Is s ue #5 - Se pte m be r 2007 REVIEW :

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BRIDGE CO NSTRUCTIO N K IT -
PUT YO UR ENGINEERING
SK ILLS TO TH E TEST

TH E IND E PE ND E NT M AG AZ INE FO R TH E U BU NTU CO M M U NITY

H OW TO :
INTEREST GRO W S IN EDUBUNTU
LEARNING SCRIBUS PART 5
FRO M VM W ARE TO VIRTUALBO X

GUTSY GIBBON INSTALL:

FLUXBUNTU : STEP-BY-STEP
W E PREVIEW TH E INCREDIBLE NEW ITS NO T YO UR NO RM AL INSTALL!

FEATURES COM ING IN UBUNTU 7.10

CoLoCo GO LOCO! BU G H U NT!

TE ACH E R TR AINING W ITH H OW TO FILE A BU G
E D U BU NTU AT CONFE R E NCE R E POR T IN LAU NCH PAD
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uxbuntu p.06
H ow -To
Re port Bugs w / Launch pad p.08
Edubuntu Gl ow s p.11
From VM w are to VirtualBox p.15
Le arning Scribus - Part 5 p.20
Pre vie w - Guts y Gibbon p.23
Re vie w - Bridge Cons truction K it p.27
M y O pinion - Ubuntu Com paris ons p.30
M y Story - M y Trans ition p.31
fl
uxbuntu Ubuntu Youth p.32
Le tte rs p.33
P.20 P.08 P.06 Q& A p.35
W e bs ite of th e M onth p.36
P.15 P.11
M y De s k top & M y PC p.37
Th e Top 5 p.38
H ow to Contribute p.40
P.23 P.27

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 ED ITO RIA L

W el com e to a bum pe r is s ue of Ful

th e s oon to be re l
h ow to fil
lCircl e . Not onl
y do you ge t an e xtra pre vie w articl
e as e d Guts y Gibbon (Ubuntu 7.10), but you ge t an e xtra H ow -To on
e a bug re port on Launch pad, courte s y of M atth e w Re ve l
th e ne w M y O pinion fe ature ! W e 're jus t too good to you fol
lfrom Canonicaland
k s , but you're w orth it.
e on Th is m agaz ine w as
cre ate d us ing :

As I w rite th is Editorial
, ye t anoth e r l
arge com pany h as s e e n th e l igh t and s w itch e d from
W indow s . M indBridge s ave d 'bunch e s of m one y' (th e ir w ords , I'm s ure it's a te ch nicalte rm ) by
m oving to Linux. Se e our re vam pe d Ne w s page s for m ore Linux ne w s .

M ore e xciting to th e m any Ubuntu us e rs out th e re w as th e ne w s th at AM D w il

lre l
e as e code
and s pe cifications on ATI graph ics cards w h ich s h oul d de ligh t m any an ATI ow ne r. Al th ough I'd
s ay jus t buy an NVIDIA (I'm jok ing! I'm jok ing!)

And as a K DE us e r, I'm s o te m pte d to try th e l

ate s t be ta2 of K DE4, it re al l
y doe s look nice . I've
touch e d on it brie fl
y in m y Guts y Gibbon articl e and I th ink a s lim m e d dow n fil e m anage r (Dol ph in)
is a gre at ide a. And it'llbe nice to ge t s om e fancy e ffe cts on m y K DE de s k top w ith out s om e s ort
of glitch . W ith an olde r NVIDIA card and K DE I've al w ays h ad s om e gl itch h e re and th e re w ith
Com piz , Be ryland Com piz Fus ion.

Anyw ay, e nough babbl ing from m e , I h ope you e njoy th is bum pe r is s ue and pl
e as e , k e e p th os e
e m ail
s com ing! I prom is e you th at w e re ad e ve ry l
as t one of th e m .

