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O ut w ith th e old and in w ith th e ne w ? Not so! Ste p back in tim e by follow ing our guide to installing O pe nTTD . TTD be ing Transport Tycoon D e luxe - a h igh ly addictive transport sim from ye ars ago w h ich I w as Ubuntu is a com ple te ope rating h e avily addicte d to on m y old 486 PC. Me ? O ld? O h ye s, I'm old syste m th at is pe rfe ct for laptops, de sk tops and se rve rs. W h e th e r at e nough to e ve n re m e m be r 386s! h om e , sch ool or at w ork Ubuntu contains all th e applications you'll Starting th is m onth w e h ave a ste p-by-ste p se rie s on cre ating your e ve r ne e d including w ord ow n se rve r. Part one cove rs th e basic installation of Ubuntu Se rve r and proce ssing, e m ail application and in a fe w m onth s tim e you w ill h ave a fully w ork ing and w e ll configure d w e b brow se r. Ubuntu Se rve r. Spe ak ing of w h ich , if anyone out th e re w ould lik e to w rite a se rie s of article s on GIMP, ple ase ge t in touch as it's som e th ing You do not pay any pe ople are alw ays look ing to le arn. lice nsing fe e s. You can dow nload, use and sh are Ubuntu w ith your Enjoy th e m agazine and k e e p in touch pe ople ! frie nds, fam ily, sch ool or busine ss for absolute ly noth ing. O nce installe d, your syste m is re ady- to-use w ith a full se t of productivity, Editor, Full Circle Magazine inte rne t, draw ing and graph ics ronnie @ fullcircle m agazine .org applications, and gam e s.
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O K folk s th e long aw aite d Ubuntu 7.10 D e sk top Course is re ady, w aiting and all yours for th e tak ing! Th ank s to all th e com m unity m e m be rs w h o slogge d ove r w riting, re vie w ing, e diting, proof re ading and fixing th e layout. Th is is just th e be ginning of th e proje ct w h ich w e h ope Re le ase d unde r th e w ill live and e volve w ith e ach ne w lice nse , is a puzzle type gam e Ubuntu re le ase . Yours to de ve lop, base d on th e "Th e se us and th e e nh ance and branch off to your h e art's Minotaur Maze s" gam e , but im prove d conte nt! Th e re are 10 le ssons in total. by adding a 3D , isom e tric, vie w . In th e Th e course is m odular - 2 days if all gam e you play th rough 40 diffe re nt le ssons are cove re d, h ow e ve r, topics W h ile not as se xy as th e BMW Z 4M or som e Andalusian locations and le arn about and le ssons can be se le cte d as re q uire d. of th e oth e r autom obile s on display during th e typical food, fie stas and h istory of Th e re are 2 ve rsions of th e course : an CES, w e h ad le arne d an inte re sting fact th e place . Instructor Guide , and a stude nt guide . about th e drive r-le ss Carne gie Me llon ve h icle : it runs Ubuntu. Th is Carne gie You can find inform ation about (PD F) Me llon ve h icle w ith sponsors such as at w w w .nim uh .com . You can also h ttp://url.fullcircle m agazine .org/0cce 36 Google , Ne tApp, and Inte l, h ad w on th is dow nload th e Linux source code and (PD F) ye ar's DARPA ch alle nge . Th is autom ate d pack age s for Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon h ttp://url.fullcircle m agazine .org/de 2e 29 ve h icle use s a doze n Inte l Core 2 w ith ve rsions also available for proce ssors, but at th e bottom of th e W indow s and Mac. Source : Ubuntu W e e k ly Ne w s # 73 softw are stack is Ubuntu 6.06 "D appe r h ttps://w ik i.ubuntu.com /UbuntuW e e k lyNe D rak e " Linux. Ubuntu 6.06 w as ch ose n for Th e e ntire proje ct h as be e n de ve lope d w sle tte r be ing an LTS (Long Te rm Support) re le ase . using Ubuntu Linux. Pe rh aps ne xt ye ar's ve h icle w ill be running Source : Nim uh .com Ubuntu 8.04? h ttp://w w w .nim uh .com / Source : Ph oronix h ttp://url.fullcircle m agazine .org/703fa0
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Ace r Se lling Ubuntu Laptops Linux De ve lopm e nt M ore Lik e Social H ardy H e ron Alph a 3 Re le ase d! Ne tw ork Says Torvalds Ace r is H ardy H e ron Alph a 3 is th e th ird alph a m ak ing a Linux de ve lopm e nt is re le ase of Ubuntu 8.04, and w ith th is lim ite d laptop m ore lik e a social ne w alph a re le ase com e s a w h ole h ost se rie s ne tw ork built on of e xce lle nt ne w fe ature s. available now truste d re lationsh ips w ith Ubuntu and le ss lik e a Linux pre - de m ocratic loade d. com m unity of You just h ave to go to a D ick Sm ith store individuals de dicate d and look for product code XC5822. Th e to a single Th e se fe ature s are sh ow case d for your picture h e re is th e sam e as th e one on de ve lopm e nt proce ss, atte ntion. Ple ase te st th e m and re port th e site , but I am told it's not e xactly th e according to Linux any bugs you find. If you w ant to se e sam e as th e m ode l be ing offe re d. cre ator Linus Torvalds. w h at th e de ve lope rs h ave cook ing for th e ne xt alph a re le ase tak e a look Th e y are som e late 2004 Ace r Aspire th rough th e h ardy blue print page 4315-100508Ci m ode ls, base d on an said h ttps://blue prints.launch pad.ne t/ubuntu Inte l Ce le ron M 540 1.86GH z Proce ssor, Torvalds, th e Linux proje ct coordinator w h o /h ardy 512MB D D R2 RAM, 80GB 5400 RPM h as w ritte n approxim ate ly 2% of th e Linux SATA H D D , 14.1" W ide scre e n D isplay, code since cre ating th e ope rating syste m in DVD + CD RW Com bo D rive , Inte l Me dia 19 9 0. Acce le rator X3100 Graph ics Card and Torvalds m ade h is com m e nts during a tw o- h as a sm all w ire le ss LAN. part inte rvie w w ith Jim Z e m lin, CEO of th e te am of de ve lope rs w h o are Th e laptops are running Ubuntu 7.10. Linux Foundation. Torvalds is a Fe llow at th e w ork ing on an ope n source foundation, w h ich funds h is w ork . H e can be application w h ich w ill h e lp th ose , W h at's m ore inte re sting is th e price : h e ard in h is ow n w ords via podcast on th e lik e us, w h o cre ate publications. NZ $69 9 , m ak ing it a gre at value w h e n Linux-Foundation.org W e b site . Part 2 of th e W e are alw ays look ing for m ore com pare d to th e ASUS Ee e PC, w h ich inte rvie w w ill be poste d in e arly Fe bruary. de ve lope rs. If you w ould lik e to h as only a 4 GB flash m e m ory for h e lp, ple ase visit: storage and costs th e sam e . Source : Com pute rW orld.com h ttp://de v.fullcircle m agazine .org Source : Ge e k zone .co.nz h ttp://url.fullcircle m agazine .org/49 df86
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Many of you m ay not re cognise th e nam e . O pe nGEU w as pre viously k now n as Ge ubuntu but w e h ad to ch ange its nam e be cause of Ubuntu trade m ark s. Since GEU is not a re al re m ix (it doe sn't use official Ubuntu re positorie s only) it's not righ t for us to use th e Ubuntu nam e in our de rivative .
th an Xubuntu on your m ach ine but it pe nGEU is a norm al Ubuntu If you are planning to try w ill give you an incre dible look and distro using Enligh te nm e nt O pe nGEU on a VM th e n you w ith am azing anim ations. O D R17 and som e bits of don't ne e d to burn th e ISO on a GNO ME to re nde r th e de sk top • Since E17 is a w indow m anage r, CD . You can run th e disto inste ad of th e standard GNO ME you w on't be able to use it w ith straigh tly from th e .iso file . You D e sk top Environm e nt or KD E from Com piz. But to say th at Com piz is can dow nload and use , for fre e , Kubuntu or XFCE4 from Xubuntu. th e m aste r of 3D e ffe cts, th e n E17 is th e O pe n Source virtualization Th is m e ans a lot of th ings. To th e alm igh ty Lord of 2D e ffe cts. Also application VirtualBox re sum e th e m ain points: E17 w ill give you ve ry e le gant and (h ttp://w w w .virtualbox.org). You can find an article of m ine about • E17 is be ta softw are , so am azing e ffe cts w ith out ask ing you for a 3D card or a pow e rful m ach ine , VirtualBox in # 5 O pe nGEU m ay h ave som e bugs (h ttp://fullcircle m agazine .org). w e didn't notice . In th is case , so it w ill run sm ooth ly and pe rfe ctly ple ase re port th e m in our forum , e ve n on a Virtual Mach ine ! Th at's an ML or IRC Ch anne l. Also, th e re are incre dible plus. som e k now n bugs w e 're trying to Put th e O pe nGEU CD into th e
sh ut dow n. Ple ase re fe r to our CD -Rom drive of your m ach ine w ik i, w h ich is in our m ain site , to Th at said, le t's start w ith th e re al and boot it up. Re m e m be r to se t le arn m ore about k now n bugs. installation. W arm up your CD up th e BIO S so th at your CD - burne r, load your pre fe rre d burning RO M drive is loade d be fore your • E17 is fille d w ith e ye -candy but h ard disk is, oth e rw ise O pe nGEU w ith ve ry low h ardw are softw are (K3B, Brase ro, Gnom e - Back e r, Nautilus-Burn, anyth ing w ill w on't boot. Re m e m be r to back - re q uire m e nts. Th is m e ans th at up your im portant data be fore O pe nGEU m ay e ve n be faste r do), dow nload th e O pe nGEU ISO and burn it to an e m pty CD . installing O pe nGEU. Eve n th ough 6 you sh ouldn't h ave any proble m s, Any tim e you w ish to, you can be tte r safe th an sorry. sw itch to th e 'Moonligh t' th e m e from Sunsh ine and vice ve rsa by launch ing th e O pe nGEU th e m e sw itch e r from th e 'Pre fe re nce s' m e nu in th e top pane l. W h e ne ve r you're re ady to install O pe nGEU, just double click on th e install de sk top icon.
