Episode 224: Fighting for Human Rights with Tech

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!

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00:30 Accounting Software - Greg

• GNU Cash

  • FOSS

• Every Dollar

  • Put out by Dave Ramsey
  • Web App/Service
  • Freemium

• KMyMoney

  • From the KDE Project
  • FOSS
  • Good UI

• HomeBank

  • Recomendation from the chat room

06:50 Questions around Peertube - Charlie

• OVH

  • subsidized by Canadian government

• VPS Sizing

  • Network Bandwidth
  • Disk Size
  • CPU/RAM

• Peertube Docs

  • Install
  • Activity Pub
  • Docs Home

• DNS

  • Use your registrar's DNS
  • Setup individual A records

• SSL/TLS

  • Buy a cert
  • Use LetsEncrypt

15:55 Caller John

• RaspberryPi Troubleshooting

• Try a Different Power Supply

• Try a Different SD Card

20:55 Questions About Solar Winds - Hank

• Correct, The Signing key never left their site
• Solarwinds/Sunspot/StellarParticle was hard to defend against

24:30 Matrix Question - Warped

• Axis p5655
• Elgato Stream Deck
• Canon Cameras
• STI is better than HDMI

31:30 Pick of the Week

• SnipeIT

  • Simple developer JSON REST API
  • Pre-defined "kits" for faster checkouts
  • Admin Dashboard
  • Recent Activity Overview
  • Consuables and Asset Tracking
  • License Management
  • Self Host-able

• Have a cloud option

  • 99.99% SLA
  • Full time in house support team
  • Servers across the globe
  • Will help you move to your own self hosted instance

38:30 Gadget of the Week

• Cutiepi

  • BCM2711, Quad-core Cortex-A72 (ARM v8) 64-bit SoC @ 1.5 GHz
  • Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, Wireless, 2GB Lite (CM4102000)
  • 8â€� IPS LCD (1280x800)
  • Li-Po 5000 mAh battery
  • WLAN 2.4 GHz, 5.0 GHz IEEE 802.11 b/g/n/ac
  • Bluetooth 5.0, BLE
  • Rear-facing camera 5MP (1080p)

• I/O ports

  • 1x USB type-A
  • 1x USB type-C (charging and OTG)
  • 1x Micro HDMI
  • 1x MicroSD Card slot

• Pre-orders

  • Now open
  • $200
  • Estimated delivery in July, 2021.

• Cutiepi Github

41:40 Georgio

• Where can I find slide show music
• Incompetec
• Square-Peach.com
• Audioblocks.com Now StoryBlocks.com

45:45 News

• Apple Blocks ProtonVPN App Updates
  • If you have an Apple device complain

53:40 Fedora 34 Beta

• Fedora Magazine Article
• Phoronix Article
• BTRFS Transparent Compression
• Replacing PulseAudio with PipeWire
• Fedora Workstation includes Gnome 40
• KDE Plasma uses Wayland by default
• New I3 Spin, First Tiling Window Manager
• Systemd-oomd on by default for all spins

• Fedora Project Link

  New episode of Open Source Voices out

• Open Source Voices

We will have a Networking Segment on April 6th

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