Allth e be s t,
Ronnie
Editor, Ful lCircl e M agaz ine
ronnie @ fullcircl
e m agazine .org

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 Afte r Ubuntu, W indow s Look s
NEW S Fe e lfre e to e m ailne w s s torie s to:
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Incre as ingl
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PaulNow ack

Ope n s ource rs de fe at Apple 's SCO Appl ie s for Ch apte r 11 M y re ce nt s w itch to a

Linux- block ing iPod m e as ure s
W ith th e ne w range of
iPods cam e an unw e l com e
s urpris e for Linux us e rs -
Appl e h ad e ffe ctive l
y bank ruptcy, w h ich
"block e d" ope n-s ource
iPod m anage m e nt tool s Bl ank e nh orn points out
from w ork ing w ith th e ne w
de vice s .
Al th ough th e vas t m ajority of pe opl e w h o buy
iPods are h appy to us e iTune s to m anage
th e ir digitalconte nt and pl aylis ts s om e
W indow s us e r pre fe r W inam p to Appl e 's
s oftw are s olution.
Th is ch ange affe cte d al lLinux us e rs too,
w h o, as th e re is no ve rs ion of iTune s for th e
Linux O S, us e tool s lik e gtk pod and
Rh yth m box to ge t th e ir tune s on th e ir 'pods .
H ow e ve r, it w as onl y a m atte r of days be fore
crack Linux e xpe rts h ave w ork e d out and
publ is h e d a w ork around, according to th e
ipodm inus itune s bl og: "Th ank s to s om e
ins pire d w ork by a fe w h e roe s , w e 've
m anage d to w ork out h ow to ge t e ve ryth ing
w ork ing again".
Pock e tLint -
h ttp://url
.ful
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s ingl e -boot Ubuntu s e tup
Bank ruptcy Prote ction, Bl am e s Linux on m y Th ink pad T60
s im pl y floors m e on a
SCO Group h as re gul ar bas is . M os t
announce d it is fil ing re ce ntl y it's h ad to do
Ch apte r 11 w ith th e e xpe rie nce of
m aintaining th e s oftw are . Fre s h from a ve ry
Z DNe t’s Dana long W indow s 2000 e xpe rie nce and a four-
m onth W indow s XP e xpe rie nce al ong w ith
is not l iq uidation, but al ong-tim e Linux s ys adm in rol e puts m e in
“ w h e re a court officialw ork s w ith a cre ditors ’ a gre at pos ition to as s e s s Ubuntu. Th re e
com m itte e and tak e s controlw ith th e aim of prior atte m pts ove r th e ye ars at us ing Linux
re paying de bts .” A bank ruptcy court in De l aw are ,
as m y dail y de s k top O S h ad m e prim e d for
h as to approve th e fil ing be fore it w illproce e d. fail ure . W e ll, Ubuntu tak e s Linux w h e re I've
long h ope d it w oul d go - e as y to us e ,
Inform ationW e e k re ports th at CEO DarlM cBride re liabl e , de pe ndabl e , gre at appl ications too
bl am e s com pe tition from “ alte rnative ope rating but m ore on th at l ate r. It h as s om e
s ys te m s , incl
uding Linux” for th e com pany’s el e gance to it - be t you ne ve r h e ard th at
de cl ine . Th e claim cam e in an affidavit M cBride about a Linux de s k top be fore .
fil
e d in s upport of th e bank ruptcy pe tition.
Th e re are m any nigh t-and-day diffe re nce s
Th e tim ing is inte re s ting, if noth ing e ls e . Jus t l
as t be tw e e n W indow s and Ubuntu and, for a
m onth , a judge de cide d th at SCO doe s not ow n
guy th at doe s 80% s tandard office tas k s
th e copyrigh ts to th e UNIX code for w h ich it h as and th e re s t of th e tim e I'm doing Linux
be e n colle cting l ice ns ing fe e s for ye ars . Nove l l
adm in tas k s , it w as ne arly allin favor of
doe s . So SCO m ay h ave to turn as m uch as $25 Ubuntu afte r th e firs t fe w w e e k s of th e
m illion of th os e fe e s ove r to Nove l l
. Th e trialto
trans ition.
de cide th e s pe cific am ount w as s l ate d to be gin
M onday. W e b2Journal .com -
h ttp://w e b2.s ys -con.com /re ad/3829 46.h tm
ITBus ine s s Edge -
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Ne xt Ubuntu, 'H ardy H e ron,' to M indbridge s w itch e s to Linux, s ave s K DE 4.0 Re l
e as e Sch e dul
e
ge t ful
ls upport "bunch e s of m one y" Re vis e d
Th e firs t ve rs ion of Ubuntu s ch e dul e d for M indbridge didn't s tart out as an ope n s ource Th e K DE Re l e as e Te am h as
