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Full Circle THE INDEPENDENT MAGAZINE FOR THE UBUNTU LINUX COMMUNITY ISSUE #1 30 - February 201 8 FFRREEEEPPLLAANNEE NEW SERIES ON BUILDING MINDMAPS full circle magazine #1 30 1 Full Ciircle Magaziine iis neiither affiiliiated wiith,, nor endorsed by,, Canoniical Ltd.. contents ^ HowTo Full Circle THE INDEPENDENT MAGAZINE FOR THE UBUNTU LINUX COMMUNITY Sphinx p.20 Linux News p.04 Freeplane p.22 Command & Conquer p.1 7 Researching With Linux p.35 Everyday Ubuntu p.36 Great Cow Basic p.25 Linux Labs p.39 My Story p.45 My Opinion p.XX p.XX Review p.48 Letters p.XX KODI Room p.XX Inkscape p.31 Q&A p.52 Ubuntu Games p.54 My Desktop p.XX Graphics The articles contained in this magazine are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. This means you can adapt, copy, distribute and transmit the articles but only under the following conditions: you must attribute the work to the original author in some way (at least a name, email or URL) and to this magazine by name ('Full Circle Magazine') and the URL www.fullcirclemagazine.org (but not attribute the article(s) in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you must distribute the resulting work under the same, similar or a compatible license. Full Circle magazine is entirely independent of Canonical, the sponsor of the Ubuntu projects, and the views and opinions in the magazine should in no way be assumed to have Canonical endorsement. full circle magazine #1 30 2 contents ^ HHOOWW--TTOO Freeplane - Pt1 Written by Elmer Perry Freeplane - Pt1 reeplane is a program for program structure and functions. Freeplane. F creating mind maps. The Other tools don't give me this INSTALLATION program is versatile enough to fit broad overview. Being able to see PROGRAM WORKSPACE anyone's mapping style. You can the entire thought process allows You can download Freeplane make the maps as simple or as me to see connections I would from the Ubuntu Software Center. I'm starting with the latest The program has a standard complex as you need for your otherwise miss. layout with the menus and application. Freeplane is available download version, 1 .6.1 0. While you can follow along with the toolbars at the top, and a in the Ubuntu Software Center or The basic structure of a mind workspace at the bottom. On the online at their web page, map starts with a central topic. version available in the Software Center, I will discuss new features left-hand side, you can pull out an https://www.freeplane.org/wiki/in This is the idea, class, process, or Icons toolbar, and on the right- dex.php/Main_Page. topic you are mapping. From the found in 1 .6. You can download version 1 .6 from the Freeplane hand side, you can pull out the Tool central topic, the map branches Panel. By default, you can pop up into several subtopics related to home page, WHAT IS A MIND MAP? https://www.Freeplane.org/wiki/in the Note panel at the bottom. In the topic. The subtopics can branch the Preferences, you can change out to other child topics, and those dex.php/Main_Page. Freeplane is a A mind map is a visual diagram where the Note panel docks. child topics out to other child Java program. If you are running for organizing ideas and topics. The branches can go as the latest Java runtime, you should information. Use a mind map to The menu bar sits below the deep as needed for the topic. have no problems running brainstorm a new idea, create a process, or organize your thoughts. A mind map can help you keep notes during a lecture and see patterns you might otherwise miss. I've used mind maps through the years to write stories and articles, and create the processes for programs. I also used mind maps to create teaching and training curricula. Yes, I know other tools exist for doing these things, but a mind map gives me something other tools don't. With a mind map, I can see the entire full circle magazine #1 30 22 contents ^ HOWTO - FREEPLANE title bar. The menus give you making it a handy search tool. The hide by default, but you can Controls menus. You can click and access to the program's F-Bar shows the actions assigned activate them through the menu drag on a blank space in the map commands. to the F-Keys. You can customize View > Controls. area to move the map around. The the actions assigned to the F-Keys. wheel on your mouse will scroll the The program has several The Icon toolbar gives you a set of The workspace in the middle is map up and down. Hold the SHIFT toolbars. The main toolbar shows icons for marking nodes in your where you will build your map. You key and scroll the mouse wheel to by default. The main toolbar gives maps. And the status bar sits at the can have many maps open at one move the map left and right. you access to save options and bottom of the window. The status time, and each one displays a tab common formatting actions. The bar displays information about the at the top of the workspace. YOUR FIRST MIND MAP Filter toolbar allows you to filter current map or selected node. The Scrollbars hide by default, but you what nodes of the map show, Filter, F-Bar, Icon, and status bars can show them using the View > Enough talk! Let's make our first map. If you haven't already done so, install and open Freeplane. Create a new map by selecting File > New Map from the menus. In the template dialog, select the standard template. In the 1 .6 version, the name is standard-1 .6.mm. This creates a new map with a root topic in the center of the screen. Type in a name for your topic like "My First Map." Press the Enter key to save the name. To create subtopics for your main topic, press the Insert key on the keyboard. Nodes that are one level deeper than the current node are called child nodes of the current node. Type the text for the subtopic, and press the Enter key. Create more subtopics by pressing the Enter key. Nodes on the same level are called siblings in full circle magazine #1 30 23 contents ^ HOWTO - FREEPLANE Freeplane. Create several subtopics by pressing Enter and typing in some text. Now, let's create child nodes of a subtopic. Select one of the subtopics and press the Insert key. Type a name for the new node. Press Enter to create siblings of the new node or Insert to create a child of the new node. Branch out as far and using as many nodes as you need. The depth of your map is only limited As I go through this series, I will information. by the needs of your mind and explore the capabilities of topic. Freeplane and the world of mind mapping. I will look at the Next time we will look at some possibilities and benefits of mind of the core elements of Freeplane, mapping. If you've never used and do more with our map. mind maps before, I encourage you to join us for this series. It may change the way you process Elmer Perry is a technical support rep for an international keyless access company. He enjoys writing, woodworking, and technology. He lives in Leicester, NC with his wife. full circle magazine #1 30 24 contents ^ HHOOWW--TTOO Freeplane - Pt2 Written by Elmer Perry Freeplane - Pt2 ne of my favorite uses for SCROLLING SELECTING NODES left, and right keys work in the way O mind maps is brainstorming. you would expect them to. Holding The idea behind brainstorming is As your map grows, you will To select a node, hover over it down the SHIFT key allows you to to write my ideas down on paper want to zoom in on different for a few seconds. Once you have select many nodes as you move or screen. I start with the subject sections of your map. Once you the node you want, you can hold around the map. CTRL + A selects as the root topic, create the first zoom in, scrolling the map the SHIFT key to lock the selection. all the nodes in the map. Press the subtopic, and then I'm off. I type in becomes important. Click and drag The selection of the node by ESC key to jump to the root node. the idea and press enter twice to a blank spot in the workspace to hovering requires you to pause create the next. I will create move the map around. If you have over the node. After the selection, MOVING NODES branches off the subtopic, but I a scroll wheel on your mouse, spin you can move across other nodes don't branch often. My goal is to the wheel to move up and down. as long as you don't pause. The Ideas rarely comes in the get all the ideas down, not develop The SHIFT key + the mouse wheel selection only changes when you correct order, and you need to them. Usually, I brainstorm with a moves left and right. If the pause over another node. The move and rearrange the nodes in a stop time in mind.

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