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Program In Python Pt12 p.07 Ubuntu Games p.33

My Story p.18 MOTU Interview p.29 Read how one user began with OpenSolaris, and another user came from Freespire. Virtualization Intro p.12 Command & Conquer p.05

Browser Blogging p.15 Review - Ubuntu 10.04 p.24 Letters p.31 Top 5 p.39

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full circle magazine #38 contents ^ EDITORIAL

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Welcome to another issue of Full Circle magazine. his month sees the start of a new series of articles on virtualization. If you've ever wanted to try a new operating system, but without dual booting, or if you just want to run Windows for that one elusive application then this series is for you. In this first part, Lucas Westermann will take you through the set up of Tyour virtual machine. From next month you get your hands dirty with actually installing an OS.

Yes, 10.04 was released several months ago, but this month we have a review of it's good, and bad, points and the writer has thoughtfully included an extensive list of applications which he finds useful, maybe you'll discover a new favourite application. Ubuntu is a complete operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. I'd like to thank those of you who sent in your Top 5 lists for this issue, while Andrew Whether at home, school or Min is away, I could only print one but rest assured, the next time Andrew needs some work, Ubuntu contains all the time off, I'll use the other Top 5 lists. applications you'll ever need including word processor, email application and web browser. Speaking of submissions, remember folks, we're always open to new ideas for Ubuntu is and always will be free articles, columns and so on. We've no limit to the number of pages in FCM so feel free of charge. You do not pay any to write some articles on whatever you're best at. licensing fees. You can download, use and share Ubuntu with your friends, family, school or business, for absolutely nothing. Editor, Full Circle magazine [email protected] Once installed, your system is ready to use with a full set of productivity, internet, drawing and graphics applications, and games.

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512 bytes and an new Linux wins the SCO vs Nvidia Display Driver SystemRescueCd 1.5.6 alignment option. With GParted Novell case 256.35 For Linux includes new version of users can easily create, organise and delete disk The six-year-long Novell-SCO After many GParted partitions using a graphical case is over - the judge ruled months of hard The user interface (GUI). that Novell did indeed own Unix work, Nvidia SystemRescue patents copyrights which SCO finally Cd developers is failed to license properly and announced on have issued available to download from: therefore the case is closed. June 22nd the final and stable the sixth http://www.sysresccd.org/Downl version of the 256.x update to the oad. A user manual is also Judge Ted Stewart said: "The proprietary driver for Nvidia 1.5.x branch of their Linux available to download from: jury could have rejected the graphics cards. Nvidia 256.35 distribution. Based on the http://www.sysresccd.org/Onlin testimony of SCO's witnesses incorporates lots of fixes and Gentoo LiveCD, the e-Manual-EN for a number of reasons, improvements, over previous SystemRescueCd is configured including their lack of releases. Unofficial GLX as a tool kit for administering : h-online.com involvement in drafting the support was also added for a or repairing an operating APA, the fact that there was few OpenGL extensions, as system and recovering data little testimony on any actual well as Thermal Settings after a system crash. discussions concerning the reporting improvements, Supported file systems include transfer of copyrights, or that Compiz fixes, many VDPAU Ext2, Ext3 and Ext4, ReiserFS, many of the witnesses had a improvements, and many XFS, JFS, VFAT, NTFS, ISO9660 financial interest in the more. and Btrfs. litigation." Ask The Editor For the complete and detailed SystemRescueCd 1.5.6 uses Robin Catling has somehow SCO became little more than a changelog, please check the either the 2.6.32.15 Linux managed to convince me source of lawyers' letters and release announcement at: kernel or the 2.6.34 kernel as (Ronnie) to appear on was seen by many as the arch http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/li an alternative and features the to make it nemesis to the development of nux-display-ia32-256.35-driver- latest major 0.6.0 update to an FCM editorial Q&A, so if you Linux. uk.html the GNOME Partition Editor have a question for me about that adds support for devices anything FCM, email it to: : theregister.co.uk : softpedia.com with sector sizes greater than podcast@fullcirclemagazine.org

full circle magazine #38 contents ^ COMMAND & CONQUER

efore I begin the patches for DWM (Dynamic There are probably many other actual article, I'd like Window Manager) so that they uses (adjusting configuration to mention an email I would work with the pango files, and so forth) that I received from a patch, which adds xft font haven't thought of yet. Breader. Alexander was kind support to DWM's statusbar. In enough to point out that there doing so, I learned quite a bit Diff is installed, by default, is a GUI tray program called about diff, and have decided to in most distributions. If it's not “gstm” that does ssh port share what I learned with you, present in Ubuntu, just install it And I want to change this to: forwarding. For those of my my readers. If you're asking with: readers who prefer GUI yourselves “why should I know alternatives where possible, how to use diff, since I don't sudo apt-get install diff there you go. It's available in use DWM nor generate the universe repository. Also, a patches?”, the answer is Once it's installed, you're reader (who, alas, did not simply because diff can be pretty much all set. In order to share his/her name with me - applied to so many situations. generate a .diff file, you need but you know who you are!) Imagine you are writing a to have two files you want to pointed out that in Step 7 of script, and you want to add to analyse. One will be the my FCM#37 C&C article I failed the script, but require the old “original” (I will refer to it as to point out that you need to version for a different such from now on), and the substitute "localhost" with the computer - instead of creating other will be the “updated” file. IP of your server. (The and backing up two separate command was "ssh -D 8080 scripts, you can write the For simplicity, let's say I I'd make the changes I want lswest@localhost", where script, create a copy of it, make have a file that contains the in the “updated” file. I usually lswest@localhost had to be changes to the copy, generate following: add a “-patched” suffix at the substituted with a .diff file, and back up the end of the filename. Once the your_username@IP_ADDRESS_S original script and the .diff file, changes are made, and I want ERVER). Sorry for any and save yourself some work in to generate a diff, I will type confusion that may have the future. Or, if you're helping the following into my terminal resulted. a friend, and you can't simply of choice: send them the file you need to This month, I spent quite correct, you can send them a diff -up original updated > articles\list\update.diff some time re-writing a few .diff to make the changes.

full circle magazine #38 contents ^ COMMAND & CONQUER Replace “original” and it's usually configuration files), very useful tool for figuring out “updated” with the actual file and you don't know if they've the differences between two names and paths. If you don't been changed, and if they files, especially if they're rather want the diff file to be created have, what changes you've long. You can pipe the output in the current working made. To check this, you can into “more” or “less” for easier directory, append a path to the simply run the command: reading, or redirect it into a filename on the other side of text file. The format will be the the “>”. The “>” tells the shell diff /path/to/first/file same, as long as you don't to redirect all output into /path/to/second/file append any arguments to the whatever you pass after the diff command. symbol - in this case, the .diff Be sure to actually replace file. If you want to apply the the paths. The output should Hopefully this introduction changes to another copy of the look something like this: to diff has helped you realize a original file (on a different scenario in which you could 5c5 computer, for example), you < - Cover useful stuff to do make use of it, and will would need to run one of the with curl, wget, and so hopefully make life easier for two commands in the folder forth? And diff? anyone who decides to use it. containing the file you wish to --- As always, any questions or > - Diff (wget and curl next patch (they do the same thing): month) comments can be emailed to me at [email protected]. Be patch -p1 < /path/to/.diff I'll explain the above line by sure to include “C&C” or “FCM” line. The “5c5” is (I believe) a in the subject line, so that I patch -Np1 -i /path/to/.diff comparison of lines within the reply quickly (and can organize my emails easily!). Where, of course, you first and second files. I'm not exchange the “/path/to/.diff” certain of this, but it seems to with the actual path. be the case. The next line displays a line that was I realize that my example removed (the “<” denotes isn't really a case where you deleted), and the line below would decide to use a displays the line that was patch/.diff file to make added (therefore replacing the has learned all he knows from repeatedly breaking his changes, but I chose it for the original line), which can be seen with the “>” symbol. system, then having no other sake of simplicity. Another option but to discover how to fix scenario where diff is useful: if it. You can email Lucas at: you have two files (in my case, As you can see, this is a [email protected].

full circle magazine #38 contents ^ HOW-TO Program In Python - Part 12

Just as there was a web Shown below is a very small when the forecast was FCM#27-37 - Python Parts 1 - 11 address for the current portion of the txt_forecast set released. The tag conditions, there is one for the for my area. shows how many forecasts forecast. Here is the link to the there are for the next 24 hour forecast XML page: After the txt_forecast parent period. I can't think of a time http://api.wunderground.com/a element, we get the date, a that I've seen this value less uto/wui/geo/ForecastXML/index. “number” element, then an than 2. For each forecast for xml?query=80013 element that has children of its the 24 hour period own called forecastday which (), you have a As before, you can change includes period, icon, icons, period number, multiple icon Dev Graphics Internet M/media System the '80013' to your title and something called options, a title option (“Today”, City/Country, City/State, or fcttext...then it repeats itself. “Tonight”, “Tomorrow”), and postal code. You'll probably get The first thing you'll notice is the text of a simple forecast. back about 600 lines of XML that under txt_forecast, the This is a quick overview of the

