Issue #6 - October 2007 INTERVIEW : JOHN PHILIPS FROM THE full circle OPEN FONT LIBRARY THE INDEPENDENT MAGAZINE FOR THE UBUNTU COMMUNITY HOW TO : PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS IN GIMP LEARNING SCRIBUS PART 6 SETTING UP SAMBA
INSTALL : UBUNTU 7.10 UBUNTU UPGRADE - HOW TO MORPH GRACEFULLY FROM A THE GIBBON IS OUT OF ITS CAGE! FAWN TO A GIBBON
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fullcircle magazine is not affiliate1d with or endorsed by Canonical Ltd. News p.04 Flavor of the Month Ubuntu Upgrade p.06 How-To Photoshop > GIMP p.08 full circle Samba Setup p.11 Learning Scribus - Pt.6 p.14 Interview - John Philips p.19 Poll - Window Managers p.22 My Story - My Transition p.23 Ubuntu Youth p.24 upgrade Letters p.25 P.06 Q&A p.27 P.14 P.08 Website of the Month p.28 My Desktop p.29 P.11 P.22 The Top 5 Racing Games p.30 How to Contribute p.32
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Ubuntu 7.10 - Gutsy he big news this month is, of course, the release of This magazine Gibbon. I have done a fresh install of the Release Candidate of Gutsy and as I was created write this the last of the major updates are complete and it is now final. Since I using : Trun Kubuntu the one big disappointment is that Compiz Fusion is not enabled by default nor does it have a simple tick box to activate said desktop effects. I am now officially waiting until KDE4 for my fancy window decoration.
By the time you read this we will be announcing who will be producing the official Full Circle Podcast. I am looking forward to this as I firmly believe the Ubuntu world needs a podcast which will be informative, light hearted and family friendly. As soon as we have a release date for episode one it will be announced on our web site and also in Full Circle.
Brian DeLacey has written an excellent article about Gutsy over on the O'Reilly ONLamp.com site - http://url.fullcirclemagazine.org/f35910 - which mentions this very publication. Have a read over the article and don't forget to give it a "digg." The article discusses what's new in 7.10 and has some excellent photo's.
Our stock pile of articles is gradually dwindling so we are looking for informative articles for future issues of Full Circle. Remember: our audience is mainly beginner to intermediate Ubuntu users so you don't have to be a rocket scientist to write for Full Circle. For article ideas and information have a read through our Ubuntu wiki page at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuMagazine. All the best, Ronnie Editor, Full Circle Magazine [email protected]
3 The primary Feel free to email news stories mission of NNEEWWSS to: [email protected] Radio Please include a source URL. Amarok is to promote Amarok and the UBUNTU SERVER MANAGER propagation of free music. Ubuntu Server Manager is a web based GUI which allows the user to easily - and Therefore our mandate is to play as graphically - set up an Ubuntu server. It is also designed to run on previous versions of much free music as possible 24 hours ubuntu. Some of the features planned for Ubuntu Server Manager are: a day, 7 days a week. Further goals are *Profiles export and import your to provide live informational "talk server setup, set up your server shows" to enlighten users of recent export the settings and import to developments with Amarok and indeed create an identical server. the KDE project as a whole. *Plugin based system, allows the Our target audience is Amarok users, server to be enhanced with extra KDE users, and future/prospective features. users of both projects. We aim to have a minimum of two live "talk shows" per *Ease of use, the interface is being week. Emphasis will vary between designed to allow easy "tech talks" with developers, or end- administration and setup. user information sessions with Amarok *One-click installation of new or KDE publicists. services. Last but not least, our goal is to *GUI can optionally be used all the achieve all this using Free Software, time or just for inital setup. utilizing projects such as Icecast/Ices and IDJC. We hope that our use of this This project is still in development software will increase awareness of and is looking for volunteer testers these projects and further their and server experts. Also python, development. bash, xhtml, css and javascript If you have anything to offer: sponsors, skills. Translators are also required. artists, DJs, web developers and If you would like to help out with this project, please contact oly@digitaloctave. com or designers, and at some point we’ll be regiester with the Ubuntu Server Manager project at Launchpad: looking for a sysadmin. Contact via IRC https://launchpad. net/usm or join the IRC channel #ubuntusm on irc. freenode. net (irc.freenode.net #amarok.radio) or email: [email protected]
4 BBC Quietly Announces iPlayer Nokia excites with GPS, Wi‐Fi for Mac and Linux internet tablet After many complaints from Mac and Nokia has Linux users it seems that the BBC will introduced release it's iPlayer for Mac and Linux. Supplying UK With Ubuntu PCs a new A few people on the Ubuntu-UK mailing list pocket- have noticed that UK retailler Tesco's have sized begun supplying PCs with Ubuntu pre- internet installed on them. and GPS tablet While they may not be top of the range PCs that's they are priced affordably (without designed to complement rather than monitors) at £190 for the eSys AMD 3600 replace your mobile. and £140 for the eSys Intel Celeron. The N810 connects to 82.11b/g Wi-Fi if Intel PC: it's available or it can connect to the http://url.fullcirclemagazine.org/0042dc web via your mobile using Bluetooth (a bit like the doomed Palm Foleo). Nokia AMD PC: has signed deals with Wi-Fi hotspot "The BBC has also confirmed that users http://url.fullcirclemagazine.org/8d3da2 providers including the UK's The Cloud of Apple Mac and Linux machines will be for access. able to use its TV catch-up service from the end of the year. Driver Update Can Cause In addition to a 4.13-inch 800 x 480 resolution wide display, the model also The broadcaster has signed a deal with Vista Deactivation boasts a fold-out full Qwerty keyboard. Adobe to provide Flash video for the "...I've finally had it confirmed There's an integrated GPS receiver as whole of the BBC's video services, by Microsoft Australia and USA well, which allows you to pinpoint your including a streaming version of its — something as small as position and find a wide variety of iPlayer. swapping the video card or updating a points-of-interests using the pre-loaded device driver can trigger a total Vista Currently only Windows XP users can maps. deactivation. Put simply, your copy of use iPlayer, downloading programmes Windows will stop working with very little Naturally, the Linux-based N810 is also on to their PC and keeping them for up notice (three days) and your PC will go into intended as a music player with 2GB of to 30 days. " "reduced functionality" mode, where you internal memory plus an optional 10GB can't do anything but use the web browser memory card. And there's support for a for half an hour." wide range of formats including iTunes' Source: AAC. Source: http://url.fullcirclemagazine.org/34632b Source: http://apcmag.com/vista_activation http://url.fullcirclemagazine.org/3fce9e
5 FFLLAAVVOORR OOFF TTHHEE MMOONNTTHH Written by Robert Clipsham update
In this issue's Flavor of the Month we will show you how to upgrade your Ubuntu from Feisty Fawn (7.04) to Gutsy Gibbon (7.10). Please be very careful, you do this at your own risk, we can not be held responsible for failed upgrades.
