Episode 94: IBM Buys Red Hat

October 30th, 2018  |  59 mins 56 secs

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In the largest software company acquisition in history, tech giant IBM has purchased Red Hat for 34 billion dollars. The open source community was shocked and devastated at first but is it too soon to judge? What has IBM really purchased a product or a culture? We explain why this could be the best thing ever to happen to Linux and FOSS!

Episode 93: The Open Source Broadcast Appliance

October 27th, 2018  |  59 mins 56 secs

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Fred Gleason has worked for years to develop a open source Linux based broadcasting appliance. Rivendell can be used for the acquisition, management, scheduling and playout of audio content. It has all of the features one would expect in a modern, fully-fledged automation system, including support for both PCM and MPEG audio encoding, full voicetracking and log customization as well as support for a wide variety of third party software and hardware. Fred joins us this hour to tell us the story of how Rivendell can make anyone a headache free broadcaster.

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 91: Business Backup Tips

October 22nd, 2018  |  59 mins 56 secs

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If you have data, that data should be backed up. If you own a business or manage the IT infrastructure for a business than your backup strategy needs to be reliable, straightforward, and functional. Have you ever wondered what happens to the backup should you be hit by a bus? We tackle that question, dive into some SQLite CoC drama, and chat with Simon Quigly about the latest Qt release.

Episode 90: Building a WISP and CCTV

October 16th, 2018  |  59 mins 55 secs

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It's family friendly, we promise! You know that Linux succeeded where others fail, but did you know that cam girls are turning to Linux for it's reliability, stability, and functionality? We cover this amusing reddit thread, give you an update on the car dealership camera install. We touch a little on visualization, and as always - take your calls at the front of the line!

Episode 89: Privacy Matters

October 9th, 2018  |  59 mins 55 secs

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Supermicro suffered a huge security breach that gave the Chinese government access to servers manufactured with Supermicro boards. This revelation has caused companies like Apple and Amazon to distance themselves from the popular server manufacture. Unifi has announced that their new "Unifi Protect" will only be available on their hardware and not user built boxes. We dive into all of this plus an update from Simon Quigley on Lubuntu 18.10!

Episode 88: Kubernetes & Containers

October 2nd, 2018  |  59 mins 57 secs

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Have you ever wanted to know what containers and Kubernetes are all about? This week we try something new – Steve Ovens from Red Hat has produced a segment on containers for us. We talk about the latest release of Zabbix, and Noah gives the details of a client who wants Altispeed to build a mini WISP in their city. It’s a packed show!

Episode 87: This is How You Should Store Your Data

September 25th, 2018  |  59 mins 56 secs

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In this episode your calls drove the show and that's the show we set out to do! We talk storage, LVM, hard disk configuration, SteamOS, troubleshoot an OBS box, and still find time break the news about the new and best way to listen to The Ask Noah Show live!

Episode 86: Linus Takes a Break

September 18th, 2018  |  59 mins 57 secs

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Linus Torvalds has decided he needs a break so he can understand people and their emotions better. The kernel has finally adopted a code of conduct based on the contributor covenant. No one knows more about codes of conduct than Paul M. Jones. Paul joins us in the second half of the program to help us explore the situation and give us some insight into what we can expect for the future of Linux.

Episode 85: Does This Make FOSS Better or Worse

September 11th, 2018  |  59 mins 55 secs

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Does the "Commons Clause" help the commons? The Commons Clause was announced recently along with several projects moving portions of their code base under it. It's an additional restriction intended to be applied to existing open source licenses with the effect of preventing the work from being sold. We play devils advocate and tell you why this might not be such a bad thing. As always your calls go to the front of the line, and we give you the details on how you can win free stuff in the Telegram group!