About the show

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.

It's a free call 1-855-450-NOAH so join us and start on your way to owning your operating system, your software, and technology.

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Episodes

  • Episode 207: Defending Open Source

    November 17th, 2020  |  56 mins 21 secs
    altispeed, ask questions, call in show, camera, cloud, copyright, dvr, eff, encryption, getting started, google, linux, linux questions, matrix, mind drip media, networking, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, nvr, open source media, podcast, privacy, questions, remote worker, riaa, security, signature code, talk radio, youtube, youtube-dl, youtubedl

    YouTube-DL is back on GitHub! GitHub has started a legal defense fund, and Plasma mobile has been released!

  • Episode 206: Personal Backup Strategy

    November 10th, 2020  |  56 mins 21 secs
    altispeed, apple arm, ask questions, call in show, cloud, dajadup, encryption, getting started, gimp, lets encrypt, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, networking, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, podcast, privacy, questions, rclone, rsync, scp, security, spideroak, talk radio, tarsnap, timeshift

    Certificates issued by Let's Encrypt will soon be signed solely by their own root certificate. It's problematic because of the lack of Android updates. Apple has released two ARM based Macs, there's a potential replacement for SCP and a stellar release of Gimp with support for Hi-DPI

  • Episode 205: The Internet is Forever

    November 6th, 2020  |  47 mins 1 sec
    aci, altispeed, ask questions, call in show, cloud, docker, encryption, getting started, kubernetes, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, networking, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, photography, pinebook pro, podcast, portainer, privacy, questions, raspberry pi 400, seafile, security, swarm, talk radio, type c charger, youtube dl

    YouTube-DL is under attack, the RIAA thought it could remove YouTube-DL's source code off of the internet, does that work? There's a new Raspberry Pi on the block, built into a keyboard! Portainer a simple UI for container management in Docker, Swarm, Kubernetes, ACI and Edge environments. Questions from the community about syncing laptops, the Pinebook pro for photograph, and the perfect laptop charger on the go more this week!

  • Episode 204: Fedora 33 Review

    October 27th, 2020  |  56 mins 21 secs
    altispeed, ask questions, call in show, cloud, encryption, fedora, fedora 33, getting started, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, networking, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, podcast, privacy, questions, redhat, security, talk radio

    Fedora 33 is out! We take Fedora for a test drive. There's a new project on the block that aims to make Containers easy to use for everyone! XDA has partnered to bring a new phone, the Pro1-X and shipping with Ubunut AND Linage, you're choice, and some messengers are leaking your link previews!

  • Episode 203: The Ultimate Linux Workstation

    October 20th, 2020  |  56 mins 21 secs
    altispeed, ask questions, call in show, cloud, encryption, getting started, google antitrust, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, networking, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, pine64, podcast, privacy, questions, security, system76, talk radio, thelio mega

    System76 launches the Thelio Mega. This is the world's smallest quad-GPU workstation for deep learning and scientific computing. Matrix says "no thanks" to backdoor encryption and instead suggests a different way to combat abuse. Pine64 has a new site for their store, a type-c soldering iron, and the DOJ has filed a long awaited antitrust suit against Google.

  • Episode 202: Intro to CGroups with Steve Ovens

    October 13th, 2020  |  56 mins 24 secs

    Steve Ovens from RedHat joins to discuss CGroups! Manjaro Arm the new default on PineBook releases 20.10. We answer some self hosted photo options, remote VPN access, plus our picks!

  • Episode 201: Fedora 33 with Matthew Miller

    October 6th, 2020  |  56 mins 21 secs
    altispeed, ask questions, call in show, cloud, encryption, fedora, fedora 33, fedora nextcloud hub 20, getting started, linux, linux questions, matthew miller, mind drip media, networking, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, podcast, privacy, questions, security, talk radio

    Matthew Miller joins the program to discuss Fedora 33! With BTRFS as the default file system, Gnome 3.38, and Fedora IoT an official Fedora Edition, this is a big release! Nextcloud Hub 20 is out and it's a game changer we discuss why!

  • Episode 200: Ham Radio Linux Superstation

    September 29th, 2020  |  56 mins 22 secs
    altispeed, ask questions, call in show, cloud, getting started, ham radio, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, networking, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source, open source media, podcast, privacy, qrp, questions, sdr, security, software defined radio, talk radio

    We celebrate episode 200 by sharing our plans to serve the community better! Ham Radio has come a long way from tubes and dials. Alex Archer KC0REL joins us to discuss building the ideal ham shack on Linux!

