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he usual LibreOffice, Blender, and Inkscape HowTo's are here, but Greg has had to T take this month off. Replacing your regular Python article is an interesting piece on automating Gpodder to become your personal entertainment assistant. Give that a try. And, while you're at it, you can try hooking up to the Internet using IPV6 in this month's other HowTo.

A new addition to Full Circle is the Software Showdown. Each month, Tushar will have similar applications compete against each other to see who will come out on top. This month: PDF viewers. Full Circle Released monthly, each episode covers all the latest Ubuntu news, Ubuntu Women has the story of a school which completely switched to Ubuntu and opinions, reviews, interviews and if you enjoyed last month's Linux Lab article about DVD video, then this month's article listener feedback. The Side-Pod is should tickle your fancy too. This time Charles discusses creating DVD menus. a new addition, it's an extra (irregular) short-form podcast which is intended to be a branch Gord has tweaked his Q&A column to include links to the most popular questions of the main podcast. It's from AskUbuntu.com. This is something quite a lot of you asked for in the survey. somewhere to put all the general technology and non-Ubuntu stuff Now is the best time to submit a shot of your desktop for the My Desktop section as that doesn’t fit in the main podcast. I am now officially out of screens. If you fancy submitting your desktop for others to see, please read the info on the penultimate page of this issue. Hosts: • Les Pounder • Tony Hughes • Jon Chamberlain All the best, and keep in touch! • Oliver Clark Ronnie [email protected] http://fullcirclemagazine.org

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full circle magazine #74 5 contents ^ CCOOMMMMAANNDD && CCOONNQQUUEERR Written by Lucas Westermann SSuurrvveeyy RReessuullttss

hen going through last the Extension Pack. You have to exactly what languages you want one-liner (Bash scripts): First off, W month's survey results, I was select the VirtualBox package to develop for, it would be a fairly this doesn't require a script of any pleasantly surprised to see a which corresponds to the version confusing article. That being said, I sort. Mkdir (make directory) is the number of interesting suggestions, of Ubuntu you are using, and 32-bit did discuss IDEs in FCM#64. command-line tool Linux offers for and what seemed to be an overall or 64-bit. this. Usually it will create only a positive response to C&C. CLI Coloring: A couple of single folder at a time; if you tell it However, I also noticed a few Automation: A surprising people asked about styling your to create a path, it will fail. suggestions and requests for number of you seemed to be prompt and terminal. I have However, it has a command-line topics I have already covered. As interested in writing bash scripts discussed this in FCM#27, #35, #36 argument “-p” (how I remember such, I decided I'd devote this to automate things (either for this is p=path, so make path, article to directing those to the yourself or for family members). I Command-line “cookbook”: instead of directory), which does past issues, and to also answer introduced that topic in C&C in Someone asked for a collection of exactly what you want. Take this some of the quicker questions that FCM#24, but judging by the useful command combinations and scenario, for example: You want to were aimed in my direction. response, I'll probably be writing I thought it might be interesting to create a folder Summer in your another few articles on that at a open this up to the readers. If you Pictures folder, with two folders LaTeX: I covered this in C&C in later date. have a favourite command (or ones within it called Tahiti and Montreal. FCM#50 and #52 – where 52 was you simply find yourself using a This can be done with one single aimed more at Asian languages in Conky: There were a fair lot), feel free to add them to this command: LaTeX. amount of requests on getting google doc here: goo.gl/fp09r – started with conky. I have covered please include why the command is mkdir -p Pictures/Summer/{Tahiti,Montr Virtualbox: Someone asked for Conky in the following issues of useful (i.e. what you use it for). eal} advice on how to install Virtualbox FCM (in the C&C column): #44, Once we have a list of sufficient in Ubuntu 12.04 because they were #45,#46, #48, #51. If you have any length, I'll go through the The -p argument will literally having issues. I had a short-lived particular issues with Conky, feel commands and compile it into an create directories as needed to virtualization series in FCM#38-45, free to email me about it at article “cookbook”. reach the directories you want to but the short answer is, go to this [email protected]. Please put create. So if Pictures or Summer web page: “conky question” in the subject, And now, on to some questions (or both) are missing, they will be https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/D and include the output of both that were fairly brief and would created. The only caveat is that you ownloads lsb_release -a and conky -v not have been enough for a whole can't put spaces between the article in and of themselves. commas. You can certainly make Install the current version of IDEs: Someone asked for a names with spaces though, as you VirtualBox for Linux hosts, then review of IDEs – without knowing Create a folder hierarchy with a can see below:

full circle magazine #74 6 contents ^ COMMAND & CONQUER the user lswest and all users in the sudo blkid mkdir -p group users. Edit the uid and gid as https://help.ubuntu.com/communi Pictures/Summer/{“Tahiti Or, if you want the UUID for a 2013”,”Montreal 2012”} you see fit. You'll also need to ty/Grub2/Displays change /dev/sda5 to the correct single drive/partition, you can use: partition: Hopefully I've answered the As you can see, you can't place a sudo vol_id –uid /dev/sda2 space between the items and the questions sufficiently. If anyone /dev/sda5 has any further questions, feel free comma (mkdir understands it as /media/Windows ntfs-3g Replace, of course, sda2 with to email me at two paths then: uid=lswest,gid=users,dmask=02 the actual drive you want. Pictures/Summer/{Tahiti 2013 and 2,fmask=133 [email protected]. Please 0 0 include “C&C” or “FCM” in the ./Montreal 2012} – as you can tell, Lastly, there were a few subject line. If anyone has any they won't even end up in the Example of mounting a FAT32 requests for covering GRUB2. suggestions for topics I should same folder). Naturally, this also USB stick using UUID – again, While that would be an article in cover, you're also more than works on Mac OS X systems, as change the UUID to the correct itself, I felt I should at least offer a welcome to email me about them. they offer the typical mkdir one: little bit of information for those Judging by the survey, it seems a command. who don't want to wait. For GUI- UUID=47FA-4071 great deal of you have suggestions based editing of some settings, /home/lswest/USB vfat or questions. The problem with Another question I had was to there's grub-customizer: defaults,noatime 0 0 some is that they are too specific create a bash script to https://launchpad.net/grub- for an actual article – but if you automatically mount a second and If you want to use spaces in the customizer third hard drive. Once again, this paths, you need to replace the email me I can probably set you on the right path to fixing it. isn't a Bash problem. Linux offers spaces with \040 in the file. Once If you're just after a different you a configuration file called you edit /etc/fstab, you can test to theme, they are discussed at the /etc/fstab. This is in charge of see if it's working by running: following links: mounting all your drives on boot- sudo mount -a up. It will look something like that https://help.ubuntu.com/communi shown below. ty/Grub2 If the drives show up where you expect, and you can access them, The following mounts an NTFS http://askubuntu.com/questions/6 you're all set. You can check UUIDs drive to /media/Windows while 6183/how-can-i-get-some-nice-eye- by running: giving permission to access it to candy-themes-for-grub Lucas has learned all he knows from #

repeatedly breaking his system, then /dev/sda1 / ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1 having no other option but to /dev/sda2 none swap defaults 0 0 discover how to fix it. You can email /dev/sda3 /home ext4 defaults,noatime 0 2 Lucas at: [email protected].

full circle magazine #74 7 contents ^ HHOOWW--TTOO Written by Neal Bailey GGppooddddeerr:: YYoouurr EEnntteerrttaaiinnmmeenntt AAssssiissttaanntt

odcasting has revolutionized our subscriptions. The first step is because it allows you to subscribe devices (or burned onto CDs for P the way we create, share, and to install gpodder (which should to from a friendly the car). You may want to get the distribute content over the install the package we really want, website interface and, more most recent version of . Internet. Nearly everyone is aware gpodder-cli), so we can convert importantly, it allows you to sync Typically this will require compiling of programs such as Apple's video podcasts to MP3 audio. all your subscriptions to multiple ffmpeg from source. iTunes, and most people are aware computers. sudo -get install gpodder Please refer to this howto for of some of the various open source lame podcatching alternatives. Several SET UP FFMPEG compiling ffmpeg: https://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/wi of these applications provide ways When you run gpodder for the ki/UbuntuCompilationGuide to download episodes on a first time you will be prompted to One of the core features of our schedule, however, for the most subscribe to podcasts, import an setup includes the ability to Or, you could install ffmpeg part, these programs usually opml file, or sync with your extract the audio from video from the Software Center or using download every episode of every gpodder.net account. podcasts so, when each download subscribed podcast. Many people completes, we are left with a set of Synaptic. subscribe to far more shows than I recommend creating a MPEG-3 audio files which can then they could ever actually have time http://gpodder.net account be synchronized with our portable MANUALLY TESTING THE to listen to. SETUP We will introduce a system to download only the specific Before we go about creating podcasts we listen to regularly. the bash script and cron job to Our solution will convert video download and convert our podcasts to audio MPEG-3, so all of podcasts, we want to run some our episodes are ready to be manual tests to ensure the copied to a CD, MP3 player, or machine is properly prepared. We similar device. have subscribed to EpicBattleCry, a video games podcast from the guys at SETUP GPODDER http://www.gametrailers.com. Enter the following commands into Gpodder is the podcatching the bash shell (skip lines that begin software we will use to manage with # as these are comments)

