Series 5 Episode 5 – This fortnight we have a great competition and are giving away some SoloKeys, Wayne chats about the Solokeys project and hardware authentication, Mark is off to GamerFest in Limerick, Wayne has lots of Raspberry Pi projects going on with tips and tricks, Wayne also speaks about SnipeIT asset management software, some great under the hood tips and another epic Irish saying. Enjoy.
00:24 Wayne welcomes us Series 5, Episode 5 from a cloudy Bristol, while Mark hails us from a wet and windy Kilkishen. The weather chat sparks a discussion about an apocalyptic future, saved by GNU/Linux.
04:25 Wayne announces our great competition, we have three SoloKeys to give away to three lucky listeners. SoloKeys are the first Open Source FIDO2 security key, providing easy setup to protect your accounts. SoloKeys differentiate themselves from other security keys in the following ways:
- Designed to be open and transparent from the start
- Support signed firmware updates
- As well as USB A, Solokeys are available in USB C and with NFC.
- Variety of colours
- Competitive cost
Thanks to the people at <a href="https://github.com/orgs/solokeys/people">SoloKeys</a> for providing us with these keys to give away in our competition.
You'll need to listen to the podcast to get the question to enter the competition!
13:30 Mark tells us he's been doing loads! He goes on give a salute to <a href="https://www.globaldiversitycfpday.com/">global diversity CFP day</a>. Today though, Mark will be at <a href="http://gamerfest.ie/">Gamerfest</a> playing games, getting inspiration for his <a href="https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/picade">picade</a> and rounding all this out by watching <a href="https://forums.ubports.com/topic/2429/today-is-q-a-45-day">Ubuntu Touch Q&A 45</a>
17:16 Mark tells us <a href="https://ec.haxx.se/curl-started.html">Curl is 21 on March 20th</a>. Happy Birthday Curl!
19:10 Mark goes on to tell us of the <a href="https://steamcommunity.com/groups/opencommunity#">Open Source Community's</a> announcements of <a href="https://steamcommunity.com/groups/opencommunity#announcements/detail/1762501075652730804">job opportunities for C Developers in ClamAV</a> and <a href="https://steamcommunity.com/groups/opencommunity#announcements/detail/1807537703488134307">accepted projects for Google Summer of Code</a>.
21:20 Mark admires <a href="https://sylviaritter.bigcartel.com/product/disco-dingo">Sylvia Ritter's Disco Dingo Art</a>.
22:10 Not to be outdone, Wayne tells us that he listened to the <a href="https://librivox.org/prime-numbers/">Prime Numbers Audio Book on LibreVox</a>.
24:28 Wayne tells us he's started playing around with <a href="https://scratch.mit.edu/scratch_1.4">Scratch 1.4</a>. The guys discuss the various versions of <a href="https://scratch.mit.edu/download">Scratch</a> and what you can do with it. Mark recommends <a href="https://microbit.edublocks.org/">Edublocks</a> is a great transitioning tool from <a href="https://scratch.mit.edu/">Scratch</a> to <a href="https://www.python.org/">Python</a>.
28:08 Wayne tells us he's been upgrading his Fish Pond Raspberry Pi camera setup. This caused a few head-scratchers. He did consult the <a href="https://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2018/11/raspberry-pi-power-consumption-data/">Raspberry Pi Power Consumption Data web-page</a> to help him figure stuff out, and he used <a href="https://randomnerdtutorials.com/install-motioneyeos-on-raspberry-pi-surveillance-camera-system/">these</a> <a href="https://randomnerdtutorials.com/cctv-raspberry-pi-based-system-storage-motioneyeos/">tutorials</a> to install <a href="https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneyeos">MotionEyeOS</a>.
38:14 Wayne set up a self hosted <a href="https://snipeitapp.com/product">Snipe IT Asset Management</a> instance on <a href="http://releases.ubuntu.com/18.04/">Ubuntu 18.04</a>, <a href="https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/php7.2">php7.2</a> and <a href="https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/nginx">nginx</a>.
42:36 Under the Hood - Mark's under the Hood is for Open Suse Leap 15 and is more or less a comparison of equivalent terminal commands to update Ubuntu and Open Suse
To update Ubuntu from the command line type <strong><span class="mono">sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade</span></strong>
To update Open Suse from the command line type <strong><span class="mono">zypper dup</span></strong> as root. The guys discuss updates and security.
49:42 Wayne gives us a great Under the Hood for Raspbian and that is <strong><span class="mono">pinout</span></strong>.
Wayne thanks Maurizio for useful comments on remote desktop applications.
53:39 Irish saying of the podcast is kindly provided to us by one of our listeners, thanks Torin! "Cad é an craic inniu" or What's the craic today?
55:50 Mark remembers the latest Linux Magazine has MXLinux and System Rescue CD as cover discs, as well as loads of excellent articles.
We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did making it!
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