CD/DVD HDD USB Drive Laptop Wireless code. You have a root element date isn't a date, but a time forecast, usually for the next of 'forecast', and then four sub value. It turns out that this is 12 hours. elements: 'termsofservice', 'txt_forecast', 'simpleforecast' n our last session, we and 'moon_phase'. We will 3:31 PM MDT looked at the API from concentrate on the 2 − wunderground, and wrote 'txt_forecast' and 1 some code to grab the 'simpleforecast' elements. nt_cloudy Icurrent conditions. This time, + we will be dealing with the Since we went over the Tonight − forecast portion of the API. If usage, main, and “if __name__” Mostly cloudy with a 20 you haven't had a chance to sections last time, I'll leave percent chance of thunderstorms in the evening...then look at the last two installments those to you to deal with and partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. about XML, and the last one just concentrate on the Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the south after midnight. specifically, you might want to goodies that we need for this review them before moving time. Since I showed you a forward. snippet f txt_forecast, let's + start with that.

full circle magazine #38 contents ^ PROGRAM IN PYTHON - PART 12 Before we start working with Now we need to start our our code, we should take a look class. We will create an __init__ − at the routine to setup and clear the 1 portion of the xml file which is variables that we need, this is − shown right. shown top right on the 1275706825 following page. 9:00 PM MDT 9:00 PM MDT on June 04, 2010 There is a 4 tag for each day of the forecast If you don't care about 6 period, usually 6 days including carrying the ability of both 2010 the current day. You have the Fahrenheit and Celsius, then 154 21 date information in various leave out whichever variable 00 formats (I personally like the set you don't want. I decided to 25 tag), projected high carry both. 1 and low temps in both June Fahrenheit and Celsius, gross Next, we'll start our main Friday condition projection, various retrieval routine to get the PM icons, a sky icon (sky forecast data. This is shown MDT conditions at the reporting bottom right on the next page. America/Denver station), and “pop” which − stands for “Probability Of This is pretty much the 92 Precipitation”. The same as the current conditions 33 tag provides routine we worked on last time. − some interesting information The only major difference (so 58 including sunset, sunrise, and far) is the URL we are using. 14 moon information. Now things change. Since we have multiple children that Partly Cloudy partlycloudy Now we'll get into the code. have the same tag within the + Here is the import set: parent, we have to make our partlycloudy parse calls a bit different. The 10 from xml.etree import code is top left on the following ElementTree as ET ... page. import urllib Notice we are using tree.find import sys this time, and we are using for loops to walk through the data. import getopt It's a shame that Python

full circle magazine #38 contents ^ class ForecastInfo: def __init__(self): self.forecastText = [] # Today/tonight forecast information #======self.Title = [] # Today/tonight # Get the forecast for today and (if available) self.date = '' tonight self.icon = [] # Icon to use for conditions #======today/tonight fcst = tree.find('.//txt_forecast') self.periods = 0 for f in fcst: self.period = 0 if f.tag == 'number': #======self.periods = f.text # Extended forecast information elif f.tag == 'date': #======self.date = f.text self.extIcon = [] # Icon to use for extended for subelement in f: forecast if subelement.tag == 'period': self.extDay = [] # Day text for this forecast self.period=int(subelement.text) ("Monday", "Tuesday" etc) if subelement.tag == 'fcttext': self.extHigh = [] # High Temp. (F) self.forecastText.append(subelement.text) self.extHighC = [] # High Temp. (C) elif subelement.tag == 'icon': self.extLow = [] # Low Temp. (F) self.icon.append( subelement.text) self.extLowC = [] # Low Temp. (C) elif subelement.tag == 'title': self.extConditions = [] # Conditions text self.Title.append(subelement.text) self.extPeriod = [] # Numerical Period information (counter) self.extpop = [] # Percent chance Of Precipitation

def GetForecastData(self,location): try: forecastdata = 'http://api.wunderground.com/auto/wui/geo/ForecastXML/index.xml?query=%s' % location urllib.socket.setdefaulttimeout(8) usock = urllib.urlopen(forecastdata) tree = ET.parse(usock) usock.close() except: print 'ERROR - Forecast - Could not get information from server...' sys.exit(2)

