This week we dig full force into some interesting listener questions. Noah talks about an open source hardware synth, and Steve walks through some of his hardware choices to help you!
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00:50 Intro
Weather
Cooling IT rooms in winter
05:00 Printers, DVD ripping and more - James
Steve has 2 brother printers
Auto Duplexing
Separate printer and scanner
Large business grade units
Ask Noah Show 368 (https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/368)
All in One Brother DCP-L2640DW Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CPLFTPCV)
Budget Brother HL-L2460DW Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CPL2N5H6)
Monochrome Brother HL-6210DW Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CGC9HPNH)
Color Brother HL-L3280CDW Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CFD1G1VT)
Trouble with auto duplexing
Stay away from Lexar
HP printers
Manually add the printer
Change to Jetdirect or IP printer
Pay attention to exact model or most similar
When it goes wrong, it goes really wrong
Your mileage may vary
Canon Color Image Class LBP622Cdw Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QBR7JFV)
Scanner Brother ADS-1200 Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WSJQWVQ)
Containers vs Codecs
MKV vs MP4
Avidemux (https://avidemux.sourceforge.net/)
Ripping as ISOs vs video files
MakeMKV (https://www.makemkv.com/)
MakeMKV Docker Image (https://github.com/jlesage/docker-makemkv)
```
# sudo modprobe sg
services:
makemkv:
image: ghcr.io/jlesage/makemkv:latest
ports:
"5800:5800"
volumes:
"./makemkv:/config:rw"
"./storage:/storage:ro"
"./output:/output:rw"
security_opt: # Fix for apparmor enabled systems
apparmor:unconfined
environment:
USER_ID=1000
GROUP_ID=1000
devices:
"/dev/sr0:/dev/sr0"
"/dev/sg0:/dev/sg0"
```
Christmas movies
Handbrake (https://handbrake.fr/)
FFmpeg (https://ffmpeg.org/)
Transcoding
Run controller at each site
Ubiquiti Cloud Key (https://store.ui.com/us/en/products/uck-g2)
Lots of problems
OVH server
Put basic auth in front
Inbox Zero
Paperless NGX (https://docs.paperless-ngx.com/)
Dump to eml file then import into special Thunderbird
45:14 News Wire
Firefox 146 - firefox.com (https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/146.0/releasenotes/)
Thunderbird 146 - thunderbird.net (https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/146.0/releasenotes/)
KDE Frameworks 6.12 - kde.org (https://kde.org/info/kde-frameworks-6.21.0/)
Cinnamon Desktop 6.6 - itsfoss.com (https://itsfoss.com/news/cinnamon-6-6/)
Mir 2.25 - github.com (https://github.com/canonical/mir/releases/tag/v2.25.0)
Rust 1.92 - blog.rust-lang.org (https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/12/11/Rust-1.92.0/)
AerynOS 2025.12 - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/AerynOS-2025.12)
Kali Linux 2025.4 - kali.org (https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-linux-2025-4-release/)
Pop!_OS 24.04 - itsfoss.com (https://itsfoss.com/news/pop-os-24-04-review/)
PearOS - pearos.xyz (https://pearos.xyz)
MaboxLinux 2025.12 - maboxlinux.org (https://maboxlinux.org/mabox-25-12-improvements-fixes-and-gtk2-farewell/#google_vignette)
Papermoon - thenewstack.io (https://thenewstack.io/papermoon-a-space-grade-linux-for-the-newspace-era/)
01flip Ransomware - esecurityplanet.com (https://www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/rust-based-01flip-ransomware-hits-windows-and-linux/)
React2Shell - thehackernews.com (https://thehackernews.com/2025/12/react2shell-vulnerability-actively.html)
Nomos 1 - venturebeat.com (https://venturebeat.com/ai/nous-research-just-released-nomos-1-an-open-source-ai-that-ranks-second-on)
Nemotron Model - reuters.com (https://www.reuters.com/world/china/nvidia-unveils-new-open-source-ai-models-amid-boom-chinese-offerings-2025-12-15/)
Quilter's AI - venturebeat.com (https://venturebeat.com/ai/quilters-ai-just-designed-an-843-part-linux-computer-that-booted-on-the)
Chatterbox Labs - redhat.com (https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-acquire-chatterbox-labs-frequently-asked-questions)
Agentic AI Group - hackernoon.com (https://hackernoon.com/linux-foundation-launches-agentic-ai-group-to-set-standards-for-autonomous-systems)
Firefox AI Browser - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mozilla-New-CEO-AI)
47:47 Zynthian
Open hardware device
We want your feedback!
Are you comfortable with software VST
Zynthian.org (https://zynthian.org/)
50:30 Family Resistant to Self Hosting - David
Ovens house hold approach
Watching for pain points
Making responsible path easy
Making irresponsible path hard
Value driven decisions
Supporting where your paycheck comes from
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