Make sure you have alt+f2), with an Upgrade button next anything valuable It is likely you will see a to it. Click it to begin the upgrade message about backed up! it is probable process. that everything will run applications no longer 1 being supported by Canonical. smoothly, but just in case you 4 should back up anything You can safely ignore this, just important. click Close.
Update and upgrade all your packages. You can do this via the Update Manager 2(System > Administration > Update Manager), or by running sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude upgrade
in a terminal.
The Update Manager should now say "New distribution release '7.10' is available" (if When the 'Distribution 3not you can run gksu "update- Upgrade' has finished its manager -c" in a terminal or using preparations it will confirm the run application dialog box - 5that you want to start the
6 upgrade. Make sure you have When it has finished saved and closed all open installing the packages the applications/documents at this computer will request to point before you click "Start 7be restarted. Wave goodbye to Upgrade." I would also the Feisty Fawn, then click recommend closing any Restart Now. applications using third party repositories eg. Compiz-Fusion (you can close it via the system monitor, System > Administration > System Monitor). You can enable it again after the upgrade. Once you are sure you have the upgrade it will probably remind closed anything that could you of those packages it mentioned interfere with the upgrade earlier. You can choose to remove process, click "Start Upgrade." the packages or leave them there. I'd recommend removing them to make Once restarted you will be sure the upgrade goes as smooth as left with your new up-to- possible, so unless there is an date Ubuntu - 7.10. absolute need to keep them, click 8 Remove. These steps are subject to change as this guide was written with the Release Candidate of Ubuntu 7.10. Should you have any problems with upgrading, you can get help in the installation and upgrades section It will begin to download the of Ubuntu Forums - new packages for the http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdis upgrade, then once it is play.php?f=140. 6complete it will start installing the packages. At some point during
7 HHOOWW--TTOO UUSSEE PPHHOOTTOOSSHHOOPP Written by Luca De Marini PPLLUUGGIINNSS IINN GGIIMMPP
Well we all know one of the biggest lacks of The Gimp is that is misses a good number of plugins. Photoshop is the one software everyone loves and uses when they have to apply any sort of mutation/transformation to its images, or when they have to create outstanding graphics with the help of well projected plugins. For Photoshop there are hundreds of plugins around. Is this a problem for The Gimp? Not at all.
any of you may not know Pear and for the second plugin, the from GIMP’s point of view a GIMP it, but GIMP supports a freeware one, I’ve chosen plug-in.) This warning is large number of Caravaggio from Xero Graphics. harmless (GIMP just ignores that Mphotoshop plugins, both in the Installing PSPI and file then), but if you want to Windows and Linux versions, Photoshop plugins avoid it, move pspi.exe.so thanks to this wonderful tool somewhere else and modify the called PSPI. Now, let’s see how to pspi script to point to its new Now it is time to install PSPI on use it and what we can do with location instead. your GIMP. The following is an extract our new toy; paying nothing, of from the PSPI site: course! After starting GIMP, go to the Xtns:Photoshop Plug-in Settings Getting Started 'The Linux packages include three files: README. linux pspi, a small and enter the folder where you shell script pspi. exe. so, the binary are going to keep the 3rd-party First we need to install WINE on that wine runs' Photoshop plug-ins (.8bf files) our Linux box (In Ubuntu, look for that you want to use in GIMP. the WINE package in Synaptic), Copy pspi and pspi.exe.so to your then we’ll need GIMP and PSPI, of Preferably you should use an personal GIMP plug-ins folder, course. We also need at least one empty folder for this, and then typically ~/.gimp-2.2/plug-ins . Photoshop plugin. To get started install (copy) Photoshop plug-ins and I downloaded two plugins, When you run GIMP it will issue a there one by one, verifying that one commercial and one warning “wire_read(): error” as each works. It isn’t really useful freeware. The first one is Designer pspi. exe. so can’t be started directly. to rush and install a great deal of Sextet from the company Flaming (The pspi script can, though, and is Photoshop plug-ins at once and
8 assume they all will work under analyzing the newly installed plugin: plugins. In my case we saw that pspi. it is /home/darkmaster/.gimp- But once 2.2/psplugins. So I did what they wrote in the GIMP is instructions and also copied my loaded I get Push the OK button and a freshly downloaded PS Plugins to no error message will appear warning a folder in my home that I called message as you that the new plugins will be ~/.gimp-2.2/psplugins. expected loaded next time you restart The (The PSPI GIMP. guide Testing the new PS Plugins suggested that an error may have occurred but I didn’t see any). All works fine for now. Proceeding with the settings, I open the GIMP Menu Xtns > Photoshop Plug-in Settings and this window shows up:
Remember that this GIMP folder we are referring to is a hidden folder, therefore, you’ll have to set your file browser so that it shows hidden files. In my case, I use GNOME and Nautilus. I can To complete the operation I see hidden files by using the close and then reopen The GIMP. Nautilus menu View > Show Even now I don’t get any error hidden files. Hit the New button (In my message. I then load an image screenshot it is the white sheet of from my HDD and then click on Setting The GIMP UP paper with an orange star over it, on the Filters menu. The plugins are the upper left corner of the above at the bottom of the menu. As the guide says, I start GIMP screenshot) and choose the path and it hangs up for some seconds where you put your Photoshop
9 Let’s test them! Will they work? Rating and Credits I start with Flaming Pear > Aetherize and… wow it works! Ok, it's not a review but none Here’s a screenshot! the less I rate this PSPI extension for GIMP as a 5 out of 5, it does what it promises to do and it adds vital functionalities to The GIMP.
