web01.fireside.fm Wed, 13 May 2026 13:07:33 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Ask Noah Show - Episodes Tagged with “Bluetooth Headset” https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/tags/bluetooth%20headset Tue, 02 Mar 2021 20:00:00 -0600 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. en-us episodic The community centered show where you are the content! Noah J. Chelliah 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. no Noah J. Chelliah live@asknoahshow.com Episode 221: Blackbird Secure Desktop https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/221 30c173ee-0053-4188-9d28-8a3a6bd0eac9 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 20:00:00 -0600 Noah J. Chelliah full Noah J. Chelliah The Blackbird Secure Desktop is a POEWR9 system, a fully open source modern POWER9 workstation without any proprietary code. Plasma mobile has a new update out, we talk bluetooth headsets, VoIP phone systems, and a one handed keyboard! 56:21 no <p>The Blackbird Secure Desktop is a POEWR9 system, a fully open source modern POWER9 workstation without any proprietary code. Plasma mobile has a new update out, we talk bluetooth headsets, VoIP phone systems, and a one handed keyboard!</p> <h3><strong>-- During The Show --</strong></h3> <h4>01:00 nVidia shield and blocking google DNS - Zack</h4> <ul> <li>Try setting up DNS on your router</li> <li>Run PFSense/OpnSense in a VM, use that to block DNS requests to Google, pass on legit requests to a PiHole</li> </ul> <h4>05:15 VOIP Recommendations for Home Phone? - Dennis</h4> <ul> <li>Use a Trunk Provider</li> <li><a href="http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah/221" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Voxtelesys Hosted Option</a></li> <li>Self host a <a href="https://www.3cx.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">3CX PBX</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.freepbx.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">FreePBX</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.asterisk.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Asterisk</a> #### 12:45 Caller - George</li> <li>Best Slide show App?</li> <li>Make Video in <a href="https://kdenlive.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">KdenLIVE</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/impress/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">LibreOffice Impress</a></li> <li>HedgeDoc Slideshow mode</li> <li>Antenna for TV?</li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Latest-Amplified-Digital-Antenna-65-80/dp/B07FVLXHYV/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&amp;keywords=HD+Antenna&amp;qid=1614730714&amp;sr=8-3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Apmlified Digital Antenna</a></li> </ul> <h4>User Feedback - Ben</h4> <ul> <li>Solution for nerve damage in one hand</li> <li>Use a one handed keyboard</li> <li><a href="https://twiddler.tekgear.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Twiddler Keyboard</a></li> </ul> <h4>18:15 Bluetooth headphones? - Graeme</h4> <ul> <li>Best Bluetooth headphones for both calls and music</li> <li>Check out <a href="https://steelseries.com/gaming-headsets" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Steelseries</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.sony.com/electronics/headband-headphones/wh-1000xm4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Sony WH1000xm4</a></li> </ul> <h4>21:15 Pick of the Week</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/Coderior/lovingmemory/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Loving Memory GitHub</a></li> <li>Built on GitHub Pages</li> <li>Doesn't require any web expertise</li> </ul> <h4>24:00 Tech of the Week</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://cactus.chat/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Cactus Chat</a></li> <li>Embed Anywhere</li> <li>Privacy Respecting</li> <li>Highly Compatible</li> <li>Decentralized</li> </ul> <h4>30:00 Blackbird</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/133093/review-blackbird-secure-desktop-a-fully-open-source-modern-power9-workstation-without-any-proprietary-code/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">OS News Article about Blackbird</a></li> <li>Power9 is fully open source unlike Intel/ARM</li> <li><a href="https://www.raptorcs.com/content/BK1B01/intro.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Basic Blackbird Bundle $1,733</a></li> <li>Blackbird has a BMC running OpenBMC</li> <li>GameCube, Wii, Xbox 360 all use PowerPC-based processors</li> <li>Power1 was released in 1990</li> <li>Fedora and OpenSuse both support Power9</li> </ul> <h4>49:00 Plasma Mobile</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.plasma-mobile.org/2021/03/01/plasma-mobile-update-february.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Plasma Mobile Blog Post</a></li> <li>Pinephone + Jumpdrive is awesome</li> <li>Plasma Mobile is almost Daily Driver</li> <li>New Features <ul> <li>Welcome/Setup Screen</li> <li>Modified Home Screen</li> <li>Groundwork for future features</li> <li>Plasma Dialer improvements</li> <li>DTMF &amp; USSD Requests work now</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h3><strong>-- The Extra Credit Section --</strong></h3> <p>For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard!</p> <p><a href="http://podcast.asknoahshow.com/221" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">This Episode's Podcast Dashboard</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys</a></p> <p>Join us in our dedicated chatroom <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">#GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix</a></p> <h3><strong>-- Stay In Touch --</strong></h3> <p><strong>Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard</strong></p> <p>&gt; <a href="http://www.asknoahshow.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Ask Noah Dashboard</a></p> <p><strong>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!</strong></p> <p>&gt; <a href="http://www.altispeed.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Altispeed Technologies</a></p> <p><strong>Contact Noah</strong></p> <p>&gt; live [at] asknoahshow.com</p> <p><strong>-- Twitter --</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/kernellinux" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Noah - Kernellinux</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/asknoahshow" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Ask Noah Show</a></li> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/altispeed" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Altispeed Technologies</a> </li> </ul> The Blackbird Secure Desktop is a POEWR9 system, a fully open source modern POWER9 workstation without any proprietary code. Plasma mobile has a new update out, we talk bluetooth headsets, VoIP phone systems, and a one handed keyboard!

