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Cre ating & D istributing D e bs p.08 Se rve r Se rie s - Part 4 p.11 Ubuntu D isk Usage p.13 : GIMP - Part 1 p.16 full circle Back up W ith PartIm age p.19 w w w .f u llc i r c le m a g a z i n e .o r g : W ik i O n A Stick p.24 : W INE p.27 : Full Circle - O ne Ye ar O n p.28 '07 - '08 : Travis W atk ins p.36 p.38 p.39 P.06 P.08 P.13 p.40 p.42 p.43 : D isk Usage Analyze rs p.44 p.46 24 .28 P.16 P.19 P. P p.47

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By th e tim e you re ad th is, Ubuntu 8.04 (H ardy H e ron) w ill h ave be e n re le ase d. May your upgrade go sm ooth ly. I'm a Kubuntu guy, but since m y curre nt install is 7.10 w ith adde d KD E 4 goodne ss, I m ay just do a fre sh install. But, w e 'll se e .

Th is m onth se e s th e start of anoth e r ne w se rie s. D ue to public de m and for GIMP article s, I've cre ate d 'Using GIMP'. It w ill cove r th e basics (th is m onth ) th rough to th e m ore im portant th ings, such as laye rs, and e nd w ith th e cre ation of a collage w h ich w ill use all th e te ch niq ue s le arne d from pre vious m onth s. I h ope you'll e njoy it. Ubuntu is a com ple te ope rating syste m th at is pe rfe ct for laptops, Since is one ye ar old th is m onth , I th ough t it w ould be de sk tops and se rve rs. W h e th e r at fun to trace it back to its origins, and sh ow h ow it h as de ve lope d ove r h om e , sch ool or w ork Ubuntu th e past ye ar. I also include d som e dow nload statistics too, w h ich contains all th e applications you'll e ve r ne e d including w ord proce ssor, sugge st th at re ade rsh ip h as falle n ove r th e past ye ar, it h asn't. e m ail application and w e b brow se r. Re m e m be r th at issue # 1 h as h ad 12 m onth s to acq uire th at m any dow nloads. More ove r, som e pe ople link dire ctly to th e PD F, th us You do not pay any bypassing our dow nload counte r. Eith e r w ay, I'm just h appy to h ave lice nsing fe e s. You can dow nload, dow nloads! use and sh are Ubuntu w ith your frie nds, fam ily, sch ool or busine ss Enjoy th e issue and k e e p in touch ! 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, inte rne t, draw ing and graph ics Editor, Full Circle Magazine applications, and gam e s. ronnie @ fullcircle m agazine .org

3 Fe e l fre e to e m ail ne w s storie s Sun look s to fre e up th e re st of NNEEWW SS to: ne w s@ fullcircle m agazine .org Java Ple ase include a source URL. Sun Microsyste m s is ste pping up e fforts to Ubuntu 8.04 LTS is also th e basis for boost Java usage in th e ne w 8.04 re le ase of Kubuntu: sh ops by w ork ing to re m ove h ttp://k ubuntu.org/ne w s/8.04- som e final e ncum brance s in th e re le ase ope n-source Java platform . 8.04 brings a re structuring of Edubuntu as th e Ubuntu Education By fre e ing th e se up, Java can be fully ope n-source and th us be pack age d Edition. Th e e ducation de sk top and m ore e asily w ith Linux distributions. In application bundle now installs as conjunction w ith th is activity, Sun is an add-on to a standard Ubuntu talk ing w ith Linux distributors, de sk top. including O pe nSuse , Ubuntu and H ARDY H ERON Fe dora to h ave th e m offe r an update d h ttp://w w w .e dubuntu.org/ne w s/8.04- ve rsion of O pe nJD K, w h ich constitute s RELEASED! th e ope n-source Java platform . Sun re le ase plans to offe r th e update d O pe nJD K soon and cle ar th e last fe w Th e Ubuntu 8.04 fam ily of variants, e ncum brance s late r. h e Ubuntu te am is ple ase d Xubuntu, UbuntuStudio, and to announce Ubuntu 8.04 "W e 're h oping to se e som e m ove m e nt Myth buntu, [w ith th e ] Linux distributions in th e TLTS (Long-Te rm Support) on ve ry ne ar future , h ope fully by de sk top and se rve r, continuing are also re le ase d today: JavaO ne ," said Rich Sands, group Ubuntu's tradition of inte grating m anage r for de ve lope r m ark e ting at th e late st and gre ate st ope n h ttp://w w w .xubuntu.org/ne w s/h ardy/ Sun, in an inte rvie w on Tue sday. Th e source te ch nologie s into a h igh - re le ase JavaO ne confe re nce is to be h e ld in San Francisco in tw o w e e k s. q uality, e asy-to-use Linux h ttp://ubuntustudio.org/ distribution. Source : h ttp://ne w s.yah oo.com h ttp://w w w .ubuntu.com /ge tubuntu h ttp://w w w .m yth buntu.org/

4 M icrosoft e xte nds XP life to NNEEWW SS parry Linux th re at In w h at is be ing pe rce ive d as a m ove to counte r th e th re at of Linux — a fre e Pe num bra: Black Plague spre ads H ans Re ise r Jury De libe rate s Tw o ope rating syste m — in th e ultra-low - cost pe rsonal com pute r (ULCPC) to M ac and Linux Days W ith out Ve rdict se gm e nt, Microsoft h as e xte nde d th e sale of W indow s XP H om e by tw o ye ars Usually th e Th e jury de libe rating to original e q uipm e nt m anufacture rs scarie st part of th e H ans Re ise r (O EMs) be yond th e curre nt de adline of adve nturing on a m urde r trial le ft th e June 30. Mac is th e th ough t courth ouse h e re [in of sim ply finding a O ak land, California Ultra-low -cost PCs h ave be e n draw ing gam e to play. But th ank s to Frictional at] about 3:15 p.m . inte re st from gove rnm e nts and sch ools Gam e s, both Mac and Linux gam e rs can Pacific tim e in e m e rging m ark e ts lik e India and now ge t th e ir ch ills in th e playable de m o Th ursday, its se cond full day of Asia. For instance , th e low -cost Asus of . de libe rations. Ee e PC alone is e stim ate d to se ll around 120,000 units in India th is ye ar. Th e critically-acclaim e d Th e pane l is ch arge d w ith de ciding th e fate gam e s, soon to be joine d by a final of th e Linux program m e r, w h o is accuse d of Linux is th e ope rating syste m (O S) e xpansion calle d , are h orror k illing h is w ife , Nina Re ise r. Th e w om an, running th e curre nt poste r ch ild for low - title s th at re ly h e avily on re al-w orld w h o w as divorcing h e r h usband, w as last cost laptops lik e Asuste k Com pute r’s ph ysics, allow ing far m ore h ands-on se e n at h is h ouse in th e O ak land h ills on Ee e PC inte raction w ith th e e nvironm e nt th an Se pt. 3, 2006. Sh e droppe d off th e Source : w w w .busine ss-standard.com m ost adve nture s. Playe rs assum e th e e strange d couple 's tw o young ch ildre n to role of a m an nam e d Ph ilip, w h o follow s stay w ith th e ir fath e r th e Labor D ay in th e footste ps of h is de ad fath e r and w e e k e nd and h as ne ve r be e n se e n since . finds h im se lf trappe d in an unde rground tunne l com ple x in th e froze n north of Th e 44-ye ar-old de ve lope r of th e Re ise rFS Gre e nland. Unfortunate ly for Ph ilip, h e 's file syste m claim s h is w ife le ft O ak land for Russia, w h e re th e pair m e t in 19 9 8 w h ile h e not alone , and th e gam e s also involve a Full Circle Issue #11 Corre ction ce rtain de gre e of action-base d e le m e nts w as ove rse as h iring program m e rs for h is in surviving th e dange rs, th ough far Nam e sys softw are com pany. H e claim s h is In th e H ow To on ge tting your iPod m ore in th an its 31-ye ar-old w ife fle d to h e r h om e country w ork ing w ith Am arok , one of th e se q ue l. afte r h e accuse d h e r of e m be zzling from pack age s w as liste d as: Nam e sys. it sh ould be : Source : w w w .adve nture gam e rs.com : h ttp://blog.w ire d.com More : w w w .pe num brablack plague .com

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It's be e n a full ye ar since Full Circle Issue # 1, and Ubuntu h as com e a long w ay. In th e tim e it h as tak e n us to re ach issue # 12, Ubuntu h as advance d th re e ve rsions, and h as im prove d in so m any w ays. Th is article w ill tak e a look at h ow th e Ubuntu fam ily h as m orph e d from a Fe isty Faw n to a H ardy H e ron.

re positorie s, or e ve n h ave th e m file m anage r -- only th e brave installe d w h e n th e y try to play a w ould install th e KD E4 Be ta3. m e file for w h ich th e y don't Both h ad one click de sk top alre ady h ave th e ne ce ssary code cs. se arch ing, fast use r sw itch ing It also sh ow e d th e first glim pse s of and sim ple addition of com m on th e Ne tw ork Manage r, w h ich allow s Fire fox plugins via th e 'plugin e asy acce ss to w ire le ss ne tw ork s finde r' se rvice or 'Add/Re m ove using a tray icon, th us e lim inating Applications'. Gutsy Gibbon also th e ne e d to m anually e dit brough t th e first taste of th e configuration file s and, in som e graph ical configuration tool for case s, to X. Th is m e ant alm ost no m anual com pile e diting of /e tc/X11/xorg.conf to drive rs. ge t your display(s) configure d o ge t a fe e l for h ow far prope rly. Som e oth e r fe ature s Ubuntu h as com e , w e ne e d Gutsy w e re im prove d: printe r se tup, Tto look at Fe isty's m ain (7.10) furth e r th re e -click re stricte d drive r fe ature s. Fe isty (7.04) introduce d im prove d th e installation, w rite support for th e Migration Assistant, allow ing use r NTFS file syste m s, and be tte r use rs to m igrate th e ir se ttings e xpe rie nce , pow e r m anage m e nt facilitie s. from W indow s to Ubuntu but cause d som e controve rsy by e ffortle ssly. It also adde d th e first adding Com piz Fusion 'out of th e W ith th e m ost re ce nt ve rsion, ste ps to e asy m ultim e dia code c box', but for Ubuntu only. Kubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu ge ts its se cond installation, allow ing use rs to use rs h ad to m ak e do w ith th e ir first long te rm support (LTS) re le ase . e ffortle ssly install code cs from th e glim pse of D olph in (above ), th e KD E4

