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On This Week's Show:

Category5 Technology TV - Robbie Ferguson & Hillary RumballDon't miss this week's live broadcast! This Tuesday night at 7pm Eastern.  [Click Here] for your local show time.

  • Feature:  Basic Photo Manipulation Part 7: Creating panoramic images with a standard digital camera.

Have a question for Robbie?  Use the Interact section of Category5.tv to get your answers during the show!

In the meantime, check out the latest broadcast below, or visit the Episode Index to catch previous episodes.
Episode 69 - Data Backups on Linux
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Recorded live January 13, 2009
  • Robbie's Favorites:  A news site you can actually read without getting depressed.
  • Feature:  Backing up your files in Linux.
  • Tutorial:  Creating your own Latest Episode module for Joomla.

Topics Covered:

  • Explanation of what The Meat is. 
  • Viewer testimonials.
  • Pidgin users were receiving an "Unable to retrieve MSN Address Book" error.
  • Robbie's Favorites:  A news web site that filters out the sad stuff and just gives you the Happy News.
  • Viewer Question:  nvfanner is telling me that my video card doesn't support fan speed adjustments, but I know it does.  How can I get it working?
  • Viewer Question:  I just heard about the Easy Peasy distribution for the EeePC.  Is it worth me upgrading from Ubuntu Eee?
  • Viewer Question:  I have a Dell Optiplex 755.  I can download Dell's version of Ubuntu, but there are two versions available.  Which one should I use?
  • Viewer Question:  Is the default Bluetooth software in Ubuntu Linux going to be upgraded soon to support Bluetooth headsets?
  • Carrie's Question:  Why would you want to setup your Bluetooth headset to work with Linux?
  • Viewer Question:  I want to have two screens at once displaying two things at the same time.  How do I do this with my built-in Intel graphics card?
  • Viewer Question:  Can you explain how I could get into making a web site?  I do not know how to code, but would like to get started.
  • Viewer Question:  Did you look at Windows 7 Beta yet?
  • Viewer Question:  I'd like to set up a Linux computer that doesn't require too much RAM that is designed specifically for kids.  What would you recommend?
  • Viewer Question:  I have a friend in Iraq who cannot get online from his Ubuntu connection.  Could the problem be with IPv6?
  • Feature:  Backing up your critical files on your Linux Desktop computer.
  • Where your files are located in Linux.
  • A brief explanation of rsync and how (along with cp) hard-linking makes your backup a lot smaller.
  • Using Back In Time to perform rsync backups in Ubuntu Linux.
  • Why you should use the repositories to install Back In Time, rather than the .DEB package or source.
  • Adding a repository to Ubuntu using the built-in GUI.
  • Installing Back In Time.
  • Running Back In Time for the first time.
  • Configuring where you'd like Back In Time to save your backups to.
  • Setting up your backup folder as an exclusion in Back In Time.
  • Basic settings for an automatic snapshot in Back In Time.
  • Carrie's Question:  Is this the same as an online backup?
  • Taking your first snapshot in Back In Time.
  • Looking at Back In Time's Timeline.
  • Viewing your backups using nautilus.
  • Carrie's Question:  Would your computer slow down if you were low on hard drive space during a backup?
  • Viewer Question:  How do you delete, and ultimately prevent Google history?
  • Feature:  How to add a customized module to your Joomla web site.  In particular, adding the Category5.TV Latest Episode Widget to a Joomla web page.
  • What WYSIWYG means.
  • How to find the content module positions on your Joomla web site.
  • Explaining what a module is for your Joomla web page.
  • Viewer Comment:  There are a lot of people watching Category5 Technology TV from China this week.
  • Viewer Question:  Where can I find the show notes for episodes of Category5 Technology TV?
  • Viewer Question:  How do I access the chat logs for past episodes of Category5 Technology TV?
  • Viewer Question:  Why is Evolution so slow when filtering my email?

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Notes:

At least once, I called this "Episode 59".  Whoops!

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