ne xt ye ar w il lbe cal le d H ardy H e ron and w il
l com pany -- far from it. "W e h ad a pre dom inantl y re vis e d th e re le as e s ch e dul e
be th e s e cond of Canonical 's Linux products M icros oft-orie nte d s h op," s ays David Ch ris tian, for K DE 4.0. Th e firs t vis ibl e
to fe ature l ong-te rm s upport. M indbridge CTO . But th e com pany, w h ich at th e bits of K DE 4.0 w il lbe th e K DE
tim e offe re d an "intrane t in a box" appl ication, De ve l opm e nt Pl atform re l e as e
Ubuntu De ve l ope r Jono Bacon be gan h os ting th e s oftw are for its cl ie nts . "Th at on O ctobe r, 30. Th is De ve l opm e nt Pl atform
(l
e ft) pos te d ne w s of th e ne w re q uire d us to ge t a good h andl e on Linux, re le as e cons is ts of bits and pie ce s ne e de d
ve rs ion on h is bl og on be caus e Linux w as th e onl y ine xpe ns ive , cos t- to de ve l op K DE appl ications . It incl ude s
W e dne s day 29 th Augus t 2007. e fficie nt w ay of h andl ing th at in a s cal ed k de s upport, k de l ibs , k de pim l ibs and
e nvironm e nt," Ch ris tian s ays . "And I didn't w ant k de bas e /runtim e . Th e purpos e of th e K DE
H e invite d inte re s te d pe opl e to s ubm it fe ature to add M icros oft to our cus tom e rs ' ove rh e ad." De ve l opm e nt Pl atform re l e as e is to m ak e it
re q ue s ts for th e re l
e as e at its Launch pad Th e m ore Ch ris tian w ork e d w ith Linux, th e m ore e as ie r for th ird party de ve l ope rs to port th e ir
s ite . Canonicalw il lh ol d an Ubuntu De ve l ope r he l ik e d it. And, as th e y s ay, th e re s t is h is tory. appl ications to K DE4 te ch nol ogy and to
Sum m it in O ctobe r 2007 in Cam bridge , s tart de ve loping ne w appl ications . Th e final
M as s ., to h as h out de tail s and Linux.com - h ttp://w w w .l
inux.com /fe ature /119 020 and l ong aw aite d re l e as e of th e K DE
im pl e m e ntation pl ans , h e adde d. De s k top 4.0 is pl anne d for De ce m be r, 11th
Valve Look ing to Port Gam e s to 2007, w e l lin tim e to be a Ch ris tm as
Ubuntu's ne xt update , Guts y Gibbon, is due pre s e nt for e ve ryone w h o h as be e n l onging
in O ctobe r and w il ls port th e ve rs ion num be r Linux? for K DE 4.0.
7.10, a re fe re nce to th e ye ar and m onth of its
re l
e as e . Fol
low ing th e s ix-m onth re le as e "Val ve is appare ntl ylook ing for s e nior e ngine e rs K DE.org - h ttp://dot.k de .org/1189 160442/
cycl e , H ardy H e ron, or 8.04, is s ch e dul e d for to port gam e s to Linux. Th e y h ave an
re l
e as e in April2008. adve rtis e m e nt up on th e officials ite l ook ing for a
Se nior Softw are Engine e r w ith e xpe rie nce in FULLCIRCLE - TH E PODCAST?
H ardy H e ron w il lbe th e s e cond re l e as e to 's ys te m s e ngine e ring de s igning and de ve l oping
fe ature l ong-te rm s upport, in w h ich Canonical com m unications s oftw are and h ardw are s ol utions If anyone out th e re w oul dl ik e to
sel l
s s upport and provide s bug fixe s for th re e incl uding re s ol ving probl e m s s urrounding re al - cre ate th e officialful lcircl e podcas t,
ye ars for de s k top ve rs ions and five ye ars for tim e and non re altim e PC- bas e d s ys te m s us ing pl e as e h e ad ove r to th is forum th re ad:
s e rve r ve rs ions . Th e firs t re l
e as e to fe ature C+ + and ne tw ork program m ing al gorith m s and h ttp://url.full
circl
e m agaz ine .org/64add9
long-te rm s upport w as Dappe r Drak e , th e ir inte raction w ith ph ys icalde vice s .' O ne of th e and s ubm it your propos al . Pl e as e re ad
re le as e d in June 2006. O rdinary ve rs ions line s unde r th e job de s cription is th e s im pl e th e te rm s and conditions care ful ly.
h ave s upport for 18 m onth s . s tate m e nt: 'Port W indow s -bas e d gam e s to th e
Linux pl atform .'" Clos ing date for propos al s:
C|Ne t Ne w s - W e d. 31s t O ctobe r 2007.
h ttp://url
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Job Ad: h ttp://url .fullcircle m agaz ine .org/488d75

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 FLAVO R O FTH E M O NTH fl
uxbuntu
W ritte n by Robe rt Cl
ips h am

Th is m onth w e w il
lbe ins tal
ling Fl
uxbuntu, an unofficialbuil
d of Ubuntu w ith th e Fl
uxbox inte rface . To ge t it, go to h ttp://fl
uxbuntu.org/e n/node /3, and
ch oos e a dow nload location.

1.Afte r back ing up your im portant type 's udo

data, burn th e CD us ing th e us ual ubiq uity'
proce dure , and ins e rt th e CD into th e th e n pre s s
CD/DVD drive . Re s tart your PC and Ente r (le ft).
w ait for th e dis k to l
oad.

5.Th is w il l
3.O nce th e Log in w indow (above ) bring up th e
appe ars , type fl
uxbuntu as th e us e rnam e , ins talle r.
and live cd as th e pas s w ord. Ch oos e your
native l anguage
4.You are (righ t), th e n
le ft w ith a click Ne xt.
s im pl e
live CD 6.To al low you to ge t th e fas te s t
inte rface dow nl oads , and to ge t th e corre ct
(l e ft), w ith tim e z one ; Ubuntu ne e ds to k now
2.W h e n th e dis k h as l oade d ful lacce s s your l ocation.
(above ), you can ch e ck th e dis k for to program s Se l e ct it on
e rrors us ing th e 'Ch e ck CD for by righ t th e m ap
de fe cts ' option, th e n s tart th e cl ick ing or us ing th e s tandard de s k top (righ t), th e n
ins tall
ation w ith th e 'Start or ins tal
l icons . W h e n you are re ady to ins tal l
, continue to
Fl uxbuntu' option. s ingl e cl
ick 'Ete rm ' on th e de s k top, and th e ne xt s te p.