6 Ubuntu (or Kubuntu) disk w h ile you're a ne tw ork adm inistrator, running W indow s, inste ad of th e you w ill love th e ne w Policy Kit usual fe ature list, you'll ge t a list of w h ich e nable s fine -tune d control installation options, allow ing you to ove r th e pe rm issions for e ve ry install w ith out re partitioning, and part of th e syste m . Th is Ubuntu le tting you add or re m ove Ubuntu re le ase also inte grate s Active lik e any oth e r W indow s application. It D ire ctory, e nabling sim ple also give s th e option to re boot th e inte gration into Active D ire ctory com pute r to try out, or install Ubuntu base d ne tw ork s. in th e w ay w e h ave grow n use d to. Furth e rm ore , th is re le ase brings So, in th e ye ar th at h as passe d im prove m e nts and ch ange s to th e since issue # 1, a lot of im ple m e nte d ch ange s h ave Th e re is no LTS for Kubuntu 8.04, pre -installe d applications. Ubuntu im prove d th e spe e d and but its use rs w ill ge t a ch oice of now use s Transm ission (be low ) as its capabilitie s of th e Ubuntu fam ily. tw o flavors: one w ith KD E 3.5.9 ne w BitTorre nt clie nt, for Th e ne xt re le ase w ill be th e (now w ith e asy e nabling of Virtual Ne tw ork Com puting (VNC), 'Intre pid Ibe x' (8.10), and I'm Com piz Fusion) and th e oth e r, a Brase ro for CD /DVD burning, and sure it w ill bring e ve n m ore 're m ix', w h ich w ill install th e ne w Ink scape 0.46 for Scalable Ve ctor im prove m e nts. Th e drafting of KD E 4.0.2 (above ). H ardy boasts a Graph ics (SVG) im age s. Kubuntu h as blue prints and ide as for th e Ibe x w e alth of fe ature s, one of w h ich is update s to Ktorre nt, digiKam and h as just be gun as, by th e tim e th e ne w 'Bulle t-Proof X' for GUI Am arok , and it e ve n allow s you to you re ad th is article , 8.04 w ill be display configuration. It e ve n e ncrypt your e ntire file syste m . If available for dow nload. Le t's include s th e late st ve rsion of th e h ope th at, w ith th e passing of popular w e b brow se r, Fire fox. anoth e r ye ar, abounty of ne w Fire fox 3 introduce s m any e xciting fe ature s w ill blow us aw ay. fe ature s including e asy add-on installation, incre dible spe e d, and com pliance w ith w e b standards. A is a se lf fe ature pe rh aps aim e d at ne w confe sse d ge e k , w h ose h obbie s use rs, but e q ually use ful to pow e r include : program m ing/scripting, use rs, is th e W indow s-base d ch atting on IRC and not w riting installe r, W ubi. If you inse rt th e h is article s on tim e .

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lm ost e ve ryone k now s w h at All you h ave to do is run (lik e a .de b pack age is. It's th e you usually w ould) to com pile th e (h ttp://url.fullcircle m agazine .org/ A"installe r" for Ubuntu, source code , th e n run to 9 27dc1), a Qt-base d app th at D e bian, MEPIS, and m any oth e r cre ate th e .de b. Unfortunate ly, th e re provide s a basic GUI for m ak ing Linux distros. In m y opinion, it's are se ve ral proble m s. First, it w ill not pack age s. It's m uch be tte r th an th e be st pack age form at out install de pe nde ncie s (you can try , but it's still not th e th e re . Unfortunate ly, m any Linux w ay to cre ate a q uality pack age . program s don't include a .de b (h ttps://h e lp.ubuntu.com /com m unity/ pack age . Th e y give you only th e AutoApt) or (h ttps://w ik i.ubuntu.com /AutoD e b), source code , w h ich ofte n re q uire s Th e first ste p in m anually both e xpe rim e ntal) and it w ill not le t dow nloading a bunch of librarie s cre ating a .de b pack age is to you de clare de pe nde ncie s - so it w ill you've ne ve r h e ard of dow nload th e program . Ne xt, not w ork for oth e r use rs unle ss th e y ("de pe nde ncy h e ll" is th e te rm ), com pile it (if ne ce ssary), and m anually install th e de pe nde ncie s. and th e y ofte n don't give you th e install it. Th is usually involve s Th e re fore , to m ak e q uality pack age s, option of uninstalling th e running , , and is th e w rong w ay to go. program . H ow e ve r, it is m uch . Th e n, find out If, on th e oth e r h and, you're just e asie r th an you m igh t e xpe ct to w h e re it installe d itse lf - ope n inte re ste d in cre ating basic pack age s put toge th e r a .de b from scratch . th e Mak e file file in a te xt e ditor, w ith out h assle , can be and re ad th e install se ction. If use ful. H ow e ve r, I w ill not be you can't find it, se arch in th e cove ring in th is article /usr/ folde r. (a tutorial can be re ad at at: Th e e asie st (and w orst) w ay is h ttps://h e lp.ubuntu.com /com m unity/C Now , it's tim e to cre ate th e to use a .de b pack aging program h e ck Install). calle d (h ttp://asic- control file . Basically, th is is th e .de b de scription. H e re 's a linux.com .m x/% 7Eizto/ch e ck install So, is th e re any oth e r e asy w ay to sam ple control - you ne e d to ). It sounds gre at on th e outside . cre ate q uality pack age s? Th e re 's

8 paste it into a file calle d "control", obvious. Th e fie ld is th e m e ans th at it w ould be nice to w ith out any e xte nsion: nam e of th e pack age . If your h ave it. You can se parate th e pack age nam e h as tw o w ords, use a diffe re nt de pe nde ncie s w ith Package: fungame h yph e n (-) be tw e e n th e m . Pack age com m as (,). If one of tw o Version: 1.0 nam e s can h ave only low e rcase program s w ill w ork , se parate Section: games le tte rs, num be rs, and (be lie ve it or th e m w ith a pipe (|). You can Priority: optional not) "+ " and "-". Th e se ction also add a spe cific ve rsion in Architecture: i386 is obviously th e ve rsion of th e pare nth e sis, using << (e arlie r), Essential: no program . Just m ak e <= (e arlie r or e q ual Depends: libfungame, sure you D O N'T include to), = (e q ual to), > = gamelibrary (>= 1.4.0) a h yph e n (-). Th e (gre ate r th an or Recommends: fungamesaves1 | fie ld is a list of e q ual to), or > > fungamesaves2 th e cate gorie s your (gre ate r th an). Suggests: optionalfungame program fits in. Th is is th e Installed-Size: 1024 include s adm in, gam e s, size of th e program Maintainer: Game Maker gnom e , k de , m ail, m isc, in k ilobyte s w h e n it [[email protected]] ne t, sound, te xt, utils, is installe d. Conflicts: and w e b. Th e is you stupidfungamethatbreaksthison se ction de note s w h at (your first nam e e priority it is - m ost of follow e d by your Replaces: oldfungame th e tim e you'll w ant e m ail in []). Description: A short optional. is sh ow s pack age s th at description of the program th e arch ite cture th e th is particular . program w ill run on - usually i386, pack age w on't install ne xt to A longer description AMD 64 or Pow e rPC. is (program s th at w ill bre ak your w h e th e r it's e sse ntial or not - m ost pack age ), w h ile sh ow s of th e tim e it's not. , w h ich pack age s th is program w ill Note se ve ral th ings. First, you , and are all re place . Lastly, to h ave a blank line at th e sim ilar. D e pe nds m e ans th at your sh ow s your de scription. e nd. Th is is . If you program h ave th at program , don't, your .de b w on't w ork . Re com m e nds m e ans th at your Now th at your control file is program sh ould probably h ave it but done , save it in a /D EBIAN folde r. Th e fie lds th e m se lve s are pre tty doe sn't it, and Sugge sts For e xam ple , if you're building a

9 pack age , and your w ork ing folde r Categories=Application;Game; on th e topic is at is ~ /fungam e /, you w ant to put StartupNotify=false h ttp://w w w .linux.com /article s/421 your control in MimeType= 55. A sim ple r w ay is to ge t a ~ /fungam e /D EBIAN/. m e ntor w h o w ill upload th e If you w ish , you can om it th e pack age for you - se e It's now tim e to add th e actual Icon= line . h ttp://m e ntors.de bian.ne t/ for program . Copy th e gam e into m ore . your w ork ing folde r. For e xam ple , Now , it's finally tim e to build your if fungam e is locate d in pack age . To do th is, cd to your So, w h at h appe ns if you don't /usr/local/fungam e /, and th e w ork ing folde r (e .g. ~ /fungam e /) w ant to spe nd a long tim e binary is at /usr/bin/fungam e , and and, in a te rm inal w indow , run re giste ring as a D e bian/Ubuntu your .de b folde r is ~ /fungam e /, . Th e de ve lope r? If you re ad m y Top5 copy e ve ryth ing in dire ctory is your dire ctory, e .g. colum n at all, you'll k now th at I /usr/local/fungam e / into ~ /fungam e /, and th e Ge tD e b.ne t. Th e y provide ~ /fungam e /usr/local/fungam e /, pack age nam e .de b is th e nam e of 3rd party .de bs, and are th e and /usr/bin/fungam e into th e pack age th at w ill be built. It is ide al place for a non-D e bian or ~ /fungam e /usr/bin. You m ay also critical th at you nam e your pack age non-Ubuntu program m e r to post w ant to cre ate a m e nu e ntry (a corre ctly. H e re 's th e prope r nam ing pack age s. You can find out h ow .de sk top file ), in conve ntion: program - to do th is at ~ /fungam e /usr/sh are /applications/ nam e _ve rsion_arch ite cture .de b. h ttp://w ik i.ge tde b.ne t/Building_Pa fungam e .de sk top. H e re 's an Eve ryth ing sh ould be ide ntical to ck age s. Be st of all, you don't e xam ple of a .de sk top: th e ir e q uivale nts in th e control file . ne e d to sign up for anyth ing e xce pt a Launch pad.ne t account. [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Version=1.0 Your pack age w ill ge t m axim um Encoding=UTF-8 atte ntion if it's available from Name=Fun Game pack age s.de bian.org and Exec=fungame pack age s.ubuntu.com . h as be e n a Linux Comment= Unfortunate ly, you can't just upload addict since h e first installe d ope nSuSE in VMW are . Le arn m ore Icon=/usr/local/fungame/funga pack age s. You ne e d to be a D e bian (or Ubuntu) de ve lope r. And th is is about h im at me.png h ttp://w w w .andre w m in.com / Terminal=false not an e asy proce ss. A long article

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ow th at w e h ave Sam ba, Brow se to , th e n , and D H CP and W e bm in . First w e w ill cre ate our . Click on Ninstalle d and w ork ing, w e PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) ; se le ct for w ill se t up a VPN se rve r to accounts, so click on ; m onitor th e various running ; add a ne w use r calle d , ch ange to th e se rvice s. w ith a passw ord of ; th e n fre q ue ncy for ch e ck ing th e click and click . se rve r - e ve ry 5 m inute s is a O ur first ste p is se tting up a W ith in th e inde x of th at m odule , click good tim e fram e , just in case VPN (Virtual Private Ne tw ork ) on ; fill in th e th e re are any proble m s or any using (Point-to-Point box se rvice faults. Se t to Tunne lling Protocol) provide d by w ith th e clie nt e nd IP 0 so th at it runs e xactly e ve ry 5 th e poptop te am . Th is can also be addre ss; and fill in m inute s. Mak e sure all th e h ours configure d by . To start w ith th e IP and days are se le cte d - to se le ct off, w e w ill ne e d to install th e addre sse s to be assigne d to th e m ore th an one , use th e 'Ctrl' k e y PPTP se rve r, as follow s: clie nt m ach ine com ing in via th e w h ile you se le ct th e m . VPN. Click . Th e n, ope n sudo apt-get install pptpd ; ch ange Ch ange to to ; ch ange (or use your pack age m anage r or - and se arch for poptop or pptp) to ; ch ange w h ich e ve r you fe e l is m ore appropriate to your syste m . W h e n prom pte d, h it e nte r, and to ; Ch ange to apt-ge t w ill install and all disable and ; and , and fill in its de pe nde ncie s. th e re st can stay on de fault. Click , and click . your e m ail addre ss. Click . Now , activate W e bm in by going You can also ch ange to: W e w ill now se t up m onitoring for to an SMTP se rve r w h ich th e syste m . W ith in , go to doe sn't re q uire auth e ntication, h ttps://localh ost:10000 11 oth e rw ise se le ct localh ost, using You can also ch e ck your syste m 'Postfix' or 'Se ndm ail' - w e w ill be logs by click ing on and going se tting up Postfix in future issue s. to (be low ) - in th e re you can click on a log file and click Se e m y se tup be low : .

ow ns and runs and is base d in Pe rth , Scotland. H e is also W ith in th e and involve d in a num be r of ope n page s, you can add various source proje cts such as , m onitoring options from th e drop and . dow n list, you can also de le te th e m by tick ing th e adjace nt radio- H e is also a com m itte d Le e ds Unite d fan. box and click ing D e le te .

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12 HH OO WW -- TTOO UBUNTU D ISK USAGE W ritte n by Jonny McCullagh UBUNTU D ISK USAGE

f you h ave use d your com pute r be low , th e re are 174.8 Gigabyte s Th is tool (Baobab by Fabio for any le ngth of tim e , you available . (I h ope th is is sufficie nt for Marzocca) give s a graph ical Ih ave probably be gun to am ass storing m y daugh te r's m usic re pre se ntation of your file s and gre at q uantitie s of data -- from colle ction!) folde rs as conce ntric circle s. fam ily ph otos and m usic to m ore Afte r starting th e program , you bulk y m ovie file s. If you're sh ould se e som e sum m ary anyth ing lik e m e , you ne e d to inform ation about th e total size ch e ck your h ard disk re gularly to of your file syste m , and th e e nsure th at it h as ade q uate space proportion of space you h ave for future file s. O f course , if it's alre ady use d. running sh ort of space , it m igh t be tim e to arch ive large file s onto To ch e ck for large file s and CD /DVD s or e ve n to install a ne w folde rs w ith in your ow n H om e inte rnal/e xte rnal h ard disk . folde r, try click ing th e Scan Alth ough your disk m ay now h ave H om e button: ade q uate space , you m ay w ant to conside r th e follow ing m e th ods to k e e p an e ye on disk usage . For m ore de taile d analysis of your disk Your File Brow se r sh ow s your usage , Ubuntu pe rsonal file s and folde rs and can com e s w ith a be starte d by click ing Place s > h andy acce ssory H om e Folde r. In th e status bar at available from Th e D isk Usage Analyze r th e bottom of th is w indow , you your be gins to scan your file s and can se e th e am ount of available Applications m e nu at Applications > folde rs. disk space . In th e scre e nsh ot Acce ssorie s > D isk Usage Analyze r.

13 folde rs w ith in your m ain H om e folde r It's also possible to "drill- (e .g. dow n" th rough your folde rs and /h om e /niam h /Movie s/Th e Ele ph antsD r sub-folde rs using th e tre e -vie w e am -2006). in th e le ft pane of th e re sults. Click ing on th e little triangle s be side a folde r nam e w ill re ve al th e sub-folde rs it contains, and th e disk usage for e ach of th ose folde rs.

Afte r som e tim e , you sh ould At th e com m and line , you can re ce ive re sults sim ilar to th e ch e ck th e usage of your disk scre e nsh ot sh ow n. As you h ove r your m ouse ove r partitions w ith th is com m and: e ach of th e se gm e nts of th e circle s, Th e re sults are split into tw o df -h pane s. O n th e le ft, your folde rs th e nam e of th e folde r it re pre se nts pops up and th e am ount of disk are liste d in orde r of de cre asing It's also possible to ge t a space th at is be ing use d is also size . Th e righ t pane sh ow s a sum m ary of th e usage of folde rs sh ow n. As you can se e from th e graph ical vie w of your H om e w ith in a folde r by typing th is: folde r, w ith conce ntric circle s scre e nsh ot be low , m y daugh te r's re pre se nting its folde rs and sub- m ovie file s are using 37.1 gigabyte s. -s * folde rs. Large r se gm e nts re pre se nt m ore disk space usage . If you w ould lik e to k now m ore Th e se gm e nt in th e ce nte r about th e se com m ands ch e ck re pre se nts your H om e folde r th e m an page s: ove rall (e .g. /h om e /niam h ) and, man df du going out from th e ce nte r, th e first ring re pre se nts th e m ain To e xit from th e m an page s, folde rs in your H om e folde r (e .g. h it: q /h om e /niam h /Movie s), and th e ne xt ring out re pre se nts th e sub-

14 click ing Syste m > Adm inistration > Partition Editor.

Partition Editor give s a graph ical vie w of your h ard disk s and th e ir partitions. As you can se e from th e scre e nsh ot sh ow n, m y daugh te r's h ard disk is partitione d into th re e m ain partitions. O ne is form atte d as If you h ave m ore th an one NTFS (a W indow s partition), anoth e r h ard disk drive in your is form atte d as e xt3 (for Ubuntu), com pute r, th e n you can vie w th e and th e th ird is an e xte nde d partition partitions on e ach using th e w h ich Ubuntu use s for sh ort-te rm m e nu at th e top righ t of Partition Me m ory Sw ap Space . Th e size of For a low e r le ve l vie w of your Editor -- w h e re e ach de vice 's e ach partition is sh ow n -- w ith th e disk s, and th e partitions on th ose nam e (e .g. /de v/h dc) is sh ow n. disk s, conside r using Partition am ount of use d space and fre e Editor (GParte d), available by space . As you can se e in th is scre e nsh ot, th e re are lock s be side th e partitions liste d. Th is m e ans th at th e y are in use (m ounte d). If you ne e d to m ak e ch ange s to th e se partitions (be ve ry care ful), you m ay w ant to try th e GParte d Live CD -- but th at is for anoth e r article !

15 HH OO WW -- TTOO UUSSIINNGG GGIIMM PP -- PPaarrtt 11 W ritte n by Ronnie Tuck e r

Th is se rie s of tutorials, base d on GIMP 2.4.2, w ill not cove r e ve ry sq uare inch of GIMP, since th at w ould fill a book (and inde e d h as alre ady fille d se ve ral), but, by th e e nd, you w ill be proficie nt e nough in GIMP to cre ate anyth ing from sim ple w e b banne rs to large poste rs suitable for profe ssional printing.

irst, le t's ope n GIMP, and (Paintbrush , in th is case ). At th e top on th e w ord h ave a q uick look at its righ t are tabs for Laye rs, Ch anne ls 'Laye rs' on th e Flayout. Ple ase note th at a and so on, and at th e bottom righ t w indow , and first load of GIMP m ay look are tabs for Brush e s am ong oth e r drag it back to sligh tly diffe re nt from m y layout th ings. GIMP h as a ve ry fle xible th e top righ t (be low ). First I w ill brie fly discuss layout syste m w h e re you can drag (le ft). th e GIMP layout. and drop ite m s from place to place . For e xam ple , if I w ant to h ave m y Laye rs You can pre se nte d on do th is a se parate w ith w indow , I anyth ing can click on you lik e - th e Laye rs so fe e l fre e tab (top to configure your layout to righ t, sh ow n w h ate ve r m ak e s you m ost righ t), and com fortable . If, by accide nt, you drag it out to close any of your w indow s, and m y de sk top. ne e d to ge t it back , click on File O n th e top le ft w e se e th e tools, > D ialogs and th e n th e ite m you and on th e bottom le ft w e se e th e If I w ant to h ave th e Laye rs display w ant sh ow n - or h idde n for th at options for th e ch ose n tool back w h e re it w as, I click and drag m atte r (above ).

16 Le t's cre ate a ne w im age . In th e w idth and h e igh t are tw o sm all First, w e h ave X and Y m ain m e nu, click File > Ne w . boxe s. Look ing close ly at th e icons Re solution value s. Th e se spe cify Be fore w e go any furth e r, le t m e on th e buttons sh ould h e lp you h ow de taile d your im age w ill be . e xplain w h at som e of th e se th ings gue ss th at th e one on th e le ft is for Th is is also k now n as D ots Pe r do. portrait (a ve rtical im age ) and th e Inch (D PI), and is crucial in oth e r for landscape (a h orizontal printing. Profe ssional print im age ). For th e m om e nt, I'll k e e p it h ouse s w ill usually de m and at on portrait. A brie f sum m ary of your le ast 200dpi, but m ostly 300dpi. ch ose n options are to th e righ t of Ne ar th e value s you can se e a th e se tw o buttons. Le ts click sm all icon w h ich is link s in a 'Advance d O ptions', it re ve als m ore ch ain. In m y im age , th e y are ch oice s. link e d - m e aning th at ch anging th e X value w ill ch ange th e Y value autom atically; click ing th e icon w ill unlink th e m and allow diffe re nt X and Y value s. If your icon sh ow s th e ch ain link s as ope n, th e n you w ill w ant to click At th e top of th e w indow it to h ave th e m as sh ow n in th e (above ), w h e re it says 'Te m plate ', im age above . For just a basic w e can ch oose from a varie ty of te st im age , ch ange th e X or Y diffe re nt pre -configure d size s. value to 100. Ne xt is 'Color Click th e drop dow n m e nu and Space '. I only h ave tw o options: ch oose 'A4'. Be low th at is 'Im age 'RGB Color' or 'Grayscale ', so I Size '. Th is is now se t to w h at am k e e ping it at 'RGB color'. 'Fill w e 've just ch ose n, A4, so th e re 's W ith ' le ts you ch oose a starting no ne e d to alte r th e se value s just color for your im age . Finally, ye t. To th e righ t of th e 'H e igh t' 'Com m e nt' som e th ing th at w ill value is a m e asure m e nt type . At be save d as part of your GIMP th e m om e nt, m ine is se t to pixe ls file . Th is could be anyth ing from but w ith a click of th e drop dow n copyrigh t inform ation to your m e nu I can ch ange it to contact de tails. m illim e te rs if I w ant. Be low th e

17 W ith m y options se t, I click O K. W h y not give GIM P 2.4 a So now I h ave a fre sh im age to try? Available for Linux, w ork on - but h ow do you w ork on M ac & W indow s

an im age ? W e 'll ge t to th at in m ore de tail late r, but for now I w ill do a q uick run th rough of som e of th e m ore im portant tools.