full circle magazine #38 contents ^ PROGRAM IN PYTHON - PART 12 doesn't offer a SELECT/CASE time, it will be fairly generic. command set like other The code for this is shown on #======# Now get the extended forecast languages. The IF/ELIF routine, the right of the following page. #======however, works well, just a bit fcst = tree.find('.//simpleforecast') clunkier. Now we'll break down Again, if you don't want to for f in fcst: the code. We assign the carry both Centigrade and for subelement in f: if subelement.tag == 'period': variable fcst to everything Fahrenheit information, then self.extPeriod.append(subelement.text) within the tag. modify the code to show what elif subelement.tag == 'conditions': This gets all the data for that you want. Finally, we have a self.extConditions.append(subelement.text) group. We then look for the “DoIt” routine: elif subelement.tag == 'icon': self.extIcon.append(subelement.text) tags and - elif subelement.tag == 'pop': since those are simple “first def self.extpop.append(subelement.text) level” tags - and load that data DoIt(self,Location,US,Include elif subelement.tag == 'date': Today,Output): into our variables. Now things for child in subelement.getchildren(): if child.tag == 'weekday': get a bit more difficult. Look self.GetForecastData(Loca self.extDay.append(child.text) back at our xml response tion) elif subelement.tag == 'high': example. There are two for child in subelement.getchildren(): self.output(US,IncludeTod instances of . if child.tag == 'fahrenheit': ay,Output) self.extHigh.append(child.text) Under are sub- if child.tag == 'celsius': elements that consist of Now we can call the routine self.extHighC.append(child.text) , , , as follows: elif subelement.tag == 'low': and <fcttext>. We'll for child in subelement.getchildren(): if child.tag == 'fahrenheit': loop through these, and again forecast = ForecastInfo() self.extLow.append(child.text) use the IF statement to load if child.tag == 'celsius': them into our variables. forecast.DoIt('80013',1,0,0) self.extLowC.append(child.text) # Insert your own postal code Next we need to look at the extended forecast data for the That's about it for this time. next X number of days. We are I'll leave the alert data to you, basically using the same if you want to go through that. is owner of , a methodology to fill our Here is the complete consulting company in Aurora, variables; this is shown top Colorado, and has been right. running code: programming since 1972. He http://pastebin.com/wsSXMXQx enjoys cooking, hiking, music, and spending time with his Now we need to create our family. output routine. As we did last full circle magazine #38 contents ^ PROGRAM IN PYTHON - PART 12 def output(self,US,IncludeToday,Output): # US takes 0,1 or 2 # 0 = Centigrade # 1 = Fahrenheit # 2 = both (if available) # Now print it all if Output == 0: for c in range(int(self.period)): if c <> 1: Full Circle print '------' print 'Forecast for %s' % self.Title[c].lower() Podcast print 'Forecast = %s' % self.forecastText[c] print 'ICON=%s' % self.icon[c] print '------' print 'Extended Forecast...' if IncludeToday == 1: The is back and better than startRange = 0 ever! else: startRange = 1 Topics in episode eight include: for c in range(startRange,6): print self.extDay[c] • News - Maverick development if US == 0: #Centigrade information • <a href="/tags/Lubuntu/" rel="tag">Lubuntu</a> interview print '\tHigh - %s(C)' % • Gaming - Ed reviews Osmos self.extHigh[c] • Feedback print '\tLow - %s(C)' % self.extLow[c] elif US == 1: #Fahrenheit information ...and all the usual hilarity. print '\tHigh - %s(F)' % self.extHigh[c] print '\tLow - %s(F)' % self.extLow[c] else: #US == 2 both(if available) print '\tHigh - %s' % self.extHigh[c] print '\tLow - %s' % self.extLow[c] if int(self.extpop[c]) == 0: print '\tConditions - %s.' % The podcast and show notes are at: self.extConditions[c] else: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/ print '\tConditions - %s. %d%% chance of precipitation.' % (self.extConditions[c],int(self.extpop[c])) full circle magazine #38 contents ^ HOW-TO Virtualization Introduction've always been a fan of download the .deb, and simply Step 1 – Installation double-click the package, once N/A virtualization, since it allows me to play around The first step is, logically, to you download, and it will allow with various distributions, install Virtual Box. This can be you to install it, or, if you prefer Ito create configuration files for the CLI way, you can install it done in two ways. If you don't window managers without plan on using any USB devices with this command: fighting with a semi-functional with the virtual machines, the in-between stage, and to install OSE (Open Source Edition) will sudo dpkg -i /path/to/package/ operating systems I wouldn't be fine for you – it's available necessarily use in a real-world from the repositories. To install Where “/path/to/package” is Dev Graphics Internet M/media System scenario in order to it, type this command: replaced with the actual path, understand them better. Even such as “~/Downloads” if it's in these days, I have 5 virtual sudo apt-get install your home folder's Downloads machines sitting idle on my virtualbox-ose folder. computer. They are <a href="/tags/Arch_Linux/" rel="tag">Arch Linux</a> CD/DVD HDD USB Drive Laptop Wireless i686, Crunch Bang, Open BSD If, however, you plan to (64 bit), OpenSolaris 2008.11, make use of features such as Step 2 - Configure USB and Ubuntu 9.10. In this series, Remote Desktop Protocol, USB I'll be covering how to install devices, and USB over RDP (Sounlpy preoquritred for PUEL edition) Virtual Box, and configure it for (remote desktop protocol), use with USB devices, and then you'll need the Personal If you find that USB device adding/removing virtual Use and Evaluation License mounting doesn't work for your machines. Every month, I'll (PUEL) binary, which can be installation (it should, so try it write a how-to for a new downloaded from here: first), give the following a shot: distribution – until I've covered http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Li all the ones I'm comfortable nux_Downloads Add the following line to with (and maybe a few I'm your /etc/fstab file: not). Today, we'll simply be You can add the repository paving the way for subsequent there if you like, and follow the none /proc/bus/usb usbfs instructions to install Virtual auto,busgid=108,busmode=0775, articles by setting everything devgid=108,devmode=0664 0 0 up properly. Box, or if you prefer to download a .deb file, you can It's important to note that full circle magazine #38 contents ^ VIRTUALIZATION INTRODUCTION you must change the “108” Name and OS Type pages. is a file – 5-8GB to the ID of the vboxusers Here, you'll type in: container that starts at the (no GUI, with GUI 8-10GB) group on your computer. To smallest possible size, and – 10-12GB find it, type the following: : Ubuntu 9.10 expands its physical size as – 15-20GB : Linux you install and add things to grep vboxusers /etc/group : Ubuntu the virtual machine. For Therefore, I'll increase the example, if you give it 10GB of size of the hard drive to 10GB Once you add that line, run Once you've entered the storage, it'll start at around and hit next, and then finish to the following command: information and hit next, you'll 100kB, and increase to 3GB as complete the hard-drive be staring at a slider, you install something, and so selection. Your Virtual Machine mount -a wondering just how much RAM forth. (This is my personal is now set up and ready to go. to give your virtual machine. preference, since it helps me You just need to hit finish once And you should now be able These are the general values I keep some space free). more. In case anyone wants to to connect USB devices. use: move ahead and try installing (2) is a something, you need simply Step 3 – Creating a – 384MB file container that sticks to the run the machine and choose an (no GUI, with GUI, go with 512MB) size you give it, meaning you ISO/CD from the first run Virtual Machine – 512MB won't run into issues if your wizard. (with Compiz, go with 768MB) This will be the last step we hard drive is full and the – 768MB Something to note is that a cover today. In this step, I'll dynamic expanding storage virtual machine will not be as cover how to create a Virtual can't expand anymore (unlikely For this demonstration, I'll fast as a native application Machine. these days stick with the default 512MB. though). (native = After pressing next, you'll be running on non- First, you'll want to know Instead, if ... a virtual machine asked if you want to create a virtualized what distribution/OS you're you give it will not be as fast as new hard drive, or use an old hardware). installing. For simplicity's sake, 10GB, it's a ... non-virtualized one. You'll want to create a Compiz may or I'll assume we're installing 10GB file. hardware. new hard drive, so keep the may not run Ubuntu 9.10, 32bit edition. Choose default selection and hit next once you Once you're ready to begin, hit whichever again. On the new window, install guest the “New” button in the upper format you'd move along to the second page additions left-hand corner of the window. like, and hit (Hard Disk Storage Type). Here (depends on your GPU), and, of This will open the New Virtual next. you have two options, which I'll course, Virtual Box will eat a lot Machine Wizard. You'll want to briefly explain: of RAM, since it allocates the hit "next" to skip the Welcome My hard-drive sizes for assigned amount to the virtual page, and move on to the virtual machines are as follows: (1) machine at the start. (I'm not full circle magazine #38 contents ^ VIRTUALIZATION INTRODUCTION sure if the newest version does this dynamically or not). You will need to either account for Twelve Months of Joy - Looking current uptime is 127 days. this in advance if you have less than 2GB of RAM, or simply run Back Sure, I still have a LOT to learn but I'm Virtual Box on its own (no other optimistic about it now. No longer is there About six months ago I posted on running programs). any need for me to download cracked Ubuntu Forums about my first impressions <a href="/tags/Proprietary_software/" rel="tag">proprietary software</a>, scan for and remove of using Ubuntu. This is just an update to I hope that this opening to hundreds of viruses a day or even spend that post. my Virtualization series was so much time maintaining and understandable, and that some administering my systems. I now find I My first use of Ubuntu was when I of you will find it useful. If have time for so much more and I feel that requested a Live CD of 8.10. My first anyone runs into issues, or has this is just the beginning for me. impression of it was "wow!", it was any questions, they can direct awesome, and even though I had my fair them to lswest34@gmail.com. No longer do I think share of issues with it the first time around Just be sure to put either “FCM” , I say, I stuck with it and fixed many problems or “Virtualization Series” into such as Flash, Java, sound and Internet the subject line, so that I reply connection. in a timely manner. Stay tuned In conclusion, Ubuntu has changed my for next month's article on life, I really mean this too. Not only has it I then just mass installed many, many installing our first Linux made my computing activities far more programs to see which ones I liked best, distribution, and setting up interesting and a lot easier, I now enjoy the then when Jaunty came out I installed it snapshots to avoid losing a challenges it presents me with. and found that my sound worked much system. better and Java and Flash had vastly improved. While using Jaunty I tested many desktop environments, window managers, themes and desktop setups.I now use Ubuntu 9.10 with Emerald and Compiz. I am also hosting a project on has learned all he knows LaunchPad and regularly participate on the from repeatedly breaking his forums, in IRC and