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This week we dig back into home automation, we talk a bit about choosing cameras for a large camera system, and of course we answer your questions! -- During The Show -- 00:52 Intro Home automation Weekend of learning 03:48 Monitoring Remote Location (Cameras) - Rob Powerline adapters might work Ubiquiti Nano Beam Synology Surveillance Station (https://www.synology.com/en-global/surveillance) Frigate Do not put the NVR on the internet Privacy File server upload Home Assistant events 17:18 Camera Systems for Tribal Lands - William NDAA compliant cameras and NVRs ReoLink NVR banned ReoLink Cameras depends - bad idea NDAA compliant brands 360 Vision Technology (360 VTL) Avigilon Axis Communications BCD International Commend FLIR Geutebrück iryx JCI/Tyco Security Mobotix Pelco Rhombus Systems Seek Thermal Solink Vaion/Ava WatchGuard Main 3 NVR in use Exac Vision Avigilon Milestone NDAA conversation Noah's favorites Axis FLIR #### 25:09 Charlie Finds e-ink android - Charlie Boox Palma (https://shop.boox.com/produ

Why do you use Linux? Why do you want to use Linux? This week Noah and Steve dig into their technology past and reflect on why a technologist would choose Linux and Open Source over the proprietary alternatives. -- During The Show -- 01:08 Why I Use Linux - Ryan Opened my eyes Wide open Allows me to choose how to use my computer 02:40 405 Error "Method Not Allowed" DICOM Software requires activation activation server went away Online Game Activation direct to drive companies take the game with them Memories taken Steve's Story Windows put you in a sandbox Linux is nerdy and different Unix philosophy 2 parts Linux and Open Source Reading source code Windows got better then worse 2 main professional automation systems Build systems independently then tie together Ruling things out X10 zigbee Ruled in ZWave Shellys Home Assistant update broke Orbit Panels Breaking the automation network out Shelly integration methods Steve's Parent's Setup RaspberryPi with Home Assistant ESP8266 with door sensor 42:48 News Wire

This week Steve gives a deep dive into his adventures with Frigate, an open source NVR software. -- During The Show -- 00:46 Orbit Panels Installed at home First professional install Smart home issues 03:03 Oreon Desktop The Register (https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/20/oreon_lime_desktop_almalinux/) Distro based on Alma Linux Hard to get commercial Linux desktop right Oreon Project (https://oreonproject.org/) Company has support Focus on the desktop Has lots of extra packages/software Focus on stability 10:08 Serpent OS 9 to 5 Linux (https://9to5linux.com/serpent-os-gears-up-for-alpha-release-enables-framework-13-and-flathub-support) Serpent OS Alpha release Ikey Doherty 11:55 Cosmic OS 9 to 5 Linux (https://9to5linux.com/system76-launches-pop_os-24-04-lts-with-cosmic-alpha-desktop-environment) Pop!_OS 24.04 Alpha release of Cosmic Desktop Built for users System76 Cosmic (https://system76.com/cosmic) Easy to switch between traditional and tiling desktops Give System76 constructive feedback Available for m

What if you could control your lights, music, and other Home Assistant things from a panel on your wall? Do you run tech at your church and need the ability to deliver controls in a way, in a location, and with a budget that's approachable for everyone? This week, Thomas Kvamme from Orbit Panels joins Noah and Steve to discuss his new in wall PoE control panels based on the Raspberry Pi, Streamdeck, and Bitfocus Companion! -- During The Show -- 00:50 Intro Nice weather Little projects 01:45 Orbit Panels Thomas Kvamme - Owner and founder Why are you in ministry? Life before the stream deck StreamDeck (https://www.elgato.com/us/en/s/welcome-to-stream-deck) Bitfocus Companion (https://bitfocus.io/companion) List of Bitfocus Companion Integrations (https://bitfocus.io/connections) Bitfocus Companion Satellite (https://bitfocus.io/companion-satellite) Proprietary alternatives Origin of Orbit Panels Orbit Panels (https://orbitpanels.com/) Drop in replacement Design of the Orbit Panel Building an Orbit Panel How peo

