Topics Covered:

• Robbie Ferguson and Eric Kidd present from the Category5 studios in Barrie, Ontario.
• Remembering Eric's spoof of Robbie on Episode 226.
• A picture of Eric playing guitar outdoors.
• Send in your postcards.
• {play 7:59}Prize Giveaway - a Jawbone Icon Bluetooth headset.
• {play 11:41}Viewer Questions
• Remembering the drawing competition between Robbie Ferguson (using GIMP) and Rachel Xu (using Photoshop).
• Viewer Comment: Happy 5th birthday! I wish I was able to come celebrate, but it's a long trip from Australia. In regards to Google Maps giving wrong directions, take a look at what Google gave me to get to the 5th Anniversary Celebration and how long it's meant to take.
• Viewer Question: How can I install Flash Player on Debian Squeeze?
  • Why Debian Squeeze doesn't come with the Adobe Flash plugin.
  • Activating the contrib (non-free) repository on Debian Linux from within Synaptic Package Manager.
  • Reloading your repository information.
  • Searching for the flashplugin-nonfree and installing it on your Debian Squeeze system.
• Viewer Question: What is the flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound extension?
• Viewer Question: I can get compiz to run, but I lose my taskbar. Are you able to help?
  • Resetting compiz settings to default using compizconfig-settings-manager.
• Viewer Question: Who needs compiz?
• Viewer Comment: Compiz runs really nice on ZorinOS.
• Viewer Comment: Happy 5th birthday! Thank you to Robbie for encouraging me to do my backups! It really paid off this week when my SD card suddenly died, but then I realized I had a backup which I did just after watching Episode 259, so all my files were okay!
• Viewer Question: Once you have your home folder on a separate drive, how can you set it up on a new install? For example, if I am running Ubuntu 10.04 and want to install ZorinOS but still have my home folder, how do I achieve this?
• Viewer Question: Does it really make a substantial difference switching from a regular hard drive to SSD? (Please see Notes above for correction).
• Viewer Question: What size SSD do you need for a standard desktop system?
• The concerns about large Solid State Drives. See Robbie's Blog for more thoughts.
• Viewer Question: How can I block torrent sites on my network?
• {play 45:02}Top Stories from the Category5.TV Newsroom
• {play 50:14}Feature: Self-publishing your novel or short story using nothing but free software and Cafepress.
  • Download the templates and learn more: cat5.tv/publish
  • Creating a Cafepress account.
  • Creating a PDF file from your OpenOffice/LibreOffice source document.
  • Using the GIMP to create your cover artwork.
  • Removing the bleed lines in your source images for your book cover, back and spine, and saving your artwork as PNG files for use on Cafepress.
  • What sets Cafepress apart from vanity press: no printer setup fees and no minimum orders (sure! go ahead and buy just one copy if you'd like).
  • Adding a new product (a book) to your Cafepress store.
  • Uploading your document to Cafepress for use within your book.
  • Ignoring the [ahem] unintuitive errors on Cafepress.
  • Uploading your cover, back and spine images for use on your book's design.
  • Tagging your artwork for your book will help you come up in searches within the Cafepress web site.
  • Saving your book to your Cafepress store and putting it up for sale.
  • Cafepress is a lot more than just books.

Links to Relevant Web Sites:

• Category5 Mobile Site: m.cat5.tv
• Category5 on Tech Podcast Network: cat5.tv/tpn
• Category5 on IAIB: cat5.tv/iaib
• Category5 on Twitter: @category5tv
• Robbie on Twitter: @RobbieFerguson
• Eric on Twitter: @KiddEric