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This week Chinese hackers penetrated 8 US cell phone providers. They used the backdoor the US Government asked them to put in to perform the atack. With Chinese hackers potentially still in US networks, the FBI is advising the public to adopt encryption - the same technology the FBI has long demonized.
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00:51 VoxelLibre Ansible Playbook
Kids wanted Luanti (https://www.luanti.org/) Server and VoxelLibre (https://github.com/VoxeLibre/VoxeLibre)
Minetest changed and broke automation
Flatpak and Snap
Obtaining Snap version
Steve's Solution
Potential for problems
13:52 Steam Lan Transfer Speed - Charlie
No experience with LAN transfer speed limit
Look inside of Steam
Check for router/switch/bad cable
Check for a system bottle necks
17:21 Internet Phone System - Jon
Steve's IP phone system attempt
Altispeed got out of doing phones
Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah)
FreePBX (https://www.freepbx.org/)
Unix Surplus (https://unixsurplus.com/)
Grandstream GRP2612W (https://www.amazon.com/Grandstream-GRP2612W-Carrier-Grade-Phone-WiFi/dp/B07X1V3CCN)
YeaLink or Fanvil
Check Ebay for sip phones
Cisco SPA Series
Cisco 7975
proceed with caution
programmed with TFTP
Ploycom VVX series
asks for lots of information
fill all fields, except password, with the the extension
32:32 News Wire
Thunderbird Turns 20 - thunderbird.net (https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/12/celebrating-20-years-of-thunderbird/)
GNU Shepherd 1.0.0 - gnu.org (https://www.gnu.org/software/shepherd/news/2024/12/the-shepherd-1.0.0-released/)
QT Creator 15 - qt.io (https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-15-released)
OBS Studio 31 - obsproject.com (https://obsproject.com/osx_update/notes_stable.html)
Gnome 47.2 - discourse.gnome.org (https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-47-2-released/25506)
Nvidia 565.77 Driver - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-565.77-Linux-Driver)
Linux 6.11 & 4.19 EOL - kernel.org (https://www.kernel.org)
Linux 6.12 LTS - slashdot.org (https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/12/09/0125219/linux-kernel-612-confirmed-as-lts-will-be-supported-for-multiple-years#:~:text=Linux%20kernel%206.12%20joins%20the,the%20end%20of%20December%202026)
EasyOS 6.5 - distrowatch.com (https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12304)
Austrumi 5.0 - zicos.com (https://en.zicos.com/download/i31956738-12-05-AUSTRUMI-500.html)
Nitrus 3.8 - nxos.org (https://nxos.org/changelog/release-announcement-nitrux-3-8-0/)
Alpine Linux 3.21 - aplinelinux.org (https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.21.0-released.html)
openSUSE Leap Micro 6.1 - opensuse.org (https://news.opensuse.org/2024/12/06/leap-micro-released/)
FOSDEM - opensource.org (https://opensource.org/events/fosdem-2025)
Linux Foundation Summit - opensource.org (https://opensource.org/events/the-linux-foundation-member-summit)
TUM ReAM250 - 3dprintingindustry.com (https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/build-your-own-metal-3d-printer-with-the-new-open-source-ream250-project-234965/)
OLMo 2 - infoq.com (https://www.infoq.com/news/2024/12/olmo-2-ai2/)
Concerns About Chinese AI - techcrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/03/huggingface-ceo-has-concerns-about-chinese-open-source-ai-models/)
Llama 3.3 - venturebeat.com (https://venturebeat.com/ai/meta-launches-open-source-llama-3-3-shrinking-powerful-bigger-model-into-smaller-size/)
34:00 FBI Advises Adopting E2EE
8 US Telcoms hacked Salt Typhoon
Meta data and sms accessed
FBI has said for years encryption is bad
Law enforcement has found ways around encryption
Salt Typhoon used the government back doors
Over history many people back track
Level of embarrassment
Steve's thoughts on the effects
Pragmatic approach to mobile
Encrypted communication
Network effect and framing the conversation
Do you have a favorite E2EE platform?
If you come across proof Salt Typhoon is China write in!
PCMag (https://www.pcmag.com/news/fbi-urges-americans-to-use-encryption-after-complaining-about-it-for-years)
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52:37
Episode 418: Ask Noah Show 418
This week we dig into the VMware situation that's leading to companies across the companies dumping VMware.
