Episode 447
Ask Noah Show 447
June 17th, 2025
53 mins 52 secs
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00:52 Intro
- Being around people can be draining
- SELF presentations
- Steve helping Noah get into "hosting"
- Strong personalities
- No Windows "badge of honor"
- New streaming and recording system
10:10 NixOS Feedback - Eloy
- Vimjoyer Video YouTube
- udiskie NixOS Package
- Home Manager
- Eloy's NixOS Config GitHub
- Brick wall head banging
- NixOS experience
17:14 UPS - Tobias
- Grid tie solar systems
- Smaller UPS causing breaker to flip
- Chicken UPS
- UPS may not be needed
- PDU with "protected" power switch
- Not all UPS will solve power surges
- APC "800lbs Gorilla"
- Consider the cost and ability to replace UPS battery
- CyberPower 15A Rackmount PDU Amazon
- APC Line Interactive CDW
- CyberPower PFC Sinewave 2000VA Amazon
- Tripp Lite 1500VA Rack Mount Amazon
- Somerset Power Systems
- Debian Wiki apcupsd
- GitHub apcupsd
- GitHub Network UPS Tools (NUT)
- Arch Wiki APC UPS
31:00 OPNsense - Samuel
- Beelink
- Protectli
- Coreboot
- Build Quality
- Native OPNSense support
- AESNI Offloading
- Hunsun
- storage and fans garbage
- Used Sophos
- Get a model with sata drive
- 110 and above models
- Swap the fans and drive
- ODROID H4
- Zima boards
39:19 Windows 10 EOL
- Windows 11 requires
- TPM 2.0
- Secure Boot
- Supported CPU
- Mind Drip Media gave away laptops
- Half loaded with EndlessOS
- Half loaded with "Nixbook"
- Recipient of generosity
- Remote desktop
#### 46:46 Cinnamon Desktop
- Can be stripped down
- Steve's primary desktop
#### 48:55 Recycle laptops locally
- Reach out to local companies
- Homeless shelters need computers
- Windows 11 is an opportunity
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