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 7.You m us t Drive (be low ). As alw ays , be care fulh e re , th e oth e r ins tal l
ations , th is ins tall
er
now s e le ct and as k if you are not s ure w h at to do. doe s not incl ude a m igration
your k e yboard Pick th e re l
e vant option, de pe nding on as s is tant for trans fe rring your
l
ayout (righ t). w h at you are doing. docum e nts and s e ttings . Th is is
Ch oos e th e be caus e Fl uxbuntu is bas e d on
corre ct one for Ubuntu 6.06 – Dappe r Drak e . Th is is
your PC, th e n al ong te rm s upport (LTS) ve rs ion of
m ove on. Ubuntu, w h ich m e ans th at it is
s upporte d l onge r th an a norm al
8.Th e ins talle r now as k s for s om e re le as e . It al
s o m e ans it is not as up-
pe rs onalde tail s (be low ) to all
ow it to to-date . It is your ch oice if you w oul d
autom atical ly fillin fie l
ds for s til
ll ik e to us e Fl uxbuntu, but in m y
ins tallation of oth e r appl ications , and opinion you w oul d be be tte r ins tal
ling
for cre ating a us e r account. It al so an officialre l e as e of 7.04 (m aybe
as k s for a nam e for th e PC, s o it can Xubuntu for ol de r PCs ), and th e n
be ide ntifie d on th e ne tw ork (if you ins tal ling th e fluxbox and fl uxconf
h ave one ) pack age s from th e re pos itorie s .

10. Th e ins talle r w il

lnow s h ow a
s um m ary of al lth e options you h ave
ch os e n. Cl
ick ins tal lw h e n you are s ure
about th e options you h ave ch os e n.

Afte r re s tarting, you w illh ave a full

9 .Th e ins tallation w il
lnow as k h ow Fluxbuntu ins tal l
ation, re ady for
you w oul dl ik e to partition your H ard cus tom iz ation. You w il lnotice th at unlik e

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 H O W - TO REPO RTING BUG S
W ritte n by M atth e w Re ve l
l
USING LA UNCH PA D
O ne of m y favorite book s * h as th is to s ay about s pace : 'Space is big - re al l
y big - you jus t w on't be l ie ve h ow vas tly, h uge l
y m ind-boggl
ingl
y big it is . You
m ay th ink it's a long w ay dow n th e road to th e ch e m is t, but th at's jus t pe anuts to s pace .'
You coul d s ay s om e th ing s im il
ar about Launch pad, Canonical 's w e b-bas e d s uite of fre e s oftw are de ve lopm e nt tools.

