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Full Circle THE INDEPENDENT MAGAZINE FOR THE UBUNTU LINUX COMMUNITY MY OPINION: ISSUE #69 - January 2013 How The Ubuntu Phone Will Fail. AANNDDRROOIIDD OONN YYOOUURR TTVV THE SONY NSZ-GS7 GOOGLE TV BOX full circle magazine #69 1 Full Circle Magazine is neither affiliated with, nor endorsed by, Canonical Ltd. contents ^ HowTo Full Circle Opinions THE INDEPENDENT MAGAZINE FOR THE UBUNTU LINUX COMMUNITY My Story p.33 Programming Python 40 p.08 Columns LibreOffice - Part 22 p.12 Command & Conquer p.06 Ubuntu News p.04 My Opinion p.34 Ubuntu Gnome 2 Style p.15 Ask The New Guy p.26 Ubuntu Games p.44 Review p.37 Letters p.40 Blender - Part 2 p.17 Linux Labs p.29 Q&A p.42 BACK NEXT MONTH BACK NEXT MONTH Inkscape - Part 8 p.20 Linux Certified p.46 Ubuntu Women p.XX Web Dev p.XX Graphics Web Dev The articles contained in this magazine are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. This means you can adapt, copy, distribute and transmit the articles but only under the following conditions: you must attribute the work to the original author in some way (at least a name, email or URL) and to this magazine by name ('Full Circle Magazine') and the URL www.fullcirclemagazine.org (but not attribute the article(s) in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you must distribute the resulting work under the same, similar or a compatible license. Full Circle magazine is entirely independent of Canonical, the sponsor of the Ubuntu projects, and the views and opinions in the magazine should in no way be assumed tfoulhl acivrecleCamnaognaiczainlee#nd6o9rseme2nt. contents ^ EEDDIITTOORRIIAALL This magazine was created using : WELCOME TO THE FIRST FULL CIRCLE OF 2013! ndeed. Another year, another Full Circle! I believe that April this year will mark our sixth I year. Wow! Anyway, back to the present. This month, we have the usual Python, LibreOffice, Inkscape and Blender HowTo's. Joining them is an interesting HowTo on making your Ubuntu look Gnome 2 style (that's Gnome 2 style, not Gangnam style). Former podcast host, Ed Hewitt, courts controversy this month on page 34 with his opinion of how the recently announced 'Ubuntu Phone' (as it's being nicknamed by the Internet) will inevitably fail. Have your say by giving your opinion in an article or in an email. Full Circle Podcast I was gifted a Sony NSZ-GS7 Google TV box for Christmas. Read my review on page 37 of Released monthly, each episode covers all the latest Ubuntu news, this issue. If you were gifted something techy for the holidays, please think about reviewing opinions, reviews, interviews and it. Remember, we're a magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community. Linux. This means you can listener feedback. The Side-Pod is review or write about any *buntu, Linux or Android technology or distros. a new addition, it's an extra (irregular) short-form podcast which is intended to be a branch I've made a couple of small layout changes this month too. Don't panic, it's nothing of the main podcast. It's major. Just a small tweak to sub-headings, drop caps, and other behind-the-scenes font somewhere to put all the general stuff. Non-cap sub-headings are so 2012... technology and non-Ubuntu stuff that doesn’t fit in the main podcast. All the best, keep in touch! Hosts: Ronnie • Les Pounder [email protected] • Tony Hughes • Jon Chamberlain • Oliver Clark http://fullcirclemagazine.org full circle magazine #69 3 contents ^ UUBBUUNNTTUU NNEEWWSS Written by The Ubuntu News Team UBUNTU IN 2013 coming to phone. Silber also Features & Layout Demo & Mobile Linux Rivals Ubuntu And announces new way of building Hands-On Experience - Sailfish Could Share AP - ark Shuttleworth shares his apps for different form of factors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk M thoughts about Ubuntu in i.e. QML based Ubuntu SDK and =qE-QPsATAS0 /news/linux-ubuntu-sailfish- 2013 with following: “It’s further work on Ubuntu for plasma-active-103978 important to me, and to the wider phones. And now read on for more Ubuntu Phone Download, Source Ubuntu community, the people be articles that caught our attention Will Be ‘Ready Late February’ - able to derive some benefit from Official announcement at: this week: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/201 our efforts. We know that there http://blog.canonical.com/2013/01 Is The New Ubuntu Phone An 3/01/ubuntu-phone-download-will- are plenty of smart people whos /02/its-official-ubuntu-now-fits- Android-Killer? 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