Show Links:

FVWM95 – https://fvwm95.sourceforge.net/
ReactOS – https://reactos.org/
Kata Containers – https://katacontainers.io
podman – https://podman.io

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro – Off the Rails April Fools
00:00:55 Open Source Airplanes and HDMI-to-Floppy
00:01:50 Do Airplane Wings Flap?
00:04:28 Cargo Class and the VM Matrix
00:05:22 Best Tech and Non-Tech Pranks
00:08:49 FVWM95, XFree86, and Fake Windows Desktops
00:14:22 ReactOS and Retro Linux Adventures
00:15:01 Going Vintage in the Future
00:18:09 Bill’s Decaf Coffee and BashRC Pranks
00:19:56 PC Speaker Torture and Random Beeps
00:20:58 Old-School LAN Parties
00:23:05 Ping-Flood LAN Parties and ZipSlack
00:24:21 PSA System Rollback – April Fools
00:25:58 Noel’s PACMAN.BAT and Lab Ban
00:32:02 Linux ISOs and School Network Quotas
00:35:07 Office Built from Old Optiplex Cases
00:39:28 First Home PCs and Gateway Cow Boxes
00:42:06 Serial Mice Still in Production
00:42:56 Gentoo Use Flags and history
00:46:22 OpenStack Cluster and Lost Root Password
00:48:41 Ranking Pranks and Coffee + Desktop Combo
00:50:45 Noel Hates Coffee
00:52:26 MSP Coffee Culture and “I Don’t Know How to Make Coffee”
00:55:51 Weaponized Iced Coffee
00:58:52 /30 Subnets per Phone and Two Pots of Coffee
01:01:10 No Rails
01:02:06 May Your BBQ Sauce Be Watery
01:03:36 Kubernetes Is All YAML
01:04:04 Fedora.js
01:04:57 Disclaimer – Do Not Try This at Work
01:06:01 Ball Pits, Ball.js, and Bouncy Balls
01:07:29 Outro – Where Business Meets Terrible Jokes

Connect with the Hosts:

Bill - @ctlinux on Mastodon
Neal - @neal@social.gompa.me on Mastodon
Noel - https://github.com/noelmiller

Show Links:
Red Hat - https://www.redhat.com​
rclone - https://rclone.org​
rclone (commercial) - https://rclone.com​
restic backup - https://restic.net​
Oxide Computer Company - https://oxide.computer/​
nethogs (NetHogs) - https://github.com/raboof/nethogs​

Chapters:
00:00:00 Intro – The Great Cloud Breakup
00:02:11 Standup – Data Residency Laws and Exit Fees
00:06:36 Are We Ready to Repatriate? Linux and NVMe-over-Fabrics
00:15:37 Where Are the Future Jobs?
00:23:29 Supporter Spotlight – rclone and Nick Craig-Wood
00:30:17 Bill’s Nightmare Data Transfer Story
00:36:11 Main Topic – The Great Cloud Breakup
01:12:31 Action Item – Repatriate AWS onto MicroShift (on Three Pis)
01:14:12 Quick Fix – NetHogs to Catch Chatty Services
01:17:13 Looking Forward to the Next Episode
01:18:32 Outro – Where Business Meets Linux

Connect with the Hosts:
Bill - @ctlinux on Mastodon
Neal - @neal@social.gompa.me on Mastodon
Noel - https://github.com/noelmiller

Show Links:
Red Hat – Company site:
https://www.redhat.com
fwupd project:
https://fwupd.org
LVFS (Linux Vendor Firmware Service):
https://fwupd.org/lvfs
CompTIA A+ Certification:
https://www.comptia.org/en-us/certifications/a/
AWS Certification:
https://aws.amazon.com/certification/
RHCSA Training and Certification:
https://www.redhat.com/en/services/certification/rhcsa
SUSE SCA (SLES 15):
https://www.suse.com/training/exam/sca-sles-15/
Linux Professional Institute (LPIC):
https://www.lpi.org
systemd-analyze documentation:
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-analyze.html
Commands discussed:
systemd-analyze – “Odometer” (total boot time)
systemd-analyze blame – “Leaderboard” (slowest services)
systemd-analyze critical-chain – “Timeline” (dependency chain)
systemd-analyze critical-chain --system
systemd-analyze plot > boot.svg – “Visualizer” (boot chart)

00:00 Intro
01:08 AI Models and Jobs
07:52 Biased AI Training
10:47 Hardware for AI
12:42 Does the GPU matter?
15:03 ARM or RISC-V?
17:25 AI Terminology
20:28 AI and Open-Source
26:53 Citing Sources and Ethics
34:58 Open Washing
41:04 Outro

Brandon has a conversation about OpenStack with Kevin Carter, Product Director of OpenStack Solutions at Rackspace.

