Ask Noah Show

Noah J. Chelliah
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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.

  1. Sep 16

    Ask Noah Show 506

    This week Steve gives the deep dive into the reason and the how for documentation. It's an essential thing in any IT environment, it doesn't get nearly enough love so we shine a spotlight on it. -- During The Show -- 00:45 Intro Sound effects RPG Web UI Never Winter Nights Kansas City Steve and traveling 09:18 News Wire GTK 4.24 - gnome.org Shotwell 33 - gnome.org Agama Installer 24 - github.io Cosmic v1.8 https://www.phoronix.com/news/COSMIC-Epoch-1.8 Debian 13.7 Trixie - debian.org MocaccinoOS 26.09 - mocaccino.org DietPi 10.7 - dietpi.com KaOS 2026.09 - kaosx.us Ubuntu 24.04.5 - phoronix.com Sandbox Challenge - securityweek.com Lunar Exploration Model - ibm.com CUDA-Q Expands - nvidia.com 10:30 Documentation Document "why" something was done Assumption and argument What needs to be documented Reproducer - Blow it away and set it up again Document everything Why do people resist documenting Executive vs Technical Summaries Tribal knowledge Styles of documentation White papers CMA What should you NOT document Process of documenting Where do you document Wiki.js Markdown Steve's container documentation Steve's GitHub Steve's Red Hat profile Hackaday -- 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

  2. Sep 8

    Ask Noah Show 505

    This week Noah and Steve get into a fireside chat about Ai. Where is it okay to turn it loose, and where do some guardrails need to be in place? -- During The Show -- 00:50 Intro Butterfly Effect movie Open AI models and weights Effect of trying to squeeze out open source 04:48 Cyclical computing - David The new topology Normal people vs home lab Long way to go Hardware costs Restricting doesn't work AI and responsibility 20:50 News Wire Audacity 4.0 - audacityteam.org Firefox 155 - firefox.com Thunderbird 155 - thunderbird.net Mir 2.29 - canonical.com Curl 8.22 - daniel.haxx.se Docker 29.8 - docs.docker.com OpenVPN 2.7.7 - openvpn.net Linux 7.1 EOL - endoflife.date Tails 7.12 - torproject.org Open Source Camera - petapixel.com Vulcan Robotics - banyanhill.com Automotive and Media Targeted - securityweek.com Abu Dhabi AI - reuters.com 22:10 AI Fireside Chat Securing the supply chain Home Lab responsibilities Transition to managed services AI security tools Passwords Steve lets AI loose on his Home Assistant AI mistakes AI breakouts Constraining 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 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

  3. Sep 2

    Ask Noah Show 504

    This week we spent time with Braden Stroot, a highly detail-oriented professional engineer who was a hardcore Mac enthusiast and recently switched to Linux. He walks us through his journey to Linux and shares the distro and environment he’s chosen to meet his high bar for perfection on the Linux desktop. -- During The Show -- 00:48 Intro Been a week Braden Stroot Engineer Recent Linux convert 01:55 Standing Desks - Byron Finishing final edits Will be up on the docs site 02:57 LLM Usage - Jeremy Will AI hamper innovation? Could allow people more "innovation time" Innovation vs modification Dealing with AI submissions 10:00 News Wire Libreoffice 26.8 - libreoffice.org Openshot 4.0 - openshot.org Kdenlive 26.08 - kdenlive.org Calibre 9.14 - calibre-ebook.com Cosmic 1.7 - phoronix.com Ardour 9.8 - ardor.org Vanilla OS 3 - vanillaos.org EndeavourOS Titan Nova - endeavouros.com Ur Project - phoronix.com Epic Games Store Linux Support - steamdeckhq.com Microduck - techcrunch.com Nvidia Buys Hugging Face - theinformation.com Debian Allows Responsible AI - debian.org Linus Torvalds AI Demo - freedesktop.org CA Age Verification Law Exemption - tomshardware.com Braden Stroot Interview Why did you become an engineer? What did you use before? When did you start using Linux? Started with Pop!_OS and Cosmic Building a computer Rough edges of developing DE Nobara Linux CachyOS and Hyprland Desktop performance Learning topics to fix problems Audio on Linux What rough edges did you find? Package availability Stability of Arch Update frequency What made you interested in Hyprland? My Linux 4 Work ML4W Is Linux only for geeks? Never going back "switch flip" Remote into a Mac RustDesk What hardware platform would you choose? Framework Laptop Every OS has rough edges What causes you to still reach for the Mac? What audio work do you do? Ardour Zynthian Easy Effects Room EQ Wizard -- 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 Special Guest: Braden Stroot.

