It's Christmas time! This hour Noah and Steve dig through their favorite gift ideas for your geek!

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01:15 Intro

• Dakota's weather is Cold

02:00 Listener Responds to Email Backup - Griffon

• Fetchmail
• Procmail
• Blog Post
• Linux.com Link

04:20 Lenovo X270 issue - Cory

• Unplugging the charger causes throttling
• External battery causing issues
• Linux vs Windows BIOS switch
• Try another external battery
• Noticed throttling at 30% battery

09:30 Synology on AMD? - Jeremy

• DS1621+ (Ryzen V1500B)
• DS1621XS+ (Xeon D1527)
• AMD does have an answer to quick sync

12:00 Listener Response FF profiles - Peter

• Firefox Docs
• Shortcuts with the profile name
• Profiles could cause issues
• Multi Account Containers
• Multi Account Containers Plugin

16:54 News Wire

• PeaZip 9.0
  • Its Foss
• Debian 11.6
  • Debian
• Linux Mint 21.1
  • OMG Ubuntu
• XFCE 4.18
  • XFCE
• Kdenlive 22.12
  • Kdenlive
• Firefox 108
  • The Register
• Firefox 109
  • Linux Today
• Ardour 7.2
  • Ardour
• Steam Dec 13th Beta
  • Gaming On Linux
• RazerGenie 1.0
  • Gaming On Linux
• PostmarketOS 22.12
  • Liliputing
• Linux 6.2 exFAT
  • CNX Software
• Intel LAM "fundamentally broken"
  • Phoronix
• GNU Linux-libre 6.1
  • FSFLA
• Freed-ora Effort Ended
  • Phoronix
• NuGet, PyPi, and NPM, Targeted
  • The Hacker News
• PineTab2
  • ArsTechnica
• Sokol Flex ported to RISC-V
  • EE News Europe
• HULK-V
  • Semi Engineering
• MS Provides Linux DirectX Binaries
  • Phoronix
• MS Soundscape Discontinued
  Review Geek
• Pulsar Editor
  • Its Foss
• SPEAR Under MIT License
  • The Robot Report
• Meta Releases Abuse Scanning Tool
  • Engadget
• Meta Oversight Board Findings
  • [Engadget][https://www.engadget.com/meta-oversight-board-finds-cross-check-puts-business-concerns-ahead-of-human-rights-110005614.html]
• Brankas Open
  • Manila Standard
• Foundation Devices raised $7M
  • Tech Crunch
• Alphabet Acquires ROS
  • Tech Crunch
• Open Source Services Expected to Grow
  • Yahoo
• CNCF Received DevSpace
  • Open Source For U
• Linux Foundation Formed the Overture Maps Foundation
  • Linux Foundation

23:46 Police Raid based on Find my iPhone

• Police raid elderly Colorado woman's house
• Police fail to verify
  • iPhone ownership
  • iPhone location
• Police
  • trashed the house
  • broke sentimental items
  • smashed in the ceiling
  • broke down doors after being offered the key
• Person could have falsified location data
• NBC News
• Lots of questionable actions by police

32:20 Elon, Twitter, and Free Speech

• Twitter suspended several high-profile journalists accounts
• What is free speech?
• Mastodon

38:00 Pine 64 Update

• PineTab2
• Pine64 Update

39:00 Gifts for Geeks

• M5 Stick Plus

41:00 Caller Wayne from Grand Forks

• Whole home audio pycroft setup?
• Volumio
• Visual indicators

46:30 Gifts for Geeks Continued

• PineTime Smartwatch $27
• Electronics Lab $70
  • Playz Electronics Lab
  • Amazon
• Plantronics Blackwire 3220 $37
• GoControl Hub Z1 $44
• Anker iQ $60
• Odroid H3 $129
• Creality Ender 3 S1 $480
• SteamDeck $400-$650

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