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Patrick Emerson, director of IT from New Springs Church joins us to talk about their migration from their proprietary walled garden network and storage, to free and open source options. -- During The Show -- 00:55 VPS that accepts physical cash? - Charlie Brown Host that accepts cypto currency Pre-paid credit card 05:30 User Responds to Ventoy - Chris Ineo M.2 NVMe Enclosure Affiliate Link IODD 25...

LibreOffice 7.2 is out, Gnome 41 Beta has been released, we talk streaming infrastructure, a must have networking tool for structured wiring, plus your questions, our picks! -- During The Show -- 02:30 Difference Between CDN - Brian Matrix is designed to bridge chats Early Days/Rough Edges Pachutelive.tv Demo Nginx Restream.io Restreaming Service not CDN Streamyard Paid product Cloud Based/Proprie...

This week there are fantastic FOSS software releases, Element, PineNote, and an open source time keeping device that fits on a PCI card, the company behind the development will blow your mind! -- During The Show -- 01:06 Proton Mail feedback - Patrick SteigerLegal Proton Mail's design make this irrelevant Important to understand were security ends 08:20 Apple vs Privacy - Ben Apple's message doesn...

Apple has announced a new update that will allow scanning of your private photos. Firefox 91 is released, and the new US infrastructure bill means you might be paying per mile to drive an EV. -- During The Show -- 03:00 Manually Connecting Services - Jim Yes look for a developer Make sure you understand what needs doing Andreas Spiess YT Lora Info 07:20 Career Advice? - Robert Start based on Value...

Steve Ovens returns to lay out his plans for his new house as well as ask the community for input on best practices. Standford AIMI center is expanding it's free repository of medical datasets for AI research, and Steam hits 1% Linux users again! -- During The Show -- 01:25 Hardware Keys, Ciphers, SSH - Jordan OpenPGP PKCS11 NitroKey , Onlykey , Yubikey, Solokey , etc secures your key Most secure...

Steve Ovens joins us as we discuss the steam deck, Matrix getting 30 million in funding to polish the rough edges, and with Steve moving into a new house we talk about starting fresh! -- During The Show -- 00:45 Affiliate Link Typo - Chris Feel free to google the model and buy else where Lenovo Dock (Affiliate Link) works with MAC OWC Dock (Affiliate Link) preferred MAC dock 02:50 Unexpected IPv6...

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is warning of world in which no phone is safe from state-sponsored hackers. A new version of Plasma Mobile is out, and Valve has released a portable gaming device, running Arch with KDE! -- During The Show -- 00:30 What Noah uses - Jon Software Distro - Kubuntu/Fedora DE - KDE Plasma Terminator/Konsole Thunderbird Fastmail (Work) Proton Mail (Personal) VLC/MPV Make...

We've received a ton of email asking how to get off Gsuite, and what alternative providers are out there. This week we dig in and go through the top alternatives to Gsuite. -- During The Show -- 00:30 Another Gmail Migration Suggestion - Charims https://imapsync.lamiral.info/ email address: charims@pcwideopen.com 01:00 More Gmail Suggestions - Freddie Import mbox file into Thunderbird then export...

After a privacy policy update to Audacity, a FOSS audio editing software has been forked. Google is forcing new apps to use app bundles instead of APKs starting in August, and Jim Whitehurst steps down from his role just 14 months in. -- During The Show -- 01:00 User Responds to User RE: MBOX - Jay Mbox Viewer Supports files larger than 4G Export all attachments Export in EML Export all to separat...

Mix has a new release, The Linux Foundation is working on an open voice network, the Baltimore PD surveillance plane has been shut down by a judge, and we share what we know about Windows 11, -- During The Show -- 00:45 Cost of RTL 308? - Philip RTL 308 RTL 310 I to am waiting on pricing 02:40 Networking Help - Jordan New DHCP lease also triggers a fresh ARP entry 05:00 Help Leaving Gmail - Lucas...

This week we're focusing on your questions! We take your calls, answer emails, and with the help of the community we solve some Linux problems! -- During The Show -- 02:40 Caller - Bret Vendor agnostic hybrid conference room Audio: Audio-Technica Pro Video: PCI capture device c920 webcam Amazon Affiate Link c930e Webcam Amazon Affiliate Link PTZOPtics Axis Cameras 22:15 Caller - Tony Desktop graph...

Matthew Hodgson returns to the program to discuss the current state of Matrix and the exciting features that are coming! -- During The Show -- 01:40 Freenode Discussion There was a change in Freenode leadership Libera IRC was created IRC server software was changed, effectively killing all existing rooms Article from Conan Kudo 09:50 WiFi SSID Priority - Jordan RSSI "Received Signal Strength Indic...

