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t's that time again folks. With Jaunty being released in a few months, a new codename is released. See our news item about I9.10 on page 4. Our Web and C series are joined this month with . In this series of articles, Grant Paton-Simpson will give you advice on which computer users you could suggest Ubuntu to. We also have another series in the making which will start in a few months time. Keep your eyes peeled! Also starting this month is , a cartoon by Costantinos Bourboulas, it's on page 27. Ubuntu is a complete operating system that is perfect for laptops, Returning this month is the book review, with competition. This desktops and servers. Whether at month it's . You can read my review home, school or work Ubuntu on page 23. Hopefuly in the next few months we'll have several contains all the applications you'll ever need including word processor, copies of the reviewed book as prizes. email application and web browser. Good luck in the competition, and keep those emails coming! Ubuntu is and always will be free of charge. You do not pay any licensing fees. You can download, use and Ronnie share Ubuntu with your friends, Editor, Full Circle Magazine family, school or business for [email protected] absolutely nothing. Once installed, your system is ready to use with a full set of productivity, internet, drawing and graphics applications, and games.
3 NNEEWWSS Ubuntu 9.10: Karmic Koala Mark Shuttleworth has announced the successor to Ubuntu 9.04 : Jaunty Jackalope Washington Times Goes Open Source The Washington Times has announced that it uses Ubuntu on its servers and is working on several Python-based projects:
For the 9.10 desktop:
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You can read the full announcement at: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/
4 Ballmer: Linux Bigger Competitor HP To Certify Ubuntu On NNEEWWSS than Apple Proliant Servers Microsoft's HP and Canonical are working The Adventures of Rick Rocket CEO had some together to achieve full Hewlett- released for Linux interesting Packard certification of Ubuntu things to say on Proliant servers. The full about which version Mark Murphy, alliances manager companies features 48 for Canonical, said the goal of missions, Microsoft sees the partnership is for HP to list epic space as its competitors in the client Ubuntu as a supported operating battles set operating system space. You'd think system. in a wide Apple was their number one variety of locations, over 30 ships that show competitor - and you'd be wrong. damage as they are hit, 12 According to Microsoft, Linux is a powerups, colorful cartoon bigger threat to the company than graphics, a superb music Apple, placing Linux above Apple in soundtrack, and more! the marketshare figure pie chart A trial version with 8 free missions thing. "Linux, you could see on the can be downloaded from: slide, and Apple has certainly Murphy wrote in a blog increased its share somewhat," post. http://www.mygamecompany.com/ Ballmer said. Products/RickRocket/main.htm Ubuntu has recently been In any case, it appears that Linux making great strides on the The full version of Rick Rocket (and piracy) is a larger blip on desktop. Last October, costs $19.99 (USD). Microsoft's radar than Apple, and it's Canonical's release of Ubuntu not hard to see why. With an For more Linux game news, jump 8.10 Desktop Edition, nicknamed to page 28 for . economy that's not doing very well, "Intrepid Ibex," was praised by people will opt for cheaper products. many testers -- including CRN's Apple cannot offer those, but Linux Test Center -- for its robust and piracy can. functionality and ease of use. http://www.osnews.com http://www.crn.com/
5 you specified in 'output.filetype' CCOOMMMMAANNDD AANNDD CCOONNQQUUEERR – without changing the size Written by Lucas Westermann (since, if the size is not specified, ffmpeg defaults to the size of the ver had a video clip you command – if you're unsure whether source). However, to convert wanted to reduce in size or not you've already installed it – "Freedom Downtime" (starting Eand add to a slideshow for a since apt-get will not overwrite the size of 640x480) to a smaller clip presentation? Or, maybe convert existing program, but merely inform (say 320x240), the command into another format so that you you that it's already installed. Also, it would look like this: could play it? Today, I will show will ask you for your password (since you're using sudo), and, if you're new ffmpeg -i freedom\ you how to do both of those downtime.mpg -s 320x240 things using the command-line to this, you may be surprised that it freedom\ downtime\ resized.mpg tool 'ffmpeg'. I will also introduce does not show anything when you you to the 'mogrify' command, enter your password. This is normal, Of course, you could also which is an image-editing tool just type your password and hit the change the format of the file at contained in the imagemagick enter key. the same time by changing the package. It allows you to do many For this article I will be converting file extension. This shouldn't things, but I will cover the basics – a short clip from "Freedom take too long (obviously mostly the resizing of images (e.g. Downtime" which I used in a depending on the size of the for thumbnails or other small presentation. ffmpeg offers a lot of clip). My clip was a few minutes images). options (which you can read about in long, and took maybe 30 seconds to convert on my laptop. To use these tools, you will need detail in the roughly 13-page-long to install ffmpeg and manpage – by using the command Mogrify is a very handy tool, imagemagick through either "man ffmpeg"), but the option I use especially if you find yourself Synaptic Package Manager or most frequently is the option to posting a lot of pictures on web Add/Remove Applications, or, in convert files. The format for such a forums that don't allow uploads the spirit of this article, through command is: of images exceeding a certain size, or do not allow linking to the command-line with: ffmpeg -i inputfile.filetype large images for previews in sudo apt-get install ffmpeg outputfile.filetype posts. I use mogrify mainly for imagemagick That command would just convert making thumbnails of images, It's safe to run the install the input file to whatever output file but it can do many more things,
