Steve gives a deep dive into some of the struggles he's working through in his house. Google has pulled back on their plans to require developer verification.
-- During The Show --
00:45 Intro
Passing the show through AI
Immich
Breaking changes
07:54 Steve Rants Show
How it came about
09:45 Google and Side loading
ANS 457 (https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/457)
Google backs down
How to Geek (https://www.howtogeek.com/google-is-backing-down-android-sideloading/)
Hiding the setting
Best of both worlds
Explaining walled gardens
Why walled gardens are bad
Bubble level app (https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.woheller69.level/)
18:32 When is a Mac appropriate?
Supporting a power user
Specialty scanner
Asked the AI
Accidentally uninstalled mesa
Trouble shooting
When is a Mac appropriate?
Mac's don't fix problems
Mac myths
"solving the problem"
Network effect
Apple print dialog
Making the open source path easy
SimpleHelp (https://simple-help.com/)
PiKVM (https://pikvm.org/)
Tailscale (https://tailscale.com/)
Windows knowledge on Linux
Borrowing hardware
50:50 News Wire
Git 2.52 - github.blog (https://github.blog/open-source/git/highlights-from-git-2-52)
Cmake 4.2 - cmake.org (https://cmake.org/download)
Blender 5.0 - blender.org (https://developer.blender.org/docs/release_notes/5.0)
PHP 8.5 - php.net (https://www.php.net/releases/8.5/en.php)
Protondrive 1.2 - github.com (https://github.com/DonnieDice/protondrive-linux/releases/tag/v1.2.0)
Proxmox 9.1 - proxmox.com (https://www.proxmox.com/en/about/company-details/press-releases/proxmox-virtual-environment-9-1)
Alma Linux 9.7 - almalinux.org (https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-11-17-almalinux_97_release)
Finnix 251 - finnix.org (https://blog.finnix.org/2025/11/17/finnix-251-released)
Pepple Watch 100% Open Source - howtogeek.com (https://www.howtogeek.com/pebble-cuts-through-the-noise-and-goes-open-source)
Zork Open Source - arstechnica.com (https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/11/microsoft-makes-zork-i-ii-and-iii-open-source-under-mit-license)
00:52 Coming up on Ask Noah
Netowrking, proxies, caching
Firefox
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