As you click on e ach tool (righ t), th e 'Tool O ptions' (be low th e tools) w ill ch ange . Each tool h as Ch e ck your pack age m anage r its ow n se t of options - w h ich I for e asy GIMP installation or w on't go into just now , but play dow nload GIMP from : around w ith th e se options, be cause th at's h ow you'll le arn w w w .gim p.org m ore ! is Editor of m agazine , a proud Kubuntu use r, and part-tim e artist w h ose galle ry of w ork can be se e n at w w w .Ronnie Tuck e r.co.uk . W indow s: w w w .gim p.org/w indow s Mac: w w w .gim p.org/m acintosh

18 HH OO WW -- TTOO BACK UP W ITH PARTIM AGE W ritte n by D anie l Lam b BACK UP W ITH PARTIM AGE

irst, som e w ords of advice : boot disk , w ith a guide d ne ve r unde re stim ate th e inte rface th at can im age and ne e d for a back up copy of I've be e n able to pe rform ade q uate re store th e partition so th at I F back ups using tar.gz from th e your syste m and data. You ne ve r don't scre w up or m iss out on k now w h e n you'll lose a h ard com m and line , but th e syntax to anyth ing. I h appe n to h ave such drive from an e le ctrical spik e , a include and e xclude all th e re le vant a tool: it's th e Partim age fire , a flood, a burglary, or from stuff for m y syste m partition look s application pre se nt on a som e idiot dropping a h e avy lik e th is: bootable disk nam e d Parte d obje ct on th e com pute r case Magic. sudo tar cvpzf 710bu010408.tgz w h ile th e h ard drive is w riting -- --exclude="/proc/*" w h o, m e ? Err...ye s. Fortunate ly, --exclude="/lost+found/*" m y back ups w e re se cure . I h ad --exclude="/dev/*" W h at it says on th e proje ct disk im age s of syste m and data --exclude="/mnt/*" w ik i is: "Partim age is a Linux partitions as a base line , and --exclude="/media/* utility w h ich save s partitions...to incre m e ntal back ups cove ring --exclude="/sys/*" an im age file ." Run it from th e k now n re store points, so I ne e de d --exclude="/tmp/*" Parte d Magic disk , w h ich boots a to re scue only a fe w days of data. --exclude "/var/cache/apt/*" com ple te Linux k e rne l into Ple ase e xcuse m y sm ug --exclude="/ext3_data/*" m e m ory so th at you can w ork on state m e nt. I've be e n doing th is --exclude="/vmdata/*" / your h ard drive s in safe ty. aw h ile , but w ith Th at-O th e r- Fe ature s include : O pe rating-Syste m -From - If it all goe s w rong, I've got th e Re dm ond® © ™ . Ge tting w h ole file syste m , but no boot re cord • support for m ost Linux and W indow s organize d in th e brave ne w w orld or bootloade r to re store . I still ne e d file syste m s (dual-boote rs can sm ile h e re ) of Ubuntu isn't difficult, but doe s to boot up to a te rm inal to un-tar th e tak e pre paration and planning. w h ole th ing. Th e re fore , I w ould lik e • im age file can be com pre sse d w ith to h ave som e tools, pre fe rably on a gzip/bzip2 to save space on your back up m e dia 19 • im age file s can be split into se gm e nts In m y case , I'm back ing up /root, starting th e back up. to be copie d on CD s/DVD s /h om e and /usr - w h ich is m y • im aging across ne tw ork s using base line for m y Ubuntu syste m . So Partim age ne tw ork support, Sam ba, NFS th at's SDA1, SDA6 and SDA7. Ne arly all m y data file s live on th e oth e r Th is varie s on com pute rs, but I W indow s/NTFS, e xt3 and vm data h it F12 during pow e r on to ge t a one -tim e boot m e nu to se le ct Tw o ground rule s you sh ould se t partitions th at I back up se parate ly. I Boot from DVD /CD . O n boot-up, be fore you start: don't ne e d to w orry about th e sw ap partition be cause I'll cre ate a ne w Partition Magic give s you a ne at, . Mak e sure you k now all your one w h e n I do a re store . clutte r-fre e , Xfce de sk top, a partition nam e s, m ount points, single icon pane l and slide -up labe ls, size s, and fre e space so . My opinion: D on't im age your m e nus for all th e tools. th at you don't ge t confuse d unde r h ard-drive partitions w h ile th e y are Partim age -- you'll se e w h y soon. I m ounte d. You w ant no w riting to, or scre e n-dum pe d th e File -Syste m s de le ting from , th e disk w h ile cre ating tab from Gnom e Syste m Monitor th e partition im age -- not by your as it lists th e m ounte d nam e s. h ost ope rating syste m , any of your Alte rnative ly, you could run applications, or yourse lf. Boot from Parte d/GParte d, or save th e te xt th e live -CD and run th e tools from file ge ne rate d by th e List Partition th e re . Partim age doe sn't ne e d Table s utility on th e Parte d Magic anyth ing cre ating, m oving and CD . de le ting file s and folde rs w h ile it atte m pts to cre ate a true snapsh ot.

In true Colum bo-style , " "

Be fore back ing up, m ak e sure your targe t drive for storing im age file s h as prope rly allocate d re ad/w rite pe rm issions, oth e rw ise Partim age w ill give you a cryptic m e ssage w h e n it can't w rite its te m porary file s on

20 I start by firing up th e Mount m anually in a te rm inal if you re ally back up and re store . Be ale rt to Utility, first to m ak e sure none of w ant to. th e fact th at Ubuntu calle d m y th e source partitions (to be (inte rnal) source partitions SDA# back e d up) are m ounte d, and w h ile Partim age use d H DA# for se cond so I can m ount th e th e source and SDA# for th e de stination partition for Partim age O pe n a te rm inal se ssion and e nte r (e xte rnal) de stination USB drive ! to w rite its back up im age s! You partim age . It's a ch aracte r-m ode Th ank fully th e ide ntifying tick th e box for e ach ite m to application, so you m ove around w ith num be r is th e sam e . It's e asy to m ount/unm ount. Som e ve rsions arrow and tab k e ys, not w ith a be confuse d about th e partitions - of th e Mount Utility close on m ouse . Th e space bar ch ange s - not be cause of th e softw are , click ing th e O K button w ith out value s in option lists; th e active but from ope rator e rror. confirm ing com ple tion. In th e ch oice is m ark e d w ith an aste risk . scre e nsh ot, I've re launch e d it to Th is layout w ork s and guide s you discove r th e full m ount point it th rough th e proce ss. You ne e d th e full assigne d to m y slow -but-re liable path , including th e de vice , root USB h ard drive . and targe t folde r as w e ll as th e back up file nam e . Type care fully Ye s, you can m ount e ve ryth ing and proof-re ad be fore you m ove on. Space s and punctuation ch aracte rs in th e nam e sh ould be avoide d.

de faults to Save partition to a ne w im age file .

and num be r are only for Th is is w h e re you back ing up across a ne tw ork . ne e d to k now your partition de tails. O th e rw ise , le ave th e se blank . Since I've got /h om e and /usr on You w ill ne e d appropriate use r ide ntical 6GB partitions, I ne e d to logon, passw ord and w rite - ide ntify w h ich is w h ich w h e n I pe rm issions for ne tw ork drive s--

21 Partim age w ill prom pt you for ch ange m e dia. O K th is to start th e back up. th e m w h e n it be gins. I alw ays k e e p th e You w ill ge t a progre ss bar Tab onto th e Ne xt option or de fault value be cause it's e asie r to w ith e lapse d and e stim ate d tim e pre ss th e F5 k e y to m ove onto th e m anage portable 2GB se gm e nts w ith to com ple te . W riting to m y old ne xt scre e n. it. Also, if I ge t a re ad-e rror in one USB drive is slow . se gm e nt file I m ay still be able to salvage th e re st.

Continue w ith th e F5 k e y again.

Partim age w ill confirm back to you w h at you've ch ose n.

Th e guide line s are sound. "None " m e ans no com pre ssion, so you You ge t com ple tion status at ne e d a back up drive w ith space O K th is to continue th e e nd of th e back up. e q uivale nt to use d space on your source partition. I tak e th is as a If you ch ose to Ch e ck Partition ge ne ral rule , as com pre ssion be fore back up, you ge t th e ratios vary according to th e inform ation pane It is possible to w rite dire ctly conte nts: .doc and .odt file s to DVD + R and R/W disk s (DVD -R com pre ss w e ll, .jpe g and .avi m ay are proble m atic, appare ntly). not com pre ss at all. Ke e p som e Mount th e DVD -drive first, th e n fre e space for continge ncie s. in Partim age :

Autom atic is fine • se t path for th e im age file to th e DVD w rite r; if you k now you'll span se ve ral disk s and e xpe ct a prom pt to • cle ar th e "ch e ck for fre e space " option;

22 • se t th e size of back up file se gm e nts to Th e re store proce ss w ork s m uch th e Parte d Magic CD can cre ate a safe m ultiple to fit on DVD , such as th e sam e as th e back up. You ne e d to th is. 1.5GB (3 se gm e nts to a DVD ); se le ct th e "Re store partition from an • se t it to "pause on volum e ch ange s" so im age file " option and ide ntify your you can sw ap in e m pty DVD s as th e y fill im age file from th e back up drive , up. m ounte d w ith re ad pe rm issions. You Be st of all, I k now th is w ork s. I sh ould h ave your de stination drive pick e d up a spare h ard drive for pre pare d w ith a targe t partition of th e laptop for anoth e r proje ct Im portant: be fore re storing, e q ual or gre ate r size to th e som e tim e ago. I sw appe d out m ak e sure your re place m e nt drive uncom pre sse d size of your im age th e m ain drive , put in th e spare is in a fit state to boot a re store d conte nts. I w on't go into cre ating and and boote d th e Partition Magic im age . Partim age doe s not cove r re sizing partitions h e re e ith e r. CD . Launch ing Partim age , I th e m aste r boot re cord (MBR) and Partim age w ill oblite rate e xisting re store d SDA1, SDA6 and SDA7. bootloade r. If you inte nd to re store data on any de stination partition, so I re boote d and w as able to log to a brand ne w h ard drive , you ch e ck your se ttings be fore you on to m y re gular Ubuntu ne e d additional tools to save and com m it to a re store ! de sk top. Re sult: 100% load your MBR, partition table s confide nce in m y base back ups. and a bootloade r (all m ate rial for Be fore you re boot, m ak e sure you Now , w h at to do about th e a se parate H ow -to, but in th e h ave a valid Linux sw ap partition incre m e ntal back ups...? m e antim e , th e re 's a use ful guide som e w h e re on th e drive . GParte d on in th e on-line Partim age m anual at h ttp://w w w .partim age .org/Partim ag e -m anual_Back up). For th is H ow - , to, I ch e ate d sligh tly: I installe d a scratch -instance of Ubuntu 7.10 from th e live CD w ith custom partitions m atch ing m y old one s. Th is ve rifie d, w ith in 20 m inute s, th at m y ne w drive w as w ork ing, com ple te w ith valid MBR and GRUB bootloade r. Th e re st w ill be ove rw ritte n w h e n I run th e Partim age re store .

