app01 Mon, 21 Sep 2026 23:41:23 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Ask Noah Show - Episodes Tagged with “Engineer” https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/tags/engineer Tue, 01 Sep 2026 20:00:00 -0500 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 Ask Noah Show 504 https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/504 061bfb42-9777-48df-bf25-07359095c7b5 Tue, 01 Sep 2026 20:00:00 -0500 Noah J. Chelliah full Noah J. Chelliah This week we spent time with Braden Stroot, a highly detail-oriented professional engineer who was a hardcore Mac enthusiast and recently switched to Linux. He walks us through his journey to Linux and shares the distro and environment he’s chosen to meet his high bar for perfection on the Linux desktop. 53:51 no <p>This week we spent time with Braden Stroot, a highly detail-oriented professional engineer who was a hardcore Mac enthusiast and recently switched to Linux. He walks us through his journey to Linux and shares the distro and environment he’s chosen to meet his high bar for perfection on the Linux desktop. </p> <h3><strong>-- During The Show --</strong></h3> <h4>00:48 Intro</h4> <ul> <li>Been a week</li> <li>Braden Stroot <ul> <li>Engineer</li> <li>Recent Linux convert</li> </ul></li> </ul> <h4>01:55 Standing Desks - Byron</h4> <ul> <li>Finishing final edits</li> <li>Will be up on the docs site</li> </ul> <h4>02:57 LLM Usage - Jeremy</h4> <ul> <li>Will AI hamper innovation?</li> <li>Could allow people more "innovation time"</li> <li>Innovation vs modification</li> <li>Dealing with AI submissions</li> </ul> <h4>10:00 News Wire</h4> <ul> <li><p>Libreoffice 26.8 - <a href="https://www.libreoffice.org/release-notes/" rel="nofollow noopener">libreoffice.org</a></p></li> <li><p>Openshot 4.0 - <a href="https://www.openshot.org/blog/2026/08/30/openshot-40-record-edit-color-like-never-before/" rel="nofollow noopener">openshot.org</a></p></li> <li><p>Kdenlive 26.08 - <a href="https://kdenlive.org/news/releases/26.08.0/" rel="nofollow noopener">kdenlive.org</a></p></li> <li><p>Calibre 9.14 - <a href="https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/generated/en/calibre.html" rel="nofollow noopener">calibre-ebook.com</a></p></li> <li><p>Cosmic 1.7 - <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/COSMIC-Epoch-1.7" rel="nofollow noopener">phoronix.com</a></p></li> <li><p>Ardour 9.8 - <a href="https://ardour.org/whatsnew.html" rel="nofollow noopener">ardor.org</a></p></li> <li><p>Vanilla OS 3 - <a href="https://vanillaos.org/blog" rel="nofollow noopener">vanillaos.org</a></p></li> <li><p>EndeavourOS Titan Nova - <a href="https://endeavouros.com/news/titan-nova-is-available/" rel="nofollow noopener">endeavouros.com</a></p></li> <li><p>Ur Project - <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/The-Ur-Project" rel="nofollow noopener">phoronix.com</a></p></li> <li><p>Epic Games Store Linux Support - <a href="https://steamdeckhq.com/news/epic-games-store-will-support-linux-soon/" rel="nofollow noopener">steamdeckhq.com</a></p></li> <li><p>Microduck - <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/27/hugging-face-is-selling-a-cute-399-open-source-duck-robot-microduck/" rel="nofollow noopener">techcrunch.com</a></p></li> <li><p>Nvidia Buys Hugging Face - <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/nvidia-agrees-buy-open-source-model-repository-hugging-face-12-9-billion" rel="nofollow noopener">theinformation.com</a></p></li> <li><p>Debian Allows Responsible AI - <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2026/vote_002" rel="nofollow noopener">debian.org</a></p></li> <li><p>Linus Torvalds AI Demo - <a href="https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2026-August/590630.html" rel="nofollow noopener">freedesktop.org</a></p></li> <li><p>CA Age Verification Law Exemption - <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/california-lawmakers-unanimously-pass-linux-exemption-from-age-verification-law-software-distributed-under-the-gpl-mit-bsd-and-apache-licenses-are-exempt" rel="nofollow noopener">tomshardware.com</a></p></li> </ul> <h4>Braden Stroot Interview</h4> <ul> <li>Why did you become an engineer?</li> <li>What did you use before?</li> <li>When did you start using Linux?</li> <li>Started with <a href="https://system76.com/pop" rel="nofollow noopener">Pop!_OS</a> and <a href="https://system76.com/cosmic" rel="nofollow noopener">Cosmic</a></li> <li>Building a computer</li> <li>Rough edges of developing DE</li> <li><a href="https://nobaraproject.org/" rel="nofollow noopener">Nobara</a> Linux</li> <li><a href="https://cachyos.org/" rel="nofollow noopener">CachyOS</a> and <a href="https://hypr.land/" rel="nofollow noopener">Hyprland</a></li> <li>Desktop performance</li> <li>Learning topics to fix problems</li> <li>Audio on Linux</li> <li>What rough edges did you find?</li> <li>Package availability</li> <li>Stability of Arch</li> <li>Update frequency</li> <li>What made you interested in Hyprland?</li> <li>My Linux 4 Work <a href="https://www.ml4w.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">ML4W</a></li> <li>Is Linux only for geeks?</li> <li>Never going back "switch flip"</li> <li>Remote into a Mac</li> <li>RustDesk</li> <li>What hardware platform would you choose?</li> <li><a href="https://frame.work/" rel="nofollow noopener">Framework Laptop</a></li> <li>Every OS has rough edges</li> <li>What causes you to still reach for the Mac?</li> <li>What audio work do you do?</li> <li><a href="https://ardour.org/" rel="nofollow noopener">Ardour</a></li> <li><a href="https://zynthian.org/" rel="nofollow noopener">Zynthian</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/wwmm/easyeffects" rel="nofollow noopener">Easy Effects</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.roomeqwizard.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">Room EQ Wizard</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/504" rel="nofollow noopener">This Episode's Podcast Dashboard</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah" rel="nofollow noopener">Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys</a></p> <p>Join us in our dedicated chatroom <a 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> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.asknoahshow.com" rel="nofollow noopener">Ask Noah Dashboard</a></p> </blockquote> <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> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.altispeed.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">Altispeed Technologies</a></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Contact Noah</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>live [at] asknoahshow.com</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>-- Twitter --</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/kernellinux" rel="nofollow noopener">Noah - Kernellinux</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/asknoahshow" rel="nofollow noopener">Ask Noah Show</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/altispeed" rel="nofollow noopener">Altispeed Technologies</a> Special Guest: Braden Stroot.</li> </ul> This week we spent time with Braden Stroot, a highly detail-oriented professional engineer who was a hardcore Mac enthusiast and recently switched to Linux. He walks us through his journey to Linux and shares the distro and environment he’s chosen to meet his high bar for perfection on the Linux desktop.