6 such as adding text, adding option, yet it removes any other systems too. Hopefully, effects (charcoal, colorized, etc.) unnecessary comments, etc. from you've found this useful, and and much more (it's all outlined, the file header to reduce image size. next time you need to convert a once again, in the manpage, So using that tool the command video or an image, you'll reached with "man mogrify"). would be: remember mogrify and ffmpeg. Mogrify supports resize After all, practice makes perfect. arguments in either percentages mogrify -thumbnail 50 in.jpg out.jpg or pixel values. So, for example, if you have a 1280x800 pixel image You can also use it to convert http://www.imagemagick.org/ww which you want to resize to images using the “-format” w/mogrify.html – Very useful 640x400, you can do so with argument. So, guide on imagemagick in either: general, from the imagemagick mogrify -format jpg *.png site mogrify -resize 50 in.jpg out.jpg will convert all the .png files in the http://www.ffmpeg.org/document current directory into .jpg format ation.html - The official ffmpeg or: (names will be the same). documentation with useful mogrify -resize 640x400 in.jpg As you can see, contrary to information, FAQs, etc. out.jpg common belief, command-line tools or even just: can help with graphical projects, and often do it more quickly or more mogrify -resize 50% in.jpg effectively than a GUI program with out.jpg confusing menus and/or different layouts in newer versions. The However, if the pixel command will (usually) stay the measurements and the aspect- has learned all he same, and arguments are very rarely ratio you supply are different, it knows from repeatedly changed. And so, command-line tools could result in a smaller image breaking his system, then are much more universal – which is having no other option but to than expected, as it will scale to why users on ubuntuforums.org discover how to fix it. When he the nearest values that are still in usually supply commands instead of finds time, he also publishes a proportion. Mogrify also has a blog at http://lswest- GUI methods for solutions, since the thumbnail argument, which does ubuntu.blogspot.com. commands apply to Kubuntu, roughly the same as the resize Xubuntu and Ubuntu, as well as
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code, compiling code, testing code, processes. A system call is a etc.), and there are many tools out function call which transfers FCM#17-21 - Program In C - Parts 1-5 there. There are even some IDEs control to the kernel for some (integrated development functions that can be done in environments) which combine some user space. For example, of these tools in a nice graphical incrementing a variable is front-end (e.g. the CDT in the Eclipse translated to a simple assembler project, kdevelop, Code::blocks, command, but when you do anjuta, and more), but it is my something which deals with
Dev Graphics Internet Multimedia System humble opinion that a beginning resources, this always goes past programmer should first get an idea your kernel. If you read 'man 2 about how things work under the syscalls', you can get a list of all hood, before he starts using system calls the kernel supports. shortcuts. Although there are many Now, why is this a good thing to CD/DVD HardDrive USB Drive Laptop Wireless tools out there which cover many monitor? Well, if you monitor categories, in this article we will which system calls your ntil now, I have been focus on troubleshooting application makes, you can presenting to you some code/applications. follow the logical flow of your Ucode, and instructions on application, and the good thing how to compile and execute that is that it is non-intrusive, which code. So, until now, you've strace is one of my best friends. means you can run it on every probably only needed an editor ltrace is also a nice tool, but I don't binary on your system. As an (emacs, vi, ...) and a compiler make use of it that often. You can example, I will highlight the suite (gcc). However, there are install both by typing output of wget, installable by typing: some other tools which make sudo apt-get install strace ltrace developing code easy (bear in sudo apt-get install wget mind that developing doesn't Now, what do they do? strace mean only typing source code; it intercepts the system calls made by wget is an application which covers the entire process - typing
8 fetches an URL from the Internet execve("/usr/bin/wget", ["wget", "-q", "http://www.google.com"], [/* and writes it to disk. 38 vars */]) = 0 ... If we take a look at the output of stat64("/etc/wgetrc", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=4221, ...}) = 0 open("/etc/wgetrc", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3 strace wget -q fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=4221, ...}) = 0 http://www.google.com mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7ad2000 shown in Fig. 1 (right) we can read(3, "###\n### Sample Wget initializati"..., 4096) = 4096 clearly see some interesting parts read(3, "on:\n#backup_converted = off\n\n# T"..., 4096) = 125 in the execution. read(3, "", 4096) = 0 close(3) = 0 We can see that it starts with a ... call to 'execve()' (you can use stat64("/home/edb/.wgetrc", 0xbfe57a48) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or man execve; this goes for each directory) ... systemcall - the first word on a Fig. 1 line echoed by strace), which loads the binary. A bit later, the application checks if an init file called '/etc/wgetrc/' exists; it does, stat64("/etc/resolv.conf", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=88, ...}) = 0 and it is read. Next, we see that it socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_IP) = 4 tries to open a '.wgetrc' in my connect(4, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(53), sin_addr=inet_addr("195.130.131.5")}, 28) = 0 home directory, but this file does fcntl64(4, F_GETFL) = 0x2 (flags O_RDWR) not exist, so this file is not opened. fcntl64(4, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0 The next example (Fig. 2, below gettimeofday({1234091526, 549043}, NULL) = 0 poll([{fd=4, events=POLLOUT, revents=POLLOUT}], 1, 0) = 1 right) shows that '/etc/resolv.conf' send(4, "\372\312\1\0\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\3www\6google\2be\0\0\1\0\1"..., is being opened, and that a socket 31, MSG_NOSIGNAL) = 31 is opened to a DNS server, in poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN, revents=POLLIN}], 1, 5000) = 1 order to resolve the address I ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [367]) = 0 asked for. recvfrom(4, "\372\312\201\200\0\1\0\6\0\7\0\7\3www\6google\2be\0\0\1"..., 1024, 0, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(53), sin_addr=inet_addr("195.130.131.5")}, [16]) = 367 close(4) Fig. 2
9 edb@lapedb:~$ whereis wget wget: /usr/bin/wget /usr/share/man/man1/wget.1.gz Now, isn't this nice? We edb@lapedb:~$ ldd /usr/bin/wget examined the internals of an linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb7f12000) application, without taking a libdl.so.2 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb7ed8000) look at a single line of code; we librt.so.1 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/librt.so.1 (0xb7ecf000) immediately learned where it libssl.so.0.9.8 => /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libssl.so.0.9.8 (0xb7e88000) libcrypto.so.0.9.8 => /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libcrypto.so.0.9.8 (0xb7d3c000) stored some config files, which libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb7bde000) ones didn't exist, and how it /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7ef8000) translated the DNS entry to an libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7bc5000) ip address. ltrace works in a libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0xb7baf000) Fig. 3 similar fashion, but instead of tracing system calls, ltrace ltrace wget -q gives you an idea of which internals without any extra http://www.google.com functions are called and which are effort. The only difference is that they will run a bit slower than located in a dynamically linked we can find this snippet (some library, see Fig. 3 (right). normal, and this allows you to spaces omitted): learn what the application is ldd tells us that wget makes use strlen("www.google.com") = 14 doing, and where something of libssl (secure connections), dcgettext(0, 0x8075c8a, 5, goes wrong. libpthread (for creating threads), 0x804e66d, 0xbf8e1761) = 0x8075c8a libz (compression), and libc getaddrinfo("www.google.com", amongst others. Libc is, in NULL, 0xbf8e1780, 0xbf8e17b4) = 0 calloc(1, 20) = 0x909c1e0 Valgrind can be installed by essence, the base of your system. malloc(96) = 0x909c1f8 typing: It implements generic C functions freeaddrinfo(0x909c100) =