full circle magazine #74 8 contents ^ HOWTO - GPODDER # update and download AUTOMATING THE SYSTEM on their own, based on a schedule. In this file, paste the Internet URL podcast addresses of each of the shows # enter these 2 lines into At this stage we have installed GPODDER-SYNC that you want to auto-update (one the bash shell gpodder (gpodder-cli) and ffmpeg, per line). URL=http://www.gametrailers.c and we used the gpodder user When we are all done with our om/gteba_podcast.xml interface to subscribe to a podcast. script, it will look like the image These podcasts can be video or We then updated and downloaded below. Before we can get here audio podcasts. If they are video gpo update $URL && gpo podcasts then our script will download $URL the newest episodes from the though, we'll need to set up the command line. Finally we used configuration and modify the convert them to audio podcasts for you. You should see the latest ffmpeg to extract the MPEG-3 gpodder settings. episodes getting updated and audio stream from the MPEG-4 At present, the script handles downloaded. video podcast. CONFIGURATION only MP3 and MP4 files. For the podcasts I download, these appear This specific podcast is a video Obviously, performing these auto- Create a new file called to be the standard file-types in podcast, which obviously won't tasks at the terminal is downloads.conf and place it where use. The script can be easily work on a CD player or standard cumbersome and time consuming. you like. In my setup, it is located in modified to handle more file-types MP3 player, so we need to extract Next up we are going to automate $HOME/Downloads/Podcasts/ if necessary. and encode the audio stream from the solution so these tasks occur the MP4 video file. SCRIPT # extract audio from video file and convert to MPEG-3 Download the bash script here: # change the file name to http://pastebin.com/xyxBMhZ8, match a file that was and copy into your home or ~/bin downloaded in the previous step directory. Open the script in your editor of choice and replace the DLFILE=$HOME/gpodder- following values to match your downloads/"EpicBattleCry - system. GameTrailers.com"/skirmish-- 186---i-want-to-bite-it.mp4 LOG # run ffmpeg This is the path and filename to ffmpeg -i $DLFILE -vn -ac 2 -ab 192k "$DLFILE.mp3" write log messages to. You can change it if you don't want to log to /tmp

full circle magazine #74 9 contents ^ HOWTO - GPODDER log="/tmp/$(date +%Y-%m- pubDir="$HOME/Downloads/Podca DOWNLOAD SCHEDULING %dT%H:%M)-podcast- sts/_converted" download.log" Now that our script is running HISTFILE and everything is set up, we need DEFS to create a scheduled task so the This is the path to the file used script is run automatically once a This is the file containing the to record which shows have day. In the example below, we are URLs of the podcasts to already been downloaded or running the script every morning automatically download. This file converted. It is created if it doesn't at 10:30 am. must exist prior to running the already exist. script. # open crontab histFile="$HOME/Downloads/Pod defs="$HOME/Downloads/Podcast casts/_converted/_history.txt crontab -e s/auto-download.conf" " # enter this line into the crontab (replace neal with PODDOWNLOAD your username) TEST THE SCRIPT 30 10 * * * This is the path where gpodder /home/neal/bin/gpodder- sync.sh is configured to download. It is Now that we have updated the usually ~/gpodder-downloads script, we need to test that it’s unless you manually changed this working correctly. NEXT STEPS value in the Preferences > Edit Config button in gpodder. On my # make it executable This process is ideal on a machine, I have changed the chmod +x ~/bin/gpodder- headless server. I've been running default gpodder download path sync.sh this script for a few years now on a (to the path you see below) Ubuntu server. In this # run the script configuration you can set the podDownload="$HOME/Downloads/ cd ~/bin && ./gpodder-sync.sh pubDir to a SAMBA share. Now Podcasts/gpodder-downloads" everyone in the house can sync Hopefully the script updated their devices to the shared folder. PUBDIR your specified podcasts and then Neal is a software engineer and downloaded (and converted if Feel free to send me feedback enterprise services consultant for an international PC firm. He has been This is the path to copy applicable) them to your pubDir or questions. I hope you enjoyed using Linux since 1998 as a hobbyist, downloaded and/or converted folder. this tutorial. and loved every minute of it. He can podcasts to. It is created if it be reached by email at doesn't already exist. [email protected]

full circle magazine #74 10 contents ^ HHOOWW--TTOO Written by Elmer Perry LLiibbrreeOOffffiiccee PPtt2277:: IInnttrroo TToo DDrraaww

he LibreOffice Draw module is you need to create a graphic and fill toolbar sits below it. This here. I will refer to the status bar T a vector graphics application image. The center of the screen is toolbar controls how the lines and often during the How-tos on Draw. included in the LibreOffice suite. the area where you will create your fill of an object will look. At the Draw lets you create graphics you graphic. To the right, you have the bottom of the window sits the At the top and along the left can use in your documents. While page pane, showing the different drawing toolbar. From this toolbar, edge sit the rulers. The rulers are there are more advanced vector pages of the graphic. Multi-page you can create most of the objects guides to where you are in the graphics programs – such as graphics are used mostly for for your graphic. You can move the image. If you want to change the Inkscape – Draw provides you with presentations, and I will cover toolbars by grabbing the handle at unit of measure in the rulers, you more tools than most drawing them at a later time. the beginning of the toolbar and can right-click the ruler and select packages included in other office dragging it to the location where a different unit of measure. When suites. By default, you have three you want it. you have an object selected, the toolbars. The standard toolbar is ruler shows double lines to Vector graphics create images the topmost toolbar. This is the The status bar at the bottom of indicate the object’s position on by defining geometric shapes such toolbar you see in most of the the window gives you a lot of the drawing. as circles, rectangles and polygons, LibreOffice modules. It controls useful information about the rather than by pixel points on the the new, open, save, copy, cut, object you are editing. An object’s screen. Because of this, vector paste, and other functions that type, dimensions, angle, and other graphics scale without distortion. pertain to most modules. The line useful information will show up

As with the other modules in LibreOffice, Draw integrates well with the others, making it the tool of choice when creating graphics for your documents.

THE DEFAULT LAYOUT

The default layout for Draw is rather sparse. You will probably THE COLOR BAR want to modify it to include the toolbars you use most often. The The color bar displays the layout includes the basic elements current color palette under the

full circle magazine #74 11 contents ^ HOWTO - LIBREOFFICE Pt27 drawing area. You can use it to can detach these items from the select colors for your objects toolbar, creating a floating toolbar. rather than having to use the When you expand the item, you dropdown list in the line and fill will see a grab bar at the bottom. toolbar. The first box – the white Click and drag the grab bar to box with an X in it – is the no color create a floating toolbar of the (or invisible) selection. To display items. This is helpful when you the color bar, go to View > need to use the items repeatedly, Toolbars > Color Bar. To use the and is quicker than having to color bar, left-click the color you expand the items each time. When want for the fill color of the object, you are finished, just close the and right-click to select the line floating toolbar by clicking on the color. close button in the title bar.

TEAR-OFF TOOLBARS GRID, LINES, AND SNAP POINTS You can set the program to snap to than too much. You can set certain Many of the icons on the these guides, which help you snap options on by default under toolbars have a triangle or arrow When creating an image, I find precisely place your objects in the the snap section, but I recommend to the right. This indicates the item it useful to have guides to work drawing. leaving these all off by default, is expandable. Clicking on the from. The grid, snap lines, and snap and using the options toolbar arrow gives you more choices. You points are useful for such guides. To set up the grid, go to Tools > when you need to turn them on. Options > LibreOffice Draw > Grid. Use the snap range to control how If you want objects to snap to the close to a snap point you are grid by default, check the Snap-to- before your object snaps to the grid checkbox under grid. You also point. have the option to make the grid visible by default. Resolution sets the vertical and horizontal settings for the grid. Subdivision sets the number of markers between the horizontal and vertical grid points. The more subdivisions the more precise the changes when snap-to- grid is on. But like most things, a happy medium is usually better

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Unlike the grid, snap points and toggle whether your guides are to combine text and geometric snap lines are inserted when you displayed, and toggle on and off objects to create your graphics. need a more exact location. Snap the snap options. You might want Guides, and the ability to snap to lines are great for aligning objects to dock this toolbar to the bottom the guides, help you to precisely vertically or horizontally. To create or side of your window as I suspect place your objects. a snap line or point, Insert > Insert you will use it often to toggle The Ubuntu Podcast covers all Snap Point/Line from the menu these options. In the next LibreOffice How-To, the latest news and issues facing bar. The X position controls the we will look at creating basic Ubuntu Linux users and Free distance from the left of the There is one more guide on the objects in Draw. Software fans in general. The image. The Y position controls the toolbar we have not discussed yet. show appeals to the newest user distance from the top. The type It is the helplines. When you select and the oldest coder. Our controls whether you are inserting the helplines on the options discussions cover the a snap point, vertical snap line, or toolbar, then, when you move an development of Ubuntu but horizontal snap line. You can also object, dashed lines appear from aren’t overly technical. We are create snap lines by clicking and the corners of your object to the lucky enough to have some dragging from either the rulers. The helplines are just one great guests on the show, telling horizontal or vertical rulers. To more tool to help you accurately us first hand about the latest delete a snap line, click and drag it place your objects. exciting developments they are back to the ruler. To delete a snap working on, in a way that we can point, right-click the snap point CONCLUSION all understand! We also talk and select Delete Snap Point. about the Ubuntu community LibreOffice Draw is the graphics and what it gets up to. OPTIONS TOOLBAR application of the LibreOffice suite. Draw saves graphics in a The show is presented by vector graphic format for use in members of the UK’s Ubuntu The options toolbar contains all Linux community. Because it is your snap options. If it is not your documents created with other applications in the suite. covered by the Ubuntu Code of showing, select View > Toolbars > Conduct it is suitable for all. Options. On the toolbar, you can Draw provides you with the tools The show is broadcast live every Elmer Perry's history of working, fortnight on a Tuesday evening and programming, computers (British time) and is available for involves an Apple IIE, adding some download the following day. Amiga, a generous helping of DOS and Windows, a dash of Unix, and blend well with Linux and Ubuntu. podcast.ubuntu-uk.org