23 RREEVVIIEEWW W ritte n by Robin Catling WW IIKK II OO NN AA SSTTIICCKK

t's tim e to confe ss: I'm a PC can se e th e de fault layout be low . junk ie . I trave l around th e Th e softw are is available as a country a lot - to se e clie nts, fre e dow nload at I h ttp://source forge .ne t/proje ct/sh o frie nds, and fam ily. I usually tak e one of m y th re e laptops, or I ge t w file s.ph p?group_id=155218. stuck using various nasty clie nt Th e pe rsonal w ik is are glue d m ach ine s. Th e re 's a standard toge th e r by th e m agic of ch unk of m ate rial I re gularly use , JavaScript. I say "m agic," including a stack of book m ark e d be cause w h at you ge t is one URLs. I also m aintain se ve ral W e b H TML file containing all your site s, for m yse lf and oth e rs, th at data w rappe d up in th e I'm m igrating aw ay from A w ik i provide s instant page e diting JavaScript code th at m ak e s it all D re am w e ave r te m plate s. I in m ost W e b brow se rs; sim plifie d w ork -- e diting, form atting, de cide d a w h ile ago th at I ne e d a form atting using w ik i syntax; link ing se arch ing, e ncryption, cross be tw e e n a conte nt- be tw e e n article s; and e m be dding of nam e space s, printing, e tc. Your m anage m e nt syste m , an docum e nts, code , and link s. And it's conte nt is structure d, and e le ctronic post-it note , and a W e b- publish able as a W e b page . Alth ough h idde n, until th e JavaScript page e ditor, som e th ing portable , m ost w ik is are 'se rve r-side ' program s re ve als it for pre se ntation com pact, cross-platform , fre e to th at ne e d to be h oste d and th rough th e brow se r. It m ak e s for run clie nt-side , publish able to th e adm iniste re d on a se rve r, som e so- a supe rbly portable m ini- W e b, and suitable for structuring calle d 'pe rsonal' w ik is are available . application, and I use se ve ral m y w ay. In oth e r w ords, I ne e d a Am ong th e se are (and instance s for diffe re nt purpose s. Joom la-Tom boy-Quanta-Evolution de rivative s lik e ), , h ybrid. and m y curre nt favorite : (above ) I h ave n't include d a w ik i in th is (h ttp://stick w ik i.source forge .ne t/), You don't ne e d to unde rstand, h ybrid. You've probably use d one com m only sh orte ne d to W oaS. I carry w rite or e dit JavaScript; just on th e w e b e ve n if only . it around on a USB m e m ory stick . You

24 unpack it, e rase th e de fault page s You can use as m uch e m be dde d It h as e dit-lock ing, and true (containing th e core use r H TML code as you w ant. Th e Edit AES e ncryption, to m ak e it instructions) and be gin. w indow le ts you m ix and m atch tam pe r-proof and se cure . Th e H TML and w ik i syntax--so I do e ncryption is, of course , It w ork s on its ow n te rm s; it is (be low ). e spe cially valuable w h e n a ge nuine ly a standalone tool w ith m e m ory stick is lost or stole n. built-in controls for pe rm issions, W oaS autom atically h andle s te xt se ttings, Cascading Style Sh e e ts se arch e s (a stre ngth of th e pe rsonal But, lik e m ost th ings in life , and so on. w ik is), so th e re is no ne e d to W oaS is a com prom ise . m anually inde x k e yw ords, and it You can e dit th e look and fe e l as pre se nts th e re sults cle arly. m uch as you w ant. You can re - w ork th e H TML and style sh e e ts W oaS is still a pre -production w ith out m e ssing up th e be ta re le ase -- I'm on ve rsion JavaScript, w h ich is h ow I m ade - 0.9 .6B. It's m aintaine d by one ove r one instance of W oaS to use de ve lope r w ith a sm all but active as m y com pany W e b page com m unity, w h ose forum s (be low ). Not all th e pe rsonal w ik is are ve ry h e lpful w ill re nde r e m be dde d form atting, (h ttp://w oas.iragan.com /). m uch le ss layouts th is com ple x. You m ust h ave JavaScript e nable d in your brow se r to display th e page .

You can e dit only your local copy, not one sitting on a re m ote se rve r. Th e re fore you m ust re m e m be r w h ich instance is your "m aste r," k e e p it back e d up, and re publish it to th e W e b afte r all e dits.

25 It's one single H TML file , not a Em be d of th e w ik i conte nt-m anage m e nt syste m , and large , com ple x syntax for de finite ly not a database . Th e docum e nts: link s and JavaScript doe s a lot, and m ore Re m e m be r, form at, but fe ature s are planne d. I've got five - anyth ing you you ne e d to th ousand line s of code and e m be d w ill k now pe rh aps conte nt in one instance . Page bloat th e size only four e diting in th e brow se r is fine , but I of th e te xt file . com m ands to h ave to be ve ry ale rt (and patie nt) You w on't w ant cre ate th e if I tink e r w ith th e w ik i structure in to e m be d your basics. Th e y . D id I m e ntion k e e ping it Full Circle all h ave w ik i back e d up? Tiddlyw ik i w ill PD F's! h e lp page s, autom atically k e e p file back ups and h e alth y for you for fre e . Use th e w ik i com m unity as th e h om e forum s. I page on m y pre fe r W oaS W e b site : It's a ove r th e Tink e r w ith th e core JavaScript: big file , and razzle -dazzle I'm not good w ith code , and I can tak e a w h ile to dow nload a of Tiddlyw ik i. Alth ough don't w ant to bre ak D anie le 's cach e d copy into th e brow se r. I k e e p Tiddlyw ik i can do m ore , and h as m aste rpie ce . a flat, fast, H TML banne r page , and th e m e s available , its code and re dire ct to W oaS for m y conte nt structure is m ore com ple x. Em be d im age s: I still th ink page s. H e y, a tw o-page W e b site W oaS is de libe rate ly tigh te r and e m be dding im age data (in a te xt isn't bad. sim ple r, ye t it h as som e fe ature s file I'm e diting) is ask ing for - such as H TML e xport, and trouble . I e ve n re m ove d th e e ncryption - th at th e oth e rs lack . de fault W oaS button im age s I'm finding it incre dibly use ful. (th ough I do use m y ow n). It's all You can dow nload any of th e H TML, so surfing pe rsonal w ik is, cre ate a blank (im age s/h om e .gif) for your ow n instance , and start using it w ith out back grounds and buttons w ork s ch anging a th ing. In te rm s of size fine . and e diting capabilitie s, th e y are about e ve n. Th e y all e m ploy diale cts

26 MMYY OO PPIINNIIOO NN WW IINNEE W ritte n by D im itar Boich e v

se rs of Ubuntu and oth e r proble m s w ith th e installation, but I D e spite its curre nt lim itations Linux distributions can run did h ave som e w ith th e autorun of (it's still unde r de ve lopm e nt), U m any W indow s som e gam e s. Th e W ine Application W ine is a valuable addition to applications w ith W ine (W ine Is D atabase (be low ) include s scre e n Linux. Not an Em ulator). If you h ave sh ots of th e se le cte d application, and proble m s w ith th e built-in D LLs a rating (Platinum , Gold, Silve r, Th e re are som e com m e rcial (or APIs), it's possible to use Bronze and Garbage ). im ple m e ntations of th e W indow s native D LL ve rsions to gain API for Linux (m ost de rive d from acce ss to 100% of th e functions W ine ) w ith a focus on an application re q uire s. A sim ple spe cialitie s such as gam ing or e xam ple of th is is w h e n you office . Th e m ost popular is install a gam e th at re q uire s D ire ctX 9 and doe sn't start w ith (h ttp://w w w .transgam ing.com ). W ine . If th is h appe ns, all you h ave Subscribing to Transgam ing (th e to do is dow nload d3dx9 _25.dll cre ator) costs 5 USD pe r m onth from a site such as D LL D ow nload (3 m onth s m inim um ). Afte r or D LL File s and save it in: Now adays, I use W ine for Flash 8, subscribing, you can dow nload D re am w e ave r 8, th e Flash for fre e . I trie d it, but I ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system de com pile r, Re m ote Adm inistrator didn't se e any m ajor diffe re nce (vie w e r only), Counte r Strik e Source , be tw e e n and W ine (and, I saw th is in th e com m e nts for 18 W h e e ls of Ste e l, and Battle fie ld re m e m be r, W ine is fre e !), so I at th e Vie tnam . Th e y all w ork gre at -- from h ave continue d to use W ine , but th e install to th e playing -- but W ine for som e gam e s, w ork s (h ttp://appdb.w ine h q .org). Th is isn't pe rfe ct, if you w ant to play a be tte r. Th e re fore , I re com m e nd database m ak e s it ve ry e asy to gam e th at use s copy prote ction you you te st th e m both and de cide ch e ck if your program w ork s w ith m ust use a no-CD crack to play. w h ich is for you. W ine , and if it h as bugs -- and, if More ove r, som e applications don't so, h ow to fix th e m . I ne ve r h ad w ork at all.

27 MMYY SSTTOO RRYY OO NNEE YYEEAARR OO NN :: IINN W ritte n by Ronnie Tuck e r TTHH EE BBEEGGIINNNNIINNGG

t all be gan w ay back on March m agazine (still com ple te ly 15, 2007, w h e n I (Ronnie ) unw ritte n) w as nam e d Full Circle re plie d to a post on Ubuntu Magazine . O n th is sam e day, m y I h istoric posting for w rite rs for Forum s from : h ttp://ubuntuforum s.org/sh ow th re ad.ph p?p= th e m agazine appe are d in th e 2369 79 3# post2369 79 3 Ubuntu Forum s. I th ough t th at Full Circle Magazine w as an e xce lle nt nam e , and m any oth e r posts sh ow e d agre e m e nt. h ttp://ubuntuforum s.org/sh ow th re ad.ph p?t=39 6003 Me anw h ile , pitch e d in w ith an ide a for a tagline : It snow balle d from th e re . Pe ople graciously volunte e re d th e ir se rvice s for various task s. I th e n k ne w h ow m uch th e com m unity w ante d th is m agazine . Th e first volunte e r w as (Rob Ke rfia), our w e b adm inistrator, w h o is h ttp://ubuntuforum s.org/sh ow th re ad.ph p ?p=229 9 9 37# post229 9 9 37 still w ith Full Circle : Using BuffaloX's ide a, our first But first, w e ne e de d a nam e for tagline w as th e m agazine . Tw o w e e k s late r, . Th is w as late r ch ange d to gave us th e nam e w e ne e de d: -- as th e first sugge ste d incorre ctly th at w e w e re an official m agazine .