on mailing lists. I also system, then having no other option but to discover how to fix now run an Ubuntu based server and its it. You can email Lucas at: lswest34@gmail.com. full circle magazine #38 contents ^ HOW-TO Browser Blogging(http://www.scribefire.com) is a N/A <a href="/tags/Firefox/" rel="tag">Firefox</a> extension which, when installed, allows posting to a <a href="/tags/Blog/" rel="tag">blog</a> from within Firefox, and offers an assortment of blogging options (right).InstallationDev Graphics Internet M/media System To install ScribeFire within Firefox, go to Tools > Add-Ons, then under the Get Add-Ons <a href="/tags/Tab_(interface)/" rel="tag">tab</a>, search for “ScribeFire” in the text search box. Firefox CD/DVD HDD USB Drive Laptop Wireless should then display ScribeFire in the results. After clicking “Add to Firefox” (and restarting or years, I've had my the browser), ScribeFire will be own blog, allowing me installed. ScribeFire can be to post my thoughts on displayed by selecting the to begin a blog post with the topics ranging from small orange icon resembling a displayed page's URL pre- Fexplaining comic book notepad that now appears in entered. Set Up minutiae to describing what I the bottom right corner of the did on my vacations. However, Setting up ScribeFire for browser window. The default ScribeFire's interface how I post to my blog has your blog should be simple, editor interface will then features five tabs at the left varied over the years. While thanks to a setup wizard for appear, as seen in the first side: Editor (the default I've used various Firefox entering new <a href="/tags/Blog/" rel="tag">blogs</a>. To use the picture. ScribeFire can also be interface), Monetize, Promote, extensions, as well as the wizard, under the Blog tab on activated by right-clicking in Settings and About. default posting interface that the right side of the default Firefox, and selecting Additionally, several tabs will Blogger.com offers, my current Editor tab, select “Add”, which ScribeFire; several options are appear in the right side of the choice for posting to my blog is will start the wizard. Follow the displayed, including “Blog this Editor screen: Blog, Entries, ScribeFire. ScribeFire instructions as indicated, which page”, which offers the ability Categories and Options. full circle magazine #38 contents ^ BROWSER BLOGGING may vary depending on your blog's needs, its host, and so forth.As mentioned above, ScribeFire's main tabs are located on the left side of the interface, each with a different main feature.Editor The Editor tab is the default interface. The Editor tab, as shown in the first picture, features a window for entering the blog post's text. The tab also features a toolbar at the top, offering, similar to a word : For adding or deleting processor, tools for basic blogs to use with ScribeFire. formatting of text (bold, italics, underlining), as well as adding : For viewing and images or <a href="/tags/URL/" rel="tag">URLs</a> to the text editing previous blog posts entered. Tabs at the top left made with ScribeFire. offer a choice of rich text editing (the default), HTML : To tag blog posts format editing, or a live with searchable tags; for preview of how the finished example, a blog post about text will appear on the blog. Bugs Bunny cartoons might Other editing options, including have as tags “Looney Tunes”, bullets and quotes, are also “Bugs Bunny”, “rabbits”, and included. “cartoon”.The right side of the Editor : A few options for pane includes the tabs: customizing the particular post full circle magazine #38 contents ^ BROWSER BLOGGING being written, including editing update information about its timestamp, and a few ScribeFire. tracking features for websites such as Technorati or delicio.us. Conclusion <a href="/tags/Google/" rel="tag">Google</a> Chrome : The Monetize tab As you can see, ScribeFire is also available as a offers settings for those who offers a powerful blogging Chrome extension via: wish to place advertising interface from within Firefox. http://goo.gl/greo services on their blog. This ScribeFire has proven quite feature, however, relies on a useful to me, with the ability to plugin from a website named right-click within Firefox and InLinks.com (whom ScribeFire blog about a particular viewed has partnered with), and is page. While I don't make use compatible only with blogs of the promotional or monetary using Wordpress.org, Drupal, features, these might also be or MoveableType. useful for users looking for a convenient way to link a blog : The Promote tab post to Facebook or delicio.us, (above) offers linking to the or to use advertising on their blog post using various online blog. services, including StumbleUpon, delicio.us, Technorati, and Facebook.: The Settings tab offers various advanced settings for ScribeFire, including editing the basic template for blog posts, some ScribeFire display settings, and import/export functions for has been an blogs. Ubuntu user since version 5.04 (Hoary). Anthony may be : The About tab displays reached at adean33@gmail.com, the ScribeFire home page, and his blog is at: http://adean.blogspot.com. which lists news and version full circle magazine #38 contents ^ MY STORY am a second-year hadn't seen anyone using it. days a month, and this completed, I went home and computer science student, (All the computer science 'inexpensive' service charges burned the ISO image to a CD. so software has become institutes and businesses in quite higher amounts for I was very excited as it was the an extremely important India are Windows dominated.) unlimited browsing at low first time I was about to see a Ipart of my life. Initially, we In the beginning of my second speed (156 kb/s) as compared non-Windows OS. But wait, my didn't have a computer at our year, I got fed up with to other countries. After all, laptop booted from the CD but home, for, in our country Windows, but had no choice to India is still a developing wasn't able to run the LiveCD. I (India), PCs are not ubiquitous discontinue using it. One day, nation. We also have other made many attempts, all in but are considered a luxury. I when I was reading a local providers who provide faster vain. I was very disappointed, purchased a new Acer Aspire newspaper supplement, I saw surfing, but they are not especially since my laptop had 4930 laptop for my studies in an article about Free and Open available in our city. So, I had the specifications required by January of 2009. I got the best Source Software. I was familiar no choice except to use the OpenSolaris. I also tried the CD configuration of that time. I with both these terms, but Internet at a cyber myself installed Windows XP, gave them no importance café. which was already outdated before. The article not only but still widely used, and also spoke about free operating I first went on the used in our college. Frankly systems, but also mentioned website of speaking, pirated versions of the names of some, such as OpenSolaris and Windows are easily available in OpenSolaris, Ubuntu, Fedora, downloaded its 2009 our town. In fact, it's hard to and openSUSE. All these version. It took 3 find the genuine version. But, names were new for me; I hours to complete instead of upgrading to a new hadn't known that they were the download at a version of Windows, I different faces of Linux. Finally, low-bandwidth cyber continued with XP. I decided to get any one of café. I also visited them. I don't have an Internet the Ubuntu website, I heard many students and connection at home, because but did not download lecturers talking about Linux. I in our country the 'good' and Ubuntu, because I finally realized that they were 'inexpensive' service is was more familiar talking about an operating provided by a government with Sun system. But I ignored it, phone-service provider, BSNL. Microsystems than because I thought Linux may But the bad thing is that this Canonical. After the be boring or useless, and I 'good' service remains off 10 download was full circle magazine #38 contents ^ MY STORY in a friend's desktop, but got Ubuntu CD I got. So, I device drivers for my laptop, in the requested CD from ShipIt the same result. After that I requested a free CD of the new contrast to what I had faced arrived by post. That was a just gave up, which is not in version on the website. A week before with Windows XP. happy day for me. I installed my nature. later my same friend gave me the newest version of my an Ubuntu CD which he said After a week, I was familiar beloved Ubuntu. However, I A few days later, I got a CD could be installed inside with Ubuntu. In fact, I was found that one can't make the of Ubuntu 6.06 from a friend. I Windows. It was version 8.10, working flawlessly at the most out of Ubuntu without a didn't know whether it was the and it did install inside terminal, did critical system direct Internet connection, newest version or not, but I Windows. Then I saw Ubuntu modifications such as auto- which wasn't possible for me. was impressed with the CD as for the first time, a non- mounting local hard drives on But I continued to use it by it came from ShipIt. I tried the Windows OS running on my start-up, creating a Pagefile, only modifying themes via CD, but obtained the same laptop. I remember the date and changing the GRUB boot gnome-look, even though it result. I was getting tired now. and time well: 31 July 2009, menu. I learned these things wasn't able to play any of my The very next day, I went to 12:47 p.m. At first sight the OS from various sources such as media files. the cyber café, visited the looked extra-terrestrial, but I the Ubuntu <a href="/tags/Pocket_(service)/" rel="tag">Pocket</a> Guide, Ubuntu website and found that kept on exploring it. The thing Ubuntu Kung Fu Beta, and Then I started discovering the newest version was 9.04. I that impressed me a lot was Ubuntuforums.org. Finally, one the world of Linux. I saw that tried to download it, but the that Ubuntu didn't need any fine morning, 21 August 2009, Linux comes in a wide variety download process started with of distributions, but, an extremely slow speed (5 undoubtedly, Ubuntu is the kb/s). I didn't wait for the king of Linux distros. I became download to complete, so acquainted with Ubuntu's instead I downloaded the PDF children: <a href="/tags/Kubuntu/" rel="tag">Kubuntu</a>, <a href="/tags/Xubuntu/" rel="tag">Xubuntu</a> documentation of Ubuntu 6.06. and <a href="/tags/Edubuntu/" rel="tag">Edubuntu</a>. I also came to The same night, I started know the terms GNOME, KDE, reading it in the hope that I <a href="/tags/Xfce/" rel="tag">XFCE</a>, etc. I also found the might find a solution to my most wonderful thing about problem. I read the features of Ubuntu: Full Circle magazine. Ubuntu - how things work, In fact, one day I downloaded what software is installed, etc. - all its issues and read them in in the documentation, and got my free time. This increased desperate and sad that I my knowledge of Ubuntu and couldn't install it in my laptop. Linux to a greater extent, thanks to all the people who But the good part was that I produce this magazine by their read about ShipIt on that precious effort. full circle magazine #38 contents ^ MY STORY already learned languages I also convinced the owner such as C, C++, JavaScript, MY STORY of the cyber café to let me use HTML, Visual Basic, and my laptop there, so that I could databases like FoxPro. I'm a have been aware of the make a direct Internet creative photographer, so I By 2006, I was more existence of Linux as an connection to my computer. I also want to help with the Art confident with Windows, and operating system since it then finally got the most from Work. could even do a few things with started to appear on PC Ubuntu. I felt that I'd become a confidence in a terminal Imagazine cover discs in the master of using Ubuntu and I've promoted Ubuntu in our window. Around this time, a PC '90s. At that time, Red Hat the Linux command