10 handling memory. And it will do allocates some memory in the main timescale. Some applications, some bookkeeping – is all function, and then goes into an which leak only a couple of bytes memory (that is dynamically eternal loop. The first thing I want an hour, might run perfectly for allocated) given back to the you to do is to run this code, replace years - before all hell breaks system, and is all the allocated the for loop with a while(1) loop, and loose. This is why valgrind is memory still reachable? replace the malloc(10) with such a useful tool. This is the malloc(1000). Start the application, output of Listing 1 on my system Take a look at Listing 1 (below). and see what happens with your after compiling it with This is some bad code. It calls a system. Your physical memory will gcc -Wall -g leak.c -o memleak function leak() (lines 3 to 7) 10 be filled, then your swapspace will times, which allocates 10 bytes be filled, and eventually the displays Fig.4 (following page). and does not free it. Then it oom_killer (out of memory killer) will kill the fat When I terminate the while(1) 01. #include
11 edb@lapedb:~/fullcircle/c-6$ valgrind --leak-check=full --show- reachable=yes ./memleak ==7257== Memcheck, a memory error detector. in 11 blocks (verify this!), because valgrind accounts for ==7257== Copyright (C) 2002-2007, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al. what really happens; it doesn't look forward to what ==7257== Using LibVEX rev 1854, a library for dynamic binary might happen in the system. translation. ==7257== Copyright (C) 2004-2007, and GNU GPL'd, by OpenWorks LLP. One special thing I should still mention here: I told you ==7257== Using valgrind-3.3.1-Debian, a dynamic binary earlier I compiled the code with the '-g' flag, which adds instrumentation framework. debugging symbols to the binary. This is why valgrind is ==7257== Copyright (C) 2000-2007, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al. able to tell us at which file and on which line number the ==7257== For more details, rerun with: -v error occurred. If I would compile the binary with ==7257== malloc(10) now points to: 0x41a2028 gcc -Wall leak.c -o memleak malloc(10) now points to: 0x41a2068 malloc(10) now points to: 0x41a20a8 malloc(10) now points to: 0x41a20e8 the output would look like: malloc(10) now points to: 0x41a2128 malloc(10) now points to: 0x41a2168 ==7339== 100 bytes in 10 blocks are definitely lost malloc(10) now points to: 0x41a21a8 malloc(10) now points to: 0x41a21e8 in loss record 2 of 2 malloc(10) now points to: 0x41a2228 ==7339== at 0x4025D2E: malloc malloc(10) now points to: 0x41a2268 (vg_replace_malloc.c:207) malloc(15) in main: 0x41a22a8 ==7339== by 0x8048405: leak (in ^C==7257== ==7257== ERROR SUMMARY: 0 errors from 0 contexts (suppressed: /home/edb/fullcircle/c-6/memleak) 11 from 1) ==7339== by 0x8048443: main (in ==7257== malloc/free: in use at exit: 115 bytes in 11 blocks. /home/edb/fullcircle/c-6/memleak) ==7257== malloc/free: 11 allocs, 0 frees, 115 bytes allocated. ==7257== For counts of detected errors, rerun with: -v ==7257== searching for pointers to 11 not-freed blocks. It still is able to tell us we lost some memory, but it can ==7257== checked 52,132 bytes. no longer tell us on which file or line things went wrong. ==7257== ==7257== 15 bytes in 1 blocks are still reachable in loss So, the good news is valgrind telling us if we have a record 1 of 2 ==7257== at 0x4025D2E: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:207) memory leak or not. The bad news is that we need to ==7257== by 0x8048459: main (memleak.c:15) have a binary with debugging symbols in it if we wish to ==7257== ==7257== 100 bytes in 10 blocks are definitely lost in loss know the exact location of the leak. We can then record 2 of 2 recompile the executable to do some troubleshooting - for ==7257== at 0x4025D2E: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:207) ==7257== by 0x8048405: leak (memleak.c:5) which we also need the sources! ==7257== by 0x8048443: main (memleak.c:13) ==7257== ==7257== LEAK SUMMARY: ==7257== definitely lost: 100 bytes in 10 blocks. In this article, I introduced some tools that allow you to ==7257== possibly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks. ==7257== still reachable: 15 bytes in 1 blocks. do some easy troubleshooting and analysis on binaries, ==7257== suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks. Fig. 4 12 without the need to have any example on wget but now with an with respect to memory sources or knowledge of these invalid URL, on which output is it management. binaries. Next time, we'll even easier to diagnose that the output • Which others tools are part of attempt to go a bit deeper, and was a faulty DNS entry. the valgrind suite, and how then we'll take a look at using a • Read the strace manpage; will could these help you in writing real debugger. strace automatically follow child higher quality applications? processes? What measures do you have to take when tracing a multithreaded application? is a • vmstat is a tool which reports • Does valgrind automatically trace Belgian Linux fanatic, and system usage statistics, use child processes? apart from spending time strace to figure out which /proc/ with his family, he enjoys playing file(s) it uses to generate its • Try running valgrind on some of with technology, and spends his output. your favorite command line tools. days waiting for Blizzard to finally And check if they behave properly release Diablo III. • Repeat the ltrace/strace