This week we dig into Steve's home assistant migration. We take your questions on how to get started with AI, a self hosted email horror story, and more Harbor Freight. -- During The Show -- 01:25 OpenSource AI - Craig Defining "open source AI" is hard Local Offline Generative AI on Linux - Part 1 : TextGen (https://peertube.tv/w/48EvS3Y1gJz5c9vHiZF8Ya) Local Offline Generative AI on Linux - Part 2 : ImageGen (https://peertube.tv/w/ko1LUdcrZqLmEQZkyy3cN2) The Artifical Dominion Matrix Chat (https://matrix.to/#/#TheArtificalDominion:matrix.org) What do you want to learn? LM Studio (https://lmstudio.ai/) GPT4ALL (https://flathub.org/apps/io.gpt4all.gpt4all) Haven't found a "safe for work" visual AI Glue cheese Stable Diffusion morality filter 10:50 Self Hosted Email Story - Yassine Noah is still gun shy on self hosted email 14:24 Security and Calendaring - Dan VPN back in 3rd party brokers Synology Surveillance Station (https://www.synology.com/en-global/surveillance) WireGuard Punch a hole in the firewall Dang

This week Steve returns and we dig into your feedback! Kenny joins the program and shares his horror story in the continuing saga of buying and owning tools that you can rely on, authy is going away for GrapheneOS users, what's the best way to handle 2fa on GrapheneOS? -- During The Show -- 01:00 Steve's Crowdstrike Fall Out Waited 10+ hours at the airport Stream of ppl to wait with Steve's restraunt tangent Too much homogeneous systems Windows 3.1 meme Lost sight of critical paths 08:40 Netbox Feedback - bloominstrong Excited about the product Struggle to get things in Struggle to get things out Always plan how to get things out 11:35 Why I Use Linux - Jeremey Free Secure Flexible 12:20 decloudus.com - Jason 2 versions of the S10 Noah's phone plan GrapheneOS requires a chip in Pixels Noah's Dad on GrapheneOS Authy on GrapheneOS Bitwarden 2FA Dark open island 22:55 Caller Chris from Canada Moving from MBR to UEFI Linux Mint backup tool Cowboy approach Install apps Transfer home directory When to use the late

This week Noah takes you through what happened with the Crowdstrike incident, and how you could prevent a similar catastrophe with free and open source software. System76 announces a release date for Cosmic DE alpha. The Immich team is. -- During The Show -- Crowd Strike Outage Caused by defective update Affected all Windows computers 8.5 Million Windows machines rendered unusable Flights grounded Entire health care sectors shut down Kernel vs User mode WHQL Certification Crowd Strike had a WHQL Certification Anti-virus Extended Detection and Response (XDR) and/or anticipated threat detection Channel Files Microsoft could have provided an API EU requires Microsoft to provide the same access Windows No checks on the channel file Crowd Strike Falcon set as "boot-start driver" April 21st 2010 McAfee deleted svchost.exe George Kurtz CEO at both McAfee and Crowd Strike during the incidents Handing off risk/PCI We understand less and less Understand your critical paths and have a back up Hair shop "crash kit" Cold

This week Dan Noal Director, Product Management at Red Hat for In Vehicle OS joins us to tell you why your car needs and operating system, and why Red Hat is ready to meet that need. Chris Wright the CTO of Red Hat joins the program to discuss Red Hat's strategy for AI. -- 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/396) 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 t