line. I then circle, and most of my friends magazine I read regularly had a seemed to be the predominant tried some other faces of started using it. Currently I run beginner's Linux section that distro pushed on cover discs. Linux, such as Mint and <a href="/tags/Windows_7/" rel="tag">Windows 7</a> RC and Ubuntu mentioned this new Linux distro As a non-technical PC user with openSUSE, but they were 9.10. I use Windows only to called Ubuntu. It said the acquired skills using Windows unsatisfactory compared to develop my projects in Visual installation process had from its 3.xx days, I had little Ubuntu. When I used Compiz, I Basic and to play games. I become quite user friendly. I interest then in installing and found that Windows can't even hope we can get the same got hold of a copy (I can't learning a new operating provide 10% of the graphical gaming capabilities into remember if this was a cover system. effects that Ubuntu provides. Ubuntu soon. I want to know disc or if I downloaded the ISO Safety is, of course, a big about any good documentation image from the Web), I ran it in From about 2002 I started to feature of Linux and Ubuntu - on learning Python and Perl, live mode, and was quite become a little more Windows viruses might have because I've found that most impressed. I also experimented adventurous, and, with the help become confused when I used of the programs for Ubuntu are with the late, lamented of a couple of more technically Ubuntu. developed in these two Freespire, which, at that time, languages. So, fellow readers, minded friends, I started to was one of the easiest systems delve into the world of PC I have benefited greatly please help me with your to install. I was so impressed upgrading. I built a PC for from Ubuntu, which is suggestions for learning these with Ubuntu that I learned how myself. At this stage, I became developed by a community of so that I can effectively to install it as a dual-boot aware of the cost of Windows users like me. I heartedly felt contribute - send them to system, although, at this stage, XP when I had to spend £100 that I can't keep on using it kush.creator@gmail.com, I was still unclear how to get for an OEM disc and license. until I contribute to Ubuntu in things like DVDs, MP3s and Also, around this time I met a some way. So, I started That was my journey to other multimedia to work guy at work who actually ran searching for ways to Ubuntu. My experiences have successfully. Linux on a laptop he brought contribute. I had many options convinced me that a into work, but it was too reliant for contributing as I am a Linux/Ubuntu era will occur in Over the next few months I on command-line interventions programming student. I've the world of computing. played around with Ubuntu and for me to use. liked it. With the help of forums, full circle magazine #38 contents ^ MY STORY and some people I got to know PCs which all had Ubuntu (or starting to realize that I can the required tweaks for who also used it, I was able to an Ubuntu derivative such as help others. I'm also more multimedia. So far I love it, get all the stuff like Flash, MP3 Mint) on them. I have since confident in looking for although as I'm still firmly and DVD playback working, gone on to do quite a few solutions to my own problems 32bit, I'm not getting the full mainly by activation of the more, with the current tally on the forums, and through speed boot up of those with Medibuntu repository and being in the mid 20's. reading more advanced books. faster 64-bit PCs, but, hey, you installing the restricted extras I have even taken the leap to can't have it all. packages, but there were still a In May 2009, I realised that I editing configuration files in a few things that I needed was very rarely accessing my text editor, if only in a small My next task is to gradually Windows for, so I did not make XP partition, preferring instead way. I subscribe to several PC get my partner to accept that the break from Windows to boot into Ubuntu. I installed magazines, one of which is Windows is not the be-all and completely. Ubuntu as my only system on Linux specific, and I continue to end-all of the PC world, but the disk. Since that time, I learn. that may take quite a while. In 2008, I was given an old have learned about Virtualbox PC, which I got working, and in and have installed a virtual XP As for using Ubuntu, in a which I wanted to install a system in Ubuntu, which works little over 3 years I have reliable, secure operating for me when I occasionally probably got to the stage it system. XP was not a choice, need to access an XP system. took me over 10 years to get to for it cost more than the PC with Windows. I'm writing this was worth - it was old and with In the Blackpool area of the after a week of installing and limited memory. I installed UK where I live there was a shaking a few bugs out of Xubuntu on it, and this LUG, but it had become largely Karmic on three PCs. My breathed new life into the PC, inactive. However, at the desktop (P4(D) 3.4GHz with which subsequently was given beginning of this year, the guy 2GB of RAM), an old Toshiba away on the Freegle network running it started a drop-in on Equium laptop (1.4GB Celeron (formally Freecycle) in my local a Saturday morning, with with 2GB of Ram), and my Acer area. Being at university, mixed success. I've started to Netbook, all have the standard during the summer vacation I attend this, and it's begining to desktop version installed with was able to rebuild a number attract a small group of users of PCs with parts from Freegle, who are sharing their and, as I was giving them experiences with Linux (mainly away, I again installed a Ubuntu or one of its variant of Ubuntu tailored to derivatives). My confidence in the spec of the PC, more often my abilities, and my knowledge than not Xubuntu. That of Ubuntu, have grown, so, summer I gave away about 12 while I'm still a beginner, I'm full circle magazine #38 contents ^ MY OPINION What Makes A Digital Messiah? xpectations were high connectivity, or the expensive The VHS player brought the home-runs, field goals, and in January when a guy one that still doesn't have movies to people who'd KOs. For a premium price. named Steve stood up enough storage and needs a stopped going to movies. When Steve will tell you what that is, in San Francisco and 3G plug-in to talk to the world that market peaked, the DVD since you'll be in his on-line Eannounced a new digital in joined-up writing? Can you player started it all over again. store buying all your tunes, messiah; after almost two Facebook while in the bath? The Sony Walkman brought us apps, papers, and books. Since years of hype and speculation, music on the move, now the the tablet uses Steve's own it seems we'd be satisfied with This Steve guy is still going iPod does it better. The Wii is microchips you won't be able nothing less. Just one look at to sell a few million of them, if bringing computer games to to jail-break it without a PhD, the shiny tablet (cue heavenly only because certain sections people who didn't play and, if you do, the next choir), and the pundits of the developed world are computer games. The guy software update will re-jail you declared we were in the future. overgrown adolescents with a called Steve is out to create a faster than Dog the Bounty fetish for toys, gadgets and, new market from several old Hunter. A unified platform of Yet less is what we got. This yes, status symbols of how ones traditionally called hardware and software, and a is not a review. The reviews much disposable income they publishing. The i-thing has growing mountain of recurring talk endlessly about everything have. Steve dismissed the colour, it has connectivity. It payments for services the latest i-thing lacks: the netbook as just a cheap laptop will deliver newspapers, colourfully rendered. Oh, the screen isn't OLED, it doesn't that doesn't do much. It's not a magazines, periodicals, and humanity! display e-ink, it's heavy, the new category of device novels direct to your screen. It battery life isn't so great, between PC and smart-phone, will bring college textbooks, I'm going to commit heresy. there's no stylus, and so on. it's just a cheap laptop. Sorry technical manuals, service The latest i-thing is not the We wanted the next Wii Linux fan-boys, there goes your logbooks, and catalogues. It digital messiah. It's another controller, the next point-and- bridgehead into the mass will be more usable than a manufactured marvel of silicon pinch multi-touch screen, the market. The tablet (cue netbook, more versatile than and plastic. It's not going to set next tilty-pointy, GPS-giro- heavenly choir) is the third an e-book reader. Think of all you free or save your soul. I scoped, voice-enabled, low-fat, device, Steve just told us so. the air-conditioning engineers, know I'm poor, damned and high-protein lean-mean-grilling- realtors, district nurses, ugly. I'll stick with Linux. machine. Maybe I've missed the point. roadside mechanics, and law Maybe it's not about the students. If Steve can I will give Steve one piece of What about price points? Do device. Maybe it's in the evangelize the publishers, we advice. Give the tablet a water- you get the cheap one with services that make up Steve's could get our sports pages with proof cover. A lot of them will limited storage and limited tablet (cue heavenly choir). streamed highlight clips of all get dropped in the bath. full circle magazine #38 contents ^ full circle magazine #38 contents ^ REVIEW Written by Art Schreckengost Ubuntu 10.04 - Lucid <a href="/tags/Lynx_(web_browser)/" rel="tag">Lynx</a> or the past week, I’ve Is the boot time quicker as not much to comment on; bothered me for a code I’d been using the Lucid Canonical claims? Yes, and however, the most evident already given it. It just stays Lynx release from impressively so. 9.10 routinely change on the desktop is the locked on, even at the outer Canonical and, while took 45 seconds to boot, with panel indicator for wireless fringes of the signal. FI’m the eternal skeptic, I do connectivity. Instead of the BIOS and POST included, but have to admit this is one Lynx shaves that by at least 15 usual ascending bars-of-power, Beyond what you can impressive OS. seconds. From the time I push you now have the Apple style physically see on the desktop, the power button until I have a upside down arcs, but that’s a few things have changed. To save on space, I’ll just useable desktop is about 30 not the only difference. Ubuntu One is not on the main state that the installation is no seconds, tops. Notice I said Something else has changed, menu anymore (it’s now under different than previous useable versus “I can see it but and it’s for the better, believe Places instead of Accessories), incantations. If you’re looking can’t use it” usually found in me. but you can also access it for something new here, the Windows. No hourglass of through Rhythmbox - because only thing you’ll notice is that delay with Ubuntu. In past Ubuntu variations now you have a music store the previous “try or install” I’ve complained about wireless built in, à la iTunes. Better yet, menu is missing. In its place is Unfortunately, my computer connectivity. It has always if you have an iPod, it will now a new menu that uses buttons BIOS does not allow for Quick been haphazard and tended to connect easily (even the instead of the cursor keys to Boot, or I’m sure I could shave drop, especially during Touch), although swapping make a choice. off another 10 seconds. extended downloads. Even music is still a chore. Now you worse, it would ask again for can support Ubuntu by Post installation is the usual Once the desktop is visible the WEP code I gave it earlier, downloading songs through its OS bag of updates that is you’ll notice the brown is gone and would keep asking until service, and, if you have a One standard for Windows, Mac and for shades of purple. Truth be the signal was located. In many