Ask Noah Show

Noah J. Chelliah

The Ask Noah Show is a weekly talk radio show where we focus on Linux and Open Source technology. We invite the community to participate live on the air 1-855-450-6624. The show airs Tuesdays at 6pm CT on asknoahshow.com and at KEQQ 88.3 FM in Grand Forks ND. It's a free call 1-855-450-NOAH so join us and start on your way to owning your operating system, your software, and technology.

  1. 1 DAY AGO

    Ask Noah Show 481

    This week Noah gives an update on the Chinesium access controller, Steve has a problem with 7.1 audio and works out a solution with Noah, and of course your feedback! -- During The Show -- 00:48 Intro Weather Snark 02:08 Game Server Access - David Proxy Wireguard Nebula Tailscale Put Linux on the Sophos Dynamic DNS Name Cheap Port Forwarding Swap the drive Docs.sophos.com 11:20 Static One Liners - Dominick Bunch of helpful tools and one liners Github Link Scope creep 13:53 Cat6 or 6a - Ted Always pull the latest Vertical Cable Fiber vs Ethernet Down sides of fiber (conduit) OCC Fiber DZ Cable 23:50 News Wire Firefox 148.0 - firefox.com Thunderbird 148 - thunderbird.net Postgres 18.3 - postgresql.org SciTE 5.6 - scintilla.org Dbeaver 26 - dbeaver.io GNU Groff 1.24 - lwn.net GNU Octave v11 - octave.org Shotcut 26.2 - shotcut.org Ardour 9.2 - ardour.org Calibre 9.4 - manual.calibre-ebook.com Linux EOL Dates Getting Pushed Back - social.kernel.org React Foundation - prnewswire.com GNU Hurd Kernel 64 bit - guix.gnu.org Mabox Linux 26.02 - lwn.net 4MLinux 50.1 - 4mlinux.com Omarchy 3.4 - github.com TheSSS 51.0 - 4mlinux.blogspot.com AV Linux 25.1 - heise.de Archbang 0103 - archbang.org PorteusX 2.6 - github.com Aeryn OS 2026.02 - phoronix.com BunsenLabs Carbon - bunsenlabs.org Tails 7.5 - tails.net Qwen3.5-Medium Performance - venturebeat.com Kali Linux & AI - linkedin.com 25:30 Steve's Audio Problems Loud sound effects, quiet speech Steve's approach Easy Effects Browser plugins Looking online Asking AI Tune the receiver Applying the solution multiple places Sound isolation Aurdor Carla Compressor x42 plugins Real time Kernel Easier than it looks Write in with your solutions! Kodi Plugins and settings Reddit Vero V 50:50 Access Control Update TM Dallas controller arrived Downsides/limitations Reader was "hot garbage" 54:07 Scale Scale is going on! -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies

    56 min

  2. 25 FEB

    Ask Noah Show 480

    This week we focus on your feedback! Questions about NextCloud, questions about best practices for remote storage, and of course the latest headlines from JT! -- During The Show -- Thermostat for Garage - Jayson Garage Heater Inside heat control Wireless vs hardwired Hydro radiant heat Home Assistant centralizes everything Venstar T7900 WiFi issues More Private AI? - Anon Training data Taking AI offline Duck AI techradar.com Immich & Other things - Fey Immich in the Oven's Household Noah's experience with updates Ente Having things come back up in order Backups vs Snapshots Offline backups Tape backups 3 - 2 - 1 strategy Mail-in-a-Box Self hosting password manager Nextcloud Alternative - HJ Default tuning is not great Trouble shooting can be difficult How Steve updates Noah uses a playbook Finding alternatives Add-ons "sell" Nextcloud News Wire OpenTTD 15.2 - tt-forums.net GNU Awk 5.4 - lwn.net Pipewire 1.6 - phoronix.com DNF 5.4 - phoronix.com KDE Plasma 6.6 - kde.org EasyOS 7.2 - bkhome.org SparkyLinux 8.2 - sparkylinux.org Xubuntu Wallpaper Contest - discourse.ubuntu.com Gentoo Moving to Codeberg - linuxjournal.com Cline CLI Attack - scworld.com SecureClaw - securityweek.com helpnetsecurity.com Buzzdetect - entomologytoday.org AI Slop Drowning Godot - pcgamer.com -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies

