
        <p>This week Sathish Balakrishnan from Red Hat joins us to talk about using Ansible as the trusted execution layer for automation. Jef Spaleta joins to give us an update on Fedora! It's a packed episode.</p>

<h3><strong>-- During The Show --</strong></h3>

<h4>00:50 ReCaptcha</h4>

<ul>
<li>Going to require Google Services Framework or iOS &gt;16.4</li>
<li>DeGoogled phones will fail</li>
<li>Where we are headed</li>
<li>No one spoke up</li>
<li><a href="https://f-droid.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">FDroid</a></li>
<li><a href="https://keepandroidopen.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Keep Android Open</a></li>
<li><a href="https://reclaimthenet.org/google-broke-recaptcha-for-de-googled-android-users" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ReClaim the Net</a></li>
</ul>

<h4>09:20 Jef Spaleta</h4>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.redhat.com/en/authors/jef-spaleta" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Jef Spaleta</a></li>
<li>Fedora Project Leader at Red Hat</li>
<li>What is Fedora</li>
<li>Governance</li>
<li>Integrating</li>
<li>New Contributors</li>
<li>Jef's path into Linux</li>
<li>Fedora AI Policy</li>
<li>AI assisted workflow</li>
<li>Future of AI and Agentic</li>
<li>Space for enthusiasm</li>
</ul>

<h4>31:24 News Wire</h4>

<ul>
<li><p>Midori 11.8 - <a href="https://astian.org/midori-en/powerful-midori-11-8-has-arrived/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">astian.org</a></p></li>
<li><p>Wordpress 7.0 - <a href="https://make.wordpress.org/core/7-0/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">wordpress.org</a></p></li>
<li><p>Less 702 - <a href="https://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">greenwoodsoftware.com</a></p></li>
<li><p>Ardour 9.5 - <a href="https://ardour.org/whatsnew.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ardour.org</a></p></li>
<li><p>Thunderbird 151 - <a href="https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/151.0/releasenotes/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thunderbird.net</a></p></li>
<li><p>Firefox 151 - <a href="https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/151.0/releasenotes/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">firedfox.com</a></p></li>
<li><p>DietPi 10.4 - <a href="https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v10_4/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">dietpi.com</a></p></li>
<li><p>Nitrix 6.1 - <a href="https://nxos.org/psa/psa-nitrux-6-1-0/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">nxos.org</a></p></li>
<li><p>Tails 7.8 - <a href="https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-7_8/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">torproject.org</a></p></li>
<li><p>RHEL 10.2 - <a href="https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/rhel-102-and-98-intelligent-evolution-enterprise-linux" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">redhat.com</a></p></li>
<li><p>Ubuntu Core 26 - <a href="https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-launches-ubuntu-core-26" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">canonical.com</a></p></li>
<li><p>GitHub Victim of TeamPCP - <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/teampcp-software-supply-chain-attack-spree-github/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">wired.com</a></p></li>
<li><p>Megalodon Cyberattack - <a href="https://mashable.com/tech/megalodon-cyberattack-github-repositories-malware" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">mashable.com</a></p></li>
<li><p>Bumblebee - <a href="https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/05/23/perplexity-open-sources-bumblebee-a-read-only-supply-chain-scanner-for-developer-endpoints/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">marktechpost.com</a></p></li>
<li><p>MoonRay - <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Open-Source-MoonRay-ASF" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">phoronix.com</a></p></li>
</ul>

<h4>32:42 Meta E2E Messages</h4>

<ul>
<li>Texas Attorney General sued Meta</li>
<li>Could "taint" perception of other E2EE</li>
<li>Unlikely companies will give you true privacy</li>
<li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/05/texas-ag-sues-meta-over-claims-that-whatsapp-doesnt-provide-end-to-end-encryption/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ArsTechnica</a></li>
</ul>

<h4>36:30 Sathish Balakrishnan</h4>

<ul>
<li>Vice President and General Manager, Ansible Business Unit, Red Hat</li>
<li>Benefits of Ansible</li>
<li>Ansible as Trusted Execution Layer</li>
<li>Balancing understanding</li>
<li>Guide rails for AI</li>
<li>Drag and Drop AI Ansible workflow</li>
<li>Patching is no longer optional</li>
<li>What do you want all new Ansible users to know?</li>
<li>Everything must be automated</li>
</ul>

