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The Ask Noah Show is a weekly talk radio show where we focus on Linux and Open Source technology. We invite the community to participate live on the air 1-855-450-6624.

The show airs Tuesdays at 6pm CT on asknoahshow.com and at KEQQ 88.3 FM in Grand Forks ND.

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Episodes

  • Ask Noah Show 427

    February 11th, 2025  |  55 mins 10 secs
    ask questions, call in show, cloud, getting started, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, podcast, privacy, questions, security, steve ovens, talk radio

    This week Noah gives an update on EndlessOS and why it might be the default go-to operating system for new users. Ai scams are getting worse, and the Ashi lead dev stepped down.

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    Ask Noah Show 426

    February 4th, 2025  |  53 mins 51 secs
    ask questions, call in show, cloud, getting started, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, podcast, privacy, questions, security, steve ovens, talk radio

    Immich provides a consistent photo experience across devices, and across family members. This week Noah and Steve give you a deep dive into Immich. We answer your questions, and give you a brief look at news from this week.

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    Ask Noah Show 425

    January 28th, 2025  |  53 mins 51 secs
    ask questions, call in show, cloud, getting started, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, podcast, privacy, questions, security, steve ovens, talk radio

    This week we dig into your feedback, talk about an FPGA Playstation, and talk about Chinese AI.

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    Ask Noah Show 424

    January 21st, 2025  |  53 mins 51 secs
    ask questions, call in show, cloud, getting started, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, podcast, privacy, questions, security, steve ovens, talk radio

    This week we dig into your questions, and talk about Nvidia's new AI rig.

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    Ask Noah Show 423

    January 14th, 2025  |  53 mins 53 secs
    ask questions, call in show, cloud, getting started, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, podcast, privacy, questions, security, steve ovens, talk radio

    This week we get an update from the Ovens Data Center. Steve migrates a box from Ubuntu to Red Hat, and of course we answer your questions!

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    Ask Noah Show 422

    January 7th, 2025  |  53 mins 51 secs

    This week Steve puts a data center in his basement, we recap what happened over Christmas break, and as always we take your questions!

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    Ask Noah Show 421 | Merry Christmas

    December 24th, 2024  |  54 mins 33 secs

    This week we do live troubleshooting on the air with a listener, dig into permissions, ACLs, and talk about the software we didn't know we couldn't live without!

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    Ask Noah Show 420

    December 17th, 2024  |  53 mins 52 secs
    ask questions, call in show, cloud, getting started, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, podcast, privacy, questions, security, steve ovens, talk radio

    This week Eric Hendricks joins us to help us solve problems, and bring some insight to RHEL 10 beta!

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    Episode 419: Ask Noah Show 419

    December 10th, 2024  |  52 mins 37 secs
    ask questions, call in show, cell phone, cloud, getting started, hackers, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, podcast, privacy, questions, security, steve ovens, talk radio

    This week Chinese hackers penetrated 8 US cell phone providers. They used the backdoor the US Government asked them to put in to perform the atack. With Chinese hackers potentially still in US networks, the FBI is advising the public to adopt encryption - the same technology the FBI has long demonized.

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    Episode 418: Ask Noah Show 418

    December 3rd, 2024  |  53 mins 57 secs
    ask questions, call in show, cloud, getting started, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, podcast, privacy, questions, security, steve ovens, talk radio

    This week we dig into the VMware situation that's leading to companies across the companies dumping VMware.

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    Episode 417: Ask Noah Show 417

    November 26th, 2024  |  53 mins 53 secs
    ask questions, call in show, cloud, getting started, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, podcast, privacy, questions, security, steve ovens, talk radio

    This week Noah and Steve outline where you should leverage automation and rely on it, and when it's good to have a backup plan.

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    Ask Noah Show 416

    November 19th, 2024  |  53 mins 52 secs
    ask questions, call in show, cloud, getting started, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, podcast, privacy, questions, security, steve ovens, talk radio

    Mike McGrath joins the program and we get an update from Red Hat. This week we dig into week 2 of Steve's Desktop Linux struggle.

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    Ask Noah Show 415

    November 12th, 2024  |  53 mins 52 secs
    ask questions, call in show, cloud, getting started, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, podcast, privacy, questions, security, steve ovens, talk radio

    Tim Flink, a Senior Quality Engineer from Red Hat joins us to talk about AI on Fedora. This week Noah and Steve talk about their struggles with the Linux Desktop.

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    Ask Noah Show 414

    November 5th, 2024  |  53 mins 58 secs
    ask questions, call in show, cloud, getting started, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, podcast, privacy, questions, security, steve ovens, talk radio

    This week on Ask Noah we dig into Cosmic desktop and talk about what to do when self hosting goes wrong!

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    Episode 413: Ask Noah Show 413 | Contributing to Ubuntu

    October 29th, 2024  |  55 mins 14 secs
    ask questions, call in show, cloud, getting started, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, podcast, privacy, questions, security, steve ovens, talk radio

    This week Robie Basak joins Noah from the Ubuntu Summit and gives an introduction on how to get started contributing to Ubuntu.

    -- During The Show --

    01:26 HexOS - Craig

    • Start with the Command Line
    • When is a GUI appropriate
    • Start with
      • make a ZFS pool
      • make a samba share
    • Help us understand your goal
    • What is HexOS
    • Ubuntu and ZFS
    • DKMS
    • kABI
    • Advantages of TrueNAS
      • Snapshots
      • Send/Receive
      • 1 Click Re-silvering

    17:08 Questions about HDMI switch - Andy

    21:14 News Wire

    23:23 Robie Basak - Ubuntu Technical Council

    • What drew you to Linux?
    • Why did you decide to work for Canonical?
    • What is the Ubuntu Technical Board?
    • Difference between Ubuntu and Canonical
    • The process of granting commit rights
    • Conflict resolution
    • Cloud init
    • Unique ID
    • Ubuntu Summit
    • Range of interaction
    • Membership Board Meeting
    • Full Hour Long Meeting Recording YouTube

    43:40 Fedora 41

    50:30 Russian Kernel Maintainers Removed

    • Greg Kroah-Hartman removed them due to "various compliance requirements"
    • Removed developers Russian and not minor contributors
    • We live in a world where decisions are made for political reasons
    • zdnet.com
    • therecord.media

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    Episode 412: Ask Noah Show 412

    October 22nd, 2024  |  53 mins 51 secs
    ask questions, call in show, cloud, getting started, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, podcast, privacy, questions, security, steve ovens, talk radio

    This week Steve gives a deep dive into Widevine Encryption. We love encryption when it protects our data, but what do we do when encryption prevents us from doing the things we want to do over the internet?