    1h 1m

  3. 18 FEB

    Ask Noah Show 479

    -- During The Show -- 00:48 Intro No Steve this week Awesome piece of hardware 01:39 News Wire OpenVPN 2.7 - community.openvpn.net Mesa 26.0 - mesa3d.org KDE Frameworks 6.23 - kde.org Gnome 49.4 - gnome.org Vim 9.2 vim.org GNU Linux Libre 6.19 - fsfla.org GNU Binutils 2.46 - phoronix.com Tinycore 17 - tinycorelinux.net Debian 13.3 - voyagerlive.org Pear OS 26.2 - pearos.xyz MythTV 36 - mythtv.org Parrot 7.1 - linuxiac.com SSHStalker - bleepingcomputer.com LockBit 5.0 - helpnetsecurity.com GLM-5 - venturebeat.com 03:00 Chinesium Access Control Access Control Disclaimer 4 components in access control Power Controller Credentials and reader Locking mechanism Door monitors Embedded door sensor Amazon Use access control wiring Honeywell genesis wire Vertical Cable Run everything to a central place Avoid using cloud Use high quality equipment Adamsrite 7400 Securiton electromagnetic lock ASSA ABLOY Don't use odd credentials MIFARE Wiegand Mercury Access Controllers Access A1001 OSDP protocol Chinesium Access ControllerAmazon Chinesium Card reader Amazon Leosac 41:57 Ring and Flock cut ties "Familiar Faces" Flock Camera's Privacy concerns EFF -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies

    51 min

  4. 11 FEB

    Ask Noah Show 478

    This week we talk music! Noah gets hands on with the Zynthian. Matrix is slowly taking over governments. The timing couldn't be better, Discord is requiring age verification. -- During The Show -- 00:50 Intro No Steve this week Call in! Join the GeekLab 01:30 Fun with Linux Audio - Wayne Helm Synth Vital Synth Tal NoizeMaker Cardinal Surge Synth LSP Plugins Calf Plugins Reaper ToneLib-GFX kxstudio repositories Struggle to get LV2 plugins to work Tal baseline MIDI Noah's light bulb moment Backing tracks Cloud based 16:16 Dell HDDs - TwoBit Never seen Dell requiring special drives Requirements by card and drive specs No longer using hardware raid HBA Mode Flashing HBA Firmware Buy pre-flashed card Use each drive as it's own raid array 20:16 News Wire GCompris 26 - gcompris.net LibreOffice 216.2 - documentfo8undation.org Ardour - ardour.org Calibre 9.1 - calibre-ebook.com Peazip 10.9 - github.com Linux 6.19 - lkml.org Oracle Linux 7 - oracle.com LiteBox - helpnetsecurity.com GoogleSQL - developer-tech.com Toyota Open Source Game Engine - techzine.eu Open Source Chest CT Model - nature.com 21:16 Zynthian Zynthian No Soldering Requires gentle "clock makers hand" Based on a Raspberry Pi Professional audio system How it's built First power up and usage 34:10 Matrix Protocol Matrix Protocol is taking over Digital sovereignty The Register Seems to solve problems Beeper 41:45 Discord KYC Requiring ID verification Discords background inference model Landscape for social media and connecting people Noah's story of connecting KNOX chat room gomuks The Register 51:20 Ring Camera's Search Party Ring has a history eff.org -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies

