This week we dig into why and how Canonical designed and implemented Matrix. Noah gives an update to his solar project, and discovers some open source solutions for solar!
-- During The Show --
00:48 Olympia Mike Insperation
- ANS 439
- Sorting out details
- Please give us feedback!
- Pair with homeless shelter
- Pair with food bank
- Technical details
- Windows 10 deadline coming
- Lowering friction
09:55 Solar Camera Update
- Panel brings in enough power
- Switch arrived, worked great
- SolarPoint
- Had to RMA
- Will R&D
- Issues with SolarPoint
- Renogy Charge Controller
- Victron
- Push the Victron Connect App
- Victron has a commitment to open source
- Victron GX controller
- Bare wire ends
- GX software on a raspberry pi
23:20 News Wire
- Calibre 8.4 - calibre-ebook.com
- Nmap 7.96 - gbhackers.com
- Mesa 25.1 - plamolinux.org
- Linux Kernel 6.15 - theregister.com
- Plamo Linux 8.2 - plamolinux.org
- Rust Sudo & Ubuntu 25.10 - discourse.ubuntu.com
- Deepin Desktop Removed From openSUSE Repos - opensuse.org
- Fedora 42 WLS - theregister
- ClickFix - bleepingcomputer.com
- NordVPN Linux GUI - computerweekly.com
- Fake AI Videos & Noodlophile - bleepingcomputer.com
- Reachy 2 - infoq.com
- OpenVision - venturebeat.com
- Open WebUI - reddit.com
25:18 Minimalism
- Minimum viable battle station
- Tails
- Reproduce-ability
- Linux Fest Northwest Laptop
- NixOS re-install
- Can't auto mount usb drives
- Dark theme
31:00 Matrix Interview
- Nils Buchner
- Matrix rabbit hole
- Ubuntu & Matrix Chat
- Ubuntu Juju setup
- Other Setup methods
- Where can Matrix grow/improve?
- Next steps for the Ubuntu Matrix server?
- Matrix clients
- Matrix client matrix
- Network effect
- Distros installing matrix clients
43:00 Juju & Charms Interview
- Merlijn Sebrechts
- Juju and Charms
- Abstraction
- Code re-use
- Where Juju and Charms work well
- Knowledge needed
- Making better charms
52:20 Continue Being a Petri dish
- Ansible is the biggest hammer
- Nix
- Juju
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