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he 2008 Beijing Summer Luckily for us, , Ubuntu creating an IPv6 tunnel from our Synaptic, , T Olympics brought IPv6 to the and most other GNU/Linux computer to the tunnel broker, or Muon. attention of the technical crowd, distributions are well up to speed through the IPv4-only fabric that with further reminders on World as regards IPv6. The Linux kernel lies between us. We then need to edit the IPv6 Day, 8 June 2011, and World itself handles IPv6 quite well, GNU configuration file IPv6 Launch Day, 6 June 2012. We user-land applications have been Several tunnel brokers are /etc/gogoc/gogoc.conf with the are, for the most part, informed adapted or ported to IPv6, and available, both free and username and password the server that the current IP (IPv4) address most widely-used GUI programs commercial. Two in the former gave us, and restart the service space is running out, and that are now capable of making use of category are SixXS with sometime in the short to middle IPv6 connections - actually, when (http://www.sixxs.net) and Gogo6 term we will need to get to using both IPv6 and IPv4 are present, (http://www.gogo6.com). In both /etc/init.d/gogoc restart IPv6 addresses and connectivity to they tend to prefer IPv6. cases, the necessary software is the Internet. open, free, and readily available We should then be able to see So, in a way, Ubuntu is ideal to from the Ubuntu repositories. the tunnel with the ifconfig This is not quite yet the case for make a first contact with this new, command: IPv6-enabled version of the Web. For Gogo6, we need to sign up most people. Internet Service ifconfig Providers have not rolled out for their Freenet6 IPv6 access native IPv6 access in many service, at tun Link encap:UNSPEC CONNECTING TO THE HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00- countries. Most servers still have http://www.gogo6.com/freenet6/a NTERNET WITH V 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 only Pv4 access, with the exception I IP 6 ccount. Each of their servers works inet6 addr: of Internet giants such as Google, independently from the others, so 2001:db8::101/128 Supposing we do not have a Scope:Global Facebook and several others. Much remember which one you are on native connection to the IPv6- UP POINTOPOINT of the hardware available (choose the one you think is best RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST enabled Internet, we shall need (specially in the domestic accessible from your country). MTU:1280 Metric:1 the services of a tunnel broker. category) still handles only IPv4. Once we have confirmation of This is the equivalent of an But things are changing, and we being registered, we need to In this example, our IPv6 Internet Service Provider, but will need to get to it. Going dual- install the software: address would now be instead of giving access to the stack, i.e. having both IPv4 and 2001:db8::101 . Since this is just an Internet for individual lines or IPv6 activated at the same time, is sudo apt-get install gogoc example, I chose a (relatively) devices, it gives access to the IPv6- a nice way of making the simple address—real IPv6 enabled Internet starting from a transition. Naturally, we could also use a addresses may need be written normal IPv4 address. We will be graphical program such as with up to 32 hexadecimal digits,

full circle magazine #74 14 contents ^ HOWTO - CONNECTING TO IPV6 grouped into eight four-digit ifconfig If things have gone well so far, 64 bytes from 2a00:1450:4001:c02::68: groups. sixxs Link encap:UNSPEC either with Gogo6 or with SixXS, icmp_seq=1 ttl=51 time=228 ms HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00- we can now use the IPv6-activated 64 bytes from If we choose SixXS as our tunnel 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 versions of network tools to check 2a00:1450:4001:c02::68: inet6 addr: icmp_seq=2 ttl=51 time=228 ms broker, the registration process fe80::40:fe00:229:2/64 connectivity, such as ping6 (instead 64 bytes from may be slightly slower (it took Scope:Link of ping) and traceroute6 (instead 2a00:1450:4001:c02::68: slightly less than an hour for me) inet6 addr: of traceroute). Other tools, such as icmp_seq=3 ttl=51 time=229 ms 2001:db8::101/64 Scope:Global since it is not completely UP POINTOPOINT host and ip, work in the same way automated: real human beings RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST both for IPv4 and IPv6. So: Since we now have IPv6 process our request. We can then MTU:1280 Metric:1 connectivity with the Web, we can request a tunnel be activated for host ipv6.google.com browse IPv6-only web pages. Some This one is configured in a ipv6.google.com is an alias classical destinations to try out us, and, optionally, an IPv6 address for ipv6.l.google.com. subnet. The tunnel is all we need slightly different way than the ipv6.l.google.com has IPv6 IPv6 are the dancing turtle at to access the IPv6 Internet on a Gogo6 version (note the /64 address http://www.kame.net (it dances 2a00:1450:4001:c02::63 single computer; the subnet is segment, instead of a single host only if we connect through IPv6), needed if we chose to connect a /128 address), and uses identifier ping6 -c 3 -n ipv6.google.com or the test pages at “sixxs” instead of “tun”. PING http://www.test-ipv6.com or complete local network through ipv6.google.com(2a00:1450:400 our machine. 1:c02::68) 56 data bytes http://www.ipv6-test.com.

For SixXS, the appropriate software package is aiccu: sudo apt-get install aiccu

When we have edited configuration file /etc/aiccu.conf with the username and password given by SixXS, we can restart the service:

/etc/init.d/aiccu restart

and we should then be able to see the tunnel with the ifconfig command:

full circle magazine #74 15 contents ^ HOWTO - CONNECTING TO IPV6 sometimes necessary to deactivate WORLD-REACHABLE advantage. Consider, for example, DIFFICULTIES WITH IPV6 IPv6 at kernel level. One option the hoops some of us jump ADDRESSES AND UBUNTU was to blacklist the ipv6 kernel through in order to reach our module, as mentioned by Robert home machines from outside, The nice thing about IPv6 is that We have just set up a dual IPv4 Clipsham way back in number while on the road. Or to get into Network Address Translation (NAT) and IPv6 stack; our computer is seven of FCM. Another possibility our work machines from home and private addresses, ubiquitous connected directly to the IPv4 with recent kernels is to disable (though systems administrators in the IPv4 world, are no longer Internet through our usual Service IPv6 through the proc interface: may frown on this, and rightly so). used. The reason is that since there Provider, and indirectly to the IPv6 With IPv4, we need to open a port are so many public IPv6 addresses Internet through the tunnel echo 1 > in our router to enable access from /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/d available, it will not be necessary broker. But if we had not set up or the outside, and activate isable_ipv6 to re-utilize them many times over do not activate the tunnel, our Destination NAT (DNAT) to make in the form of private addresses computer can be in a situation in However, it should be stressed packets we actually send to our that are not routable through the which it has a working IPv4 that these difficulties should no router's external address be resent Internet. connection, but not so with IPv6. longer come up under Ubuntu: inside towards a specific PC. And whichever order in which a we must achieve this rather The corollary is that the Ever since most modern program chooses to connect to the complex setup while at the same computers we connect to the Web operating systems activate IPv6 by Internet, it should be able to do so time taking into account system using IPv6 are directly reachable default, this has given rise to some through one route or the other. security. from all over the Internet. Nothing confusion. Many programs are Not so in other operating systems, stands between us and the wild capable of handling dual-stack specially with commercial With IPv6 and world-reachable world out there. access, they prefer to use IPv6 if software. addresses, this is no longer possible and if not fall back to necessary. If, for example, my This can come out as an IPv4. But other programs cannot home computer has global address handle this, which usually ends up 2001:db8::101 and an Apache web causing delays that annoy the user. server running, I can connect to it Some programs even complain directly from outside my home by about “not being able to connect simply pointing any browser to the to the Internet” - even though a corresponding URL, perfectly good IPv4 connection is http://[2001:db8::101] . If I set up a up. personal mail server, it can also be directly reached and mail sent to This is now more-or-less fixed me from the Web. for software on Ubuntu, though with previous versions it was But having our computers directly reachable can also

full circle magazine #74 16 contents ^ HOWTO - CONNECTING TO IPV6 constitute a serious security risk. Since SFTP is actually based on So we need to be really careful SSH, it may be considered quite about what kinds of traffic we let secure, especially if no-password, in. public certificate-only access is used. To protect my home computer, I can use my global IPv6 address to For road-warriors, several apps set up a SSH or OpenVPN virtual can be found that do SSH and private network (VPN). This way, SFTP, both for iOS and Android. full communication can be set up Unless, of course, you choose to go for all protocols through an with Ubuntu on your phone or encrypted and authenticated tablet, in which case finding channel. Even if somebody in suitable client software is simply a between may see my packets as does need to be correctly set up. our files while on the road, SFTP is matter of choice. they pass through, they cannot The command-line way of doing probably the easiest service to set decrypt them and view the data this is probably not for the faint of up. Basically, all we need to do is contained within. So we have a heart, as it is relatively easy to install package openssh-server on strong argument in favor of leave out a rule and make things our home computer. We can then Alan teaches computer science at setting up a secure VPN, and too easy for the bad guys—or access it from any file manager Escola Andorrana de Batxillerat. He making sure our services can be has given courses at the University being over cautious and that knows about SFTP (such as accessed not directly from the and currently teaches GNU/Linux inadvertently blocking yourself Gnome's Nautilus) using URL systems administration at the Open Internet, but only through the out. So a GUI tool such as sftp://username@server_ip : University of Catalunya (UOC). VPN. firestarter may be a wise choice to begin with. Naturally, Ubuntu has all the necessary tools in the repositories, If we set up some services we both for the client and for the wish to share with friends—or just server sides of the VPN. The use for ourselves—we should also corresponding software packages bear in mind the security are ssh-server, openvpn and implication of having a port open network-manager-openvpn – to the world. Special attention though, as usual, other possibilities should be given to securing access, also exist. especially when sensitive data can be accessed, e.g. though file Luckily, the Linux kernel firewall sharing. If all we want is access to is also well up to the job, though it

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ast month we used Cycles L Render to create the image shown below left. object emits or reflects light. between Blender and Cycles, is My GPU has CUDA support so I more technical. Let’s create a similar image can enable it. You can also check it On the other hand, Cycles (below right) with the Blender at the official CUDA support url: renderer calculates the light that Navigate to File > User engine. https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda- every object has from the Preferences > System (above). gpus surroundings. You can observe the The first thing that we notice cone and see how the shadow At the lower left corner of the (at least me) is shadows. The If you are lucky and have an from the cube smoothly fades System Tab you can check if your shadows that our point lamp casts, Nvidia CUDA card, you have to (contrary to the cone from the computer has Nvidia CUDA with blender render, are almost enable it under the Compute Blender renderer), and we have a support under Compute Device black. This phenomenon is Device Tab that I mentioned mirroring ground and a shiny metal happening because in Blender before AND under the Properties cube in our scene. renderer, the light is been emitted Panel, Render Tab -> Device -> GPU by the lamp only. This isn't Compute in order to have the full One other thing that is very realistic, as in the real world every power for your rendering. crucial, and a main difference

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about Cycles. Open the .blend file Select the sphere, navigate to You can check in the Preview that we started last month, or just the Properties Panel and change window the cool effect that we create a new one. Don't forget to the Surface shader from the create. You can adjust the Color check that the Cycles Render at the default Diffuse BSDF to Emission. and the Strength of the light that top is selected your object emits. Also for every shader you can adjust a lot of other things (as textures, for example) by pressing the little dot right next to color and strength values. Cycles can use your GPU CUDA cores to render, and is much faster Select our metallic-looking than the CPU. Check out CUDA at cube, press the little dot next to wikipedia : color, and change its texture to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUDA Brick Texture. Check the result in your 3d view window and select If you don't have a CUDA GPU, different textures until you find you can use Open Shading Also change one of your 3d view something that you like. Language, but it's a little bit buggy windows to show the rendered and I couldn't recommended this result. method of rendering, for now. In the near future I have a feeling that it’s going to be much faster than the CUDA render procedure.

