more transparency and opportunity for involvement IBM was not even in the room for the discussion New programs are in the work for cloud workloads beyond today's announcement RedHat is reducing friction for getting official RHEL by integrating other account systems Expanding the personal free options, more than just RHEL Making it easier for enterprise customers to get their employees enrolled in developer accounts Have a unique use case problem? email Brian directly centos-questions@redhat.com Official Announcement -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #AskNoahShow on Freenode! -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies Support Ask Noah Show
56 minutes | 3 months ago
Episode 215: Self-Hosting Your Platform
Self-hosting has always been a good idea but when your platform doesn't want to serve you, we have some self-hosted options that will. A Reddit user has Linux booting on an iPhone 7, a man was quoted $50K to run fiber to his house, so he built his own fiber ISP! -- During The Show -- 00:30 Minutes In Email 1 - Feedback from EP 212 Bluetooth and Drawing Tablet - David HSP/HFP designed for phones not computers Bluetooth support on Linux is difficult due to the way blue-tooth works (uses modem commands on mobile) Possible Solutions that bypass Linux blue-tooth stack Links to the 1Mii USB Bluetooth Adapter for PC This is Creative's version if you are looking for a more popular brand name. XP-PEN came up and they have a driver for Linux. It is a little bit hokey in the sense that their configuration application needs to be running in order for it to work. It does not always survive suspend/resume, but it is easy to launch again. Their non-display models also have good support for left-hand versus right-hand drawing When used as a display, there is no left-hand mode because it relies on dm to configure the display We purchased an xp-pen innovator 16 It is a 1080p 15.6 inch matte screen with hardware buttons connected via HDMI and 2 USB ports XP-PEN seems like a good company Link to first photo made with the tablet 06:00 Minutes In Email 2 - VPN Recommendation? - Ira What is the best VPN company? private internet access They have a track history of NOT turning over user data, they get called into court they say we'd love to comply but we don't have the documents. affiliate link 08:30 Minutes In Email 3 - Matrix Support Spreading - Charliebrownau Mind.com is supporting Matrix Protocol link [Mind.com](mind.com) is an alternative to Facebook and other big social networks 09:20 Minutes In Email 4 - Censorship - Rob What are your thoughts on Mozzila's blog post 11:15 Minutes in Pick of the Week MediaCMS Fully featured open source video and media CMS Built mostly using the modern stack Django + React and includes a REST API No federation 14:00 Minutes In Gadget of the Week Dell's new thunderbolt dock Dell WD19TB Built in thunderbolt cable Additional rear facing thunderbolt pass-through port 2x Display Ports 1x HDMI 2x Rear USB 1x Front Facing USB Dell's USB C dock Dell WD15 17:00 Minutes In News Guy by the name of Daniel Rodriguez managed to boot Linux with Gnome on an iPhone 7 YouTube Video Reddit write up Phone that was given to him by his grandparents as a junk device, He saved it from the landfill! Prerequisites writable directory available over nfs, including dhcp server on local network Checkra1n 0.10.2-beta Kernel fork for h9x/A10 Project sandcastle utilities EITHER arm64 cross compiler or an arm64 native device. I used a rpi4 on 20.04 <-- way helpful to be able to chroot and setup, otherwise you'd have to use qemu-user Bridge setup script/udev rules 21:00 Minutes In Jared Mauch Built his Own ISP Jared Mauch didn’t have good broadband—so he built his own fiber ISP Arstechnica link AT&T's advertised plans for his neighborhood topped out at a measly 1.5Mbps Eventually switched to a WISP that delivered about 50Mbps Comcast told him it would charge $50,000 to extend its cable network to his house Mauch built his own ISP (buried the fiber for 10,000) As of early January, Mauch has 30 homes and 10 homes to hookup Large corporate Business are not afraid of government and government regulations ISPs are going to learn, do it or get replaced Starlink is becoming a thing, Amazon satellite internet is coming 27:30 Minutes In Main Segment De-platforming / Self hosting Violence is wrong, Full stop Gate keeping in the broadcast industry changed when the internet became a thing Groups and People were banned from twitter so they moved to Parler Amazon kicked Parler off its hosting services Google and Apple kicked the Parler app off their platforms Mozzila blog post Community discussion (sorry to much to summarize listen to the episode) Honorable Mention TeamSpeak 5 is going to be switching to the Matrix protocol for chat Will not federate Mumble is a better option -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! 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Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies Support Ask Noah ShowLinks:iPhone 7 booting Ubuntu 20.04 (to GUI) - YouTube — Daniel Rodriguez SUCCESS: iPhone 7 booting Ubuntu 20.04 to full gnome-shell desktop GUI : linuxAmazon.com: 1Mii USB Bluetooth Adapter for PC Bluetooth 5.0 Audio Transmitter, Dual Link USB Audio Adapter with APTX Low Latency, Bluetooth Dongle for PC, PS4, Headphone, Speaker (Only for Audio): ElectronicsGitHub - mediacms-io/mediacms: MediaCMS is a modern, fully featured open source video and media CMS, written in Python/Django and React, featuring a REST API.
