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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. -- During The Show -- 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) -- 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 (http://podcast.asknoahshow.com/419) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix (https://element.linuxdelta.com/#/room/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard (http://www.asknoahshow.com) 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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This week we dig into the VMware situation that's leading to companies across the companies dumping VMware. -- During The Show -- 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 -- 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 (http://podcast.asknoahshow.com/418) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix (https://element.linuxdelta.com/#/room/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard (http://www.asknoahshow.com) 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 (http://www.altispeed.com/) Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed)

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/) -- 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 (http://podcast.asknoahshow.com/417) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix (https://element.linuxdelta.com/#/room/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard (http://www.asknoahshow.com) 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 (http://www.altispeed.com/) Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed)

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. -- During The Show -- 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 -- 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 (http://podcast.asknoahshow.com/416) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix (https://element.linuxdelta.com/#/room/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard (http://www.asknoahshow.com) 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 (http://www.altispeed.com/) Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed)