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  • Ask Noah Show 510

    Ask Noah Show 510
    Oct 13 2026

    This week we dig into the major story that a developer has created a clean room version of the Adobe Creative Cloud! We give some career advice to a long time teacher, and we talk about the effects of ai in software development.

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    00:50 Intro

    • We want to be your Linux IT Guys
    • If you want deeper dives write in!
    • Please send your feed back and questions, or call in

    04:04 Career - Lou

    • "Grey beard techniques"
    • Adapting skills to an interview
    • College degrees
    • Being able to answer questions knowledgeably
    • Current and applicable certifications
    • Ask about career academies
    • Offer to teach IT courses

    16:42 News Wire

    • KDE Frameworks 6.31.0 - kde.org

    • Python 3.15 - python.org

    • Rust 1.99 - blog.rust-lang.org

    • Snapd 2.78 - launchpad.net

    • Docker 29.9 - docker.com

    • Deno - deno.com

    • Q4OS 6.10 - q4os.org

    • Ubuntu on RISC-V - ubuntu.com

    • QGIS AI Ban - github.com

    • Kernel Devs Remove "Assisted By" Tag - phoronix.com

    • Free AI Scanner - thehackernews.com

    • Ubuntu Summit - ubuntu.com

    17:55 AI Created Adobe Clones

    • Artcraft
    • Clean room design
    • Decompiling code
    • Covered all over, more than just "nerds"
    • This project and developer has started something
    • arstechnica.com

    28:56 Effect of AI on Software Development

    • Major thought points
    • Why does AI not allow better software?
    • Automated testing
    • Non-critical vs critical software
    • Maintainer ship over time
    • Using AI and CI CD to continue a project
    • Danger of AI being too enticing
    • Managing AI
    • Time boxing
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    54 min
  • Ask Noah Show 509

    Ask Noah Show 509
    Oct 6 2026
    This week Steve gives us a deep dive into performance tuning, and we talk about how your body's memory functions. -- During The Show -- 00:50 Intro Subsisting greeting variablesAccessible memoryStrength of memoryReading and writing builds "Accessible memory"Teaching builds "Strength of memory"Go look up "space repetition"Reader come home bookYouTube if you check their sources 17:55 News Wire OpenSSL Security Update - github.comGit 2.56 - github.blogThunderbird 157 - thunderbird.netFirefox 157 firefox.com - firefox.comShotcut 26.9 - phoronix.comTails 7.14 - torproject.orgParrot OS 7.4 - parrotsec.orgOpenMandriva ROME 26.09 - openmandriva.orgNitrux 7.0 - opensourcefeed.orgAntix 26.1 - antixlinux.comSMTP Backdoors - infosecurity-magazine.comCOSMIC Desktop No Longer Accepts AI Content - reddit.comBeam AI - fortune.comGoogle Halts Open Source Bug Bounty Program - bleepingcomputer.com 19:15 Performance Tuning Defaults are someone guessing at a "safe option"Three hosts being tuned NAS (file server)vHost (virtual disks live here)Container HostWhen should you performance tune? BroadcastingNetworks (ISPs)The more "dense" the more benefitsTuneDZFS "Adaptive Replacement Cache" (ARC) Default is 50% of RAMSwap file System doesn't empty on its ownARC stats Hits and missesResets on rebootMemory pressureSwapyness 60 is the defaultthe "cliff rate"Tuned to around 10%-30% on "performance profiles"System starts swapping before you hit zero RAMZFS record size Record size is the "Maximum" not "Fixed size"Media Library 1MPostgres 16KZFS write amplification (8k writes to 1M records hurt)AI study bot rulesMan systemd.directivesWrite in and tell us if you want more! Extra Credit: What to search after the show ZFS ARC TuningZFS Record Size ZFS send receive preserves record sizeRecord size is per "data set" not directoryRecord size only affects new writes"zfs_dirty_data_max" vs "vm.dirty_ratio""QEMU "cache=none" O_DIRECT"Postgres on NFS PGDATA caveats"Tuned-adm virtual-host" hypervisor profile (The one nobody mentions)Tuned profile format "sysctl" vs "main" the plugin/argument splitNFS mount options (the client side fix)"vmstat" reading swap columns correctly -- 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 -- Noah - KernellinuxAsk Noah ShowAltispeed Technologies
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    54 min
  • Ask Noah Show 508