  • Episode 199: Privacy Comes at a Price

    September 22nd, 2020  |  56 mins 21 secs
    altispeed, ask questions, call in show, cloud, encryption, eu, facebook, getting started, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, networking, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, nvidia, open source media, podcast, privacy, privacy shield, questions, security, talk radio

    Microsoft releases Edge for Linux, the founder of ARM has starts a fund to "save ARM" from NVIDIA, and Facebook threatens to shut down it's access to the UK if the push for privacy continues.

  • Episode 198: Age of AI

    September 15th, 2020  |  56 mins 22 secs
    altispeed, arm, ask questions, call in show, cloud, encryption, getting started, intel, intelnvidia, linux, linux questions, machines, mind drip media, networking, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, nvidia, open source media, podcast, privacy, questions, raspberrypi, security, talk radio, virtual machines

    The DLN crew joins Noah to discuss the $40B proposed deal NVIDIA and SoftBank announced a definitive agreement for NVIDIA to acquire Arm from SoftBank. Mark Shuttleworth responds to community concerns that he's not involved enough, plus the picks, your feedback, and more!.

  • Episode 197: Proper Password Security

    September 8th, 2020  |  56 mins 21 secs
    altispeed, ask questions, bitwarden, call in show, cloud, covid, encryption, getting started, google, hash, hashcat, keepassxc, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, mozilla, networking, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, ocl-hashcat, open source media, passwords, podcast, privacy, questions, security, talk radio, thunderbird

    Most people aren't choosing password that are secure enough. Professional attackers are able to crack up to 90% of passwords chosen by most people. The tools both for breaking passwords and saving them are open source. Thunderbird begins rolling version 78 and Alphabet Inc has a new end to end web platform for tracking and dealing with COVID in the workplace.

  • Episode 196: Amazon Bottlerocket's Distro

    September 1st, 2020  |  53 mins 59 secs
    altispeed, amazon, ask questions, bottlerocket, call in show, cloud, containers, encryption, getting started, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, networking, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, podcast, privacy, questions, security, talk radio

    Bottlerocket is a Linux-based open-source operating system that is purpose-built by Amazon Web Services for running containers on virtual machines or bare metal hosts. Most customers today run containerized applications on general-purpose operating systems that are updated package-by-package, which makes OS updates difficult to automate.

  • Episode 195: Building an Office in a Box

    August 25th, 2020  |  56 mins 21 secs
    altispeed, ask questions, call in show, cloud, cockpit, dell, encryption, fedora, getting started, libvirt, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, networking, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, podcast, privacy, questions, redhat, security, servers, talk radio, virtual machines, windows

    Linux and virtualization have made operating your office out of a box a reality! It turns out smart doorbells are not such a smart choice, RedHat now support multi-path TCP, and Cockpit has a new update!

  • Episode 194: RHEL Runtime

    August 18th, 2020  |  56 mins 20 secs
    altispeed, ask questions, call in show, cloud, encryption, flatpak, getting started, kdenlive, linux, linux foundation, linux questions, mind drip media, mozilla, networking, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, pocketpc, podcast, privacy, questions, rhel, security, talk radio, tinypilotkvm

    A Raspberry Pi based device that plugs directly into your bare-metal server, giving you a virtual console, updates to Kdenlive, and RHEL releases a runtime for flatpak.

  • Episode 193: OpenPOWER Foundation with James Kulina

    August 11th, 2020  |  56 mins 21 secs
    altispeed, ask questions, call in show, cloud, encryption, getting started, libreoffice, linux, linux foundation, linux questions, mind drip media, mozilla, networking, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, pocketpc, podcast, popcorn computer, privacy, questions, security, talk radio

    James is Executive Director of the OpenPower Foundation, joins us to discuss what's new with OpenPOWER. Mozilla is downsizing, an open source Linux handheld is available for pre-order and the Linux Foundation is launching the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) to address security in open source!

  • Episode 192: Face Recognition Nightmare

    July 28th, 2020  |  56 mins 20 secs
    altispeed, ask questions, call in show, cloud, covid, encryption, f5, face mask, facial recognition, getting started, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, networking, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, open source media, podcast, privacy, questions, security, security gateway, talk radio, vulnerability

    Masks are being debated around the US and around the world but what do they do for privacy? China has facial recognition software that works even with face masks but NIST has shown that's not always the case! F5 has a major vulnerability that is allows someone with network access to the configuration utility, through the BIG-IP management port and/or self IPs, to execute arbitrary system commands, create or delete files, disable services, and/or execute arbitrary Java code.