Kenny from Altispeed joins us to discuss applying the network concepts covered in episodes 226 and 231. Amazon is rolling out a new feature that's sharing your internet, and it's on by default. OBS, KDE, and Firefox all have new versions plus our gadgets and picks! -- During The Show -- 01:20 Controlling Multiple Computers? - Ryan HDMI Matrix switcher for monitors + KVM switch for keyboard, mouse,...

Containers are amazing but managing them one by one can be a nightmare! Steve Ovens joins us as we discuss the best way to manage container workloads with tools like OpenShift and OKD. -- During The Show -- 01:12 - Dave Follows up from EP 212 - Dave Avantree Bluetooth Play/Pause works Volume Buttons change headset volume not desktop volume Mic is clear Not USB-C Another Dongle Volume issues in Mic...

Inkscape has a new release, ChromeOS 91 will support Linux apps out of beta. Sublime Text 4 is out with new features, we look at a peer to peer web browser and we take Natron an open source animation compositor for a spin. -- During The Show -- 01:00 - Accessing Database from website - Steven Nextcloud 64 Audio 05:30 - User responds to TP/Ubiquiti conversation Grand Stream GWN7600 10:30 - User War...

Matrix has revamped communities into spaces! This brings Matrix in line with many other team collaboration software platforms. We talk about a correction to ipv6 privacy, video editing on a Chromebook, Rocky Linux release, and more! -- During The Show -- 00:26 Response to IPv6 segment - Rafal IPv6 has 3 specifications to make the IP address private Combine and Hash the MAC with the IP before addin...

In this episode Steve joins us again to discuss networking. Building on the knowledge from our last episode we dig further into ipv6 and other network technology! -- During The Show -- 01:00 - VLAN question - Scott Management VLan is for admin not printers etc Set the switch to only allow access on the management VLan Use firewall rules to allow or deny cross VLan access 08:10 - Replace Unify with...

Linux Foundation drops the ban-hammer on University of Minnesota over controversial 'research' experiment but there's a twist, the code recently submitted was not part of the research. We feature open source firmware for IP cameras, an all in one access control solution, and SUSE got bought again :) -- During The Show -- 00:45 - Ubuntu and Kernel upgrade question - Michael sudo apt install linux-g...

-- During The Show -- 01:00 - Software to control keyless locks? - Dave FreePBX 3CX VoxTelsys Wiegand Standard Honeywell Netaxs 123 Honeywell WinPak Kerisys System HID Edge EVO (Said Vertex during the show sorry) 12:55 Caller - Tony Q: What Hypervisor do you use? A: Cockpit Cockpit Intro Ansible Role to install and configure Cockpit Linux System Roles Project Q: How do you choose Wireless AP place...

Matthew Miller joins the show to talk about next week's release of Fedora 34, with Gnome 40 and Pipewire there is no shortage of exciting changes coming to the distro. We take your calls, and emails and answer questions! -- During The Show -- 00:50 Multi-Hard Drive Install - M.X.U. If you have the same make/model make sure you know your serial numbers 04:00 Sony WH-1000XM4 headsets help? - Richard...

This episode is all about questions. Networking, home automation, problems booting, we have it all this week as we dig through the email inbox and take your phone calls! -- During The Show -- Garage Door Notifications - Shawn Modern doors have open/closed status Standalone door sensor & tie into access/security system Vista 20P panel Chalk board pictures - Reed Q: Photo Camera for chalkboard A...

Everyone uses a network to access the internet, but how well do you understand the network you use? In this episode Steve Ovens joins us to give a basic network overview as well as answer questions you sent in! -- During The Show -- 02:00 Setting up Network Segment Reverse Proxy - Cameron Nginx Reverse Proxy Kernel networking Issue - James BCM4354 WiFi Card RPM Fusion Link from Conan Kudo Should w...

Fedora 34 Beta is out with Gnome 40. This is a major rework of Gnome and the payoff was worth the wait! -- During 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! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroo...

Apple has rejected important updates to the ProtonVPN iOS app. This decision compromises the ability of the people of Myanmar to preserve their human rights by submitting information to the UN. We discuss a FOSS IT inventory and asset system, and a Raspberry Pi based tablet! -- During The Show -- 00:30 Accounting Software - Greg GNU Cash FOSS Every Dollar Put out by Dave Ramsey Web App/Service Fre...

A federal grand jury today returned an indictment against the Chief Executive Officer and an associate of the Canada-based firm Sky Global on charges that they knowingly and intentionally participated in a criminal enterprise that facilitated the transnational importation and distribution of narcotics through the sale and service of encrypted communications devices. System 76 has a new professiona...