-- During The Show --

01:00 nVidia shield and blocking google DNS - Zack

  • Try setting up DNS on your router
  • Run PFSense/OpnSense in a VM, use that to block DNS requests to Google, pass on legit requests to a PiHole

05:15 VOIP Recommendations for Home Phone? - Dennis

User Feedback - Ben

18:15 Bluetooth headphones? - Graeme

21:15 Pick of the Week

24:00 Tech of the Week

  • Cactus Chat
  • Embed Anywhere
  • Privacy Respecting
  • Highly Compatible
  • Decentralized

30:00 Blackbird

49:00 Plasma Mobile

  • Plasma Mobile Blog Post
  • Pinephone + Jumpdrive is awesome
  • Plasma Mobile is almost Daily Driver
  • New Features
    • Welcome/Setup Screen
    • Modified Home Screen
    • Groundwork for future features
    • Plasma Dialer improvements
    • DTMF & USSD Requests work now

-- The Extra Credit Section --

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]]> The Blackbird Secure Desktop is a POEWR9 system, a fully open source modern POWER9 workstation without any proprietary code. Plasma mobile has a new update out, we talk bluetooth headsets, VoIP phone systems, and a one handed keyboard!

-- During The Show --

01:00 nVidia shield and blocking google DNS - Zack

  • Try setting up DNS on your router
  • Run PFSense/OpnSense in a VM, use that to block DNS requests to Google, pass on legit requests to a PiHole

05:15 VOIP Recommendations for Home Phone? - Dennis

User Feedback - Ben

18:15 Bluetooth headphones? - Graeme

21:15 Pick of the Week

24:00 Tech of the Week

  • Cactus Chat
  • Embed Anywhere
  • Privacy Respecting
  • Highly Compatible
  • Decentralized

30:00 Blackbird

49:00 Plasma Mobile

  • Plasma Mobile Blog Post
  • Pinephone + Jumpdrive is awesome
  • Plasma Mobile is almost Daily Driver
  • New Features
    • Welcome/Setup Screen
    • Modified Home Screen
    • Groundwork for future features
    • Plasma Dialer improvements
    • DTMF & USSD Requests work now

