This week we talk about Bolt graphics, a new graphics start up that is working on a graphics card with upgrade-able memory for a competitive price. A software developer has released an open source alternative firmware for the Nest v1 and v2 thermostats, and of course your questions!
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00:45 Intro
Dakota's weather
01:51 Email! - William
Listener recommends porkbun (https://porkbun.com/)
Mailbox.org (https://mailbox.org/en/)
Simple Login (https://simplelogin.io/)
DuckDuckGo Email Alias (https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/email-protection/duck-addresses)
Proton's built in features
Reasons for protecting privacy
Privacy.com (https://www.privacy.com/)
11:25 Data Science & Self Hosting - Annon
Value based approach
Consenting data collection
Tool vs Pillar
A job can be a tool
Get a job in a different field
hadoop
Nextcloud
Anti Virus
Network Protection
Medical Science
Red Hat data sciences
22:15 News Wire
LXQT 2.3 - lxqt-project.org (https://lxqt-project.org/release/2025/11/05/release-lxqt-2-3-0)
Calibre 8.14 - newwin.net (https://www.neowin.net/software/calibre-8140)
MKVtoolnix - mkvtoolnix.download (https://mkvtoolnix.download/windows/releases/96.0)
Curly COMrades - darkreading.com (https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/pro-russian-hackers-linux-vms-hide-windows)
Porteux 2.4 - distrowatch.com (https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12628)
MXLinux 25 - mxlinux.org (https://mxlinux.org/blog/mx-25-infinity-isos-now-available)
Devuan 6.0 - serverhost.com (https://serverhost.com/blog/devuan-gnu-linux-6-0-launches-a-systemd-free-distro-based-on-debian-13-trixie)
IncusOS - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Incus-IncusOS-Announced)
NVIDIA AI Stack - hpcwire.com (https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/ciq-integrates-full-nvidia-ai-stack-into-rocky-linux-for-faster-deployment-and-scaling)
Omnilingual ASR - venturebeat.com (https://venturebeat.com/ai/meta-returns-to-open-source-ai-with-omnilingual-asr-models-that-can)
Kimi K2 Thinking - venturebeat.com (https://venturebeat.com/ai/moonshots-kimi-k2-thinking-emerges-as-leading-open-source-ai-outperforming)
Drax - prnewswire.com (https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/aiola-unveils-drax-an-open-source-speech-model-with-state-of-the-art-accuracy-and-up-to-5O-faster-than-models-from-direct-competitors-302607278.html)
Linux Desktop 5% - webpronews.com (https://www.webpronews.com/linux-breaks-5-desktop-share-in-u-s-signaling-open-source-surge-against-windows-and-macos)
23:50 Jill Mueller - Bolt Graphics
Bolt Graphics
Key differences
Build of the card
Why did you come to Ubuntu Summit?
27:25 Antonio Salvemini - Ray Tracing
Bolt Graphics
Ray Tracing vs Raster
Why start with FPGA?
Next steps
Current Stage
Available 2027
Bolt Graphics (https://bolt.graphics/)
Untapped markets
Upgradeable GPU
34:34 No Longer Evil Thermostat
Google EOLs Nest Thermostats Gen 1 and Gen 2
No Longer Evil (https://nolongerevil.com/)
FULU Foundation (https://fulu.org/our-story)
"Feature Complete"
AXIS A1001
Good piece of hardware
Reservations
Connects to "No Longer Evil Server"
Server planned to be open sourced
Centralite Perl HA Thermostat (Zigbee) (https://www.amazon.com/Centralite-Thermostat-Xfinity-Comcast-Centrallite/dp/B01LXD3EBN)
Needs to be repaired 1 or 2 times a year
Temperature Sensors
Govee H5075 (https://us.govee.com/products/govee-bluetooth-hygrometer-thermometer-h5075)
IoT Maintenance
Why temperature sensors
ESP32 receive blue-tooth and send to Home Assistant
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Episode 465: Ask Noah Show 465
This week Steve describes what happens when you put Ai in a vacuum cleaner, give it a task, then break the charger. We catch up on your feedback questions, and of course the weekly news!
