Episode 279: Civil Engineering on LINUX! - a podcast by Noah J. Chelliah

Erik Lietz, PE from Oakridge Engineering joins the Ask Noah Show this hour to discuss running an an engineering firm on Linux! Does it work perfectly? Does Linux leave something to be desired? We dig deep and discuss the merits of running a business on Open Source!
-- During The Show --01:45 Hard Drive Questions - Friso
Ask Ubuntu (https://askubuntu.com/questions/637450/cannot-perform-smart-data-and-self-test-on-external-hard-drive/692892#692892)No one uses SCSI or IDE today
Linux Kernel Blocks ATA Pass Through on USB Segate DrivesNoah and Steve's external drive methods
08:30 Router Firmware Question&Responding To Other Listener - Bhikhu
Try installing kio-fuse&kdenetwork-filesharing packages
Performance is not the reason for open source firmwareOpen source firmware provides longer updates and more features
12:50 Thoughts on Bitcoin? - CoryDecentralized
We agree what has valueNot controlled by government
Blockchain Tech16:17 Charlie responds to user&Speeding up internet question - Charlie
Open Streetmap Forum Link 1 (https://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=19465)Open Streetmap Forum Link 2 (https://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?pid=854178)
Reddit Geocaching (https://old.reddit.com/r/geocaching/)OSMAnd
OSMAnd (https://osmand.net/)OSMAnd Github (https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd)
OSMAnd Fdroid (https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.osmand.plus/)Open Streetmap Wiki Android (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Android)
Open Streetmap Wiki Android App Comparison (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Android_applications)YouTube LanCache Tutorial 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bfJdtA7GtA)
YouTube LanCache Tutorial 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=427wjHRl8N4)YouTube Steam Cache Server (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djGia0DHmis)
Cache can helpUpgraded Network may not
20:00 User responds about GPS - JeremyGarmin inReach Mini (https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/592606)
Zoleo Satellite Communicator (https://www.zoleo.com/en-us/satellite-communicator/)Somwear (https://somewearlabs.com/product/outdoors-hotspot/)
21:20 User responds Nextcloud&location tracking - Aaron
PhoneTrack Nextcloud (https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/phonetrack)PhoneTrack Fdroid Package (https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.eneiluj.nextcloud.phonetrack/)
GPS Tagged Photos + Nextcloud Maps (https://github.com/nextcloud/maps)22:50 News Wire
Open Source Robotics 10th Birthday (https://spectrum.ieee.org/open-robotics)Access Denied AWS Tool (https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/03/25/ermetic-access-undenied-on-aws/)
MangoPi Computer-on-a-module (https://liliputing.com/2022/03/lilbits-mangopis-sd-card-sized-linux-pc-supersizing-the-iphone-13-pro-max-and-intels-most-powerful-desktop-chip.html)Parrot OS 5 Released (https://www.parrotsec.io/blog/2022-03-24-parrot-5.0-press-release/)
Gnome 42 ReleasedIt's Foss (https://news.itsfoss.com/gnome-42-release/)
It's Foss Clear Linux (https://news.itsfoss.com/clear-linux-gnome-42/)Feren OS 2022.03 Released (https://news.itsfoss.com/feren-os-2022-03/)
Debian Bullseye 11.3 Released (https://9to5linux.com/debian-gnu-linux-11-3-bullseye-released-with-83-security-updates-and-92-bug-fixes)Continued "Protestware" Fallout
Wired (https://www.wired.com/story/open-source-sabotage-protestware/)Security Boulevard (https://securityboulevard.com/2022/03/the-promise-of-open-source-code-and-the-paradox-of-protestware/)
Fortune (https://fortune.com/2022/03/22/what-is-protestware-russia-ukraine-sberbank-software-open-source/)Hive Ransomeware Converted to Rust (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hive-ransomware-ports-its-linux-vmware-esxi-encryptor-to-rust/)
FutureAI Brian Simulator II (https://jaxenter.com/ai-brain-simulator-simon-177061.html)WiSE-FT Algorithm (https://www.marktechpost.com/2022/03/25/researchers-open-source-wise-ft-algorithm-for-fine-tuning-ai-models/)
BMW Group SORDIGreen Car Congress (https://www.greencarcongress.com/2022/03/20220324-sordi.html)
Metrologoy (https://metrology.news/bmw-publishes-largest-open-source-dataset-for-production-ai-applications/)Erik Lietz, President of Oakridge Engineering (Mondovi Wisconsin) (https://www.oakridgeeng.com)
Tell me about your Engineering WorkWhat is there to Engineer on a Farm?
What technology and tools are you using?When did you get interested in open source and Linux?
What made you move your entire firm to Linux?Roll Out Plan
How did the Roll out go?Working through the papercuts
Talk about why you wanted everything self hosted?GPU passthrough setup
GPU passthrough challengesYouTube Link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTX10QlFJ6c)
GitLab (https://gitlab.com/risingprismtv/single-gpu-passthrough/-/tree/master/)X1 Extreme Gen2
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