-- 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

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]]> Episode 220: Multi-Monitor in Gnome 40 https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/220 27bfb442-45cf-4c9d-a89a-fd7db846e3d2 Tue, 23 Feb 2021 19:00:00 -0600 Noah J. Chelliah full Noah J. Chelliah The Gnome team is revamping multi-monitor support. Firefox 86 is released and features Total Cookie Protection to make cross site tracking more difficult increasing user privacy. Kodi 19 has landed with a lot of new features around metadata and a better music interface. 56:21 no <p>The Gnome team is revamping multi-monitor support. Firefox 86 is released and features Total Cookie Protection to make cross site tracking more difficult increasing user privacy. Kodi 19 has landed with a lot of new features around metadata and a better music interface. </p> <h3><strong>-- During The Show --</strong></h3> <h4>How to rename USB Audio interface? - Steve</h4> <pre><code>pacmd update-sink-proplist alsa_output.usb-c-Media_electronics_inc._USB-Audio_Device-00.analog-stereo.2 device.description=What-We-Call-It-Now </code></pre> <h4>Self Hosted Music - Sloth56</h4> <ul> <li><a href="http://ampache.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Ampache</a></li> <li><a href="https://funkwhale.audio/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Funkwhale</a></li> </ul> <h4>Self host or managed services - Mike</h4> <ul> <li>Good Email providers <ul> <li><a href="https://protonmail.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ProtonMail</a></li> <li><a href="https://tutanota.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Tutuanotoa</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.fastmail.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Fastmail</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h4>18:15 RHCSA Training - Adam</h4> <ul> <li>Getting to ask questions is good</li> <li>Classes can create community</li> <li>In person training is best</li> <li><a href="https://www.udemy.com/course/red-hat-certified-system-administrator-rhcsa-8-boot-camp/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Udemy Course Link</a></li> <li> <a href="https://vtc.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">VTC</a> is almost as good as official RedHat training</li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1775062147/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">RHCSA Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: Training and Exam Preparation Guide Second Edition</a></li> </ul> <h4>23:15 Linux Accessibility - Brendan</h4> <ul> <li>Trackball + <a href="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Onboard</a> on screen keyboard</li> </ul> <h4>27:50 Affiliate link for register4less? - Jerremy</h4> <ul> <li>14.99/yr</li> <li>Privacy included</li> <li>Free email aliases</li> <li>Free 10MB of web hosting (no SSL)</li> <li>Sub Accounts for managing</li> <li>Customer service is beyond amazing</li> </ul> <h4>29:45 Pick of the Week</h4> <p><a href="https://openias.garykim.dev/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Open IAS</a></p> <ul> <li>Game Clock (count down/up)</li> <li>Adjust on the fly</li> <li>Keyboard Bindings</li> <li>Set Team Logo</li> <li>Multiple Scoreboard Tabs</li> <li>Control multiple Scoreboard scoreboards through one control window.</li> <li>Packaged as an AppImage</li> <li>Cross Platform</li> <li>FOSS</li> </ul> <h4>34:20 Gadget of the Week</h4> <p><a href="https://magpi.raspberrypi.org/articles/bitbarista" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">BitBarista</a></p> <p>BitBarista: fully autonomous coffee machine built using Raspberry Pi and Bitcoin</p> <ul> <li>Pi Controlling the BitBarista uses Raspbian</li> <li>Uses Electrum for the BitCoin payments.</li> <li>Code is on <a href="https://github.com/digitalWestie/BitBarista" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">GitHub</a> </li> <li>Pays people to restock it</li> <li>Can even call a technician to get repairs</li> </ul> <h4>36:40 Multi-Monitor on Gnome 40</h4> <p><a href="https://blogs.gnome.org/shell-dev/2021/02/23/gnome-shell-40-and-multi-monitor/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Gnome Blog Post</a></p> <ul> <li>Workspaces changes on primary monitor by default</li> <li>Supports changing workspaces on all displays</li> <li>Introduction of the workspaces navigator on secondary display</li> <li>Transitioning to Horizontal workspaces</li> <li> <p>New additional shortcuts</p> <ul> <li>switch workspaces will be Super+Alt+←/→.</li> <li>Moving windows between workspaces will be Super+Alt+Shift+←/→.</li> <li>Super+Alt+↑ will also open the overview and then app grid</li> <li>Super+Alt+↓ will close them</li> </ul> </li> <li> <p>These directional keyboard shortcuts have matching touch-pad gestures:</p> <ul> <li>Three-finger swipes left and right will switch workspaces</li> <li>Three-finger swipes up and down will open the overview and app grid</li> </ul> </li> <li><p>Gnome is doing and explaining changes in the open</p></li> </ul> <h4>44:00 Kodi 19.0 (Matrix)</h4> <p><a href="https://kodi.tv/article/kodi-190-matrix-release" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Kodi Article</a></p> <ul> <li>Nearly 50 developers contributed code</li> <li>About 5,000 commits</li> <li>Over 1,500 pull requests since the first release of 18.x "Leia"</li> <li>Over 5,500 changed files</li> <li>600,000 lines of code added, changed or removed</li> <li>significant improvements to meta-data handling</li> <li>New Matrix-inspired visualization</li> <li>Database and meta-data improvements </li> <li>Many more improvements</li> <li>Kodi 19 replaces the old XML meta-data scrapers with Python</li> <li>Most new features here revolve around usability</li> </ul> <h4>49:50 Nextcloud Hub</h4> <p><a href="https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-hub-21-out-with-up-to-10x-better-performance-whiteboard-and-more-collaboration-features/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Nextcloud Blog Post</a></p> <ul> <li>High performance back end for Nextcloud files</li> <li>Wide range of performance improvements</li> <li>Nextcloud talk improvements <ul> <li>Debuts message status indicators</li> <li>Raise hand feature</li> <li>Group conversation description</li> <li>And more!</li> </ul> </li> <li>Wide Range of Groupware improvements <ul> <li>drag’n’drop</li> <li>Nicer threading in Mail</li> <li>Syncing social media avatars in Contacts</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h4>53:00 Firefox 86 Released</h4> <p><a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/86.0/releasenotes/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Mozilla Blog Post</a></p> <ul> <li> <p>New Features</p> <ul> <li>Total Cookie Protection (each site gets it's own ("cookie jar")</li> <li>Multiple videos Picture-in-Picture</li> </ul> </li> <li> <p>Fixed Issues</p> <ul> <li>Reader mode now works with local HTML pages</li> <li>Orca and other screen reader fixes</li> <li>Reader View links have more color contrast</li> <li>various security fixes</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h4>55:00 New Platform for the Show</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://parachutelive.tv/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://parachutelive.tv/</a></li> </ul> <h3><strong>-- The Extra Credit Section --</strong></h3> <p>For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard!</p> <p><a href="http://podcast.asknoahshow.com/219" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">This Episode's Podcast Dashboard</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah/220" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys</a></p> <p>Join us in our dedicated chatroom <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">#GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix</a></p> <h3><strong>-- Stay In Touch --</strong></h3> <p><strong>Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard</strong></p> <p>&gt; <a href="http://www.asknoahshow.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Ask Noah Dashboard</a></p> <p><strong>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!</strong></p> <p>&gt; <a href="http://www.altispeed.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Altispeed Technologies</a></p> <p><strong>Contact Noah</strong></p> <p>&gt; live [at] asknoahshow.com</p> <p><strong>-- Twitter --</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/kernellinux" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Noah - Kernellinux</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/asknoahshow" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Ask Noah Show</a></li> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/altispeed" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Altispeed Technologies</a> </li> </ul> The Gnome team is revamping multi-monitor support. Firefox 86 is released and features Total Cookie Protection to make cross site tracking more difficult increasing user privacy. Kodi 19 has landed with a lot of new features around metadata and a better music interface.

