This week Noah and Steve dig into alternatives to Axis for cameras. What can you buy that won't break the bank, but also has open source compatibility? Your questions go to the front of the line, and what if NextCloud had an email backend? -- During The Show -- 01:10 Steve's WiFi/SSID problem Double NAT theory MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) 03:43 Mail-in-a-box - Joe Mail-in-a-box uses Nextcloud components Office in a box Center around files or email Nextcloud conversation Roundcube Microsoft support/blocking entire yahoo domain Mail partnership Write in about self hosted email 15:15 HDMI Capture card - Fred Blackmagic Decklink HDMI No guarantee drivers will continue to be published PCI bandwidth Blackmagic Decklink Duo (SDI) Quad Bus USB Card Decimator VDO.ninja 20:17 Affordable USB DMX Controller - TwoBit DMX vs RGBW Hardware controllers DMXKing USB Adapter QLC+ MIDI control WLED WLED DMX output doc Orbs, LED Walls, Christmas lights Chat Recommendation Enttec Open DMX USB Thank You TwoBit! 27:25 News Wire Vanilla OS 2 Orchid Beta - Vanilla OS Ubuntu Touch OTA-4 - Ubports Firefox 122 Google Meet Fix - Fedora Project Ubuntu 24.04 Aiming for 6.8 Kernel - Phoronix NVIDIA 550 - Phoronix OpenWRT One - Toms Hardware Game Boy Homebrew - Gaming on Linux EU Cyber Resilience Act - Adafruit Blog White House Report - Cyber Scoop Vivante NPU - CNX Software Eco Libre Report - Eco Libre Google Cloud and Hugging Face - Data Center Dynamics New Greener AI Models - Tech Xplore Code Llama 70B - Venture Beat 29:00 Dash Boards Being more "pro" at home Dashy Only tracks web end points Beautiful UI Prometheus, Grafana Uptime Kuma Strikes a middle ground Variety of "end points" Tracks over time Layout Settings stored in SQlite file Has an API Use case Setup 38:27 Alternative Cameras Axis Great Expensive Hard to find mounts RioLink Lots of conflicting information Depends on the model Steve bought ReoLink E1 Outdoor Pro Home Assistant auto detected ReoLink Lots of sensors Has "tracking" and "motion detection" Home Assistant can update firmware Has FTP setting RioLink (Amazon) RioLink PiPy API Get a POE based camera You get what you pay for Do Not buy these cameras! Hikvision/Dahua - The Intercept Eufy - Ars Technica Ring - EFF Used Axis is cheaper anyway Get cameras that follow a standard (ONVIF) ONVIF Conformant Products GeoVision (Amazon) Camera longevity -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies Support Ask Noah Show