A big thank you goes to the WINE project, PSPI team and to GIMP creators.
Conclusions Now it’s Caravaggio’s turn and wow, it works too! Another So I tested two random Photoshop screenshot for the press: plugins from around the net and two of two worked. Guess there’s a very For more PSPI info: high compatibility thanks to Wine getting better and better with each http://url.fullcirclemagazine.org/1fa7e2 release.. What can I say now? Enjoy, and say goodbye to one of the most deprecated defects of GIMP, the lack of good and professional plugins! If This is the result of applying the you have the money, you can buy Caravaggio filter (right) and use serious plugins like those Now doesn’t that look like a real from Alien Skin in Linux with The painting? This Caravaggio plugin GIMP and PSPI now! is excellent and it’s freeware.
10 HHOOWW--TTOO SSAAMMBBAA SSEETTUUPP Written by Clinton Messer
This how-to assumes the following: You use the same login name on your Windows and Linux computers. You are using Static IP's behind your router. You can use a text editor (Nano, Kate, emacs, vi, gedit, or whichever text editor you like).
Installing the packages asically, you need to do the performing the following following: command at the command line B samba (Terminal window) * Install Samba packages samba-doc sudo smbpasswd -a bob * Create your smb password for your account (samba-doc means you can learn Then, enter your password. * Create/Modify the smbusers file the finer points of tuning a SAMBA * Modify the smb.conf file to enter setup) In the example above, bob is the information for your users and the person logged in and These additional packages may or the shared drives they will access. entering the command on the may not be needed, but I installed * Start the Samba Server machine called bob-samba. them anyway: The process is really simple; it's By running the command komba2 just somewhat tedious. above, bob will get prompted to create a password for a user smb4k First off, install your samba named bob. This username packages using Adept, Synaptic or swat should be the same login name apt-get. Kubuntu 6.10 comes with you use to access your Windows the package “samba-common” Create/Set the smb password and Linux boxes. installed by default, but SAMBA is Create/Modify the neither fully installed nor set up, Then, you need to set your user's smbusers file so you need to grab the packages. smb password to be the same between windows and linux by Once you've set the smb
11 password, you need to either Locate the section titled in that section, locate the modify or create the smbusers file entry labeled [global] sudo nano /etc/samba/smbusers [printers] If the following entries do not exist, Then, enter your password. add them. If they do exist and are set After the last entry for printers, to something else, modify them to enter the information for your In the smbusers file, modify/add read: shares. the following line: workgroup = MSHOME I place my shared drive entries USERNAME = "network username" after the printer section because Enter your workgroup's name here it works for me but you can put USERNAME = the name you are in place of MSHOME. them anywhere in the Share going to use to log into the Definitions section machine with. Using bob as an netbios name = bob-samba example, it would look like: I named each of my shares in Enter the HostName here of your the smb.conf file to match the bob = "network username" *buntu box. name of the drive as it appears in the /media/ folder. I Save the file in your text editor Scroll down to locate the following recommend using this method and exit the editor. entry: for the sake of simplicity. Modify the smb.configuration file ; security = user You can copy and paste the sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf Remove the semi-colon ( ; ) from following entries if you want. Just the entry above and add the be sure to modify them to reflect Then, enter your password. following line directly below it your drive names and user names You can use whatever editor. I username map = use nano since it's present in both /etc/samba/smbusers # My Shared Folders Kubuntu and Ubuntu. [DRIVE1] Scroll down to the section In the smb.conf file, make the path = /media/DRIVE1/ following additions: ==== Share Definitions === browseable = yes read only = no
12 guest ok = no In place of the "USERNAME" entries Then, enter your password. create mask = 0644 above, make sure USERNAME is set directory mask = 0755 to the same username you use to log Then restart Samba force user = USERNAME into the system on both Windows sudo /etc/init.d/samba force group = USERNAME and Linux restart [DRIVE2] The group name should be set to path = /media/DRIVE2/ the groupname your Linux login Then, enter your password. browseable = yes name is set to. read only = no You should now be able to guest ok = no Once all these steps are complete, browse the network from your create mask = 0644 you can try starting up Samba and windows machines and directory mask = 0755 accessing the shares. see/access/read/write to your force user = USERNAME shared Linux Drives. force group = USERNAME sudo testparm
UBUNTU 7.10 ‐ GUTSY GIBBON IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
13 HHOOWW--TTOO Written by Ronnie Tucker
PART 6 This month we're going to discuss Templates. Templates are crucial to a good layout. Your Template will lie behind your content and auto-generate page numbers. It is essential to plan your layout carefully because all your pages need to work together to form a single magazine, not look like they've all come from different magazines.