56 minutes | 4 months ago
Episode 214: New Year New Releases
New Year New Releases We're kicking off 2021 with a bang! The KDE team has announced a new focus on Wayland and fingerprint readers. Cawbird 1.3 a native twitter client for Linux has a new release with improved video uploading and replies, and Matrix will power FOSDEM this year! -- During The Show -- -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #AskNoahShow on Freenode! -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies Support Ask Noah ShowLinks:Synology LiveCam - Apps on Google PlayKDE Tease 'Production Ready' Wayland Support, New App Menu in 2021 - OMG! Ubuntu! — will replace the celebrated Kickoff app launcher with a newer, fresher replacement. KDE roadmap for 2021 – Adventures in Linux and KDEDownload Free Ethical Hacking Books - PythonStacks
56 minutes | 4 months ago
Episode 213: Rocky Linux with Greg Kurtzer
Greg Kurtzer executive director of Rocky Linux a bug for bug RedHat distribution joins us this hour to tell the story of CentOS and what his vision for Rocky Linux is! -- During The Show -- Greg Kurtzer - Executive Director of Rocky Linux, a bug for bug red hat compatible distro Greg's history Centos history Rocky Linux now and future Currently collaborating on Slack, It will be moving to Mattermost There is a google doc for developers who want to help, please be patient lots of responses to go through Release will be available Q2 2020 Current state of the project 36:00 minutes in Walt Caller One What Protections are in place to protect Rocky Linux from corporate interests 44:00 minutes in Email 1 Unifi Access Points and NVRs 1) Unifi Access Points Nano HD i UAP-AC Pro UAP-AP-HD 47:00 minutes in 2) What security NVR solution do you recommend? Use the Synology selector tool Synology FS6400 Axis Cameras Geovision cameras Also take a look at motioneye and motioneyeos More of a DIY approach but free and flexible 51:00 minutes in Pick of the Week Snapdrop: local file sharing in your browser. Inspired by Apple's Airdrop. Underneath the hood Vanilla HTML5 / ES6 / CSS3 frontend WebRTC / WebSockets NodeJS backend Progressive Web App 51:45 minutes in Gadget of the Week Playstation 5 Controller DualSense™ Wireless PS5 Controller The DualSense wireless controller for PS5 offers immersive haptic feedback2, dynamic adaptive triggers2 and a built-in microphone, all integrated into an iconic design. Feel physically responsive feedback to your in-game actions with dual actuators which replace traditional rumble motors. In your hands, these dynamic vibrations can simulate the feeling of everything from environments to the recoil of different weapons Experience varying levels of force and tension as you interact with your in-game gear and environments. From pulling back an increasingly tight bowstring to hitting the brakes on a speeding car, feel physically connected to your on-screen actions. Available from Sony for $69.99 Linux driver support [From Roderick Colenbrander](roderick.colenbrander@sony.com) Supported in linux *DualSense in both Bluetooth and USB modes *LEDs *Touchpad *Motion Sensors *Rumble Not supported yet *Adaptive Triggers *VCM based Haptics These features require a large amount of data and complex data structures. It is not clear how to expose these. The current Evdev and FF frameworks are too limiting. We hope to have a dialog on how to expose these over time in a generic way. Companies are starting to get it - make a good controller, make the code open so everyone can use it, people will buy your controller. 54:00 minutes in XFCE 4.16 has been Released! https://www.xfce.org/about/tour416 The Settings Manager itself received a visual refresh of its filter box *which can now be hidden permanently *Search capabilities of the filter box were improved by searching the descriptive 'Comments' part of each dialog's launcher Default Applications is a new dialog represents a merger between the previously available 'Mime Settings' and the 'Preferred Applications' dialogs. Added fractional scaling based on the RandR extension of X11 Added more default keyboard shortcuts out of the box (Examples: for window tiling or to open Thunar) xfce4-panel The panel received quite a few noteworthy updates *Animation for autohide and intellihide *New 'Status Tray' plugin that combines both legacy Systray item