Th us, on March 29 , 2007, th e Rob's first contribution le ft

28 m uch to th e im agination (be low ). application. or w as h om e som e day. So Rob Ke rfia pre tty m uch w h at it all boile d dow n got on th e case : Me anw h ile , to. Afte r m any postings w ith use rs of I w as busy both applications, I de cide d on be ave ring as aw ay on h as no re al GUI to com ing up spe ak of. I re m e m be re d th at q uote w e ll, w ith a logo e spe cially w h e n w e re le ase d for th e ne w My first Scribus Issue # 0 to th e m asse s. W e ’ll baby. My first cove r (le ft) w asn't talk m ore about th is late r. ve rsion w as, ve ry good, ye t I w e ll, colorful pride m yse lf in It w as tim e to start cre ating if noth ing k now ing it w as te m plate s for h ow th e page s e lse : be tte r th an Rob's. w ould look . For colors, I w as th ink ing of th e orange and My se cond brow n w h ich Ubuntu sporte d at m ock -up cove r th e tim e : (righ t) w as sligh tly be tte r. Som e of its de sign e le m e nts are still in Full Circle one ye ar on.

Th e postings At th is point, w e h ad to de cide w e re piling up on on th e m agazine 's form at: H TML th e Ubuntu Forum s, so m uch so th at or PD F. I favore d PD F, since it w e th ough t th e y m igh t be w ould allow m ore e le gant de signs conside re d as spam (e ntire page s by using a nice GUI application w e re adde d to th e th re ad e ach day). As a tribute to Ubuntu Forum s (afte r all, in H TML, w h at you se e Luck ily, th e k ind m ode rators gave us (for ge tting th is w h ole th ing off isn't alw ays w h at you ge t). Now th e ir ble ssing to k e e p going. th e ground), I use d th e ir colors th e h unt w as on for th e pe rfe ct H ow e ve r, w e k ne w w e w ould ne e d a to se e h ow th e y look e d. Vie w e rs

29 pre fe rre d th e m to th e pre vious Ubuntu Forum s use r orange colors: gave a ne w ide a for a logo: Th e m asse s and m yse lf w e re im pre sse d w ith th is m e rge of all four flavors of Ubuntu in one logo: Edubuntu on th e top righ t, Kubuntu on th e le ft, Ubuntu on th e bottom righ t, and th e Xubuntu m ouse in th e m iddle . Pe rfe ct!

Th e ne xt ve rsion h ad th e Kubuntu se ction m ove d to th e low e r righ t. Be tw e e n th at and th e Ubuntu-style te xt be side it, Ne xt, w h at k ind of font w ould th e logo w as com ing along in suit th e m agazine ? I found a font le aps and bounds. sim ilar to th e Ubuntu-logo font, But th e n and use d it for th e Full Circle logo, (uk ubuntu) appe are d on th e sce ne th e cove r, and th e m agazine . In w ith a logo: h indsigh t, th is w asn't one of m y be tte r ide as.

Irony? April 1, 2007 (April Fools D ay) w as w h e n I re le ase d th e first be ta of th e m agazine . I de cide d on be ta ve rsions be cause th e y sounde d ge e k y and m ade m e sound lik e a program m e r -- w h ich couldn't be furth e r from th e truth .

30 More irony? April 2, 2007 re fine d th e logo and it w as stunning! Now th at w e h ad a focus and brough t th e first posting from targe t, it w as full ste am ah e ad. A anoth e r long-running te am de adline w as loom ing and it w as m e m be r, (Robe rt tim e to furth e r re fine th e cove r Clipsh am ): im age :

O n th at day, w e also cle are d up a little m isunde rstanding be tw e e n m yse lf and a m e m be r of th e W e still use th is logo one -ye ar on. . To cut a long story sh ort, th e Mark e ting O n April 4, I Te am w e re offe ring th e ir se rvice s poste d som e to h e lp distribute th e soon-to-be - scre e nsh ots of I w as th ink ing: w e ll, Fe isty re le ase d m agazine . I agre e d to h ow th e page s Faw n w ill be a h ot distro, and th is, since I k ne w th e Mark e ting w e re com ing along Fe isty can m e an h ot, so w h y not Te am w ould h ave far m ore visitors (righ t). put som e fire in th e re .... to th e ir site th an w e w ould h ave . I th e n sugge ste d th at I cre ate an A posting th e n Issue # 0 w h ich w ould te ll th e brough t up a valid h istory of Ubuntu, and discuss th e point: w h ich ne w fe ature s of th e soon-to-be - lice nse w ould th e re le ase d Fe isty Faw n. Th e m agazine be Mark e ting Te am lik e d th is ide a, re le ase d unde r? , from and w e agre e d it w ould be be st to th e Mark e ting Te am , sugge ste d w e re le ase # 0 just be fore th e re le ase use th e of Fe isty itse lf. lice nse . Th e re w e re no obje ctions from anyone so it w as Th e follow ing day m yk alre born adopte d on April 6, 2007.

31 O ok ooboontoo brough t m e re se arch ...." W h y? W ith in days of Ke rfia, and a couple of oth e rs. dow n to e arth w ith a th um p (no Issue # 0 be ing re le ase d, h is D rupal Th at's w h y th e re w e re q uite a pun inte nde d): site m e lte d and die d. H e h ad to fe w m istak e s in th e first fe w q uick ly toss up a portal fronte nd to issue s, and pe ople le t us tak e th e strain off th e ave rage of five k now about it. For a w e bsite , dow nloads e ve ry m inute (th at's ove r Rob cre ate d a q uick D rupal site se ve n-th ousand dow nloads pe r day). w h ich didn't do so w e ll. It look e d Eve n th e n, h is se rve r struggle d to nice , but it w as dying on its fe e t k e e p up. It also didn't h e lp Rob w ith th e strain of se rving Issue April 12, 2007 saw th e final (th ough it h e lpe d us) th at w e w e re # 0 to th e h ungry m asse s. be ta of w h at w ould be re le ase d as fe ature d on . But to Rob's cre dit, Issue # 0. th e site w as ne ve r dow n.

Afte r e xactly one m onth , and Th e m oral of th e story: w h e n Rob ove r fifty page s of posts on says h e 's done h is re se arch , be Ubuntu Forum s, Full Circle afraid, be ve ry afraid! Magazine Issue # 0 w as re le ase d. Th e day w as April 15, 2007.

W h e n it cam e tim e to organize Full Circle Magazine for Issue # 1, w e saw noth ing available th at w as fre e and ope n source for organizing such a publication. W e w ante d a w e b-base d syste m th at could acce pt article s, put th e m in a w ik i, le t proof-re ade rs e dit th e m , autom atically e m ail w rite rs, and so on. But noth ing lik e th is e xists -- e ve n now . Rough ly one -m onth late r, Issue # 1 arrive d. Again our poor Initially, all th e article s cam e to m e A fe w days late r, I re m e m be re d D rupal site h ad to suffe r th e (th e Editor). Th e y got m e re ly a q uick vividly Rob Ke rfia's q uote about strain of dish ing out issue s w illy- proof re ading from m yse lf, Rob D rupal: "I've done m y nilly. O ur m ain conce rn w as

32 e ith e r th at pe ople w e re ge tting a patte rn e m e rging h e re . ch anne ls. W h ile h e w as doing slow dow nload, or th at som e tim e s th at, I se t to w ork on a re de sign. th e site w ouldn't load q uick ly -- if Rob got to w ork cre ating a ne w at all. Som e th ing h ad to be done . w e bsite (righ t). W e ll, m ore of a forum Issue # 2 w as re le ase d w ith a In addition, re ade rs w e re th an a site , but it did w e ll for se ve ral ne w , cle ane r layout, w h ich m ost com plaining about th e rounde d m onth s. W e now h ad an SMF forum pe ople lik e d. H ow e ve r, m any Ubuntu-style font be ing h ard to installe d -- but w ith a portal front-e nd re ad, th e brow n colors, and th e for gaining e asy acce ss to th e too-m any rounde d boxe s. I've no dow nloads. W e also cre ate d an IRC ide a w h y pe ople com plaine d ch anne l. W e k ne w w e ne e de d about rounde d corne rs, but th e y som e one to k e e p an e ye on all th e se did. A re de sign w as ne e de d. By th ings. Robe rt Clipsh am (MrMonday) th e n, w e w e re also ge tting w as ch ose n for th is. Th is ch oice w as contacte d by various re ade rs w h o e asy, since h e practically live d on w ante d to translate Full Circle into th e forum and on th e various IRC th e ir native tongue (a gre at com plim e nt). ENGLISH ED ITIO N ISSUE D O W NLO AD S AVAILABLE TRANSLATIO NS (as of March '08) As tim e w e nt on, and th e te am 1 59 ,044 D utch , Spanish , Italian, Polish , Fre nch & H ungarian be cam e large r, w e im ple m e nte d a W e b-base d syste m calle d 2 50,128 Italian, Polish & D utch to h e lp organize 3 33,517 Ch ine se , Italian & Spanish th ings. O f course , no soone r h ad 4 28,031 Ch ine se , Italian & Spanish w e im ple m e nte d it th an th e y announce d th at th e proje ct w as 5 34,770 Ch ine se , Ge rm an, Italian & Spanish close d. But active Collab h ad its 6 34,708 Ch ine se , Italian & Spanish faults anyw ay. Its m ain de fe cts for 7 32,554 Ch ine se , Italian & Spanish us w e re th at it didn't allow online e diting of file s (w h ich w e 8 25,548 Italian and both Ch ine se Traditional & Sim plifie d. de spe rate ly ne e de d), and it w as 9 23,9 45 Italian and both Ch ine se Traditional & Sim plifie d. difficult to adm iniste r. O nce again, 10 20,9 83 Fre nch & Ch ine se w e h ad to th ink of som e th ing e lse . I'm sure you can se e a

33 vie w e rs still w ante d a landscape Afte r Issue # 3 w as re le ase d, I m e m be rs w e didn't w ant to lose . layout rath e r th an th e curre nt be gan conve rting th e layout to Rob Ke rfia installe d W ordPre ss portrait layout. Th is w ould be a landscape . Th is is probably not a big (be low ), adde d Google Analytics, m ajor re de sign job for m e . task for e xpe rts, but I w as not one : I and succe ssfully conve rte d th e More ove r, w ith se ve ral h ad use d only Adobe InD e sign (in m y database from SMF to W ordPre ss translations of Issue # 0 ongoing W indow s days). Now I w as le arning so th at w e could k e e p e xisting w e h ad to do som e th ing about Scribus as I w e nt along. Afte r Issue s logins and e m ail addre sse s for h ow article s w e re proof-re ad and # 4 and # 5 w e re re le ase d, w e our m ailing list. For a forum , w e passe d to th e translators. Rob re alize d th e flaw in our w ik i plan: applie d to Ubuntu Forum s for a Ke rfia to th e re scue ! Rob installe d article s w e re inde e d be ing proof-re ad 3rd Party forum and th e y Pm W ik i (be low ), w h ich w ould le t and e dite d on th e w ik i. H ow e ve r, graciously acce pte d. th e proof-re ade rs e dit th e article s w h e n I took an article and place d it to corre ct spe lling m istak e s and in th e Scribus layout, th e article bad gram m ar. W ith th is, Robe rt som e tim e s w as too large for th e Clipsh am , Rob Ke rfia, and m yse lf allocate d space . I th e n h ad to e dit w ould h ave to paste e ach th e article in Scribus to m ak e it fit. re ce ive d article into th e w ik i and Th is m e ant th at th e article in th e upload th e ne ce ssary im age s -- re le ase d PD F did not m atch th e not a nice job. But at le ast th e article on th e w ik i. Th is also m e ant translators w ould h ave e asy th at th e translators w e re using th e acce ss to th e raw te xt -- or so w e w ik i te xt w h ich , e ve n w h e n th ough t. translate d, w as too long. I th e n im ple m e nte d a w ord count for e ach re gular article . O ne page w as rough ly 350 w ords and could include one im age . Article s such as H ow -To's w e re unlim ite d. Le ft-ove r space could be use d to adve rtise site s, such as Ubuntu Forum s. By Issue # 6 th ings h ad se ttle d dow n. W e now h ad a good Th e ne xt proble m w as our SMF syste m for proof-re ading; th e portal. Th e forum itse lf w as rare ly forum w as now e ffe ctive ly use d, but w e h ad a fe w -th ousand h andle d by Ubuntu Forum s;