<h4>52:15 Feedback</h4>

<ul>
<li>Call in!</li>
<li>Email <a href="mailto:live@asknoahshow.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">live@asknoahshow.com</a></li>
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<description>
        &lt;p&gt;This week Sathish Balakrishnan from Red Hat joins us to talk about using Ansible as the trusted execution layer for automation. Jef Spaleta joins to give us an update on Fedora! It's a packed episode.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-- During The Show --&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;h4&gt;00:50 ReCaptcha&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Going to require Google Services Framework or iOS &amp;gt;16.4&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;DeGoogled phones will fail&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Where we are headed&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;No one spoke up&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://f-droid.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;FDroid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://keepandroidopen.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Keep Android Open&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://reclaimthenet.org/google-broke-recaptcha-for-de-googled-android-users" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;ReClaim the Net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h4&gt;09:20 Jef Spaleta&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.redhat.com/en/authors/jef-spaleta" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Jef Spaleta&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fedora Project Leader at Red Hat&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is Fedora&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Governance&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Integrating&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;New Contributors&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Jef's path into Linux&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fedora AI Policy&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;AI assisted workflow&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Future of AI and Agentic&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Space for enthusiasm&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h4&gt;31:24 News Wire&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Midori 11.8 - &lt;a href="https://astian.org/midori-en/powerful-midori-11-8-has-arrived/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;astian.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wordpress 7.0 - &lt;a href="https://make.wordpress.org/core/7-0/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;wordpress.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Less 702 - &lt;a href="https://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;greenwoodsoftware.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ardour 9.5 - &lt;a href="https://ardour.org/whatsnew.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;ardour.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thunderbird 151 - &lt;a href="https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/151.0/releasenotes/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;thunderbird.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Firefox 151 - &lt;a href="https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/151.0/releasenotes/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;firedfox.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;DietPi 10.4 - &lt;a href="https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v10_4/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;dietpi.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nitrix 6.1 - &lt;a href="https://nxos.org/psa/psa-nitrux-6-1-0/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;nxos.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tails 7.8 - &lt;a href="https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-7_8/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;torproject.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;RHEL 10.2 - &lt;a href="https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/rhel-102-and-98-intelligent-evolution-enterprise-linux" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;redhat.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu Core 26 - &lt;a href="https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-launches-ubuntu-core-26" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;canonical.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;GitHub Victim of TeamPCP - &lt;a href="https://www.wired.com/story/teampcp-software-supply-chain-attack-spree-github/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;wired.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Megalodon Cyberattack - &lt;a href="https://mashable.com/tech/megalodon-cyberattack-github-repositories-malware" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;mashable.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bumblebee - &lt;a href="https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/05/23/perplexity-open-sources-bumblebee-a-read-only-supply-chain-scanner-for-developer-endpoints/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;marktechpost.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;MoonRay - &lt;a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Open-Source-MoonRay-ASF" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;phoronix.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h4&gt;32:42 Meta E2E Messages&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Texas Attorney General sued Meta&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Could "taint" perception of other E2EE&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Unlikely companies will give you true privacy&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/05/texas-ag-sues-meta-over-claims-that-whatsapp-doesnt-provide-end-to-end-encryption/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;ArsTechnica&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h4&gt;36:30 Sathish Balakrishnan&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Vice President and General Manager, Ansible Business Unit, Red Hat&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Benefits of Ansible&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ansible as Trusted Execution Layer&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Balancing understanding&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Guide rails for AI&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Drag and Drop AI Ansible workflow&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Patching is no longer optional&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What do you want all new Ansible users to know?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Everything must be automated&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h4&gt;52:15 Feedback&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Call in!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Email &lt;a href="mailto:live@asknoahshow.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;live@asknoahshow.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Tag Marlin in the GeekLab&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;--  The Extra Credit Section --&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard!&lt;/p&gt;

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This week Sathish Balakrishnan from Red Hat joins us to talk about using Ansible as the trusted execution layer for automation. Jef Spaleta joins to give us an update on Fedora! It's a packed episode.

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