Episode 377: Ask Noah Show 377

This week Simon Quigley, and Rick Timmis from Kubuntu join the Ask Noah Show to talk about the issues surrounding Kubuntu and what the path looks like going forward.
-- During The Show --
01:18 Ajit Pai Feedback - Chris
The question is "when to regulate"
Purpose of govt is to protect people
Bad situations exist
Internet is becoming essential
05:58 Self Hosting Email - Jon
Dealing with black lists stinks
Security is a moving target
Project like Nextcloud incorporates email
Down time responsibility
Noah is NOT in the "go host your own email boat"
Simon's Cisco link (https://blogs.cisco.com/security/february-1-2024-a-date-all-email-senders-should-care-about)
Email security requirements
13:34 FrePBX and Firewalls - Austin
Sangomakb Knowledge Base (https://sangomakb.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FP/pages/12124292/Asterisk+and+FreePBX+Deployment+Questionnaire)
FreePBX has evolved
Don't expose anything you don't have to
Noah's home setup
Voxtelesys & 3CX
17:15 Long Term Backups? - Charlie
Don't store long term data on flash media
Used drives can be ok
3-2-1 Rule
Test your backup
18:49 SkoobaSteve Over the Air TV
HDHomeRun
Network TV
Self host TV
21:38 News Wire
Linux Kernel CNA - Kroah.com (http://www.kroah.com/log/blog/2024/02/13/linux-is-a-cna/)
Firefox 123 - Mozilla (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/123.0/releasenotes/)
Auto cpufreq 2.2.0 - GitHub (https://github.com/AdnanHodzic/auto-cpufreq/releases)
Miracle-wm - GitHub (https://github.com/mattkae/miracle-wm/releases/tag/v0.1.0)
Louvre 1.2.0 - GitHub (https://github.com/CuarzoSoftware/Louvre/releases/tag/v1.2.0-2)
RISC-V Kernel Builds - Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/RISC-V-With-Clang-LTO-Linux-6.9)
Asahi & OpenGL - Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/asahi-linux-projects-opengl-support-on-apple-silicon-officially-surpasses-apples/) Apple Insider (https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/02/15/asahi-linux-conformant-to-opengl-46-opengl-es-32-on-apple-silicon-macs)
E-Gov Diia - Twitter (https://twitter.com/fedorovmykhailo/status/1757693273269788997?s=46&t=7ugGYitUqcbsg7Y6lXRo-w)
freenginx fork - Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/02/nginx-key-developer-starts-a-freenginx-fork-after-dispute-with-parent-firm/)
Wi-Fi Auth Bypass - Security Week (https://www.securityweek.com/new-wi-fi-authentication-bypass-flaws-expose-home-enterprise-networks/)
Migo Malware Campaign - Info Security (https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/linux-malware-migo-targets-redis/)
Ivanti Pulse Secure Weaknesses - The Hacker News (https://thehackernews.com/2024/02/ivanti-pulse-secure-found-using-11-year.html)
Ubiquiti Routers Infected - Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/02/doj-turns-tables-on-russian-hackers-uses-their-malware-to-wipe-out-botnet/)
Cohere Aya Model - Siliconangle (https://siliconangle.com/2024/02/13/cohere-ai-unveils-aya-multilingual-open-source-ai-101-languages/)
24:38 Kubuntu Interview
Rick Timis Kubuntu Consular/Community Manager
Simon Quigley Kubuntu Member
What happened?
What would have been the future of Kubuntu?
How did Rick get involved?
Bringing the consul together
What does Kubuntu look like going forward?
Is Kubuntu considering the new flutter installer?
Downstream vendors/use cases
Kubuntu hardware partners/vendors
Kubuntu support
JPL Helicopter
40:40 Cloud vs Self Hosting
Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/wyze-cameras-gave-13000-people-unauthorized-views-of-strangers-homes/)
Can you blame Wyze for not securing the feeds?
Wyze cameras go offline due to AWS
3rd party caching client
2nd leak in less than 6 months
If code is not open source, no one can raise the alarm
Eufy lied about not uploading data
Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/11/eufys-no-clouds-cameras-upload-facial-thumbnails-to-aws/)
If it's not client side encrypted, it can be leaked
The Register (https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/20/wyze_admits_13000_users_allowed_feed_access/)
Centralization of services
Open source can be fixed
Closed source, helpless
If you care about privacy, host it yourself on open source
51:10 Chat room feedback
Plex and Jellyfin can be used as HDHomeRun receiver
51:30 Kubuntu Design Contest
Kubuntu Design Contest (https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-graphic-design-contest/)
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Special Guests: JT Pennington and Simon Quigley.

This week Simon Quigley, and Rick Timmis from Kubuntu join the Ask Noah Show to talk about the issues surrounding Kubuntu and what the path looks like going forward.

-- During The Show --

01:18 Ajit Pai Feedback - Chris

The question is "when to regulate"
Purpose of govt is to protect people
Bad situations exist
Internet is becoming essential

05:58 Self Hosting Email - Jon

Dealing with black lists stinks
Security is a moving target
Project like Nextcloud incorporates email
Down time responsibility
Noah is NOT in the "go host your own email boat"
Simon's Cisco link
Email security requirements

13:34 FrePBX and Firewalls - Austin

Sangomakb Knowledge Base
FreePBX has evolved
Don't expose anything you don't have to
Noah's home setup
Voxtelesys & 3CX

17:15 Long Term Backups? - Charlie

Don't store long term data on flash media
Used drives can be ok
3-2-1 Rule
Test your backup

18:49 SkoobaSteve Over the Air TV

HDHomeRun
Network TV
Self host TV

21:38 News Wire

Linux Kernel CNA - Kroah.com

Firefox 123 - Mozilla

Auto cpufreq 2.2.0 - GitHub

Miracle-wm - GitHub

Louvre 1.2.0 - GitHub

RISC-V Kernel Builds - Phoronix

Asahi & OpenGL - Ars Technica Apple Insider

E-Gov Diia - Twitter

freenginx fork - Ars Technica

Wi-Fi Auth Bypass - Security Week

Migo Malware Campaign - Info Security

Ivanti Pulse Secure Weaknesses - The Hacker News

Ubiquiti Routers Infected - Ars Technica

Cohere Aya Model - Siliconangle

24:38 Kubuntu Interview

Rick Timis Kubuntu Consular/Community Manager
Simon Quigley Kubuntu Member
What happened?
What would have been the future of Kubuntu?
How did Rick get involved?
Bringing the consul together
What does Kubuntu look like going forward?
Is Kubuntu considering the new flutter installer?
Downstream vendors/use cases
Kubuntu hardware partners/vendors
Kubuntu support
JPL Helicopter

40:40 Cloud vs Self Hosting

Ars Technica
Can you blame Wyze for not securing the feeds?
Wyze cameras go offline due to AWS
3rd party caching client
2nd leak in less than 6 months
If code is not open source, no one can raise the alarm
Eufy lied about not uploading data
Ars Technica
If it's not client side encrypted, it can be leaked
The Register
Centralization of services
Open source can be fixed
Closed source, helpless
If you care about privacy, host it yourself on open source

51:10 Chat room feedback

Plex and Jellyfin can be used as HDHomeRun receiver

51:30 Kubuntu Design Contest

Kubuntu Design Contest

-- 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
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Special Guests: JT Pennington and Simon Quigley.

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