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Episode 51 - Transitioning to Ubuntu |
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NEW FEATURE: Read the chat logs Topics Covered: - Announcing Panda Security revised prices.
- Talking about Entropia Universe.
- Where the money in Entropia Universe comes from.
- Viewer Comment: Ads in the game are placed by an external ad agency and are region-specific.
- Viewer Question: Are you using a TriCaster?
- Coming back to last week's question about adding applications to Avant Window Navigator and making it way simpler.
- Feature: The basics of the Ubuntu interface--simplifying it for Windows users.
- Carrie's Question: Can you save files from OpenOffice.org Writer and open them in Microsoft Word?
- Exporting PDF files from OpenOffice.org Writer.
- An introduction to the linux "home" folder.
- Viewer Comment: There are some things you cannot do in OpenOffice. For example, copying and pasting spreadsheet fields from Entropia's web site. (Shown otherwise)
- Viewer Question: When I'm loading PDF files, sometimes they are really slow in loading. What's up with that?
- Viewer Question: Can you export from Evolution and import it into Outlook? (Unanswered; for a future show?)
- Viewer Question: I'm having problems uninstalling programs in Ubuntu; when I remove them, I want to also remove all the configuration files. How can I do this?
- Using apt-get --purge remove to completely uninstall an application, including its leftover configuration files.
- Viewer Question: What is the best way to connect my computer to my HDTV?
 Carrie's Comment: I bought a DSUDS (SANSA) MP3 player. My first piece of technology since my Tamagotchi.- The difference between DVI, HDMI, VGA and S-Video.
- Viewer Question: Can Ubuntu output 1080p to your TV?
- Viewer Question: Can you have multiple monitors on Ubuntu?
- Viewer Question: Can you use HTMI on Ubuntu?
- Viewer Question: How can you configure multiple monitors in Ubuntu using an nVidia card?
- Viewer Comment: I can output 1080p in Windows, but not in Ubuntu.
- Viewer Comment: Using nvidia-settings ruins my setup.
- Using nvidia-settings to activate multiple monitors in Ubuntu.
- Viewer Question: Is there any reason my laptop won't boot the Ubuntu install disk? (After re-burning the disk, Fred said it worked).
- Carrie's Question: What are some ways you can obtain and install Ubuntu?
- Carrie's Question: How do you buy tech support from Ubuntu?
- The equivalent to Control Panel and Task Manager in Ubuntu.
- Creating files in Ubuntu Linux.
- Basic file operations (such as copy, paste) in Ubuntu.
- Viewer Question: Do you have any suggestions for good file naming habits?
- Viewer Question: Can you talk about sysrq? (Viewer didn't clarify what specifically they wanted to know).
- Viewer Question: I can't install a wireless router using the provided CD wizards. Is there something wrong with the laptop? What do I do to make it work?
- Viewer Question: I watch the show from India at 4:30am. I'm having trouble watching the live stream due to the low bandwidth here. Do you offer any lower-bitrate versions of the broadcast and subsequent downloads?
- Viewer Question: When using custom themes, why does my theme disappear when I run something using gksudo?
- Carrie's Question: Why is it unsafe to run Linux as the root user?
- Final thoughts about Entropia Universe.
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