This week Mauro Gaspari and Lukas Märdian join us to give us a deep dive into using Netplan on an Ubuntu vHost. We give you a self hosted way to track your car's maintenance, and a suite of tools to use if you work in production or in live performances! -- During The Show -- 00:40 Cosmic Desktop Started with Elementary OS External displays Cosmic is a complete remake Cosmic splits the difference i3 shortcuts Releasing this fall 07:30 3CX vs Asterisk - jisbetterthanj 3CX 20 stamps out all open source clients Have you opened Asterisk to the internet? Write in about your open source VOIP experiences 10:18 Steve VPN Split VPN issues Guide followed (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulRgecz0UsQ) 12:00 Vehicle Regulations Legislation requiring things Manufactures making it harder to work on vehicles Advanced drunk and impaired driving prevention technology Automatic Shutoff Technology (HR 3684 Section 24205) LubeLogger (https://lubelogger.com/) LubeLogger YouTube Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thqo_mm7iUQ) 1

Why do you use Linux and what problems do you run into? Both Noah and Steve make a value based decision when approaching tech, this week we dig deeper into why we choose to run Linux on the desktop. Could you power a 12v light, or 100 watt Ham Radio with a USB-C battery pack? Noah will tell you how doing so gave him light in his garage. Buckle your seat-belt, it's a packed show! -- During The Show -- 00:50 Intro Deepin Desktop Why do we run what we run Ownership of skills and resources 3 Categories Disposable Service Owned Linux is the only OS that allows you to own your computer Main stream wants "IT as a service" Why are you using Linux? 08:50 Alternative Phone OS - Don ATT installed apps GrapheneOS (https://grapheneos.org/) Used to rough edges App issues SeLinux ANS 368 (https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/368) GrapheneOS privacy features LineageOS (https://lineageos.org/) 15:38 ProxMox and OPNSense Passing the NIC solves the problem 16:39 Protecting Hard drives (encryption?) - Markus LUKS (https://en.wikipedi

-- During The Show -- 01:20 Pocket 386 IBM compatible system It's a toy Classic vs today's games Electrical components in power systems ARSTechnica (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/the-ultimate-windows-3-1-laptop-sellers-behind-book-8088-are-back-with-pocket-) Aliexpress (https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805356267711.html) 06:15 Tor Browser 13.5 VPN camp vs Tor Camp FBI drops cases rather than reveal methods Fingerprinting EFF Cover your tracks (https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/) Letter boxing Using Tor EFF SSD (https://ssd.eff.org/) 9 to 5 Linux (https://9to5linux.com/tor-browser-13-5-improves-fingerprinting-protections-and-bridge-settings) 13:30 Tails Amnesic Incognito Live system 6.4 Highlights random cryptographic seed switch to HTTPS for repos updates to Tor and Thunderbird Noah's tor laptop 9 to 5 Linux (https://9to5linux.com/tails-6-4-introduces-random-seed-to-strengthen-all-cryptography) 16:30 SIP & 3CX SIP and Astrisk (https://www.asterisk.org/) 3CX dropping SIP/STUN support SIP only needs u

This week we talk about network documentation and alerts! What makes a good alert? When should you tap a human on the shoulder, and what should be left to the backlog? -- During The Show -- 01:50 Music Production On Linux - William MuseScore (https://musescore.org/en) LMMS (https://lmms.io/) Audacity (https://www.audacityteam.org/) Write in if you do music on Linux! 05:45 DIY Smart Plug - Charlie Instructables (https://www.instructables.com/Plug-It-Open-Source-Smart-Plug/) TH3D Studio (https://www.th3dstudio.com/product/ezplug-open-source-wifi-smart-plug/) Enough electricity it could kill you 09:15 Thoughts from the AMA - Steve S "good enough" "Class of tool" vs "disposable" CLECs moving away from copper Convert to VOIP and ATA Cell companies not held to the same standard Right tool for the right job 17:30 Frappe.io - theendbeta Frappe.io (https://frappe.io/products) Looks cool Lots of apps Haven't used it 22:00 News Wire Perl 5.40 - Perl Doc (https://perldoc.perl.org/perldelta) Tor Browser 13.0.16 - Tor Pro

