This week we get an update from the Ovens Data Center. Steve migrates a box from Ubuntu to Red Hat, and of course we answer your questions!
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00:50 Intro
Deadly cold weather
Oven's data center update
Spending "cloud money" on local media
05:55 Custom RHEL ISO
ISO build system
Red Hatters building all kinds of custom ISOs
Why a custom ISO
Red Hat Doc (https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html-single/composing_a_customized_rhel_system_image/index)
Why switch to RHEL
Professional Linux support
Mixed environment?
20:20 CES
POE powered TV
ArsTechnica Atricle (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/the-8-most-interesting-pc-monitors-from-ces-2025/)
Basecase (https://getbasecase.com/)
Crowd funding
Questions about interfaces
Powered over barrel connector
Very expensive
29:58 News Wire
Firefox 134 - mozilla.org (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/134.0/releasenotes/)
Flatpak 1.16 - github.com (https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/releases/tag/1.16.0)
KDE Frameworks 6.10 - kde.org (https://kde.org/announcements/frameworks/6/6.10.0/)
Tails 6.11 - blog.torproject.org (https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-611/)
Debian 12.9 - debian.org (https://www.debian.org/News/2025/20250111)
16GB Raspberry PI 5 - raspberrypi.com (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/16gb-raspberry-pi-5-on-sale-now-at-120/)
Nvidia Desktop AI "Super Computer" - theverge.com (https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/8/24339195/nvidia-digits-ai-supercomputer-in-person-photos-small)
Phi-4 Fully Open-Source - venturebeat.com (https://venturebeat.com/ai/microsoft-makes-powerful-phi-4-model-fully-open-source-on-hugging-face/)
Sky-T1-32B-Preview - techcrunch.com (https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/11/researchers-open-source-sky-t1-a-reasoning-ai-model-that-can-be-trained-for-less-than-450/) zdnet.com (https://www.zdnet.com/article/450-and-19-hours-is-all-it-takes-to-rival-openais-o1-preview/)
30:55 Social Media/Decentralized Networks
Mastodon shifting to being owned by a non-profit
Creator wants users in control of Mastodon
People are choosing to embrace the open source decentralized option
Network effect is starting to weaken in favor of interoperability
ArsTechnica (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/mastodon-becomes-nonprofit-to-make-sure-its-never-ruined-by-billionaire-ceo/)
36:15 OpenZFS 2.3
Support for Linux 4.18, up to Linux 6.12 LTS
Adding new devices to existing RaidZ pool
9 to 5 Linux (https://9to5linux.com/openzfs-2-3-is-out-with-linux-6-12-support-raidz-expansion-fast-dedup-and-more)
38:30 Red Hat In-Vehical OS
Standardized domains
ISO 26262 Automotive Safety Integrity Level B (ASIL-B)
thefastmode.com (https://www.thefastmode.com/technology-solutions/38950-red-hat-achieves-functional-safety-certification-for-in-vehicle-operating-system)
41:10 ZFS/QCOW2 - Carey
Double writes
ZFS doesn't support trim
Options
Snapshots
Copying a QCOW2 file can be tricky
47:54 Daughters Internet Access - Vlad
Shut off Internet access entirely
Take the device
Internet is different than technology
49:20 Politics in Software - Max
Does the project throw it in your face?
Be the bigger person
Don't tolerate treating people badly because they don't agree with you
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