This week we dig into feedback from someone looking at a new IT job, Steve gives an update on trying to maintain a presence on a platform that doesn't want him. -- During The Show -- 00:55 Bad Hardware Day Motherboard swap PSU modular cables Fan controller magic smoke Bent CPU pins 06:48 VMs and Storage - Joe Advantages of separating OS and Data Joe's GitHub IX Systems and 45 Drives Use JBOD not Raid ZFS needs direct access HA (High Availability) 15:40 VM Storage Question - Rod iSCSI ZVols as block devices QCow2 file Dedicated disks 9p driver virtio drivers Nothing wrong with NFS ifnotify 22:53 Printer Questions - Eddie Good experience with HP Printer Tools/Jet Direct Mostly moved away from LPD/LPR IPP is where things are headed Immutable distros only support IPP For best results go through add printer dialog 28:15 Comments From New IT Person - Joshua Start with pain points Start with your pain points Document existing infrastructure Find a way to say yes Prepare for the opportunity "You are the expert" Yes but.... What is motivating people 41:22 Choosing Platforms Locked out from Linkedin Emailed code, Linkedin errored out Required phone and government ID Issues with this approach Phone numbers Beeper + Linkedin 49:13 Beeper Gives up on iMessage One last go ARS Technica Beeper Blog Post [Beeper Bridge](github.com/beeper/imessage) The Verge -- 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