This week we talk about presenting at Linux conferences, and how to get the most out of them. -- During The Show -- 01:40 Frigate Documentation Performance Room to grow Couldn't record on bare metal Stream selection Hardware conundrum Coral USB Accelerator 14:52 - Staying In Touch With Kids - Norm Libertarian view on tracking "chipping" JMP.chat Sim Service (https://jmp.chat/sim) Matrix Server Guide (https://docs.minddripone.com/how-to/matrix-ansible/) Simplex Chat (https://simplex.chat/) 24:00 News Wire Firefox 127 - Mozilla (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/127.0/releasenotes/) KDE Frameworks 6.3.0 - KDE (https://kde.org/announcements/frameworks/6/6.3.0/) Ubuntu Core - Ubuntu (https://ubuntu.com/blog/canonical-launches-ubuntu-core-24) AlmaLinux On Pi 5 - Alma Linux (https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-06-11-almalinux-support-for-raspberry-pi-5/) Parrot OS 6.1 - Parrot Sec (https://parrotsec.org/blog/2024-06-05-parrot-6.1-release-notes/) BlendOS v4 - BlendOS (https://blendos.co/blog/2024/06/05/blendos-v4-r

This week we're live at SELF and we host an Ask Me Anything! We further our discussion about Harbor Freight and disposable tools, and talk about what technology excites us for the future. -- 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 (http://podcast.asknoahshow.com/394) 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

This week we dig into a war story at Steve's house troubleshooting wifi! -- During The Show -- 01:10 Noah & Steve War Story Pivoted to installing a doorbell ReoLink doorbell App is needed for setup Frigate (https://frigate.video/) Back to WiFi Changed management port Reset/VLan snafu Dell 7330 no network port Endless OS can't install tools "Mission Mode" Switch was bad WiFi issue ZWave vs ZigBee "Known Quantities" Next steps Spectrum analyzer Laptop couldn't connect to phone WiFi When is proprietary management ok? Simple and elegant Buy for life vs Harbor Freight 29:30 News Wire Flowblade 2.16 - Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Flowblade-2.16-Released) Nitrux 3.5 - nxos.org (https://nxos.org/changelog/release-announcement-nitrux-3-5-0/) KaOS 2024.05 - kaosx.us (https://kaosx.us/news/2024/kaos05/) Linuxlite 7.0 - Linuxlite OS (https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/release-announcements/linux-lite-7-0-final-released/) Gnome 46.2 - Discourse Gnome (https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-46-2-released/21237) Way

This week Matthew Jones and Kaete Piccirilli join the Ask Noah Show to talk Ansible! Catch the latest advancements as well as a look at what's coming down the road. -- During The Show -- 00:55 Steve's WiFi Problems Multiple APs 70+ Access Points 02:23 Guacamole Conversation - Joey Steve's presentation? SELF puts them online Steve might have a copy Restricting to IP Don't use as sole defense Shields from "script kiddies" Block based on GeoIP/Country 08:50 Watch Axis Camera in VLC - TwoBit Steve routes them into Home Assistant ispyconnect.com (https://www.ispyconnect.com/cameras) Generated view URL ``` rtsp://admin:admin@192.168.1.20/onvif-media/media.amp ``` 11:48 News Wire Linux 6.10 RC - Linux Mailing List (https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2405.3/01595.html) RISC-V Rust Support - Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.10-RISC-V) NFS v2 Being Disabled - Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.10-NFS-Client) Alpine Linux 3.20 - Alpine Linux (https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.20.