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00:48 Intro
Choosing what to say yes to
01:43 Cell Phone Fail Over - Brandon
Redundant Internet
MaxxKonnect (https://maxxkonnect.com/)
ISP Negotiation
08:44 IPFire - Frederick
PFSense just works
Network effect
OpenWRT
UI/UX Design
Steve's migration to OPNSense
Tracking online devices
17:40 Converstaion about FastMail - Josh
Steve's experience
Noah's experience
22:22 Paul Reflects on discussions - Paul
Struggle with value of 11 inch framework
23:28 MP3 Audio Processing - Bob
Compression
Dynamic Range
FFMPEG
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -filter:a loudnorm output.mp4
27:55 Question about TrueNas, Frigate and Tailscale - Chris
TrueNAS "X Factor"
Use Ubuntu vs TrueNAS
Cockpit networking
Tailscale known bug
38:23 News Wire
Exim 4.99 - exim.org (https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20251028.114149.3bf19800.en.html)
Squid 7.3 - github.com (https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/releases)
Shotcut 25.10 - shotcut.org (https://shotcut.org/blog/new-release-25.10.31)
Kodi 21.3 - github.com (https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/releases/tag/21.3-Omega)
TorBrowser 15 - torproject.com (https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-150)
Rust 1.91 - releases.rs (https://releases.rs/docs/1.91.0)
Qt Creator 18 - qt.io (https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-18-released)
TheSSS 50 - sourceforge.net (https://sourceforge.net/projects/thesss)
AerynOS 2025.10 - aerynos.com (https://aerynos.com/blog/2025/10/31)
Fedora 43 - docs.fedoraproject.org (https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/releases/f43)
CISA Warning - forbes.com (https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/11/02/ongoing-ransomware-attacks-exploit-linux-vulnerability-cisa-warns)
Malicious NPM Packages - thehackernews.com (https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/10-npm-packages-caught-stealing.html)
Granite 4.0 Nano - venturebeat.com (https://venturebeat.com/ai/ibms-open-source-granite-4-0-nano-ai-models-are-small-enough-to-run-locally)
Proximity Scanner - helpnetsecurity.com (https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/29/proximity-open-source-mcp-security-scanner)
Linux Gaming Passes 3% - gamingonlinux.com (https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/linux-gamers-on-steam-finally-cross-over-the-3-mark)
40:00 LLMs show a “highly unreliable” capacity to describe their own internal processes
Would you trust a pidgin with a task
What are we learning about AI trustworthiness
Putting AI in robots
AI and Jobs
AI hallucinations
Increasing percentage of hallucinations
Tricking AI models
ArsTechnica (https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/11/llms-show-a-highly-unreliable-capacity-to-describe-their-own-internal-processes/)
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Episode 464: Ask Noah Show 464 | Ubuntu Summit 25.10
This week Sebastian Trzcinski-Clément from Canonical joins Noah and Steve to talk about Ubuntu Summit 25.10.
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00:50 Intro
Steve's TV
Falling asleep to TV
LG OLED 55A1
06:05 Sebastian Trzcinski-Clément
What was out there
Ubuntu CDs
Working for Google
Promotion Committees
Putting on a Conference
Abdula
Developer Library
Google to Canonical
Ubuntu Summit
Dreamworks MoonRay
Microsoft & WSL
Thinking Fast and Slow
Reach out to people
The Canonical Office
39:32 News Wire
Peazip 10.7 - peazip.github.io (https://peazip.github.io/changelog.html)
Calibre 8.13 - calibre-ebook.com (https://calibre-ebook.com/whats-new)
Squid Proxy 7.2 - github.com (https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/releases)
Less 685 - greenwoodsoftware.com (https://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less)
Digikam 8.8 - digikam.org (https://www.digikam.org/news/2025-10-19-8.8.0_release_announcement)