    Ask Noah Show 508
    Sep 30 2026
    This week Steve gives a brief overview into human factors that lead to distraction, Steve finally finds a use for KDE and we talk IP cameras and NVRs! -- During The Show -- 00:50 distractions Human minds work kinda like RAMLearning how to learnComputers are terrible for learningShort term memory slotsLong term memory slotsNoah's methodTyping vs writingAlways outliersMinimizing distractionsNon-constructive hobbies 19:30 Steve's Use for KDE Nvidia ShieldPlasma Big ScreenComes with everythingSteve's customisationEarly daysPro series Nvidia ShieldSpecial "DRM Code"Vero VWaydroidEmulator vs Browser DRM 30:00 efivarfs full - John ScreenshotEFI vars partitionProceed with caution 33:45 FrigateONVIF compliant camerasIsoloate camera's from the internetPOE ReoLink camerasAxis camerasAxis P3226Cameras with SD cardsOpenSurvANS 483ANS 474 - drive longevity, replacement strategies, and setup maintenanceANS 404 - Steve's personal adventures and configuration tips using FrigateANS 402 - hardware demands of running Frigate, noting performance hurdles 46:50 News Wire Systemd 262 - phoronix.comGNU Cash 5.17 - gnucash.orgPeazip 11.3 - github.ioGNU wget 2.3 - gnu.orgGnome 50.5 - gnome.orgMir 2.30 - canonical.comCosmic 1.9 - phoronix.comGravity Linux - github.comFile notification system vulnerability - techxplore.comNew Spectre Vulnerability - thehackernews.com10 Second Kernel Compile Times - tomshardware.comDutch Government Linux - trendingtopics.euThe GNU project has turned 43. 48:28 Chrome Web Browser Chrome caused KDE Plasma to crashCulprit is Chrome 154.0.8037.57Symptom is screen locker malfunctions -- 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 -- Noah - KernellinuxAsk Noah ShowAltispeed Technologies
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    54 min
  • Ask Noah Show 507

    Ask Noah Show 507
    Sep 23 2026
    This week Mike McGrath Vice President, Core Platforms for Red Hat joins us to give us the deep dive on Lightwell! -- During The Show -- 00:50 Intro Iron sharpens IronFeedback 01:50 Show Feedback - Joshua Talking fast at the end of the showInserting tutorial style content 04:05 Lightwell Interview Mike McGrath - Vice President, Core PlatformsWhat is Red Hat LightwellWhere Lightwell came fromIllustration scenarioUsing AI but interfacing "Human to Human"Two tiers of LightwellLightwell "Network" repoLightwell "Remediated" repoLightwell "Undisclosed" repoHow it worksDoes Lightwell address compliance requirements?RemediationWhat does using Lightwell look like?Software Bill of MaterialsClearing house with SLADetails really matterPackage versioningScanner false positives based on versioningOSV.dev, Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange (VEX) dataOpen Source packages, scanning and remediationHow often does upstream reject patches?Has Lightwell opened doors?Any notable success stories?What does Lightwell's roadmap look like?Where is Lightwell appropriate?What metrics and KPIs should IT leaders look for?Walk me through a typical developer workflowCost benefit analysisHow does Lightwell integrate with existing Red Hat products?Previously on ANS 343, ANS 416, ANS 443, ANS 494 43:55 News Wire GNU Core Utils 9.12 - phoronix.comCalibre 9.15 - https://calibre-ebook.com/whats-newThunderbird 156 - thunderbird.netFirefox 156 - firefox.comGnome 51 - gnome.orgQ4OS 6.9 - q4os.orgGaruda Nix - garudalinux.orgMXLinus 25.3 - mxlinux.orgOvirt-engine on Oracle Linux - oracle.comQwen Image 2.1 - qwen.aiUS District Court AI Ruling - devops.com 45:10 Microsoft Ports Co-pilot with Ai $120,000 in AI tokens spent to port800,000 lines of code5,300 human hours to review16x faster based on benchmarksReaction of an actual developerCan't put toothpaste back in the tubeEffect of Microsoft doing thisThe Register -- 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 -- Noah - KernellinuxAsk Noah ShowAltispeed TechnologiesSpecial Guest: Mike McGrath.
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    54 min
  • Ask Noah Show 506

    Ask Noah Show 506
    Sep 16 2026
    This week Steve gives the deep dive into the reason and the how for documentation. It's an essential thing in any IT environment, it doesn't get nearly enough love so we shine a spotlight on it. -- During The Show -- 00:45 Intro Sound effectsRPG Web UINever Winter NightsKansas CitySteve and traveling 09:18 News Wire GTK 4.24 - gnome.orgShotwell 33 - gnome.orgAgama Installer 24 - github.ioCosmic v1.8 https://www.phoronix.com/news/COSMIC-Epoch-1.8Debian 13.7 Trixie - debian.orgMocaccinoOS 26.09 - mocaccino.orgDietPi 10.7 - dietpi.comKaOS 2026.09 - kaosx.usUbuntu 24.04.5 - phoronix.comSandbox Challenge - securityweek.comLunar Exploration Model - ibm.comCUDA-Q Expands - nvidia.com 10:30 Documentation Document "why" something was doneAssumption and argumentWhat needs to be documentedReproducer - Blow it away and set it up againDocument everythingWhy do people resist documentingExecutive vs Technical SummariesTribal knowledgeStyles of documentationWhite papersCMAWhat should you NOT documentProcess of documentingWhere do you documentWiki.jsMarkdownSteve's container documentationSteve's GitHubSteve's Red Hat profileHackaday -- 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 -- Noah - KernellinuxAsk Noah ShowAltispeed Technologies
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  • Ask Noah Show 505

    Ask Noah Show 505
    Sep 8 2026

    This week Noah and Steve get into a fireside chat about Ai. Where is it okay to turn it loose, and where do some guardrails need to be in place?

