The Ask Noah Show is a weekly radio call in show where we take your tech questions or business in tech questions live on the air.
This hour Noah and Steve answer your questions, big picture mode on KDE, and living off-grid with solar panels!
Noah and Steve answer your NAS questions, follow-up on Z-Wave devices, and appropriate responses for unwanted drones!
Noah and Steve have recommended Z-Wave devices for home automation. What do you do when your home automation fails? What do you do when you suffer latency from streaming? Noah and Steve talk troubleshooting for your home network, and home automation.
As we celebrate Episode 300 Noah and Steve dig into the difference in industry between 2017 when ANS launched and today. The landscape has changed considerably. Today people ask about Open Source, today people value interoperability.
How do you provide open source support to business who use FOSS in production? If you're using FOSS in production you need support. Noah and Steve dig into what it takes and how companies use supported FOSS software.
This hour we focus on your feedback, Kubernetes, audio interfaces, and of course your weekly Linux headlines!
Do you feel lost getting into home automation? This week Steve and Noah start from the beginning and give you a taste of what it takes to get a solid Home Automation system up and running!
This week we talk about things you want to be aware of before putting self hosted services on the wide open internet!
Philippe Humeau joins us this hour to talk about CrowdSec - an IDS/IPS that uses crowd sourced information to evaluate threats on your network!
What do you do when your container crashes your host? Steve is back and we walk through this and other questions!
Troubleshooting is much more than solving problems. True troubleshooting is digging into the issue until you identify the root cause of the issue. This week we dig deep into the art of troubleshooting and give you some practical tips and ticks you can use
Rocket Chat is the newest member of the Matrix family! Yet another open source communication platform adopts Matrix as their standard for federation.
What do you need to get a redundant virtual host system setup using Proxmox? We help Tony through this situation, as well as answer your questions!
What precautions (if any) do you take when traveling with your electronics to another country or to a hacking conference? Noah and Steve dig into the idea of travel security. Your questions, our picks, it's a packed episode you don't want to miss!
This episode is focused on your feedback and your questions. Prebuilt NAS or custom built? Digital open source signage, and security camera recordings. We answer it all!
Rolling Rhino Remix is an un-official Ubuntu flavour which converts the Ubuntu operating system into a rolling release Linux distribution. This solves an age old problem of getting up to date software on Ubuntu.
We spend most of the hour on your questions and your feedback. Elon Musk purchases and promises to make the platform more open!
Fitbit announced their FDA approval to detect atrial fibrillation in their wearable. What privacy and security concerns does this pose and what can you do about it? We tackle your questions, plus the news! It's a packed week!
The Weaponization of Open Source is happening but does it enact real change or are we hurting the reputation of FOSS? We tackle your questions, your feedback and this question this week!
Erik Lietz, PE from Oakridge Engineering joins the Ask Noah Show this hour to discuss running an an engineering firm on Linux! Does it work perfectly? Does Linux leave something to be desired? We dig deep and discuss merits of running a business on FOSS
In episode 274 we introduced you to block storage, in this episode we build on that to talk about storage types, and using those storage types with NAS and SAN storage.
This week we take your questions then dig into the releases that are hot this week. KDE, Gnome, Pine64, and System76 all have something for you this week!
In addition to answering your questions, this week Noah and Steve give you some tips and tricks to getting started with a home lab!
This week we talk storage! The more we dig into this the deeper the hole goes. We start with an introduction and and overview but this one is likely to be a two or even three part series!
This week we tried to migrate our Matrix instance to our own data center, it didn't go well. We discuss our mistakes and what our next steps are. Your calls, your emails we cover it all in this episode!
In this episode we talk with Bitwarden to learn more about this open source password manager.
Improve your work environment by knowing yourself. How do you convince a customer or co-worker that their idea is a bad one? Google Analytics gets another blow from the Austrian government, SUSE announces Liberty Linux a RHEL clone.
You filled this hour with questions, we spent the hour answering them. From VLANS to point to point radios, this episode has something for everyone.
An entire show packed with your questions! Noah and Steve spend the hour answering your calls, your emails, and your questions!
Noah and Steve discuss the open source model and the potential consequences when companies that rely on FOSS solutions don't support them.
Log4Shell has set the internet on fire this week. Noah and Steve dig into the details of this vulnerability as well as discuss what you can do to mitigate it. Pop_OS 21.10 is out, Toyota make their keyfob a service, and CentOS 8 goes EOL.
This episode we focus on your feedback. Steve describes automating his Christmas tree. We give you some tips for getting started with Home Assistant. A new version of Firefox has been released with new privacy sandboxing features, and as always your calls
In this episode Noah and Steve discuss migrating moving into a datacenter. Amazon Linux 3 is based off of Fedora, a new GPD Pocket 3 is out and is an IT sysadmin's dream, a privacy respecting voice assistant, join us for a packed show!
Ian Tien joins us to discuss Mattermost, an open-source, self-hostable online chat service with file sharing, search, and integrations.
Jack Aboutboul joins us this hour to talk about Alma Linux, a Red Hat Linux clone that is now doing what the former CentOS did prior to it becoming CentOS Stream.