But enough with the technical stuff.

Let’s see another great thing

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TIP: The little dots are in every world” lighting, and I have no Also visit www.blendernews.org shader, not only emission, and I reason to argue with them. to enter and share with thousands personally find them very useful to of professional artists! quickly create interesting stuff. Below is where I am so far. http://blendernews.org/xe/?mid=F Nicholas lives and works in Greece. Another interesting shader is For this month, follow this link eature_Articles&document_srl=12 He has worked for a post-production house for several years and migrated the Mix Shader. As you can easily http://vimeo.com/68010380 to 74 enjoy a wonderful work by 3 to Ubuntu because “it renders understand from its name, this is a faster.” You can email him at: people and Blender shader that you can use to mix [email protected] other shaders. Two other shaders (congratulations goes to Javier to be more precise. So, let’s select Trapiella, Baol Bardot Bulsara and our cone and change the Diffuse Robert Green). BSDF shader to Mix Shader. Add a Glass shader and a Diffuse shader or a Glossy Shader and an Anisotropic Shader to our cone. Change the value of the Fac parameter to adjust the percentage of the second shader (0.000 means 0% while 1.000 means 100%)

Check the result on your preview window and adjust the settings as you like.

Another thing that I want to mention in this tiny little introduction on the Cycles Renderer, is the use of planes instead of lamps.

Most people working in Blender and Cycles use planes to illuminate their scenes. Looks like more “real

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ransparency – or its part of the masked object to Note that anything outside the You may recall that the fill and T counterpart, opacity – is such a appear opaque. Black sections mask is clipped. In that respect, stroke of a clip path are irrelevant fundamental concept in Inkscape cause that part to appear masking could even be used as an to the final effect on the clipped that it was one of the earliest transparent. And grays in-between alternative to the clip paths that object. With masks, however, the topics covered in this series. Back result in varying levels of opacity. were introduced in the previous opposite is true – the color of each in Part 3 you were introduced to part of this tutorial. Draw your individual pixel is taken into the Opacity spin-box on the status Let's look at an example. In this mask entirely in white – or in solid account when calculating its effect bar, which gives you the ability to image (below) I've placed a solid shades of white and black – and on the masked object, so fills and set a single transparency level for red circle on top of a solid green any parts of the masked object strokes have significance. a whole object, or even a group of background. The green is there which lie outside the mask, or objects. mainly to show the effect more which are colored black, will be Did I say pixel? In a vector clearly. On top of the circle is a clipped. Usually I recommend using format? In practice, there are few If you want a single object to rectangle with a white-black-white a clip path in preference to a mask cases where an SVG file is actually have varying opacity – such as gradient. Using this rectangle as a if you simply want a hard clipped used as a purely vector format. If completely transparent at one end, mask for the circle gives the result edge, but, as we will see later in you want to display an SVG file on and opaque at the other – you can of a clipped circle that fades from this article, there are times when a computer screen, or print it to an use a gradient for the fill and opaque to transparent and back to it's easier to use a mask. inkjet or laser printer, it is stroke. But what about doing the opaque. ultimately converted to pixels. same for a group of objects? You Masking takes place during this could set suitable gradients on final output step, so although the each individual item in the group mask may be made up of vector separately to get the desired objects, and the item being effect, but if your group contains masked is also a vector, the final lots of objects, then that approach result is really generated only at becomes tedious very quickly. the point that those vectors are converted to individual pixels for The solution to this problem is display or printing. masking. This is a technique that uses a grayscale image as a means Using a thick-stroked rectangle of specifying the opacity of and strictly black or white pixels, another object or group. Any white it's easy to see the difference sections in the image cause that between a clip path and the use of

full circle magazine #74 21 contents ^ HOWTO - INKSCAPE Pt14 a mask to simulate clipping. In the By now it should be clear that have seemed rather limiting, but make it easier to see what parts of top pair of images, I've used the clipping and masking are similar their monochrome nature makes an object you are masking: white rectangle as a clip path, and you operations, so it's not really them perfect for use as a mask. areas will remain visible, and can see that the result is aligned surprising that Inkscape exposes transparent areas will be clipped. A with the center line of the stroke. them with the same user interface. translucent white area will have The second and third pairs of Just as with clipping, the masking the same effect as a shade of gray. images show the rectangle being object must be on top of the object It may seem counter-intuitive to used as a mask, with only white to be masked, in terms of the z- cover the parts of the object that parts remaining and black parts index. You then select both items you want to keep, and expose the becoming transparent. It's and choose Set Mask from the parts that will be hidden, but that's especially clear in the last pair that context menu, or Object > Mask > the way that masking has been the stroke has an effect. Set from the main menu. Releasing defined in the SVG specification, so a masked object is as simple as that's the way it works in Inkscape. selecting it (it will be described as “Masked” in the status bar) then Because clip paths are defined choosing Release Mask from the by a boundary and a concept of context menu, or Object > Mask > what's inside and outside that Release from the main menu. Just boundary, it's possible to use only as with clip paths, it is possible to a single path or object to define a edit masks using the node tool clipping shape. Masks, on the other without releasing them first, but hand, are concerned with only the generally there's little benefit to color of pixels, so it doesn't really doing so as you can edit only the matter whether your mask is made outline shape of the path, not its up of a single object or a whole color. The checkerboard pattern is a load of objects inside a group. This good example of a situation where allows you to create complex As you've seen, using a it's easier to use a mask than a clip arrangements of colors and grayscale gradient as a mask gives path. This same effect could be patterns which would be you some control over the opacity achieved by clipping with a impossible to reproduce using a of the masked object. You may also complex path, but it's probably not single path. recall that Inkscape offers a worth the extra effort. Looking selection of black and white closely at the checkerboard, you'll This example uses a group patterns in its Fill & Stroke dialog, notice that the fill isn't made up of made up of a few random objects plus a few grayscale bitmap fill black and white squares, but rather as a mask. You can see that the patterns. These may previously white and transparent. Using white repeating radial gradient of the and transparent can sometimes rectangle, made up of a white-to-

full circle magazine #74 22 contents ^ HOWTO - INKSCAPE Pt14 transparent transition, results in a Although you can use masks to exact effect of a color on the similar pattern being visible from create complex arrangements of resultant opacity, so I recommend the masked red circle. But by clipping and transparency, using pure grayscales when adding extra black and white probably the most common use is drawing your masks in almost all Mark has been using Linux since features to the mask group, you simply to add “feathering” to the cases. 1994, and uses Inkscape to create can “override” the pattern with edges of a group so that it fades two webcomics, 'The Greys' and explicit sections of transparency into the background. In that case 'Monsters, Inked' which can both be found at: and opacity. One thing to note is all you need for your mask design http://www.peppertop.com/ the place where the black line is a strongly blurred white ellipse, crosses the white one: because the as demonstrated in this wholly black line is on top, the pixels at unseasonal greeting card design. that position are black, so that part of the masked object is Throughout this article I've transparent. It doesn't matter referred to masks as being what's going on within the group, grayscale images. That's not all that matters is the color of the strictly true – a mask can be any final pixels. This may not be the combination of colors that you best piece of abstract art in the want. However, anything other world, but it would have been a lot than white, black or gray will be harder to draw without using converted into a grayscale image masks. before it's used as a mask. This can make it difficult to predict the

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full circle magazine #74 26 contents ^ ASK THE NEW GUY entered in order for someone to You’ll also need your desktop white-haired wizard who captured domination fetishes, you should connect from the outside. Use PC’s IP address. Ubuntu makes this this sorcery and gave it away on consider ditching). something you can easily dead simple. Just right-click the the Internet. remember, like the name of the network icon and click on In the Nickname field, type gaffer on Star Trek II: The Wrath of Connection Information. Note the I should probably take a something catchy, like Space Wolf Khan (Romolo Aquistapace, as if IP address listed there, you’ll need moment to explain what a VNC or Super Tramp. You’re being you didn’t know). it in just a second. client does. But I’m not gonna. totally badass right now, your Life’s too short, you know? nickname should reflect this. You’ll notice I left blank the “You must confirm each access to Okay, now it’s time to get your The VNC client I used is called Next, type in the password you this machine” option. You might phone ready. android-vnc-viewer, and it’s free. set up on the Desktop Sharing want to keep this box checked. It’s Once you’ve downloaded the application. Finally, type in the never a good idea to leave your Fire up your Android phone and software, press the icon to run it. desktop PC’s IP address. Your machine accessible to the outside head over to the Google Play You’ll see a window with empty screen should look something like world, even if you’re requiring a Store. You’re going to need a VNC fields. Let’s fill those in and solidify that shown on the following page. password. I have it toggled OFF for client. That’s the software that will your status as Alpha ease of use, but, honestly, do as I connect your phone to your PC. I’m Nerd/Nerdette among your peers Ready? Time to see if your say, not as I do. And, as a general not sure what VNC stands for, (which, if they mainly consist of Hallelujah shouter is up to the task. rule, you should never take probably just the initials of the villains named Hans with world Also, if there are any annoying security advice from someone who neighbors who keep trying to revels in his ignorance. explain fantasy football to you, invite them over. Payback time! Oh, if you currently have your app bar along the left side of your Click Connect. Hallelujah! Feel screen set to auto-hide, change free to lift your arms up Moses that to the default so that it’s style and scream “Behold!” In a few always visible. If the app bar auto- moments, your smartphone screen hides, it’s more difficult to access it will fill with a lower resolution from your phone. Also, if you have version of whatever is on your your computer set to sleep after a desktop screen. Your phone’s certain amount of time, you might screen will now act like a laptop want to change this setting so that trackpad. Wherever you move your your PC doesn’t go to sleep, and finger, your cursor follows. Tap the thus disconnect you, in the middle screen on an Ubuntu app icon and of a connection. watch it open.