Th e n com e s th e usual Ubuntu installe r. H e re you are on th e O pe nGEU Ch oose your de sk top! Th e w arm and h appy language and 'Sunsh ine ' th e m e w e lcom e s you. pre ss th e Th e CD boots and you se e th e Note th at e ve n th e back ground is 'Ne xt' button. scre e n above , w ith a num be r of anim ate d. You can acce ss any options available . You can Ch e ck application by le ft click ing on any Ch oose th e CD for de fe cts be fore you e m pty zone of th e de sk top or on th e your tim e - start th e Live CD , th is w ay you'll O pe nGEU logo on th e golde n bottom zone from th e be sure th at th e ISO h as be e n sh e lf. You'll also find a top pane l, m ap. Th is is burne d corre ctly so th at you w on't auto-h idde n for your conve nie nce , ne e de d to se t h ave any nasty surprise s during fille d w ith im portant apple ts such as up not only th e installation proce ss. Afte r a Trash , tray icon space , 'Pre fe re nce s date and tim e ch e ck (you can also sk ip it at your and Se ttings' m e nus and so on. You but also th e locale -se ttings risk ) ch oose 'Start or Install can te st th e distro in th is Live m ode w h ich O pe nGEU w ill dow nload Ubuntu'. Th e scre e n w ill turn but re m e m be r th at since it is boote d for your installation. It is black w ith som e w h ite code from a CD it w ill, of course , be ve ry im portant th at you are sh ow ing for a fe w se conds, th is is slow and you w on't be able to save conne cte d to th e Inte rne t w h e n O pe nGEU booting up. your se ttings and custom izations. you install O pe nGEU if you w ant to h ave a com ple te ly localize d
7 O pe nGEU syste m , for e xam ple , if care ful on th is ste p. w ire le ss ne tw ork w ith your you are Italian, lik e m e , th e laptop and a ne tw ork nam e such installation tool w ill dow nload and as: nam e _lastnam e _laptop. It install for you th e Italian language w ould be paradise for a support for all of your applications m alicious h ack e r.) and de sk top. If you cannot conne ct to th e inte rne t during Th e install, you w ill h ave to m anually installe r dow nload late r, th rough Synaptic, w ill display a pack age calle d language - all your support-*, w h e re * stands for your pre vious locale language . For e xam ple , it is ch oice s for “ it” for Italian (language -support- you to it), “ fr” for Fre nch and so on. double ch e ck and by pre ssing th e ne xt button again, th e Now you Th e installe r w ill now ask you for installation w ill start for re al and can ch oose pe rsonal de tails as w e ll as som e you'll se e a progre ss bar. th e k e yboard im portant data such as th e layout for use rnam e and passw ord you'll be your syste m , using on your daily use of O pe nGEU. it is Each tim e you atte m pt to do an autom atically adm inistrator ope ration, O pe nGEU se t by th e installe r, but sh ould w ill ask you for th e passw ord. I you be lie ve it to be w rong, just sugge st you to ch oose som e th ing ch ange it, click ne xt and m ove to e asy to type and re m e m be r, but be th e ne xt ste p. sure th at it is not an e asy to gue ss passw ord too for se curity re asons. In You w ill th is ste p you can inse rt your re al now be nam e , but be sure th at th e ne tw ork ask e d to nam e and use rnam e doe sn't re ve al At th e e nd of th e installation m anage your your re al data, again, only for proce ss pre ss e nte r to re boot, h ard disk 's se curity re asons (im agine be ing in re m e m be r to re m ove th e CD partitions. Be an airport, conne cte d to th e ir w h e n ask e d.
8 Now you can custom ize it as you e dubuntu-de sk top. You'll just pre fe r, ch anging th e E17 Th e m e , h ave som e e xtra disc space back ground, gtk th e m e , pre tty m uch fille d and m ore boot options on anyth ing. Exactly lik e on th e Live CD , th e th e login scre e n (unde r th e you can ch ange from th e Sunsh ine to 'Se ssion' m e nu). You can install th e Moonligh t th e m e and vice ve rsa O pe nGEU from pack age s too, by sim ply ch oosing th e O pe nGEU se e th e w ik i for th is. th e m e you pre fe r on th e top pane l 'Pre fe re nce s' m e nu. I h ope you'll h ave fun w ith th is Linux distro and e njoy its spe e d and e ye -candy.
Re m e m be r th at O pe nGEU is You can ge t O pe nGEU from Afte r re boot, you'll se e th e com ple te ly com patible w ith any h ttp://ope nge u.intilinux.com O pe nGEU Sunsh ine Usplash oth e r official Ubuntu distros, so you th e m e . Afte r e nte ring your can ope n Synaptic at any tim e and use rnam e and passw ord on th e dow nload th e re spe ctive de sk tops, login w indow , you'll be logge d for such as ubuntu-de sk top, k ubuntu- th e first tim e on a virgin O pe nGEU de sk top, xubuntu-de sk top or de sk top.
Th e KD E Com m unity is th rille d to announce th e im m e diate availability of KD E 4.0. Th is significant re le ase m ark s both th e e nd of th e long and inte nsive de ve lopm e nt cycle le ading up to KD E 4.0 and th e be ginning of th e KD E 4 e ra.
9 HH OO WW -- TTOO D IRECTO RY SERVER W ritte n by Je sús Arte ch e D IRECTO RY SERVER
Many distributions are im ple m e nting softw are program s base d in LDAP, in orde r to cre ate a D ire ctory Se rvice lik e Microsoft offe rs w ith Active D ire ctory. Th is is th e first in a se rie s of article s w h ich w ill e xplain h ow to build a Prim ary D om ain Controlle r (PD C). Th e se article s atte m pt to offe r all th e fe ature s th at Microsoft Active D ire ctory can offe r. In orde r to construct th is PD C, se ve ral ope n source softw are program s are use d: O pe nLDAP, O pe nAFS, Sam ba, Ke rbe ros and O pe nSSH .
Th e h e art of th e PD C w ill be le ve l w h ich grants acce ss to th e Th e m e aning of th e acronym s O pe nLDAP, it w ill be th e database se rvice w h ich th e adm inistrator of are : w h e re th e use rs´ accounts w ill be th e ne t allow s. CN : Com m on Nam e . save d. In th e use rs´ accounts w e O U : O rganizational Unit. can save inform ation about e ach Th e LDAP database h as a tre e -lik e D N : D om ain Nam e . use r. Th is w ould include use r organization, as sh ow n in th e nam e , passw ord, m ail, h om e e xam ple be low (alth ough th e Late r w e 'll se e h ow w e h ave to dire ctory, and so on. All th e draw ing is a little e le m e ntary): use th e se acronym s to ide ntify se rvice s of th e PD C th at w ill th e m e m be rs of th e PD C. auth e nticate a use r w ill h ave to auth e nticate it against th at O K, le t's go w ith th e practice . database . W e assum e th at w e h ave a D e bian se rve r, or in th is case O pe nLDAP is a fre e Ubuntu Se rve r (update d by apt- im ple m e ntation and ope n source ge t, I'm using 6.06 ve rsion). W e of th e protocol LDAP (Ligh tw e igh t ne e d to install som e pack e ts D ire ctory Acce ss Protocol) from th e re positorie s of Ubuntu de ve lopm e nt by th e O pe nLDAP and follow som e ste ps for th e Proje ct. O pe nLDAP is libe rate d by configuration. Pe rsonally, I find it its ow n lice nse : O pe nLDAP Public use le ss to fill out th e q ue stions Lice nse . th at m ak e up th e installation proce ss; th e re fore , I do not LDAP is a protocol at application answ e r th e q ue stions and
10 inste ad sim ply pre ss 'e nte r'. Late r ldaps://ubuntuse rve r.ironm an.e s:636/ : th e nam e of th e se rve r w e can re build th e 'conf' file . " w ith th e port th at w e 'll use . # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # : Th e base of our dom ain, sudo apt-get install slapd w h e re w e se arch th e use rs. ldap-utils In 'slapd se rvice s','ubuntuse rve r' is : ve ry im portant for th e th e nam e of th e se rve r m ach ine , conne ction w ith SSL, th e addre ss sudo addgroup --system slapd 'ironm an.e s' is our dom ain nam e , w h e re ldap h as to se arch . and w e actually don't ne e d 'ldap:...' sudo adduser slapd --home : th e port w h e re w e be cause w e e ncrypt all conne ctions /var/lib/ldap –shell \ conne ct. w ith SSL by 636 port. /bin/false --no-create-home - : Th e route to our ce rt file w h ich w e cre ate late r. -ingroup slapd --system Le t's se e anoth e r configuration file , '/e tc/ldap/ldap.conf': sudo /bin/chown -R Th is conf file is th e clie nt's slapd.slapd /etc/ldap \ part. Le t's start w ith th e re al # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # conf file of ldap se rve r (for parts): /var/lib/slapd /var/lib/ldap H O ST ubuntuse rve r.ironm an.e s:636 /var/run/slapd slapd BASE dc=ironm an,dc=e s URI # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # W ith th is w e cre ate th e use r ldaps://ubuntuse rve r.ironm an.e s:636 # Global D ire ctive s: and group w h o e xe cute th e PO RT 636 dae m on, and w e give pe rm ission # Fe ature s to pe rm it to e xe cute . # Ce rtificados SSL # allow bind_v2
Now w e ne e d to m odify a TLS_CACERT # Sch e m a and obje ctClass configuration file ; w e can find th is /e tc/ldap/ssl/ubuntuse rve r.pe m de finitions file at: '/e tc/de fault/slapd', but w e e dit th e file to look lik e th is: ssl start_tls include /e tc/ldap/sch e m a/core .sch e m a # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ssl on SLAPD _CO NF=/e tc/ldap/slapd.conf include SLAPD _USER="slapd" TLS_REQCERT de m and /e tc/ldap/sch e m a/cosine .sch e m a SLAPD _GRO UP="slapd" SLAPD _SERVICES="ldap://ubuntus tls_ch e ck pe e r ye s include e rve r.ironm an.e s:389 / # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # /e tc/ldap/sch e m a/nis.sch e m a
11 include Th e above is q uite w e ll com m e nte d, In th is part, w e spe cify th e /e tc/ldap/sch e m a/ine torgpe rson.sc w e 'll just say th at w e just h ave to k ind of database w e are going to h e m a m odify th e 'sch e m as' late r to add use . In th is case 'BD B', w h ich is sam ba fe ature s and oth e rs. th e m ost use d. # Sch e m a ch e ck allow s for # forcing e ntrie s to # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # SSL cone xion: # m atch sch e m as for th e ir database bdb # obje ctClasse s's TLSCiph e rSuite suffix "dc=ironm an,dc=e s" sch e m ach e ck on H IGH :MED IUM:+ SSLv2 rootdn "cn=adm in,dc=ironm an,dc=e s" # W h e re th e pid file is put. Th e TLSCe rtificate File rootpw se cre t init.d script /e tc/ldap/ssl/ubuntuse rve r.pe m dire ctory "/var/lib/ldap" inde x obje ctClass e q TLSCe rtificate File # w ill not stop th e se rve r if you lastm od on /e tc/ldap/ssl/ubuntuse rve r.pe m # ch ange th is. include /e tc/ldap/slapd.acce ss TLSCe rtificate Ke yFile pidfile # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # /var/run/slapd/slapd.pid /e tc/ldap/ssl/ubuntuse rve r.pe m : it w ill be th e base of our TLSVe rifyClie nt ne ve r # List of argum e nts th at w e re tre e . # passe d to th e se rve r # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # : th e full addre ss of our argsfile /var/run/slapd.args adm inistrator use r in th e tre e . : th e passw ord of # Re ad slapd.conf(5) for possible Th is is th e part w h e re w e te ll slapd adm inistrator use r, w h ich w e 'll # value s se rve r w h e re to find th e ce rt file . ch ange late r. logle ve l 0 # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # : w h e re th e database # W h e re th e dynam ically loade d w ill be store d. back e nd bdb # m odule s are store d : th e path to th e acce ss ch e ck point 512 30 list, w h ich says w h at use rs are m odule path /usr/lib/ldap allow e d to use som e attribute s. # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # m odule load back _bdb : w e do not touch it at th e # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # m om e nt, w e 'll m odify it late r.
