Category5 Technology TV - Linux for Little Ones

Linux for Little Ones

S05E15
January 3, 2012

Robbie and Christa show you how to setup Qimo as a session so when your young children login to your computer they are presented with a "made for kids" desktop experience.

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This episode is sponsored in part by: Liquid Image, Garden Gate Farms, Planet Calypso & Pogoplug.

Topics Covered:

Robbie Ferguson and Christa Wells present live from the Category5 studios in Barrie, Ontario.
Christa will be going back to school, effective immediately. And her classes are on Tuesdays.
Robbie unboxes and demonstrates the effectiveness of the Star Trek Enterprise Pizza Cutter from ThinkGeek.
Viewer Question: Is that Robbie's new Christmas cardigan?
The co-host / guest computer is fried; a capacitor on the motherboard exploded.
Viewer Question: Could you elaborate on the filesystem and usage in the Linux terminal?
Linux - a free Desktop operating system to replace Microsoft Windows.
The power of mountpoints in Linux: improving performance by placing various parts of the OS on different hard drives.
Viewer Question: I've installed Ubuntu 11.04 on my 4GB thumb drive, but I keep running out of space. In particular I see a lot of thumbnail generation which results in tons of extra files. Is there something like ccleaner for Linux so I can get this cleaned up?
Obtaining and using Computer Janitor to clean up old packages that may be taking up space on your Linux installation.
Viewer Question: If someone wanted to get their own computer business started, what kind of training would you recommend to get started?
Viewer Question: I downloaded Debian and can't figure out which download to grab. Which one did you use?
Feature: Setting up Qimo on your Linux desktop (especially Ubuntu-based), so your kids can login to their own Qimo-based account while still maintaining your own user account with your favorite desktop.
How much space Qimo will take up on your hard drive.
Setting up a user account specifically for your kids, and setting it up to automatically load Qimo when your kids login.
Placing new applications (such as Super Tux Kart) on your Qimo menu.
Setting Super Tux Kart to fullscreen mode so it always loads fullscreen.
Adding a logout button to the Qimo dock.
Changing User Privileges on your kids' account so they don't have access to things they shouldn't.
Making it so your kids don't need to use a password to login to Qimo.
Tali Talks Tech: Tali (6) uses Qimo to launch Super Tux Kart and Tux Paint, and draws a picture. She finds Qimo to be really easy to use, and really enjoyed the experience.
Viewer Comment: Tali's so cute.
Christa's upcoming schooling.
Viewer Question: Why is Ubuntu including Libre Office now instead of OpenOffice?
Viewer Question: I'm having a problem with SAMBA shares in Linux. I set it up okay but then after a reboot I have to set it up again. Any hints?