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Recorded Live January 19, 2010.
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Topics Covered: - Introducing co-host, Hillary Rumball.
- Christy Burton has moved to our new News Desk.
- A few viewers experience skipping with our Justin.tv feed.
- Featured Interview: Ilan Rabinovitch joins us from the Southern California Linux Expo to discuss the upcoming event.
- Explaining what SCALE (the Southern California Linux Expo) does and represents.
- What the SCALE expo provides to Open Source users and novices alike.
- Some of the companies that participate in the SCALE 8x event.
- The size of the SCALE conference.
- Use the coupon code cat5 to receive a 50% discount on admission to the Southern California Linux Expo SCALE 8x conference.
- Christy's computer is shutting down.
- Viewer Question: Will there be recruiting or a job fair at the show?
- Google, Facebook and other online companies will be recruiting jobs at SCALE 8x, and a job board will be provided.
- Some of the keynote speakers we can expect to see: Karsten Wade from Red Hat / Fedora Project discussing community development. Tarus Balog from OpenNMS discussing what it takes to start an Open Source business and how money can be made.
- Christy is being blocked!
- Greetings to new viewers.
- Christy talks about the weather, and the chat room gets her going.
- Hillary introduced herself.
- Viewer Question: Windows 7 Media Center Edition doesn't show files that have the .divx extension. Is there a good way to make them show up in the MCE video list?
- Viewer Question: I'd like to know how to get some applications to autostart on my Ubuntu 9.10 PC. How do I do that?
- Adding a startup application to Ubuntu Linux.
- Viewer Question: Is there an open source alternative to Adobe Flash or Microsoft Silverlight creation?
- Viewer Question: I try to drag-and-drop files into my VirtualBox virtual machine, but it doesn't work. Is there any way I can do that?
- Viewer Comment: Open Source alternatives to Flash exist, but they will not be as comprehensive as Adobe's actual Flash product.
- Viewer Question: How do you change the default operating system to load in Grub?
- Viewer Comment: I've never had any luck with Moonlight on Ubuntu.
- Viewer Comment: The updated version of Moonlight works very well.
- Sheila plays games on her iPhone.
- Changing the default OS in Grub. (also, please see my notes below).
- Using nano instead of vi is Robbie's choice of chippy goodness.
- Tech News from the Category5 Technology TV News Desk: VESA has announced that it has finalized DisplayPort 1.2 specs, providing up to 21.6 Gb/sec. New powercell powered by soda pop will power a cellphone 4x longer than a traditional battery. nVidia's GF100 GPU has some insane specs. Internet Explorer is dangerous, and Germany and France authorities put their foot down. Join 250 other tourists in space with Virgin Galactic.
- Viewer Comment: No, they warn against using Internet Explorer in the government.
- Viewer Question: I am creating PDF documents in Microsoft Word on the Mac. The hyperlinks don't work in the PDF. How can I fix this?
- Viewer Comment: Could you highlight the URL and add a hyperlink?
- Viewer Comment: Most PDF printer drivers won't support URL hyperlinks.
- Viewer Comment: You could edit the PDF file afterwards using free software.
- Viewer Comment: Wikipedia in Germany says to say "No" to Internet Explorer.
- Viewer Comment: The French government recommended Firefox over Internet Explorer following Germany's announcement.
- Viewer Question: Do you know when VideoLAN's software will be available?
- Viewer Testimonials.
- Viewer Question: How did you do the Techbuzz interview without headphones?
- Viewer Question: Who is Hillary?
- Viewer Question: Do you have typing sound effects in the background?
- What is Category5.TV all about?
- Viewer Question: Has anyone tried xud.org?
- Viewer Question: Did they put Christy in the closet?
- Backstage Pass. A very cool feature from Category5 Technology TV.
- Christy is using the Microsoft Lifecam Cinema.
- Viewer Question: What is Hillary's favorite Crash Bandicoot game?
- Christy's pastor prayed that the Toronto Maple Leafs would win a game, and they did. Proof that Miracles exist!
Links: Notes: I'm so goofy; I should have mentioned startup-manager in the repositories for changing your Grub default OS. Install it, try it, and enjoy! 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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