12 Now w e h ave to cre ate th e both th e se rve r and th e clie nt h ave Ge ne rating a 1024 bit RSA acce ss list, in to h ave a copy of th e SSL ce rt. W e 'll private k e y '/e tc/ldap/slapd.acce ss': ne e d to install som e pack e ts...... + + + + + + ...... + + + + + + # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # sudo apt-get install openssl w riting ne w private k e y to acce ss to attrs=use rPassw ord 'ubuntuse rve r.pe m ' by And for cre ating th e ce rtificate : ----- dn="cn=adm in,dc=ironm an,dc=e You are about to be ask e d to sudo openssl req -newkey s" w rite e nte r inform ation th at w ill be rsa:1024 -x509 -nodes -out \ by anonym ous auth incorporate d into your ce rtificate ubuntuserver.pem -keyout by se lf w rite re q ue st. ubuntuserver.pem -days 365 by * w rite W h at you are about to e nte r is # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # W e are going to use a se lf-signe d w h at is calle d a D istinguish e d ce rtificate . W e can ch ange th e nam e Nam e or a D N. W e allow th e se file s to be se e n Th e re are q uite a fe w fie lds but by 'slapd': of th e file s '.pe m ', but for th e configuration I th ink it's e asie r if both you can le ave som e blank . For som e fie lds th e re w ill be a /bin/ch m od -v 644 of th e file s h ave th e sam e nam e , and de fault value . /e tc/ldap/ldap.conf w e can ch ange th e life tim e of th e ce rtificate w ith '-days'. I'm not an If you e nte r '.', th e fie ld w ill be /bin/ch m od -v 600 e xpe rt in SSL, but w ith th e se w e can le ft blank . /e tc/ldap/slapd.conf ge t a good ide a of th e PD C. Th is is ----- going to pose som e q ue stions, w e Country Nam e (2 le tte r code ) Note : w e h ave to add th e nam e can type w h ate ve r w e w ant. Th e only [AU]:ES of th e se rve r to '/e tc/h osts', in all tim e w e cannot type w h ate ve r w e State or Province Nam e (full m ach ine s, for e xam ple ; w ant is w h e n th e com m and ask s nam e ) [Som e -State ]:Cantabria 19 2.168.1.2 ubuntuse rve r about th e 'Com m on Nam e ', w e th e n Locality Nam e (e g, city) ubuntuse rve r.ironm an.e s h ave to type th e 'FQND ' (Fully []:Santande r or de fine in our D NS of our local Qualifie d D om ain Nam e ), or rath e r, O rganization Nam e (e g, ne tw ork . th e nam e of th e m ach ine follow e d by com pany) [Inte rne t W idgits Pty th e nam e of th e dom ain (our dom ain Ltd]:IRO NMAN W e now h ave to cre ate th e SSL is 'ironm an.e s'). O rganizational Unit Nam e (e g, ce rt, for th e SSL conne ction se ction) []:IRO NMAN.ubuntu be tw e e n th e se rve r and clie nt;
13 Com m on Nam e (e g, YO UR '/e tc/libnss-ldap.conf' for th e conne ction, 636 be cause nam e ) []:ubuntuse rve r.ironm an.e s th e conne xion is by SSL. Em ail Addre ss # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # : Th e line s ne e de d for m ak e []:ch e ch u@ ubuntu.ironm an.e s h ost ubuntuse rve r.ironm an.e s:636 th e SSL conne ction possible . base dc=ironm an,dc=e s Now w e h ave to store it w h e re ldap_ve rsion 3 W e h ave to ch ange th e w e told 'slapd.conf' th at it w ould rootbinddn pe rm ission of som e file s, and be . In our case , it w ill be in cn=adm in,dc=ironm an,dc=e s ch ange th e file '/e tc/ldap/ssl/'. And w e ch ange th e port 636 '/e tc/nssw itch .conf', w h ich ow ne r of th e file to slapd: ssl start_tls contains th e orde r th at th e ssl on se rvice s consult th e database s, sudo chown slapd.slapd # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # w e m ust se t LDAP afte r file s, /etc/ldap/ssl/ubuntuserver.pe be cause it can ge ne rate m '/e tc/pam _ldap.conf' proble m s w ith th e 'root' use r:
Le t's start w ith th e part of th e # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # sudo chmod 644 clie nt. W e ne e d to install som e h ost ubuntuse rve r.ironm an.e s:636 /etc/pam_ldap.conf pack e ts in th e clie nts base dc=ironm an,dc=e s m ach ine s,(w e pre ss 'e nte r' to ldap_ve rsion 3 sudo chmod 644 /etc/libnss- answ e r all th e q ue stions th at th e rootbinddn ldap.conf proce ss m ak e up), you'll h ave to cn=adm in,dc=ironm an,dc=e s add th e 'unive rse ' and port 636 '/e tc/nssw itch .conf' 'm ultive rse ' re positorie s to th e ssl start_tls 'source s.list': ssl on passw d: file s nis ldap # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # group: file s nis ldap sudo apt-get install libpam- sh adow : file s nis ldap ldap libnss-ldap libpam- \ : th is is th e FQD N of our se rve r. h osts: file s dns cracklib : Th e base of our tre e . ldap ne tw ork s: file s : Th e ve rsion w h ich is going protocols: db file s Th e im portant file s for th e clie nt to be im ple m e nte d. se rvice s: db file s m ach ine are th e follow ing, w h ich : Th e full addre ss e th e rs: db file s w e are le aving lik e th is. (w e 'll adm inistrator use r in th e tre e . rpc: db file s h ave to se t up too in th e se rve r : Th e port w e are going to use ne tgroup: ldap nis m ach ine ):
14 '/e tc/pam .d/com m on-se ssion' Now e ve ryth ing is re ady to re start th e dae m on: se ssion re q uire d pam _lim its.so se ssion re q uire d pam _unix.so sudo /etc/init.d/slapd se ssion optional pam _ldap.so restart se ssion re q uire d pam _m k h om e dir.so W e h ave to cre ate th e base of sk e l=/e tc/sk e l/ um ask =0022 th e tre e and th e use rs in th e database . I re com m e nd for In orde r to conne ct w ith th e Th e m odule 'pam _m k h om e dir' le t doing th is th e softw are program dae m on, 'slapd', w e h ave to us cre ate a ne w h om e dire ctory ldap-account-m anage r, it m ak e s m odify th e 'pam ', pluggable w h e n an use r auth e nticate th e first th e proce ss of cre ating th e tre e auth e ntication m odule s. Th is is tim e . so e asy. I don't re com m e nd sh ow n in th e diagram above . trying to cre ate th e use rs now . I '/e tc/pam .d/com m on-passw ord' w ould w ait until w e ge t 'Sam ba' W e 'll ch ange th e follow ing file s: installe d, but th is w ill be in th e passw ord re q uire d ne xt article If you w ant you can '/e tc/pam .d/com m on-account' pam _crack lib.so re try=3 cre ate and start w ork w ith LDAP, m inle n=8 difok =4 account re q uire d pam _unix.so but just for Unix/Linux clie nts. account sufficie nt pam _ldap.so passw ord sufficie nt pam _unix.so use _auth tok m d5 '/e tc/pam .d/com m on-auth ' sh adow If you w ould lik e to re ad th is auth sufficie nt pam _unix.so article w ith a w ide r layout to passw ord sufficie nt be tte r se e th e com m ands and auth sufficie nt pam _ldap.so pam _ldap.so use _auth tok try_first_pass config file e ntrie s, ple ase visit: auth re q uire d pam _e nv.so passw ord re q uire d pam _w arn.so h ttp://url.fullcircle m agazine .org/d66214 auth re q uire d pam _se cure tty.so passw ord re q uire d pam _de ny.so auth re q uire d pam _unix_auth .so auth re q uire d pam _w arn.so Th e m odule 'pam -crack lib' le t us to auth re q uire d pam _de ny.so h andle th e le ngth of th e passw ord's use r and h ow m any le tte rs h ave to be diffe re nt in it.
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My iBook G4 w asn't be ing use d m uch , so I de cide d to install Ubuntu Fe isty on it. H e re 's h ow it w as done , and I give you th e w arts and all proce dure as it h appe ne d in th e h ands of an ave rage tink e re r.