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01:11 lacucaracha123456 - Pixel Screen Repair
Screen repairs require heatguns and prying them apart
Check Batteries Plus
Check ebay for repair services
03:48 DNS - Aryeh
Enabled and working fine for Steve
Hairpin NAT
Tiny from the GeekLab says:
"Blocky and Adguard Home support DOH and DOT"
07:55 User Response Windows S - Michael
Windows Support Link (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/switching-out-of-s-mode-in-windows-4f56d9be-99ec-6983-119f-031bfb28a307)
Only seems to work if Windows 10 key is in the motherboard
Level of friction Microsoft is placing in front of users
11:25 Photos/Backups on a VPS? - Charlie
Crunch Bits (https://crunchbits.com/)
Spider Oak (https://spideroak.com/)
More value in spending "streaming money" on storage
encrypt locally
GPG
VeraCrypt
CryFS
Kopia (https://kopia.io/)
BorgBackup
ZFS send and receive
25:25 News Wire
Rust 1.83 - rust-lang.org (https://blog.rust-lang.org/2024/11/28/Rust-1.83.0.html)
Handbrake 1.9 - handbrake.fr (https://handbrake.fr/news.php?article=56)
Firefox 133 - mozilla.org (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/133.0/releasenotes/)
Cinnamon 6.4 - omgubuntu.co.uk (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/cinnamon-6-4-desktop-new-features-theme)
Tails 6.10 - torproject.org (https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-6-10/)
NixOS 24.11 - nixos.org (https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2024/nixos-2411/)
Ubuntu Touch OTA-7 - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Touch-OTA-7-Focal)
Ubuntu UEFI Bootkit - securityweek.com (https://www.securityweek.com/eset-flags-prototype-uefi-bootkit-targeting-linux/)
26:10 VMWare vs Open Source
Steve's interpretation of Oracle buying VMWare
Stages
Start up
Growth
Extract
300%-1000% price hike
OpenNebula (https://opennebula.io/)
Proxmox (https://www.proxmox.com/en/)
KubeVirt (https://kubevirt.io/)
ArsTechnica (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/12/company-claims-1000-percent-price-hike-drove-it-from-vmware-to-open-source-rival/)
39:33 The Linux Experience
Nvidia and Intel Arc A7070
i90 driver vs XE driver
Steve's Ansible playbook
Getting Started With Linux (https://docs.minddripone.com/getting-started-with-linux/)
Needs to be
shareable
reproducible
sustainable
You quickly arrive at Open Source
Being good stewards of technology
Hardware
16GB Ram
512GB Storage
i5 or better
5-7 years or newer
Used Hardware
ThinkPad T480
Dell Latitude 7410
Dell Latitude 7330
New Hardware
System76
Framework
Tuxedo Computers
Star Labs
Try Before You Buy
EndlessOS
Tails
Make it Home
Linux Mint
Ubuntu
Fedora
OpenSuse
EndlessOS
Power User Distros
Arch
NixOS
Make it Endless
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53:57
Episode 417: Ask Noah Show 417
This week Noah and Steve outline where you should leverage automation and rely on it, and when it's good to have a backup plan.
-- During The Show --
02:00 Podcasting 2.0
Podcasting is changing
Thank you
05:00 Retro Tink
RetroTink designed for retro gaming
06:22 Luanti
Mine Test Blog (https://blog.minetest.net/2024/10/13/Introducing-Our-New-Name/)
$2.5B paid for Minecraft
celeron55 took on the challenge of making a similar game
MineTest took over in Noah's house
MineTest expanded way beyond just a Minecraft clone
Luanti (https://www.luanti.org/)
Voxel Libre (https://github.com/VoxeLibre/VoxeLibre)
16:00 When to Automate
A different way to tackle the problem
Automation vs by hand
Nix
Maintaining old versions
Learning something new vs using what you know
Shifting paradigms
38:30 Windows S Mode
People have tremendous patience for MS but not Open Source
Windows S mode only allows software from the MS Store
Requires purchasing a key
43:30 Microsoft 360 Outage
Service announcement delayed
No one at Microsoft to communicate with
45:00 Windows Server Update Mistake
Upgrade flagged as security update
No license check
48:00 Windows Thin Client
Box connects to cloud desktop
MS pushing people off Windows 10
Things are moving to cloud services
ArsTechnica (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/11/microsoft-builds-a-349-mini-desktop-but-only-for-accessing-windows-in-the-cloud/)
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53:53
Ask Noah Show 416
Mike McGrath joins the program and we get an update from Red Hat. This week we dig into week 2 of Steve's Desktop Linux struggle.
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01:00 Hex OS - Craig
Self host
Files
Pictures
Home Assistant
Jellyfin
Wants a GUI
Like the idea of ZFS Snapshots
Go simple
You should know how to fix things
Cockpit
11:25 News Wire
Wordpress 6.7 - wordpress.org (https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-6-7/)
Postgres 17.1 - postgresql.org (https://www.postgresql.org/docs/release/17.1/)
Peazip 10.1 - github.io (https://peazip.github.io/changelog.html)
DigiKam 8.5 - digikam.org (https://www.digikam.org/news/2024-11-16-8.5.0_release_announcement/)
Systemd 256.8 - github.com (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/releases/tag/v256.8)
Linux 6.12 - lwn.net (https://lwn.net/Articles/997958/)
GNU-Linux 6.12 - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Linux-Libre-6.12)
Quadruple Workqueue Concurrency - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.13-Workqueues)
Q4OS 5.7 - q4os.org (https://q4os.org/blog.html)
RHEL 9.5 - github.io (https://peazip.github.io/changelog.html)
12:33 Mike McGrath Interview
Drama around RHEL source code
Fedora and Streams
Accelerators
How does Red Hat keep up
Xorg and Wayland
Remote Desktop on Wayland
ELS
32bit
Package Mode vs Image Mode
RHEL AI
Low power computers/systems
Micro DNF
UBI
OS Tree
Bootstrap/Build kit
Red Hat AI Licensing
What does open source mean to you?
33:43 Steve's Desktop Adventure
Issues with desktop going to sleep
Build on your knowledge base
NixOS
Local Flatpak Cache
Flatpak size
Ansible
Why multiple files
Outside and inside chroot
Cinnamon Desktop
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