-- During The Show --

How to rename USB Audio interface? - Steve

pacmd update-sink-proplist alsa_output.usb-c-Media_electronics_inc._USB-Audio_Device-00.analog-stereo.2 device.description=What-We-Call-It-Now

Self Hosted Music - Sloth56

Self host or managed services - Mike

18:15 RHCSA Training - Adam

23:15 Linux Accessibility - Brendan

  • Trackball + Onboard on screen keyboard

27:50 Affiliate link for register4less? - Jerremy

  • 14.99/yr
  • Privacy included
  • Free email aliases
  • Free 10MB of web hosting (no SSL)
  • Sub Accounts for managing
  • Customer service is beyond amazing

29:45 Pick of the Week

Open IAS

  • Game Clock (count down/up)
  • Adjust on the fly
  • Keyboard Bindings
  • Set Team Logo
  • Multiple Scoreboard Tabs
  • Control multiple Scoreboard scoreboards through one control window.
  • Packaged as an AppImage
  • Cross Platform
  • FOSS

34:20 Gadget of the Week

BitBarista

BitBarista: fully autonomous coffee machine built using Raspberry Pi and Bitcoin

  • Pi Controlling the BitBarista uses Raspbian
  • Uses Electrum for the BitCoin payments.
  • Code is on GitHub
  • Pays people to restock it
  • Can even call a technician to get repairs

36:40 Multi-Monitor on Gnome 40

Gnome Blog Post

  • Workspaces changes on primary monitor by default
  • Supports changing workspaces on all displays
  • Introduction of the workspaces navigator on secondary display
  • Transitioning to Horizontal workspaces

  • New additional shortcuts

    • switch workspaces will be Super+Alt+←/→.
    • Moving windows between workspaces will be Super+Alt+Shift+←/→.
    • Super+Alt+↑ will also open the overview and then app grid
    • Super+Alt+↓ will close them

  • These directional keyboard shortcuts have matching touch-pad gestures:

    • Three-finger swipes left and right will switch workspaces
    • Three-finger swipes up and down will open the overview and app grid

  • Gnome is doing and explaining changes in the open

44:00 Kodi 19.0 (Matrix)

Kodi Article

  • Nearly 50 developers contributed code
  • About 5,000 commits
  • Over 1,500 pull requests since the first release of 18.x "Leia"
  • Over 5,500 changed files
  • 600,000 lines of code added, changed or removed
  • significant improvements to meta-data handling
  • New Matrix-inspired visualization
  • Database and meta-data improvements
  • Many more improvements
  • Kodi 19 replaces the old XML meta-data scrapers with Python
  • Most new features here revolve around usability