  4. Aug 26

    Ask Noah Show 503

    This week we talk about alternative ways to remote into your PC. Eric the IT guy joins us to talk about BootC, and we celebrate Linux' 35 birthday! -- During The Show -- 00:48 Intro Being a perfectionist PLA 3D printing 06:00 Remoting in - David Archiving 35mm photos and 8mm film Mainframes Sunshine and Moonlight over Tailscale Cyclical trends Convergence device Interface to the "mainframe" "Hack" steam streaming 15:41 BootC Interview EricTheItGuy - Eric Hendricks What is bootc Why bootc? Roll back and reproduce-ability Updates Troubleshooting Initial experience What you should know first Mind shift Local bootc Advantages of bootc Getting started Installing the desktop Eric's bootc pitch 41:30 Happy Birthday Linux Linux turns 35 years old Impact of Linux on Steve Impact of Linux on Eric Impact of Linux on Noah The world runs Linux 9 to 5 Linux 49:24 Struggling with "Good Enough" Building bridges Loosing sight of the MVP Steve's example Eric's example Being good stewards Write in! News Wire KDE Gear 26.08 has been released Filezilla 3.71 is now available RPM 6.1 is out Rust 1.98 has been released COSMIC Desktop 1.6 is now available Thunderbird 154 is out Firefox 154 is also out The GNU Linux-libre 7.2-gnu has been released The tails team has announced the availability of Tails 7.11 Garuda Linux has pushed out its latest release Slackware based Porteux 2.8 is now out OpenAI Open Sources Codex Harness Framework TrueFoundry's open source AI agent harness TrueForge boasts 30%-75% cheaper task completion than Claude Managed Agents AT&T is Using Open Source Models to Curb Anthropic Bills A New Nonprofit Aims to Build Open-Source Software for the ARM Industry -- 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

  5. Aug 19

    Ask Noah Show 502

    This week we talk about when is it appropriate to fix problems, and when is it scope creep. Plus, the second installment of our new SteveScale segment! -- During The Show -- 00:45 Intro Rabbit holes 02:30 Comodore phone - Charlie Flip phone Sailfish OS Commodore Phone 04:37 Cameras - Tyler Agara (AQARA?) Hub Camera flood light combo AQARA to homekit Honeywell Vista 20P Panel Eyezon EVL4(https://www.eyezon.com/envisalink_evl4_smart_alarm_dsc_honeywell_no_monthly_fees.html) Silicon Lab CP210 Alarm Relay 12:50 News Wire Postgres 18.6 - postgresql.org GIMP 3.4 - phoronix.com Rsync 3.5 - lwn.net QEMU 11.1 - phoronix.com Linux 7.2 - phoronix.com KDE Frameworks 6.29 - kde.org Linux Mint HWE 22.3 - linuxmint.com Sparklinux 8.4 - sparkylinux.org Manjaro 26.1 - daily.dev Meta Glimmer 30b - huggingface.co LTX 2.5 - huggingface.co Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B - huggingface.co DeepSeek-V4-Pro - huggingface.co Qwen3.8-27B - huggingface.co Debian Turns 33 - bits.debian.org 14:35 Church Tech Church "Tech Booth" Stripped everything down Built a tech both Traced and labeled all the lines Plugged everything back in Re-Configured the mixer Beringer XR18 with X Air Edit FreeShow OBS Streamdeck with BitFocus Companion Angry Audio interface 21:30 Oven's Data Center Let us know if you want to hear about storage and backup Laying down infrastructure Local git Forgejo GitHub vs GitLab vs Others Secret Management Ansible Vault KeePass Hashicorp Vault OpenBao Running into problems RLIMIT_MEMLOCK Docker registry Comfy UI MiniMax H3 Thunder Compute Fish Audio -- 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

  6. Aug 12

    Ask Noah Show 501

    Check out the second installment of our new segment "Steve Scale" as Steve digs into the Ovens family distro. What is BootC and why does he use it? LG is pushing ads to your monitor, and we introduce you to CachyOS. -- During The Show -- 00:48 Tech Updates Oven's standard public build Upstream BootC breakage & recovery Static vs Rolling Best way forward A/B Scheme Method of recovery Container Registry Container layers Noah's new technology phases Would Steve move away from Arch? How work load changes workstation requirements Flameshot 29:30 BootC - Adam Not public yet Docs Site Let Steve know what you are looking for Balancing privacy and openness Securely sanitizing PII from docs Documentation pipeline The other side of documentation Tell us if you want to hear about documentation 41:20 News Wire Rhythmbox 3.5 - gitlab.gnome.org FFmpeg 9.0 - ffmpeg.org OpenLDAP 2.7 - openldap.org Mesa 26.2 - torproject.org GCC 16.2 - phoronix.com IceWM 4.1 - phoronix.com Gnome 50.4 - discourse.gnome.org Tails 7.10.1 - torproject.org DietPi 10.6 - dietpi.com Spark Model - cnbc.com Nemotron 3.5 Lightning - cnbc.com CloudFlare Vibe-Coding Platform - arstechnica.com 42:38 LG Monitor Ads MS Update installs LG bloatware ads Monitor prices dropped Known affected models 34GX900A-B 45GX950-B.AEU 32GS95UE-B 39GX950B 27GP83B-B 27GN800 32GS95UE-B 27GN850-B Linux was unaffected Possible on Linux with proprietary software ArsTechnica 47:50 CachyOS Gentoo meets Arch Targeted towards modern hardware LTO and BOLT Advantage of custom Linux Kernel Kernel scheduler Zen 4 optimization Hyperland My Linux for Work GitHub 9 to 5 Linux -- 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