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full circle magazine #74 28 contents ^ LLIINNUUXX LLAABB Written by Charles McColm DDVVDD MMeennuuss wwiitthh DDVVDDSSttyylleerr

ideo is everywhere these can be downloaded with a simple 16:9 rectangular aspect ratio and loop check-box to have it play V days. Our phones, tablets, stuck with the default AC3 audio. more than once (you, too, can have digital cameras and notebooks all apt-get install dvdstyler that eventually annoying repeating have video capable cameras in Next you’re shown a number of track that seems so cool them. Whether you’re taking a DVDStyler has a number of templates and asked to select a when you first hear it). family video or producing a video-related dependencies. template. You can choose a documentary, it’s nice to put some template or simple click the no- Once you have your background polish on the video. There are a lot When DVDStyler starts, it template button. There are a and audio track, it’s time to add of video editing tools for Linux: prompts you to create a new selection of backgrounds on the some content. In this instance, I Lives, Cinelerra, OpenShot, Pitivi, project or open an existing project. left hand side to choose from, but, kept it simple and added two and Kdenlive to name a few. These If you create a new project, you’ll by right clicking in the blank space videos by clicking on the File editing tools will help you put the want to adjust some of the project and selecting properties, you can Browser tab on the left side and polish on your actual video, but title, DVD size, video quality, video choose your own image and audio dragging two videos to the menu what do you do about creating a format, aspect ratio, and audio track for the menu. If you select an page. To add text beside the polished looking DVD menu? format for your region. In North audio track, be sure to click the videos, right-click near the videos, America we use NTSC. I chose the select add, then select text, and In FCM#73, I mentioned type in the text (Sintel for DeVeDe and KMediafactory. example). Once the text is on the DeVeDe is great for creating page, you can select it and change simple menus if you’re in a hurry, the text properties including font but menus look text heavy. size, style, fill, outline color, outline KMediafactory was great at one size, background color and time, but it hasn’t been developed location. in several years and the templates are limited. Enter DVDStyler. I wanted an option to play both DVDStyler is a cross-platform free videos back-to-back, so I added a DVD authoring application for the button from the buttons tab on creation of professional-looking the left. I changed its properties by DVDs. right-clicking on the button, selecting properties, then clicking DVDStyler is available in the on the Play all titles check-box. universe repository of Ubuntu and

full circle magazine #74 29 contents ^ LINUX LAB Buttons need not be tied to When you’ve imported all your videos. You can also add sub- videos and created all your menus, menus by clicking on the DVD click the File, then click Burn DVD menu option then clicking add and and OK to make an ISO image of menu. This creates a second menu your DVD. Use , XFBurn or which you can link a button to by to burn the ISO to DVD. choosing menu 2 (in the image above I just have one menu called If you’re feeling particularly at position 0 in the video, so, DVD Styler is a great program, Menu 1) from the Jump to drop- adventurous, and are not afraid of although our screenshot shows 5 but, during the making of several down dialog (instead of title 1 in a little XML, you can even create times, we have 6 chapters). Add menus, I bumped into a few the example illustrated). Sub- your own buttons for DVD Styler. A text below or beside each chapter. problems. First, text appears to be menus can be used to create a guy named Mike created a detailed By default, all the square buttons limited to 10 characters. Second, menu for chapters, subtitles or blogger post about how to add will be linked to chapter 1. To although I was able to resize the audio. your own buttons to DVD Styler change this, right-click on each video buttons, the ‘keep aspect here: square button, choose properties, ratio’ button didn’t work as A good example of how you http://mikesgeneralblog.blogspot. and from the Jump to drop-down, expected and seemed to squish might use a second menu is if you ca/2006/08/creating-new-buttons- select the correct chapter for each the video buttons so they didn’t want to provide a menu for for-dvdstyler_04.html button. Don’t forget to add a menu look correct. Although it’s not a specific chapters of a video. Don’t button and link it back to menu 1 problem, it would be nice to have worry if your video is one long You can find the DVD Styler (our top/main menu). With a little guidelines in addition to the grid video, you can create chapters by documentation and other links on work you can get some neat option. right clicking on the video (title 1 results. the DVD Styler web site at: for example), selecting properties, http://www.dvdstyler.org/en/ and entering the time for the second, third, fourth, etc. chapters Happy DVD menuing! in the chapters field.

In the buttons along the left hand side, there is a square blank button above an elliptical blank button. The square button displays an image once dragged to the Charles is a step-father, husband, menu space. On the second menu, and Linux fan, who hosts a not-for- drag out enough square buttons to profit computer refurbishing project. He maintains a blog at: match the chapters you’ve created http://www.charlesmccolm.com/ (remember chapter 1 usually starts

full circle magazine #74 30 contents ^ MMYY SSTTOORRYY Written by Ketan Patel

t has been about 6 years since I At that time, internet connections Around October 2010, when changed. I was entering the world I took my first dive into the ocean were very limited to a few colleges Ubuntu 10.10 was launched, I of Ubuntu. of open source. The first open and enterprise organizations, and decided to download Ubuntu 10.10 source that I was there were slow and unstable dial- anyhow. Internet speed was good In November 2010, I assembled introduced to was OpenSolaris. I up connections. enough but there weren't stable my own desktop with Core i3, 2 GB was very eager to know about internet connections yet. We could RAM, 500 GB HDD, and Ubuntu. Linux and Unix systems when I was I was looking for an operating hardly download up to 150 MB per Many questions arose in my mind: completing my 11th standard in system more powerful than day. After downloading 5 How is Ubuntu being developed? high school. (In India, graduation Windows. At that time in India, the consecutive days with a mobile How do contributors work starts after 12th standard.) Until word “Linux” was heard by a only dial-up connection, I downloaded together? What does this now, I was mastering in Installation few IT geeks. Linux was used rarely Ubuntu 10.10 successfully on my wonderful system consist of? After & Troubleshooting of Windows. I in giant enterprises in India. I tried friend's desktop. We tried to make spending some weeks on the loved to fix my friends' systems as I out OpenSolaris, but I didn't find it a installation, but failed. I Internet, I got my answers. I am crazy about operating systems. better than Windows. decided to install Ubuntu by checked out the whole Ubuntu creating a new partition and have a history and came across the I love to have a challenge, find In September 2009, I came full installation. Finally, I got Launchpad platform, Ubuntu solutions to problems, fix systems, across the Ubuntu website while Ubuntu installed within just 20 forums, wiki, and Ubuntu and try new things. I was well Googling about Linux. Ubuntu was minutes on a P4 with 512 MB RAM. documentation. I was also known in my school days and different than what I had heard This was my first installation of introduced to other Ubuntu college days among classmates about other Linux distros. I found Ubuntu. I had seen Ubuntu just in derivatives like Backtrack, Linux and senior students for having IT Ubuntu more user friendly than screenshots before. Within 3 days I Mint, and Linux Deepin. skills. In the first year of my any other Linux distro—with a nice explored the whole system. My engineering at Government Eng. GUI and powerful security friend was confused about how to Ubuntu proceeded with 11.04 college, Dahod, I loved to stay in features. I began to gather more use the system, but I taught him Natty, 11.10 Oneric, 12.04 Precise, the internet lab till it closed. Once and more information about Ubuntu. My friend was very happy 12.10 Quantal. I have enjoyed my head of department professor Ubuntu. Due to the slow and with Ubuntu because now he had a every Ubuntu distro and never had found out about my IT skills, he unstable internet speed (max virus-free system with all required faced a problem during gave me the responsibility to download speed 15 kbps) at that software preinstalled. We got installation. For the last two years, maintain the system health of all time, I could not download Ubuntu every device working with Ubuntu Ubuntu has grown and improved a computer systems in the Internet 9.10. It would take 3 to 4 days to from a camera to 3G modem lot. After the launch of Ubuntu lab. As a reward, I got systems for download it, and bandwidth was without installing any additional 11.10 Natty, many users didn't like testing and trying out new things. also costly at that time. drivers. My whole computing world Unity, but I never faced any

full circle magazine #74 31 contents ^ MY STORY problem with it. Unity became desktops. IBRE FFICE PECIAL DITIONS stable in 12.04 and fixed problems L O S E : with other users also. I joined In December 2011, after Askubuntu in April 2012 and have a completing my 7th semester exam, good reputation there. I started my journey with Ubuntu Server. Within some months I self- As a student of Electronics and learned Ubuntu Server. I also got Telecommunication Engineering, I command of Red Hat, Fedora and was interested only in the Centos. Currently I am working as a telecommunication part and have a Linux System Administrator in an IT keen knowledge of technologies in organization at Surat, Gujarat, http://fullcirclemagazine.org/libreoffice- http://fullcirclemagazine.org/libreoffice- my field. Now I am interested in India. Thus, Ubuntu has played an special-edition-volume-one/ special-edition-volume-two/ Linux servers as they are a core important part in changing my life part of telecom networks and IT and showed the way to my career. OTHER SPECIAL EDITIONS: Enterprises. I decided to learn The Voyage has been just started, about Linux servers and move we have to build Cloud Computing towards system administration. I platforms within a few months. came across many Linux server distros like Red Hat, Fedora, Gentoo, Arch Linux, Centos and Debian. Most of all I love to work with Ubuntu Server and Debian.