Researchers at the University of Cambridge discovered a bug that affects most computer code compilers. Fedora 35 is out, Matrix is now offering a bridging service for $5/mo. We tackle your questions, plus our picks!
Dr. Andy Yen joins us this hour to discuss the latest features of Proton. We ask Andy about the Proton user, a French suspect that was arrested for squatting. Did ProtonMail do it's job in protecting privacy?
This episode we focus on your questions! How to build a NAS? Best remote desktop software? We cover it all! Mozilla announced Firefox Suggest. FreeNAS and NextCloud are in a new partnership, and a self hosted server system for layman.
Google is backing a new project from the Linux Foundation to the tune of $1 million that aims to bolster the security of critical open-source projects. GitLab is going public with their IPO, plus we address your feedback and calls!
It's a packed episode with your questions and thoughts! There's a ton of information in this episode and equipment recommendations this week! Don't miss it!
Even when you can self host it, relying on proprietary software can be challenging. This week Noah & Steve step through the latest self hosting options! Canonical extended their support for Ubuntu for 10 years, plus our picks!
Facebook and WhatsApp users offered "end-to-end encryption" which most users interpret to mean that the parent companies couldn't view the content of the messages, it turns out there's a catch! Ventoy gets a UI, and CentOS clones are getting support!
Lukasz Erecinski joins us this hour to discuss Pine64 and their lineup of open source hardware for geeks!
Patrick Emerson, director of IT from New Springs Church joins us to talk about their migration from their proprietary walled garden network and storage, to free and open source options.
LibreOffice 7.2 is out, Gnome 41 Beta has been released, we talk streaming infrastructure, a must have networking tool for structured wiring, plus your questions, our picks!
This week there are fantastic FOSS software releases, Element, PineNote, and an open source time keeping device that fits on a PCI card, the company behind the development will blow your mind!
Apple has announced a new update that will allow scanning of your private photos. Firefox 91 is released, and the new US infrastructure bill means you might be paying per mile to drive an EV.
Steve Ovens returns to lay out his plans for his new house as well as ask the community for input on best practices. Standford AIMI center is expanding it's free repository of medical datasets for AI research, and Steam hits 1% Linux users again!
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is warning of world in which no phone is safe from state-sponsored hackers. A new version of Plasma Mobile is out, and Valve has released a portable gaming device, running Arch with KDE!
We've received a ton of email asking how to get off Gsuite, and what alternative providers are out there. This week we dig in and go through the top alternatives to Gsuite.
After a privacy policy update to Audacity, a FOSS audio editing software has been forked. Google is forcing new apps to use app bundles instead of APKs starting in August, and Jim Whitehurst steps down from his role just 14 months in.
Mix has a new release, The Linux Foundation is working on an open voice network, the Baltimore PD surveillance plane has been shut down by a judge, and we share what we know about Windows 11,
This week we're focusing on your questions! We take your calls, answer emails, and with the help of the community we solve some Linux problems!
Inkscape has a new release, ChromeOS 91 will support Linux apps out of beta. Sublime Text 4 is out with new features, we look at a peer to peer web browser and we take Natron an open source animation compositor for a spin.
Matrix has revamped communities into spaces! This brings Matrix in line with many other team collaboration software platforms. We talk about a correction to ipv6 privacy, video editing on a Chromebook, Rocky Linux release, and more!
In this episode Steve joins us again to discuss networking. Building on the knowledge from our last episode we dig further into ipv6 and other network technology!
Linux Foundation drops the ban-hammer on University of Minnesota over controversial 'research' experiment but there's a twist, the code recently submitted was not part of the research. We feature open source firmware for IP cameras, an all in one.
We dig into Ubuntu 21.04 latest release. 9 months of updates, dark theme, Pipewire and Wayland make this a fantastic release! We cover your feedback, take your calls, and talk about the guy who hacked the company hacking your cell phone!
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!
Fedora 34 Beta is out with Gnome 40. This is a major rework of Gnome and the payoff was worth the wait!
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 RPi.
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 provided encrypted devices used for illegal activities.
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!
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.
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 of AlmaLinux
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
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, he setup his own ISP
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!
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!
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!
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
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 is released!
A proposal has been put forward to use PipeWire by default in Fedora. Neal Gompa Fedora contributor joins us to discuss! A new release of KStarts 3.5.0. Lemmy.ml, a decentralized alternative to Reddit enabled federation and Comcast rolls out mre data caps
YouTube-DL is back on GitHub! GitHub has started a legal defense fund, and Plasma mobile has been released!
Fedora 33 is out! We take Fedora for a test drive. There's a new project on the block that aims to make Containers easy to use for everyone! XDA has partnered to bring a new phone, the Pro1-X and shipping with Ubunut AND Linage!
Steve Ovens from RedHat joins to discuss CGroups! Manjaro Arm the new default on PineBook releases 20.10. We answer some self hosted photo options, remote VPN access, plus our picks!
Matthew Miller joins the program to discuss Fedora 33! With BTRFS as the default file system, Gnome 3.38, and Fedora IoT an official Fedora Edition, this is a big release! Nextcloud Hub 20 is out and it's a game changer we discuss why!
We celebrate episode 200 by sharing our plans to serve the community better! Ham Radio has come a long way from tubes and dials. Alex Archer KC0REL joins us to discuss building the ideal ham shack on Linux!