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create a website in PHP — right on about the intense security your own computer — without practices involved in actually FCM#20 - 21 - Web Dev. Part 1 - 2 having to purchase server space. hosting websites. Keep that in Why would you want to do this? Well, mind for down the road. What I many web developers — whether am showing you is extremely they work freelance or for an simple (thanks to Ubuntu), but organization — need a server to also extremely powerful. develop their websites on. Quite For Windows users and often, they'll write code, upload it to developers who want (or have) a server, refresh the page in Firefox, Dev Graphics Internet Multimedia System to create websites in Windows and hope for the best. Some (possibly using some tools that advanced text editors and IDEs allow aren't available in Ubuntu, or you to edit files directly on the because work dictates you use server, but no matter how you Windows), you can with this CD/DVD HardDrive USB Drive Laptop Wireless upload your files, you still suffer from method set up an Ubuntu LAMP slow file transfers, broken server through a virtual machine connections, and other failed (try VMWare Server or VirtualBox oday I'll show you how to uploads. Using a localhost skips this — there are many tutorials install a web server and uploading step and allows you to edit online) to get a secure and Tdatabase, immediately your entire website, right on your PC. ready for web development. reliable Ubuntu server while If you know how to forward port 80 using Windows! Basically you'd We will be setting up what's on your router, you can even make it install Ubuntu Server 8.04.2 or called a LAMP server (LAMP accessible to your friends or family. 8.10 into a virtual machine, use standing for Linux, Apache, Although you could start to host the method I show you to setup MySQL and PHP) to create a websites professionally using the a LAMP server, and then access localhost and also get into a bit of method I will show you today, I it via the IP address in your PHP programming. What this assume that if you are reading this browser. means is that you can edit and article, you are not ready to learn
14 blacklist php5-common php5-mysql Well no, but once you start using ssl-cert tcpd Wordpress, MediaWiki, Drupal, or any serious programming, you Installing a LAMP server in Which is easier to remember? may need certain libraries Ubuntu is extremely easy, and installed. Don't worry, you'll you can do it in one of two ways: But, as you can see, this method installs all sorts of packages that you learn which libraries are required may not need nor want on your as you go along. sudo tasksel install lamp- server (such as Perl, PostgreSQL, and So, suppose you are server SSL libraries). Now, are these programming in PHP, and you packages bad for your system? Not require some image This was introduced in at all. It depends on how lean you manipulation libraries, security Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft), and works want your server to run, and how libraries, or even the command- up to and including 9.04 (Jaunty many packages you want to support. line interface (meaning you can Jackalope — currently in For now, "sudo tasksel install lamp- run PHP through the terminal, development). For 6.06 (Dapper server" should suffice perfectly for not just through Firefox), then Drake), you simply need to install the beginner or someone who needs you need to customize your 'tasksel' before trying to run a LAMP server up and running quickly. LAMP server installation. tasksel. Thus, for my LAMP server, I Now, what has this magical This method is similar to Method 1, would install the following program done? Running the with the exception of allowing you to packages: above command is the same as select which packages you'd like to sudo aptitude install apache2 running: install. libapache2-mod-php5 mysql- sudo aptitude install apache2 client-5.0 mysql-server-5.0 apache2.2-common apache2-mpm- For many, this would suffice to set php5 php5-cli php5-curl php5- prefork apache2-utils up a LAMP server: gd php5-imagick php5-json libapache2-mod-php5 libapr1 php5-mcrypt phpmyadmin php5- sudo aptitude install apache2 libaprutil1 libdbd-mysql-perl mysql libapache2-mod-php5 mysql-server libdbi-perl php5 libmysqlclient15off libnet- Note my inclusion of daemon-perl libplrpc-perl 'phpmyadmin'. phpMyAdmin (as libpq5 libwrap0 mysql-client- The problem with this is you're not 5.0 mysql-common mysql-server exactly customizing your installation. discussed in my first article) is a mysql-server-5.0 openssl- Does everyone need customization? great tool for managing your
15 MySQL server. We won't go into /var/www/. There are two ways of where you would like to store databases today, but just changing this: your development files (e.g. remember how easy it is to change 1. Delete /var/www/, and make a install. To access it, simply point $HOME/Desktop/localhost (both link/shortcut to a folder on your your browser to instances!) to desktop or in your home directory, or: http://localhost/phpmyadmin and $HOME/Documents/www (or enter in 'root' as the username 2. Edit the Apache config file, and whichever folder you'd like)). and the password you chose change all instances of /var/www/ to For 2, edit the file during the install. a folder on your desktop or in your "/etc/apache2/sites- home directory. Don't be afraid to customize, available/default" by replacing remix, and explore! For 1, simply run this in the "/var/www" with a folder of your terminal: choosing, and then reload Apache: sudo rm -r /var/www && mkdir Once you successfully complete $HOME/Desktop/localhost && sudo sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 Method 1 or Method 2 for ln -s $HOME/Desktop/localhost/ reload installing your LAMP server, open /var/www Firefox (Applications > Internet > Whether using #1 or #2, Firefox Web Browser) and open: That line first removes /var/www/, check http://localhost in Firefox then creates a folder at once more to make sure it is http://localhost $HOME/Desktop/localhost (so, if my working. At this point, you There should simply be black username was 'brett', it would create should simply see a directory text on a white background that a folder at listing of the folder we just says "It works!". If you don't see /home/brett/Desktop/localhost), and created (e.g. those words, hop on over to our finally creates a shortcut from $HOME/Desktop/localhost/), sub-forum at Ubuntu Forums for $HOME/Desktop/localhost to which, more than likely, is empty help. /var/www. This will successfully trick and shows nothing. Apache into thinking the files are actually sitting in /var/www. is an Ubuntu Note: if you want the folder to be enthusiast, computer Right now, Apache is reading somewhere other than your desktop, technician and software your files in a (to you, probably then simply edit the line above to engineer from Toronto, Canada obscure) directory called
16 HHOOWW--TTOO Written by Ronnie Tucker IINNSSTTAALLLL CCRRUUNNCCHHEEEEEE TTOO EEEEEE PPCC
We'll install CrunchEEE from a Sit back, wait, and watch, as bootable USB flash drive (USB stick). your EEE PC boots CrunchEEE N/A First, download the ISO image from from the USB stick. Like most crunchbanglinux.org. Next, see distros, it's a 'live' distro. You can FCM#21 for an explanation of how to try it out before you install it. convert an ISO image to a bootable CrunchEEE opens with a black USB stick. background, with Conky The first thing to do is insert the superimposed over the top right, bootable USB stick into one of the giving basic information such as Dev Graphics Internet Multimedia System EEE PC's USB ports. Next, turn on the CPU percentage, memory used, EEE PC, and, as soon as you see the and a list of hot-keys. Take the blue ASUS screen, hold down the ESC time to properly test-drive any key. You'll now be presented with a distro before you install it to the