This week Vincent Danen the VP of product security from Red Hat joins the Ask Noah Show to talk about Open Source security practices. We take your calls, answer your questions, and give you an update about The Linux Challenge Coin. -- During The Show -- 01:50 Caller Nitro Phone Pixel 8 with GrapheneOS flashed on it 05:58 Remote Access Via Browser? - Craig Ethical/Liability issues Work policy violations Retroactive punishment Apache Guacamole (https://guacamole.apache.org/) Security concerns Set up a box on a VPS Boot off a flashdrive 13:42 App Image Allows Total Control - Charlie Apps Steve "pins" CurseForge News Wire Firefox 126 - Mozila (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/126.0/releasenotes/) Mir 2.17 - Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mir-2.17-Released) Tails 6.3 - Tails (https://tails.net/news/version_6.3/) Endless OS 6 - Endless OS (https://www.endlessos.org/post/getting-started-with-endless-os-6) Wine 9.9 - Wine HQ (https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-9.9) XFS - Phoronix (https

This week Matt Hicks the CEO and President of Red Hat joins the Ask Noah Show to talk about AI! We answer your questions about how to get a voice point-to-point link, plus we'll tell you what we're thinking for SELF. -- During The Show -- 00:50 SELF Announcements Ironing out meetup details AMA session War stories Steve's talks Retro installs 04:00 Landline to Wireless? - JM Bell S60900 (https://www.amazon.com/Southwestern-Bell-S60900-Wireless-Phone/dp/B0006HPFKM) DECT (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_enhanced_cordless_telecommunications) EnGenius Long Range (https://www.engeniustech.com/engenius-products/single-line-phone-system-freestyl-2/) NewEgg link (https://www.newegg.com/engenius-eng-freestyl2/p/0J3-000C-00038?Item=9SIAAUADA12694) VOIP Base (https://www.amazon.com/Grandstream-4-port-FXO-Gateway-GXW4104/dp/B001NHNW4U) Phone (https://www.amazon.com/Grandstream-GXP1625-Medium-Business-Device/dp/B00VNMWRFK) Point to Point Link (https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Networks-NBE-5AC-GEN2-Dedicated-Managemen

This week Matthew Miller joins the program from Red Hat Summit and we learn about Fedora 40. -- During The Show -- 00:50 Red Hat Summit In Colorado Corporate vs Community events Red Hat feels like the "big brother of open source" Red Hat's dedication to open source 04:20 Charlie responds to Steve - Charlie ReoLink Cameras Suggested by Charlie RLC-510A (POE/Night Vis) (No PTZ) RLC-520a (POE/Night Vis) (No PTZ) RLC-810a (POE/Night Vis) (No PTZ) Steve's ReoLink PTZ (Reolink TrackMix PoE 4K Dual-Lens) (https://reolink.com/us/product/reolink-trackmix-poe/) ReoLink camera is Noah's "make good camera" Electrical Power ESP32 with LORA Off Grid comms 900 mhz 12:20 Dealing with conflict of interest - Brandon Client continuing to "milk you" Clients will respect you more for setting boundaries Steve's solution Communicate in writing Ask what the client wants Write out what you remember Don't do anything more Noah's solution Be a good listener Documentation for past work ok "how would you do...." not ok Have a frank co

This week it's a recap of Linuxfest Northwest! We circle back to creating your own ISO, and we'll touch on the recent events in the Nix Community have resulted in Jonathan Ringer no longer be fulfilling the role of release manager. -- During The Show -- 00:48 Steve's Camera Experiences Axis PTZ camera died Factory reset Replaced with Riolink camera Be aware of what you are buying 08:00 Arcolinux for Building ISOs - Wiggy Automate logins Selenium (https://www.selenium.dev/) Kwallet Arcolinux (https://arcolinux.com/) 13:20 Home Assistant ESP32 ESP32 devices falling off the network Trouble shooting Solution #### 19:32 Tempest Weather Station Tempest Weather Station (https://shop.tempest.earth/products/tempest) Can find other local stations 20:57 Fixing Dad's House Overview of nightmare Shelly Pro 4 PM (https://www.shelly.com/en/products/shop/shelly-pro-4-pm) ZigBee Network Scene Controller (https://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Control-Transmitter-Requires-Compatible/dp/B099KDS3W9) ZWave Network Scene Controller (htt