Do you work in open source? Do you sell open source? This week Noah and Steve dig into the objections they hear when they recommend free and open source solutions.
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01:00 Steve's House
Energy Use
Home Automation
CloudFree.shop (https://cloudfree.shop/)
Kill A WATT (http://www.p3international.com/products/P4400.html)
06:55 Grub2 and LUKS Feedback - Ninja Tech
Arch Wiki Link (https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GRUB#LUKS2)
07:51 Email Servers - Veritanuda
Using a hosted email provider through your own email server
Mail provider still has the email
Encryption provides privacy
16:05 Cinnamon Feedback - aplatypus
Cinnamon might be closest to MS Windows
18:22 Smart Switches - Andy
SmartBridge Pro Hub Model L-BDGPR02
Home Assistant Lutron Caseta Integration (https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/lutron_caseta/)
GuruMitts PyLutron Script (https://github.com/gurumitts/pylutron-caseta/)
Does require Internet for setup
22:44 Used Server for Storage - Patryk
Lab Gopher (https://ca.labgopher.com/)
Part Picker (https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/)
Canada Computers (https://canadacomputers.com)
Newegg Canada (https://newegg.ca)
Server Monkey (https://www.servermonkey.com)
Unix Surplus (https://unixsurplus.com/)
32:01 Unifi Switch Flex Mini - Roger
Managed Switch for trouble shooting
Old way is a HUB
33:06 Linux News Wire
EU Pays for Open Source Bugs (https://www.i-programmer.info/news/149-security/15210-european-union-will-pay-for-finding-bugs-in-open-source-software.html)
Credit Karma & Open Source (https://devops.com/credit-karma-looks-to-open-source-distributed-app-platform/)
Ford Open Source CAD Files (https://www.motortrend.com/news/ford-integrated-tether-system-fits-slot-geometry-cad-files/)
DIY Mini Raspberry Pi Zero 2 Laptop Liliputing (https://liliputing.com/2022/02/penkesu-computer-is-a-diy-mini-laptop-powered-by-a-rasberry-pi-zero-2-w.html)
DIY Mini Raspberry Pi Zero 2 Laptop TomsHardware (https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-zero-2-w-penkesu-computer)
Healthy Pi (https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/healthy-pi-14-02-2022/)
Healthy Pi Crowdsupply (https://www.crowdsupply.com/protocentral/healthypi-v3#products)
Mutant v1 (https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/02/08/mutantw-v1-an-open-source-esp32-smartwatch-designed-with-autodesk-fusion-360-and-eagle/)
Google Drive Alternative (https://news.itsfoss.com/linshare-beta/)
Plasma 5.24.0 KDE.org (https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.24.0/)
Plasma 5.24 Pointiest Stick (https://pointieststick.com/2022/02/11/this-week-in-kde-a-smooth-release-of-plasma-5-24/)
Kali Release (https://9to5linux.com/kali-linux-2022-1-released-with-new-everything-flavor-new-tools-and-a-visual-refresh)
Lumina Desktop (https://lumina-desktop.org/post/2022-02-08/)
34:42 Objections to Open Source
Radio Station is using open source
Dell XPS with Ubuntu
Open Broadcast Studio (OBS)
Magewell & IP Camera Capture
Open IAS Score Board (https://openias.garykim.dev/)
ScaleEngine
Companies looking to contribute upstream
Big shift in the industry
Push back #1 "If it's free it's not any good"
Used as a base for enterprise offering
Relate to other open source software they know
Push back #2 "Who makes this software? What company owns it?"
A group of companies fund development
How many code commits and by who/how many people?
Push back #3 "Industry Standard is X, I'm used to X and Y looks different"
Watch out for auditors, put in forethought
Cyber Insurance Questions
"Use it for 30 Days"
Push back #4 "Why do I care if I have the source code? I'm not a programmer"
Other people can contribute
You can directly interface with developers
Push back #5 "Who supports this thing if you're not around"
Lots of people out there
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