CD/DVD HardDrive USB Drive Laptop Wireless terminal-style screen (below)with two hard drive. Make sure you at boot options: boot from (1) the least test the sound and Wi-fi, internal hard drive, or (2) the USB since they are the main problem- runchBang is an Ubuntu- stick you have plugged in. Choose areas in putting a distro on the based distribution. the USB stick. EEE PC. To test the webcam, try CCrunchEEE is based on Skype. CrunchBang, but uses the To begin installing CrunchEEE OpenBox GUI and installs only to the EEE PC hard drive, right necessary applications, mainly click on the desktop and select Internet ones, but with the 'install' from the main menu. Array.org kernel. The Array.org kernel is a modified Ubuntu kernel Installing CrunchEEE is the with all the necessary EEE same as installing any other patches installed, so it's a great Ubuntu-based distro. Seven time saver. steps, and you’re done. If you're
17 not sure of the steps to install an Ubuntu-based distro, check FCM#13 where we describe an Ubuntu installation step-by-step. What was nice about installing CrunchEEE was that the fonts had been made smaller, so the installation's windows fitted nicely to the EEE screen. No annoying ALT + move, or having to turn off Compiz to be allowed to ALT + move! The steps outlined in creating the bootable USB stick (FCM#21), booting from it, and installing the distro (in this case CrunchEEE) are exactly the same for all Ubuntu- based distros, so feel free to download and try several distros. I've tried Kubuntu 8.10 (with KDE 4) and Xubuntu 8.10 (both of which need patches on the default installations to get some features working). I even tried Puppy Linux on my EEE before The default theme in CrunchEEE choosing CrunchEEE. That's one of (above) is quite bland – it’s a the great things about Linux: choice! black background with Conky having white text, and the window decoration is black and grey. Don't worry, CrunchEEE comes with is Editor of quite a few themes installed. A Full Circle magazine, a few clicks later, a change of recent GNOME convert, and wallpaper, and CrunchEEE is artist whose gallery of work can be looking much nicer. seen at www.RonnieTucker.co.uk.
18 HHOOWW--TTOO Written by Grant Paton-Simpson SSPPRREEAADD UUBBUUNNTTUU
trouble later. And you'll need an ISO image file for Ubuntu – N/A Even if you don't see the value of either on CD or USB. Grab your an aesthetically pleasing desktop, ISO from most potential users of Ubuntu will. http://www.ubuntu.com/getubunt Being able to drag-rotate the u/download. If you are going to desktop cube around is always a set up multiple boot options, you good selling point! Here is my dual- may also want Gparted – screen desktop. The theme is Dust, http://gparted.sourceforge.net/do and it uses custom wide-screen wnload.php. Dev Graphics Internet Multimedia System wallpaper I made using Inkscape.
This is the safest approach if the user has some Windows CD/DVD HardDrive USB Drive Laptop Wireless programs that you cannot get to work under WINE and if virtualization is not an option. 008 was my year of Linux The user will be able to read and on the Desktop, as it was for write to all files in the Windows 2many of my relatives, partition from Ubuntu. This can friends, and colleagues (see help with trouble shooting, and http://www.p-s.co.nz/wordpress/). with a transition from one But that doesn't mean Ubuntu is system to the other. right for everyone. Here are some Dual-booting is particularly thoughts on how to proceed with good for family machines spreading Ubuntu, one machine Firstly, determine what sort of because children gain access to at a time. installation will suit the user. A little all the games (er, educational thought up-front can save a lot of software) from both worlds.
19 (see image 2). And remember, you the Windows partition from it) can share files between Ubuntu and and, who knows, they might like XP only by creating shared folders. it better. If you are expected to volunteer your time then it seems only fair. • Vista users experiencing performance problems.
• People who dislike using computers – They will probably dislike Ubuntu as well, and now they have someone to personally blame for their problems. Install Ubuntu only if (And Who to Leave Well Alone!) they are expecting you to This approach is the simplest to support Windows anyway. install, but make sure you won't • Business users in a highly need Windows again because • People who already know about Microsoft-oriented environment – dual-booting is more tricky to set Ubuntu – but want someone more There may be lots of up if you do it Ubuntu experienced to set them up. first/Windows second. And make applications that won't work sure to back everything up. • XP users with infected machines – under WINE, special network If they spend a lot of their time requirements, and so on. Dual- worrying about security and booting is an option, but a malware, then they might be open to certain amount of caution is This option is excellent for Ubuntu. NOTE: If you end up having prudent. The OSS stack is very newer machines, and is to repair a Windows machine, make mature for some uses, but not reasonably easy to set up using sure the user lets you install Ubuntu for others. Be pragmatic. VirtualBox. You can run programs as a dual-boot option. It helps with like MS Access, MS SQL Server, • People With Essential trouble shooting (e.g. you can read etc. inside – with no problems Hardware That Won't Work In
20 Ubuntu. Test first. toolbar, etc.); other Ubuntu users; and Google of course. Plus, there are The Fridge many excellent Ubuntu books out (What to Tell Them First) there now. Some resources suit some OK, someone has asked you to users better than others, but make install Ubuntu. What should you sure they are aware of what they can tell them before going ahead? do to help themselves. Make the following points clear: • It is their choice to install Ubuntu. You will do it for them, and will help them as much as possible later on, but ultimate responsibility for the result is theirs. The Fridge is an information hub • Some hardware, and a lot of for the Ubuntu community, bringing together news, grassroots Windows-only software (e.g. from marketing, advocacy, team a lot of appliance store chains, collaboration, and great original etc.), may not work in Ubuntu. content. There is usually an alternative Just like the family fridge at home, available for free within the open this is where we - the Ubuntu source world, but not always. If family - can put our best work on display for everyone to see. you are dual-booting, or you have XP virtualized, this may not be as Whether you’re working on advocacy and local marketing in a important an issue. LoCo team, creating wonderful new worlds of Ubuntu in a is a derivative team, or building the software developer from freedom and technology of the Auckland, New Zealand, with a Introduce new users to the future in a development team, we PhD in Sociology. Married to Elizabeth want to help you tell the resources of the Ubuntu world: with 4 lively children, and a custom community about your success. First Circle; the Ubuntu forums database business (http://www.p- (add bookmarks to their Firefox s.co.nz).