Check out Rackspace’s press release on RackSpace OpenStack Enterprise:
Launch of Rackspace OpenStack Enterprise
Rackspace.com

00:00 Intro
02:28 OpenStack: The Elevator Pitch
04:49 Kevin's OpenStack History
08:51 Cloud Repatriation or VMWare Price Hikes?
18:51 Large Company Migration to OpenStack
25:07 Rackspace OpenStack Products
28:50 Open Source First
31:16 Resurgence of other projects
34:28 Wrappup

Special Guest: Kevin Carter.

Bill, Brandon and Neal discuss the recent IPO of Raspberry PI company.

00:00 Intro
02:11 Raspberry Pi: From Hobbyist Device to Everywhere
12:56 Opensource Ideology and Raspberry Pi
18:04 From Foundation to Company
31:19 Path to Continued Sucess
38:50 Future of Pi Hardware
44:00 Personal Pis
49:14 Outro

A episode that should have been published earlier in the year (Blame Brandon). We discuss the fun that Neal had during another conference tour in Europe including FOSDEM, CentOS Connect and others.

00:00 Intro
03:19 Most Interesting Talk
10:39 Best Booth
13:47 Thank a Developer
16:04 Accessibility
23:29 SUDO Show Challange
25:44 CentOS Connect
27:58 CentOS Hyperscale SIG
30:03 Neal Talks on Hyperscale SIG Update
31:15 CentOS VS Fedora Server
36:14 To Be Continued
37:57 CentOS Can Count
40:21 The Next Version of CentOS
43:02 Outro

Bill, along with Neil and Brandon, dives into the world of Atomic desktops within the Fedora community on their podcast, The Sudo Show. They introduce the concept of “water cooler episodes” where they explore a range of intriguing topics in the open-source community. Each of the Atomic desktop variants, such as Silverblue, Kinoite, Sericea, and Onyx, is overseen by specialized interest groups within Fedora. The team engages in a lively debate about the naming conventions for these variants and delves into the crucial principles of ensuring reliable updates and system safety within the Atomic desktop framework.

The hosts tackle the challenges associated with managing packages between RPM OS tree and flat packs, emphasizing the significance of server-side composition for scaling deployments effectively. They also discuss the potential of introducing Atomic spins in various desktop environments, like the XFCE-based VoxSight prototype. Brandon provides insights on utilizing container files for distribution ease, while Neil elaborates on the core tenet of server-side composition in RPM OS tree technology.

The conversation smoothly transitions into exploring the practical application of Atomic desktops in fleet management scenarios, highlighting their suitability for low-customization and low-maintenance workloads similar to Chromebooks. The hosts offer contrasting viewpoints on user experiences for developers and basic computing needs, deliberating on the feasibility of Atomic spins based on individual use cases. They speculate on the broader adoption of Atomic spins across different Linux distributions, pondering whether this server-centric approach could potentially become a standard in the open-source realm or remain restricted to specific enterprise-oriented distributions.

Reflecting on the future potential of Atomic desktops beyond Fedora, the hosts consider their adaptability in other Linux ecosystems such as Debian and Arch-based distributions. They ponder whether this innovative distribution delivery approach will witness widespread acceptance or retain its niche status in the Linux domain. The insightful discussion sheds light on the intricacies of integrating Atomic spins into existing distribution landscapes, offering valuable perspectives on the future of immutable desktops in the open-source sphere.

In a separate segment, Neal and the group explore varying approaches to atomic updates within different Linux distributions. They touch upon Ubuntu’s use of snaps for composing dependency groups, OpenSUSE redirecting transactions to an offline target through BTRFS subvolumes, and atomic updates in Arch-based Steam OS. The conversation shifts towards discussing the evolving relationship between Nouveau and NVIDIA, with the open-source driver incorporating firmware for enhanced performance akin to AMD GPUs. The group delves into topics like Vulkan compilers, the promise of improved reliability, and the implications for CUDA applications.

