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Episode 116 - Installing Windows 7 in Ubuntu |
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Recorded Live December 8, 2009.
- Feature: Installing Windows 7 under Ubuntu using VirtualBox.
- Christy's off while we launch the new studio software. Better picture, better look.
- Christmas giveaway: Increase your chances to win a Brother MFC-6890CDW.
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Topics Covered: - Google Chrome browser has been released for the Mac platform.
- Viewer Comment: Google Chrome is also available for Linux.
- Viewer Testimonials.
- Introduction to how Category5.TV works.
- Viewer Question: What is the best way to get a question in to the show?
- Note that Backstage Pass works, but is not displaying the "Main" camera tonight due to the switch to Justin.TV.
- Viewer Question: Where can I find the show notes for Category5.TV Episodes?
- Viewer Comment: I'd like to recommend you check out Lisa Bell's music. She's a jazz artist.
- Viewer Question: Could you do a series on setting up a media center for Linux?
- Viewer Question: I just upgraded to Ubuntu 9.10 and it went well! I can even use some compiz features even with my old hardware. However, I cannot get into any super-user application such as update manager: I get a faded screen with a gray box in the middle. Any suggestions?
- Pressing ALT-F2 and then typing metacity --replace to temporarilly disable compiz-fusion on Linux.
- Pressing ALT-F2 and then typing compiz --replace to restore compiz-fusion.
- Viewer Comment: Computers without the ability to boot from USB devices can now do so using an application called "Plop Bootmanager".
- Feature: Installing Windows 7 into Ubuntu using VirtualBox.
- A quick refreshing as to the advantage of using virtualization as opposed to dual-booting to allow you to run your Windows applications within Linux.
- Understanding the nature of a virtual hard drive as opposed to a real, physical hard drive.
- Creating your first virtual machine in preparation for installing Windows 7.
- How to choose how much RAM should be dedicated to your virtual machine.
- Creating a new virtual hard drive for your VirtualBox virtual machine.
- The difference between a Dynamic Expanding Storage drive and a Fixed Storage drive in VirtualBox.
- Why Robbie uses DVD ISO images instead of physical DVDs for his software.
- Setting up your virtual CD/DVD drive before booting your first virtual machine.
- Configuring the final system specs prior to booting your virtual machine. Items such as enabling 3D accelleration, USB 2.0 support, networking, etc.
- Why we use the non-open source edition of VirtualBox: USB 2.0 support. Perfect for syncing your iPod/iPhone to iTunes on a Linux computer.
- Why you "lose" your mouse when booting your virtual machine, and how to get it back.
- Viewer Question: How is your unRAID server treating you so far? I'd like to build something similar which I could expand to up to around 20 drives.
- A simple description of what unRAID is and does.
- Microsoft finally got their installation process right with Windows 7. Finally.
- Viewer Question: Will I gain more performance by installing Ubuntu prior to Windows 7?
- Windows 7's installer gives you the opportunity to partition the drive prior to installing in order to make room for a Linux dual-boot.
- Why we won't dual-boot in a virtual machine.
- Having Santa Claus send a real video to your child (or naughty co-worker).
- Viewer Question: I am an artist using a Genius tablet, but have been having trouble getting it working in Linux. Do you have any suggestions?
- Viewer Question: I have an Acer Aspire One. Would it be possible to setup a RAID 0 between my SSD and SD drives?
- Viewer Question: What kind of guitar do you play?
- Viewer Question: What is 'The Meat'?
- Viewer Question: I used perfectbuntu to install the Firefox 'Shiretoko' pre-release. How do I get back to 3.5?
- Viewer Question: Can you tell me what this device is (with link)?
- Viewer Comment: When setting up wifi devices in Linux, try to use the native drivers instead of ndiswrapper, if they are available.
Links: Notes: For this episode, we switched our software to Wirecast, and our streaming video provider for the live feed to Justin.tv. This is all part of our effort to expand the show and improve the quality during our third year on the air. Keywords:technology, tv, robbie ferguson, ubuntu, free, download, view, tv, television, podcast, vodcast, video podcast, streaming video, ustream, category5.tv category5 technology tv, tech tv. No one has commented on this article. |
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