irst th ings first. Back up all no turning back once th e disk is going. Th e n I w e nt straigh t critical file s and e xtra partitione d, so double ch e ck th at you ah e ad and installe d O S X on th e Fapplications on th e iBook to h ave e ve ryth ing you w ant. O SX partition. anoth e r disk of som e k ind. Your Partition size s w ill de pe nd on you. I e xisting O S X w ill be ove rw ritte n. Som e pe ople advise to install just split e ve ryth ing dow n th e Mac O S X on th e partition at th e Th e n dow nload th e “ Mac m iddle . Som e pe ople use around e nd of th e disk . W e ll, I th ough t I (Pow e rPC) and IBM-PPC (PO W ER5) 10GB for O S X, but th at doe sn't w as doing th at by installing to de sk top CD” from h e re : le ave any space to play around w ith , th e partition I h ad nam e d O SX, and you w ould h ave to om it or de le te but I m ay h ave m isre ad th e D isk h ttp://cdim age .ubuntu.com /ports/ th ings lik e th e Garage Band program . Utilitie s se tup, or it m ay h ave re le ase s/fe isty/re le ase / m ade up its ow n m ind w h e re it Just m ak e e ach partition Mac O S X w as going, be cause it e nde d up You’ll find it at th e top of th e Exte nde d H FS or H FS+ . D on't use at th e front of th e disk . Not to page . Burn th e ISO to disk . H FS+ Journale d, as you w on't be able w orry, as it just doe sn’t se e m to to w rite to th e O S X partition from m atte r, in m y e xpe rie nce . Boot up th e iBook using your Linux. But e ve n if you do, you can Mac O S X se tup CD 1. O nce up disable journaling late r, as I h ad to Now th e fun starts. Eje ct th e and running, launch th e D isk do, anyw ay (se e be low ). Mac O S install disk and inse rt Utility program . Th is is going to be th e Ubuntu Fe isty install disk you use d to partition th e disk so th at W h e n it cam e to nam ing e ach burne d e arlie r. Boot from th is you can put O S X on one partition partition, I nam e d th e first one disk by h olding O ption + c and Ubuntu on th e oth e r. "Ubuntu" and th e se cond one "O SX". during start-up. Type "e xpe rt" at Re m e m be r, th e pre se nt O S X is Th at w as suppose d to pre ve nt th e boot-loade r prom pt. Th is w ill going to be ove rw ritte n— th e re is confusion about w h e re th ings w e re
16 give you m ore control during th e far as I k now . I le t it w rite th e continue installing e ve ryth ing installation proce ss. Also, m ak e partitions. But th e n I re fle cte d, if sm ooth ly and w ill e ve ntually sure you h ave a ne tw ork sh ould th ings not w ork out, I don’t install th e Yaboot boot m anage r conne ction so th at ne tw ork ing is w h at to be de aling w ith a com m and for ch oosing your pre fe rre d autom atically configure d and th e line . So, I stoppe d th e install proce ss syste m to boot-up tim e , O SX or syste m can ge t any ne ce ssary and be gan again w ith a Fe isty Ubuntu. dow nloads. de sk top CD , and w h e n it cam e to th e partitioning se ction, I sim ply re use d Th at sh ould be it. It’s tim e to Go th rough th e installation w h at th e Gusty disk h ad se t up. I h ad re start. You can ch e ck th at you proce ss as usual. Eve ryth ing is to re nam e th e m , th ough . It w as luck y h ave e nde d up w ith a disk straigh t forw ard, until you com e I did install Fe isty be cause I le arne d structure som e th ing lik e is to th e partitioning se ction. I late r afte r an upgrade th at Gutsy is sh ow n be low . m e an, if you don’t acce pt th e buggy and as slow as h e ll on an Love ly. Boot into O S X, fire up de fault, le tting th e installe r auto iBook . Abandon all h ope ye w h o a te rm inal w indow and type in partition for you, you h ave to put e nte r th at zone of h e ll! I re installe d "fdisk -l" to ge t th e list. Th at w as som e th ough t into it to se t up Fe isty afte r th at little adve nture . your ow n partitions. First, de le te e asy for m e to do be cause it just th e Ubuntu partition you cre ate d O nce past partitioning, Ubuntu w ill boote d into O S X all of th e tim e . e arlie r, th e n go back and ch oose to use m axim um fre e space . Now , if you don’t care to h ave /de v/h da # type nam e le ngth base ( size ) syste m custom ize d partitioning, just /de v/h da1 Apple _partition_m ap Apple 63 @ 1 ( 31.5k ) Partition m ap acce pt th e de faults and sk ip th e /de v/h da2 Apple _Bootstrap untitle d 19 54 @ 29 302624 (9 77.0k ) Ne w W orld bootblock ne xt th re e paragraph s. /de v/h da3 Apple _H FS Apple _H FS_Untitle d_2 29 040416 @ 262208 ( 13.8G) H FS /de v/h da4 Apple _UNIX_SVR2 untitle d 5859 38 @ 29 304578 (286.1M) Linux native I h ave a confe ssion to m ak e at /de v/h da5 Apple _UNIX_SVR2 untitle d 10443360 @ 29 89 0516 ( 5.0G) Linux native th is point. I use d w h at w as th e /de v/h da6 Apple _UNIX_SVR2 untitle d 5328126 @ 40333876 ( 2.5G) Linux native late st build of Ubuntu Gutsy PPC /de v/h da7 Apple _UNIX_SVR2 sw ap 149 4141 @ 45662002 (729 .6M) Linux sw ap /de v/h da8 Apple _UNIX_SVR2 untitle d 781251 @ 47156143 (381.5M) Linux native Se rve r as part of m y /de v/h da9 Apple _UNIX_SVR2 untitle d 10667726 @ 479 3739 4 ( 5.1G) Linux native e xpe rim e nt— blam e m y tink e ring /de v/h da10 Apple _Fre e Extra 262144 @ 64 (128.0M) Fre e space ge ne . Th e Gusty install calculate d Block size =512, Num be r of Block s=58605120 th e partitioning nice ly for m e , D e vice Type =0x0, D e vice Id=0x0 w h ich de sk top ve rsions don’t, as
17 Yaboot's little m e nu scre e n sh ould to fix it so th at Yaboot give s you a ybin h ave appe are d, w h e re you can h it dual boot option, and you can tw e ak "l" to boot into Linux or "m " to it a bit w h ile you’re at it. So ope n up Th is loads th e config se ttings boot into Mac O S X, or you can a te rm inal and run th e se com m ands. for you. H ow e ve r, th is w asn't le ave it for Ubuntu to start e nough for m e . It w ork e d until I loading by de fault, but th at isn’t sudo yabootconfig boote d into O S X again. Afte r w h at w as h appe ning for m e . For th at Yaboot abandone d m e , and I som e re ason, Yaboot just w ouldn’t sudo gedit /etc/yaboot.conf h ad to go into firm w are m ode k ick in. again to ge t it back in th e sam e Th at yaboot.conf is of course w ay I spe cifie d e arlie r. Th is is th e Th at w as no proble m . If Yaboot Yaboot's configuration file . Add th e com m and th at m ak e s th e Yaboot is a no-sh ow , ope n up th e Mac's follow ing line s to it: config se ttings stick for m e . ope n firm w are console . You do m acosx=/de v/h dXX th is by booting up w h ile h olding ybin -b /dev/hda2 de faultos=m acosx # add th is only if th e Mod + O ption + o + f k e ys. you lik e MAC O S X to be th e de fault Yaboot h asn't faile d m e once Th is w ill put you in "O pe n since I did th at. Firm w are " m ode . O nce you h ave Save th e file . Most instructions say th e console type th is: th at you now type th e follow ing Be low is an e xam ple of w h at e lse can go in yaboot.conf boot hd:2,yaboot
At le ast, th at's w h at I ne e de d to e nte r. (Th e h d:2 h e re just m e ans boot=/de v/h dc2 h da2, w h e re Yaboot is loade d. You de vice =h d: # sh ould be an alias ch e ck /proc/de vice -tre e /aliase s/h d (th ank s
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Proof th at th e old one s are th e be st is no furth e r aw ay th an installing – th e ope n-source d ve rsion of th e classic . Th e gam e 's cre ator ope ne d th e code w h e n h e m ove d on to de ve loping Rolle r Coaste r Tycoon. Th e code is now active ly de ve lope d as O pe nTTD at: h ttp://w w w .ope nttd.org.
h e gam e is a sim ulation- • D ouble -click th e 'ope nttd' pack age As discusse d th e data file s can type gam e base d on displaye d in th e re sults. be dow nloade d from : Ttransport. You are a tycoon • You m ay also w ant to install th e h ttp://dow nload.transporttycoon.n and you h ave to build your 'rar' pack age w h ile in Synaptic. You e t/file s/ttd-graph ics.rar busine ss around transporting m ay ne e d it late r. pe ople , raw m ate rials and goods • Click on th e 'Apply' button to install To dow nload th e data file s and w h ile building roads, railw ays, th e softw are . copy th e m to th e corre ct location: h arbours and airports. Monoplise , Th e im portant point to note w h e n O pe n a te rm inal and e nte r: m ak e m one y and e lim inate th e installing O pe nTTD , is th at for le gal com pe tition – sound fam iliar? re asons th e original mkdir tmp artw ork cannot be distribute d cd tmp w ith O pe nTTD . As a re sult you ne e d • O pe n Syste m > Adm inistration to ge t th e data file s from your wget > Synaptic Pack age Manage r original CD ve rsion of http://download.transporttyco . If, lik e m e , th at on.net/files/ttd-graphics.rar • Using th e 'Se arch ' button se arch original CD is gath e ring dust in a box for 'ope nttd' in th e roofspace you m igh t w ant to unrar e ttd-graphics.rar obtain th e data file s from th e w e b. If noth ing appe ars e nsure rm ttd-graphics.rar th at you h ave e nable d th e D e tails about th e data file s is re pository in Se ttings available h e re : sudo cp * > Re positorie s h ttp://w w w .tt-forum s.ne t/ /usr/share/games/openttd/data vie w topic.ph p?t=3407
20 If you h ave any difficulty a road be tw e e n tw o tow ns. e xtracting th e se data file s you m ay ne e d to install th e 'unrar' pack age using your Pack age Manage r'
O nce th e artw ork is in th e corre ct folde r you sh ould be able • Ne xt click on th e fifth icon in th e to run O pe nTTD from Applications 'Road Construction' dialog and build • Th e 'O rde rs' dialog appe ars. > Gam e s > O pe nTTD and play th e tw o Bus D e pots – one in e ach of th e Click on th e 'Goto' button th e n gam e in all its 19 9 0's glory. tow ns you h ave joine d w ith th e road. locate your bus stop on your • Ne xt click on th e fourth icon in th e m ap and click on it. Th e nam e of 'Road Construction' dialog and build your bus stop sh ould appe ar in a 'Road Ve h icle D e pot' be side one of th e ve h icle 's orde rs. Th e n find W h e n you be gin a ne w gam e your roads. th e se cond bus stop you cre ate d you sh ould fam iliarise yourse lf • Click on th e D e pot you h ave just and click on it. Your bus sh ould w ith th e buttons across th e top of built and you sh ould se e a dialog now h ave a route of tw o bus th e scre e n. w h ich allow s you to buy ve h icle s. stops so click on th e re d • Buy a bus by click ing on 'Ne w • Click on th e coin stack icon. 'Stoppe d' button on th e 'Road Ve h icle ' button Borrow as m uch from th e bank as Ve h icle ' dialog. Your ve h icle possible to ge t starte d sh ould now be on th e road • H old and drag w ith th e righ t (m ak ing m one y) so follow it for a m ouse button click e d to m ove w h ile to m ak e sure all is w e ll. around th e m ap Continue building your road • Click th e road icon and in th e fle e t and look for subsidie s, also 'Road Construction' dialog box • O nce you h ave your ve h icle a ne w w h e n you h ave th e funds m ove th at appe ars ch oose th e first road w indow w ill ope n re pre se nting th at onto rail, sh ips and aircraft. By icon and start click ing and ve h icle . You ne e d to give your now I'm sure you're probably as dragging roads across th e m ap. ve h icle som e instructions so it can addicte d as I am . Th e se cond road icon in th e 'Road start m ak ing you som e m one y. Click Construction' dialog builds roads on th e fourth icon dow n (brok e n If you lik e th e gam e conside r in th e oth e r dire ction. Aim to build ye llow arrow ) donating to w w w .ope nttd.org
21 HH OO WW -- TTOO CCRREEAATTEE YYOO UURR OO WW NN W ritte n by D anie l Lam b SSEERRVVEERR -- PPaarrtt 11
Th is guide w ill be gin at th e ve ry start, installation, and tak e you th rough all th e ste ps to e ve ntually h aving your ow n fully w ork ing Ubuntu se rve r w h ich could be use d in your h om e or for a busine ss of any size .