-- During The Show --

00:48 Intro

  • Been a week
  • Braden Stroot
    • Engineer
    • Recent Linux convert

01:55 Standing Desks - Byron

  • Finishing final edits
  • Will be up on the docs site

02:57 LLM Usage - Jeremy

  • Will AI hamper innovation?
  • Could allow people more "innovation time"
  • Innovation vs modification
  • Dealing with AI submissions

10:00 News Wire

Braden Stroot Interview

  • Why did you become an engineer?
  • What did you use before?
  • When did you start using Linux?
  • Started with Pop!_OS and Cosmic
  • Building a computer
  • Rough edges of developing DE
  • Nobara Linux
  • CachyOS and Hyprland
  • Desktop performance
  • Learning topics to fix problems
  • Audio on Linux
  • What rough edges did you find?
  • Package availability
  • Stability of Arch
  • Update frequency
  • What made you interested in Hyprland?
  • My Linux 4 Work ML4W
  • Is Linux only for geeks?
  • Never going back "switch flip"
  • Remote into a Mac
  • RustDesk
  • What hardware platform would you choose?
  • Framework Laptop
  • Every OS has rough edges
  • What causes you to still reach for the Mac?
  • What audio work do you do?
  • Ardour
  • Zynthian
  • Easy Effects
  • Room EQ Wizard

-- 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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-- Stay In Touch --

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-- During The Show --

00:48 Intro

  • Been a week
  • Braden Stroot
    • Engineer
    • Recent Linux convert

01:55 Standing Desks - Byron

  • Finishing final edits
  • Will be up on the docs site

02:57 LLM Usage - Jeremy

  • Will AI hamper innovation?
  • Could allow people more "innovation time"
  • Innovation vs modification
  • Dealing with AI submissions

10:00 News Wire

Braden Stroot Interview

  • Why did you become an engineer?
  • What did you use before?
  • When did you start using Linux?
  • Started with Pop!_OS and Cosmic
  • Building a computer
  • Rough edges of developing DE
  • Nobara Linux
  • CachyOS and Hyprland
  • Desktop performance
  • Learning topics to fix problems
  • Audio on Linux
  • What rough edges did you find?
  • Package availability
  • Stability of Arch
  • Update frequency
  • What made you interested in Hyprland?
  • My Linux 4 Work ML4W
  • Is Linux only for geeks?
  • Never going back "switch flip"
  • Remote into a Mac
  • RustDesk
  • What hardware platform would you choose?
  • Framework Laptop
  • Every OS has rough edges
  • What causes you to still reach for the Mac?
  • What audio work do you do?
  • Ardour
  • Zynthian
  • Easy Effects
  • Room EQ Wizard

-- 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

Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys

Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix

-- Stay In Touch --

Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard

Ask Noah Dashboard

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!

Altispeed Technologies

Contact Noah

live [at] asknoahshow.com

-- Twitter --

Special Guest: Braden Stroot.

Support Ask Noah Show

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