Matthew Miller joins the show to talk about next week's release of Fedora 34, with Gnome 40 and Pipewire there is no shortage of exciting changes coming to the distro. We take your calls, and emails and answer questions!-- During The Show --If you have the same make/model make sure you know your serial numbersFrequency RangeHuman Range 20-20,000 hzSony WH-1000XM4Sampling rate - 44.1 khz is nearly imperceptible to the human earWireless requires Encoding/Decoding which can degrade qualityCD quality is much better than mp3, FLAC and WAV can be "uncompressed"Driver Unit SizeGenerally larger driver = better sound qualityMultiple small drivers can out perform a single large driverPassive/Isolation vs Active Noise CancellationActive - generates opposite wave from to cancel out noisePassive/Isolation - Simply tries to block outside noise1st Choice Sony WH-1000XM42nd Choice Bose Quiet ComfortPhoronix ArticleIt depends on your use caseJBOD "just a bunch of disks"Mirrored ArrayRaid 5Raid Cards can cause issues, Certain file systems (ZFS) want to talk to the disks directlyA few paths to takeProgrammerSupportSystem EngineerNetwork EngineerJob ShadowInternshipsCerts can be goodRed Hat Certs are good (RHCSA)Don't rely on certsBTRFS by default went wellFedora 34Currently On ScheduleFedora Linux ScheduleTransparent Compression is enabledShipping with Gnome 40Multi-Monitor in Gnome 40 needs some work stillNew Spins availablePipewire by default (Pro audio for everyone!)SystemD OOMD on by DefaultFedora Server received lots of polish (thank you Fedora Server Team)Fedora IOT Edition, Based on RPM OS Tree and ContainersCoreOS has 3 streams nowYou can get involved with FedoraNew Fedora LogoHistory Of the Fedora LogoFedora SiteYou want off site and automated backupBaculaZFS/BTRFS Send/ReceiveCheck out Episode 36 of Opinion DominionThe Opinion Dominion Ep 36Call to ActionWe will have community rooms/boothsMatrix Chat (Element) will be used again this yearSELF will be virtual this year, hosted again by yours truly!SELF Call for TalksSELF dates June 10-12Email [email protected] with your skill set and contact details-- 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 DashboardPhone Systems for Ask Noah provided by VoxtelesysJoin 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 DashboardNeed 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 TechnologiesContact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com-- Twitter --Noah - KernellinuxAsk Noah ShowAltispeed Technologies