e w ill start by support of m ost m ode rn h ardw are dow nloading Ubuntu and it w ill also support th e ne w e st W 7.10 from Raid syste m s and Gigabit ne tw ork h ttp://w w w .ubuntu.com /ge tubuntu/ cards w h ich curre ntly 6.06 LTS (Long dow nload and se le ct Te rm Support) doe s not, h ow e ve r for w ith ve rsion 8.04 LTS th is sh ould be 'Standard pe rsonal com pute r' and re -asse sse d. ch ose th e m ost appropriate m irror for you from th e drop dow n m e nu. Afte r dow nloading Ubuntu 7.10 Se rve r you ne e d to w rite th e im age to CD using your favorite CD burning program , if you are on w indow s you Ch oose 'Install to th e h ard can look at using Infrare corde r w h ich disk '. can be dow nloade d from h ttp://infrare corde r.source forge .ne t/. Th e installation w ill now start. First you w ill h ave to ch oose your O nce you h ave w ritte n th e im age language , th e n se le ct your to CD place your Ubuntu Se rve r CD location. Ne xt ch oose a k e yboard into your drive and boot from it, layout, you w ill ne e d to pre ss a e nsure th at your syste m is se t to fe w k e ys so th e installe r can boot from CD . You w ill th e n se e th is I am ch oosing Ubuntu 7.10 de te ct your k e yboard layout scre e n (above righ t). (Gutsy Gibbon) for various base d on th e k e ys you pre sse d, re asons but th e m ain re ason is
22 or you can m anually ch ose w h at O pe nSSH , print and SAMBA k e yboard you h ave . se rve rs. Se le ct th e diffe re nt se rve rs using th e space k e y th e n Th e installe r ch e ck s th e continue . installation CD , your h ardw are , and configure s th e ne tw ork w ith D H CP if it is conne cte d to th e ne tw ork , or you can configure th is m anually.
Now e nte r th e 'h ostnam e '. My syste m is calle d 'se rve r.dom ain.local', so I e nte r 'se rve r'. W h e n you are re ady, h it 'Ye s' to 'W rite th e ch ange s to disk s?' Now your partitions w ill be cre ate d and form atte d. Th e GRUB boot loade r w ill now Se tup th e syste m clock . Norm ally be installe d. UTC is a safe ch oice . Th e installation is now Ne xt cre ate a ne w use r, I use th e finish e d. Re m ove your CD from nam e 'Adm inistrator' w ith th e use r th e drive and h it 'Continue ' to nam e 'adm inistrator'. D on't use th e re boot th e syste m . use r nam e 'adm in' as th at is a syste m nam e in Ubuntu.
Now you w ill ne e d to partition Th e base syste m w ill now be Th at is th e first part of th e your disk , le t th e se tup cre ate th e installe d. Ubuntu se rve r installe d. Ne xt partitions (sw ap and root) issue , w e w ill cove r update s, autom atically unle ss you are Now w e ge t th e option of w h at installing th e Xubuntu de sk top confide nt on doing th is m anually. e xtra softw are ge ts installe d, w e are and also th e w e bm in install. going to ch oose D NS, m ail, LAMP,
23 RREEVVIIEEWW KK DD EE44..00 W ritte n by Ronnie Tuck e r and Robe rt Clipsh am DD UUAALL RREEVVIIEEWW
In th e blue corne r is Ronnie , a KD E 3 use r since D appe r D rak e and still using KD E on h is curre nt install of Gutsy. In th e brow n corne r is Robe rt, a GNO ME use r since h e starte d using Ubuntu in th e days of e dgy, trie d se ve ral oth e r options such as KD E3, XFCE and O pe nbox but curre ntly using Gnom e on h is Gutsy install.
- Installing KD E 4 w as sim ple , a q uick am e ndm e nt of – My install of KD E 4.0 w e nt /e tc/apt/source s.list, and a flaw le ssly. In Kubuntu Gutsy (7.10) I couple of com m ands in th e curre ntly h ave KD E 3 installe d, so I te rm inal (sudo aptidude update w as q uite unsure h ow KD E 4.0 w ould & & sudo aptitude install k de 4- fit in. W ould it 'upgrade ' m y KD E 3? core ). No soone r w as it installe d I W ould it live be side and se parate got a notice about 35m b of k de 4 from KD E 3? W e ll, it se e m s it can live update s, w h ich I th ough t w as se parate ly but still sh are date w ith odd, conside ring I h ad *just* KD E 3 so I brave ly ope ne d up Ade pt dow nloade d it. (Pack age Manage r in Kubuntu) and adde d th e re pository URL give n on th e Kubuntu.org site [1], ch ose to install k de 4-core , click e d to install it, – So far, so good! O n m y and actually w e nt off to w ork le aving login scre e n, I ch ose to use KD E4 it to dow nload. Eigh t h ours late r, I rath e r th an KD E, gave m y usual cam e h om e from w ork and th e nam e and passw ord and in a fe w dow nloading and installing w as m om e nts up cam e a sh iny ne w done . I didn't e ve n h ave to m ak e one KD E scre e n w ith nice pulsating de cision! Tim e to log out and icons sh ow ing m e w h at parts of h ope fully log back in using KD E 4.0. m y Kubuntu w e re be ing loade d. O n th e de sk top, I w as surprise d
24 to se e tw o icons, th e ve ry sam e to try. Most are alre ady loade d in one w e ll polish e d. Ve ry profe ssional tw o icons I h ave on m y KD E 3 w ay or anoth e r, but I'm sure th e re 'll look ing. Th e de fault back ground de sk top (one for acce ssing m y be m ore w idge ts on th e w ay. is a bit bland, but th e re are se cond h ard drive and one , a se ve ral ne w w allpape rs to sh ort cut, to a folde r containing ch oose from . m y podcasts) so it ce rtainly h asn't just dum pe d m e in to a blank KD E 4.0. Th at's a good sign.
Tink e r tim e , Syste m Se ttings. Th e re 's not m uch diffe re nt h e re . It's all th e Th e K m e nu h as ch ange d q uite usual KD E se ttings but th e one dram atically. It is now sh ow n in, I ch e ck e d th e K m e nu to se e if m y addition is, of course , th e D e sk top w h at I can only de scribe , as a oth e r applications th at I installe d Se ttings, th e se control th e ne w w indow of sorts. You ch oose th e in KD E 3 w ould be th e re , Scribus, e ffe cts such as w indow anim ations cate gory (Inte rne t, O ffice e tc.) GIMP, ye s th e y all se e m to be and drop sh adow s. Afte r e nabling th e th e n th e ite m s in th at cate gory th e re so I'm re live d at th at. I h ad e ffe cts, th e de sk top slow e d q uite a slide in from righ t to le ft and you th e h orrible vision th at I w ould log bit. Moving w indow s be cam e slow ch oose th e application you w ant. in and h ave to re install all m y and th e anim ations w e re pre tty A strip dow n th e le ft of th e applications! m uch non-e xiste nt due to lag. applications list allow s you to Ne e dle ss to say, I soon disable d re turn to th e cate gory list. It Eye candy tim e ! Tim e to try som e th e m but I'm sure th e y just ne e d tak e s a bit of ge tting use d to, w idge ts. Th e first one I trie d w as som e tw e ak ing and w ill be gre at in but I do lik e it. It ce rtainly tak e s th e analogue clock w h ich w ork e d KD E 4.1. Th e th e m e for w indow up le ss scre e n space th an th e fine , but th e re is re ally little e lse borde rs and icons is be autiful and usual pop up and pop out m e nu.