21 MMYY SSTTOORRYY Written by Roukh MMAAKKIINNGG TTHHEE SSWWIITTCCHH
have played with various partition out of pure geek laziness. experience of KDE. Installing distributions of Linux for the There is a plethora of Distros KDE with the default Gnome Ipast five years. I would dabble available now, but I decided to go desktop environment is easy in Red Hat running a web server, with Ubuntu. I guess I did this enough - just follow The Geek's install Mandriva (Mandrake at the because of the tremendous amount Guide [1]. I have to admit that time) in a dual boot with XP, and of online support available. Also, The the KDE environment is a great actually built a kiosk for a tech Geek has a complete choice if you are school in my area using Suse section of useful ditching Linux. I have also run various Ubuntu and Linux tips! KDE ... is a great Windows. KDE offers a lot of versions on Virtual Machines over I went with the choice if you are functionality Windows many times. I have default Gnome GUI at ditching Windows... right out of the always had a love/hate first. I was able to box. With the relationship with Linux. When I easily maneuver my way through release of KDE 4.0, it gets even could get things working it was Ubuntu pretty well. When it came to better - a beautiful interface, great! However, when I just installing drivers for my Nvidia card, familiar start menu, the ability to needed something such as my it was an easy and painless process. I browse directories as root with sound card to work, I would find also have a Creative X-Fi sound card - just a click, and a lot more. I am that 2 hours of compiling a driver but I was not so lucky with this. now a Kubuntu fan, and I intend just wasn't worth it. There is a beta driver for the X-Fi to do a clean install of the card from Creative Open Source, but I have never been able to Kubuntu 64 system. switch to Linux as my main OS the bad thing for my set-up is that it because of some of the issues does not currently support 5.1 [1] The Geek - that go along with it. Last week, I surround sound. I am sticking to my http://www.howtogeek.com/howt decided to give it another go. No integrated sound and will let my X-Fi o/ubuntu/install-kde-kubuntu-on- dual-boot system this time either, card sit and collect dust for now. ubuntu/ I thought. Any time I have tried I was really enjoying Gnome and that in the past, I would always my new Linux environment, when I end up booting the Windows decided to allow myself the
22 BBOOOOKK RREEVVIIEEWW Written by Ronnie Tucker UUBBUUNNTTUU FFOORR NNOONN--GGEEEEKKSS
As previously mentioned, the book Grant, Rickford covers trying Ubuntu, installing it, 360 pages getting used to the desktop, internet June 2008 applications, customizing the look and feel of your new install and, of 9781593271800 course, the terminal. But Grant No Starch Press leaves the terminal discussions until Which game is shown being at least half way through the book. installed in Ubuntu For Non- By that time the user is probably Geeks? quite confident using Ubuntu and quite happy to tinker with the Email your answer to: buntu For Non-Geeks [email protected]. covers every angle of terminal. After that, the user reads Ubuntu - from trying it and about how to set up and install U . The winner will be printers and scanners, adding fonts, installing it to customizing it. But announced in FCM#23. where this book differs from business, graphic, audio, video and others is in its project-based DVD applications and finally security. teaching. I'd have no hesitation In each chapter, Grant takes recommending Ubuntu For Non- the user, step by step, through a Geeks to a new user as it shows new small task. For example, in users how to do things step by step, chapter five he teaches new users it doesn't just explain it in text and to use Synaptic by showing them leave the user to make assumptions. http://nostarch.com how to install Frozen Bubble. This book is definitely the best one Giving them Frozen Bubble will I've read, so far, aimed at the new surely destroy their free time, but user. Many thanks to at least the user now has the for supporting Full knowledge and confidence to Circle with this review copy install, and uninstall, applications. of
23 MMOOTTUU IINNTTEERRVVIIEEWW Taken from EEMMAANNUUEELLEE GGEENNTTIILLII
Behind MOTU is a site featuring interviews with those known as 'Masters of the Universe' (MOTU). They are the volunteer army of package maintainers who look after the Universe and Multiverse software repositories.
Hedgehog – I installed it after its What helped you to learn release in April 2005. From that packaging, and how Ubuntu moment, Ubuntu was always on my teams work? box somewhere, sharing my time with Aurox fedora based distribution About packaging - there are a lot for some time that I developed. of great resources. I used the DebianMaintainer guide, and the Ubuntu packaging guide; the Ubuntu School logs, and Debian Policy, have been good places to Since April 2005. consult when I didn’t know anything, or was unsure. Now, thanks to Daniel Holbach, we 21 have Ubuntu videos too - an Orvieto, Italy I started to contribute to the MOTU important asset to start. emgent team when I decided to stop my work in Gentoo and Aurox For questions, there is a development. I created a Launchpad #ubuntu-motu channel on account on 2007-11-09, and I started freenode, another very my contributions to the Ubuntu important resources to solve I started with slackware in 1999, Security Team with Security fixes to possible problems. version 4.0 if I remember well. packages, auditing, penetration tests After that I switched to Gentoo on Launchpad, Ubuntu website, and Linux for my home-based servers, other stuff (and I found some nice and Debian for desktop, but – security bugs in these, now all fixed). I think that working with lots of intrigued by Ubuntu Hoary people that have the same
24 interests, views and goals. – Mikhail Bakunin The best WindowMaker ever seen, for stability and speed. After that, I think Please read that rapache will be a good tool for http://www.ubuntu.com/communit all sysadmins, will facilitate the I do political activism (not y/participate, and join – we need sysadmin with their configurations of political parties), and I’m help to build the best distribution, the web server, and I hope will be a involved in movements formed so that we can thus conquer the good tool to convince some by voluntary associations who world! sysadmins who uses Microsoft are working for various things. I Windows to switch to Ubuntu. do these with my girlfriend.
