Full Circle THE INDEPENDENT MAGAZINE FOR THE UBUNTU LINUX COMMUNITY ISSUE #57 - January 2012 EENNLLIIGGHHTTEENNMMEENNTT 1177 DDIISSTTRROOSS TTOO TTRRYY FFOORR EE1177 full circle magazine #57 full circle magazine is neither affiliated wit1h, nor endorsed by, Canonical Ltd. contents ^ HowTo Full Circle Opinions THE INDEPENDENT MAGAZINE FOR THE UBUNTU LINUX COMMUNITY Try Enlightenment p.07 My Story p.27 Linux News p.04 My Desktop p.53 LibreOffice Pt11 p.10 My Opinion p.28 Columns Backup Strategy Pt5 p.12 Command & Conquer p.05 Ubuntu Games p.49 I Think... p.29 Encrypted USB Stick p.14 Linux Labs p.21 Q&A p.43 Review p.34 Varnish Web Cache p.16 Ubuntu Women p.46 Closing Windows p.25 Letters p.39 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 tfoulhl acivrecleCamnaognaiczainlee#nd5o7rseme2nt. contents ^ EEDDIITTOORRIIAALL This magazine was created using : Welcome to the first issue of Full Circle for 2012! Happy new year! I hope all of you had a great holiday season and that you're ready for more Full Circle. This month we have an article on Enlightenment17 (aka: E17) and which distros have, and had, E17. I haven't tried it in quite some time, but I'm tempted to install Bodhi on my laptop. Oh, and Greg is hoping to return next month with his Python articles. He's a bit busy with real life at the moment. But, fear not, the LibreOffice and Backup articles continue. This month Allan looks at DropBox. Last month we looked at creating a persistent USB stick. This month we take it one step further and create an encrypted USB stick. And if you run a web server you'll want to take a look at our article on Varnish web cache. Full Circle Podcast We also have a couple of great games being reviewed and a quick article on how to install Released monthly, each episode and run Minecraft. Disclaimer: Full Circle magazine can not be held responsible for the covers all the latest Ubuntu news, immediate lack of real life interaction which inevitably happens after installing Minecraft. You opinions, reviews, interviews and listener feedback. The Side-Pod is have been warned! If in doubt, listen to Alan Pope's comments regarding Minecraft in the latest a new addition, it's an extra Full Circle Podcast. (irregular) short-form podcast which is intended to be a branch And did you hear the news that Canonical have launched Ubuntu TV? It sounds to me like it's of the main podcast. It's somewhere to put all the general an Ubuntu version of XBMC/Boxee to embed into TV's. Check out the news page for more on technology and non-Ubuntu stuff that. I'm sure you'll all be delighted to know that it looks just like Unity. that doesn’t fit in the main podcast. I also want to thank all of you who wrote to me after I mentioned that I'd received no letters Hosts: throughout December 2011. Suffice it to say that I now have enough letters for several Robin Catling months! Thank you all! Ed Hewitt Dave Wilkins All the best, and keep in touch! Ronnie http://fullcirclemagazine.org [email protected] full circle magazine #57 3 contents ^ LLIINNUUXX NNEEWWSS Ubuntu TV partners or deals with any brand- Air Force Drone by Robin Catling name manufacturers in these Controllers Embrace EPUB / MOBI announcements and Canonical CEO Jane Silber wouldn't name Linux Finally we have both epub and any in talks. mobi formatted Full Circle on the downloads page. At the Despite Google's renewed push on moment it's only FCM#56 Google TV, it could be seen as a that's online, but we're hoping direct response to the rumours of to have back issues online shortly. If you've any problems Canonical has taken the covers off Apple lining up a dramatic next with the epub/mobi Ubuntu TV, the latest technical generation of Apple TV. Just how "Last year, U.S. military drone files/formatting you can drop product within the Ubuntu brand. Canonical intends to sit between control systems were infectedwith an email to Jens at: Press coverage is synchronised these two tectonic plates, neither of which has a track record of Windows USB worms. They seem to [email protected] across the Consumer Electronics be moving the control systems to Show (CES), selected news titles success - yet - appears to rest on Linux now,"said Mikko Hypponen, Big thanks to Jens, Oppih and (PCPro among them) and on the confidence; that device chief research officer at F-Secure, the beta testers for making Ubuntu website manufacturers want an open, via Twitter. them a reality. http://www.ubuntu.com/tv. neutral platform from a supplier that doesn't profit its' own brand As evidence of the apparent shift, This is the first public look as at their expense. he posted pictures of a drone Ubuntu TV, which, as Mark control system from 2009 (the FC Notifier Update Shuttleworth promised, aims to Although movie streaming services will be supported as well image was originally published by broaden the reach of the Ubuntu The Full Circle Notifier is still at as live television broadcasts a the Air Force), which appears to open-source operating system 1.0.2, but the PPA has been major issue is going to be deals for sport a Windows graphical user beyond the PC - Ubuntu on updated for Oneric. FCN is a small content. In the meanwhile, you can interface. For comparison, everything tablets; smart-phones application that sits in your glory in the Ubuntu TV interface, Hypponen then posted an and TVs. Canonical is showing the system tray and will announce which, as we discussed on the unclassified slide (above) from a first Ubuntu TV at CES in Las Vegas issue/podcast releases, and can podcast, could well be the killer 2010 briefing that details Linux as with an expectation of the first be set to download them too! For application for which Unity was being part of a 2011 upgrade. Ubuntu-powered television on sale more info, see the FCN Google by the end of this year. Tellingly, destined. Source: informationweek.com Group: http://goo.gl/4Ob4 there are no announcements of full circle magazine #57 4 contents ^ CCOOMMMMAANNDD && CCOONNQQUUEERR Written by Lucas Westermann UUssiinngg SSSSHH AAnndd RRssyynncc ack in issue #37, I wrote an example script, simply because I separately. A few files I would about configuring an SSH A few of you may be asking why haven't implemented a decent one recommend: .bashrc (or your rc file server on your computer, I don't just use Dropbox, an yet. There are some things you for the shell you use), .Xdefaults B in order to use it as a external hard drive, or a USB stick should take into consideration (for terminal colors), Music, SOCKS proxy. Since I imagine not (for smaller files). The answer is when designing your script, such Pictures, any configuration files for all that many people want to use it quite simple: Dropbox offers a as: window managers (XMonad, DWM, as such, I decided to focus on my limited amount of space, and the The script should only do etc.) second-most used command (my other options require me to something if you're on your home first-most used command is remember to do this regularly. If network (this can be done by Do you want to update “pacman” - ArchLinux's solution to you have SSH configured on your checking the ESSID of your (meaning newest copies of the files package management). Before I “sender” (in this case, my PC from wireless, or, if you connect your are the ones to keep), or ignore get into what that command is, I'll which I transfer the files), and an laptop to the LAN by cable when at files if they already exist on the briefly explain why you might be SSH client (no server required) on home, checking if eth0 is active, or receiver (useful for music and interested in this solution. your “receiver” (my laptop, in this simply deciding on a specific time pictures), do you need to be Specifically, it lets you sync case), then you can easily write a the script should run). The reason recursive (that means following a directories and files between two small script to run a cron (in other for this is because otherwise you'll directory tree). There are some computers over the LAN (and, if words, regularly, and without any have lots of failed SSH connections other useful options to consider properly configured, over the input). If you want to automate when doing this in a location that rsync offers (see the second Internet as well).