25 Konq ue ror w as th e Sw iss arm y D olph in h as som e nice ne w fe ature s m oving th e m ouse up and dow n k nife of KD E. It w as a file such as file rating, com m e nts and w ill, as e xpe cte d, rotate th e icon m anage r, an Inte rne t brow se r, tagging (be low ). So you can rate but m oving th e m ouse le ft and e ve ryth ing! Now th e KD E te am your file s w ith stars (out of five ) and righ t is w h e re th e e nlarge or h ave cre ate d D olph in, a trim and add a com m e nt w h ich w ill be th e re sh rink com e s in (be low ). Sne ak y! sve lte file m anage r w h ich m ade a ne xt tim e you se le ct th at file . Nice ! brie f appe arance in KD E 3 unde r Tags w ork in th e sam e w ay as th e y Kubuntu Gutsy. Tw o th ings h e re : do on th e Inte rne t. It's m ore of a 'find first is th at no m atte r h ow I h e lpe r' of sorts. brow se m y file s, Konq ue ror alw ays se e m s to be th e de fault file m anage r. O dd conside ring D olph in w as th e de fault in Gutsy! Se cond is th at since I'm using KD E 4 h and in h and w ith KD E 3, I now h ave tw o e ntrie s in th e K m e nu for D olph in and can use e ith e r th e sh iny ne w KD E 4.0 O ne gripe I h ave is th at som e of D olph in or th e old D olph in m y applications, for re asons (be low ). Be st of both w orlds I unk now n, m ay h ave a fancy KD E suppose . 4.0 borde r, but th e application I w as now w onde ring if it w as itse lf look s lik e it just e m e rge d possible to re size a w idge t as I q uite from W indow s 9 5! fancie d h aving th e clock a touch sm alle r. Took m e a w h ile , but I found it e ve ntually and it w asn't e xactly glaringly obvious. Be side th e w idge t are th re e icons. O ne is a sm all spanne r for prope rtie s, one is sim ilar to a rotate or undo icon and one is a re d cross for closing th e w idge t. Se e m s th at click ing and h olding on th at rotate /undo type icon and
26 I th ink it's som e th ing to do w ith - O nce installe d, I logge d out m om e nt KD E 4.0 is just one big th e m e s but I'm re ally no e xpe rt of m y be love d Gnom e and buck e t of w idge ts. Eve ryth ing is th e re , I notice d it m ost in Fire fox proce e de d to m y XFCE log in scre e n. a w idge t. Th e task bar is a and GIMP. My oth e r niggle is w ith I ch ange d th e se ssion to KD E 4 and w idge t, th e clock is a w idge t, th e th e task bar, for th e life of m e I logge d in, h oping for th e be st. m e nu is a w idge t, e ve ryth ing is just can not find a se tting or Succe ss! Noth ing brok e . I w as in KD E a w idge t. I adde d an analog option to h ave m y w indow s 4.0. Afte r e nduring th e KD E logon clock and re -size d it to use up be com e uniq ue to a de sk top. An sound (I h ate all th e KD E sounds), th e m ajority of th e de sk top, th e n application on de sk top one w ill th e first th ing th at struck m e w as all re alise d it w as blurry, so sh ow on th e task bar for all th e h ide ous icons clutte ring m y ch ange d it back to th e standard de sk tops w h ich is a bit annoying. de sk top. O ve r th e tim e I've h ad size . I playe d w ith som e of th e Gutsy I've dow nloade d all sorts of oth e r w idge ts (be low ) th at w e re KD E 4.0 did scare m e once . O n rubbish w h ich I've ne ve r both e re d to alre ady th e re th e n de cide d to loading Ade pt (KD E Pack age tidy up, and as th e pe rce ntage of m y m ove on. Manage r) I w as ask e d for th e root tim e using Gutsy h as be e n w ith passw ord (as norm al). Ente re d m y O pe nBox, w h ich doe sn't h ave a passw ord and it te lls m e it's th e de sk top as de fault, I've ne ve r h ad a w rong passw ord! O h de ar. Afte r a m otive to re m ove th e m . W h e n I q uick Google it se e m s as th ough re ce ntly sw itch e d back to gnom e KD E 4.0 se e m s to 'forge t' th e root (m y de sire for Com piz Fusion h ad passw ord so in a Konsole you grow n too m uch for m e to h andle ) I sh ould type : just disable d th e de sk top straigh t off. I disable d th e icons, and look e d into sudo passwd KD E 4.0 som e m ore . and you w ill be ask e d for your Th e ne xt th ing I fe lt curre nt passw ord th e n w h at you ne e de d w ould lik e to ch ange it to. I just inve stigating w as k e pt it th e sam e passw ord. th e sym bol in th e Re loade d Ade pt, gave it th e root corne r, w h ich passw ord and all w as w e ll. Ph e w ! h igh ligh ting Th at w as close ! re ve ale d w as for adding w idge ts (righ t). At th e
27 Th e ne xt th ing th at ne e de d doing click ing com bination and th e de sk top - I use d KD E 4.0 for only w as to e nable som e graph ical partially m ove d off th e scre e n, a sh ort am ount of tim e , and can e ffe cts. I click e d on th e K m e nu le aving a w h ite block w h e re it w as. I se e it's pote ntial. H ow e ve r I and se arch e d for 'pre f', and by trie d a fe w th ings to m ove it back , don't be lie ve it is re ady for th at point th e pre fe re nce s h ad but it w as no use . e ve ryday use ye t and still h as a alre ady be e n m ove d to th e top of long w ay to go. I'll look forw ard th e se arch list. It w asn't obvious to te sting late r ve rsions of KD E th at I h ad click e d in th e se arch 4, but at th e m om e nt it doe sn't box as th e re w as no flash ing – I've only be e n using KD E h ave th e fle xibility/e ase of cursor, but it w ork e d none th e le ss. 4.0 a sh ort tim e and it w ill de finite ly custom isation m y de sk top ne e ds. I e nable d all th e graph ical e ffe cts tak e a lot longe r to ge t a m ore I could find, th e n te ste d out th e de finite fe e l for it, but I'm h appy w ith e ffe cts. I didn't se e a lot of it and w ill ce rtainly be using it on a de b day to day basis. Th e KD E te am h ttp://ppa.launch pad.ne t/k ubuntu- diffe re nce h aving e nable d th e m , m e m be rs-k de 4/ubuntu gutsy m ain oth e r th an th e m inim ising and de se rve a standing ovation for KD E re storing e ffe cts. 4.0. It's m ind boggling to th ink th at such a be autiful and com ple x pie ce of softw are can be w ritte n by a group of pe ople w h o rare ly se e e ach oth e r! H ad th e D e sk top Effe cts w ork e d sm ooth ly, I'd e asily h ave give n th is top m ark s.
w rite r Andre w Min h as w ritte n h is opinion on KD E4.0 w h ich you can re ad on th e w e b site at:
I te ste d a couple of th e h ttp://url.fullcircle m agazine .org/316441 applications brie fly, but not long e nough to com m e nt fairly on th e m . At th is point som e th ing odd h appe ne d. I did som e sort of a
28 MMYY OO PPIINNIIOO NN OO NN OO PPEENNGGEEUU W ritte n by Ste fano Albe rini
pun inte nde d to O pe nGEU's tw o th e w h ole distro panoram a. In e ditions) also, Italy is k now n to be oth e r w ords: I h ope th at in th e som e w h at te ch nologically prim itive if future th e re w ill be m ore and re late d to oth e r countrie s, th e re fore I m ore distributions, but pe rh aps be lie ve th at th is be autiful initiative th e y sh ould be all be groupe d on give s luste r to m y country. Th ank you a single Inte rne t site , w ith a to Luca and th ank you to th e w h ole uniq ue forum and so on. In sh ort, O pe nGEU com m unity. all toge th e r but e ach diffe re nt from th e oth e r. I'd lik e to sh are w ith you a little of m y th ink ing about distributions and For m ore inform ation on Linux. In m y h um ble opinion, distros O pe nGEU (form e rly Ge ubuntu) are an im m e nse tre asure for our ple ase se e our Flavor of th e com m unity, since th e y allow e ve ry Month (on page 6) w ritte n by th e pe rson to se t fre e h is im agination cre ator of O pe nGEU Luca D e O pe nGEU Moonligh t Edition (above ) and cre ativity. D istros are also th e Marini m ain part of th e Fre e Softw are conce pt itse lf: e ve ryone h as th e righ t n th e e ndle ss panoram a of to m odify and pe rsonalize fre e O pe nGEU Sunligh t Edition (be low ) Ubuntu distributions O pe nGEU softw are . Th is is re ally a gre at Iis a ve ry inte re sting one , and conce pt. If I m ay, h ow e ve r, m ak e one by Luca de Marini, a fe llow Italian. pe rsonal obse rvation: I th ink th at m aybe a be tte r coordination I am proud to introduce you to be tw e e n diffe re nt distributions of th e th is Italian distribution and th at is sam e fam ily (e g: Ubuntu) w ould be a be cause first of all, it is th e nice solution since dive rsity is sure ly se cond fam ous Italian distribution a good th ing but only if it w ould to e ve r se e th e ligh t of day (no com e toge th e r w ith a large r vie w of
29 MMYY SSTTOO RRYY W ritte n by Anh -Minh D o MMYY SSEECCOO NNDD AAPPAARRTTMM EENNTT
h e virtual w orld is finally at lik e a m assive rotating orb. I'm w alk th rough m y com pute r. m y finge rtips. Alt-Ctrl- starting to ge t th at fe e ling w ith I'm not sure h ow far th is could Le ftArrow : Ne w w ork space . Gutsy. I m e an, I can se e th rough m y T go (e spe cially give n th e curre nt w ork space to oth e r Alth ough I sit in m y living w ork space across th e graph ical e xactitude of tw e ak ing I can do, room /office w ith its ch airs, cube ! Ne xt th ing you k now I'll stick a dow n to h ow slow ly th e cube couch e s, TV scre e n, table s and fe w Sim s w ith furniture e tc. inside flips) conside ring th e pow e r of book sh e lve s, I can't sh ak e th e th e cube and w atch th e m inte ract pre fe re nce s in Gutsy and th e fe e ling th at I h ave tw o from tim e to tim e w h ile I do m y w ork stre ngth of use r input in th e apartm e nts. O ve r h e re from m y on one of m y w ork space s. Ubuntu com m unity. And th ink ing laptop I glance ove r at m y about a fe w of m y ide as m ak e s w oode n couch across th e room So I'm fascinate d. I'm w aiting for m e w onde r w h at e ve rybody w onde ring if I sh ould m ove it to th e day w h e n w e h ave Ubuntu w h o's using Ubuntu w ants to se e th e adjace nt w all and at th e sam e running off a dode cah e dron or m ore . or w ants it to be able to do tim e push Supe rButton-Tab giving O r m aybe it could be a m ansion th at (code rs and non-code rs). m e a virtual ove rvie w (th e Sh ift you virtually w alk th rough to your Manage r app) of m y curre nt ne xt w ork space ? O r, som e h ow e ach Finally, w ith all th is protocol- w ork space on Gutsy so I can use w ork space could look lik e or be a th ink ing prolife rating, th e line s th e w indow I w ant. plane t? be tw e e n de sk top and w e b, be tw e e n docum e nts and vide o I re m e m be r about six ye ars I m e an righ t now , w h e n I turn on gam e s, be tw e e n ch atting and back w h e n H alle Be rry starre d in m y com pute r, I actually ge t th e m ultim e dia, e tc. are all blurring th at “ h ack e r” m ovie : Sw ordfish . fe e ling th at I'm e nte ring an so m uch th at I w onde r w h e n I'm And th e m ain ch aracte r, H ugh apartm e nt, lik e I ope ne d a door. going to ne e d to fe e d m y laptop Jack m an (W olve rine ) h as a Be fore it w as just th at I “ flippe d it virtual food to ge t ne w upgrade s graph ical re pre se ntation of a on” and could use its applications. to m y syste m lik e tam agotch i program th at's m e ant to h ack into Now m y applications are lik e (re m e m be r tam agotch i?). Any a gove rnm e nt database . It look e d furniture th at I m ove around at w ill. I ide as?
