Episode Archive

381 episodes of Ask Noah Show since the first episode, which aired on March 27th, 2017.

  • Episode 189: Btrfs The Fedora Default Filesystem

    July 7th, 2020  |  56 mins 20 secs
    altispeed, ask questions, btrfs, call in show, cloud, earn-it act, encryption, facebook, fedora, fedora workstation, filesystem, getting started, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, networking, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, podcast, privacy, questions, redhat, secure communication, security, talk radio, zfs

    The Btrfs team joins the Ask Noah Show to set the record straight. Btrfs is being used at Facebook and has been selected as the default filesystem for Fedora! The EARN-IT act is back with a second version, this one might be worse than the first.

  • Episode 188: Privacy & Security Enhanced with Dr. Andy Yen

    June 30th, 2020  |  56 mins 22 secs
    altispeed, android, andy yen, ask questions, call in show, cloud, encryption, getting started, ios, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, networking, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, podcast, privacy, protondrive, protonmail, questions, secure communication, security, signal, talk radio

    Security and privacy is a moving target but ProtonMail is staying ahead of the curve. Join Dr. Andy Yen as he talks end to end encryption, the privacy aspect of protests, and the status and future of ProtonDrive!

  • Episode 187: The Future of SELF

    June 23rd, 2020  |  56 mins 22 secs
    altispeed, ask questions, call in show, cia, cloud, e2ee, encryption, getting started, leak, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, networking, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, nsa, open source media, podcast, privacy, questions, security, self, southeast linuxfest, talk radio, wikileaks, zoom

    SELF was remote this year but that means next year will be bigger than ever! More presenter rooms, more interaction from remote attendees. Jeremy Sands and producer JT join us this hour to discuss SELF and it's future. The CIA had it's biggest leak in history and underscores exactly why we need end to end encryption. Zoom announced it will be rolling out end to end encryption on ALL tiers!

  • Episode 186: Matrix Madness!

    June 16th, 2020  |  56 mins 20 secs
    altispeed, ask questions, call in show, cloud, encryption, getting started, irc, linux, linux questions, matrix, mind drip media, networking, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, podcast, privacy, questions, riot, security, signal, system administration, talk radio, telegram

    Matrix is the communications platform you've been waiting for. Using Slack for work Telegram for an open network for secure, decentralized communication.

  • Episode 185: The Brave Dilemma

    June 10th, 2020  |  56 mins 21 secs
    altispeed, ask questions, brave, call in show, cloud, crosstalk, encryption, freenas, getting started, intel, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, nasa, networking, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, podcast, privacy, questions, security, sgaxe, sgx, system administration, talk radio

    Questions have been raised about the Brave browser collecting BAT donations on behalf of users that didn't consent. Plasma 5.19.0 is out and FreeNAS has a new version based on Linux!

  • Episode 184: Home Assistant with Rohan Karamandi

    June 9th, 2020  |  56 mins 22 secs
    alexa, altispeed, ask questions, call in show, cloud, encryption, getting started, google assistant, home assistant, home automation, homekit, linux, linux questions, lutron, mind drip media, networking, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, phillips hue, podcast, privacy, questions, radiora, raspberry pi, security, system administration, talk radio

    Rohan Karamandi joins us to talk about how to awaken your home with an open source automation system that puts local control and privacy first!

  • Episode 183: Tracking Trouble

    June 2nd, 2020  |  56 mins 25 secs
    altispeed, apple, ardour, ask questions, audacity, call in show, cloud, cmr, contact tracing, coronavirus, covid-19, encryption, getting started, google, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, networking, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, plandemic, podcast, privacy, questions, raspberry pi, security, smr, system administration, talk radio, western digital

    The Raspberry Pi 4 with 8GB of RAM has been released, the state of MN is using contact tracing to track protesters instead of COVID, and Google wants your location data so bad it's willing to lie to you!

  • Episode 182: COVID-19 Privacy

    May 27th, 2020  |  56 mins 21 secs
    altispeed, apple, ardour, ask questions, audacity, call in show, cloud, coronavirus, covid-19, encryption, getting started, google, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, networking, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, plandemic, podcast, privacy, questions, security, system administration, talk radio

    Google & Apple have released their answer to contact tracing and for once it seems like they may be taking the side of their users! Microsoft is adding GUI support for Linux apps on Windows and Linus has switched to team red!