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full circle magazine #74 32 contents ^ MMYY SSTTOORRYY Written by Andrew Tatton

everal years ago I purchased an lightning fast. I had heard about purchased from ebay for £3. This S Acer Aspire One ZG5 for the XBMC previously, and installed it. little netbook has been quietly Full Circle Podcast relative bargain of £85. It served Even with the extra memory, the soldiering on in this arrangement Episode 34, me well as a netbook for a couple whole system seemed slow. I was for the last 6 months. I have set it of years, I replaced the default aware of Ubuntu derivatives such up so that I can now stream audio Raspberry Linux Operating System with as Lubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu, and video from a shared drive in Jamboree 2013 Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook edition and and decided that I would install the house, and have even used it enjoyed using it. System resources one of them to see hot much for a barbecue party in my garden. Your hosts: were relatively sparse having an better things were. • Les Pounder Intel Atom 1.6GHz processor, Because of the very limited • Tony Hughes 512MB RAM and an 8MB Video I opted for Lubuntu 12.04, hardware of this machine, it would • Jon Chamberlain card. However, courtesy of severe installing from a USB CD drive as I be unrealistic to expect super High • Oliver Clark butterfingers, I managed to break has trouble encouraging my Definition at all times, but I can and Freaky Clown the screen. I could have replaced it, machine to boot from USB stick. stream video from almost any data but this would have cost me half of Once Lubuntu was installed, I source. Spotify for Linux works from the Blackpool (UK) LUG the original purchase price of the connected via ethernet to the without issue. Video is connected http://blackpool.lug.org.uk machine, and I had a Dell Latitude adjacent router, and installed via VGA to my television, and audio E6400 laptop to use while XBMC 11.0, and selected a few via phono cable to our surround Welcome to the first of a 2 travelling, so the netbook simply plugins for XBMC, the iPlayer sound. If there is ever anything part conference special, in got filed away in a drawer for a plugin being of the most interest that we would like to play that this episode the presenters few months. to me. I also installed the Quartz XBMC cannot handle, we can reflect on the first ever skin as I knew that this was a simply launch and play Raspberry Jamboree held at After around 6 months, I lighter skin than the default. via the browser. the Manchester Central decided to reboot the netbook Conference Centre on 9th using a TV as a monitor, to see The install was flawless, and On paper, this little netbook March 2013 whether it still worked at all, and it before long I was experimenting ought to be almost useless, but, did! I had a spare 1GB memory chip with the plugins, some of which for the princely sum of £20, I have lying around from a previous PC were more polished than others. I resurrected this little workhorse, upgrade, and decided to install purchased a Microsoft branded and it is now at the centre of my that into the netbook, to see Wireless keyboard and mouse, and family's viewing experience. whether performance improved. It these were simply plug and play, as did, but things still weren't was a USB infra-red remote control

full circle magazine #74 33 contents ^ RREEVVIIEEWW Written by Devyn Collier Johnson CClleemmeennttiinnee

lementine is a popular music quickly when executed, and closes be created and indexed carefully. responds to these key- C player for Ubuntu systems. swiftly when closed. Clementine commands without delay. This music player makes a great does not require any loading when Clementine allows users to alternative to and performing many tasks. However, control the player with the The program's layout and . Clementine has many Clementine does require some keyboard. For instance, I can press graphics are set up wonderfully. To great features and abilities as well time to convert audio files, F7 to stop the music and F10 to the left, users will see their music, as a nice layout. It is not only a download cover art, rescan music make it louder. This allows users to stations, artist info, music player but a music manager. libraries, or lookup tag info. These perform one task without needing song info, and search results – Clementine allows users to edit tasks require time because to switch windows to control depending on the clicked icon on tags, create and edit , and converting is a complicated Clementine. Many music players the far left column. To the right, convert (transcode) music. process, networks have limits to like Smplayer, VLC and Mplayer do users will see the contents. Clementine can even retrieve cover their speed, and the library must not support this feature. Clementine displays the different art and missing tag information. playlists as tabs. Just as web With Clementine, users have a browsers like Firefox permit users choice between using the to have multiple tabs with a application through the app webpage in each, each playlist is a indicator or as a full window. tab. At the bottom of the playlist Clearly, Clementine is a flexible box, users will find the controls for and multi-functional music current playing music and the manager that many Linux users progress bar. In the bottom left may want to try because of its corner of the application, the many features. cover-art is displayed with the music title. The icons and buttons The latest version, at the time are carefully placed to provide a of writing, is version 1.1.1. This compact appearance. This gives version is very stable. For example, the playlist and library box more Clementine does not crash or room to list the music files. freeze; the program completes tasks successfully without issues. Clementine can be used as a tag In my opinion, Clementine is much editor. If a user has an mp3 file more stable than Rhythmbox and that does not have the information Banshee. The program starts up about the artist or genre,

full circle magazine #74 34 contents ^ REVIEW - CLEMENTINE Clementine's tag editor will help. process very easy. Other playlist and a large variety of color sets. A window that appears contains After a user right-clicks the music creators can be difficult or time- moodbar is a colored progress bar options for the visualizations. file to be edited, they can click consuming to use. Clementine used instead of the plain default Users should be able to find the “Edit track information”. This allows users to save the playlist in progress bar. However, a moodbar perfect visualization that they causes a window to appear with numerous formats. Many playlist is not just a colored bar. The colors enjoy viewing while listening to two tabs. After clicking the tab makers do not have a collection of are based on the “mood” of each music. The visualizations have a titled “Edit tags”, the user will see choices as large as Clementine's section of the song. The different clear, sharp appearance. The the tags that can be edited. If the list of formats. This allows users to color sets are alternate colors used moving images are not blocky or user is unsure about what easily make a playlist to use with to display each mood. To pixelated. information should be typed into any device or music player understand what a strip of the the tags, they can click “Complete program. song is like, it helps to know what These many features make tags automatically” to make the color means for the active Clementine a great music manager. Clementine search the Internet for Clementine mood color set. This is a powerful music player that information. This ability would has another still retains excellent performance. work only with music made by well feature that The Internet radio works very This application can satisfy the known musicians and not makes it a well. Clementine provides needs and wants of many users individuals that post home-made powerful users with a large while still being easy to use. The music free on the Internet. application: selection of radio program is pleasing to the eye and Clementine can gather tag converting stations for any does not require time to figure out information only if online audio. genre of music. the layout. If users decide to try a databases list the song. Clementine The collection new music manager, or they dislike can convert is not sparse; Ubuntu's default music manager, Playlists are easily created and between a few even Icecast Clementine may be a player that exported with Clementine. The formats. The alone is they may wish to try. first step is to right-click a song in conversion window can extensive. the left box when “Files” or be opened by clicking Clementine has no “Library” is highlighted. Then, “Tools” in the menu bar and difficulties playing Internet radio select “Open in new playlist”. For selecting “Transcode Music”. Next, stations. The sound quality is the songs that come next, right- click “Add” to pick music files to superb and clear, and the loading is click and select “Append to current convert and configure the options. swift. It seems as if the music is playlist”. After that, right-click the The converting feature is very coming from local files. playlist's tab and click “Save convenient and easy to use. For playlist”. To finish exporting the example, the converting window Clementine has an extensive list playlist, pick a playlist format and a itself is self-explanatory. of visualizations. They can be save location. Once chosen, click found and activated by clicking “Save”. Clementine makes this Clementine even has a moodbar “Tools > Visualizations”. The

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n this article I want to tell you provide a consistent way to read tagline proudly boasts that it is the file opened in the two I about two Linux native, open any kind of paginated documents”. “More than a reader.” different readers. source PDF viewers that can match Evince's tagline reads—”Simply a almost all of their Windows Document Viewer.” So, Evince and Okular, though At first glance, some things are counterparts (and have quirkier part of the same large family that evidently clear. Evince—which names too!). Okular (below right), KDE's is FOSS, are driven by starkly belongs to the GNOME project—is counterpart to Evince, however, different philosophies. However, perfectly at home in Ubuntu. It has came into being from KPDF—as do these philosophies actually Global Menu support and its THE CONTENDERS the name suggests a KDE PDF dictate the development? Or are appearance compliments the viewer. The change of name to they merely descriptions of the Ambiance theme on my setup. The If you use Ubuntu, you must Okular was both logical and team's vision? I decided to fire up menu bar is simple and intuitive, it have come across Evince (below pragmatic. When I asked Albert both and load the same document includes up and down arrows for left)—if not necessarily by that Astals Cid, the project lead, about (incidentally a back issue of FCM) navigating the document. The name. The rather sterile sounding the switch, he told me,”KPDF 'has' to find out more. current page number and total Document Viewer that Ubuntu to be a PDF viewer because of the number of pages are also ships with is also known as Evince. name, while Okular not so; we shown—they help you get your According to Carlos Gracia THE USER INTERFACE could support more file formats bearings and are useful in large Campos, the current project lead, like we do now.” Indeed, Okular's documents. The other important Evince was,”created by Red Hat to The screenshots below show

full circle magazine #74 36 contents ^ SOFTWARE SHOWDOWN option included is the “Zoom” that tiny detail makes a significant makes accessing annotations and I loaded FCM, edition #63. I percentage. “Fit Page Width” and difference, somehow browsing bookmarks much easier, avoiding then started browsing rapidly. “Best Fit” are handy options that doesn't seem as intuitive as it did the drop-down complication of Evince didn't much care for my save you the effort of estimating on Evince. The rest of the items on Evince. style of reading, after a few pages the right percentage. The menu the navigation bar more or less it would show blank pages and bar also has an option to show the match Evince's. There's a “Zoom” PERFORMANCE display a rather apologetic looking parent folder to which the option with “Fit width” and “Fit yellow loading sign, accompanied document belongs, which can be page.” An added advantage are the Just as we shouldn't judge a by a spinning progress wheel. The surprisingly useful for certain use simple “Zoom in” and “Zoom out” PDF by its cover page (sorry but I delay was only a few seconds, but cases (eg: browsing the FCM buttons that allow you to love bringing familiar sayings to irritating nonetheless. In sharp archive on my hard drive). circumvent the percentage the 21st Century), we can't be contrast, Okular on opening the dilemma and simply go on clicking satisfied merely by analyzing the PDF informed me in a business-like Evince has a two-column UI, the till you're comfortable. There's a GUI of both Evince and Okular. The gray message box that it had first column is extremely “Browse” button that doesn't do question is how do they perform loaded the 59 page document. And unobtrusive and the focus is much in particular. There's also a with a large, picture-filled PDF file it really had. I could browse clearly on the “Selection” tool that is simply like an FCM edition? But, before I through as fast as I wanted. The document—extremely clever awesome. But more about that answer that question, a short searches in Okular were sniper like, design. The first column though later, let me first complete the UI detour. Google-esque—super accurate and serves an important purpose other description. super fast. It managed to find my than just thumbnails, it also shows Okular, under “Settings,” has an name in the magazine (sorry for the bookmarks and annotations Okular's UI can be referred to option called “Configure Okular.” ego surfing) literally within (you have to select these from a as a three-column interface. The And under that there is a seconds. drop-down menu). first column has four “Performance” tab. And in that tab buttons—”Contents,” lies Okular's hidden (literally) ANNOTATIONS AND OTHER Now to Okular. A perfunctory “Thumbnails,” “Reviews” and ace—memory usage modes. You GOODIES glance at the screenshot and you “Bookmarks.” Choosing one of the can choose “low” memory usage if would think that Okular acquits four determines the contents of your machine is slow, “Normal” is Things go downhill for Evince itself well in strange waters (it's the next column, which, uhh, the default. But if your computer is part of the KDE project, shows the thumbnails, bookmarks from here. PDFs are quickly fairly modern and has RAM greater replacing books and traditional remember). Sure, the UI isn't as or annotations. The final column than 512 MB, choose “Aggressive.” elegant or as simple as Evince's UI, shows the document, again it's paper documents; you want to be Congratulations, you now have a able to make annotations on them. but it’s still fairly straightforward. larger than the other two but PDF reader on steroids. In the The navigation bar has the perhaps places slightly less Evince scored very poorly in this comparison that follows my Okular category. The only annotation standard “previous” and “next” emphasis on the document than was in “Aggressive” mode. buttons, a small difference from Evince. Having said that, the three- possible is adding a small note. Evince—they're horizontal. And column view has its advantages—it And in case you typed that note

