Topics Covered:

• Is Category5.TV "just another Ubuntu support site"?
• Robbie's Favorites:  InterfaceLIFT - a free place to get great desktop wallpaper for Windows, Linux and Mac computers.
• Setting your desktop background to a new image in Mozilla Firefox.
• Live Interview:    Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu Linux.
• Why Mark Shuttleworth transitioned from being a successful entrepreneur to an astronaut, and then to a provider of a free operating system.
• Who pays for Ubuntu and why do they go about doing it?  Mark Shuttleworth talks about examples such as Intel and Canonical and how the service-driven software industry differs from the sales-driven software industry.
• What "Ubuntu" means to Mark Shuttleworth.
• How users can become a part of the Ubuntu Linux community.
• What makes Ubuntu Linux stand out from other Linux distributions and other operating systems.
• With Ubuntu's focus on server, desktop and portable, what is going to be the focus with upcoming releases?
• Mark talks about portable devices and Ubuntu Linux.
• Viewer Question:  How long will it take for Ubuntu to go mainstream on the Desktop?
• Ubuntu Linux - usable by Grandma.
• What to look forward to with Ubuntu Linux "Jaunty", 9.10.  Mark Shuttleworth talks about using eye-candy to increase productivity.
• Mark Shuttleworth discusses the difference between the proprietary software world and the free software world when it comes to software and application integration.
• Improving productivity with Compiz-Fusion's cube.
• Viewer Question:  What are your thoughts on the relationship between Ubuntu and Debian?
• Mark Shuttleworth describes the relationship between Ubuntu and Debian.
• Viewer Question:  I'm planning to get a few EeePC's.  I notice most of them come with Windows XP, but I'm an Ubuntu fan.  What would you choose?
• Viewer Question:  I need a webcam-enabled chat software that works cross-platform on either Linux or Windows.  What do you recommend?
• Viewer Question:  Any chance you could re-cast every week?
• Viewer Question:  I downloaded a script that makes it really easy to rotate any photo in Nautilus.  After rotating a photo, Nautilus shows the photo rotated wrong.  What can I do?
• Installing nautilus-image-converter
• Viewer Comment:  Your ticker still says that you're Mark Shuttleworth.
• Viewer Question:  Carrie, have you watched Heroes yet?
• Viewer Question:  I got an email from myself, and it's been sent to everyone in my contact list.  I thought I couldn't get a virus in Ubuntu!  What's going on?
• The dangers of using a Windows-based public computer to check Hotmail, Facebook and Yahoo type services.
• Viewer Question:  How do you zoom in and out on Stellarium?
• Viewer Question:  Can you get me moving on setting up my wireless in Ubuntu without having to use ndiswrapper?
• Viewer Question:  A couple of my friends have lost their passwords on Hotmail and Yahoo by that trojan virus.  How can they get those accounts back?
• Viewer Question:  I installed Ubuntu 8.04 and added a 1 TB hard drive.  When I upgraded to 8.10, it installed the entire OS on the larger drive and none of my compiz effects work.  Can you help me?
• Installing proprietary video drivers in Ubuntu Linux.
• Announcing the winners of the Jawbone Christmas Giveaway contest.
• Viewer Comment:  Merry Christmas!
• Viewer Question:  What is the MSRP on the Jawbone headset?
• Viewer Question:  How do you mount a Windows drive on Ubuntu?  I need to retrieve files from my Windows drive.
• Backing up your Windows files via the Ubuntu Linux live CD.
• Viewer Comment:  The Windows drive will not mount for some reason.
• Viewer Comment:  You can't mount the NTFS drive because it was not shut down cleanly.
• Viewer Question:  Would you use ntfs-3g?
• Viewer Question:  Where is the best place to find hardware that is 100% compatible with Linux?  Specifically, WLAN cards and graphics cards.
• Viewer Comment:  I found that LinuxEmporium.co.uk is good, but laptops can be a pain, and I can't find a UK site for Ubuntu.
• Testing a laptop with Linux before you buy it.
• Viewer Comment:  You don't need OpenGL in Linux.
• Viewer Comment:  Tell them you can buy laptops with Ubuntu preinstalled from Dell.
• Viewer Comment:  Try System 76 for Linux computers.
• Viewer Question:  I love the way you can zoom in and talk about your desktop.  What application do you use, and will it work on KDE?
• How Robbie uses Compiz-Fusion to screencast on Category5 Technology TV.
• Next week's new feature: the behind the scenes camera!
• Viewer Question:  Have you ever heard of Project Looking Glass?
• Viewer Comment:  Beryl was a fork.
• Viewer Question:  What is a thing on Compiz?
• Greetz to the new members of the Category5.TV community.

Links:

• Robbie's Favorite - InterfaceLIFT:  interfacelift.com
  
• Ubuntu:  ubuntu.com 
• EeePC:  eeepc.asus.com 
• EeePC Comparison Chart:  event.asus.com
• Skype:  skype.com 
• System 76:  system76.com
  

Notes:

Special thanks to our UK Correspondent, Alan Pope for setting up the interview with Mark Shuttleworth, as well as provisioning for the on-site camera at the Ubuntu Development Summit in California.

When using Quick Search in Synaptic, I called nautilus-image-converter "nautilus-image-rotator" by accident.  Ignore the error; you can type it in correctly:  nautilus-image-converter.