Gnome 49.1 - gnome.org (https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-49-1-released/31977)
Thunderbird 144 - thunderbird.net (https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/144.0/releasenotes)
Firefox 144 - firefox.com (https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/144.0/releasenotes)
Zorin OS 18 - zorin.com (https://blog.zorin.com/2025/10/14/zorin-os-18-has-arrived)
Tails 7.1 - torproject.org (https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-7_1)
Q3 Malware Index - eweek.com (https://www.eweek.com/news/open-source-malware-2025)
LinkPro Root Kit - thehackernews.com (https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/linkpro-linux-rootkit-uses-ebpf-to-hide.html)
Operation Zero Disco - cyberpress.org (https://cyberpress.org/cisco-snmp-vulnerability-exploited)
F5 Hacked - thehackernews.com (https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/f5-breach-exposes-big-ip-source-code.html)
EdenSpark - gamingonlinux.com (https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/gaijin-announced-edenspark-an-open-source-ai-assisted-platform-for-making-games)
Project CodeGuard - siliconangle.com (https://siliconangle.com/2025/10/16/cisco-unveils-project-codeguard-open-source-framework-secure-ai-written-software)
Coral in SL2610 SoCs - cnx-software.com (https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/10/17/google-open-source-coral-npu-synaptics-sl2610-edge-ai-socs)
AI and Cerebral Palsy - globenewswire.com (https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/10/16/3168076/0/en/Open-Source-AI-Tool-by-Yandex-Detects-Signs-of-Infant-Cerebral-Palsy-With-Over-90-Accuracy.html)
Mysql 9.5.0 - mysql.com (https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/9.5/en/news-9-5-0.html)
SuperTuxKart 1.5 - supertuxkart.net (https://supertuxkart.net/Main_Page.html)
KDE Plasma 6.5 - kde.org (https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.5.0)
Fedora 43 - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-43-Release-Day)
Zorin saw 300,000 Downloads - reddit.com (https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1oih2hv/zorin_os_18_has_already_hit_over_300000_downloads)
Qilin Malware - trendmicro.com (https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/j/agenda-ransomware-deploys-linux-variant-on-windows-systems.html)
Lightricks LTX-2 - prnewswire.com (https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lightricks-releases-ltx-2-the-first-complete-open-source-ai-video-foundation-model-302593012.html)
MiniMax-M2 - venturebeat.com (https://venturebeat.com/ai/minimax-m2-is-the-new-king-of-open-source-llms-especially-for-agentic-tool)
IBM Mellea - app.daily.dev (https://app.daily.dev/posts/ibm-s-mellea-tackles-open-source-ai-s-hidden-weakness-xqmwbepaq)
90% of Games Run on Linux - tomshardware.com (https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/nearly-90-percent-of-windows-games-now-run-on-linux-latest-data-shows-as-windows-10-dies-gaming-on-linux-is-more-viable-than-ever) boilingsteam.com (https://boilingsteam.com/windows-games-compatibility-on-linux-is-at-a-all-time-high)
42:55 F5 Breach
Claims Nation State Level Attack
Effect of Breach Disclosure laws
If you can get the info off your system, do so
F5 Competitors
MetalLB (https://github.com/metallb/metallb)
HA Proxy (https://www.haproxy.org/)
theregister.com (https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/15/highly_sophisticated_government_hackers_breached/)
51:05 Proxmox Backup Server DHCP? - David
Tiny From the community
Proxmox Virtual Enviornment
Proxmox Backup Server
Use the tailscale IP or DNS Name
Proxmox docs (https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/changing-network-to-manage-backups.104771/)
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Episode 463: Ask Noah Show 463
This week we answer your questions, then dig into OpenShift vs. Kubernetes operators, give some updated options for email hosting, and talk about the dangers of Ai.
