Category5 Technology TV - Ubuntu 10.10 in VirtualBox

Ubuntu 10.10 in VirtualBox

S04E03
October 12, 2010

Installing Ubuntu 10.10 in a Virtual Machine using VirtualBox. Software to rip DVDs. Google invents a car that drives itself. 200 hackers took out Spain's Copyright Protection web site in a pro-BitTorrent campaign. Apple has been ordered to pay $200 million. Pogoplug Pro is now available.

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Topics Covered:

Eric blings himself out with Nanodots.
Robbie's Star Trek DS9 communicator.
Justin.tv having trouble again tonight.
Viewer Question: I want to reinstall Ubuntu from a clean install, but don't want to wipe my whole hard drive. How can I do this?
Eric has bandwidth problems.
Viewer Question: I remember you mentioning a Category5.TV Desktop Application, but can't find it. Where can I get it?
Viewer Question: Can you recommend any good dictation software for Linux?
Reminiscing with people we don't know.
Where Eric is at with his Twitter usage.
Viewer Question: Is Perfectbuntu 5 ready for Ubuntu 10.10 yet?
Viewer Question: What is your opinion of Ubuntu 10.10 so far?
Viewer Comment: The paid app store for Ubuntu isn't quite ready yet, with only one codec for sale.
Robbie improves Eric's Evolution performance by disabling local folder syncronization.
Viewer Question: I watched episode 44 recently where you did a feature on Handbrake. Are you using anything new to rip DVDs?
Viewer Comment: Handbrake and K9copy are also good.
Viewer Question: I've heard many viewers mentioning problems with Grub2, and I've written a blog entry on how I got it working for me. The link to the blog is: http://computerdoctor-mitchel.blogspot.com/2010/07/adding-missing-menu-items-to-grub2.html
Top Stories from the Category5.TV Newsroom.
Feature: Installing Ubuntu 10.10 in a virtual machine using Oracle VM VirtualBox.
Creating a new virtual machine in VirtualBox.
Allocating an appropriate amount of RAM to your virtual machine.
Choosing Dynamically Expanding Storage or Fixed-Size Storage for your VirtualBox Virtual Hard Disk.
Allocating an appropriate amount of hard drive space to your virtual machine.
Downloading Ubuntu Linux.
Adding your Ubuntu CD ISO as virtual media on your VirtualBox virtual machine.
Robbie gets an unexpected error: The virtual host controller needs to have cache turned on.
Mounting your Ubuntu 10.10 virtual CD to your VirtualBox machine.
Booting your virtual machine.
Making your virtual machine fullscreen.
Opting to install additional codecs during the Ubuntu installation procedure.
Allocating your drive space to install Ubuntu Linux.
Setting your timezone in Ubuntu during installation.
Ubuntu 10.10 - with a greatly improved, multitasking installation procedure.
User creation during the Ubuntu installation.
Viewer Question: Can we get a quick review of Unity?
Prize Giveaway: More Nanodots! Congratulations to GregInTexas_.

Links to Relevant Web Sites:

Nanodots: cat5.tv/nanodots
Robbie's Twitter: twitter.com/robbieferguson
Eric's Twitter: twitter.com/kidderic
DVD::RIP: exit1.org/dvdrip
VirtualBox: virtualbox.org
Ubuntu: ubuntu.com

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