I’m working mainly on Rapache (https://launchpad.net/rapache, available in Intrepid Universe) – a GUI for configuring and managing apache2. Rapache is written in python+GTK coming out of an idea after UDS Prague. In this last period, I have also taken the WindowMaker package (lightweight, loving desktop manager), that was perhaps a bit too abandoned, as I am a wmaker developer, my son heard that I was the first person responsible for it. In addition to this, I work as usual in auditing, penetration test, and fix the security vulnerabilities contained in packages.
25 Every month we like to publish some of the emails we receive. If you would like to LLEETTTTEERRSS submit a letter for publication, compliment or complaint, please email it to: [email protected]. PLEASE NOTE: some letters may be edited for space reasons.
y husband and I were Writer of Letter of the Month wins talking the other night, I two metal Ubuntu case badges! have changed most of our M n the last issue of Full Circle, Mr Further, the answer six machines into Ubuntu and we Alsemgeest writes, "The only now have two new grandchildren to the Java/C#/popular way to upgrade to EXT4 without that are in Iowa, but we are in I languages question doesn't losing data is to copy all your data Pennsylvania. We need a way to mention that C# (and other to another partition or hard drive keep in touch with our children, .Net languages) are widely first". This is incorrect. Quoting [1]: and grandchildren, and would used in the free software prefer to do it via the Internet. To convert an existing ext3 community thanks to the filesystem to use ext4, use the efforts of the Mono project. First we don't know what command software we would need, we have powerful enough machines to run tune2fs -O [1] the software, camera and/or extents,uninit_bg,dir_index http://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/E headsets, so that shouldn't be a /dev/DEV xt4_Howto#Converting_an_ext3_filesy problem. But then we need to stem_to_ext4 know what hardware would work with the software (in Ubuntu) and find someone who could make this am a serious newbie and of course which headset/phone happen? we should look in to. have gained some user ability Iwith Ubuntu. My quest of the I was hoping maybe someone week is to try to understand on your team, or a reader, would Ed: Sane which is driving me INsane. have useful information in this I find it user unfriendly. It is not area that they could give to those intuitive at all, at least not for of us who have family at long me. So I was pleased to read in distances. Hopefully in the next your mag about gscan2pdf and few months, you might be able to went in search of this scanning
26 elixir. Can it be substituted for E: Q&A of Full Circle Issue 21. Suse, Slackware, et al the same Sane and its incantations? I am a The question asked if there as Unix has for all of its various long term Windows user and am Rwas a newsgroup for Ubuntu. incarnations. One has to admit using an HP all-in-one wonder Your answer said it had closed. This that without Linus there would device. The Windows software is is not completely true. Check: have been no Linux, just as easily understood without a . Unfortunately without Stallman there would manual to refer to. I would like to Google Groups does not carry the have been no GNU/Linux. The see gscan2pdf in the same light. newsgroup, but it is available fact that Linus named his Is it possible? I really would like to through regular news servers. original software kernel 'Linux' is migrate to Linux. history. The fact that 'Linux' as a term has taken on a life of its downloaded and read some of own could not have been Ed: your magazines today after seeing predicted. Ia link in the Ubuntu forums. Good stuff, but I wanted to respond to the two letters I read from reader "Vincent" about everyone using the word "Linux" to . describe the computer operating system vs "GNU/Linux" which "might be a more appropriate (albeit cumbersome) name". I think that Linux has now come to be used as a generic term for Ubuntu, Red Hat,
27 UUBBUUNNTTUU GGAAMMEESS Written by Edward Hewitt
inux is great! We all know that, but there are two major things I GAME NEWS Lbelieve need resolving before we can say Linux is ready for the • Much improved drivers from mainstream. The first is video editing & – the 180.22 and the second is gaming. Gaming is they can not play the games drivers have just been a very important part of the success they love. Linux does have ways released for nVidia cards. This of Linux, so there is much work to do to make it easier for people to driver allows more cards to before we can safely say that Linux is switch from Windows to Linux, work with Linux, improves the platform of choice for gaming. In thanks to great work from the performance, and supports order to achieve this, I believe there Wine team. Games like Counter OpenGL 3! ATi 9.1 driver also are three key areas that need Strike do work in Linux. provides support for OpenGL addressing: games, distribution, and However, the support is not 3. services. Each of these areas is perfect. I much prefer native • (below) is important for gamers, especially PC games to games played using highly rated for PC and the gamers. Wine. It's important that we try to convince developers to Wii. It has finally hit beta for The number and quality of games develop games for Linux, and to Linux. available for Linux is probably the port games to Linux. Hopefully, most important area. Although it has as OpenGL gets better, it will be many great games, it needs more easier for developers to do this. games from major developers, such We may be able to help, by as EA or Activision. The big PC games making the transfer from DirectX need to be ported to Linux, such as to OpenGL as easy as possible. World of Warcraft, Counter Strike, Battlefield, and Call of Duty. These So, you may be thinking, now are the games that all the gamers that we have these major games are playing. There is no point in for Linux, how will we get our trying to move gamers to Linux if hands on them? The best
28 solution for Linux is Ventrilo does work very digital distribution. I do well in Wine. not see Linux games ever If we are able to being in shops. It would achieve success in all be far better to have a these areas, then we'll website or online store have a platform for from which we can Windows gamers to download Linux games. I move to. I believe it is believe a service like possible to achieve the Steam is the best solution last two areas, because to getting games onto we can develop these Linux. This solution is services within the Linux looking likely to happen, community. The difficult since Steam is apparently part is getting the coming to Linux! developers on board. The final area is the Apple is having a hard services. There are many services time trying to get the developers which PC gamers use on The second major network is fairly on board with their platform, so Windows. These mainly consist of new: Steam. This online store now it is likely that Linux will have a communication methods. The two provides a social networking side for bigger challenge. major services are the gaming gaming, which is used in a similar networks and the VOIP services. way to Xfire. Sadly, there is no way The gaming network is heavily to use the Steam community feature used by gamers for talking to yet, unless you use Wine. The VOIP friends, joining games with each services are very important for other, and for clans/guilds. The clans/guilds to use during a match. biggest network is Xfire, with over The whole team needs to be in a , aka chewit, is a twelve-million users. It is VOIP channel to be able to talk about keen PC gamer and important that this service is tactics during a match. The two main sometimes enjoys console accessible for gamers on Linux. services are Teamspeak and Ventrilo. gaming. He is also on the Luckily, there is a plugin for Teamspeak has a native Linux client, development team for the Gfire project (Xfire Plugin for Pidgin) Pidgin, called Gfire (gfire.sf.net). but Ventrilo does not. However,
29 If you have Ubuntu-related questions, email them to: QQ&&AA [email protected], and Tommy will answer them in a future issue. Written by Tommy Alsemgeest Q Q You make it executable by right-clicking the file, Agoing to the permissions tab, and ticking the box "Allow executing file as program." You can also run the program from the terminal without making it executable by typing: python firstprogram.py It is relatively simple to install Ubuntu inside Windows. You Asimply have to run the CD (from "My Computer"), and choose Q "Install inside Windows." This will To fix this you will have to bring up the Wubi installer, which will edit your xorg.conf. This ask you some questions, then install This link should help you Apost on the Ubuntu Forums Ubuntu onto a file inside Windows. out, even if it was written will tell you everything you need, Once it is finished, you can start into Afor Ubuntu 7.04: even though it may seem Ubuntu by restarting your computer http://www.howtoforge.com/ocr_ outdated: and choosing Ubuntu. with_tesseract_on_ubuntu704 http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost. php?p=129379&postcount=21 Q
30 Your chance to show the world your desktop or PC. Email your screenshots and photos to: [email protected] and include a brief paragraph about your MMYY DDEESSKKTTOOPP desktop, your PC's specs and any other interesting tidbits about your setup.