30 UUBBUUNNTTUU WW OO MM EENN W ritte n by Cath y Malm rose
om e n m ay curre ntly rank and you w ill se e som e w h o give in th e low single -digits in up at th e sligh te st sign of W th e Ubuntu population, difficulty. You w ill also se e but I h ope , for m y daugh te r's ch ildre n w h o pe rsist. Th ose w ith sak e , th at it w on't alw ays be so. an inde fatigable ability to Building for th e long-te rm , w h at m aintain focus are th ose w h o w e can do to h e lp th e upcom ing are curre ntly w riting drive rs and ge ne ration pre pare for th e rigors re vie w ing patch e s. of m ass collaborative cre ative Spe cifically, w h at can w e do to e fforts? Spe cifically, w h at can w e Barbie doll” . W h e n Anna carrie s h e r foste r th is? Cinde e Madison, a do now to foste r th e spe cific sk ill h igh ly controve rsial Barbie in public, program m e r at UC Be rk e le y se t of th e girls w h o w ill e ve ntually it e licits strong fe e lings (sim ilar to h e lpe d h e r daugh te r, Kora, contribute to th e Yode ling Yak th e inte nse ly strong fe e lings w e se e de ve lop a h igh frustration ve rsion of Ubuntu? in Linux de ve lopm e nt). It h e lps h e r tole rance th rough one spe cific, For starte rs, w e can h e lp practice saying, “ I h e ar w h at you are pivotal act. Cinde e told Kora sh e pote ntial future contributors saying and I still disagre e ” or “ You could h ave h e r e ars pie rce d if de ve lop sufficie ntly strong voice s. h ave a good point.” Th e Ubuntu sh e clim be d to th e top of a From m y ow n little corne r of th e te am curre ntly h as and w ill continue m ountain. Little Kora did it, m ark e t pre paring Linux h ardw are to ne e d w om e n on-board w h o can push ing past th e ph ysical pain, for Ubuntu, I h ave discove re d th at h andle controve rsy w e ll. Th e re is frustration, and oth e r “ lim its” . I ne e d to spe ak m ore firm ly th an I inte nse be auty in th ose w h o can Eve ry tim e Kora puts in h e r e ve r h ave be fore . I re ce ntly disagre e in a w ay th at le ave s e arrings th at se nse of taugh t m y daugh te r, Anna: “ Th ink e ve ryone 's dignity and grace intact. pe rsiste nce is solidifie d. Sh e first, spe ak cle arly, and constantly doe sn't give up. Sh e push e s re -e valuate .” W e can h e lp tom orrow 's de ve lope r- th rough to th e final de adline . girls to de ve lop a h igh frustration Sh e 's th e type of girl I w ant on In orde r to build th is re silie nce , I tole rance . Spe nd a fe w m inute s th e future Ubuntu te am . purch ase d a “ spine -building w atch ing ch ildre n on a playground 31 Th e future of O pe n Source is in th e Young Pe ople of today; th at's UUBBUUNNTTUU YYOO UUTTHH w h y th is corne r of th e m agazine is for young pe ople or sim ply W ritte n by Alvin Gao from w w w .Te e nsO nLinux.org th ose w h o are young at h e art.
ost of you out th e re m ost th e norm al th ings you w ould e xpe ct m ost part) w h e re I e xpe cte d lik e ly h ave an MP3 playe r. from an MP3 playe r plus m any oth e r th e m to be . M I'm w illing to be t th at th ings including a m ovie playe r, a som e of you out th e re h ave one of Gam e Boy e m ulator, a GPL ve rsion of : Rock box h as a th e se : D oom and m uch m uch m ore . m ultitude of plug-ins, gam e s and apps. Som e w ork be tte r th an • : 1st th rough 5.5th ge ne ration : Th e iPod installation oth e rs. W h ile som e are use ful iPod, iPod Mini and 1st ge ne ration iPod w as re lative ly straigh t forw ard, drag oth e rs are not so use ful, such as Nano (not th e Sh uffle , 2nd/3rd ge n a fe w file s to th e iPod, e xe cute a Nano, Classic or Touch ) th e batte ry be nch m ark ing tool. I script and you're done . I w as able to don't k now about you, but I'd • : Juk e box 5000, 6000, Studio, q uick ly ge t up and running. trade th e batte ry be nch m ark ing Re corde r, FM Re corde r, Re corde r V2 and O ndio tool for a pack age d Pe rl : inte rpre te r. But, I digre ss. Th e • : iAudio X5, X5V, X5L, M5 and Ugly! Th e gam e s on Rock box are ce rtainly M5L de fault m uch be tte r th an th e one s th at • : H 100, H 300 and H 10 se rie s Rock box cam e w ith m y iPod, and th e fact • : Sansa c200, e 200 and th e m e look s th at I can w atch m ovie s on m y e 200R se rie s (not th e v2 m ode ls) aw ful (le ft). first ge ne ration Nano is also a Fortunate ly, • : Gigabe at X and F se rie s (not big plus. th e S se rie s) you can dow nload th e m e s from : In m y h um ble If so, your m p3 playe r can run h ttp://w w w .rock box-th e m e s.org/. opinion, Rock box is a gre at . Rock box, available at Th e re 's e ve n an Ubuntu th e m e ! alte rnative to th e firm w are on h ttp://w w w .rock box.org, is an your MP3 playe r. I strongly alte rnative , ope n source , firm w are : Th e Rock box inte rface re com m e nd th at you install it. th at provide s m any fe ature s th at is ve ry e asy to figure out, th e re w as Be lie ve m e , you'll be h appy th at you w ould norm ally not ge t w ith re ally no significant le arning curve you did. th e de fault firm w are . Include d are involve d. Th e se ttings w e re (for th e
32 H e re are som e th ings you m ay h e ar on th e ne xt e pisode of th e SSOO UUNNDD BBIITTEESS podcast. If you h ave an ide a or w ant to tak e part th e n e m ail our W ritte n by Matth e w Rossi h ost, Matth e w Rossi, at podcast@ fullcircle m agazine .org
aving re le ase d th e Full W e h ave a crite ria for th e VoIP option of using th e ir landline or m obile Circle podcast pilot th e se rvice s: ph one . ve rdict is in. O ne of th e H • Platform s Supporte d (W indow s, Mac, bigge st com plaints aside from th e Linux, BSD , W indow s Mobile , e tc.) - Not W e h ope to bring Episode 1 of re pe titive ne ss of Th e Ch ristm as e ve ryone h as acce ss to a Linux com pute r. th e Full Circle podcast to you Ch e e se Polk a w as th e q uality of For e xam ple : Em m anue l w as h aving som e tim e in m id-Fe bruary. And th e re cording. Th e sound q uality proble m s w ith th e audio on h is Linux box, don't forge t to ch e ck out th e ne w w as atrocious due to Gizm o w h ich and joine d us from a W indow s box on Pe nguin Ce ntral w e bsite : is a SIP-base d VoIP se rvice w h ich e pisode te n of th e Pe nguin Ce ntral podcast. h ttp://pe nguince ntral.unixpod.com / w as use d to re cord th e sh ow . Th e • Softw are Lice nse - Not so im portant. I'm re ason w e ch ose it w as be cause it m ore conce rne d about call q uality ove r W e are also look ing for a re gular h ad som e th ing th at oth e r m orals. co-h ost w h o can be available , softw are VoIP provide rs don't: a • Sound Quality - If it sounds bad, it's not e ve ry first and th ird w e e k of e ach built in confe re nce re cording w orth it. Sorry, but w e don't w ant anoth e r m onth , to re cord audio, e arly fe ature . At a pre ss of th e button, e pisode th at sounds lik e th e pilot. Sunday m orning, be tw e e n th e sound is re corde d (as a W AV • Re cording Fe ature s - It ne e ds to h ave m idnigh t and 0100 UTC. file ) th e n loade d in to Audacity to softw are base d re cording available . Eve n a th ird-party solution is acce ptable . go th rough e diting. Th is h as Th e form at of th e sh ow is q uite w ork e d re liably for Th e Pe nguin • Ease of Use - Th is is ve ry im portant. If th e laid back , not too ge e k y and not Ce ntral podcast, but som e h ow th e gue sts can't q uick ly and e asily use th e live , so fe ar not, you w on't be on q uality of th e audio w asn't as softw are th e n th at w ill im pact h e avily on th e re cording. th e spot w ith th e w orld liste ning good as it h as be e n in th e past. to your e ve ry w ord. Th e sh ow w ill O ne of our pane lists, Em m anue l •Re gistration - It sh ould be q uick and e asy be re corde d via VoIP, e dite d and and not re q uire pe rsonal de tails. Morale s, and m yse lf w e nt out on a re le ase d approxim ate ly six or q ue st to find a re place m e nt VoIP •Ability to Call Landline s - Th is is also ve ry se ve n days late r se rvice to re cord th e sh ow . im portant. Som e tim e s it isn't conve nie nt for a pe rson to use a VoIP clie nt on th e ir PC to Inte re ste d? Contact m e (Matt) at: conne ct, and it h e lps w h e n th e y h ave th e podcast@ fullcircle m agazine .org 33 Eve ry m onth w e lik e to publish som e of th e e m ails w e re ce ive . If you w ould lik e to LLEETTTTEERRSS subm it a le tte r for publication, com plim e nt or com plaint, ple ase e m ail it to: le tte rs@ fullcircle m agazine .org. PLEASE NOTE: som e le tte rs m ay be e dite d for space re asons.
W rite r of Le tte r of th e Month w ins buntu is h ot now adays, so i LETTER OF TH E M ONTH installe d it on m y com pute r tw o m e tal Ubuntu case badge s! U w h ich alre ady h ad W indow s First of all I w ant to Vista installe d. Th e h ardw are th ank you for th is I h ave ne ve r m ade such a de sk top support re ally surprise d m e , m agazine . I am q uite publish ing be fore . So I h ad to le arn a alth ough m y ATI X19 50GT vide o ne w to Linux and lot. I h ave re ad th e w h ole Scribus tutorial se rie s from th e first issue . card didn't w ork prope rly. But th e se article s h e lp m e a lot to unde rstand Afte r th at it th e n I starte d to h ave som e th is w orld. Th e Scribus tutorial se rie s is se e m e d to be a trouble w ith Ubuntu: probably th e m ost use ful. pie ce of cak e . 1. My Fire fox die s q uite ofte n. I am living in a block of flats surrounde d by Th e re sult is a garde n. Th e te nants are ve ry proud of it. sim ple but gre at. My frie nds lik e it, 2. For som e unk now n re ason W e h ave w on a Landscape Arch ite cture Aw ard four tim e s in th e last fe w ye ars from so do I. I could give th e m som e th ing m y Ubuntu be gan to run ve ry th e m ayor of our tow n. spe cial. And th e y ask e d m e to cre ate slow ly. anoth e r cale ndar about our Most of th e te nants are m y frie nds and w e ne igh bourh ood ne xt ye ar, too. 3. Eve n th ough i'm not using h ave spe nt a lot of tim e w ith garde ning. And I w ante d to th ank th e m for th e ir w ork any 'large ' applications, Ubuntu w ith a little Ch ristm as pre se nt. I w ante d to runs at a rath e r slow spe e d. My m ak e a cale ndar w ith ph otos of our garde n. PC is a P4 3G, 1.5G of RAM, 80Gb h ard drive , ATI X19 50GT w ith 512Mb of RAM. Th ough i use Vista as m y prim ary just "stum ble d" onto your O S, I still h ope th at pe ople w ill lik e m agazine today. I love it. I'm I re ally e xpe cte d th e spe e d and Ubuntu w h ich re pre se nts Linux. a ne w Linux conve rt and find stablity of Linux, but w h y is it not I th at a lot of th e re adings on w h at I e xpe cte d? I only installe d Linux are w e ll ove r m y h e ad, a fe w th e m e s and Mplaye r from your m agazine is th e pe rfe ct th e outse t, and i didn't th ink it solution. w ould affe ct th e syste m so m uch .
