<p>Steve gives a deep dive into some of the struggles he&#39;s working through in his house. Google has pulled back on their plans to require developer verification.</p>

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

<h4>00:45 Intro</h4>

<ul>
<li>Passing the show through AI</li>
<li>Immich</li>
<li>Breaking changes</li>
</ul>

<h4>07:54 Steve Rants Show</h4>

<ul>
<li>How it came about</li>
</ul>

<h4>09:45 Google and Side loading</h4>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/457" rel="nofollow">ANS 457</a></li>
<li>Google backs down</li>
<li><a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/google-is-backing-down-android-sideloading/" rel="nofollow">How to Geek</a></li>
<li>Hiding the setting</li>
<li>Best of both worlds</li>
<li>Explaining walled gardens</li>
<li>Why walled gardens are bad</li>
<li><a href="https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.woheller69.level/" rel="nofollow">Bubble level app</a></li>
</ul>

<h4>18:32 When is a Mac appropriate?</h4>

<ul>
<li>Supporting a power user</li>
<li>Specialty scanner</li>
<li>Asked the AI</li>
<li>Accidentally uninstalled mesa</li>
<li>Trouble shooting</li>
<li>When is a Mac appropriate?</li>
<li>Mac&#39;s don&#39;t fix problems</li>
<li>Mac myths</li>
<li>"solving the problem"</li>
<li>Network effect</li>
<li>Apple print dialog</li>
<li>Making the open source path easy</li>
<li><a href="https://simple-help.com/" rel="nofollow">SimpleHelp</a></li>
<li><a href="https://pikvm.org/" rel="nofollow">PiKVM</a></li>
<li><a href="https://tailscale.com/" rel="nofollow">Tailscale</a></li>
<li>Windows knowledge on Linux</li>
<li>Borrowing hardware</li>
</ul>

<h4>50:50 News Wire</h4>

<ul>
<li><p>Git 2.52 - <a href="https://github.blog/open-source/git/highlights-from-git-2-52" rel="nofollow">github.blog</a></p></li>
<li><p>Cmake 4.2 - <a href="https://cmake.org/download" rel="nofollow">cmake.org</a></p></li>
<li><p>Blender 5.0 - <a href="https://developer.blender.org/docs/release_notes/5.0" rel="nofollow">blender.org</a></p></li>
<li><p>PHP 8.5 - <a href="https://www.php.net/releases/8.5/en.php" rel="nofollow">php.net</a></p></li>
<li><p>Protondrive 1.2 - <a href="https://github.com/DonnieDice/protondrive-linux/releases/tag/v1.2.0" rel="nofollow">github.com</a></p></li>
<li><p>Proxmox 9.1 - <a href="https://www.proxmox.com/en/about/company-details/press-releases/proxmox-virtual-environment-9-1" rel="nofollow">proxmox.com</a></p></li>
<li><p>Alma Linux 9.7 - <a href="https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-11-17-almalinux_97_release" rel="nofollow">almalinux.org</a></p></li>
<li><p>Finnix 251 - <a href="https://blog.finnix.org/2025/11/17/finnix-251-released" rel="nofollow">finnix.org</a></p></li>
<li><p>Pepple Watch 100% Open Source - <a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/pebble-cuts-through-the-noise-and-goes-open-source" rel="nofollow">howtogeek.com</a></p></li>
<li><p>Zork Open Source - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/11/microsoft-makes-zork-i-ii-and-iii-open-source-under-mit-license" rel="nofollow">arstechnica.com</a></p></li>
</ul>

<h4>00:52 Coming up on Ask Noah</h4>

<ul>
<li>Netowrking, proxies, caching</li>
<li>Firefox</li>
</ul>

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