support with modern StatusNotifier item support *Dark mode support *Launchers showing additional actions on right-click *Window buttons offering to Launch a new instance XFCE Power Managment was cleaned up The settings dialog of the power manager was cleaned up and shows either 'on battery' or 'plugged in' settings as opposed to both in a huge table. [DarkTable](darktable.org) - 3.4 Encore! https://www.darktable.org/2020/12/darktable-3-4/ Best professional photography tools out there This is the second major release of 2020 5,500 commits in 2020! Many of the computationally-intensive image processing algorithms have been updated to be faster and more scaleable when running on the CPU. Improved operations to a number of the tools Releasing the first version of the new user manual, now split into a separate project named “dtdocs”. We have completely reorganised and rewritten the manual into a more maintainable structure using Markdown. This project has involved new content as well as a significant overhaul of the text, making it much easier to read for native English speakers In addition, filmic RGB version 4 now works with OpenCL and highlight reconstruction is now significantly faster with OpenCL-enabled hardware. New Module: Color Calibration Tone Equalizer Improvements Export Print Sizes Map View Changes The global color picker module UI has been overhauled It is now possible to automatically hide the header buttons on processing modules in the darkroom Hovering your mouse over the header of a processing module now displays a tool tip providing detailed in-app documentation. Many users have requested customization of module groups, and now that feature is here! Processing modules in the darkroom can now be assigned to user-defined module groups. This replaces the previous “favorites” group and the “more modules” module with a tool that allows you to create your own module groups and presets based on your work flow. Feedback https://www.synology.com/en-us/support/nvr_selector Pick of the Week https://snapdrop.net/ Gadget of the Week https://lore.kernel.org/linux-input/20201219062336.72568-1-roderick@gaikai.com/ -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #AskNoahShow on Freenode! -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! 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56 minutes | 4 months ago
Episode 212: Software for the Holidays
Gnome 40 has a major redesign, a new version of Kdenlive is out adding some much desired pro features, Matrix has some exciting announcments and we discuss the Solar Winds backdoor and give you some alternatives. If this is the time of the year you want to tinker with new projects we have a few in store! -- During The Show -- 00:45 Request for feedback 01:55 Email 1 - How to back up BTRFS to the cloud rsync BTRFS send/recive https://blogs.oracle.com/linux/btrfs-sendreceive-helps-you-move-your-data 04:55 Email 2 - Smart devices cloudfree.shop https://cloudfree.shop/ homeassistant https://www.home-assistant.io/ lutron radiora https://www.lutron.com/en-US/Products/Pages/WholeHomeSystems/RadioRA2/Overview.aspx 12:00 Are Vlans Good enough? (continued from email 2) 14:40 Email 3 - Bitcoin Don't invest, considered unstable Mining is fun not pratical https://www.coinbase.com/ https://www.blockchain.com/explorer ALternative crypto currencys https://ethereum.org/en/ https://www.getmonero.org/ 23:48 Email 4 - Bluetooth headphones on Linux Mic Not Working A2DP audio out only (high quality) HSP audio out and in (low quality) Check what protocols are supported by your dongle Easiest way to work around this... sudo apt-get install blueman starting from Pulseaudio v. 11.0, it's possible to automatically switch the profile whenever microphone access is requested by the application, but it's disabled by default. Find load-module module-bluetooth-policy line in /etc/pulse/default.pa Change it to load-module module-bluetooth-policy auto_switch=2 You need to reload pulseaudio module after this for the changes to take effect: pulseaudio -k pulseaudio -D Now pulseaudio will switch the device profile to HSP whenever microphone access is requested and change it back to A2DP after stream is closed. 