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  • Ask Noah Show 498

    Ask Noah Show 498
    Jun 24 2026

    This week we interview Avri Chen-Roth and he gives us an overview of Pocket ID! We give you the details on our upcoming Episode 500 party in the Minneapolis / St.Paul area on Tuesday August 4th 2026!

    -- During The Show --

    00:50 Up Coming on the Show

    • ANS on the air 9 years
    • Studio is all Linux
    • Telos Axia Board
      • Runs Linux
      • Moved from hardware to docker
    • Lost art of leveraging technology
    • "Glowing Box Stores"
    • Growing the show
    • Episode 500 in MN St Paul
    • Show is taking a pause

    12:22 Avri Chen-Roth Interview

    • PocketID and OpenID Connect
    • Home lab authentication problem
    • Commercial solutions largely PAAS
    • LDAP and Active Directory
    • OpenID Connect
    • Apps don't save credentials
    • New open source standard
    • Compatible with large service providers
    • Passkeys
    • Storing passkeys
    • Why PocketID?
    • Setting up PocketID
    • On boarding PocketID
    • Converting existing accounts to PocketID
    • Groups
    • OAuth 2.0
    • WebAuthn
    • LDAP Sync

    41:10 Retired Phone Computing

    • What to do with old cellphones
    • Using old phones for cluster compute
    • Thermal runaway
    • Major challenge is distributing the load
    • Getting Linux on the phones
    • research.google
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  • Ask Noah Show 497

    Ask Noah Show 497
    Jun 17 2026

    This week the boys are back at home and talk about the latest changes with coming down the line with Roku. Your questions as always go to the front of the line.

    -- During The Show --

    00:50 Intro

    • AI doesn't make less work
    • Multitasking

    03:50 Reolink Wifi Door Bell - Mike

    • Facial Recognition

    08:45 Door Bells - John

    • 10BASE-T1L
    • Omnitron-Systems Link
    • Need them at both ends

    11:10 Cameras and things - xhat

    • Block cameras at the firewall
    • Updates via Home Assistant

    13:00 Feedback

    • Please write in!
    • Rising tide lifts all boats
    • Email or call in

    14:06 Roku Story

    • Cheap and ubiquitous
    • Fox bought out Roku
    • 22 Billion
    • Noah's friend joining the 21st century
    • Nvidia Shield
    • OSMC Vero
    • Mini PC with LibreELEC
    • Boxy amazon
    • newsroom.roku.com
    • archive.ph

    31:50 Fedora Silverblue

    • Portable laptop
    • Switching OSTrees
    • Budgie Desktop
    • Tweaking Fedora Atomic
    • Domain knowledge transfer
    • Leveraging automation
    • Replacing EndlessOS
    • Variety of OS
    • ZFS Boot manager
    • BMC IPMI
    • PiKVM
    • ASROCK Motherboards
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    54 mins
  • Episode 496: Ask Noah Show 496 | Live from SELF 2026

    Episode 496: Ask Noah Show 496 | Live from SELF 2026
    Jun 14 2026

    This week we are live from SELF! THE Alan Hicks joins the program and we talk Ai!

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    Special Guest: Alan Hicks.
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    55 mins
  • Ask Noah Show 495

    Ask Noah Show 495
    Jun 10 2026

    This week Noah and Steve talk about why they'll be at Southeast Linuxfest. Noah introduces everyone to the Ai embedded in his rental car, and the boys finally find a Z-Wave thermostat!

    -- During The Show --

    00:50 Intro

    • When AI can be good
    • Conversing with AI
    • Varying AI model quality
    • Creativity and AI
    • Prompt engineering
    • Write into the show about AI
    • Accelerator for people already have a base skill

    10:00 SELF and Picking Conferences

    • Self is this Weekend
    • Please come to SELF
    • Really use help Wednesday
    • New Venue
    • Why go to SELF
    • Conference size
    • Watch for the ANS meetup

    15:55 Door bells - Ziggy

    • Steve would run Ethernet
    • Why WiFi cameras are bad
    • ReoLink Support

    22:15 Thermostats - Tim

    • RadioThermostat CT50
    • Honeywell T6 Pro Z-Wave Programmable Thermostat (Model TH6320ZW2007)

