Episode 253: Google Funding FOSS Security

October 5th, 2021  |  56 mins 21 secs

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Google is backing a new project from the Linux Foundation to the tune of $1 million that aims to bolster the security of critical open-source projects. GitLab is going public with their IPO, plus we address your feedback and calls!

Episode 207: Defending Open Source

November 17th, 2020  |  56 mins 21 secs

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

Episode 197: Proper Password Security

September 8th, 2020  |  56 mins 21 secs

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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 183: Tracking Trouble

June 2nd, 2020  |  56 mins 25 secs

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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

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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 121: Sway and Wlroots with Drew DeVault

April 2nd, 2019  |  56 mins 28 secs

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This hour Drew DeVault joins us from sway and wlroots. OpenSSH 8.0 is about to be released and we'll tell you why this means a big increase in security for those that use SSH!

Episode 120: The Power of OpenPower

March 26th, 2019  |  56 mins 21 secs

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In this weeks episode we air out interview with the OpenPower Foundation. The OpenPOWER Foundation is an open technical membership organization that will assist data centers in rethinking their approach to technology. Google, Tyan, Nvidia and Mellanox are all founding members of the OpenPOWER Foundation. OpenPower is an “open source” model for hardware, launched by IBM. It's goals are to expand the open innovation to a Chip-System-Software platform relying on the same advantages as Open Source Software.

Episode 119: Google Stadia

March 19th, 2019  |  57 mins 21 secs

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Google announced its biggest move into the gaming space at GDC. Stadia, a streaming game service is designed to run on everything from PCs and Android phones to Google's own Chromecast devices. DasGeek (Ryan) join us to discuss!

Episode 92: Linus is Back!

October 26th, 2018  |  59 mins 59 secs

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Linus has taken a break while he worked on his tooling to be more socially acceptable. That time is over and Greg KH has officially handed the kernel back to him. We discuss the implication of his return and what it might mean for Linux.

A Google contract has been leaked that shows Google is requiring it’s hardware partners to maintain security patches and updates for at least 2 years.

All that and more in this special edition of The Ask Noah Show!

Episode 84: Better Than Google Titan

September 4th, 2018  |  59 mins 58 secs

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Google is launching it’s own hardware security key for two-factor authentication but there’s a few major problems. From pricing, to security concerns, we break the entire situation down for you. New audio production software is released for Linux, and we talk with a caller about BluRays on Linux and ripping them.