DrBill.TV #542 - "The October Aptera Update Edition!"
Dr. Bill gives a quick overview of information brought out during the Aptera October Insider's Meeting held recently. The future is being designed and is coming together for our solar powered electric car! (Oct 26, 2023)
Dr. Bill demos the install of the amazing Tiny11, a Windows 11 'distro' that has been pared down and has all of Microsoft's evil monitoring removed! It runs from an unbelievable 8 gig of installed disk space, and needs less than 2 gig of RAM! Also, NO hardware limitations that Win11 normally has... forget TPM and newer CPUs! (2023-Feb-16)
Dr. Bill does a quick review of the VERY inexpensive Fifine K050 Desktop USB mic for Skype, Zoom, and OBS. He also demos how to use OBS filters on the audio to set options to manipulate it with the 3-Band Equalizer, and Noise Suppression filter. Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TD3Q19F (Not an affiliate link.)(August 04, 2023)
Dr. Bill does a quick, 'off-the-cuff' review of the Fifine K053 USB Lavalier Microphone system! For only $17.99 on Amazon, it is pretty amazing! Check it out! (Jun 18, 2023)
Link to the Microphone on Amazon (not an affiliate link)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077VNGVL2
Dr. Bill gives a quick demo install of Wunbuntu Linux... the Linux that looks like Windows 11! Is this something you need, or would be interested in? (2023-Dec-06)
Dr. Bill shares the latest updates on his favorite solar powered electronic vehicles... Aptera! Are we getting ever closer to actual production? (May 11, 2023)
Dr. Bill does a quick review of the Rode Videomic GO II Microphone in his living room video recording setup. This is a kind of 'follow-up' to the last microphone review. Check it out! (August 11, 2023)
Do you need free and Open Source Web Extensions to help you when you browse the web? Dr. Bill demonstrates some of his personal web browser extension recommendations for Chromium-based web browsers!
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The 2021 Elgato Streaming Event, new Amazon FireTV interface, Pi-Hole DNS re-direct for security, the WPAD vulnerability, GSotW: Signal Secure SMS Client, Microsoft Windows 365 Desktop-in-the-Cloud, plus the usual silliness! (Jul 17, 2021)
00:00 Intro
04:22 The 2021 Elgato Streaming Device Showcase Event
07:14 Amazon FireTV new interface
07:44 Microsoft Windows 365 Cloud-PC
09:34 Implementing Pi-Hole and finding several surprises!
25:49 Geek Software of the Week: Signal Secure Encrypted SMS Client
29:38 Sign-off