00:00:13 Welcome to The Sudo Show
00:02:19 Around the Water Cooler
00:27:13 NVIDIA Nouveau Updates
00:40:21 Linux Graphics Driver Components
00:46:55 Advancements in OpenCL Implementations
00:49:48 Exciting Features of KDE Plasma 6
00:51:49 Integration of SDDM in KDE
00:56:51 Challenges with KDE’s PIM Suite
00:59:40 Issues with CalDAV Implementations
01:02:32 Revitalization of KDE’s PIM Stack
01:04:51 Returning to Work at the End

Bill, Brandon, and Neal discuss recent events in the virtualization space.

Bill and Brandon have a discussion with Neal about the conferences he was able to attend this summer. We also talk about the outcomes of other open-source conferences this from this year.

Conference Links

• OpenSUSE Conference – (Hosted on May 26-28 2023)
• DevConf 2023 – (Hosted in Brno, Czech Republic on June 16-18 2023)
• Akademy 2023 (Hosted in Thessaloniki, Greece on July 15-21 2023)
• Guadec 2023 – (Hosted in Riga, Latvia on July 26-31 2023)
• Flock to Fedora – (Hosted in Cork, Ireland on Aug 2-4 2023)

Conference Video Playlists on Youtube:

• OpenSUSE Conference 2023
• Flock 2023
• Akademy 2023
• Guadec 2023
• DevConf.cz 2023

Coming Up

LinuxFest NorthWest in Bellingham, WA

Bitwarden
Linode

Links

Kolide
FleetDM
Desktop Market Share Stats 2009-2023

Bitwarden
Linode
- Application of the month n8n

Support TuxDigital and the Sudo Show

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Show Notes

xCat
MaaS
Uyuni
The Foreman
Cobbler
BiFrost - Standalone Ironic
TinkerBell
MetalKubed
OpenStack
OpenShift
OKD - Upstream for OpenShift
Kubernetes
Rancher
Harvester
Mist.io
ManageIQ
oVirt

Interact with the hosts and the community

• https://tuxdigital.com/community/

Brandon's website - https://open-tech.net

Novell Wikipedia Page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novell
MicroFocus's Page on Novell Products they acquired from Attachmate - https://www.microfocus.com/en-us/products/novell/overview
Red Hat - https://redhat.com

Recommended read on Sales Engineering/Solution Architecture - https://a.co/d/2tpVkuS

Jeff's Youtube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@JeffGeerling
Jeff's recent video explaining why he is out for the rest of the year - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv3nOQD7Efo

Sponsors:
https://bitwarden.com/tux
https://do.co/tux2022

Episode links:
https://www.documentfoundation.org/
https://libreoffice.org
https://opencollective.org
https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/destination-linux/dl-300/

Harvester - https://harvesterhci.io/
OKD - https://okd.io
KubeVirt - https://kubevirt.io/
Podman - https://podman.io
Proxmox - https://proxmox.com
oVirt - https://ovirt.org
XCP-NG - https://xcp-ng.org/
OpenVZ- https://openvz.org

https://github.com/DIMSI-IS/BackROLL
https://www.bareos.com/product/software/
https://github.com/bareos/bareos
https://www.bacula.org/kvm-backup-vm/
https://relax-and-recover.org

Links:

TuxDigital - https://tuxDigital.com/
Sudo Show - https://sudo.show
Bitwarden - https://bitwarden.com/tux
Digital Ocean - https://do.co/tux2022

KDE Project - https://kde.org
Donate to KDE - https://kde.org/donate

Links:

TuxDigital - https://tuxDigital.com/
Sudo Show - https://sudo.show
Bitwarden - https://bitwarden.com/tux
Digital Ocean - https://do.co/tux2022

Special Guest: Nate Graham.

Links:

TuxDigital - https://tuxDigital.com/
Sudo Show - https://sudo.show
Bitwarden - https://bitwarden.com/tux
Digital Ocean - https://do.co/tux2022

Discussion Points

The Register Article - https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/10/opinion_column_drop_windows_for_linux/

Open Source Linux Desktop Management Solutions

FleetDM - https://fleetdm.com
FleetDM is an great frontend to OSQuery and is designed to work with end user devices.

Gnome Fleet Commander - https://fleet-commander.org
Fleet Commander is built to push configuration to Gnome Desktops.

The Foreman - https://theforeman.org
Foreman is focused on Servers but pair it with Katello it allows you to have a contentment management system for packages and works with both RPM and Debian distros. Works nicely with Gnome Software.

Special Guests: Bill Schouten and Neal Gompa.

Special Guest: Chris Psaltis.

Sponsored By:

• Bitwarden
• Digital Ocean

Links:

• Show Notes

Special Guest: Eric the IT Guy.