Microsoft releases Edge for Linux, the founder of ARM has starts a fund to "save ARM" from NVIDIA, and Facebook threatens to shut down it's access to the UK if their push for privacy continues.
The DLN crew joins Noah to discuss the $40B proposed deal NVIDIA and SoftBank announced a definitive agreement for NVIDIA to acquire Arm from SoftBank. Mark Shuttleworth responds to community concerns that he's not involved enough, plus the picks, your fe
Bottlerocket is a Linux-based open-source operating system that is purpose-built by Amazon Web Services for running containers on virtual machines or bare metal hosts. Most customers today run containerized applications on general-purpose operating system
Linux and virtualization have made operating your office out of a box a reality! It turns out smart doorbells are not such a smart choice, RedHat now support multi-path TCP, and Cockpit has a new update!
James is Executive Director of the OpenPower Foundation, joins us to discuss what's new with OpenPOWER. Mozilla is downsizing, an open source Linux handheld is available for pre-order.
Masks are being debated around the US and around the world but what do they do for privacy? China has facial recognition software that works even with face masks but NIST has shown that's not always the case! F5 has a major vulnerability.
The European Court of Justice invalidates Privacy Shield. The Court clarified for a second time now that there is a clash between EU privacy law and US surveillance law. Pine phone has a convergence package, and the Linux Foundation now has an open source
The Btrfs team joins the Ask Noah Show to set the record straight. Btrfs is being used at Facebook and has been selected as the default filesystem for Fedora! The EARN-IT act is back with a second verison, this one might be worse than the first.
Security and privacy is a moving target but ProtonMail is staying ahead of the curve. Join Dr. Andy Yen as he talks end to end encryption, the privacy aspect of protests, and the status and future of ProtonDrive!
SELF was remote this year but that means next year will be bigger than ever! More presenter rooms, more interaction from remote attendees. Jeremy Sands and producer JT join us this hour to discuss SELF and it's future. The CIA had it's biggest leak in his
Matrix is the communications platform you've been waiting for. Sick of being on Slack, Telegram, IRC, and Signal? Join one platform to rule them all!
Google & Apple have released their answer to contact tracing and for once it seems like they may be taking the side of their users! Microsoft is adding GUI support for Linux apps on Windows and Linus has switched to team red!
Founder and CEO of System76 Carl Richell joins us to discuss their latest release of PopOS 20.04. This incredible release features auto-tiling and is designed to empower anyone who is creating, or developing on the Linux Desktop!
Bill Carter, the CTO of the Open Compute Project joins us to discuss a new way of building a rack for a data center. The OCP uses a tool-less, modern, efficient design and best of all - the plans are open and available!
Kris Moore joins us to talk about the upcoming release of FreeNAS. OpenZFS, per dataset encryption, new features that they've pulled from TrueNAS and tons of other improvements.
The latest release of Ubuntu is out and it takes polish to a whole new level! ZFS support, security enhancements, snap packages and so much more!
Jason Donenfeld lead developer joins us this hour to discuss WireGuard, an extremely simple yet fast and modern VPN that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography. is an extremely simple yet fast and modern VPN that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography.
Allan Jude author of the book FreeBSD Mastery joins us to discuss ZFS, backup strategies, system administration and so much more!
Zoom is everywhere in the news. While they're doing their best to respond and resolve the issues users are finding - have you asked yourself if you want to host your company meetings with a third party?
WarheadSE and DagoRed join Noah this episode for a discussion on troubleshooting, the OSI model, and why Arch is a better distro for those who want to dig deep into tech!
Firefox launches a new plan to bring revenue directly to websites without 3rd party tracking! Qubes OS is tackling the GUI domain, and a new professional audio editor is available for Linux!
A bill has been introduced that may require every message sent to be read by government-approved scanning software. AMD looks to court Linux gamers by making its GPU driver even better!
An Intel-funded study found that AMD Processors including all Ryzen chips are vulnerable to side-channel security flaw. A fork of Signal messenger is born, and the best way to secure your iot network.
Intel promises full memory encryption in upcoming CPUs, Facebook becomes a premiere sponsor of the OBS project, and billions of wifi devices were open to eavesdropping.
Mozilla has launched DNS over HTTPS (DoH) in their browser to protect the privacy of users by default! Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Introduces Bill To Create A Data Protection Agency, and A new version of Cockpit is out!
KDE is one of the most popular desktops available on Linux. Noah walks you through his KDE setup to get you started on your perfect Linux desktop!
There are so many good routers to choose from it's so hard to decide. There's good and bad with all of them. Unifi is back at it again with sending data home, KDE 5.18 is out, and we've officially launched wiki.linuxdelta.com!
Ten feet of water or 1000+ degrees, there's a box that will help you keep your data safe! Jim Whitehurst will become the President of IBM, and Korea is switching to Linux.a
Ring is in the news yet again for sharing data with 3rd parties. How many people have access to your ring camera? The FSF has suggested Microsoft open source Windows 7, and Apple reversed their decision to provide end to end encryption to user's icloud da
The Pinebook pro has arrived and Noah gives his initial impressions. SHA-1 is broken in a new way thats cheaper and easier.