account, it will even backup Linux users. In my case I had known, I’ve always changed cases, I just found it easier to the songs online for you to use roughly 350MB of updates this as quickly as possible for restart and connect that way. later should something happen waiting in the wings (actually something with a little more (or you need to access them larger than my Windows 7 and zing, and this time was no Something changed in Lynx. via another computer). Not OS X Snow Leopard updates). It different. Change is nice - but This is the same computer I even iTunes offers that. is odd that Ubuntu takes 20 do any of us really keep what used Heron, Ibex and Jaunty minutes to install, but the we get straight from the disc? on, and the same wireless And what of the bazillion updates take over an hour to system, too. Lynx never once codecs you needed in the past download. Go figure. Other than the color change, dropped a signal, nor has it to actually play movies and full circle magazine #38 contents ^ REVIEW - UBUNTU 10.04 - LUCID LYNX MP3s? You still don’t get them Probably one of the most eclectic mix of programs not suspect programming or an but at least Lynx will download noted, yet minor, changes is offered via Software Center. overwhelmed system, but it them for you with a gentle the substitution of Yahoo for Either version is slick and easy will often take several minutes “wink, wink, nod, nod” Google as the Firefox search to use, as is adding to connect (by which time I’ve reminder as soon as you open engine. Of note, you still get repositories if you so desire. usually forgotten what I meant Rhythmbox (past variations your choice of 8 or so search to do). I have a hunch waited until you actually engines by merely using the Are there any peculiarities Canonical got caught off-guard attempted to play the video drop down box in Firefox. that need to be worked on? Of by the demand, so maybe it’ll and/or audio offender). This Google is still there, but now course, no OS is perfect out of be fixed quickly. last minute reminder upset a it’s a search engine you have the box; however, most I found lot of users, so the change is to search for! By the way, once here were minor in nature (but Finally, what happened with nice. you do go to another search aggravating to work around). the shutting down time? What engine, Firefox stays with it used to take 5 seconds now The sad loss for most is until you change again. For example, what takes 15, and I can see no GIMP. Deleted because some happened to my touchpad’s reason why this is happening. I found it difficult to use, it’s On a curious note, my side scroll? It’s gone - even just find it curious that Ubuntu easily downloaded and Firefox homepage was set to though the mouse program has swapped a quick boot time curiously is not that large of a Google. Is this an inside joke? tells me it’s activated. No for an equally longer shut- program for what it does. Go to You have the main search amount of tweaking has down period. the repositories and it’s sitting engine as Yahoo - but the helped, and recommendations there patiently awaiting your browser’s homepage as from the forums have gone On a scale of 10, I’d command to download. Google? This must be a nowhere, yet this same definitely give this version a programmer’s stab at the trackpad was working under strong 9. I’m finding it easier to The real difference many system. previous versions. This is a big use and maintain than my OS will notice is the moving of gripe I’ve seen in forums. X computer, and my work screen sizing tabs to the left I’ve noticed some reviews computers with Windows 7 instead of right top corner in praising the Ubuntu Software And then there’s the could learn a thing or two from programs. I use an Apple Center (or Centre if you get the problem with Ubuntu One. It Ubuntu. computer otherwise, so this is UK version), but I didn’t see works when it feels like it, and I no great big deal, and it’s where it was any different from can’t tell if it’s because of easily changed if you so desire, 9.10. Maybe I’m missing but some users have been something, but I just didn’t see complaining. Why the change? much of a difference. Of Who knows, but I saw nothing course, Synaptic Program major in the change. Manager is still there for those of us who prefer to get the full circle magazine #38 contents ^ REVIEW - UBUNTU 10.04 - LUCID LYNX ucid Lynx (10.04) is the but not with base Ubuntu. It . Firefox is great, but Nero doesn’t make a full greatest in a long line can be used under KDE or Xfce it can be poky. But, this highly version for Linux that I’m of rather impressive desktops, but then you do lose tweaked version does away aware of - but I could be Ubuntu distributions, some functions. One major with the slow browser blues. mistaken. Alternative is Land is probably equipped more advantage of this program is Brasero. Add enough add-on features than sufficiently for the that it’s really (really) hard to and you can reduce the average user; however, it’s screw up Ubuntu if you follow viewing window to a size of a always fun to experiment with the instructions, unlike some postage stamp, but there is various programs. other programs that give you a probably no better overall nasty disclaimer right before browser. Blazingly quick to In no particular order, here crashing your system. open, it often bests Firefox by is my listing of favorite several seconds in the programs I’d recommend to . Many processing of tricky web pages. users. don’t know you can add apps to the top and bottom panels . Close second to above. . Okay, it’s by right clicking and going to Not quite as twitchy with some more a chore than a program, “Add to Panel”. My favorites websites as <a href="/tags/Swiftfox/" rel="tag">Swiftfox</a> is, but still but haven’t you wondered include weather, Force Quit, needs tuning to avoid what the red exclamation point and hardware monitoring apps. unintended shutdowns when a . Free computer to in the panel indicates? You’d be Unnerve guest users by adding site gets slow. computer internet calls. Need I surprised by the number of the roving eyes that follow say more? Chat away with that users I’ve met who don’t have mouse movements. And you . For those of us person in China if you so a clue, even when a simple can enlarge the panels too, who can’t live without a desire, or aggravate other mouse-over of the panel icon which is useful for us oldsters desktop clock and assorted eye computer users you see online. gives you a narrative balloon who can’t read like we used to. candy. Better than Google explaining it. Gadgets (which can get a little . Got a webcam? This . Dumped for 10.04 as goofy), or Google Desktop - will activate it and add special . As the name standard equipment because which gets really memory effects if you desire. states, it’s designed to tweak of user complaints about intense and somewhat Ubuntu - but it does more than difficulty, it can still be found in intrusive. . I use this. You can add programs, the repositories. If you can find webmail, and standard email add repositories, and even get a better Photoshop clone - at . Yes, it’s the same programs don’t like that. These rid of garbage files and kernels $600 less - you’d better grab it. company that makes a pricey do the trick. Webmail for clogging your hard drive. It Picasa is a close second, and full version; however this is the Firefox/Swiftfox will do the comes standard with Super OS possibly a little easier to use, free version for Linux. Oddly, same thing for all webmail but not as feature rich. services as an add-on to the full circle magazine #38 contents ^ REVIEW - UBUNTU 10.04 - LUCID LYNX browser, but this is for those dicey with some of the Syndrome, but what a way to times when all you need is just peripherals, but I’ll live with go. the mail - without the the minor inconvenience in lieu aggravation of opening a of paying big bucks for other . Big Brother is browser. emulators. If you opt for this watching, and this proves what one, go with the Ubuntu Tweak the paranoids have been . Be truthful version as it has more features saying for years. Anything I can and admit the standard than the repository version. use to find Frisbees on the roof desktop is boring. Load this of a neighbor’s house is . For those days you program, and you can set it to . For those who like probably too enticing to turn need a quick word processor - change the desktop Quicken but don’t feel like down. Dumped from standard without the frills. Largely background every couple running it under Wine, this is a repositories and even Ubuntu overlooked, and that’s a minutes or so. Just don’t be too good knock-off. GNUCash is a Tweak - so you’ll have to fish shame. Quicker to load and greedy and add all the close second, but a little quirky. for it. respond than OpenOffice - it backgrounds available from Now if I could get the bank offers just about everything Ubuntu Art (just loading those downloads to go directly to the . Replaced by Empathy, Word does except the price tag. takes a good hour or so). program…. I still prefer this version for IM needs. The original and the . More . Wine is not an Emulator, . Great for best, even if the developers advanced than most of the or so the acronym goes. Been watching movies and TV shows can’t spell. sticky note programs, it’s a in beta for close to a decade without having to fork over the little known gem. but who’s counting? It works dough for cable and satellite . The free okay for some Windows bills. So what if you have to version is limited - but more . Ever wonder what programs, and is a great option watch the occasional than sufficient for those of us happened to Lotus? They went for those not wanting to load a commercial? Works better for who aspire to be playwrights. to the free side, but most of full OS-like Windows using me than the other programs Now if I could just write a this failure was from the ill- VirtualBox (see below). Play on found in the Ubuntu screenplay. fated Lotus Smart Suite of the Linux is the companion version repositories. For those in the late 90s in which Lotus issued that allows some games to U.S. who enjoy Archer, Hulu . Slick music player, discs with “Louts” instead of operate in Ubuntu. offers it uncut (check it out). really slick. If Rhythmbox didn’t Lotus on the front. For those come with the Ubuntu Music who think the IBM cache is . Sun’s Linux . Yes, it’s a Service, I’d use this one all the better than Open Office, this giveaway, it’s a virtual game but it’s also a guilty time. program gives you a processor, machine for users who can’t pleasure. Play it enough, and spreadsheet and presentation live without Windows. A little you’ll have Carpal Tunnel package for $99 less than what full circle magazine #38 contents ^ REVIEW - UBUNTU 10.04 - LUCID LYNX they charged when they were drums to save my life but this but you can still inherit out there. Louts and, yes, the name is program goes a long way in something nasty via email. spelled right this time. helping. Click here, click there, Make sure to download the And, finally, the and then press play, and you graphical interface, too, or it’s . Need a quick might become a drum virtuoso, strictly a command line option. button. Haven’t seen this yet? website program that won’t too. Harmless time killer. Firestarter is the firewall Truthfully, I haven’t either, but take a 1,000 page book to equivalent also worthy of I’m still waiting for that to understand? Here it is. . Mind mapping downloading. show. Sure would make life a utility for those requiring whole lot easier, even if the . Mini AutoCAD something to plot their next download did take a day or two plan on, it should be called . Okay, I use the to finish. Mindless since that’s the type Gnome desktop, but some of of fun it represents. the KDE programs just can’t be As for honorable mentions, passed up. You have to admire how about the 1,000 or so . Not the movie, creators coming up with names calculators you can find in the the program that gives you a that start with a K - and repositories that will compute foursquare window of Terminals keeping a straight face at the anything short of future time for us geeks who can’t get same time. Widely overlooked events? And don’t forget the enough command-line time. by Gnome users, many of dozen or so video and music these programs are astounding players that can play music . Not a program - more a in their own right. Under variations I never knew equivalent that costs about new addition to the Ubuntu Gnome most will work. existed, or the hundred metric $800 less. Electric is the Software Center. You can now to American or American to program for electrical CAD download a load of obscure Although it’s not a program, metric conversion programs. 