27:29 Pick of the Week Just Perfection! https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/3843/just-perfection/ This extension allows you to disable: OSD Search Dash Workspace Switcher Top Panel App gesture 28:35 Gadget of the Week Gaomon S620 $35 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07R77SNX9/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Karita https://krita.org/en/ 31:02 Gnome 40 Major Design Revamp https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/12/gnome-40-major-design-revamp GNOME 40 is due for release in March, 2021. 33:45 KdenLive https://kdenlive.org/en/2020/12/kdenlive-20-12-is-out/ Kdenlive 20.12 serves as a new stable release and a new feature release New features same track transitions subtitling tool Effects Another usability improvement is the ability to rename and add/edit the description of custom effects (by new contributor Vivek Yadav.) New Pillar Echo effect for your vertical videos. Crop by padding effect can now be keyframed. New VR 360 and 3D effects for working with 360º and 3D stereoscopic footage. New Video Equalizer for adjusting image brightness, contrast, saturation and gamma. usability Ability to enable/disable normalization of audio thumbnails from track header Ability to delete multiple tracks at once (by Pushkar Kukde) When archiving a project an option was added to archive only clips in the timeline as well as the option choose the compression method between TAR and ZIP. On the backend front the Online Resources tool was ported to qtwebengine (by Andreas Sturmlechner) and downloading wipes, render profiles, titles and wipes defaults to using https. 37:34 Solar Winds https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/12/evasive-attacker-leverages-solarwinds-supply-chain-compromises-with-sunburst-backdoor.html Managed Service Provider (MSP) management software march 2020 hack dec 2020 discoverd 47:05 Souk Flatpak App Store for Linux https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/12/souk-flatpak-app-store-for-linux Souk is co-developed by Felix Häcker, the hands behind a slate of well-made, well-designed GTK apps available for Linux desktops including Shortwave and Fragments, and Christoper Davis, with design input from Tobias Bernard. 50:10 Matrix DMA interoperability open apis bridging (telgram discord slack) Dendrite is up and running on matrix.org Dendrite is second gen Matrix server The server that will be used when they eventually roll a monolithic client server combo that you can just install and start talking ILAGS - Improved landing as a guest One of those things is threading https://matrix.org/blog/2020/12/15/dendrite-2020-progress-update 55:00 cerlean https://cerulean.matrix.org https://matrix.org/blog/2020/12/18/introducing-cerulean It’s (currently) a very minimal javascript app - only 2,500 lines of code. Proof of concept - not designed for production use. Microblogging platform / decentralized twitter based on Matrix. 56:06 humble bundle https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2020/12/the-steam-winter-sale-2020-is-now-live-plus-a-new-codemasters-humble-bundle Extra Links not covered https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2020/03/30/new-features-to-core/ https://www.reddit.com/gallery/kh33m8 https://twitter.com/FFmpeg/status/1340698413143224320 https://postmarketos.org/blog/2020/12/19/new-podcast/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/12/centos-linux-is-gone-but-its-refugees-have-alternatives/ -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #AskNoahShow on Freenode! -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies Support Ask Noah ShowLinks:Independent Flatpak App Store — Souk is a flatpak-based app store, written with GTK4 and Rust. It's written from the ground up to be an app store that works both on desktop and on mobile devices like the PinePhone, PineTab, and Librem 5.Just Perfection - GNOME Shell Extensions — To control GNOME Shell extensions using this site you must install GNOME Shell integration that consists of two parts: browser extension and native host messaging application.LKML: Greg Kroah-Hartman: Linux 5.10.2The Steam Winter Sale 2020 is now live, plus a new Codemasters Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux
56 minutes | 4 months ago
Episode 211: GeekLab Gift Guide