irst of all, let's add a page to our current page. On the main menu, click Page > FInsert Here is where you can insert a single, or several, pages and insert them before or So now we have three pages, but This is where the settings for after a wouldn't it be better if we had them the entire document are stored, certain page or just insert them at side by side like having a real from the items down the left side the end. Here, I'm choosing to magazine lying open? Well, we can of the window you can fill in insert two pages at the end. Don't but just remember that page one is author information, set guides, worry about the Master Pages bit, the cover and will always be by itself default fonts and all that other we're going to create those but pages two and three will be side fun stuff. For now though, choose Master Pages soon enough. Size by side. Double Sided in the Document and orientation usually never Layout box and below that the need to be touched unless you're In the main menu, click File > drop down menu should say that creating a publication with Document Setup First Page is : Right Side, this different sized pages. means that page one will be on 14 the right side so page two will be The what happens when we return to a left page and page three will be extra little normal content editing mode. To a right side page, in other words: window return to content editing simply what most left to right readers will that close the Edit Master Pages be used to. Now click OK. popped up window. is your list of Master Pages (aka: Templates). For now you only have the one, called Normal, so we'll edit that for now. Now this is important: you are not editing any text or images of content. You're only editing things that are going to decorate the page which are not content, you'll see what I mean in a I've zoomed out in the above moment. For now let's just add some screen but you can see that page shapes, fade them and see what As expected, the Normal one is the cover, the magazine happens. Master Page applies to all page sitting closed, and pages two and in the publication so if you try three are side by side just like a and move those shapes around, magazine being opened. Why? you'll see you can't, they're Because your template can have locked in place and only editable a left page and a right page so in the Master Pages section of you can make a nice layout that Scribus. Nifty! could span across two pages. Let's create left and right But let's get to making template Master Pages to show you how pages. In the main menu, click to apply them. Again, we click Edit > Master Pages. Edit > Master Pages, now in the So I've created some shapes and Master Pages window click the made them transparent. So let's see top left button, looks like a single
15 sheet of paper, this will create a Notice at the top of the new Master Page layout. window is where we choose a Master Page to apply, I'll apply my left page here and if my document had many pages then I could choose to apply it to all even pages, since my Although the page has gone blank, left page I'm calling mine My Left Page, don't panic. If you click the My Left here is and in the drop down menu below Page you'll see that your left page is page the name it says Left Page. Make indeed still there, safe and sound. So two, an sure this matches what your I'll create my right page now. even creating, otherwise the left page page. you create will end up on the right And again close the Edit Master And click pages. If that happens just edit Pages window to go back to content OK. that drop down menu to fix things. editing mode.
So I've created a large shape for To apply a Master Page to a my left page layout, for my right, I document page, simply right click on just create another Master Page the page and choose Apply Master but this time: Page I make sure that my drop down menu says Right Page.
Job done! Do the same for page three and we're almost there. Now remember: you can be as elaborate as you like with your layout. I've only used a single simple shape per page but
16 you can have faded images on page, like we do with Full Circle. need be, Apply To All Pages. I'm there, nice colorful boxes and done, so I click OK. what not so be creative. Just In the remember that your text will have bottom But where are my guides? Well to go on top of this template so half of sometimes they are turned off. make sure you won't have black the Simply go to the main menu and text on a dark piece of window I click View > Show Guides. If you background, there's nothing click to want your items to snap, or jump worse! have and align to, your guides then three click Page > Snap To Guides. One more thing your Master columns, Pages will need is guides. then I Guidelines essentially. These can tick change from Master Page to Column Gap and have a value of 30 Master Page but it's usually best in there. So I could use that for my to choose one versatile guide set text, but I'd like a horizontal line up and stick with it. If you want to across the page, roughly a third of do this it's best that you put your the way down for my header stuff. guides on one Master Page then Easy done, we just click Add where it duplicate the Master Page, by says Horizontal Guides, give it a clicking the little button that looks value of 200 and we're almost done. like two sheets of paper, then add your left and right designs. Here One I'll add some guides to my left last thing Now, lastly, the all important page. First we go back in to Edit > to do page numbers. This is easy. Go Master Pages then right click on though is in to Edit Master Pages again the page and choose Manage to tick and click on which page you'd Guides. the box like to have a number. I'll put on the one on my left page. Click the Here we set up guidelines which right to Insert Text Frame button – just as we can snap to which can help us Lock though you were putting content align text, images and other Guides on a page – and again as we did things. I'll set up a three column and, if before, double click the text box
17 to add text but, rather than type used it will auto-generate the page FULL CIRCLE in text, go to the main menu and number. Put one on your right page MAGAZINE click Insert > Character > Page and you'll see. NEEDS ARTICLES! Number and you'll see a hash symbol (#) appear in your text Be creative with your Master Pages box. That's fine. but also be aware that when people Guidelines view a PDF they can usually over ride The single rule for an article is; it must your double page setting and view somehow be linked to Ubuntu or one of the document page by page so don't TIP: the many derivatives of Ubuntu If you intend to have ten or rely on a double page layout to make (Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu etc). more pages then make sure you your magazine look flashy, a lot of Please follow these rules : do that insert piece twice to get times the user will view page by two hash (#) symbols. page, certainly on slower machines. * Write your article in whichever software you choose, I would recommend OpenOffice, but most importantly - PLEASE SPELL AND GRAMMAR CHECK IT! Don't forget to format the page number too, give it color and size. * In your article, please indicate where Now close the Edit Master Pages Next month we'll move on to you would like a particular image to be linking where you can link placed. Please do NOT embed images window. Scroll down and there in your ODT (Open Office) file. you have it, one page number. internally, where a user could Wherever that Master Page is click on an item in the contents * Images should be either JPG or PNG. page of your document and jump If you must use JPG please use very to that page, or external links, little compression. where the person could click on * Regarding image sizes; if in doubt, a link and be taken to a web send a full size screengrab and we will page. crop the image before publication. * For a more detailed list of the style rules and common pitfalls please refer to: /Style When you are ready to submit your article please email it to: [email protected]
18 IINNTTEERRVVIIEEWW JJOOHHNN PPHHIILLIIPPSS Written by Shirish Aharwal OOPPEENN FFOONNTT LLIIBBRRAARRYY
The Open Font Library is a sister project of the Open Clip Art Library. The goal of this project is to collect public domain fonts so that they may be used freely.
