April 1, 2008 Introducing the Category5 Collaborative Music Project #1. Feature:  Installing the latest version of Avant Window Navigator and configuring features such as Stacks and Weather.

Please Note:  We are still experiencing some strange audio issues with our new stream encoders.  This will be resolved as soon as possible.

Topics Covered:

• Robbie Rickrolls the viewers for April Fools.
• Viewer Question:  Can you post URLs in the chat room?
• Viewer Question:  How do I export my SquirrelMail Address Book and then import it into Mozilla Thunderbird?
• Viewer Question:  Are you taking questions?
• Viewer Question:  Why is the sound going all funny?
• Viewer Question:  How do you get XDMCP to work in Ubuntu?
• Viewer Comment:  Ubuntu Hardy Heron is coming out in 23 days!
• Disabling IPv6 in Ubuntu.  See [this page] in our new "Stuff to Read" section for the instructions.
• A quick word about the various April Fools jokes that Robbie encountered today.
• Viewer Question:  Is running your operating system via an NAS a bad idea?
• A brief description of Alpha/Beta/SVN Software.
• Viewer Question:  I'm running Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 Beta.  If I keep running the updates, will I have the full version once they release it, or do I have to reformat once it's released?
• Removing (uninstalling) the "repository version" of Avant Window Navigator to make way for the SVN version.
• Installing the SVN version of Avant Window Navigator, along with the applets.
• What you should watch for in the output text of apt-get when installing a new application to help avoid breaking your system.
• Viewer Comment:  Your voice is all "chipmonkey".
• Viewer Comment:  XDMCP is now working!
• Viewer Question:  After completely removing Avant Window Navigator and then installing the SVN version, my icons are all back to the way they were.  Why is this, when I told it to completely remove it?
• Using the Stacks Applet in Avant Window Navigator to keep yourself organized.
• Why some of the applets in Avant Window Navigator SVN do not work.
• Configuring Stacks to look the way you like.
• Activating and configuring the Weather Applet in Avant Window Navigator SVN to show your local weather forecast.
  
• Viewer Comment:  Goatees rule!
• Viewer Comment:  I can now open Linux programs on my Windows system using XDMCP!
• Viewer Question:  Can you run games through rdesktop?
• Quick recap of last week's show notes for Steph with regards to her iPod.
• Viewer Comment:  The stream's video quality has gotten really good.
• Viewer Question:  Are you a robot?
• Viewer Comment:  Linux Journal is now BeOS Journal.  Happy April Fools indeed!  [Screenshot]
• Viewer Comment:  Thanks for doing the feature about the dollar store USB cable.
• Why Robbie recommends high-end power supplies, and will not sell cheap power supplies to his clients.
• Viewer Question:  Can you change the Stacks icon in Avant Window Navigator?  (Yes)
• Introducing the first-ever Category5 Collaborative Music Project.

Links:

• Avant Window Navigator SVN Instructions:  ubuntuforums.org 
  

Notes:

Wow--many more audio anomalies this week while using the newly released Ustream encoder.  Sorry for the annoyance; hopefully they'll have it fixed soon!

Notice, when I imported the addresses into Thunderbird, I only had Bekah's checked off.  This is because we were just training Thunderbird to know how to interpret the data; but it actually goes through the whole list of addresses properly.  That's why I unchecked my email info.

The command to update your OS to the latest version is:  sudo apt-get dist-upgrade 

It appears I got cut off at the end of the show's recording.  Not much was missed other than the farewell, but make sure you visit [this link] to find out more about the Collaborative Music Project.

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