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Hope This Helps - A Tech Podcast

HTH talks about old hardware preservation, crazy ways to get MBOX to O365, Windows patching, The IT Deep State (Bing), and more Pentium 4 fun with Linux. Boston accents as well.

Extended show notes available at https://hthpc.com/

Boot-Up (Intro…random topics) :15

• Boston accents

• Shoutout to iTunes and their Podcast directory glitch https://twitter.com/libsyn/status/1221863935680401409?s=21

• Computer start-up sounds

AARPCs - Old hardware/Product Longevity Discussion 19:00

• Macs vs PCs - compare a 10 year old Mac to a 10 year old PC in terms of support

○ If both are taken care of, the PC wins

• Artificial Obsolescence via end of software support

○ Android is really bad with this

○ iOS and macOS also bad when looking long term (>5 years)

• Steve has several desktop/laptop PCs over a decade old that either are supported.

○ Oldest Macbook still supported is the 2013 MBP (Correction: it's the 2012)

○ 2007 iMac went until MacOS El Capitan (released 2015, final update was July 2018)

○ P4 Dell Dimension from 2004 is still capable of running a supported OS under Linux Mint

• Linux (Where available) can extend the life of hardware

MBOX to O365 25:10

• It's possible with Thunderbird

• IMAP your Exchange account + map the MBOX

• ImportExportTools-NG is the extension

• Don't use Mail.app with Exchange

Windows Patching and You 30:30

• https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/core-infrastructure-and-security/ldap-channel-binding-and-ldap-signing-requirements-march-update/ba-p/921536/page/3#comments

• What is channel binding, and ldap signing and why do you care?

• What does this patch do, and what could it break?

The IT DEEP STATE: The Virus formally known as Bing 36:24

• https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/office-365-blog/introducing-and-managing-microsoft-search-in-bing-through-office/ba-p/1110974

• https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/490

“Unplanned Outage” (Sponsor section - "Hope this Helps is helped by…") 43:28

• Shooting smartphone video horizontally

A quick follow-up on the Pentium 4 Linux project from HTH0002 44:55

• Successful install that persists through a reboot

• Solution: Move IDE SD card adapter to a slot that contained a CD drive. Power issue?

• Now persists across reboots, GRUB works

• XFCE > Cinnamon for the P4, performance-wise

• Current challenge is overcoming a screen res issue, unplugging second monitor fixes it temporarily

Ask the Stiffs: Question of the Week 48:16

• What's your method of backing up your data?

Outro - "Plus Delta” 52:52

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• From all of us here, "We hope this helps!"