What inspired you to start communities desire, so the entire the Open Font Library (OFL)? a project like this. operation is transparent and open. There is the SIL Open Font License What goals do you have My previous work on Inkscape and CC Public Domain declaration in for the OFL? and Open Clip Art Library place to help free fonts for use, re- (openclipart.org) and a desire to use and remix. Also, the software is I want to make this a super- help build out communities where completely free software and using dynamic community that lowers none exist. I'm interested in Creative Commons' open source the barrier for participation in bridging the various free and project, ccHost creating fonts, which is a hard open graphics communities and (http://creativecommons.org/projects/ endeavor to do! I'm particularly the fonts-domain is a super weak cchost) interested in developing a area. The thinking is that by friendly culture that makes What do you hope to achieve focusing a community of lovely international fonts and through OFL? designers around fonts, the also as being a place for free and quality of fonts around the open fonts to be pushed desktop will increase similar to We hope to improve the overall upstream. If one looks at the font how Inkscape has helped improve quality of fonts on the free and open packages in various distros, it's overall design of the free desktop. desktop. We want to have totally a mess! Also, there are completely brilliant, free and super What advantages does the some fonts where the licensing high quality fonts for anyone to use OFL have over other sites and/or agreement for usage is on the free desktop. If that happens offering free fonts? dubious. to solve needs for the larger world, then so be it! But, we have found Can Windows or Mac users It is focused on what the free focusing on a specific area is vital to use OFL fonts? and open software/content
19 Yes, there shouldn't be any I used to be anti-website engine in me. I try to structure out a road problems. We are focusing on favor of pure html, php, and css. But, map for our community of collecting both the source and have converted to building most of contributors, and then we all output of font files. George from my projects with Wordpress. When I (ideally) lend a hand. Fontforge is an active community first started working for Creative How long did it take you to member and has worked to make Commons, I was tasked with building create the first version of the this a nice reality. We have the up the engine behind the big music OFL site? good folks in the larger free and remix community, ccMixter open font community helping to (http://ccmixter.org). The engine that make sure the site is useful. powers that site is called ccHost Half-day at best, because I'm (http://creativecommons.org/projects/ an expert at installing ccHost. It Is OFL the first site you've cchost) and there was a decision still looks quite similar to Open worked on? made at some point that this engine Clip Art Library, but that is just is the best way forward for building because we wanted to get the Hopefully it doesn't look that Open Clip Art Library and Open Font core functionality solid before way! No, I've been working in the Library. It is totally great to develop fixing the site's decorations ;) field for like 14+ years now. I've on this engine and is underscored If somebody made free been building websites and that Creative Commons has a full fonts which license should projects for ages. I started in free time developer hacking on it in they put them under? and open source with Inkscape addition to other community and have worked at various contributors, of which I am one now, That is a tricky question and I companies doing open site design since I have transitioned to being the and project building. Inkscape recommend anyone [who's Business + Community Manager for interested] to talk to a lawyer work transitioned into Open Clip Creative Commons. Art Library about [it]. There are some problems at least in the USA with (http://openclipart.org), which Anyway, in terms of tools I use: how fonts work with copyright. always is in need of other vim, ssh, evolution (for lots of With the project we have taken developers! I also have built large coordination), pidgin (for lots of chat) the approach of both allowing for projects for my present employer, and epiphany web browser for wiki no license (public domain) and Creative Commons. editing and testing. the SIL Open Font License How did you create the site? Note, that this project is a large because that license has been (software, language, etc) collaborative project, so it's not just sussed out by SIL for free-ness
20 and potential legality issues. So, I project is an open book, so its open Any suggestions for can't really recommend what to you to change it! upstream free software font license to use, but you can use tools to make font designers Do you use free software to Open Font Library as a great place feel more at home? make free fonts or do you feel for free and open fonts. the need for using commercial If you aren't on our list and I would say however that source software to achieve the same? talking with us, please do so! We code licenses are not tailored for want to make the healthiest font content, such as GPL and LGPL. I've used both [types of] apps. ecosystem possible! The SIL Open Font License is George's FontForge is a great tool What advice would you tailored for fonts. that now has the ability to save fonts directly to the Open Font Library, give to anyone thinking of How much time and how which is quite cool! starting a similar site? many steps are there in making a font? A brief list of software, what Make a solid plan and double are your comments on the ones any estimates for how long you Sadly enough, I don't directly which are in use for free font think tasks will take. Also, it is make fonts. I'm the community- development: nice to have a plan for keeping building guy on the project and afloat financially. rely heavily on Dave Crossland, FontForge - The number one app at George Williams and others to the time! Go George! It would be handle this aspect of the project. great to get a GTK-based interface They are great to talk to about for this and would open the door for building fonts. In the times I've more developers, but that's been on worked on fonts, back when I did the table for a while. design, it is a time intensive task! John had plenty more to say on Inkscape - Of course Inkscape is the subject of Apple, RedHat Any specific suggestions for the best vector editor in the world! and the GPL. To read the entire the free software community interview head over to our web so font designers feel more at Gimp - Gimp is useful for site : home here? converting old typefaces, etc... http://www.fullcirclemagazine.org always brilliant. Yes, jump into helping out at http://openfontlibrary.org The scribus-font-preview - Awesome!