    25:30 UL Listed

    • UL, ETL, CE certification
    • European way of doing things
    • UL508A
    • Gosund Wo1 Tuya smart outlet

    30:00 AI in Cars

    • AI built into rental
    • Noah's AI experience
    • AI Audio clips
    • AI engages with you
    • Safety concerns
    • Possibility of latent functionality

    40:20 Age Verification

    • California's Digital Age Assurance Act
    • Open Source getting a pass in CA and CO
    • Privacy trade offs
    • Pattern of freedom and contraction
    • ItsFoss

    48:00 OpenAI IPO

    • Large evaluations
    • Fundraising with out fundraising
    • May be a cash out move
    • Going public "opens the books"
    • CNBC
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    53 mins
  • Episode 494: Ask Noah Show 494

    Episode 494: Ask Noah Show 494
    Jun 3 2026

    This week Mike McGrath from Red Hat joins us to talk about using Red Hat to talk about the relationship RHEL and their up-streams.

    -- During The Show --

    00:45 Intro

    • IT at home
    • Wrangling home "data center"
    • Noah's old strategy
    • Shoe makers kids have no shoes
    • Snowballing tech
    • Backups - pull vs push
    • Making things modular

    11:10 Interesting Tech - Carey

    • TRMNL
    • Mecha Comet
    • GPD Micro PC 2
    • Value of pocket PCs

    22:30 Shelly Devices and UL rated - Mike

    • UL Ratings
    • Pay attention to what you buy
    • Many Shelly devices are UL listed
    • UL listed Shelly devices are ~20% more expensive
    • "Harbor Freight" answer

    28:30 Red Hat Vulnerabilities

    • Discovered and locked down in a few hours
    • Assume breach, change everything
    • Has worm like functionality
    • Bypassed 2FA
    • Multiple persistence methods
    • Heavily obfuscated
    • stepsecurity.io

    36:45 Interview Mike McGrath

    • Mike McGrath - Vice President, Core Platforms
    • RHEL AI vs OpenShift AI
    • What did Red Hat get wrong and right over the last few years
    • Is AI a threat to open source?
    • Does going closed source actually solve anything?
    • CVEs
    • Mechanisms for community influence on RHEL
    • What are RHEL security best practices?
      • Quantum safe encryption
      • Install as little as possible
    • Image mode
    • Project Hummingbird
    • RHEL Forever
    • CentOS Stream and RHEL
    • What is an upside of CentOS Stream?
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    Special Guest: Mike McGrath.
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Ask Noah Show 493

    Ask Noah Show 493
    May 27 2026
    This week Sathish Balakrishnan from Red Hat joins us to talk about using Ansible as the trusted execution layer for automation. Jef Spaleta joins to give us an update on Fedora! It's a packed episode. -- During The Show -- 00:50 ReCaptcha Going to require Google Services Framework or iOS >16.4DeGoogled phones will failWhere we are headedNo one spoke upFDroidKeep Android OpenReClaim the Net 09:20 Jef Spaleta Jef SpaletaFedora Project Leader at Red HatWhat is FedoraGovernanceIntegratingNew ContributorsJef's path into LinuxFedora AI PolicyAI assisted workflowFuture of AI and AgenticSpace for enthusiasm 31:24 News Wire Midori 11.8 - astian.orgWordpress 7.0 - wordpress.orgLess 702 - greenwoodsoftware.comArdour 9.5 - ardour.orgThunderbird 151 - thunderbird.netFirefox 151 - firedfox.comDietPi 10.4 - dietpi.comNitrix 6.1 - nxos.orgTails 7.8 - torproject.orgRHEL 10.2 - redhat.comUbuntu Core 26 - canonical.comGitHub Victim of TeamPCP - wired.comMegalodon Cyberattack - mashable.comBumblebee - marktechpost.comMoonRay - phoronix.com 32:42 Meta E2E Messages Texas Attorney General sued MetaCould "taint" perception of other E2EEUnlikely companies will give you true privacyArsTechnica 36:30 Sathish Balakrishnan Vice President and General Manager, Ansible Business Unit, Red HatBenefits of AnsibleAnsible as Trusted Execution LayerBalancing understandingGuide rails for AIDrag and Drop AI Ansible workflowPatching is no longer optionalWhat do you want all new Ansible users to know?Everything must be automated 52:15 Feedback Call in!Email live@asknoahshow.comTag Marlin in the GeekLab -- 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 - KernellinuxAsk Noah ShowAltispeed Technologies
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    54 mins
  • Ask Noah Show 492

