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Recorded live December 9, 2008
- Live Interview: Mark Shuttleworth, Founder of Ubuntu Linux
- Announcing the winners of the Jawbone Christmas Contest
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Topics Covered: - Is Category5.TV "just another Ubuntu support site"?
- Robbie's Favorites: InterfaceLIFT - a free place to get great desktop wallpaper for Windows, Linux and Mac computers.
- Setting your desktop background to a new image in Mozilla Firefox.
- Live Interview:
 Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu Linux. - Why Mark Shuttleworth transitioned from being a successful entrepreneur to an astronaut, and then to a provider of a free operating system.
- Who pays for Ubuntu and why do they go about doing it? Mark Shuttleworth talks about examples such as Intel and Canonical and how the service-driven software industry differs from the sales-driven software industry.
- What "Ubuntu" means to Mark Shuttleworth.
- How users can become a part of the Ubuntu Linux community.
- What makes Ubuntu Linux stand out from other Linux distributions and other operating systems.
- With Ubuntu's focus on server, desktop and portable, what is going to be the focus with upcoming releases?
- Mark talks about portable devices and Ubuntu Linux.
- Viewer Question: How long will it take for Ubuntu to go mainstream on the Desktop?
- Ubuntu Linux - usable by Grandma.
- What to look forward to with Ubuntu Linux "Jaunty", 9.10. Mark Shuttleworth talks about using eye-candy to increase productivity.
- Mark Shuttleworth discusses the difference between the proprietary software world and the free software world when it comes to software and application integration.
- Improving productivity with Compiz-Fusion's cube.
- Viewer Question: What are your thoughts on the relationship between Ubuntu and Debian?
- Mark Shuttleworth describes the relationship between Ubuntu and Debian.
- Viewer Question: I'm planning to get a few EeePC's. I notice most of them come with Windows XP, but I'm an Ubuntu fan. What would you choose?
- Viewer Question: I need a webcam-enabled chat software that works cross-platform on either Linux or Windows. What do you recommend?
- Viewer Question: Any chance you could re-cast every week?
- Viewer Question: I downloaded a script that makes it really easy to rotate any photo in Nautilus. After rotating a photo, Nautilus shows the photo rotated wrong. What can I do?
- Installing nautilus-image-converter
- Viewer Comment: Your ticker still says that you're Mark Shuttleworth.
- Viewer Question: Carrie, have you watched Heroes yet?
- Viewer Question: I got an email from myself, and it's been sent to everyone in my contact list. I thought I couldn't get a virus in Ubuntu! What's going on?
- The dangers of using a Windows-based public computer to check Hotmail, Facebook and Yahoo type services.
- Viewer Question: How do you zoom in and out on Stellarium?
- Viewer Question: Can you get me moving on setting up my wireless in Ubuntu without having to use ndiswrapper?
- Viewer Question: A couple of my friends have lost their passwords on Hotmail and Yahoo by that trojan virus. How can they get those accounts back?
- Viewer Question: I installed Ubuntu 8.04 and added a 1 TB hard drive. When I upgraded to 8.10, it installed the entire OS on the larger drive and none of my compiz effects work. Can you help me?
- Installing proprietary video drivers in Ubuntu Linux.
- Announcing the winners of the Jawbone Christmas Giveaway contest.
- Viewer Comment: Merry Christmas!
- Viewer Question: What is the MSRP on the Jawbone headset?
- Viewer Question: How do you mount a Windows drive on Ubuntu? I need to retrieve files from my Windows drive.
- Backing up your Windows files via the Ubuntu Linux live CD.
- Viewer Comment: The Windows drive will not mount for some reason.
- Viewer Comment: You can't mount the NTFS drive because it was not shut down cleanly.
- Viewer Question: Would you use ntfs-3g?
- Viewer Question: Where is the best place to find hardware that is 100% compatible with Linux? Specifically, WLAN cards and graphics cards.
- Viewer Comment: I found that LinuxEmporium.co.uk is good, but laptops can be a pain, and I can't find a UK site for Ubuntu.
- Testing a laptop with Linux before you buy it.
- Viewer Comment: You don't need OpenGL in Linux.
- Viewer Comment: Tell them you can buy laptops with Ubuntu preinstalled from Dell.
- Viewer Comment: Try System 76 for Linux computers.
- Viewer Question: I love the way you can zoom in and talk about your desktop. What application do you use, and will it work on KDE?
- How Robbie uses Compiz-Fusion to screencast on Category5 Technology TV.
- Next week's new feature: the behind the scenes camera!
- Viewer Question: Have you ever heard of Project Looking Glass?
- Viewer Comment: Beryl was a fork.
- Viewer Question: What is a thing on Compiz?
- Greetz to the new members of the Category5.TV community.
Links: Notes: Special thanks to our UK Correspondent, Alan Pope for setting up the interview with Mark Shuttleworth, as well as provisioning for the on-site camera at the Ubuntu Development Summit in California. When using Quick Search in Synaptic, I called nautilus-image-converter "nautilus-image-rotator" by accident. Ignore the error; you can type it in correctly: nautilus-image-converter. Keywords: linux, windows, technology, tv, robbie ferguson, ubuntu, free, download, view, tv, television, podcast, vodcast, video podcast, streaming video, ustream, category5.tv category5 technology tv, tech tv, mark shuttleworth Readers have left 2 comments.  1. UntitledAndrew Jamison, RegisteredGreat Episode! I love the interview I only wish I had been able to attend live 2. UntitledClifford Haynes, Registered I finally got my cube to rotate. Wheeee! Thanks Robbie ![[smiley=laugh]](http://www.category5.tv/components/com_jreactions/custom/templates/simple/smileys/smiley_laugh.gif) |
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