  • Episode 181: Pop!_OS 20.04 with Carl Richell

    May 19th, 2020  |  56 mins 21 secs
    20.04, altispeed, ask questions, call in show, cloud, encryption, getting started, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, networking, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, podcast, pop!_os, popos, privacy, questions, security, system administration, system76, talk radio, ubuntu

    Founder and CEO of System76 Carl Richell joins us to discuss their latest release of PopOS 20.04. This incredible release features auto-tiling and is designed to empower anyone who is creating, or developing on the Linux Desktop!

  • Episode 180: The Open Compute Project with Bill Carter

    May 12th, 2020  |  56 mins 30 secs
    altispeed, ask questions, call in show, cloud, encryption, getting started, linux, linux questions, microsoft, mind drip media, networking, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open compute project, open source media, podcast, privacy, questions, security, sphere os, system administration, talk radio

    Bill Carter, the CTO of the Open Compute Project joins us to discuss a new way of building a rack for a data center. The OCP uses a tool-less, modern, efficient design and best of all - the plans are open and available!

  • Episode 179: TrueNAS Core 12 with Kris Moore

    May 5th, 2020  |  56 mins 22 secs

    Kris Moore joins us to talk about the upcoming release of FreeNAS. OpenZFS, per dataset encryption, new features that they've pulled from TrueNAS and tons of other improvements.

  • Episode 178: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

    April 28th, 2020  |  56 mins 21 secs
    20.04, altispeed, ask questions, call in show, cloud, encryption, fedora, getting started, lenovo, linux, linux questions, lts, mind drip media, networking, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, podcast, privacy, questions, security, system administration, talk radio, thinkpad, ubuntu, zfs

    The latest release of Ubuntu is out and it takes polish to a whole new level! ZFS support, security enhancements, snap packages and so much more!

  • Episode 177: WireGuard with Jason Donenfeld

    April 21st, 2020  |  1 hr 4 mins
    altispeed, ask questions, call in show, cisco anyconnect, cloud, encryption, getting started, ipsec, jason donenfeld, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, networking, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, openvpn, ovpn, podcast, privacy, questions, security, system administration, talk radio, vpn, wireguard

    Jason Donenfeld lead developer joins us this hour to discuss WireGuard, an extremely simple yet fast and modern VPN that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography. is an extremely simple yet fast and modern VPN that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography.

  • Episode 176: ZFS with Allan Jude

    April 14th, 2020  |  58 mins 10 secs
    allan jude, altispeed, ask questions, backup, bsdnow, call in show, cloud, encryption, freebsd, freenas, getting started, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, networking, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, podcast, privacy, questions, security, system administration, talk radio, zfs, zfs send

    Allan Jude author of the book FreeBSD Mastery joins us to discuss ZFS, backup strategies, system administration and so much more!

  • Episode 175: FOSS Alternatives to Zoom

    April 7th, 2020  |  56 mins 21 secs
    altispeed, ask questions, call in show, cloud, encryption, getting started, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, networking, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, open source video conferencing, podcast, privacy, questions, security, talk radio, zoom, zoom alternatives

    Zoom is everywhere in the news. While they're doing their best to respond and resolve the issues users are finding - have you asked yourself if you want to host your company meetings with a third party?

    We'll show you the best ways to host end to end encrypted meetings on your hardware!
    We'll show you the best ways to host your meetings yourself, end-to-end encrypted, on your terms, on your hardware!

  • Episode 174: Troubleshooting Like a Boss

    March 31st, 2020  |  56 mins 22 secs
    altispeed, ask questions, call in show, cloud, earn it, encryption, getting started, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, network, networking, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, osi, podcast, privacy, questions, section 230, security, talk radio, troubleshooting

    WarheadSE and DagoRed join Noah this episode for a discussion on troubleshooting, the OSI model, and why Arch is a better distro for those who want to dig deep into tech!