L
Trans lations : s im pl
e w e b-bas e d s oftw are im agine th at w h e n you us e
aunch pad is big – re al ly big –
trans l
ation th at anyone can us e . O pe nO ffice .org W rite r th e F k e y
you jus t w on't be l ie ve h ow
m any pe opl e us e it, h ow m any m ak e s th e s cre e n flas h re d.
Ans w e rs : e as y w ay to provide and as k for Natural ly, th is q uick l
y be com e s
gigabyte s of data it proce s s e s hel
p w ith Ubuntu and oth e r s oftw are .
and h ow m any th ings it can do. You annoying.
m ay th ink your O gg Vorbis col le ction Bl
ue print: fe ature pl
anning. Rath e r th an fum e in frus tration,
is big, but th at's jus t pe anuts to
you de cide to l e t th e Ubuntu te am
Launch pad. Soyuz: pack age buil
ding and dis tribution
k now about your probl em.
m anage m e nt.
In is s ue th re e of Ful lCircl e , Ch ris
Row s on introduce d Launch pad's code M any fre e s oftw are proje cts us e
As an Ubuntu, K ubuntu or Edubuntu
h os ting. But th at's jus t one part of Launch pad to m anage th e ir bug
us e r, you're m os t l ik e ly to com e acros s
Launch pad. Launch pad is al labout re ports . Finding Ubuntu is e as y,
Launch pad's bug track e r. It's one of th e
col l
aboration. It m ak e s it e as y for th ough . Sim pl y vis it:
e as ie s t bug track e rs to us e and h as
individual s and te am s to w ork h ttps ://bugs .launch pad.ne t/ubuntu/
s om e uniq ue l y pow e rfulfe ature s . If you
toge th e r on fre e s oftw are , th rough its find th e ide a of re porting a bug s l igh tl
y Th e re , you'l
ls e e a button m ark e d
s ix m ain appl ications : intim idating, don't w orry: in jus t a fe w Re port a bug. Righ t now w e 're not
m inute s you'l lbe abl e to re port th at bug going to actual l
y re port th e bug. W ith
Bug track e r: us e d by Ubuntu, th at's be e n annoying you for th e pas t fe w
Jok os h e r, Z ope 3 and oth e rs . m illions of Ubuntu us e rs , it's l ik e l
y
weeks. th at s om e one e ls e h as al re ady
Code h os ting: publ
icly h os t and m irror re porte d it. Launch pad h e l ps us to
Se arch ing be fore re porting
code w ith Baz aar ve rs ion control. s ave th e tim e of Ubuntu's vol unte e r
Le t's tak e a s il
ly e xam pl
e of a bug: bug s q uas h e rs by s e arch ing for
s im il
ar bug re ports .
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 Now 's a good tim e to th ink h ow to
de s cribe th e probl e m you're h aving.
You ne e d to cove r al lth e im portant
points w ith out m ak ing it too w ordy.
Journal is ts ofte n re port ne w s s torie s
by ans w e ring s ix s tandard q ue s tions :
w h o, w h at, w h e re , w h e n, w h y and
h ow . You can us e a s im il ar m e th od to
s um m aris e your bug re ports :
W h at?W h at h appe ne d th at you
w e re n't e xpe cting?
H ow ?W h at did you do to m ak e th e
bug h appe n?
W h e re ?In w h ich application (or part
of an appl ication) did th e bug occur?
W h e n?W h at w e re you doing be fore
th e bug occurre d?If re l e vant, w h at
el s e w as th e com pute r doing at th e
s am e tim e ?
W h y?W h at m ak e s you ce rtain th at
th is is a bug and not an inte nde d
fe ature ?
In our e xam pl e , w e m igh t com e up
w ith th e fol
low ing ans w e rs :
W h at?Scre e n fl
as h e s re d.
W h e re ?In O pe nO ffice .org W rite r.
W h e n?W h il
e e diting te xt.
W h y?I've ne ve r s e e n a w ord proce s s or
m ak e th e s cre e n fl
as h re d be fore .
Putting th e s e ans w e rs toge th e r, in as
fe w w ords as pos s ibl e , w il
lgive you your
bug s um m ary. In th e cas e of our
e xam ple , w e coul d s ay:
Scre e n fl
as h e d re d w h e n pre s s ing F k e y
in Ope nOffice .org W rite r.
Click th e Re port a bug button, e nte r
your bug s um m ary, th e n cl ick Continue .
Launch pad w il ls e arch for s im il
ar bugs
and l is t th e s um m arie s of any it finds .
Ch e ck th e l is t to s e e if any of th e bug
re ports cove r th e probl e m you found.
If any of th e bug re ports cove rs
your is s ue , click th e radio button
be s ide it and th e n cl ick th e
Subs cribe to th is bug re port button.
Subs cribing to a bug re port w il lgive
you e m ailupdate s w h e n th e bug's
s tatus ch ange s or s om e one adds a
com m e nt. If you h ave any furth e r
inform ation on th e bug, you can add
your ow n com m e nt.
O n th e oth e r h and, if you don't
s e e a bug re port th at cove rs th e
is s ue you e ncounte re d, s e l e ct No I'd
lik e to re port a ne w bug at th e
bottom of th e page . Th e page w il l
e xpand, al low ing you to te l l
Launch pad e xactl y w h e re you found
th e bug and to e xpand on th e
s um m ary.
W h e re did you find th e bug?
You probabl y al re ady k now th at
Ubuntu is m ade up of pack age s of
s oftw are . Launch pad track s bugs as
th e y affe ct th e s e pack age s . To te l
l
Launch pad w h e re you found th e
bug, you ne e d to k now th e nam e of
th e pack age w h e re you found th e
bug.

