Topics Covered:

• Robbie Ferguson and Eric Kidd present in studio, with Hillary Rumball joining us via Skype Video.
• Viewer Question: I can't login to the Category5.TV chat room, and it says I have to login with Auth mode. What can I do?
• Getting help from the Freenode NickServ bot.
• Viewer Question: When I run Windows XP in a VirtualBox session, do I have to run antivirus?
• Viewer Comment: I'm glad you're enjoying your Pogoplug, Eric!
• Eric's thoughts about the Pogoplug, and how easy it was to setup.
• Viewer Question: I'd like to build an Ubuntu 10.10 system to run some virtual machines under VirtualBox. Do you have any recommendations for motherboards?
• Viewer Question: There is a program called Echolink. Any help?
• Viewer Comment: wine is required for Echolink.
• Viewer Comment: I have an i7 920, and virtual machines work very well.
• Viewer Comment: The Core i3 or i5 are okay for basic virtualization, but the i7 would be best for heavier virtualization.
• Viewer Question: I can't seem to play any videos on Ubuntu. They have sound, but no video. Can you help?
• Installing ubuntu-restricted-extras using Synaptic Package Manager.
• Robbie shows how he can access Backstage Pass with an iPod Touch using a VNC connection.
• Viewer Question: I have a Fog Project system setup, and moved my installation from CentOS to ubuntu 10.04, and everything seemed okay until I wanted to add computers to the database, and then I get "Failed to create host". I think I lost write access to the database when I moved things over. Any idea what how to tell the permissions on the database?
• Viewer Question: Is there a software RAID program that works on Windows 7 and Ubuntu?
• Top stories from the Category5.TV Newsroom.
• Viewer Comment: Congratulations on the new web site! I wish you all a happy new year!
• Feature: Using Synergy to share a single keyboard and mouse with multiple computers.
• Downloading and installing Synergy as a server to your Windows machine to share its keyboard and mouse with a Linux computer.
• Finding the hostname of your computer.
• Configuring Synergy to share your keyboard and mouse between multiple computers.
• Setting up the positions of your computers with Synergy.
• Obtaining and installing Synergy for your Linux system (demonstrated on Ubuntu Linux).
• Obtaining the IP address of your Windows machine from Linux.
• Connecting your Linux computer (client) to your Windows computer (server) with Synergy.
• Copying and pasting text from one computer to another using Synergy.
• Viewer Question: Does Synergy work with FreeBSD or FreeNAS?
• Viewer Question: Can Synergy handle DirectX (etc) for gaming? What is the latency?
• Locking your mouse to one computer's screen when using Synergy to allow for gaming.
• Viewer Question: Can you use Synergy to connect to a computer in another room?
• How Synergy can help with productivity.
• Using Synergy to share tasks across multiple computers.
• Viewer Question: When I boot my Ubuntu system, it says it cannot detect my graphic settings. How do I fix this?
• [code]xrandr --help[/code]
• I can't find the information about the Pogoplug.
• Win a Pogoplug.
• Robbie reveals a new device that could really step up the quality of Category5.TV.

Links to Relevant Web Sites:

• Fog Project: fogproject.org
• Synergy: synergy-foss.org