    Ask Noah Show 492
    May 20 2026
    This week Sachin Mullick, Senior Manager, Product Management, joins the program and we talk about OpenShift Virtualization. -- During The Show -- 00:50 Intro Sad trombone buttonPlex Lifetime Pass Price Hike ArsTechnicaWhat is Plex isJellyFin 14:00 Thermostats - Marc Docs SiteThere isn't a great solutionThere is a marketOlder Venstar T7900Older Honeywell RedlinkShellyBuild your ownCentralite Pearl Amazon 25:40 Tailscale - Feydr How do you access your LAN with no exit node? 27:11 News Wire KDE Plasma 6.6.5 - kde.orgDebian 13.5 - debian.orgSparkyLinux 8.3 - sparkylinux.orgAge Verification Backlash - opensourceforu.comDOE Open-Source Wind Turbine - energy.govOpen Source EV - electrek.coAI & Linux Security Mailing List - theregister.com techradar.comSSH-Keysign-PWN - tuxcare.comFragnesia - wiz.ioShai-Hulud - ox.securityMini Shai-Hulud - cyberscoop.comDirtyDecrypt - thehackernews.comOpenBSD 7.9 - openbsd.org 28:54 Sachin Mullick Interview Sachin Mullick OpenShift Product ManagerVMware Broadcom AcquisitionRed Hat & KVM"Click Ops"UpstreamMust be willing to learn"Click Ops" vs DeclarativeBiggest MisconceptionsVM investments and migrating to containersAre we actually modernizing?"Day 2"Home LabsWhat would need for a home lab?OpenShift SandboxRed Hat Original SeriesInteractive DemosTraining and Certification 53:00 Dory eInk SignsWon't be bricked if company goes underArsTechnica -- 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 - KernellinuxAsk Noah ShowAltispeed Technologies
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  • Ask Noah Show 491

    Ask Noah Show 491
    May 13 2026
    Noah and Steve are at Red Hat Summit 2026! We talk to Stefanie Chiras to talk about her new role as Senior Vice President of the AI Innovation Hub. She leads Red Hat's strategy for engaging with and catalyzing regional AI ecosystems. -- During The Show -- 00:50 Intro Live from Summit in GeorgiaInterviews 02:30 Lets Encrypt Changes - Charlie Certificate's going to 45 DaysWindow is likely to decrease 05:40 Follow up on getting into system - Advait Write in with your recovery techniquesWhat Noah used to doLiveCD and "poking"Steve's HP Elite BookUltraBooksSeparating work and personalChoosing a laptopThunderBolt Docks changed computer usage 19:30 Dell Server Problems - Frederick Maybe the drives diedPERC is getting in the wayStep OneFlash IT modeIf PERC fails you can be in big trouble 23:00 Red Hat Summit Interview Stefanie Chiras Ph.D. - Senior Vice President, AI Innovation HubMechanical Engineering degreesWhat led you where you are?Breaking down wallsOpen AcceleratorRoll of Open SourceGovernment InvolvementBenefits to communityDoes code flow back to Open Source?Open Source governance 37:40 News Wire KDE Frameworks 6.26 - kde.orgMesa 26.1 - mesa3d.orgCangjie - infoq.comMercury Modem - hamweekly.comParrot 7.2 - parrotsec.org3D-Printed Stethoscope - adafruit.comCopy Fail - thehackernews.comDirty Frag - thehackernews.comEmergency Kill Switch - theregister.comPAN-OS Vulnerability - thehackersnews.comPamDOORa - thehackernews.comMoonShot AI - siliconangle.comRed Hat AI 3.4 - redhat.comOpen AI Foundations - fierce-network.com 40:00 Fun Technology Playing with LLMsFish.audioCreating audio books -- 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 - KernellinuxAsk Noah ShowAltispeed Technologies • Ask Noah Show © CC-BY-ND 2021 •Special Guest: Stefanie Chiras .
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