Ask Noah Show 351

This week Noah and Steve take you down the journey of two open source guys using open source day in and day out for their lives. Is it perfect? No there are rough edges, but why do they make those choices? What's the appeal to freedom and stability?
-- During The Show --
01:10 Caller - Johnathan Arkansa
Display video streams
rpisurv (https://github.com/SvenVD/rpisurv)
05:45 Beginner Distro? - Walking Penguin
Everyone faces different paper cuts
Arch Linux - high learning curve, Powerful
Endless OS (https://www.endlessos.org/os)
Immutable/hard to break
Immutable OSes
Search/Community base
Ubuntu Mate (https://ubuntu-mate.org/)
Shaves off many rough edges
Made for non-techies
Fedora (https://fedoraproject.org/)
Flatpak first
Red Hat standard desktop
Fedora KDE (https://fedoraproject.org/spins/kde/)
Kubuntu (https://kubuntu.org/)
Rust Desk (https://rustdesk.com/)
AnyDesk (proprietary, cloud based)
19:55 Linux Bat Command
Cat command with extras
OS Technix (https://ostechnix.com/bat-a-cat-clone-with-syntax-highlighting-and-git-integration/)
20:42 News Wire
Debian's Turns 30 - Debian (https://bits.debian.org/2023/08/debian-turns-30.html)
Devuan 5.0 - Devuan (https://www.devuan.org/os/announce/daedalus-release-announce-2023-08-14)
OpenMandriva LX 23.08 - 9 to 5 Linux (https://9to5linux.com/openmandriva-lx-23-08-released-with-linux-kernel-6-4-mesa-23-2-and-more)
LibreOffice 7.6 - Document Foundation (https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/7.6)
Wine 8.14 - Wine HQ (https://www.winehq.org/announce/8.14)
Budgie 10.8 - Buddies of Budgie (https://buddiesofbudgie.org/blog/budgie-10.8-released)
OBS 30.0 Beta - OBS Project (https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/obs-studio-30-beta.168984/)
Gnome 45 Beta - Gnome (https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-45-beta-released/16766)
FSF & Zoom - FSF (https://sfconservancy.org/news/2023/aug/15/exit-zoom/)
SUSE Goes Private - Tech Crunch (https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/18/suse-goes-private-again/)
Code Generating AI Model - The Information (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/metas-next-ai-attack-on-openai-free-code-generating-software)
ONNX Script - Visual Studio Magazine (https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2023/08/17/onnx-script.aspx)
21:50 Privacy First Mobile
GrapheneOS (https://grapheneos.org/)
Steve's approach to technology
Flashing GrapheneOS
Steve's GrapheneOS experience
opening the app drawer
grayscale apps
getting apps
notifications
receiving phone calls
Fdroid (https://f-droid.org/)
Push towards mobile
Hardware options
LineageOS (https://lineageos.org/)
Noah's solution
GrapheneOS
JMP.Chat (https://jmp.chat/)
Bitwarden
Saw or Saw blade?
disposable devices
large app size
artificial limitations
cloud dependence
pollution
44:26 Beeper
Beeper (https://www.beeper.com/)
Steve's expectations
On boarding
encryption set up
Bridges
Target audience
Noah's use case
Phone numbers & privacy
59:59 Tech Experiences
Python in Excel
ARS Article (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/08/you-can-now-wield-python-analytics-inside-excel-but-microsoft-says-its-safe/)
Open source behind a pay wall
Noah's Son's ansible playbook
Noah's Son teaches Noah's wife
1:05:00 PinePhone and PinePhone Pro? - TwoBit
Thoughts on PinePhone and PinePhone Pro?
Low end android device performance
PineTab2
1:08:00 Backing Up Docker Containers - sharper0746
Containers should be disposable
Data should be separate from the container
Used Desktops
You will need to cover shipping
email [email protected]
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Special Guest: JT Pennington.

This week Noah and Steve take you down the journey of two open source guys using open source day in and day out for their lives. Is it perfect? No there are rough edges, but why do they make those choices? What's the appeal to freedom and stability?

-- During The Show --

01:10 Caller - Johnathan Arkansa

Display video streams
rpisurv

05:45 Beginner Distro? - Walking Penguin

Everyone faces different paper cuts
Arch Linux - high learning curve, Powerful
Endless OS

Immutable/hard to break

Immutable OSes
Search/Community base
Ubuntu Mate

Shaves off many rough edges
Made for non-techies

Fedora

Flatpak first
Red Hat standard desktop

Fedora KDE
Kubuntu
Rust Desk
AnyDesk (proprietary, cloud based)

19:55 Linux Bat Command

Cat command with extras
OS Technix

20:42 News Wire

Debian's Turns 30 - Debian

Devuan 5.0 - Devuan

OpenMandriva LX 23.08 - 9 to 5 Linux

LibreOffice 7.6 - Document Foundation

Wine 8.14 - Wine HQ

Budgie 10.8 - Buddies of Budgie

OBS 30.0 Beta - OBS Project

Gnome 45 Beta - Gnome

FSF & Zoom - FSF

SUSE Goes Private - Tech Crunch

Code Generating AI Model - The Information

ONNX Script - Visual Studio Magazine

21:50 Privacy First Mobile

GrapheneOS
Steve's approach to technology
Flashing GrapheneOS
Steve's GrapheneOS experience

opening the app drawer
grayscale apps
getting apps
notifications
receiving phone calls

Fdroid
Push towards mobile
Hardware options
LineageOS
Noah's solution

GrapheneOS
JMP.Chat
Bitwarden

Saw or Saw blade?

disposable devices
large app size
artificial limitations
cloud dependence
pollution

44:26 Beeper

Beeper
Steve's expectations
On boarding

encryption set up

Bridges
Target audience
Noah's use case
Phone numbers & privacy

59:59 Tech Experiences

Python in Excel
ARS Article
Open source behind a pay wall
Noah's Son's ansible playbook
Noah's Son teaches Noah's wife

1:05:00 PinePhone and PinePhone Pro? - TwoBit

Thoughts on PinePhone and PinePhone Pro?
Low end android device performance
PineTab2

1:08:00 Backing Up Docker Containers - sharper0746

Containers should be disposable
Data should be separate from the container

Used Desktops

You will need to cover shipping
email [email protected]

-- 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

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Noah - Kernellinux
Ask Noah Show
Altispeed Technologies

Special Guest: JT Pennington.

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