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00:50 Intro
AI war stories
Content Warning
Dangers of AI
AIs are sycophants
10:00 News Wire
ClamAV 1.5 - gbhackers.com (https://gbhackers.com/clamav-1-5-0-released)
Wireshark 4.6 - wireshark.org (https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.6.0)
KDE Frameworks 6.19 - kde.org (https://kde.org/announcements/frameworks/6/6.19.0)
Qt 6.10 - qt.io (https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-6.10-released)
6.16 - kernelnewbies.org (https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_6.16)
NordVPN - techradar.com (https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-services/nordvpn-just-made-its-linux-gui-app-open-source-and-theres-more-on-the-way)
T2 25.10 - level1techs.com (https://forum.level1techs.com/t/t2-linux-25-10-never-obsolete-keeps-32-bit-and-big-endian-risc-alive/238216)
Ubuntu 25.10 - canonical.com (https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-releases-ubuntu-25-10-questing-quokka)
Linux Mint LMDE 7 - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Mint-LMDE-7)
Winux W10EOL - betanews.com (https://betanews.com/2025/10/13/rip-windows-10-winux-w10eol-is-the-windows-11-clone-that-runs-on-linux-and-makes-your-old-pc-feel-new-again)
Nezha Gh0st RAT - thehackernews.com (https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/chinese-hackers-weaponize-open-source.html)
Secure Boot Bypass - bleepingcomputer.com (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/secure-boot-bypass-risk-on-nearly-200-000-linux-framework-sytems)
ksmbd File System Vulnerability - cyberpress.org (https://cyberpress.org/linux-kernel-ksmbd-filesystem-vulnerability)
Kali Linux 2025.3 Gemini CLI - linkedin.com (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/kali-linux-20253-introduces-gemini-cli-automate-qmd4e)
React Foundation - techzine.eu (https://www.techzine.eu/news/devops/135353/meta-transfers-react-to-linux-foundation)
11:45 OpenShift vs. Kubernetes Operators - Tiny
OpenShift
Helm Chart
Operators
OKD
20:30 Email - JJ_4884
Proton Mail
Email aliases
Zero inbox
Kanban swim lanes
Why Steve manages things
Fastmail
Mail in a Box
46:20 Analog Audio Recordings
Saving cassette audio
Will you be able to open things in the future?
Quality
Dual head tape deck
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Ask Noah Show 462
This week it's all about your feedback! We answer your questions, and dig through your problems!
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00:50 Intro
Hallucinating
03:45 Friso from Mumble
Moving all chats to one application
Matrix Server
Bridges
Beeper
Messages not flowing
Self hosting beeper bridges
E2EE
12:05 Security Cameras - Dustin
Used Axis cameras
Reolink Camera's
POE Ethernet only models
Some models require Reolink app for first setup
Doorbell camera
Steve's "doorbell camera flow"
Surveillance Station
Get one drive
Reduce frame rate
Weeks worth of footage
Axis camera 2035 or 2036
Axis P3367
Write back in!
24:04 Laptops - Dasgeek
Framework 12
Framework 12 vs Framework 13
25:45 News Wire
Proxmox Mail Gateway 9.0 - helpnetsecurity.com (https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/06/proxmox-mail-gateway-open-source-email-security-solution)
GnuCash 5.13 - gnucash.org (https://www.gnucash.org/download.phtml)
GNU Octave 10.3 - octave.org (https://octave.org/news/release/2025/10/01/octave-10.3.0-released.html)
OpenSSL 3.6 - openssl-library.org (https://openssl-library.org/post/2025-10-01-3.6-release-announcement)
Docker 28.5 - docker.com (https://docs.docker.com/engine/release-notes/28)
Cairo-Dock 3.6 - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Cairo-Dock-3.6-Released)
GNU Linux Libre Kernel 6.17 - gnu.org (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2025-09/msg00007.html)
Tinycore 16.2 - tinycorelinux.net (https://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,27807.0.html)
Opensuse Leap 16 - opensuse.org (https://get.opensuse.org/leap/16.0)
Spine Endoscopic Atlas - nature.com (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-025-05897-7)
Huawei Shrinks LLMs - venturebeat.com (https://venturebeat.com/ai/huaweis-new-open-source-technique-shrinks-llms-to-make-them-run-on-less)
4th Version of Granite AI - techrepublic.com (https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-ibm-granite-40-ai)
Granite AI Earns ISO 42001 - ibm.com (https://www.ibm.com/new/announcements/ibm-granite-iso-42001)
27:00 Send Feedback and Questions!
Newbie questions welcome
Fastest way to learn is immerse yourself
Experts welcome too
Email in!
Follow up
30:45 Linux Basics - Kevin
The bell story
Level of learning
GUI vs CLI
Learning styles
Ask your Linux friends
Ask a LLM SIMPLE things
Get hands on using it
Set your expectations
Tails Linux (https://tails.net/)
Reproducibility
Endless OS (https://www.endlessglobal.com/)
Distro Hop
Fedora (https://fedoraproject.org//)
Ubuntu
Arch Linux (https://archlinux.org/)
Tiling window manager
RHCSA and other Red Hat exams
Canonical Academy
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