Episode 369: Ask Noah Show 369

This week we dig into feedback from someone looking at a new IT job, Steve gives an update on trying to maintain a presence on a platform that doesn't want him.
-- During The Show --
00:55 Bad Hardware Day
Motherboard swap
PSU modular cables
Fan controller magic smoke
Bent CPU pins
06:48 VMs and Storage - Joe
Advantages of separating OS and Data
Joe's GitHub (https://github.com/JoeMrCoffee/NextCloudDockerCompose)
IX Systems and 45 Drives
Use JBOD not Raid
ZFS needs direct access
HA (High Availability)
15:40 VM Storage Question - Rod
iSCSI
ZVols as block devices
QCow2 file
Dedicated disks
9p driver (https://wiki.qemu.org/Documentation/9p)
virtio drivers
Nothing wrong with NFS
ifnotify
22:53 Printer Questions - Eddie
Good experience with HP Printer Tools/Jet Direct
Mostly moved away from LPD/LPR
IPP is where things are headed
Immutable distros only support IPP
For best results go through add printer dialog
28:15 Comments From New IT Person - Joshua
Start with pain points
Start with your pain points
Document existing infrastructure
Find a way to say yes
Prepare for the opportunity
"You are the expert"
Yes but....
What is motivating people
41:22 Choosing Platforms
Locked out from Linkedin
Emailed code, Linkedin errored out
Required phone and government ID
Issues with this approach
Phone numbers
Beeper + Linkedin
49:13 Beeper Gives up on iMessage
One last go
ARS Technica (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/12/beepers-esoteric-fix-for-imessage-access-suggests-why-its-pushing-politically/)
Beeper Blog Post (https://blog.beeper.com/p/beeper-moving-forward)
Beeper Bridge (github.com/beeper/imessage)
The Verge (https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/9/23995150/beeper-imessage-android-apple-statement)
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Special Guest: JT Pennington.

This week we dig into feedback from someone looking at a new IT job, Steve gives an update on trying to maintain a presence on a platform that doesn't want him.

-- During The Show --

00:55 Bad Hardware Day

Motherboard swap
PSU modular cables
Fan controller magic smoke
Bent CPU pins

06:48 VMs and Storage - Joe

Advantages of separating OS and Data
Joe's GitHub
IX Systems and 45 Drives
Use JBOD not Raid
ZFS needs direct access
HA (High Availability)

15:40 VM Storage Question - Rod

iSCSI
ZVols as block devices
QCow2 file
Dedicated disks
9p driver
virtio drivers
Nothing wrong with NFS
ifnotify

22:53 Printer Questions - Eddie

Good experience with HP Printer Tools/Jet Direct
Mostly moved away from LPD/LPR
IPP is where things are headed
Immutable distros only support IPP
For best results go through add printer dialog

28:15 Comments From New IT Person - Joshua

Start with pain points
Start with your pain points
Document existing infrastructure
Find a way to say yes
Prepare for the opportunity
"You are the expert"
Yes but....
What is motivating people

41:22 Choosing Platforms

Locked out from Linkedin
Emailed code, Linkedin errored out
Required phone and government ID
Issues with this approach
Phone numbers
Beeper + Linkedin

49:13 Beeper Gives up on iMessage

One last go
ARS Technica
Beeper Blog Post
[Beeper Bridge](github.com/beeper/imessage)
The Verge

-- 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.

Support Ask Noah Show