April 15, 2008 Software:  A first look at HandBrake 0.9.2 - a DVD to MP4 converter for Windows, Mac and Linux.  Rip your DVDs directly to MP4! Using nvidia-settings to configure TV-out for your Ubuntu computer. Creating bookmark groups on the Mozilla Firefox bookmarks bar. Working with compressed archive files.

Topics Covered:

• Viewer Question:  I have a Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop and can't boot the Ubuntu 7.10 CD - the screen goes black with colored vertical lines.  I also can't get my Edimax wireless card working in the Ubuntu 7.04 live CD.  Can you help with these problems?
• Viewer Question:  I have a ZIP file with important Excel spreadsheets in it.  When I open the files, they are read only, and I can't add anything to the spreadsheets or save them.  What can I do?
• Viewer Comment:  I'm bored with Windows XP.
• Creating bookmark groups on the Mozilla Firefox bookmarks bar.
• Viewer Question:  How can I get Mac OS to work on my PC?
• Viewer Comment:  Running Mac OS on a PC is illegal.
• Viewer Question:  How much does Mac OS cost?
• Viewer Question:  Looking back at your review of the Aliph Jawbone, how is the sound quality on your end?
• Viewer Question:  If I buy Mac OS and can't use it on my PC, am I out the money?
• Viewer Question:  How much does a Mac cost?
• Viewer Question:  When does the new version of Ubuntu come out?
• Software Feature:  Looking at HandBrake 0.9.2 in both Windows and Linux.  A DVD to MPEG-4 converter that works on all major platforms.
• Viewer Question:  What is Folding@home?
• Using nvidia-settings to configure TV output on your Linux computer with an nVidia video card.
• Viewer Question:  What if your TV resolution is 1366x768?
• Robbie's comments about when he is silently reading the chat room.
• Comments about the Collaborative Music Project.
• Viewer Question:  How do I get two desket top?  (Ran out of time before the question could be explained)

Links:

• PC Gourmet Coffee:  presidentschoice.ca
  
• Movie - Medicine Man:  imdb.com
  
• HandBrake:  handbrake.fr
  
• Folding@home:  folding.stanford.edu
  

Notes:

For the sake of accuracy, I actually looked it up - LOL - here's what Wikipedia says about PKZIP:  "The first version of PKZIP appeared in 1989. It was a DOS command-line tool and was distributed as shareware with a $25 registration fee."

Something I had intended to mention about using nvidia-settings: if you want your settings to be remembered after rebooting your computer, make sure you save it to your xorg.conf file.  In order to do this, rather than launching nvidia-settings, you must launch it as super user:  gksudo nvidia-settings - then, once you have it set the way you like, press "Save to X Configuration File" on the X Server Display Configuration page.  Make sure you merge the settings with your existing file, otherwise you'll actually be overwriting it.  Now, the settings will be saved to your configuration.

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