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I can’t play the impervious to Windows viruses - opinion, the best Ubuntu book full circle magazine #38 contents ^ MOTU INTERVIEW Andres RodriguezWhen did you get involved with What helped you learn Any advice for people wanting the MOTU team, and how? packaging and how Ubuntu to help out MOTU? teams work? Well, I always wanted to get Yes. If you really have the involved with open source, and What I believe helped me learn desire to help and become a I found Ubuntu a great place to packaging was my desire to do MOTU, just commit to it, : 24 start. I actually started reading it, and the willingness to put because if you do, you’ll the Developer Documentation my hands on packaging, but of always find the time to help : released with 6.06, but never course all of that was driven by out. Read the documentation Miami, FL. got the time to actually commit the documentation, my and always ask questions; myself to it due to work and mentors, and all the people don’t get disappointed if : studies. Mostly because it’s not that reviewed my packages people are not around to RoAkSoAx. easy to get started in open and helped me along the way. answer them. You might make source in a third world country Something that I was told, and a lot of mistakes, but you must like Peru, where everything is you all might know, is that you be willing to learn from them How long have you used Linux, pretty much M$ oriented. will always learn something and listen to what others have and what was your first distro? new while being a MOTU. to say! And well, just practice, Anyways, when Nicolas practice, and continue to I’ve been using Linux on a daily Valcarcel (nxvl) became a What’s your favourite part of practice! basis for almost three years MOTU, I just said “I want to working with the MOTU? now, but I started with Red Hat become a MOTU too”, and I Are you involved with any local 7.1 in 2001. requested a Mentorship for the My favourite part is that no Linux/Ubuntu groups? Intrepid development cycle. matter who you are, what you How long have you been using However, I was unable to finish do, where you're at, and what Yes. My involvement with LUGs Ubuntu? it due to personal reasons. So it time it is, someone will be started with AQPGLUG, which is wasn’t till the Karmic there to help you, and that you the group from my home town. I’ve been using Ubuntu since development cycle that I pretty can learn so much from other Then, I got involved with the 2005, just a few days after much put all my spare time people. I also find it amusing to Ubuntu LoCo Team, where I’m Hoary was released, but it into it. I restarted my work in such a distributed now one of the Council wasn’t until version 6.10 that I Mentorship, but with ivoks this environment. Members. Right now, since I do started using it on a daily basis. time, and now you see me here. not live in Peru any more, I’m full circle magazine #38 contents ^ MOTU INTERVIEW on my search for a new LUG to Ubuntu HA team, now that I However, I like to hang out get involved with here at FIU. have more experience. What do you do in your other with friends, watch movies, However I would really like to spare time? play video games and play What are you going to focus on get involved with the Security soccer and tennis. in Karmic and Karmic+1? Team (because I’ve always Well, the past few months wanted to be a Security (between May and July), I My focus for Karmic will be the Expert), and with the Desktop pretty much spent all my spare Sponsorship Queue and Team (because I use it every time in the MOTU mentorship bugfixes. For Karmic+1 it will day and it just feels right to process. The past 3 weeks I be the Server Team and the contribute to it). haven’t had much spare time. full circle magazine #38 contents ^ letters@fullcirclemagazine.org LETTERS PLEASE NOTE: some letters may be edited for space reasons. potentially broken the utility, Synaptic, where a information. I use Giver to Window Buttons upcoming new feature. search for Amarok does transfer the files via Wi-Fi to n a recent issue of Full produce the required this computer. Circle, in the Q&A section, information in the results you gave a method of window, showing me that I read the article on Lubuntu moving the window Amarok (v2.2) isn't installed and I thought I would give it a Ibuttons back to the right side. Installed Packages but Amarok14 is. try so I downloaded the ISO Although this is the method ith reference to and burnt it to a CD. The first most commonly referenced to the question on I find the Q&A very thing I noticed was that it did accomplish this, it may create page 28 of informative, many thanks. get to the Live CD desktop, and trouble down the road. The FCM#37: it got there rather quickly. I did buttons were moved to the left W not find a system monitor, but I to make way for a new feature . found a system tool that reported memory. This on the right side called window Alternate CD indicators or "windicators": It may be of interest to note reported about 360 megs of http://www.markshuttleworth.co that the actual package name have an NEC Pll 366 PC memory in use and about 142 m/archives/333. is often unknown or only with 512MB of RAM. I have megs free. The tool also partially known. For example, I come the point that if reported I had only 502 megs If you make the change in have Amarok installed but it's there was no Alternative of memory in the machine. I gconf you may break this new not the current version, I ICD available I could not load now have a decision to make. function. The "right way" to reinstalled an earlier version this machine with Ubuntu using Do I load Lubuntu or do I stick move the buttons back is to (v1.4) as I found it worked the Live CD that I download with the Ubuntu 10.04 that is select an older <a href="/tags/Theme_(computing)/" rel="tag">theme</a>, like better for me. Now, an regardless of the version of in the computer now and Human, that has the buttons Aptitude search for Amarok Linux. running just fine. on the right side and then tells me it's not installed as my change all its defaults to the version is called Amarok14. I just installed Ubuntu 10.04 Thank you Ubuntu for Radiance or Ambiance choices. However, if you search for on this machine with no continuing to making Then just save it with a new Amarok? then I do get the problems using the Alternative Alternative CD of your new name. This way you get the hoped for answer. CD. I use this older machine releases and keeping this Ambiance or Radiance theme because it has an 80 gig HD in computer alive with Ubuntu. I but with the buttons on the Readers may also be it and I use it as a second place hope the Linux community right side and you have not directed towards the excellent to backup important does not ever forget about full circle magazine #38 contents ^ LETTERS these older machines that still screen question was overly xorg.conf. In addition, have life in them and keep complicated, at least if the xorg.conf is not even used creating low memory usage user is using Lucid (and anymore by default in Lucid install CDs such as Alternative Karmic, I believe; possibly even (and possibly earlier). Disks. earlier). It is far simpler to go to System > Preferences > Keep up the good work on Monitors, and set the screen Full Circle! rotation there. I believe it is also possible to use the GUI tool provided with the Tiling Windows proprietary NVIDIA drivers, if he mention of using those are in use. The xrandr PyTyle in other window commands used will also work managers confused without needing to edit me, since then you Tmention using it with GNOME. GNOME's not a window manager though. Are you saying you can use PyTyle with Metacity? Additionally, Xmonad can be used with full desktop environments like GNOME or KDE, if you don't want a minimalist xmobar. I've used KDE+Xmonad for over a year and was on . GNOME+Xmonad for about 6 months before that.Screen Rotation Lucas says: eading the FCM#37 Q&A, it seems that the answer to the R laptop upside-down full circle magazine #38 contents ^ UBUNTU GAMESLugaru is a unique game, different GAME NEWS but also sounds slightly odd. scenes. The You play as a rabbit, with a missions do vary location - – After the success ninja-like fighting style. Very strange idea for the game, but from snowy of the Humble Indie Bundle, mountains to , and when you play it, it's very “cool” indeed. Turner is the vast deserts to are now open forests. The source! rebel rabbit you play through the story and challenge challenge mode missions. He has an excellent works the same array of moves you can use to way as the defeat your enemies: from missions: kill all kicks and punches to using the enemies. weapons such as knives and However, in this swords. Turner is also very mode, you are agile, being able to jump great scored and timed. It is very <a href="/tags/Fluid_(web_browser)/" rel="tag">fluid</a>. Moving your camera heights and lengths, as well as important to complete the with the mouse and controlling sprint. challenge as quickly as Turner with the keyboard works possible, and pull off special very well. I have always Lugaru features two game attack moves to get the higher complained that third-person modes. The first is a story scores. This mode does bring a games do not work well on a mode focusing on Turner's lot of replay value, as you try few weeks ago, PC, but Wolfire seems to have efforts to find those responsible to beat your score. It would be Wolfire Games made got it right. Controlling Turner is for slaughtering his village. The nice to see an online leader ripples across the net incredible fun. You will start story takes place over several board, to see how well you are about their Humble doing compared to the rest of each mission by getting into AIndie Bundle, allowing you to missions, which are all very position for your first attack. similar: kill every rabbit and the world. pay what you want for 5 indie You could sneak in stealthy, or wolf on that mission to move games! This issue sees the charge in. Jumping is very on. The story itself is nothing The gameplay is excellent, start of a 4-part series to smooth, and it is incredible fun special; you won't miss one of the best third-person review each game. I have when launching yourself great anything from skipping it, but games I have played for already reviewed World of Goo distances. The fighting is the the story is told through many gameplay. The controls are in Issue 24. most crucial part of the game, full circle magazine #38 contents ^ UBUNTU GAMES but, sadly, it's a bit hit or miss. running and jumping around works, it works very well, but ugaru is a cross-platform You are able to pull off great your enemy trying to get in a most of the time it does not. game, with a simple Linux moves with Turner: karate shot. When you do manage to Usually the best tactic is to installer. There is a free demo, kicks, drop kicks, and deadly get a shot in, it's likely to be sneak around and take them but to buy the full game it is knife fights. It all looks great as blocked, which seems to out in one blow, one by one. $20. you watch Turner and your happen too often. It gets more enemy taking