full circle magazine #74 37 contents ^ SOFTWARE SHOWDOWN wrong, you can't delete it. Yes you CONCLUSION of effort goes into developing and SUMMARY – OKULAR heard me right, Evince informs you maintaining both Evince and that it can't delete annotations as In the end however, there can Okular. More importantly, both of now. In a nutshell, it is simply a only be one default PDF viewer. belong to the FOSS family and document viewer. And that is Okular! Despite deserve appreciation—no matter The Good Evince's better, slicker UI, Okular's what their shortcomings. Show • Efficient and fast performance Okular, on the other hand, superior feature list and blazingly your gratitude by dropping them especially on a large PDF file really is more than a reader. Its fast “Aggressive mode” makes it an email (or even better, offering • Amazing annotation options annotation tools prove that its the PDF viewer of choice for FOSS to contribute) at okular- • Great text or image selection boast was not an empty one. Press fans. [email protected] (Okular) and tool, in fact the best I've ever seen F6 or “Review” under “Tools,” and a [email protected] (Evince). on any OS plethora of icons shows up on the HOWEVER.. • Extremely powerful searches left-hand side of the document. SUMMARY – EVINCE especially in the 'Aggressive' mode Each icon depicts an annotation Having said that, I would like to • The option to choose memory operation. You can make a note, management modes makes it make an in-line note, draw put forward a small addendum. While interviewing the project adaptable to computers of all freehand, highlight, make ellipses The Good types and rectangles, and even put a leads of both Evince and Okular, I realized that the projects share a • Intuitive, simple and elegant user The Bad stamp (Okular logo with your interface • A bit clunky User Interface name) on the document. Further, close relationship. In fact they both work together on “poppler” • A great professional looking • Sometimes the menu options the “Selection” tool in the Presentation mode don't work navigation bar makes selecting the PDF rendering library that powers both viewers. • A great guide to using Evince • May take up a lot of memory on text or images a snap. After you under 'Help' > 'Contents' GNOME environments as it needs select them, you can either copy to The Bad the KDE dependencies the clipboard or directly save them Mr. Cid told me, “Most of the 'bad attitude' comes from user(s) • Lackluster performance with Website - http://okular.kde.org/ in a file. It works flawlessly and is large PDF files one of the most efficient ways of than from developers.” While Mr. Campos pointed out that advanced • Lack of annotation features and The Winner is: Okular! extracting data from a PDF that I the inability to delete a simple have seen so far. annotations may be lacking in Evince as of now, but only because note • Issues while selecting text, which Both document viewers had a of “lack of manpower” and to the guide itself describes as a hit Tushar is a 17-year-old Indian who “Presentation” mode that would remember, “that all Evince contributors are volunteers.” and trial procedure loves Ubuntu/FOSS. He programs in certainly come in handy, Evince's Website - Java and C++, enjoys writing, and making Android apps. Email him at offering was again a tad better http://projects.gnome.org/evince/ designed. Whichever document viewer [email protected] with you choose, don't forget that a lot 'Software Showdown' in the subject.

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full circle magazine #74 39 contents ^ LETTERS LIBREOFFICE STYLING Greg & Elmer say: ForXML, I use Elmer says: Saving the style to The answermay be a template but gedit by hand. the default template seems like the not the default template. I will look way to go, but have nevertriedit. into it. have been using Ubuntu for the I last 3 years and I wouldn’t change it for anything else. Full Circle Magazine is a great magazine to supplement what is new in Ubuntu.

My job requires me to produce specialist manuals and the styling paragraph titles is most important to be able to refer. Just as an example, it would be something like this

1.0 1.1 1.1.1 1.1.1.1

with different font styles and font sizes. The problem is that I cannot find a way to save this set of styles in LibreOffice to be re- used consistently throughout various manuals.

While we are in the same subject would you please recommend an XML editor that uses DITA in Ubuntu linux environment?

Christian Gauci

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I recently installed Ubuntu on but then you can get better reconnect, but then it drops again. I have a multi-boot PC. When I Q my system, which has an Asus performance by installing an Q installed a new version of M5A99x Evo motherboard, and I "additional driver," which is done (Thanks to praseodym and Linux to play with, it became the can't figure out how to get the via the Ubuntu Software Centre. A steeldriver in the Ubuntu grub default. How can I change drivers to work. I'm new to Linux. Forums) Sometimes the problem in this? 'campus' type networks is that Drivers work very differently Q In Ubuntu 13.04, how can I get they have multiple access points Boot into the version of Linux A in Linux than what you are the background to change sharing the same ESSID. That can A you want as your default, then used to. Most drivers are included every few minutes, so the make the wireless device go crazy issue this command: with the kernel, so it "just works." wallpaper becomes a slideshow? trying to roam to the nearest / If you have installed Linux and strongest access point. Run this sudo grub-install /dev/sda everything works, you have no (Thanks to Maverick Meerkat command: sudo iwlist scan need to chase after drivers. A in the ) Right- click on the desktop. Select Add the MAC-address of the In Ubuntu 13.04, my wireless Since your motherboard is very "Change Desktop Background." A nearest access point into the field Q doesn't work: Broadcom new, older versions might not work group of thumbnails will appear, "BSSID" in the network-manager Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n as well as 13.04. Even with 13.04, the upper-left one has a white applet. (You'll need to change it if Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01) it's possible some bits won't work, clock drawn on it. That is the you move to a different location in such as the Ethernet port. background slide-show. the hospital.) (Thanks to chili555 in the A Ubuntu Forums) Enter these Wireless adapters are a special commands: case, some just work, some work if Machine is a FitPc3, running My Ubuntu Server works you say the appropriate "shazaam," Q Ubuntu 64-bit 12.04. The new Q great, and now I need to make sudo apt-get remove --purge bcmwl-kernel-source some work after quite a struggle, version of Skype doesn't play nice. a Livecd in order to copy the server and some never work. Webcams to some other machines with the sudo apt-get install linux- and printers are similar. A Install multiarch-support. same hardware. firmware-nonfree My entire system "just works," (Thanks to Shrek01 in the Then reboot. including all of the above, also a A Ubuntu Forums) Hi, have you scanner. I'm trying to use WiFi in a met Clonezilla? Q hospital, but the connection http://clonezilla.org/ Video cards usually just work, drops every few minutes. I can

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* Jupiter or similar power saving app for 13.04? http://goo.gl/zy4JE

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full circle magazine #74 43 contents ^ Q & A visually impaired standalone session? interface. So what does the Server goes for $130 -- and it will run http://askubuntu.com/questions/2 http://goo.gl/xbUjt version buy you? Xubuntu like gang busters. For a 98842 household server, you will * Computer running very slowly For starters, it needs less probably want lots of disk space, * Does it make sense to create under 13.04 memory than the Desktop version. so you'll replace the hard drive swap partitions for new http://goo.gl/TM2Xt It also runs faster, and that's with a 2 TB model: $95 gets you a installations nowadays? important if you are running a pretty decent one. We're up to http://askubuntu.com/questions/2 high-volume website or a busy $225, which is pretty cheap as 99417 TIPS AND TECHNIQUES database server. Those needs computers go. Server? Really? sound pretty corporate; if you're * How do I switch between English installing a server in your house, Running Xubuntu, most of the and Greek Polytonic? lmost from the beginning, it's unlikely that you will need that system tools you are used to are http://askubuntu.com/questions/2 A people have had the option of little bit of performance. right there; you don't need to use 98708 installing Ubuntu Server rather Google every time you want to do than Desktop. The cost of a server computer something. You can install * How to use wildcards for string which can run a GUI is minimal. everything which might be part of conditionals using bash? Only one problem: you need to Where I live, there are computer a server system, and it all works. http://askubuntu.com/questions/2 do everything from the command stores which sell off-lease Website? Check. Sharing Files? 99710 line, and some things are just a lot computers. For example, a system Piece of cake. Media server? Yup. easier if you have a graphical with an Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB of Databases? No problem. Well, no * Run same command again but as memory and a small hard drive more than you would expect with sudo databases. http://goo.gl/nyMik And yet, I still see questions * How to sandbox applications? which begin, "I'm running Ubuntu http://goo.gl/YHz8r Server, version ..." And I wonder why. * Does the Ubuntu 13.04 disk image fit on a CD? http://goo.gl/6LLbD

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full circle magazine #74 44 contents ^ UUBBUUNNTTUU WWOOMMEENN Written by The Ubuntu Women Team

Emma Marshall: Can you tell us Ubuntu? computers installed with Ubuntu connection. The next year, we a little bit about yourself? to missionaries in Kenya. There networked the school and doubled DL: My husband introduced me were a couple of missionaries who the amount of computers. By 2009 to Ubuntu in the summer of 2010. came to the U.S. for a visit at our we were up to 63 computers Our school was still using Windows church. I spent a whole dinner running Windows 2000. In 2010, I 2000 due to budget constraints. telling them about Ubuntu and wrote a proposal and presented Since Windows 2000 was losing how successful it is at our school. I our desire to change to Ubuntu to support that summer, we were sent an Ubuntu laptop home with the principal of the school. After looking for a replacement. My them so they could play with the gaining his approval, I imaged all of husband showed me Ubuntu operating system and see if it the computers in the school with during our camping trip to South would work in their schools. After Ubuntu 10.04, wrote training Padre Island, and I fell in love with introducing them to Ubuntu, they material for the teachers, and sent the operating system, so we made continue to use it in their an email out to notify the teachers the decision to convert the whole missionary schools there locally. I of the upcoming changes and school that summer. continue to send more laptops training dates. The week before with Ubuntu to them as they school started, I trained all of the EM: How do you use Ubuntu in become available through teachers and staff on Ubuntu and Diane Leikvold (above): I am your daily routine? Work or donations. boldly started the year on the new the network administrator, recreational or both? platform. desktop support, and technology EM: You recently shared your coordinator at Longmont Christian DL: Both. After I converted the success about the Longmont I was truly amazed at how School in Longmont, Colorado. I school, we also converted our Christian School transition to smoothly it went for such a large also teach keyboarding to 4th and home. I use Ubuntu exclusively in Ubuntu with the Colorado Ubuntu change. The teachers embraced 5th graders, and Google Docs to our home. Team, can you share your success the new operating system and middle school students and with the community? continue to enjoy using it today. teachers. My hobbies are biking, At school, I have approx 120 Through the years, I brought what I Zumba, camping, being outdoors in laptop/desktop computers running DL: I started teaching was teaching in the high school the sun. I have been married for 24 Ubuntu. I have two labs, and the application software in the high down to middle school and then wonderful years to my husband rest are teacher and classroom school at Longmont Christian elementary. I truly believe that Kurt, and we have 2 grown boys. machines. School in 2000 with 12 computers what we have at Longmont throughout the school (nine being Christian School is pretty EM: How did you discover I have also donated laptop in my lab) with a dial-up awesome!