    -- During The Show --

    00:50 Intro

    • Butterfly Effect movie
    • Open AI models and weights
    • Effect of trying to squeeze out open source

    04:48 Cyclical computing - David

    • The new topology
    • Normal people vs home lab
    • Long way to go
    • Hardware costs
    • Restricting doesn't work
    • AI and responsibility

    20:50 News Wire

    • Audacity 4.0 - audacityteam.org

    • Firefox 155 - firefox.com

    • Thunderbird 155 - thunderbird.net

    • Mir 2.29 - canonical.com

    • Curl 8.22 - daniel.haxx.se

    • Docker 29.8 - docs.docker.com

    • OpenVPN 2.7.7 - openvpn.net

    • Linux 7.1 EOL - endoflife.date

    • Tails 7.12 - torproject.org

    • Open Source Camera - petapixel.com

    • Vulcan Robotics - banyanhill.com

    • Automotive and Media Targeted - securityweek.com

    • Abu Dhabi AI - reuters.com

    22:10 AI Fireside Chat

    • Securing the supply chain
    • Home Lab responsibilities
    • Transition to managed services
    • AI security tools
    • Passwords
    • Steve lets AI loose on his Home Assistant
    • AI mistakes
    • AI breakouts
    • Constraining AI
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    54 min
  • Ask Noah Show 504

    Ask Noah Show 504
    Sep 2 2026
    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 weekBraden Stroot EngineerRecent Linux convert 01:55 Standing Desks - Byron Finishing final editsWill be up on the docs site 02:57 LLM Usage - Jeremy Will AI hamper innovation?Could allow people more "innovation time"Innovation vs modificationDealing with AI submissions 10:00 News Wire Libreoffice 26.8 - libreoffice.orgOpenshot 4.0 - openshot.orgKdenlive 26.08 - kdenlive.orgCalibre 9.14 - calibre-ebook.comCosmic 1.7 - phoronix.comArdour 9.8 - ardor.orgVanilla OS 3 - vanillaos.orgEndeavourOS Titan Nova - endeavouros.comUr Project - phoronix.comEpic Games Store Linux Support - steamdeckhq.comMicroduck - techcrunch.comNvidia Buys Hugging Face - theinformation.comDebian Allows Responsible AI - debian.orgLinus Torvalds AI Demo - freedesktop.orgCA Age Verification Law Exemption - tomshardware.com 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 CosmicBuilding a computerRough edges of developing DENobara LinuxCachyOS and HyprlandDesktop performanceLearning topics to fix problemsAudio on LinuxWhat rough edges did you find?Package availabilityStability of ArchUpdate frequencyWhat made you interested in Hyprland?My Linux 4 Work ML4WIs Linux only for geeks?Never going back "switch flip"Remote into a MacRustDeskWhat hardware platform would you choose?Framework LaptopEvery OS has rough edgesWhat causes you to still reach for the Mac?What audio work do you do?ArdourZynthianEasy EffectsRoom 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 -- Noah - KernellinuxAsk Noah ShowAltispeed TechnologiesSpecial Guest: Braden Stroot.
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  • Ask Noah Show 503

    Ask Noah Show 503
    Aug 26 2026
    This week we talk about alternative ways to remote into your PC. Eric the IT guy joins us to talk about BootC, and we celebrate Linux' 35 birthday! -- During The Show -- 00:48 Intro Being a perfectionistPLA 3D printing 06:00 Remoting in - David Archiving 35mm photos and 8mm filmMainframesSunshine and Moonlight over TailscaleCyclical trendsConvergence deviceInterface to the "mainframe""Hack" steam streaming 15:41 BootC Interview EricTheItGuy - Eric HendricksWhat is bootcWhy bootc?Roll back and reproduce-abilityUpdatesTroubleshootingInitial experienceWhat you should know firstMind shiftLocal bootcAdvantages of bootcGetting startedInstalling the desktopEric's bootc pitch 41:30 Happy Birthday Linux Linux turns 35 years oldImpact of Linux on SteveImpact of Linux on EricImpact of Linux on NoahThe world runs Linux9 to 5 Linux 49:24 Struggling with "Good Enough" Building bridgesLoosing sight of the MVPSteve's exampleEric's exampleBeing good stewardsWrite in! News Wire KDE Gear 26.08 has been released Filezilla 3.71 is now available RPM 6.1 is out Rust 1.98 has been released COSMIC Desktop 1.6 is now available Thunderbird 154 is out Firefox 154 is also out The GNU Linux-libre 7.2-gnu has been released The tails team has announced the availability of Tails 7.11 Garuda Linux has pushed out its latest release Slackware based Porteux 2.8 is now out OpenAI Open Sources Codex Harness Framework TrueFoundry's open source AI agent harness TrueForge boasts 30%-75% cheaper task completion than Claude Managed Agents AT&T is Using Open Source Models to Curb Anthropic Bills A New Nonprofit Aims to Build Open-Source Software for the ARM Industry -- 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 -- Noah - KernellinuxAsk Noah ShowAltispeed Technologies
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