21 MMYY OOPPIINNIIOONN WWIINNDDOOWW MMAANNAAGGEERRSS Written by James Savage
We ran a poll in Ubuntu Forums asking: What window manager do you use? Although not many people voted there were some surprising choices and comments.
mrmonday pluviosity - I use a combination Currently an of GNOME, KDE, and Compiz OpenBox-GNOME Fusion, with KDE being my most user. I switch used window manager between window managers though. I'd be using Compiz Hardly a surprise, but it seems Fusion, but I've that GNOME out ranks both KDE got over the and Compiz by almost 5 to 1. graphical effects, Surprsingly, Beryl seemed less and it uses 50%+ used than Compiz and poor Xfce of my CPU since gained only one vote. Fluxbox the last update - seems to be the light-weight no update since window manager of choice these days. yabadabbadont and re-installing - Fluxbox built didn't help. GNOME with OpenBox is from SVN. a great combination imo, mixing beautiful low resource borders and a saxonjf - I use GNOME right now, If you would like to post a poll for a simple to use panel but if it's easy enough to use, I future issue of Full Circle, please post may very well go to Compiz nathangrubb your poll in our Ubuntu Forums > 3rd - Fluxbox Party Forums section: Fusion. http://url.fullcirclemagazine.org/c7bd6f
22 MMYY SSTTOORRYY Written by Mike B FFEEEELLIINNGG SSEECCUURREE
I must admit, the first time I installed a Linux distribution I had that strange feeling of something missing. It took me a few minutes to identify it since I had so many things to discover and understand with this new experience. Then, suddenly, a shocking cold wave passed through my body. A firewall, an anti-virus …fast…fast. Desperate, panicked I’ve started a two fast two furious search using Google, for a Linux firewall and an anti-virus.
oogle is good, but not when for days and days, without booting but that feeling was still there a you’re really sweating cold. into my Windows installation. But month later. I’d see myself still, even though I knew that I was opening new search pages in the G working in a possibly secure middle of other tasks, searching “Let’s be calm. There is no environment, I still had that feeling again and again on the same hurry. No need to do damage by of something missing, and in some arguments almost unconsciously. using something you don’t know.” cases, especially when reading all Yeah, I was kind of right, but Linux that news about security and holes Then one day I discovered two packages that finally brought me was such a thrill. I felt that I had and bugs and, and... I had a feeling Firestarter discovered something new, really of insecurity too. The calm of the peace: is just a big, I was entering in a whole new KDE desktop... no Zone Alarm or frontend for Iptables, the built in world. Kasperksy alerts, no daily anti-virus firewall, which allows you to updates, it was a stress I couldn't apply some rules easier and I used Google, calmly this time, handle. “The syndrome of the watch your traffic. It has also and the first thing I noticed is that desktop calm”, that’s what I called it. some alerts, and a red flashing there were a lot of people with light, my saviour. And then Maybe I had invented a new mental Clamav responses of the type: “an anti- problem, whatever it was. I was so I could scan ports! virus for Linux? Nah, I don’t use suffering from it. Even friends more Even if there was no real-time one. A firewall for Linux? There's experienced than I was admitted to protection. What did these already one built in”. experiencing it as well. Was there no packages offer me? Not much. cure for it. But seeing those small icons was Since this experience with the what my mind wanted. t was a new OS to enjoy, I’ve used Linux I was conscious that I was secure, fake feeling, but it was my cure!
23 The future of Open Source is in the Young People of today; that's UUBBUUNNTTUU YYOOUUTTHH why this corner of the magazine is for young people or simply Written by Andrew those who are young at heart.
This drove me mad, but I thought Ubuntu is an excellent OS for it was the only way. In fact, I don't teens. It's easy to install things, think I had a single bit of Free/Open so whenever you need Source software on my computer. It something like a music was all proprietary software that organizer, a word processor, or came from those boxes at Best Buy. even a game or two, you can find it in Add/Remove Programs Now what about this: you get a on the Ubuntu menu. All those new computer with Windows Vista. royalties and license fees are a The next day, your teacher gives you thing of the past. a writing assignment. You still have yet to get Microsoft Word, and you Not only that, but it's fun to have never heard of FOSS (and let's learn something new. I cannot used to really be into the “Box pretend for a moment that the even begin to tell you all the Theory.” When you need Windows build of OpenOffice doesn't things I have learned in the past something, there is a box at exist). There is no time to go to the year or so that I've been running Iyour local computer store to cover computer store, and this paper is Ubuntu Linux. it. Inside the box was a CD, small due tomorrow. pamphlet telling you what you That's why I think that Ubuntu is can't do with the software on the the perfect OS for teens. You need a Andrew is the CD, and maybe a coupon or two. word processor? There's one founder of Do you need a word processor? Teens on preinstalled. Virus protection? The $200 and up will get you one of Linux very fact that you're using Ubuntu is which many colorful boxes at Best Buy. virus protection! What if your featured Have some viruses? There are recently in the teacher wants some pictures with boxes for that too. There were UK magazine Linux Format that paper? No problem! Just go to boxes for everything. http://www.teensonlinux.org Add/Remove and find what you need.