  7. Aug 5

    Ask Noah Show 500

    We're back!! After a brief hiatus we're live from the Tamarack Tap Room in Woodbury MN! We celebrate and record the 500th episode of the Ask Noah Show. We talk about what's gone well, and where we think we can improve. After 235 episodes, Steve finally gets his own segment! This is an episode you don't want to miss. -- During The Show -- 00:25 Intro Live from the Taproom Why the Taproom Tell us what you want the show to be! 02:00 Monitors How big is too big Multi monitor or Ultrawide Linking monitors Display port over thunderbolt 06:30 Steve Scale How tech functions large scale Ovens data center IPMI boards HP ProLiant Servers Gen9 Supermicro boards Work lab is off most of the time Virtualization Deciding what goes where Containers What is in the home lab Immich Ente Dashboards Mealie Logging Semaphore UI HashiCorp Vault Home Assistant Frigate SmokePing Local container registery Wiki.js User facing vs "backend" Don't enjoy changing workflows Silverblue and BootC Scratching an itch Planning vs get started Why do you do it? 25:55 Jeremy Positivity Steve and Noah's positivity We need you to be critical We need feedback 29:45 News Wire Thunderbird ESR 132 - thunderbird.net Firefox ESR 132 - firefox.com GNU Nano 9.2 - nano-editor.org Shotcut 26.8 - shotcut.org OBS Studio 32.2 - obsproject.com Network Manager 1.58 networkmanager.dev Cosmic Epoch 1.4 - phoronix.com Gnome 50.3 - gnome.org MocaccinoOS 26.08 - mocaccino.org 4mLinux 52.0 - 4mlinux-releases.blogspot.com AerynOS 2026.08 - aerynos.com Tails 7.10 - torproject.org MiniMax H3 - minimax.io 30:50 Desktop or Laptop Why desktop Building the workstation into the desk Graphics card with Thunderbolt dock Cable management Separating the desk from the computer Accessing things over the internet Minddripone.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

  8. Jul 29

    Ask Noah Show 499

    Join us next week for the recording of episode of 500. We'll be live from the Tamarack Tap Room at 6pm next Tuesday Aug 4th. This week we talk about Steve building a custom distro for his house with BootC! -- During The Show -- 00:45 Intro Time snark Lots done in the studio 01:55 Tamark Taproom in Woodbury MN Big Thank You to the venue Aug 4 17:30 Uncomfortable Man hugs available 03:25 Oven's Project Lots of computers in the Oven's house Outgrown imutable OS NixOS was considered Looked to sharpen both home and industry skills Wide domain knowledge BootC and Fedora CoreOS Printer drivers Testing and working out the bugs The process Special snowflake computer What is BootC Automating the process SilverBlue issues Zero touch config Problems Picking a distro Encryption "Day 2" Staging machine Take-aways 36:55 News Wire Peazip 11.2 - github.io Proton 11 - steamdeckhq.com KDE Frameworks 6.28 - kde.org Calibre 9.11 - calibre-ebook.com TMUX 3.7 - github.com GNU Nano 9.1 - nano-editor.org GNU Cash 5.16 - github.com Shotcut - 26.6 - shotcut.org Arm64 Live Kernel Patching - ubuntu.com Cosmic Epoch 1.1 - phoronix.com 7.0 Kernel EOL - eosl.date KaOS 2026.06 - kaosx.us Parrot OS 7.3 - parrotsec.org Mageia 10.0 - mageia.org Ultramarine 44 - blog.fyralabs.com Gnoppix 26.7 - forum.gnoppix.org 4mLinux 51.2 - 4mlinux-releases.blogspot.com Porteux 2.6 linuxjournal.com CachyOS June 2026 linuxjournal.com Hannah Montana Linux ReMaster - tomshardware.com Ubuntu 25.10 - discourse.ubuntu.com Debian 13.6 - debian.org Azure Linux 4.0 - zdnet.com Bad Epoll - securityweek.com Januscape - thehackernews.com Tencent hy3 - the-decoder.com Z.Ai GLM-5.2 - counterpointresearch.com Leanstral 1.5 - the-decoder.com Github's License Tool - helpnetsecurity.com 39:35 Noah's Framwork Noah's change in mindset Buying new doesn't save much 13 Pro on the way Many but not all new parts interchangeable with original Framework 13 Screen aspect ratio Framework has been consistant LPCAMM2 RAM Life of laptops 51:10 Activist Charged with Felony CBP Agent entered Duress code into GrapheneOS phone Wiped the encryption key, effectively wiping the device Activist charged with a Felony Successfully thwarted the government Question to the audiance ArsTechnica The Guardian -- 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

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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
    504
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 CC-BY-ND
  • Show Website
    Ask Noah Show

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