Once again the FBI has asked for Apple's assistance in breaking into a mobile device used by a mass shooter. Apple once again has told the FBI...NO!
Proton Calendar Beta is here! Firefox has a new version with enhanced privacy, and we take your calls from around the world on iot, vpns, and Ryzen!
Altispeed Technologies was formed on December 9th 2009 in Noah's basement. Since then he's grown it to a company that serves customers across the US and in a few cases...the world!
China is ditching Windows by 2022. Wireguard is ready for Kernel 5.6, plus some great follow up discussion on IP cameras and Noah's review of the Synology Disk Station DS718+
Ring, Nest, Dropcam, smart cameras are everywhere. Enhance your physical security space without compromising your network on this week's episode!
Private Internet Access is merging with Kape Technologies and the Internet isn't happy about it. We dive into VPN technology and give you some alternatives to PIA. An interesting story has emerged in which Pen testers were arrested for doing their job!
Cryptoware is up 70% this year. This new cryptoware is particularly terrifying because it targets our Linux servers. Plus, a new browser that promises to protect privacy while still giving a way to pay web publishers.
Unifi introduced new firmware that sends data from your network back to them. Networking and security questions, plus CubicalNate from DLNXtend joins us to discuss Microsoft and it's value to the Linux / FOSS community.
Microsoft has announced the release of Edge for Linux! Great news or is there a deeper discussion about too much choice? The Pinebook Pro is taking orders RIGHT NOW and a new version of Fedora is out!
Data collection and mass surveillance is all over the news and media. We dive into the specific tools and techniques you can use to stay safe from prying eyes and reclaim your privacy!
Edward Snowden's new book is out and he makes a case for what you should be doing to protect your privacy. This is a packed episode with input from callers, clips from the book, and as always - your questions!
In an open letter, government officials from the U.S., U.K. and Australia have asked Facebook to delay further deployment of encryption without “including a means for lawful access to the content of communications to protect our citizens.
CentOS stream is Red Hat's answer to rolling distros. That leaves Debian and Ubuntu out in the cold! We discuss the pros and cons!
Building your small or medium network requires careful thought. We chat with callers that all have different circumstances and requirements but the same end goal. Richard Stallman has stepped down as the President of the FSF!
Huawei’s struggles with the US government has resulted in them shipping certain models of the Matebook pre-loaded with Deepin Linux. Firefox has a VPN like add-on, and Pine releases a $25 smartwatch!
Bloomberg has reported that Huawei has formed a partnership with Protonmail to bring their app to Huawei phones. What does this mean for data privacy? Does this give the Chinese control over ProtonMail user data?
Ever dreamed of having a Linux laptop in the palm of your hand or in your pocket? That's a reality with SailfishOS. A downloadable Linux operating system for your phone that's as much Linux in spirit as it is in the kernel unlike Android.
A survey of more than 6,000 firmware images shows there has been little to no security improvement over the last 15 years. We dive into the practical ramification of this as well as what you can do to keep your data safe!
What do you do with those old drives after you're done with them? Don't DBAN them, there's a better way!
We dig into the ZFS, IP Security cameras, Routers! If it has to do with IT consulting, we talk about it!
How do you organize your digital life? No, not just your photos, videos, movies, and TV shows - how do you store and find the digital bits of your online life?
Ring is giving free cameras in exchange for access to a secret portal that police can use to obtain footage without a warrant.
Fedora is dropping the snapd plugin from the Gnome Software Center! This is big news, but is it Canonical's loss or Fedora's loss?
People who are familiar with Carver’s design work over the years will realize that Bob doesn’t just try to make the same products as everyone else…rather, he is an original thinker. Bob joins us to give us his take on the perfect speaker & amp.
The 34 billion dollar deal is finally complete! We dive into the particulars and a different view that you're seeing on the internet. Stefanie Chiras Vice President and General Manager of RHEL joins us to discuss RHEL 8.
Aerc is the new CLI email client on the block. Drew DeVault joins us to discuss. The Raspberry PI 4 is shipping but there are some things you might want to know before you run out and buy!
Canonical is returning 32-bit Ubuntu Linux support after a huge backlash from the gaming community. Ruth Suehle joins us to talk about Red Hat COLAB!
Tom Gilbert, is our guest this hour. He is the Managing Director at Deutsche Bank, and joins us to discuss how Open Source Methodologies reduce risk and empower businesses.
We're live from Southeast Linuxfest 2019 and we have not one but TWO big announcements! This is a an episode you don't want to miss! The future of Linux is ever changing and this new resource aims to keep it's finger on the pulse.
As we get ready to kick of Southeast Linuxfest 2019 Jeremy Sands and JT Pennington both join us to discuss SELF. As a lifelong Gentoo user, we finally dig into the discussion of what makes Gentoo a viable distro for people.
Alan Clark, from the CTO office of SUSE joins us this hour to discuss the exciting things SUSE is doing and what the future looks like for them post EQT.
Chris Wright is our guest this hour. Chris is a Vice president and Chief Technology Officer of Red Hat. Chris has spent more than 15 years as a Linux Developer and has worked in the telecommunications industry on high availability and distributed systems
Melanie Shimano is our guest this hour. Melanie is an educator who uses open source tools to help students realize that they can impact the world.