    54 min

  5. 28 JAN

    Ask Noah Show 477

    This week John Terrill from Red Hat joins us to talk about branding in Open Source. Many projects don't have a unified communication strategy, but having one is important. -- During The Show -- 00:50 Intro Steve is in Vegas Noah "getting deals" 04:37 Lossless Cut Reached for Avidemux Avoiding re-encoding Learning a new program Lossless Cut Webpage Lossless Cut GitHub 08:30 OmniTools Small docker image Does everything in the web browser OmniTools GitHub 12:43 NLSH For people who want to learn the CLI Translates natural language into CLI Making things easy can backfire NLSH GitHub 16:00 Xyops Features: Job scheduling Workflow automation Server monitoring Alerting Incident response Self Hosted Open Source Xyops 18:18 News Wire Squid 7.4 - github.com Openttd 15.1 - openttd.org Rust 1.93 - rust-lang.org GNU C lwn.net Extix - linux.exton.net Liya Linux 2.5 - distrowatch.com CachyOS 2026 - cachyos.org GNU Guix 1.5 - quix.gnu.org MxLinux 25.1 - mxlinux.org Crypto Thieves in Snap Store - helpnetsecurity.com Open Source Quantum Computer - uwaterloo.ca AI Weather Models - kqed.org Banks Prefer Open-Source - finainews.com Rack-Scale AI - theasset.com OIN 2.0 - yahoo.com 19:55 Python Built-in Web Server Use python to host a web server Used for file transfers Use case Steve's travel router 24:17 Proxy RCE - PSA Basics of the problem grahamhelton.com 26:30 Matter Camera 1920x1080 30fps Synology App to turn a phone into a camera linuxgizmos.com 30:06 MS Gives Keys to FBI Microsoft confirms they gave the FBI BitLocker keys ~ 20 requests per year Home users forced to upload keys Jump through hoops to avoid uploading Encryption is only as good as who holds the keys Pragmatism aardwolfsecurity.com ArsTechnica 35:20 Linux Continuity Continuity document merged into Kernel docs theregister.com 36:40 John Terrill PR in open source Branding open source One size fits all projects Extracting technical knowledge Technical accuracy How to talk with journalists Separating personal views from project views Negative coverage Messaging guidelines Branding and marketing Attracting media attention -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies

    58 min

  6. 21 JAN

    Ask Noah Show 476

    This week we dig into the hardware shortage caused by AI, answer your questions, and dig into managing ZFS via the web! -- During The Show -- 00:45 Intro Cheap managed POE switch Switch hops 05:35 Certificates - Randy Step CA XCA Certificate Authority ACME LDAP Kerberos Steve's use of LDAP LDAP with PKI link ACME and Domain registrars dot tk Ansible collection 19:19 Ebook Management - Jeremy Steve went to audio books Calibre PDF manuals folder Audio bookshelf Paperless NGX 23:50 Light Sync - Peter UltraStar Deluxe Animux USBD_Syncer Doing events Why Noah likes Karaoke Effect of "shared experiences" Steve's Christmas tree lights DMX lighting WLED Project 33:03 News Wire Firefox 147 - firefox.com Thunderbird 147 - thunderbird.net Grub 2.14 - phoronix.com Gnome 49.3 - discourse.gnome.org Wine 11 - theregister.com Q4OS 6.5 - q4os.org Endeavour OS Genymede Neo - endeavouros.com Tails 7.4 - torproject.org Linux Mint 22.3 - blog.linuxmint.com BeaglePlay PowerVR - phoronix.com StackChan - cnx-software.com Mentra's Smart Glasses - engadget.com VoidLink - checkpoint.com darkreading.com csoonline.com Boltz-1 - labmanager.com Photoshop on Linux - videocardz.com No Commits to MySQL Repo - devclass.com Senate Inquiry - jdsupra.com EU Tech Sovereignty - cybernews.com biometricupdate.com 35:03 SysAdmins & Smartphones Lowering friction Graphical vs CLI Webzfs Exposing ZFS via Web UI Cockpit Putting Webzfs into Cockpit Write in! 43:43 New ESP32 ESP32-E22 Tri-band WiFi What is an ESP32 Steve's use of ESP32 Bandwidth Getting started with ESP32 linuxgizmos.com 48:05 AI Hardware Run RAM spikes 300%-400% SSD price spikes Fab Capacity Bitcoin effect ARS Technica -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies

