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Topics Covered: - Viewer Question: My Broadcom wireless card doesn't work in Ubuntu. How can I get it to work?
- Using Ubuntu's "Hardware Drivers" dialogue to install non-free drivers for devices such as ATI or nVidia graphics cards or PCI wireless devices.
- Viewer Question: I heard about a virus attacking Facebook profiles. I also heard from a friend that they got a virus by opening a video they received by email. How are these viruses being developed, and what is the point? Who is benefiting from these viruses?
- A few ways you can protect yourself from virus tricks on MSN, instant messenger, and email when using Windows.
- Viewer Question: How can you make a DVD disk from an AVI file, or multiple AVI files? (Already covered: See Episode 27)
- Mounting an ISO file to your CD/DVD drive mount point in Linux so you can test a disk before burning it.
- Using Category5's internal search engine to find past topics covered on the show.
- Viewer Question: I'm planning to build my first computer and had a few questions. Should I go with an AMD or Intel processor? Although I don't need something as big as the Xaser VI, what chassis would you recommend? Do you like the Thermaltake Armor+ MX? What resource can I use to find an appropriate motherboard for my new system build?
- Viewer Question: I just realized that my computer has two SATA ports on the motherboard, but when the manufacturer built my PC, they used the eIDE channel. Is there a way to convert the SATA ports to eSATA so I can connect a couple of external SATA hard drives?
- Viewer Question: Can you daisy-chain SATA drives?
- Feature: 18 Linux games that are freely available and easily installable using Synaptic Package Manager.
- Game Featured: Emilia Pinball
- Game Featured: LTris
- Game Featured: Abuse
- Game Featured: Frozen Bubble
- Game Featured: Armagetron Advanced
- Game Featured: AisleRiot Solitaire
- Game Featured: FooBillard
- Game Featured: Brutal Chess
- Game Featured: Neverputt
- Game Featured: Trackballs
- Game Featured: Neverball
- Game Featured: Pingus
- Game Featured: XMoto
- Game Featured: Scorched 3D
- Game Featured: Open Arena
- Game Featured: Nexuiz
- Game Featured: Warsow
- Game Featured: Tremulous
- Viewer Comment: I love Unreal Tournament.
- Viewer Question: Why are some of my favorite games not in the video presentation?
- Viewer Comment: The LAN party is very new to me.
- Viewer Comment: Playing Tremulous online is extremely difficult. You get killed after two seconds. People probably cheat.
- Introduction to Linux repositories and using Synaptic Package Manager.
- Viewer Question: Can you use a router when playing LAN parties?
- Step-by-step configuring Synaptic Package Manager for its first use so you can install any software from the repositories, including non-free and community-based software.
- Searching for software and installing it using Synaptic Package Manager in Ubuntu Linux.
- Manually finding software in Synaptic Package Manager by browsing the respositories' sections and categories.
- Viewer Question: Did you mention BZFlag?
- Robbie talks briefly about the growth of Category5 Technology TV.
- Viewer Question: Do you sell advertising at Category5?
- Viewer Question: Do your ethernet wires get hot during the broadcast?
- Viewer Comment: It's good to hear all the Linux information. It's a growing market.
- Viewer Comment: I like the ability to watch Category5 offline. It helps when I miss something during the live show.
- Viewer Question: Is that other monitor showing the same thing as the one you're looking at?
- Viewer Question: How hard is it to set up an FTP server on Ubuntu?
- SAMBA, SSH and WEBDAV--some other ways to share files back and forth between computers.
- Viewer Question: Has anyone sent you an Xbox yet to do a feature on?
- Viewer Question: How do I make programs start automatically when I load my Linux computer?
- Viewer Question: Have you used the Google Desktop gadgets yet?
- Viewer Question: How do you zoom in on your desktop like that?
- Category5 Technology TV is looking for a cohost.
- Viewer Question: Which episode was it where you taught us to install avant-window-navigator's dock bar for Linux?
- Viewer Question: How do you add those moving backdrops (skydomes) that you have in the background when you spin your cube?
- Using compizconfig-settings-manager to install an animated skydome for your compiz-fusion cube.
- Viewer Question: What level is your zoom set to in compiz-fusion?
- Viewer Question: How did you get the cube on Ubuntu Hardy Heron?
- Setting the zoom level of your spinning cube in compiz-fusion so that it zooms out when you spin it.
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