This page describes how to make a video of your desktop and upload it to YouTube in order to show cool desktop features to the public. The video will have sound by default unless you switch off (or mis-configure) your microphone.

record your desktop

install and start recordmydesktop, e.g.

sudo apt-get install recordmydesktop
recordmydesktop myvideo

Then you have myvideo, a video with sound.

upload it

get an account and upload your video at http://www.youtube.com

advanced tricks

wait 5 seconds before recording; record 60 seconds

sleep 5; recordmydesktop & sleep 60; kill $!

find out what file has been created by recordmydesktop (most recently)

ls -ltr

Alternatives

xvidcap