    54 min

  7. 14 JAN

    Ask Noah Show 475

    What is the role of tape backup in 2026? Should ZFS be used on tape? Steve takes us back to his days at IMAX and gives us some things to think about when using tape. We answer your questions, take your feedback -- During The Show -- 00:50 Immich - Greg Immich feedback Round 1 deployment recap Round 2 deployment recap Latest breakage Things Steve likes about Immich Ente experience Rising tide, iron sharpens iron Everyone hits problems sometimes 11:50 General Show Feedback - Pete Thank You feedback Buying Expedition 33 Noah purchased Expedition 33 "Little Noah" and budget Using external disks for games 16:28 News Wire Curl 8.18 - curl.se Doxygen 1.16 - doxygen.nl Windowmaker Live 13.3 - wmlive.sourceforge.net Budgie 10.10 - buddiesofbudgie.org Pentoo 2026.0 - pentoo.ch Nitrix 5.1 - nxos.org Debian 13.3 - debian.org Linux Mint 22.3 - linuxmint.com Bose Open Sources Speakers - designboom.com UAT-7290 - thehackernews.com GoBruteforcer - darkreading.com VoidLink - thehackernews.com NousCoder-14B - venturebeat.com Razer AI Kit - techpowerup.com 17:55 Caller Btrfs Assistant Restoring btrfs snapshots Base vs incremental snapshots Framework Knowledge Base 23:00 Music Production on Linux Started with misconception everything is for Windows and Mac Not many instruments are being made Hybrid pianos Stage pianos Pianoteq Virtual instruments Hammer graded controllers Semi weighted keys Synth Keys Akai Professional MPK Mini Plus Amazon VST3 MT Powerdrum Tal Base Line 101 36:50 Tape Backup Slow but reliable and cheap Tar command Data velocity Burn rate How to use tape Tools for data tapes Failure domain -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies

    54 min

  8. 7 JAN

    Ask Noah Show 474

    This week we dig into how a dead hard drive took Frigate out, answer your questions, and start a new challenge for the new year. -- During The Show -- 00:50 Intro Sticky Things and Bug reports Electric Dirt Bike Validating work Picking and offering boats Hosting in home lab 10:00 Frigate Frigate drive failure 4 TB drive died Frigate setup Swapping drives and power on hours Running drives into the ground Replacing drives Motion detection 20:06 News Wire Shotcut 25.12 - shotcut.org Ncurses 6.6 - phoronix.com OpenTTD 15.0 - openttd.org QPrompt 2.0 - patreon.com Mkvtoolnix 97 - mkvtoolnix.download Privoxy 4.1 - sourceforge.net OpenBGPD 9.0 - bsdsec.net IceWM - debugpoint.com Devuan 6.1 - phoronix.com Manjaro 26.0 - manjaro.org Qwen Text to Image - venturebeat.com 27:07 Flatpak vs Packaged Software - Pete New contest! Steve uses packaged software Idea behind flatpaks Flatpak edge cases Install via AUR AppImages 37:16 Backup GrapheneOS - Domink Toilet backup strategy Plan to come back from scratch Contacts VCF file ADB Backup Guide ADB Backup Caveat 45:09 KVM Switch? - Jeremy Now use remote software Barrier Synergy Deskflow IO Gear KVM Rust Desk -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies

    54 min
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The Ask Noah Show is a weekly talk radio show where we focus on Linux and Open Source technology. We invite the community to participate live on the air 1-855-450-6624. The show airs Tuesdays at 6pm CT on asknoahshow.com and at KEQQ 88.3 FM in Grand Forks ND. It's a free call 1-855-450-NOAH so join us and start on your way to owning your operating system, your software, and technology.

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  • Creator
    Noah J. Chelliah
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
  • Episodes
    479
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 CC-BY-ND
  • Show Website
    Ask Noah Show

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