34 I'll be re ading e ve ry issue , and it only catch e s m e out w h e n I boot w atch and I'm not able to re ach look forw ard to th e day w h e n I up XP and I th ink th at m y spe ak e rs th e de ve lope r (look s lik e th e m ay e ve n be able to contribute in w ill e xplode . proje ct h as close d dow n). TCX som e fash ion. conve rte r can re ad som e data Th e printe r, a Canon Pixm a IP4000, from m y Ke e p up th e am azing w ork ! You is only able to print 600 x 600 dpi Fore runne r 301 are be ing appre ciate d! w ith cups (e ve n th ough it sh ould be (be low ), but I'm able to print at 4800x1200 dpi) so not able to vie w w h e n I w ould lik e to print a it and it doe sn't ph otograph I ne e d to go to XP. h ave any statistics or And last but I be lie ve cale ndar re ally appre ciate your it's th e m ost annoying: function. KPe rsonaltraine r and m agazine e spe cially th e Ne w s I cant use m y Kipinä are far from w h at I w ant. Iand th e Top5, it's also nice to w atch re ad about th e pe ople th at h ave (le ft) or m y Are th e re any good training ch ange from w in to Linux. Th at's a log applications w ith good sw ap I also w ould lik e to do, (righ t). statistical analysis? A nice unfortunate ly I still h ave som e cale nde r and th e possibility to issue s and ne e d to dual boot. As I m e ntione d I've only be e n re ad data from m y Polar Vantage running Ubuntu for about 6 m onth s w atch and/or Fore runne r 301? I've only run Ubuntu for around and I'm still a bit of a ne w bie but 6 m onth s and e arlie r I've be e n in e ve n th ough I se arch e d th e Inte rne t Th ank you all for th e h e lp, and contact w ith Re dH at, Fe dora, during th at tim e I still h ave n't found it's ok to display m y e m ail if you Mandriva and PCLinuxO S but a single app th at is close to w h at I be lie ve th at som e one can give th e re h as alw ays be e n som e th ing w ant in conce rn of training logs. So I m e som e ide as in any of m y th at m ade m e k e e p W indow s. Th is now ask for your h e lp re ade rs! proble m s (th e w atch , th e printe r, tim e I'm re ally close to tak ing th e th e graph ics and th e sound) plunge , e ve ryth ing is m ore or le ss I've trie d to run th e Polar Vantage ok , but not pe rfe ct... softw are unde r W INE w ith som e succe ss, it starts but isn't able to Th e sound is low , e ve n th ough load th e data from th e w atch . e b9 9 lam o@ k th .se I've follow e d th e h e lp on th e 'H ac4Linux' isn't able to find m y Ubuntu site but I can live w ith th at
35 If you h ave an Ubuntu re late d q ue stion w h ich ne e ds answ e ring, e m ail it to us h e re QQ && AA at q ue stions@ fullcircle m agazine .org, and w e 'll pass th e m to Robe rt for answ e ring in W ritte n by Robe rt Clipsh am a future issue . Ple ase include as m uch inform ation as you can about your proble m .
Th e re are se ve ral applications th e file . Save th e file and e xit, Q available to do th is w ith , th e n you can install KD E 4 from Aincluding w h ich is ade pt or synaptic (you ne e d th e available in th e m ultive rse pack age 'k de 4-core '). You w ill Th e re are a lot of place s re positorie s, and w h ich you ge t a se curity w arning as th e w ith vide o tutorials, can dow nload from re pository is not aute nticate d, including A h ttp://fre sh m e at.ne t/proje cts/m andvd th is is norm al, just click O K. h ttp://m e e tth e gim p.org/, O nce installe d you can log out, h ttp://w w w .de signyourow nw e b.com and ch ange to a KD E 4 se ssion. /gim p-tutorial.h tm , h ttp://w w w .gim p.org/tutorials/, Q h ttp://jim m ac.m usich all.cz/gim p2de m os.ph p and Be fore you start, m ak e sure Q h ttp://w ik ivid.com /inde x.ph p/GIMP. you h ave re m ove d any Se arch ing on Google w ill give you Apre vious KD E4 pack age s, as You can try using e ve n m ore site s if th at isn't th e y are incom patible w ith th e final ' ' from e nough ! re le ase . O nce th is is done , add th e Age tde b KD E 4 re positorie s. To do th is e nte r (h ttp://w w w .ge tde b.ne t/re le ase .p 'gk su ge dit' or 'k de su k ate ' in k de h p?id=19 08), or usplash - Q e ith e r at a k onsole /te rm inal or in th e sw itch e r from run dialog box (alt+ f2). In w h ich e ve r h ttp://w w w .ge tde b.ne t/re le ase .ph program you are using, ope n th e file p?id=9 17. '/e tc/apt/source s.list', and appe nd th e line ' W h e re can I find I w ant to try out ' vide o tutorials for K DE4.0 (w ith out th e q uote s) to th e e nd of Th e GIM P?
36 Your ch ance to sh ow th e w orld your de sk top or PC. Em ail your scre e nsh ots and ph otos to: m isc@ fullcircle m agazine .org and include a brie f paragraph about your MMYY DD EESSKKTTOO PP de sk top, your PC's spe cs and any oth e r inte re sting tidbits about your se tup.
As w ith m any stude nts studying de sign, Th is m igh t sound lik e a oxym oron but I am using Gutsy w ith Com piz Fusion I love a be autiful de sk top. I trie d to h e re are tw o scre e n sh ots of m y D e sk top and Em e rald. I use th e h um an- custom ize W indow s XP and I also trie d on m y Laptop. ubuntulook s w indow th e m e , w h ich h as to use W indow s Vista and Macintosh /O S all th e Com piz e ffe cts. Th e top bar h as Since I upgrade d to Ubuntu 7.10 I h ave x86. But w h at I could do did not satisfy re duce d opacity, and th e bottom dock is be e n trying diffe re nt th ings w ith th e 3D m e at all. Afte r ge tting th e Ubuntu Live an Avant W indow Navigator dock . It e ffe cts using Com piz. I am ve ry CD , all I h ave to say is: Im pre ssive ! use s th e th e m e 'Milk y'. Th e back ground im pre sse d w ith th is w onde rful add on to is black , w ith a re fle ction, and th e cube Eve ryth ing I can do is unlim ite d. At first, th is late st ve rsion of Ubuntu. h as th e de fault cube caps. Th e I th ough t th at w ith th e inte grate d Inte l Since I h ave be e n sh ow ing off a little I w allpape r is calle d Le af Stagge r. GMA 9 00 I could not h ave th e fancy h ave som e W indow s use r saying 'ooh visual e ffe cts. But all I ne e de d w as to ah h ' w ith th e ir m outh ope n. install Be ryl and I w as able to e njoy m y w ork . W ith th e pack age from th e Mac4Lin proje ct, m y de sk top look s just lik e Mac O S X Le opard. O ne im portant th ing I w ant to note is th at I w ill ne ve r h ave to w orry about virus risk s.
37 Your m onth ly list of Linux gam e s or applications TTOO PP55 DD OO WW NNLLOOAADD MM GGRRSS from th e de pth s of th e Inte rne t. If you h ave an ide a W ritte n by Andre w Min for a list, ple ase e m ail: m isc@ fullcircle m agazine .org
H om e page : h ttp://w w w .gnom e .org/proje cts/gw ge t/ H om e page : h ttp://code .google .com /p/gnom e -fre e loade r/ Gw ge t is one of th e be st dow nload Th is Pyth on-base d m anage rs for Gnom e m anage r not only around. Lik e m ost boasts fe ature s lik e dow nload m anage rs, m ulti-part dow nloading it supports fe ature s but also h as one k e y such as re sum able fe ature th at alm ost no dow nloads, re cursive oth e r dow nload dow nloads, spe e d m anage r h as: BitTorre nt lim iting, and drag- support. So inste ad of and-drop. But w h at se ts Gw ge t apart is th e spe cial h aving to dow nload th e .torre nt file w ith one Gnom e ish fe ature s it boasts, lik e Fire fox and dow nload m anage r and dow nloading th e actual Epiph any inte gration (using Fire Ge t), GConf torre nt w ith anoth e r, you can do it all in one sh ot. It inte gration, Gnom e Proxy support, and Gnom e also include s a h andy tray icon, sim ilar to Gw ge t's. notification are a support. You also h ave th e ability And if you w ant inte gration into Fire fox, you can to run it from th e com m and-line , re ad MD 5 Sum s, m anually add support for Fre e loade r using Flash Got and use m ultiple translations. (instructions at h ttp://flash got.ne t/fe ature s# custom dm ). To install Gw ge t, grab th e gw ge t pack age in th e unive rse re positorie s. To ge t Fre e loade r, dow nload and install th e fre e loade r pack age in th e unive rse re positorie s.
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H om e page : None (contact th e auth ors at k ge t@ k de .org)
KGe t is to KD E as Gw ge t is to H om e page : H om e page : Gnom e . It's a sim ple dow nload h ttp://w w w .k rasu.ru/soft/ch uch e lo/ h ttp://w w w .dow nth e m all.ne t/ m anage r th at w as starte d w ay back in 19 9 8 and is now th e D ow nloade r for X (or D 4x as it is Th is cross-platform Fire fox official dow nload m anage r for affe ctionate ly k now n) is a fairly old e xte nsion is by far m y favorite . KD E. It can im port lists of dow nload m anage r (m ade around Not only doe s it pre se nt all th e dow nload link s, log e ve ryth ing it th e sam e tim e as KGe t). But don't de tails in a sim ple GUI, it's also doe s, q ue ue , tim e , auto- le t th at fool you: it h as m ore one of th e faste st. It supports sh utdow n, and h ave a h andy fe ature s th an alm ost all of th e oth e r batch dow nloading and "drop targe t" th at you can drop dow nload m anage rs liste d h e re . It spide ring, m ulti-part link s onto. It can also inte grate supports q ue ue s, sch e duling, dow nloading, auto-re nam ing, into Konq ue ror and, using dow nload lim its, use r age nt and is blazing fast. In fact, in m y Flash Got, Fire fox. sw itch ing, proxie s, sounds, th e m e s, inform al te sts, it w as th e faste st and clipboard inte gration. It m ay not dow nloade r of th e five liste d, Alth ough KGe t is an official part of be th e pre ttie st app out th e re , but e spe cially for big file s (lik e th e KD E, it is not installe d by de fault it's jam m e d pack e d w ith tools for Ubuntu CD im age ). in Kubuntu. H ow e ve r, you can th e pow e r dow nloade r. e asily install it w ith th e k ge t To install dow nTH EMall, you ne e d pack age in th e unive rse To install D ow nloade r for X, just Fire fox. Th e n go to th e install page at re positorie s. dow nload d4x in th e unive rse h ttp://url.fullcircle m agazine .org/dfbe 0a re pository. and click th e button.
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