chunks out of irritating when both you and The graphics are nice and Score: 7/10 each other, with very nice the enemy are scrambling for well presented, but very blood effects (not suitable for the knife that got knocked out outdated by today's standards. : children). of your hand when you were It is very scalable; you should • Great controls hit. If that's not enough, it's be able to run Lugaru on many • Very scalable Now onto the bad: Most of likely that the enemy will run different computers, even with • Plenty to do the time, the combat is hard off to alert others of your a basic 3D card. The sound is and not very fluid. You will be attack. When the fighting solid - with a good soundtrack : and sound effects during • Poor fighting mechanics fighting. • Would be nice to have an online leader board Lugaru is an enjoyable fighting game with plenty to do. The controls and level design are excellent, but the game's biggest letdown is the Ed Hewitt fighting mechanics. It's definitely worth a play, but expect a tough fight.L full circle magazine #38 contents ^ questions@fullcirclemagazine.org Q&A Please include as much information as you can about your problem.Before I upgrade my applications, no data -- which linked thread, where the link is To do this, boot Ubuntu and wife's computer I means you might have to "wvdial offline installation". open a terminal, type "mount" would like to be able recreate any custom settings and the first line of output Q to list out all her again. I'm getting a Grub 1.5 should look something like this: applications. Is there an easy Error 21 after way to do this? I have just installed installing Ubuntu on /dev/sda1 on / type ext4 Ubuntu 10.04. Now Q an external hard (rw,errors=remount-ro) Yes, open what? drive. This problem occurs the /dev/sda1 in that example Accessories/Terminal Q when I reboot my XP machine means that Ubuntu is on the and enter this without the external hard drive first harddrive (sda) and on the command: http://blog.thesilentnu plugged in, if I plugged in the first partition (1). Yours may A mber.me/2010/04/ubu external hard drive where I say "/dev/sdb1" instead, since dpkg --get-selections "*" > ntu-1004-post-install- installed Ubuntu, then I am ok, you are on the external drive. Desktop/applications Aguide-what-to.html I can choose Ubuntu or XP.The text file "applications" Now, type "sudo grub-install How do I use a dial- I tried to edit the boot.ini by will appear on the Desktop, /dev/sda" where /dev/sda is the up Internet changing the 2 to 1, that does containing a complete list of all hard drive that you need to put connection with not help. Any help would be the packages installed using grub on. In my example, I Q Ubuntu? appreciated! Ubuntu tools. It will not include would need to use /dev/sda anything you have downloaded (not /dev/sda1 - /dev/sda1 is Sadly, it is a long (by ) That from web sites. the partition, not the drive), process, told in means that you because that's the hard drive several places. My installed Grub to your You might also want to with my Ubuntu installation. If suggestion is to internal drive rather check out Remastersys, which you saw "/dev/sdb1 on /" after AGoogle: Athan your external. lets you create an ISO with all typing "mount", then you will your applications. If it fits, you need to use "/dev/sdb" instead. dial-up redux ubuntuforums If you want to fix it, you can burn it to a DVD, or you This command will require your should first put grub on the can use USB Startup Disk The first result might take password. Note that when you external drive, then put Creator to put everything on a you to the fourth page of the are typing, you don't see any Windows' bootloader back on flash drive of the appropriate thread; click on "first" and start characters, but your password the internal drive. size. The ISO contains only the reading. You will probably also is indeed being entered. want to read the content of a full circle magazine #38 contents ^ Q & A Once that's done, you can My Toshiba laptop Future Releases your most valuable files to it; restore the Windows overheats when it it's made to be broken. Sure, it bootloader with a Windows works hard, since the Most of the time, there is a might have later versions of recovery disk. Have a look here Q fan never comes on. "current stable release" of some applications than what for instructions: Ubuntu, and there is also some you get in the current stable http://www.techzonez.com/foru (Thanks to version of the next release. For release, but you can't depend ms/archive/index.php/t- in the Ubuntu Forums) example, as of July, 2010, the on them. 3975.html Here is what works for current stable release of me. Toshiba L500, Ubuntu is 10.04, Lucid Lynx -- If you read a lot of I used to run Ubuntu A64bit Ubuntu 10.04 but you can download and messages in the Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic 32-bit. install a test version of Ubuntu Forums, you will see a few Yesterday, I made the sudo apt-get install sensors- 10.10, Maverick Meerkat. tales of woe: "I installed (a Q switch to 64-bit. applet Future releases go through future version of Ubuntu) and several stages: Alpha, which is enjoyed using the new version Everything works perfectly, sudo sensors-detect except the only game I like to like the frame of a house of (some application), and put play: Dofus. Next: answer yes to before the walls go up, Beta, (several dozen hours) into everything. Exit then restart. where we have walls, but you creating (something) using the I got it to install, but when I use a ladder to reach the application, and then it click the launcher I am getting sudo gedit /etc/default/grub basement, and Release disappeared! How can I get it this error: Candidate, where the house is back? The answer is, "sorry, it's then change almost ready to move in -- but gone." Failed to execute child the paint's not dry. process GRUB_CMLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="qu For Ubuntu to move forward, iet splash" "/home/mike/ankama/Dofus/shar The purpose of making people must try future releases e/UpLauncher" (Permission future versions available is so and report the bugs, but don't denied) to read that people can find the bugs go down that road unless you understand that everything (by ) ..."quiet splash and report them! Do not install Sounds like you need acpi_osi=Linux" a future release and entrust you do might disappear. to give yourself execute permission Next: Afor that file. Try this in a terminal: sudo update-grub to update /boot/grub/grub.cfg. sudo chmod u+x /home/mike/ankama/Dofus/share Exit then restart computer. /UpLauncher full circle magazine #38 contents ^ MY DESKTOP misc@fullcirclemagazine.orgMy setup is an homage to my diverse computing heritage. This is my desktop with the '65 Mustang as my desktop I'm using a custom-made Amiga OS theme pack for my wallpaper, the Cairo dock, and <a href="/tags/Linux_Mint/" rel="tag">Linux Mint</a> 8. Lots of custom windows, an AWN dock, and an overall dark theme. I've icons too! always said Ubuntu is about choice, so I've included the Linux Mint repos in my system, and use the Mint menu All running on a Gateway 2x Pent 4 CPUs at 3.0, with 1.5 of exclusively. I use <a href="/tags/Miro_(video_software)/" rel="tag">Miro</a> and a UPnP to stream media content RAM. to my PS3 and my HDTV. This is something I would never be able to do with Windows. Never had a better running computer. Note the magazine folders on the desktop (podcast too!). Keep up the good work! It's been the best two years of computer usage. Ubuntu 9.10 with Linux Mint 8 Repos added No more <a href="/tags/Microsoft/" rel="tag">Microsoft</a>! <a href="/tags/Intel/" rel="tag">Intel</a> Core 2 Duo 6700 (2.66GHz) 2GB RAM ATI Radeon X1600 300GB HD full circle magazine #38 contents ^ MY DESKTOPThis is my simple but effective desktop. The icons are the famous hidroxigen, and the japanese clock on the table is a Screenlet. Between the hands there's a I combined some elements from Windows and Mac. For conky with the forecast script that shows the weather. And example, the panel is Windows 7 style and so are the the dock is the wonderful Cairo Dock. It seems difficult but borders of my windows. I use docky with the Mac style; my actually is really easy to do. I like to modify and create cursor theme is also Mac style. desktops, but always consider their usability. A GUI that is beautiful but complicated isn't useful, and has lost the point My icons are from the Gnome step into freedom theme, and I of the Desktop. use Google gadgets and gdesklets. All this runs on Karmic Koala on a Compaq Presario C700 with 120GB of hard disk With this Desktop I won the amateur contest for the best and 1GB of RAM. And it's perfect for me. desktop of the month on the Ubuntu Italian forum. I have also done a guide for doing a desktop like this.Specifications: CPU: Intel Pentium Dual E2140 @ 1.6GHz ; Nvidia Geforce 8600 GT silent; 2GB of RAM. full circle magazine #38 contents ^ TOP 5 Favourite ApplicationsGoogle Chrome GnomeDo http://www.google.com/chrome http://do.davebsd.com/This browser is fast. It's fast to start, fast to load pages, and This is the one piece of software that I use most often, but fairly stable. After using Firefox as my primary browser for a notice the least. As a launcher, GnomeDo is fast, accurate, couple of years, I'm surprised at the overall speed of Chrome. beautiful, and reliable (most of the time). I'm also a heavy user of Google services and tools, so integration with many things Google has been an attractive To Install: Find " " in Synaptic Package Manager and aspect of this browser as well. install it from there.To Install: Visit http://www.google.com/chrome, and click the download button. Select the version of Chrome that best matches your computer, then double-click the file to install the .deb. full circle magazine #38 contents ^ TOP 5 - FAVOURITE APPLICATIONSDropbox GIMP <a href="/tags/HTTPS/" rel="tag">https</a>://www.dropbox.com/ http://www.gimp.org/Dropbox offers dead-simple file synchronization and backup This is a powerful image-editing package that gets the job at a reasonable price. I keep all my most-used files in done. With GIMP, I'm able to create and edit hi-res images. Dropbox so I can have access to them on my laptop and at GIMP even imports PDFs so I can fill out and edit forms. From the other two locations where I spend the majority of my the most basic image editing to more complex projects, GIMP time. Free 2 GB of storage for basic users, but paid accounts handles just about anything I throw at it. offer more storage on a yearly subscription. To Install: It comes pre-installed prior to Lucid. You can install it To Install: Visit http://dropbox.com, click the download button manually from the Software Centre or Synaptic using the at the bottom of the page. Choose the version of Dropbox " " package. that best matches your computer, then double-click the .deb file to install. full circle magazine #38 contents ^ TOP 5 - FAVOURITE APPLICATIONSVirtualBox http://www.virtualbox.org/Let's face it, there are some situations where Linux, even a great distro like Ubuntu, just comes up short. A customer relationship program I use at work simply isn't compatible with Ubuntu. The only way I can get it to work is by using is presented by members of the VirtualBox to run a Windows XP image, so I can then run the United Kingdom’s Ubuntu Linux community. software. After using VirtualBox for over a year in this scenario, I've been satisfied with its performance and We aim is to provide current, topical information about, and compatibility. for, Ubuntu Linux users the world over. We cover all aspects of Ubuntu Linux and Free Software, and appeal to everyone from the newest user to the oldest coder, from the To Install: Find " " in Synaptic Package command line to the latest GUI. Manager and install it from there. : Another incredibly useful package is " ". 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