24 Every month we like to publish some of the emails we receive. If you would like to LLEETTTTEERRSS submit a letter for publication, even if it's a compliment or complaint, please email it to: [email protected]. PLEASE NOTE: some letters may be edited for space
irst off, the bad news: I think also have had a problem with absolutely stellar presentation!) you misplaced a screenshot .mkv files and anything above and we look forward to similar or two in the Top 5 category 1280x1024. I've found that types of articles. In addition to Fthis month. Unless I'm badly Implayer is the software to use for that fabulous article, I think mistaken, the screenshot shown these files. It's the only package many new users would be for "Glest" is actually a screenshot that decodes the video files in a way particularly interested in the from the wonderful game "Battle that's not resource intensive. Please concise "My Desktop" article. If For Wesnoth". pass that info on to Walter for me. anything, this article should be Thanks! expanded to a minimum of two Thank you very much for the pages. Having a spotlight on Anthony Stellato excellent VirtualBox article. I had software (such as the Top 5 tried recently to install VirtualBox Several people wrote in Stragegy Games) is a wonderful on Feisty, but I had had problems Ed: suggesting Mplayer as the best video idea that can help new and even with user groups. This article player for large MKV files, some also veteran users become aware of clears up all my problems! suggested you install the restricted the best of the software Stephen Nabholz video drivers Walter. Do let us know available. I wasn't aware of 4 how it goes. out of 5 of those games you Ed: Yep, sorry about that, there listed! was indeed a bit of a mix up between a couple of the Top5 was recently introduced to Full So, thank you guys very much screens. Glad to be of help with Circle (Issue #5 is my first for putting so much effort into the VirtualBox article. Quite a few experience), and my wife and I this publication. I look forward people have emailed us to say Iare quite impressed. The entire to the next edition and I will be that they enjoyed it. Big pat on issue comes across as professional, downloading the first 4 issues the back goes to writer Luca De and the editing quality is very good. right away! Marini who's written several good We both enjoyed the article about Mike Ireland articles for us. CoLoCo (kudos to those guys for putting on what must have been an
25 absolutely love Ubuntu Linux. I a forum member for the first love it so much that I really time. want to contribute. But the * The graphics improved without Ithing is, I can't program. Are there having to buy a new video card any tips you could give me on (Windows would need one to do where to learn? the same thing!) * I can keep this computer (AMD Tommy Alsemgeest 2200 Sempron) for another 3 years easy with Linux! Ed: No comment! I'm throwing this * No viruses, etc. one out to the programmers! Guys, what's the best language to learn for I missed the command line helping out in the Ubuntu or those who are not aware of and batch files but after 2 weeks community? the details of this car, it was of Scripts / Sudo / Anacron I have debuted at the Mozilla 24 control over everything. It's F"Firefox Rock Festival" in Tokyo on more 'raw' but that's the fun part y question is about Linux Sept. 15th. It will go on to compete in - total control. Certification and in the largest all-Japan custom car show particular Ubuntu in Nagoya later in September. I am truly enjoying using my computer again like I did during MCertification. Gen Kanai (Flickr.com user) the '90's. But instead of buying Could you explain a little more hardware so frequently I can about the Ubuntu Certification? aximumPC magazines June enjoy the free Distro's! Where can I get the literature? issue promoted going to What are the "must have" study Linux and Ubuntu was the William Covington books? Are there any online tools distro focused on. M Ah the 90's, I to prepare for exams? Thanks a lot Ed:
26 Q&A If you have an Ubuntu related question which needs answering, email it to us here Q&A at [email protected], and we'll pass them to Robert for answering Written by Robert Clipsham in a future issue.
I have seen that some How can I get the trash icon To do this you need to edit people have 'Ubuntu User' on my desktop? your menu.lst. First back it Qor 'Linux Registered User' in Q up in case you make a their signatures. How can I get Amistake - cp /boot/grub/menu.lst one? Simply press alt+f2, then /boot/grub/menu.lst.backup. enter 'gconf-editor' in the box Then you can edit it with 'gksudo Simply visit that appears. Navigate to gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst'. You http://counter.li.org to be A/apps/nautilus/desktop, and check need to change the 'default' counted as a linux user, or the 'trash_icon_visible' box. You can value to the number windows is Ahttp://ubuntucounter.geekosophica also add other icons in the same on the list. Each 'title' counts as l.net for an Ubuntu User. section. Close the window when one. For more information see you're done, and you will have the http://www.gnu.org/software/grub http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php trash icon on your desktop. ?t=290323 /manual/grub.html#default, or the post mentioned below. Is it possible to use a file http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t= 390429 browser to view files over http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.ph Qssh? p?t=574789 I'm new to Ubuntu, and I'm Yes. Go to 'Places > not ready to use it as my Connect to Server', select How can I upgrade to the default operating system yet. 'SSH' in the 'Service Type' Q Gutsy Gibbon? How can I make Windows the default? AMenu. You can then enter your Q details and choose your options. Have a look on page 6 You can use this method for other How can I get 'Ubuntu types of connections too. (this issue's Flavor of the User' and 'Linux Month) for how to upgrade. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php Registered User titles? A ?t=558293 27 WWEEBBSSIITTEE OOFF TTHHEE MMOONNTTHH Written by Daniel Cohen
The aim of this section is to find decent and relatively unknown websites that will help you with your daily Ubuntu needs (and general curiosity). I will sum up the good and the bad points of the website, and -- with any luck -- the website owner will read the article and then rectify any problems mentioned!