I use Ubuntu 8.04. This system runs Compiz, Emerald, Cairo, and I've been a Ubuntu user since version 5.10. I'm a PhD student in Screenlets. All sorts of things are tweaked and customized. The theoretical physics who uses Ubuntu exclusively for all my custom background was created in GIMP. scientific tasks. It has never let me down, except at certain points (managing scientific papers, full-fledged PDF editing solutions), System specs: which I hope will be resolved soon. AMD X2 5200, BFG 8800 GTS, This is my office desktop, with Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 2 Gigs of Corsair, 500+160+160 GB hard-drives, 2.66 GHz, Intel Corporation Two hard drives both 250 GB SATA. 82G33/G31 Express Integrated Graphics Card. My computational One HD has XP (for gaming mostly) work is primarily done on other parallel cluster machines, and and Ubuntu on the other HD. hence I can spice up my desktop eye-candy with Compiz and also Cairo-dock. The wallpaper is from digitalblasphemy.com and my screen resolution is 1280x1024. I'm using Hardy Heron (Ubuntu 8.04) right now.
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I have been using Linux since 2005. I started off using I've been using Ubuntu for about four years now, and I love YellowDog Linux on a Mac, then I switched to Ubuntu 5.04, and everything about it. I love to customize things. I'm currently have upgraded through the years to, currently, Ubuntu 8.04. running Ubuntu 8.10 beta, and, so far, it's been great. Everything But now I am running it on a Dell Optiplex 270 machine, which just seems to work, especially my USB Wi-Fi adapter, which I've has a 2.8 GHz Pentium 4HT, and 2 GB of RAM. I am dual-booting had quite a bit of trouble with in the past. I got my wallpaper with Windows XP, which I hardly ever use. As for my desktop, I from gnome-look.org. It's called "wood-linux". The system stats am using a background that I received from a friend of mine. I on the right side is Conky - with a script I found somewhere, don't also use cairo-dock with the Mac OS X theme. ask me where; the theme is NewHuman. My laptop is a Compaq Presario 2140. It's not much (AMD 2200+ with 512 MB RAM), but it works great, and I've had it for almost 6 years.
32 DDVVDD RRIIPPPPEERRSS Written by Andrew Min
http://handbrake.fr/ http://untrepid.com/acidrip/ While it was AcidRip is a powerful, originally open source GTK devloped for frontend for MEncoder, BeOS, the powerful but slightly Handbrake confusing command line first gained encoder. While it's prominence focused on DVD-to-DivX as an open conversion, it also source DVD outputs to MOV and (if ripper for OS you have the right X. However, components) MP3. It has in early 2006, a group of hackers forked HandBrake an overwhelming and renamed it Media Fork. One of the new features number of features, since added was a CLI port to Linux. A year later, the almost all the features of MEncoder are incorporated projects merged, and now, HandBrake is one of the into AcidRip. It's certainly not the most user-friendly, most prominent rippers on Linux, especially after the but it's good if you like control. recent GTK+ GUI for the Linux port. To install AcidRip, use the ' ' package in the Unfortunately, it's not in the Ubuntu repositories yet; 'multiverse' repositories. to install Handbrake, you'll need to use the official .deb at the download page.
33 http://exit1.org/dvdrip/ http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ One of the oldest rippers around VLC, the swiss army knife of (it was started back in 2001), media players, also plays and dvd::rip is the granddaddy of rips DVDs. While it's not the http://thoggen.net/ rippers. As it has aged, it has easiest to set up, there are Thoggen is the simplest DVD picked more and more features, multiple handy tutorials on the ripper you'll ever find. You select from powerful projects to obscure topic the titles to rip, and click a button. tools like cluster control. It can (http://url.fullcirclemagazine.org/ Thoggen takes the titles, converts output to a few different formats, 24e316 is my personal favorite). them to OGG, and then says bye but you'll forgive the lack of And being VLC, it can encode to bye. There are no advanced encoding diversity once you see almost anything, including ASF, features (you can't even output to the number of features it sports. MPEG, Ogg, MOV, and even FLV a format other than OGG), but (that's right... Flash video). Of To install dvd::rip, use the that's what sets Thoggen apart. course, it also has all the ` ` package in the It's obviously not appealing to the features you'd expect from a `multiverse` repositories. uber-geek, but it does a great job DVD ripper, plus a few special of using the KISS principle to ones like messing with the appeal to the less-technical crowd. has been a Linux codecs and subtitles. To install this "DVD backup" utility, addict since he first installed To install VLC, use the ` ` openSuSE in VMWare. Learn use the ` ` package in more about him at package in the `universe` the `universe` repositories. http://www.andrewmin.com/ repositories.
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