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. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 31/12/2025

    Ask Noah show 473

    This week Steve reviews Expedition 33. We take your feedback, and Steve builds a new PC and talks motherboard. -- During The Show -- 00:50 Intro Profanity Kids language Stripping profanity and vulgarity MonkeyPlug Motherboards and RAM prices ASRock ASUS 18:04 News Wire Lua 5.5 - lua.org Ruby 4.0 - ruby-lang.org QEMU 10.2 - wiki.qemu.org Pinta 3.1 - omgubuntu.co.uk Voyager 13.2 - voyagerlive.org Nobara 43 - nobaraproject.org Porteux 2.5 - distrowatch.com Parrot 7.0 - parrotsec.org PostmarkOS 25.12 - postmarketos.org Elementary OS 8.1 - elementary.io MinIO in Maintenance Mode - infoq.com KawaiiGPT - opensourceforu.com Z.ai - businesswire.com Chatterbox Turbo - the-decoder.com 18:57 Listener responds to self hosted - Josh Setup SSO PocketID Hesitant to adopt passkeys Argument for and against passkeys 26:41 Email Archiving for Privacy - Dominik Why you should archive email Plain text vs Mbox/PST imapsync GitHub Email threat model 32:54 Expedition 33 Expedition 33 Doesn't have an "agenda" Story of small Indie team If you apply yourself, you can succeed Awards Sales Live action adaptation Game play and Story are amazing It's a sad game Amazing music AI controversy AI vs human work Proper use of AI tools -- 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. 24/12/2025

    Ask Noah Show 472

    This week Noah and Steve work on Steve's house, a new automated lock system goes in, some new structured wiring goes in, and we talk about automating your Christmas tree. -- During The Show -- 00:48 Intro Happy Christmas Kids and presents Quests at Steve's Steve's Christmas tree Steve on a Mac 16:20 Feedback You start the conversation Send in an email success stories problems you can't solve suggest a topic 18:00 Switch Bot A room to keep dogs and kids out of Why Switch Bot? Gold tier certified by Home Assistant Value of talking with others How to evaluate "the line" The "delta" Gratitude 36:17 Structured Wiring 2 Recessed outlets with Ethernet 2 Projector rooms The Smart Home Hookup The Smart Home Hookup Youtube Playing D&D with the family Lay of the land Running Cat6 SDI Video/Audio Belden Cables Vertical Cables HDMI Decimators Keystones 55:57 News Wire Darktable 5.4 - darktable.org Kdenlive 25.12 - kdenlive.org OpenShot 3.4 - openshot.org OpenZFS 2.4 - github.com GNUCash 5.14 - gnucash.org Nvidia Linux 590.48 - phoronix.com Linux 6.17 EOL - 9to5linux.com RELIANOID 7.8.0 - relianoid.com SparkyLinux 2025.12 - sparkylinux.org Easy OS Excalibur 7.1 - puppylinux.com Emmabuntus Debian Edition 6 - emmabuntus.org Solaris 11.4 - blogs.oracle.com FreeBSD 15.0 - freebsd.org Rust CVE in Linux - itsfoss.com Senate Intel Chair - cyberscoop.com Beavertail Malware - scworld.com Open-Source Protein Co-Folding Model - nvidia.com Bloom - siliconangle.com CUGA - infoq.com Nemotron AI Models - finance.yahoo.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

    59 min

  7. 17/12/2025

    Ask Noah Show 471

    This week we dig full force into some interesting listener questions. Noah talks about an open source hardware synth, and Steve walks through some of his hardware choices to help you! -- During The Show -- 00:50 Intro Weather Cooling IT rooms in winter 05:00 Printers, DVD ripping and more - James Steve has 2 brother printers Auto Duplexing Separate printer and scanner Large business grade units Ask Noah Show 368 All in One Brother DCP-L2640DW Amazon Budget Brother HL-L2460DW Amazon Monochrome Brother HL-6210DW Amazon Color Brother HL-L3280CDW Amazon Trouble with auto duplexing Stay away from Lexar HP printers Manually add the printer Change to Jetdirect or IP printer Pay attention to exact model or most similar When it goes wrong, it goes really wrong Your mileage may vary Canon Color Image Class LBP622Cdw Amazon Scanner Brother ADS-1200 Amazon Containers vs Codecs MKV vs MP4 Avidemux Ripping as ISOs vs video files MakeMKV MakeMKV Docker Image # sudo modprobe sg services: makemkv: image: ghcr.io/jlesage/makemkv:latest ports: - "5800:5800" volumes: - "./makemkv:/config:rw" - "./storage:/storage:ro" - "./output:/output:rw" security_opt: # Fix for apparmor enabled systems - apparmor:unconfined environment: - USER_ID=1000 - GROUP_ID=1000 devices: - "/dev/sr0:/dev/sr0" - "/dev/sg0:/dev/sg0" Christmas movies Handbrake FFmpeg Transcoding Run controller at each site Ubiquiti Cloud Key Lots of problems OVH server Put basic auth in front Inbox Zero Paperless NGX Dump to eml file then import into special Thunderbird 45:14 News Wire Firefox 146 - firefox.com Thunderbird 146 - thunderbird.net KDE Frameworks 6.12 - kde.org Cinnamon Desktop 6.6 - itsfoss.com Mir 2.25 - github.com Rust 1.92 - blog.rust-lang.org AerynOS 2025.12 - phoronix.com Kali Linux 2025.4 - kali.org Pop!_OS 24.04 - itsfoss.com PearOS - pearos.xyz MaboxLinux 2025.12 - maboxlinux.org Papermoon - thenewstack.io 01flip Ransomware - esecurityplanet.com React2Shell - thehackernews.com Nomos 1 - venturebeat.com Nemotron Model - reuters.com Quilter's AI - venturebeat.com Chatterbox Labs - redhat.com Agentic AI Group - hackernoon.com Firefox AI Browser - phoronix.com 47:47 Zynthian Open hardware device We want your feedback! Are you comfortable with software VST Zynthian.org 50:30 Family Resistant to Self Hosting - David Ovens house hold approach Watching for pain points Making responsible path easy Making irresponsible path hard Value driven decisions Supporting where your paycheck comes from -- 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

    59 min

  8. 10/12/2025

    Episode 470: Ask Noah Show 470

    This week Steve puts his Debian powered Christmas tree up. He walks us through enterprise deployment and the failures of Firefox enterprise, and Noah builds a Raspberry Pi powered piano!

    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
    475
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 CC-BY-ND
  • Show Website
    Ask Noah Show

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