So each day you get a new tip on The best part about this how to do something. Much of the website is that there is an RSS time it won't be needed by you, but feed. I won't go over what it is often you can find little tweaks that but I will say that it is what can save time or just generally makes this website so good. improve your Ubuntu experience. Even with all of the organized categories and archives, it would Blogs that use various tools online still be a pain to go there to make them all have a familiar everyday to check up that day's layout, and this site is no exception. how-to, only to are not To accompany the nice layout is a interested and have just wasted good neutral theme which is easy on your time. With the RSS feed it Ubuntu Tutorials the eyes and makes everything look conveniently allows you to have http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/ very clear. it alongside all of your other daily feeds (Slashdot, Sky, BBC Entries are organized on the left- etc.), and so can see the hand side in various categories headline of the latest tip without which allows you to find old posts his month's website is having to use your browser. somewhat different than the that are in categories relevant to previous websites. But that you. It also sorts them out into Even if you only get an Tisn't a bad thing. Ubuntu-tutorials monthly archives and has the latest interesting article every few is a blog done by someone which ten on that side as to make it easy weeks – because there is so little gives daily tips or how-tos. for you to find them instead of effort needed to use these having to scroll down for a long time. resources, you may as well.
28 This is your chance to show the world your fancy desktop or PC. Please email your screenshots and MMYY DDEESSKKTTOOPP photos to: [email protected] and include a brief paragraph about your desktop, your Written by Martin Topping PC's specifications and any other interesting tidbits about your setup.
y box is nothing special at all - Pentium 4 1.7 GHz, 256 MB RAM, 20 GB HDD - which is split evenly between Windows XP Pro and Feisty Fawn. I wasn't sure if Feisty would run on this computer, I also had a Dapper CD Mand nearly made do with that. But then I figured if it can't handle Feisty I can always uninstall. So I fired up the box, fed it my Feisty Live CD, and clicked on install, and I haven't looked back!
The video card is a NVidia TNT2, which is good enough for what I do. I watch movie DVDs on my box, and play Alien Arena 2006, and it all looks okay. I don't have the fancy desktop effects, but I found some nice graphics and I like the way my desktop looks. MMYY DDEESSKKTTOOPP Written by Steve Barcomb
thought I would share my brand new install of Ubuntu 7.10 and my simple customizations with the desktops section. I suppose it's not much compared to others, Ibut it's easy on the eyes and works well for me. Everything was done with Gutsy settings except for the Ubuntu System Panel applet, the applet can be found by searching USP Ubuntu on Google.
The panel and task bar auto hide but, I froze them for this shot. The second shows the desktop when idle. Background is a personal shot of Beaver Lake Nature Center in CNY. Gutsy has been great.
29 Your monthly Top5 list of obscure Linux games or TTOOPP55 RRAACCIINNGG GGAAMMEESS applications from the depths of the Internet. If you have an Written by Andrew Min idea for a list, please email: [email protected]
TORCS VDrift
Homepage: http://torcs.sourceforge.net/ Homepage: http://vdrift.net/ f you want a powerful racing game, look no ant realistic racing? Then you need to try further than TORCS, The Open Racing Car VDrift. First released in 2005 by Joe Venzon Simulator. It's gone from a 1997 2D soapbox and inspired by Gran Turismo, Venzon derby simulator to a powerful 3D racing game with I Wcreated a simple racing game powered by the Vamos championships, tons of tracks, a thriving Automotive Simulator. Two years, three programmers, community, and all the third party tracks and cars and a ton of code later, it's got extremely realistic you can download. There are even two online physics, 28 cars, 19 tracks, AI players, networking, championships: TORCS Driving Championship and and great looking graphics. The TORCS Racing Board.
To install TORCS, just use your favorite package VDrift hasn't (yet) made it into the Ubuntu manager repositories (apt, (though the aptitude, data package Synaptic, made it in. Adept, etc) Odd). Luckily, to install GetDeb.net the 'torcs' includes an package Ubuntu from the package for it. universe repository.
30 Trigger SuperTuxKart Extreme Tux Racer
Homepage: Homepage: Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/trigger http://supertuxkart.sourceforge.net/ http://www.extremetuxracer.com/ -rally/ f you're tired of realistic racing, n 2001 the company f arcade-style racing is your style, try SuperTuxKart. It was based on developing Tux Racer give Trigger a try. It's simple: they Tux Kart, a game where users announced they were going give you a car, and you have to Irace around a track and throw Icommercial. Tux Racer never Inavigate a tricky path full of off-road power-ups at each other. For a saw another release after that terrain with an extremely tippy car. while, Tux Kart did well. But it announcement. Luckily, Go too fast, and you risk flipping off stagnated for several months. In PlanetPenguinRacer had started of the road. But move too slowly, and December, a Happypenguin user a fork. Although it was popular, it you risk being dominated by your named grumbel decided to fork a too was abandoned by 2006. But cunning AI opponents. Disclaimer: version called SuperTuxKart. So in in March 2007 another group of Full Circle Magazine is not held liable 2006, SuperTuxKart was released programmers decided to revive when your boss fires you for with better AI, more characters, the project renaming it to spending five hours straight trying to more power-ups, more tracks, better Extreme Tux Racer because of beat Trigger during that important graphics, and tons of bug fixes. licensing issues. meeting with the client. By the time you read this, the latest To install, use the .deb provided by To install, just use your favorite package version should be available via the Hamish or to follow the Building an manager to grab the 'trigger' package in package 'supertuxkart' in the universe Ubuntu Package instructions at the the universe repository. repositories. project wiki.
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