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Going Linux #067 - Computer America #14
Going Linux #067 - Computer America #14
Craig convinces Larry to do a screen cast, lots of button pushing, lots of free stuff, 5 contest winners and much, much more.Episode 67 Time Stamps
00:00 Going Linux #067 - Computer America #14
00:16 Introduction
01:52 Carey pushes the right button
03:53 Free show, free operating system, free prizes
05:44 Windows-free episode
06:37 New software Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackelope
08:00 Carey's screencasts
10:15 Larry pushes the right button
11:15 Linux in video production
13:07 Carey asks Larry to produce a screencast to help walk him through
installing Linux
16:37 Carey explains the challenge
20:04 Larry accepts the challenge
22:25 Carey talks about how he produces his screencasts
24:18 Carey wants to use Linux to produce screencasts!
27:15 Mike wins the contest! (5th place)
30:30 Doug has troubles with a Logitech webcam on Xubuntu on an old computer
32:49 Linux driver issue, camera hardware issue, computer hardware issue?
35:53 Carey suggest it may be a USB issue
37:10 Kyle wins the contest! (4th place)
39:02 New contest do-over
40:00 Buddy list winner
42:45 All the right buttons are pushed for hour two
43:50 Kevin: Where is the "control panel" in Linux? Equivalent functions?
45:30 Where to adjust display settings using openSUSE's YaST and using Gnome's System menu
49:35 Support for the Linux community can help you discover how to do things
51:29 Mike: www.osalt.com is an excellent resource for software equivalents
52:09 How to find Linux equivalents to Windows applications
54:05 Definition: Software Repositories and Package Manager
55:32 Jonathan wins the contest! (3rd place)
58:30 Gary wins the contest! (6th caller)
59:20 Gary and Carey discuss using the prize to make backups
61:17 Brad wins the contest! (2nd place)
62:37 Nancy: Disagrees that everything will be moving to the cloud. Note everyone can even get the cloud.
65:05 The future of computing is applications for the "cloud" especially with browser-based portable devices
67:37 The "average" computer user just wants the computer to work
70:06 Cloud computing "just works" for users who want the computer to work like an appliance
82:02 Cloud computing allows users to switch computers
83:04 Disadvantage of using Windows to access the cloud is viruses, Linux has the advantage for accessing the cloud
85:09 Joshua wins the contest! (1st place - grand prize)
90:13 End