Category5 Technology TV - Valve Steam on Linux

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Robbie Ferguson and Sasha Dirmeitis present from the Category5 studios in Barrie, Ontario.
The episode that almost never was. Some strange interactions between Synergy, Zorin OS 6 Ultimate and the Linux clipboard.
{play 5:50}New Web Site Feature: Receive each episode of Category5 TV by email. Read This for more information.
{play 8:06}The Top 10 viewers (by points) this month.
{play 8:59}Our live Viewer Location Map.
Viewer Question: Why does the video get all blocky when you change camera views?
{play 13:16}Feature: Valve Steam for Linux.
- Steam bridges the gaming gap between Windows, Mac and now Linux.
- Downloading the Steam Launcher installer for Linux, and installing Steam.
- Running Steam for the first time.
- Creating a Steam account (it's free to sign up!)
- Upgrading your graphic driver to a compatible proprietary driver (nVidia 304 unstable, in our case).
- The dangers of using an "experimental" video driver.
- Installing our first game: a "Free to Play" game called Team Fortress 2.
- What "Free to Play" means on Steam.
- Browsing the selection of Linux games available through Steam.
- What Steam gives you: a cross-platform gaming store with full installation system.
- Using the Steam Store.
- Steam: finally available on Linux.
- Steam (and gamers) being on Linux should help drive the development of higher-end stable graphic drivers and other important software.
- Testing actual gameplay on a Steam-powered game running on Linux.
{play 28:50}Top Stories from the Category5.TV Newsroom
{play 38:45}Viewer Questions
Viewer Comment: You should announce the Category5.TV WhatPulse team again!
- Viewer comment: WhatPulse is a keylogger! Robbie responds: no, it isn't; not exactly.
- The video Robbie mentioned regarding WhatPulse and what it does: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u9OiQp86-I
- What makes WhatPulse not a traditional keylogger (and why it's considered safe).
Viewer Question: On the Ask A Question page, there is an option for Questions or Comments on-air, but no option for a comment for off-air. Can you add that? Done!
Viewer Question: Personal viewer points can be seen on the "My Profile" section, but there is no longer a listing showing the top viewers. That was a great feature of the previous site. Can that be added?
- The Category5.TV home page shows the top 10 viewers of the month.
Viewer Question: I recently started using WhatPulse. I see the heatmap shows that my backspace and space keys are very hot. Does that mean I am very hot?
Seeing his heatmap made Robbie want to learn to type using the Dvorak keyboard layout.
- What Dvorak is.
- Why Qwerty keyboards are ... stupid ... in today's age.
- Looking at the Dvorak keyboard layout.
Viewer Question: My wife has a small reflexology business, and a website to promote it. Getty Images has sent her a letter demanding $2,750 for three small thumbnail pictures that she has on her site. Searching the web, it seems Getty Images is known for using scare-tactics to get money from users. Do I need to be worried about this?
- Why you cannot use pictures you've "found on the Internet" on your own web site.
- How (and why) Getty Images tracks down illegal use of photographs.
- How Fair Use comes into play.
- Purchasing the license to use photographs from reputable, royalty-free image sites such as iStockPhoto.
- Finding Royalty-Free images that are available for free.
  - Stock.XCHNG
  - Creative Commons