Publish your app for Linux users for desktop, cloud, and Internet of Things. That's the promise of Snaps but what exactly are snaps, what do they do, and why do they mean the future for the Linux desktop? Alan Pope joins us to discuss!
Dr. Andy Yen, CEO of ProtonMail, a mail system that uses client-side encryption to protect email contents and user data before they are sent to ProtonMail servers, unlike other common email providers.
Venkat Venkataraju principal software engineer from Yubico joins us this hour to share the exciting new features and functionality Yubico is bringing to the table!
This week Michael Tunnell from Tux Digital joins us to share a creative new workflow for automating podcast production. Suse is claiming to be the largest independent Linux company and UBPorts has officially formalized their foundation.
This hour Drew DeVault joins us from sway and wlroots. OpenSSH 8.0 is about to be released and we'll tell you why this means a big increase in security for those that use SSH!
In this weeks episode we air out interview with Hugh Blemings the executive director of the OpenPower Foundation. The OpenPOWER Foundation is an open technical membership organization that will assist data centers in rethinking their approach to tech.
Google announced its biggest move into the gaming space at GDC. Stadia, a streaming game service is designed to run on everything from PCs and Android phones to Google's own Chromecast devices. DasGeek (Ryan) join us to discuss!
We give you the recap of ScALE this year and give you another option to manage your servers from a Web UI. Abraham Ingersoll joins us this hour and we talk about Teleport. Teleport lets you provide seamless and secure access to infrastructure for your org
This hour we talk to Augustin aka Mr.WaddleSplash from the Haiku Project. The Haiku project is a Haiku is a free and open-source operating system compatible with the now discontinued BeOS. Its development began in 2001 under the name OpenBeOS, but rebran
Keith Perry open source business experts is back on the show tonight and we discuss strategies to sell open source solutions to your clients. It’s a packed episode and one you don’t want to miss!
Alessandro Castellani joins us to talk about Akira, a native Linux app for UI and UX design built in Vala and GTK! Marc from the Southern California Linux Expo joins us to give us a peak into ScALE 2019!
Guillaume Vincent is my guest this hour and we talk about Lesspass. Lesspass is a stateless password manager that differentiates itself in it’s simplicity and ease of use. We talk about the security, and the ease of use!
Have you ever wanted to learn how to ethically hack into a system? Bo Weaver is our guest this hour and he walks us step by step on how to break into a machine, maintain your access, and get out without anyone knowing about it.
Lubuntu Release Manager Simon Quigley joins us this hour to discuss the new Lubuntu Council. Kodi now has a game emulator, Canonical released Multipass for Windows and theres a new Raspberry Pi Compute Module out!
Project Trident is a desktop-focused operating system based on TrueOS. It uses the Lumina desktop as well as a number of self-developed utilities to provide an easy-to-use system.
Eric Hendricks joins us to tell the story of how he went from "just an IT guy" to a Solutions Architect at GitLab! Dalton Durst from Ubuntu Touch joins us to talk about OTA 7, and System 76 is giving you a chance to win $250!
Matt Opsahl is my guest this hour and we talk Self Hosting! Should KDE move to GitLab from Phabricator? Does Google decision to move away from the Linux kernel in Android and ChromeOS hurt Linux? All that and your calls this hour!
JT Pennington joins us this hour to tell us about an exciting new way for independent content creators to use the open source model to create content! Firefox is playing around with a new ad system and we give you our thoughts on that!
Jason Plum from GitLab joins us on this special ask me anything version of the Ask Noah Show. We’re talking Kubernetes this episode!
Matthew Miller is our guest and we talk about my favorite Linux distribution, Fedora! NextCloud introduces their new "Social" feature. Microsoft has dumped Edge and is throwing their weight behind Chromium!
Kris Moore joins us to discuss the latest release of FreeNAS and what we can expect down the road! Linux.org was defaced and Coraline's personal info was released. Emby, the open source competitor to Plex has said that future versions will not be FOSS
Have you ever wanted remote access to your home or office but didn't want the overhead of setting up a traditional VPN? WireGuard changes all that! WireGuard makes setting up a VPN as easy as generating a key pair just like we do with SSH.
Red Hat has released the beta for RHEL 8 and it features an exciting new technology called Application Stream. Apple is being sued and SCOTUS will decide if their app store is a monopoly or not.
Brent Gervais joins us to share how he started a Linux and Open Source photography company. Canonical has announced that they are extending the support life for Ubuntu 18.04 to 10 years and as always we take your calls!
This week we chat with Big Daddy Linux, a man who has spent his own time and money to build and online Linux meetup space. Samsung has announced Linux on DeX and of course as always your calls come first!
For 100 episodes The Ask Noah Show has delivered quality content every single week without exception. This week we celebrate this important milestone live from the Tamarack Tap Room in Woodbury MN.
In this episode we make a bombshell announcement regarding the future of Ask Noah! Later in the hour Erik Dubois from ArcoLinux joins us to talk about a rolling distro built for those who want to learn Linux!
Our friends from Destination Linux join us and together we form the “Linux Chumps”! Can we be stumped? We think not, but your calls try anyway! Your emails, your calls, your questions are the priority.