34 1. W indow s 135,466 49 .00% To give you an ide a of h ow q uick ly MrMonday w as h e lping pe ople in flie s off th e virtual sh e lf: 2. Linux 132,09 9 47.78% th e IRC and on th e forum ; Issue # 11 re le ase d at approxim ate ly 3. Macintosh 7,559 2.73% W ordPre ss w as q uite h appily 0030am UTC on Friday 28th March . se rving up five issue s pe r m inute 4. (not se t) 9 24 0.33% / w ith out dying; and I finally got up 5. Fre e BSD 137 0.05% 12 5,000 to spe e d w ith Scribus. 6. SunO S 88 0.03% 24 8,300 Th ings h ave se ttle d dow n ove r 7. iPod 39 0.01% 48 11,800 th e past fe w m onth s h e re at Full 8. Sym bianO S 32 0.01% Circle . 72 14,000 9 . iPh one 28 0.01% 10. O pe nBSD 23 0.01%

Google Analytics graph (Aug. 07 - Mar. '08) sh ow ing spik e s as e ach issue is re le ase d. O n re le ase days th e num be r of daily visitors can jum p from 100 to 8,000!

276,464 visits cam e from 186 countrie s/te rritorie s (sh ow n righ t)

1. Unite d State s 51,845 2.53 00:02:17 2. France 18,261 2.51 00:01:54 3. Italy 18,116 2.9 5 00:02:26 4. Ch ina 16,615 2.63 00:02:26 5. Ge rm any 15,022 2.41 00:02:00 6. Unite d Kingdom 13,688 2.50 00:02:13 7. Spain 10,9 55 2.89 00:02:38 8. H ungary 8,409 2.46 00:02:16 9 . Canada 8,09 0 2.60 00:02:25 Map sh ow ing w h e re m ost of our site s visitors originate . D ark gre e n is 50,000+ 10. Brazil 7,705 2.37 00:02:44 35 MM OOTTUU IINNTTEERRVVIIEEWW Tak e n from TTRRAAVVIISS WW AATTKK IINNSS

Be h ind MO TU is a site w h ich fe ature s inte rvie w s w ith th ose w h o are k now n as 'Maste rs of th e Unive rse ' (MO TU). Th e y are th e volunte e r arm y of pack age m aintaine rs th at look afte r th e Unive rse and Multive rse softw are re positorie s.

20 Start w ith a Iow a, USA pack age you Am aranth care about... I starte d w ith th e D e bian Ne w Maintaine r’s Guide and th e n starte d look ing at e xisting I starte d w ith D e bian in 2003. pack age s th at w e re sim ilar to w h at I w as trying to do. I m ostly le arne d h ow th ings w ork e d in Ubuntu by w atch ing w h at e ve ryone e lse w as doing. Since th e ve ry first re le ase , so Travis W atk ins re ce ntly be cam e a around th e e nd of O ctobe r or start of MO TU afte r a long tim e in th e Nove m be r in 2004. Ubuntu com m unity. H e is be st k now n for , th e Gnom e Know ing pe ople are h aving a m e nu e ditor (above ). H e also be tte r Ubuntu e xpe rie nce w rote a Baye sian conte nt filte r be cause of w ork I’ve done . calle d for Edubuntu and I h ad cre ate d , m y m e nu m ore re ce ntly h as be e n w ork ing e ditor, and ne e de d a pack age for it. on 3D de sk top w ith th e Com piz Th is w as probably around April or so in 2005. com m unity. Start w ith a pack age you care

36 about pe rsonally, th at w ay you’ll — Mark Tw ain le arn all th e trick s and te ch niq ue s ne e de d to m ak e it th e be st it can be be cause it m ak e s your life be tte r too. I e njoy w alk ing/jogging and am Th e h um an race is a trying to le arn to play guitar. race of cow ards; and I am not only m arch ing in th at proce ssion but carrying a banne r. — M ark Tw ain W ith com piz and re late d My ‘w ork are a’ is a re clining ch air te ch nologie s w e ’re re ach ing th e (laptop ftw ) so it’s not ve ry point w h e re our only lim it to w h at inte re sting. w e can do is our im agination. W ith th is ne w pow e r w e can re de fine th e w ay you use your de sk top for th e be tte r.

My m ain goal is still ge tting com piz w ork ing be tte r but along w ith th at I w ant to pack age all th e fun blingful th ings you can use once you h ave com piz, lik e Avant W indow Navigator, scre e nle ts, m oonligh t w idge ts, e tc.

37 UUBBUUNNTTUU WW OO MM EENN W ritte n by Em m a Jane H ogbin

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38 Th e future of ope 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 Matth e w H olde r th ose w h o are young at h e art.

h e n I starte d m y curre nt th e Linux ope rating syste m . is im portant to m e , as I can job in August 2005, I w as re ce ive docum e nts using th e told to se e pe rsons X,Y Linux is use d by th e acade m ics O D F file form at, and th e re by W avoid annoying MS O ffice im port and Z for logging in to th e syste m , due to th e e ase w ith w h ich custom for ge tting an e -m ail addre ss, and softw are can be produce d for it, and e rrors. for obtaining a PC for m yse lf. I to its stability - w h ich is vital w h e n Much w ork ne e ds to go into w as also told to m ak e sure I got a running such softw are . Also, m ost prom oting Linux to th e m asse s - m ach ine w ith W indow s installe d. docum e nts produce d are scie ntific th e vie w s of m any are outdate d, Th is com m e nt instantly distre sse d pape rs and LaTe X is th e prim ary and do not re fle ct th e curre nt m e . D uring m y tim e as an softw are use d for th is. D uring m y status of proje cts such as unde rgraduate (at th e sam e tim e as an unde rgraduate , a cluste r Ubuntu! Ph ysics de partm e nt), I h ad use d w as purch ase d by th e de partm e nt. Linux on m y ow n laptop, and also Th is consists of 100 dual-core , rack m ounte d PCs, ne tw ork e d I am now h appily using Linux on a couple of m ach ine s in th e on m y office PC! de partm e nt for a proje ct. toge th e r, and running D e bian. Linux is vital in th is situation be cause Afte r a fe w w e e k s of w ork ing on com ple te control is ne e de d to th e W indow s m ach ine (as th is w as adm iniste r th e cluste r; also, im agine all th at w as available ), I re alize d th e cost for paying for a cluste r h ow th e divide w ork e d. Th e ve rsion of W indow s? is a Ph ysics graduate te ch nical staff w e re using w ork ing on th e LISA Path finde r Today, th ings h ave ch ange d. A lot space m ission in th e W e st W indow s for th e ir ope rating Midlands, UK, and passionate syste m , Microsoft O ffice for th e ir of th e te ch nical staff are now h appy about FO SS, and trie s to prom ote docum e nts, and Microsoft O utlook using Mozilla Th unde rbird for e -m ail, it, as w e ll as ope n standards, for e -m ail, w h ile th e le cture rs and Mozilla Fire fox for brow sing th e w h e ne ve r possible . H is blog is at: oth e r re se arch staff w e re using Inte rne t, and O pe nO ffice .org for h ttp://m attm ole .w ordpre ss.com producing docum e nts. Th is last point

39 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 ince I'm a Linux use r, and LETTER OF TH E M ONTH tw o m e tal Ubuntu case badge s! love to re ad about ne w s in th e ope n source w orld, th is Th is w e e k e nd w as th e birth day party of S Nyana's grandm oth e r, also k now n as th e m e ans I lik e to re ad Full Circle . I 'Ubuntu Granny'. Th is Gutsy Granny is m ust say th at Ubuntu h as e volve d one of th e ge e k ie st Se nior Citize ns I gre atly since 6.06 (th e first k now and h as be e n running Ubuntu on prim ary Linux distro on m y PC) h e r old laptop for tw o ye ars now (se e and still th e re are som e th ings FCM# 2). th at I h ate (lik e com pile d W h e n w e w e nt to th e fam ily dinne r a fe w m e ncode r and ffm pe g w ith h alf w e e k s ago I took along m y Asus EEE, just options) but I do lik e th at th e re to k e e p m e occupie d. Granny w alk e d into are no pate nt and lice nse th e living room , caugh t sigh t of it and im m e diate ly re m ark e d: "w h at is th at?!" I difficultie s. I found a good e xplaine d to h e r w h at it w as, w h e re I got PC" to be colle cte d as soon as th e y AutoCad re place m e nt for 2D it, and h ow m uch it h ad cost m e . Sh e arrive h e re in Be lgium . draw ing (q cad), a w ay to use m y w as e cstatic! Tw e nty m inute s late r sh e D id I m e ntion th at m y EEE is D O S apps (dose m u) and to yank e d it out of m y h ands and w as running a full distro of Ubuntu? conve rt be tw e e n m any vide o playing Froze n Bubble lik e th e re w as no form ats (conve rtit) but th e re is tom orrow . Talk about your anti-social I took m y EEE w ith m e as a "de m o te e nage r te xting w h e n th e fam ily h as unit" and sh e got to pose w ith it one se ction w h e re I ne e d som e dinne r? Th is is th e 81 ye ar old com pute r- (and play m ore Froze n Bubble ). Just h e lp, and th at is vide o e diting. I savvy grandm a w h o couldn't care le ss if to sh ow h ow ge e k y th is fam ily is: w e just ne e d basic trim /copy/paste h e r soup w e nt cold as long as sh e m ade h ook e d th e EEE to som e stray w ifi possibilitie s (w ith sound and it to th e ne xt le ve l of Froze n Bubble . and w e re sh ow ing e ach oth e r vide o) but I also ne e d (ve ry badly) W ith h e r birth day com ing up, th e fam ily YouTube vide os and w e re uploading vide o transition e ffe cts. Any put th e ir h e ads toge th e r and w e look e d th e picture s w e took at th e party straigh t to Flick r. So h appy birth day re com m e ndations? at pitch ing in and ge tting h e r one of th e se . O f course th e y are n't available in Gran-EEE and m ay your ASUS arrive Be lgium ye t so w e de cide d to give h e r a soon. "vouch e r" on h e r birth day for "O ne EEE