GeekLab Gift Guide RedHat may have replaced CentOS Linux with CentOS stream but Gregory Kurtzer has launched his own replacement based as CentOS was on the RHEL source code. We help you pick out tech gifts for that geek in your life! -- During The Show -- Troubleshooting Trackpads sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-synaptics Copying Video from Firewire https://bergs.biz/blog/2017/01/26/capture-minidv-tapes-via-firewire/ Gift #5 - Stainless Steel Small Openable Pill Gift #4 - Aventree TC417 Gift #3 - Yubikey Gift #2 - HiFi Audio Stereo Amplifier Gift #1 - Briggs and Riley BackPack -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #AskNoahShow on Freenode! -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies Support Ask Noah ShowLinks:NIST SP 800-63 Digital Identity Guidelines
51 minutes | 4 months ago
Episode 210: CentOS Stream
CentOS is dead long live Centos Stream! CentOS Stream is a way of getting newer packages out to the community so developers have the latest and greatest, but this comes at the cost of the previous goals of CentOS. Does this increase the security of RedHat's free offering? -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #AskNoahShow on Freenode! -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies Support Ask Noah ShowLinks:FAQ - CentOS Project shifts focus to CentOS Stream — No. CentOS Stream will be getting fixes and features ahead of RHEL. Generally speaking, we expect CentOS Stream to have fewer bugs and more runtime features than RHEL until those packages make it into the RHEL release.How to convert from CentOS or Oracle Linux to RHEL - Red Hat Customer PortalHPCngAmazon.com: External Bluray DVD Drive, MthsTec USB 3.0 and Type-C Blu-Ray Burner DVD Burner 3D Slim Optical Bluray CD DVD Drive Compatible with Windows XP/7/8/10, MacOS for MacBook, Laptop, Desktop: Computers & Accessories
56 minutes | 5 months ago
Episode 209: Getting Started with The Pinephone
The Pinephone might be the best $200 you can spend on a project for yourself or with your family. Now it's easier than ever to flash new operating systems to the phone. OpenZFS 2.0 has been released, a new version of Wireguard has been released for Windows, and the KDE Edition of the Pinephone is now available. -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our interactive chatroom #geeklab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix or join in your web browser Geeklab.ninja -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies Support Ask Noah ShowLinks:Ask Noah Show Episode 177: WireGuard with Jason DonenfeldHow To Setup WireGuard (Easy VPN) - YouTube[ANNOUNCE] WireGuard for Windows 0.3: ARM support, enterprise features, & moreInstallation - WireGuardKDE Community Edition is now available | PINE64GitHub - dreemurrs-embedded/Jumpdrive: Flash/Rescue SD Card image for PinePhone and PineTabReleases · dreemurrs-embedded/Jumpdrive · GitHubSalesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack | SlackRed Hat Linux 6 (RHEL6) END OF MAINTENANCE support II ENDS November 2020, Prepare to migrate to a supported version of RHEL - Red Hat Customer Portal — END OF MAINTENANCEMigration and Maintenance Options for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Customers - Red Hat Customer PortalOpenZFS 2.0 release unifies Linux, BSD and adds tons of new features | Ars Technica — This Monday, ZFS on Linux lead developer Brian Behlendorf published the OpenZFS 2.0.0 release to GitHub. Along with quite a lot of new features, the announcement brings an end to the former distinction between "ZFS on Linux" and ZFS elsewhere (for example, on FreeBSD). This move has been a long time coming—the FreeBSD community laid out its side of the roadmap two years ago—but this is the release that makes it official.Install LuneOS for Pinephone - WebOS-PortsAmazon.com: USB C Charger for MacBook Pro Air, RAVPower 65W 2-Port PD Charger GaN Fast Charging Wall Charger Adapter with Foldable Plug for iPad Pro, iPhone 12 Mini Pro Max, Galaxy S10 S9, Nintendo and MoreAmazon.com: Anker USB C to USB C Cable, Powerline+ USB 2.0 Cord (6ft), High Durability, for USB Type-C Devices Including Galaxy Note 8 S8 S8+ S9, iPad Pro 2020, Pixel, Nexus 6P, Huawei Matebook, MacBook and MoreAmazon.com: USB C Charger for MacBook Pro Air, RAVPower 65W 2-Port PD Charger GaN Fast Charging Wall Charger Adapter with Foldable Plug for iPad Pro, iPhone 12 Mini Pro Max, Galaxy S10 S9, Nintendo and More
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