The Open Invention Network is a shared defensive patent pool with the mission to protect Linux. On October 10th Microsoft joined the OIN so we invited Patrick McBride the Senior Director of Patents to join us!
If you have a device with an operating system chances are it uses SQLite. Richard Hipp is our guest this hour and he joins us to talk about their controversial CoC.
Community hour is where we take some time to focus on you the listener! You set the topics, you ask the questions!
In the largest software company acquisition in history, tech giant IBM has purchased Red Hat for 34 billion dollars.
Fred Gleason has worked for years to develop a open source Linux based broadcasting appliance. He joins us to discuss!
Linus has taken a break while he worked on his tooling to be more socially acceptable. That time is over and Greg KH has officially handed the kernel back to him. We discuss the implication of his return and what it might mean for Linux.
If you have data, that data should be backed up. If you own a business or manage the IT infrastructure for a business than your backup strategy needs to be reliable, straightforward, and functional.
It's family friendly, we promise! You know that Linux succeeded where others fail, but did you know that cam girls are turning to Linux for it's reliability, stability, and functionality? We cover this amusing reddit thread!
Supermicro suffered a huge security breach that gave the Chinese government access to servers manufactured with Supermicro boards. This revelation has caused companies like Apple and Amazon to distance themselves from the popular server manufacture.
Have you ever wanted to know what containers and Kubernetes are all about? This week we try something new – Steve Ovens from Red Hat has produced a segment on containers for us. We talk about the latest release of Zabbix.
Linus Torvalds has decided he needs a break so he can understand people and their emotions better. The kernel has finally adopted a code of conduct based on the contributor covenant. No one knows more about codes of conduct than Paul M. Jones.
Google is launching it’s own hardware security key for two-factor authentication but there’s a few major problems. From pricing, to security concerns, we break the entire situation down for you. New audio production software is released for Linux.
Steve Ovens from Red Hat joins us to answer the question many of you have asked - how do you get hired by a company like Red Hat? Steve takes us through his exciting rise to working for the largest open source company in the US. Steam has dropped a bomb s
We talk about Linux and Open Source, but is it far enough? Do we need to go all the way and push for everyone to use Libre freedom respecting software? We invite Kenny Schmidt, a 17 year old who is starting out with Linux and ask that question. We talk ab
This week firefox made waves by encrypting DNS entries making DNS more secure for everyone. We talk about IP cameras, gaming on Linux, and Steve Ovens from RedHat joins us. It's a packed episode you can't afford to miss!
There has been a lot of rumors lately about Southeast Linuxfest. Outside pressure has been exerted in an effort to force the leadership of SELF to do things not in the best interest of the attendees but to push a political agenda. Tonight Jeremy Sands the
When Linus says that he skimmed the code and it's so exciting that he's hoping it gets merged quickly, you know this is the next big thing in Linux. We talk to Jim Salter. He gives us a perspective from day 0. We discuss the new Google gaming box, and giv
How do you go from being homeless on the streets of CA to getting offers from Google, Amazon, and others? We discuss! The GPD team has released the 2nd gen 7" laptop and we give you our thoughts on their awesome laptop without Linux. As always your questi
The year of the Linux desktop has become a cliché. In 2018 has a Forbes writer finally found a distro that has one click installs for every app he used to use on Windows? Microsoft ports PowerShell to a Linux snap, and of course your calls go to the front
Chris Moore, and JT Pennington join the Ask Noah Show this week to answer the question what does BSD offer to attract Linux users over to their ball park. We discuss the Lumina desktop as well as Project Trident. Your calls as always go to the front of th
Many have tried and failed to manufacture a laptop that stops Apple's Macbook Pro in it's tracks! Has Dell finally done it with their Precision 5510? Can you get a $2200 laptop for under $1000 brand new from Dell? We'll show you how it's done and how it s
This week on the Ask Noah Show we tackle the difficult discussion - is it okay for companies to collect data and when should you be worried about companies having too much data? We interview Brian Martell who uses the finance aspect to get people on Linux
There's new security out for WiFi. Noah takes you through exactly what you need to know to stay up to date. What does WPA3 offer over WPA2? How do you take advantage of it? We talk about everything from WiFi to Colo in this weeks episode!
Ever wanted your own phone system? Maybe you want an intercom system for you house? How about the ability to use use an internet connected ham radio? We're talking Audio over IP this hour! We show you how simple it is to get AOIP setup and all the things
A hostile takeover has just happened to the Copperhead OS Project. Lead developer Daniel Micay has been fired by Copperhead CEO James Donaldson. Micay claims Donaldson is up to no good, and Donaldson says it's Micay who doesn't have the company's best int
Do you run a small business? Do you work for a small business? Join us this hour as we talk to Keith Perry from DAO Technologies. Keith has been running a small business for a long time and implementing open source where possible. We get Keith's insight a
This week on the Ask Noah Show we take you live to the SELF floor! We take a look at a broadcasting company that was founded and runs entirely on Linux. That company? Jupiter Broadcasting. We tell you what you can expect from Southeast Linux Fest and how
This week on the show we give you the quick and dirty on Microsoft buying GitHub. We speak to Jason Plumb from GitLab and he gives us a brief overview of the services GitLab offers and how they've worked to create a product that blows GitHub out of the wa
We talk quite a bit about owning your communication and how you can do that with Ham Radio. What if you love your Linux and want to continue to use your computer to communicate? This week we dive into an all new way to use ham radio, all on Linux, all wit
This week on the show give you the latest on the new Intel flaw. We take an interesting question from a caller who asks Noah, can a router be virtualized? Plus we give you the run down on our Small Business Theme Hour coming up in early June.