49:50 Nextcloud Hub

Nextcloud Blog Post

  • High performance back end for Nextcloud files
  • Wide range of performance improvements
  • Nextcloud talk improvements
    • Debuts message status indicators
    • Raise hand feature
    • Group conversation description
    • And more!
  • Wide Range of Groupware improvements
    • drag’n’drop
    • Nicer threading in Mail
    • Syncing social media avatars in Contacts

53:00 Firefox 86 Released

Mozilla Blog Post

  • New Features

    • Total Cookie Protection (each site gets it's own ("cookie jar")
    • Multiple videos Picture-in-Picture

  • Fixed Issues

    • Reader mode now works with local HTML pages
    • Orca and other screen reader fixes
    • Reader View links have more color contrast
    • various security fixes

55:00 New Platform for the Show

-- 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!

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]]> The Gnome team is revamping multi-monitor support. Firefox 86 is released and features Total Cookie Protection to make cross site tracking more difficult increasing user privacy. Kodi 19 has landed with a lot of new features around metadata and a better music interface.

-- During The Show --

How to rename USB Audio interface? - Steve

pacmd update-sink-proplist alsa_output.usb-c-Media_electronics_inc._USB-Audio_Device-00.analog-stereo.2 device.description=What-We-Call-It-Now

Self Hosted Music - Sloth56

Self host or managed services - Mike

18:15 RHCSA Training - Adam

23:15 Linux Accessibility - Brendan

  • Trackball + Onboard on screen keyboard

27:50 Affiliate link for register4less? - Jerremy

  • 14.99/yr
  • Privacy included
  • Free email aliases
  • Free 10MB of web hosting (no SSL)
  • Sub Accounts for managing
  • Customer service is beyond amazing

29:45 Pick of the Week

Open IAS

  • Game Clock (count down/up)
  • Adjust on the fly
  • Keyboard Bindings
  • Set Team Logo
  • Multiple Scoreboard Tabs
  • Control multiple Scoreboard scoreboards through one control window.
  • Packaged as an AppImage
  • Cross Platform
  • FOSS

34:20 Gadget of the Week

BitBarista

BitBarista: fully autonomous coffee machine built using Raspberry Pi and Bitcoin

  • Pi Controlling the BitBarista uses Raspbian
  • Uses Electrum for the BitCoin payments.
  • Code is on GitHub
  • Pays people to restock it
  • Can even call a technician to get repairs

36:40 Multi-Monitor on Gnome 40

Gnome Blog Post

  • Workspaces changes on primary monitor by default
  • Supports changing workspaces on all displays
  • Introduction of the workspaces navigator on secondary display
  • Transitioning to Horizontal workspaces

  • New additional shortcuts

    • switch workspaces will be Super+Alt+←/→.
    • Moving windows between workspaces will be Super+Alt+Shift+←/→.
    • Super+Alt+↑ will also open the overview and then app grid
    • Super+Alt+↓ will close them

  • These directional keyboard shortcuts have matching touch-pad gestures:

    • Three-finger swipes left and right will switch workspaces
    • Three-finger swipes up and down will open the overview and app grid

  • Gnome is doing and explaining changes in the open

44:00 Kodi 19.0 (Matrix)

Kodi Article

  • Nearly 50 developers contributed code
  • About 5,000 commits
  • Over 1,500 pull requests since the first release of 18.x "Leia"
  • Over 5,500 changed files
  • 600,000 lines of code added, changed or removed
  • significant improvements to meta-data handling
  • New Matrix-inspired visualization
  • Database and meta-data improvements
  • Many more improvements
  • Kodi 19 replaces the old XML meta-data scrapers with Python
  • Most new features here revolve around usability

49:50 Nextcloud Hub

Nextcloud Blog Post

  • High performance back end for Nextcloud files
  • Wide range of performance improvements
  • Nextcloud talk improvements
    • Debuts message status indicators
    • Raise hand feature
    • Group conversation description
    • And more!
  • Wide Range of Groupware improvements
    • drag’n’drop
    • Nicer threading in Mail
    • Syncing social media avatars in Contacts

53:00 Firefox 86 Released

Mozilla Blog Post

  • New Features

    • Total Cookie Protection (each site gets it's own ("cookie jar")
    • Multiple videos Picture-in-Picture

  • Fixed Issues

    • Reader mode now works with local HTML pages
    • Orca and other screen reader fixes
    • Reader View links have more color contrast
    • various security fixes

55:00 New Platform for the Show

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