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I have 26 teachers, most were EM: If you could influence every would be cost. I use donated on providing free training in technology challenged and fearful, school in the country to transition hardware with a zero cost Ubuntu for our parents. but they all love using Ubuntu and their computer labs to run Ubuntu, operating system and zero cost are doing so well. I have over 120 what would be your #1 reason to software. For a small, private EM: What other Ubuntu laptops/desktops dispersed convince them? school, this goes a long way to projects/groups are you involved throughout the school all installed reduce overall cost of the school with? with Ubuntu. I would love to get DL: It is easy to use and and helps lower tuition for the the word out to Canonical and maintain. I have found that my parents. DL: I supported the Ubuntu lab Boulder County to spread the word support hours were reduced once I at a TIE (Technology in Education) even farther on how Ubuntu is a switched the school from Windows EM: What do you hope to conference in 2011. I recently great solution. to Ubuntu. It is very well packaged achieve in the future in your became involved with the Colorado and is pretty easy to maintain. efforts to promote Ubuntu? Ubuntu Users Group as well. EM: What influenced you to take on such a large project? If I could have a #2, the second DL: This summer I am planning For people looking to get What's the most rewarding aspect involved in Ubuntu, who aren't of the Longmont Christian School interested in learning how to code, project? what advice can you give to help them get started? DL: The school was using Windows 2000 and the support My advice is to share their was up in the summer of 2010. We Ubuntu successes with people needed to upgrade our operating around them—to help spread system, but the school was very Ubuntu to a larger community. budget constrained, so, with my husband’s encouragement, we EM: Is there anything else you'd looked into Ubuntu. The rest is like to add? history. DL: Once I started using The most rewarding aspect for Ubuntu, I fell in love with it. It is my me is how smooth the transition desire to continue to work with happened at our school and how and to promote Ubuntu. easily the teachers adopted the new operating system. I am even able to support teacher curriculum through Wine in Ubuntu.

full circle magazine #74 46 contents ^ UUBBUUNNTTUU GGAAMMEESS Written by Joseph Johaneman GGrraattuuiittoouuss SSppaaccee BBaattttlleess

ratuitous Space Battles is a You can watch the battle take take a lot of trial-and-error before everyone. If you're a fan of G space-based RTS made by place, but you can't intervene. It's you figure out exactly how to strategy games, though, you Positech Games. It is unusual in incredibly fun to watch your ships design and deploy a fleet in order should definitely check it out. My that there is no resource follow their orders, and the 2D to emerge victorious. For each only complaint about the game is exploitation, and, once ships are graphics are incredibly well done. victory, you win honor points which the repetitiveness. After you issued orders, the player has no At the top of the screen is a can be used to unlock components master ship design, the game control over the outcome of the communications panel which and new playable races. You can becomes easier and easier. battle. This sounds like a simple displays messages about the battle replay battles and win even more concept, but, in execution, the from the point of view of the honor by using fewer ships and Currently, the Linux version is game is phenomenally difficult at pilots. Sometimes these messages pilots. available from Steam and Desura times. are humorous, and it's worth for $14.99. Unfortunately, none of looking up to see what's being This game is not for the casual the downloadable content (DLC) is Players can create their own said. If you’re impatient, you can game player. It requires a lot of available for Linux. (The Positech ships from the ground up. There speed the battle up to 4 times the thought and planning in order to Forums do have discussions on are pre-built ship designs if you normal speed. win each battle, especially as the how to make the DLC work in want to use them, but it behooves game advances. Gratuitous Space Linux. Your mileage may vary). you to learn how the ship design Each battle is different, and it'll Battles is certainly not for mechanism works. Every empty Pros: hull is a blank slate that allows you Great 2D graphics, fun battles, to create ships as fast or as decent background music. powerful as you think you'll need. Cons: Repetitive Game Play Each battle starts simply: you are given a certain amount of resources and pilots, and can create a fleet within those guidelines. Your opponent also has the same limitations. Once you lay Joseph is a Comms major at Keystone out your fleet and give orders, you College and is the Director of press the fight button and the Technology for Gamers Against Bigotry. You can follow Joe on twitter fleet is deployed. (@dogboi) and find his blog at jejohaneman.com

full circle magazine #74 47 contents ^ LLIINNUUXX CCEERRTTIIFFIIEEDD Written by Richard Philip Witt

'm unemployed, and where I live, which points to another file. Documents folder), and type: Now I would like to change the I as I think is also the case in a lot location to which the link points. ln -s Just repeat the code above, but of countries, I need to make a THE CODE /home/rpwitt/Documents/unempl number of job applications a oyed/applications/NPAB_Mai/ pointing to a new location: month. Now, I’m also the organised So we know I need one. We new_link ln -s type and I like to keep all my know what it is, well in theory at /home/rpwitt/Documents/unempl To repeat, '/home/rpwitt/....' is applications nicely foldered away least. Now how do I create one? In oyed/applications/NPAB_Jun/ the location to which I want the jun_app in their respective months. Hence, I generic terms there are two symlink to jump to, and the name have a folder hierarchy as follows: possibilities: of the link is 'new_link'. Now if I cd Anyway, I hope that helped, and unemployed --> applications Possibility 1: ln [options] or ls 'new_link', I get the contents if you are a seasoned symlinker or --> jan, feb, may (it's been file link of my NPAB_Mai directory. have just put together your first, some time now) --> job_name Possibility 2: ln [options] like me, please write to let me Now, of course, when I log in, I files directory EDITING SYMLINKS know your ideas. I would love to arrive in the home directory, and hear about how you use symlinks. because of my meticulous folder The first noteworthy item is Now I only used the name architecture :), it takes some time that setting a symlink isn't a 'new_link' for demonstrative to navigate to the said month or default option for the ln command. purposes and also it's not going to even application upon which I'm You need to pass -s to the [options] be May for ever. At some point, in working. In the window (point & section, otherwise you'll create a the not too distant future, I'm click), I have set up a shortcut, but hard link. going to be sending applications in as I like to use the terminal, I'd like another month. So I need to be to set up a link in my home Now to create the link to the able to change the name of my directory which will jump to the application I'm working on. symlink, and also the location to month where all my current Presently it's May and all my which it points. First, change the applications are stored. Now how applications are in my May folder name. This is as simple as one (some of my desktop is organised Richard Philip Witt, 30, living in do I do that? With a symlink. would imagine it might be. Simply Switzerland. I’ve been using Ubuntu in German so it's written Mai). Also change the symlink name as you desktop and server for roughly 2 I want to create a link to a folder, might a filename: years. But only for the basics. Now I WHAT ARE SYMLINKS? not a file. My first attempt. want to discover its capabilities. Any Navigate to where I want to place mv new_link may_app mentors out there? Email me: [email protected]. Basically, a symlink is a file the link (in my case in my

full circle magazine #74 48 contents ^ Your chance to show the world your desktop or PC. Email your screenshots and MY DESKTOP photos to: [email protected] and include a brief paragraph about your MY DESKTOP desktop, your PC's specs and any other interesting tidbits about your setup.

I use 13 "Maya" Cinnamon (32 bits). I moved my task bar at the bottom to the top! About the girl in the background, My netbook: her name is "Faith" and she is the heroine of the game "Mirror's Model - ASUS Eee PC 1001 PXD Edge" (Link to download the background image : BIOS Revision - 0601 02/18/11 http://www.jeuxvideo.com/downloads/fonds-ecrans- Operating System - Windows 7 and Ubuntu 13.04 (default) wallpaper/images/0001/19294-976-mirror-s-edge-pc-fond-ecrans- Desktop Environment - Unity 4028.htm) Processor - Intel Atom CPU N455 @ 1.66GHz × 2 (32-bit) At the bottom of the screen, I use Avant-Windows-Navigator with Graphics - Intel IGD all my favorite applications. Memory - 2 GB Hard Disc - 250 GB My equipment: Motherboard: ASUS A8V VM-SE, CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (2.20 Leon Miklosik GHz), OS: Linux Mint 13 "Maya" Cinnamon (i386), RAM: 1 GB, Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 4600

Khalif ADAM

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That’s all folks. I’m all out of My Desktop screens. If anyone wants to submit their desktop, feel free to email a screenshot (but no wider than 900 pixels, and I have been using Ubuntu since 2008. in JPG format) with the appropriate information to: [email protected]. Thanks! At the moment I use Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with Gnome Shell 3.4. I modified the stock GUI because I think it is not If you sent a desktop screen and it hasn’t appeared in practical enough. I used only official Gnome Shell FCM then it means you either didn’t submit Extensions (available in https://extensions.gnome.org/). any/enough information, or your screenshot was too large. Feel free to resubmit. My hardware: Lenovo R400, Processor: Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz × 2 Graphics: Integrated Intel, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD Memory: 4 GB HDD: 160 GB Display: 1280 x 800

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