40 Ed: be able to te ll from th e diffe re nce be tw e e n an th e picture s. I just ope rating syste m and an printe d out th e logos application. Ubuntu is a of Ubuntu, Fe dora, distribution of th e GNU/Linux Ge ntoo, O pe nSuse , ope rating syste m w ith m any and Sabayon. Th e n I additional applications and tools. use d double side d GNU is th e ope rating syste m , stick y tape to attach Linux is th e k e rne l. You ne e d th e th e logos to som e GNU tools and Linux for your h e de sk top from Joze f Anon Easte r e ggs I h ad. It only took about com pute r to "ope rate "; you don't in th e "My D e k stop" se ction 5-10 m inute s, so I w ould e ncourage ne e d a w e b brow se r or Tof FCM# 11 w as cool! It w as oth e rs to cre ate th e ir ow n. spre adsh e e t program . one of th e fe w de sk top layouts, w h ich didn't try to m im ic Vista or GNU/Linux is m uch m ore of a Mac O S X and still m ade m y e ye s logical nam e for th e ope rating pop-out. e ading th e "You Use Ubuntu, syste m , e ve n if Ubuntu is th e not Linux" opinion pie ce (se e appropriate nam e for th e R FCM# 11), I couldn't h e lp but distribution. I h ardly th ink th at's fe e l a little offe nde d w h e n Vince nt crazy. Ed: atte m pte d to call m e "crazy". Th at's a pre tty h arsh and judge m e ntal state m e nt com ing from som e one w ith such a juve nile argum e nt. Ed:

Vince nt's justification for calling th ose w h o insist on re fe rring to th e h ave continue d on m y Ubuntu ope rating syste m as "GNU/Linux" pum pk in ide a (se e FCM# 7 w as a poor atte m pt at a re ductio ad . ILe tte rs), but th is tim e I m ade a absurdum argum e nt, as h e claim s se t of Linux Easte r e ggs including, th at no one w ould nam e e ve ry of course , an Ubuntu e gg. Th e com pone nt of h is ope rating syste m ; w proce ss of m ak ing th e m w as (e .g. GNU/XFCE/Fire fox/AbiW ord). actually ve ry sim ple , as you m ay Cle arly Vince nt doe sn't unde rstand

41 If you h ave Ubuntu-re late d q ue stions, e m ail th e m to: QQ && AA q ue stions@ fullcircle m agazine .org, and Robe rt w ill answ e r th e m in a future issue . W ritte n by Robe rt Clipsh am

( for KD E use rs), , and , all Q Q available in th e re positorie s.

Ye s you can. You can use a tool calle d W ubi You can use a utility calle d A(h ttp://w ubi-installe r.org), (available in th e unive rse Q w h ich w ill allow you to install Are positorie s) to instantly notify Ubuntu w ith out re partitioning you from your syste m tray. your h ard disk or ch anging your boot loade r. W ubi w ill be include d Th is is cause d by th e w ith Ubuntu 8.04, w h ich w ill be buggy ve rsion of available as you re ad th is. Q AMplaye r/Me ncode r th at is include d w ith Ubuntu. A w ork ing ve rsion is available in th e You ne e d th e pack age back ports re pository (for Gutsy Q ' ' w h ich you use rs) - Use rs of e arlie r ve rsions Acan ge t from of Ubuntu can dow nload a Sim ply go to Syste m - h ttp://pack age s.ubuntu.com /gutsy/lib D e Ve D e pack age w h ich include s > Adm inistration-> Printing, s/libxine 1-ffm pe g. olde r ve rsions of Ath e n ch ange th e Color Mplaye r/Me ncode r from its Mode l to Gre yscale . w e bsite (h ttp://w w w .raste rsoft.com /progr h ttp://ubuntuforum s.org/sh ow th re ad.ph p Q ?t=753031 am as/de ve de .h tm l) w h ich include s w ork ing ve rsions of Th e re are se ve ral applications Mplaye r/Me ncode r. you can use for th is, including A 42 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.

Alm ost e ve ryth ing on m y de sk top is available out of th e box, Just lik e any oth e r com pute r fanatic, m y laptop is m y baby. Sh e 's w ith th e e xce ption of Scre e nle ts. Eve n th e w idge ts are available a D e ll e 1505 XP/Ubuntu dual boot w ith an ATI x1400 vide o card via Com piz Fusion. Th e Evolution icon is dock e d to th e tray via and 2GB of RAM. I've be e n using Ubuntu since Se pte m be r 2007 Alltray. All I've adde d to th e low e r task bar are th e lm -se nsors and I love it m ore and m ore e ve ry day. Th is is m y m ost re ce nt apple t for m onitoring CPU and h ard-drive te m pe rature s, and th e de sk top configuration since installing AW N (Avant W indow syste m -m onitor bar. Navigator). I h ave an e ntire folde r de dicate d to silk y sm ooth w allpape rs th at contribute to m y laptop's "gre e n" th e m e . I e ve n Com pute r Spe cs: custom painte d a gre e n borde r around th e trim and m odde d th e H P DV6215, Ubuntu 7.10, Gnom e 2.20.1, 15.4" w ide scre e n (@ carbon fibe r lid to be truly uniq ue . 1280X800), AMD Turion 64 2.0gh z, 2 GB of RAM and an Nvidia Go6150 graph ics card.

43 Your m onth ly list of Linux gam e s or applications TTOO PP55 DD IISSKK AANNAALLYYZZ EERRSS 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://k dirstat.source forge .ne t/ H om e page : h ttp://w w w .m e th ylblue .com /file ligh t/

is by far If th e tre e m aps just m y favorite w ay to give you a find out w h e re all h e adach e , you m ay m y disk space w ant to try th e w e nt. Just ope n it approach . up, se le ct th e Inste ad of dire ctory to scan, tre e m aps, th is KD E and h it O K. app visualize s your w ill th e n h ard drive as analyze your se gm e nte d rings, syste m and spit lik e a pie -ch art. out a colorful, graph ical re pre se ntation (k now n as a Click ing on a se gm e nt of th e pie ch art w ill zoom to tre e m ap) of your file syste m . Th e bigge r th e ch unk , th at folde r. You can also ope n th e curre nt file or th e bigge r th e file size . It w ill also le t you de le te th e dire ctory w ith a sim ple click of th e m iddle m ouse file if you don't ne e d it (you ne e d to be ve ry care ful button. It's a ve ry h andy tool th at any tre e m ap-h ate r about de le ting syste m file s, h ow e ve r). You can e ve n sh ould use . And be st of all, since it's a KD E app, you brow se re m ote dire ctorie s using th e O pe n URL can brow se any protocol (e .g. SSH or FTP) using KIO com m and (unde r th e File m e nu). (th e KD E Input/O utput protocol fram e w ork ).

To install , grab th e pack age in th e To install , ge t th e pack age in th e unive rse re positorie s. unive rse re positorie s.

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H om e page : h ttp://w w w .m arzocca.ne t/linux/bao H om e page : bab.h tm l h ttp://gdm ap.source forge .ne t/ H om e page : h ttp://w w w .jgoodie s.com /fre e w ar To all you Gnom e use rs out th e re , m e e t If you're a Gnom e use r but don't lik e th e e /jdisk re port/ (also k now n as D isk Usage se gm e nte d rings, give a try. It's a Analyze r). Base d on File ligh t's ve ry sim ple tre e m ap analyze r built w ith is a basic tre e m ap te ch nology, use s th e se gm e nte d- Gnom e . It analyze s only th e file syste m analyze r th at e xplains th e usage of ring approach to visually display your and cre ate s th e output in a "sq uare block " your disk -space . W ritte n in Java, th is h ard-drive 's usage . It also outputs a file visualization (colore d by file type ). Som e cross-platform tool displays both tre e th at can be sorte d alph abe tically, m ay find it too basic, m issing m any File ligh t-lik e pie ch arts and th e ir by size , or by pe rce ntage of h ard-drive fe ature s lik e th e ability to de le te or ope n corre sponding dire ctorie s. It also h as a space . And lik e File ligh t and KD irStat, it th e curre nt file in a file m anage r. For th e ve ry use ful "large st file " list, as w e ll as can scan re m ote dire ctorie s -- a big plus. basic use r or th ose w h o do not w ant to ge t se ve ral oth e r h andy graph s. For m ore on , re ad th e Ubuntu confuse d, is th e be st option. In D isk Usage article on page 13. inform al te sting, it w as by far th e faste st unfortunate ly doe sn't h ave as w e ll. an Ubuntu pack age . H ow e ve r, you can If you're a Gnom e use r, is pre - e asily run it as a Java W e b Start apple t installe d (look for D isk Usage Analyze r). To install , grab th e pack age or as a full-fle dge d Java program . Ge t If it isn't installe d or you are n't a Gnom e in th e unive rse re positorie s. both from th e JGoodie s dow nload page use r, you ne e d to install at (w h ich unfortunate ly contains a lot of h ttp://w w w .jgoodie s.com /dow nloads/ind oth e r tools). e x.h tm l. Note : you'll ne e d to h ave Java h as be e n a Linux addict installe d. I didn't te st it w ith any Java since h e first installe d ope nSuSE in e xce pt Sun's. VMW are . Le arn m ore about h im at h ttp://w w w .andre w m in.com / 45 Full Circle Te am

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Issue #04 - Aug '07 Issue #05 - Se pt '07 Issue #06 - Oct '07 Flavor of th e m onth : Edbuntu 7.04 Flavor of th e m onth : Fluxbuntu Flavor of th e m onth : 7.10 Upgrade H ow -To: H ow -To: H ow -To: Re port Bugs w / Launch Pad Ph otosh op plugins in GIMP H osting Code on Launch Pad Edubuntu Glow s Sam ba Se tup Ke e ping Kids Safe in Linux From VMw are to VirtualBox Scribus - Part 6 Scribus - Part 4 Scribus - Part 5 Pre vie w : Gutsy Gibbon Inte rvie w : Joh n Ph ilips Pre vie w : Miro 0.9 .8 Re vie w : Bridge Construction Kit Poll: W indow Manage rs Inte rvie w : Colin W atson My O pinion: Ubuntu Com parisons My Story: My Transition My Story: An Appropriate Nam e My Story: My Transition Ubuntu Youth Ubuntu Youth Ubuntu Youth W e bsite / Month : Ubuntu Tutorials W e bsite of th e Month : W INE W e bsite of th e Month : Frank 's Corne r My D e sk top - Martin Topping My D e sk top - Javie r Rave lo My D e sk top - D e e pank Gupta My PC - Ste ve Barcom b My PC - Rob Ke rfia My PC - Nicola Cappe llini Top 5 Racing Gam e s Top 5 Blogging Tools Top 5 Strate gy Gam e s

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