This week on the show we talk about everything from DMX lighting on Linux to USB-C. We take an interesting question from a listener who has a massive virtual desktop infrastructure project and he asks Noah if Linux can handle this project or if he should
Last week we broke the news to you that rumor has it Google is making Linux apps for the desktop a reality on Chromebooks. This week Keith Myers joins us and tells us what the experience on a Google Pixelbook is like. He explains what it took to get nativ
Google has everyone wondering, is what they're doing going to finally lead to the year of the Linux Desktop? Are we okay with Google being in charge with Linux on the desktop? 18.04 is out and we talk about our initial impressions. Simon Quigley the relea
Yet again Jupiter Broadcasting broadcasts entirely on Linux! We bring you live coverage from the floor of Linuxfest Northwest. The broadcast is done on Linux, the interviews are done on Linux, we talk about Linux.
James Comey says American's don't need encryption the government can't override. In an age of terrorism should a segment of the population be allowed to exist beyond the reach of law? We get Chris Fisher's take on this as well as your calls on this weeks
It's hard to believe but Microsoft is shipping the Linux kernel. We give you the details of how and why this week on the show.
This week Noah is a guest speaker at the UND teaching the next generation about podcasting.
This week on the Ask Noah Show we ask the question everyone is asking - has Apple given up on the Macbook?
It's been one year of non-stop unapologetic Linux content! We meet up with fans in Minneapolis for a live show and tell you about our exciting plans as we kick of year 2 of the Ask Noah Show.
Tech literally has a body count! And have you ever wanted to manage digital signage, using Linux, and on a budget? We have the solution for you. Plus your calls, and more!
This week on the show we bring you the industry experts to teach you more than you ever wanted to know about Chef. Learn how to automate your entire system. Plus uber's self driving car kills someone & we give you our take, that & more in this weeks show!
This week Timothy calls back and puts all the discussion about a streaming audio player to an end. Noah gives you a brief look at some of the hosted services you can host, or pay to have hosted, and of course your calls go to the front of the line.
We come to you live from ScALE. Chris joins us for the episode and we offer some updates on some SimpleHelp confusion. Ben calls us for an update on his MacBook & more, all in this weeks episode!
This week we talk about the open source projects and closed source alternatives that make your job as an IT admin a piece of cake. We talk to Ben who wants to know if he can get Linux on his MacBook, the mumble joins us & a distro elimination challenge!
This week we ask the question who can you trust in the linux media space? What kind of shows do you want to listen to, and what kind of talent do you look for when you listen to podcasts. We break it down for you, plus your calls in this weeks episode.
For 50 episodes Noah has been telling callers Linux is the right choice. This week we take a call where Linux might not be the best fit! We talk crypto with Rikai our editor & tell you about the android app that will change your life!
This week on The Ask Noah Show we take a hard look at KDE Plasma & ask the question, should Canonical be using Plasma by default on the upcoming 18.04 LTS?
This week we're live from the Ubuntu Sprint in Seattle, Washington! We show you how you can get the most out of your home audio with Volumio - the open source media server & as always your calls go to the front of the line.
This week on the show we give you the latest update on the Intel vulnerabilities, Noah sets the record straight on Linux media personalities that don't use Linux & as always your calls are the center of the show.
This week we see how far we can push Linux! Can you use Linux in a professional photo workflow? How about High Resolution Audio? We take your calls & interview industry audio expert Bob Carver.
We pick up where we left off last Friday with our discussion about Spectre & Meltdown. Brandon Johnson from RedHat joins us to talk about this important topic & what he and his team at RedHat are doing to mitigate this disaster.
On this special edition of the Ask Noah Show we saw people looking for what they need to know about the latest Intel bugs, Meltdown & Spectre, so we break it down. Plus we take your calls, talk about your War Stories & what you've seen in the field!
This week on the show, we talk about Alt Coins and how Bitcoin ceases to be a viable concurrency for day to day operations. We take your calls, plus we include the Mumble room!
This week on show we do something a little different. The phone lines are open but we're taking calls about relationships, religion, politics, diet, life choices. Anything you can think to Ask Noah he answered in this special Christmas episode.
This week we take a dive into what it takes to break into a network. We wrap by telling you what you need to know to stay safe. Plus your calls & our answers! Note: Some hardware issues out of our control this week, audio is below our normal standard.
This week we talk about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Should you invest? Should you look at other alt coins?
This week we lay out out plan to create a master list of Linux Distros! Which one is best? For what purpose? You tell us!
Hear the Net Neutrality debate from a new perspective. Darcy from Portugal shares his insights from a land already regulated by Net Neutrality style laws. Plus a deep dive into free-rating, your calls & more!
