Episode 319: Ask Noah Show 319

This hour we talk about NY right to repair bill! We discuss The fediverse is getting attention from mainstream media, and people are leaving Twitter to join Mastadon.

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Steve's Mini Rant

• Getting Sats
• Supporting Creators
• Centralized vs Decentralized
• Expectations

10:28 Thinkpad T470 - Charlie

• Don't use non OEM batteries in thinkpads
• Seabios, Coreboot, Libreboot
• Run a ThinkPad off solar

14:30 Slideshow Creators - Bhikhu

• Photo Film Strip Debian Repo
• Imagination
• Netlabels
• Ektoplazm
• Eye of Gnome (Photos)
• Markdown Slide Shows

19:00 Listener Responds about sleep - Friso

• Arch Wiki - Wake Up Triggers
• Arch Wiki - Waking From Suspend with USB
• NextCloud Github Link
• Udev Rule in /etc/udev/rules.d/logitech-unifying.rules

`ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", DRIVERS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="046d", ATTRS{idProduct}=="c534", ATTR{power/wakeup}="disabled", ATTR{driver/1-4/power/wakeup}="disabled"`

• H3 Odroid

21:26 TV Boxes - Tony

• Nvidia Shield
  • IR receiver disabled
  • New remote has mic in it
• OSMC Vero
• Odroid H3
• Smarters Link
• LibreElec

25:00 Caller Tony

• Migrate from Office365
  • File Help Ticket
  • Prove Organizational Ownership
  • Request Admin reset

29:28 News Wire

• Unity Desktop

  • Its Foss

• Gnome 43.2
  Gitlab

• Handbrake 1.6

  • Git Hub

• Vanilla OS

  • Its Foss

• LineageOS 20

  • LineageOS

• Calculate Linux 23

  • Linux IAC

• OSV Scanner

  • Infoq

• WordPress Malware

  • The Hacker News

• IPFire 2.27

  • Linux Security

• PinePhone Pro Display

  • Phoronix

• Linux Accel Subsystem

  • Phoronix

• Slimbook Kymera Ventus

  • 9 to 5 Linux

• Steam Linux Metrics

  • Phoronix

• Steam Deck Playable Games

  • Gaming on Linux

• Top Played Steam Games

  • Gaming on Linux

31:48 Small Business Questions - Jason

• Allot time for testing
• Be careful with fixed bid
• Bid high
• Add 20%
• Clients don't want to pay you to learn
• Don't learn in production
• Standard rates average $100-$200/hr
• Split the project into parts

38:13 Fediverse is Awesome!

• EFF Link
• Ars Technica Link
• Mastodon
• Activity Pub
• Tech can't save us from ourselves
• How we fix things
• Right to voice your opinion, no right to be heard
• What would pull you off your social media platform?

46:39 NY Right to Repair Bill

• ARS Technica Link
• Huge Win
• Lots of exceptions
  • Business to Business
  • Business to Gov
  • Equipment not sold to consumers
  • Medical Devices
  • Motor Vehicles
  • Off Road Equipment
  • Home Appliances
• Can opt to provide "assemblies"
• Companies don't want you to fix and maintain

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