Episode 297: Introduction to Home Automation: Part 2

This week Noah and Steve dig into the exact make and models of devices they use, what they like, what they don't like, and how to do it yourself! -- During The Show -- 01:50 Hedgedoc Profile photo Sleuth Asked: How do you set profile photos in hedgedoc/codimd? Gravatar (https://en.gravatar.com/) 03:10 Differences Between Remote Access? - Griffon SSH/OpenVPN/TailScale (https://tailscale.com/)/Firezone.dev OpenVPN Built into PFSense SSH open to the web SSH Guard (https://sshguard.net/) Fail2Ban (https://www.fail2ban.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page) CrowdSec (https://www.crowdsec.net/) 08:55 Cloudflare for self hosting? - JJ Cloudflare decrypting and re-encrypting Maybe for a public site Hardpass Please write back in 12:45 Option for Power Monitoring - Patrick Egauge (https://www.egauge.net/) Stores 30 years of data Not Open Source Easy API Cheaper options out there 15:50 Energy/Solar Monitoring - Jeremy Emporia Vue2 (https://www.emporiaenergy.com/blog/introducing-emporia-vue) Multiple Emporia Vue2 (https://community.emporiaenergy.com/topic/multiple-vue2-same-panel/) Phases 18:50 Re: Phones and Privacy - Roger Silent Pocket (https://slnt.com/) Faraday Cage for phones Practicality of faraday cages on phones 23:20 News Wire Linux 5.19 from Asahi The Register (https://www.theregister.com/2022/07/31/linux_5_19/) Firefox 103 Mozilla (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/103.0/releasenotes/) Linux Mint 21 OMG Ubuntu (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/07/linux-mint-21-download-and-new-features) Linux Mint (https://linuxmint.com/download.php) GitGuardian GGCanary Open Source For U (https://www.opensourceforu.com/2022/07/gitguardian-releases-ggcanary-project-to-identify-dangers-associated-with-open-source-software/) Limit Theory Kickstarter (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joshparnell/limit-theory-an-infinite-procedural-space-game/posts/3564318) Arctic Tern BMC Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Raptor-Arctic-Tern-BMC) 90nm FDSOI Manufacturing Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/technology/google-us-chip-maker-skywater-expand-open-source-chip-design-platform-2022-07-28/) Electronics Weekly (https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/skywater-and-google-enable-open-source-90nm-fdsoi-manufacturing-2022-08/) Mark Pearson Lenovo Linux Update Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Lenovo-Linux-2022-State) Linux 6.0 AMD Temp Monitoring Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.0-More-AMD-k10temp) Fedora CC0 Licensing Security Boulevard (https://securityboulevard.com/2022/08/open-source-licensing-shift-fedora-blocks-creative-commons-cc0/) Open Source For U (https://www.opensourceforu.com/2022/08/what-made-fedora-choose-to-use-cc0-licensed-code-as-the-boot/) 650% Linux Malware Increase Make Use Of (https://www.makeuseof.com/linux-malware-all-time-high-2022/) 25:10 IOT Devices, Sensors, and Control Points Zwave AeoTec (https://aeotec.us/) Inovelli Switch (https://inovelli.com/products/switches/) Voice Control Mycroft (https://mycroft.ai/) Mycroft Home Assistant Skill (https://github.com/MycroftAI/skill-homeassistant) Smart Speakers (Alexa, Apple, Google) Power Monitoring CT Clamp Hire a qualified electrician Basic and Advanced monitoring Emporia Vue2 (https://www.emporiaenergy.com/blog/introducing-emporia-vue) Crestron (https://www.crestron.com/) Very Expensive OpenHAB (https://www.openhab.org/) NodeRed (https://nodered.org/) Java Monolith More flow chart, less linear Independent, also integrated into Home Assistant Home Assistant (https://www.home-assistant.io/) Install on a RaspberryPi Holds your hand Almost perfect mobile interface Works with the community A lot of momentum behind it WiFi Communication Tasmota (https://tasmota.github.io/docs/) ESPHome (https://esphome.io/) MQQT Rumba MQQT (https://github.com/johnboiles/esp-roomba-mqtt) Requires app for setup works offline Pick one thing to start with -- 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 (http://podcast.asknoahshow.com/297) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix (https://element.linuxdelta.com/#/room/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard (http://www.asknoahshow.com) 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 (http://www.altispeed.com/) Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed) Special Guest: Steve Ovens.