Join us for a special episode of the Ask Noah Show, where we talk about our IT war stories.
This week we take a break from the phones & bring on Wendell Wilson from Level 1 Techs!
With Logitech bricking their products do you really trust the cloud? Some say it's as low as $25 one time fee. Plus an interview with snapcraft.io & your calls.
This week we tell you everything you wanted to know about Bitcoin & more. We take your calls live on the air, plus as a special treat we streamed live to Facebook. If you’re watching the video version of the show you get a peek behind the curtain!
Have you ever wanted to host your own phone system? Replace Google Voice? We go on site to VoxTeleSys, a linux based company that helps keep the Ask Noah Show on the air plus we give you our take on Pop_OS!
We dive into what it's like using Ubuntu 17.10 for a few days. Should you upgrade? What is cryptocurrency? We bring the mumble room in, plus your calls!
Noah gives us the 30 second elevator pitch & then does a deep dive into this new attack that has plagued wifi. We talk about RedHat on it's way to a 5 billion dollar company & of course your calls.
Noah takes a deep dive into Mir Wayland, what Canonical is doing with Ubuntu & how other projects like Arch and Fedora play into it. Interviews with people from the rally & of course your calls.
In this episode we talk to Eric who runs a DJ business powered by Linux hardware. Noah shares how he became a DJ, exclusive interviews with community members from the Ubuntu Rally & of course your calls.
Chris Fisher joins us this episode, live from New York City! We take your questions live about business & tech.
In this episode founder of Sandbagger news Will Beaton joins us, plus Eric from the telegram group shares how he started his business entirely on Linux, all that & more including your calls from Russia!
In this episode legendary home theater & stereo expert Bob Carver joins us on the air to talk about how to pick the perfect home theater & stereo speakers. Brandon Johnson from RedHat tells us how to tweak your libvirtd setup. Plus we take your calls.
This week we detail exactly what you need to put a movie theater in your basement powered by Linux & open source. Plus your calls!
In this episode we go back in time for some tech that is still pretty cool for being so old. Plus your written questions & your calls!
In this episode we focus on your written questions, of course your calls & our take on the GPD pocket which is now shipping with LINUX!
We dive into the Google memo that went viral, talk answer some of your email and Facebook questions & of course your calls!
Brandon from RedHat joins us to talk about oVirt & how you can manage your virtual infrastructure from a web console. Plus we break down the advantages and disadvantages of Android v IOS, your calls & more!
Jason from GitLabs kicks off this hour of the Ask Noah Show, we talk about how to recover in Linux where Windows can't & why Ubuntu Mate might be the best Linux distro out there!
Steve from RedHat kicks off this hour with a howto on Ansible. We also take your calls and in them talk to Peter from London & pick his brain about switching people to Linux. Plus some Google Glass news!
We chat with Ryan from System76 about their new operating system Pop_OS!. Plus a bit of virtualization on linux & of course, your calls!
We kick off with a bit of America, talk about System76's Pop!_OS as well as Lenovo's new “Retro ThinkPad” & of course take your calls.
We dive into some really cool technology, talk about the latest Yubikey venture & Veronica Belmont joins us for a segment to talk about her upcoming show, IRLPodcast. Plus your calls!
This week we're back in Grand Forks and we give you a deep dive on TAILS linux - the distro designed from the ground up to provide you with a secure computing environment. Plus we talk about universal installers, the security of messengers & your calls.
This week we're live from Cincinnati Public Radio to bring a very controversial episode of the Ask Noah Show. We sit down with Paul M. Jones & he tells us why some codes of conduct are a bad idea. We take your calls, plus we we look to see if Linux securi
This week we're live from the floor at SELF! We talk to the movers & shakers in the community. RedHat employees flood in to talk about the great things they're doing for the Linux community.
This week we take a look at how you can implement a domain controller on Linux or get the same functionality as active directory on a Linux ecosystem. Plus the most calls we've ever taken.
This week we take a serious look at SELinux. We break down what it is, how you can manage it & tell you what Cockpit can do for you. The Raspberry Pi Thin client has been announced & we give you our take. Plus your calls!
This week on the Ask Noah Show we show you what it takes to get your data everywhere without using proprietary solutions, cover recent experiences with Seafile & of course take your calls!
This week we give you the rundown on what it takes to make Gnome the perfect desktop. Find out what extensions we use, tweaks we make, plus your calls & much more!
On this episode of the Ask Noah Show, we're LIVE from LinuxFest Northwest! We have the head of Ubuntu Mate on the show & he gives us hope on the future of the Linux Desktop, then talk about Electron and it's roll, plus take your questions live on the air.
This week we talk about PayPal and other payment providers you can use to send and receive money, the cloud & of course - we take your calls.
This week we talk about the new AMD Ryzen, different VPS providers you could take a look at & of course - we take your calls.
This week we talk about the new release of Ubuntu 17.04, take a deep dive into the “right to repair” bill that is sweeping 11 states & the newest player in the social media space, Mastodon.
We dive straight into the Ubuntu dropping Unity story, talk about the best open source messenger application & of course take your questions live on the air.
We kick things off by taking a look at the anti-privacy bill, tell you about the layout and format of the show & what to expect & take some of your calls!