H ow ?Pre s s ing th e F k e y. Finding th e pack age nam e is

9
e as y. Cl ick Ch oos e ... be ne ath th e In
w h at pack age did you find th is bug?
h e ade r. Now you can s e arch for th e
e xact pack age nam e w h e re you found
th e bug. In our e xam pl e , e nte r
“ ope noffice ”. Al th ough Launch pad
m ay re turn a num be r of pack age
nam e s s im il ar to your s e arch te rm , it's
us ual l
y obvious w h ich is th e righ t
pack age . For e xam pl e , in our e xam ple
th e re are s e ve ralpack age s w h ich
incl ude th e te rm “ ope noffice ” but th e
m ain O pe nO ffice .org pack age is
cal l
e d s im ply “ ope noffice .org”.
Don't w orry if you're not s ure w h ich
pack age to ch oos e . Se l e ct th e one
th at s e e m s m os t l
ik e l
y to be th e righ t
one or, if you re al ly are n't s ure at all,
you can ch oos e I don't k now . and uppe r cas e Fs . Running Ubuntu
7.04 on x86.
W riting a good bug re port
W h e n you're re ady, cl
ick Subm it
Your s ingl e line bug s um m ary al re ady bug re port.
e xplains w h at w e nt w rong, s o th e m ain
aim of your bug re port's "Furth e r W h at h appe ns ne xt
inform ation" s e ction is to al low oth e r
pe opl e to re produce th e bug th e m s e l ve s . Congratul ations ! You've s ubm itte d
Im agine th at you're s itting ne xt to a your bug re port!
de ve l
ope r w h o is h oping to fix th e bug
and th at th e y've ne ve r s e e n th e bug Soon afte r you s ubm it your bug
re port, you'l lre ce ive a confirm ation
be fore .
e m ail . At th e s am e tim e , Launch pad
w ills e nd an e m ailto th e Ubuntu
Th ink back to h ow you original ly found
th e bug, th e n bre ak it dow n into s te ps . Bugs te am to l e t th e m k now about
De s cribe th e s te ps you took and th e n add your bug re port. Th e y'l lch e ck your
oth e r re l
e vant inform ation, s uch as th e re port, atte m pt to re produce it and, if
ve rs ion of Ubuntu you're running, your th e y ne e d to, as k you for m ore
h ardw are arch ite cture and s o on. inform ation.
Tak ing our e xam pl
e bug, you m igh t
w rite :
1.O pe ne d a ne w docum e nt in Launch pad m ak e s it re all
y e as y to
O pe nO ffice .org W rite r. re port bugs th at you find in Ubuntu.
2.Pl ace d th e curs or in th e bl ank In a future is s ue of FullCircle w e 'll
docum e nt. look at s om e of th e m ore advance d
3.Type d as norm al . In th e cours e of th ings you can do!
typing, I h it th e F k e y and th e s cre e n
fl
as h e d re d.
Furth e r info: th is h appe ne d on both l
ow e r * O f cours e , th at's Dougl
as Adam 's
fantas tic H itch h ik e r's Guide to th e Gal
axy.
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 H O W - TO ED UBUNTU G LO W S,
W ritte n by Ch ris Row s on
INTEREST G RO W S
O n June 20 and 21 th e Col orado LocalCom m unity (CoLoCo) Te am m anne d and m aintaine d an Ubuntu/Edubuntu booth and a th re e h our de m o s e s s ion
at th e Te ch nology in Education (T.I.E.) Confe re nce in Coppe r M ountain, Col
orado. I h ad an opportunity to s it dow n w ith David O ve rcas h and Jim
H utch ins on from th e te am and h e ar about th e e xpe rie nce firs t h and.

T
Th e CoLoCo te am original l
y de cide d to pre s e ntation be m ore profe s s ional . It
o be gin, T.I.E. is a Col orado- atte nd and pre s e nt w ith as littl
e Linux w as al s o e xplaine d th at Bryan
bas e d organiz ation founde d in introduction as pos s ibl e , and to m ainl y Gartne r from H P w as re al l
y onl y
19 86 by a group of te ach e rs focus on O pe n Source program s for th e re as a vol unte e r, but w as
w ith a vis ion of th e im portant e ducationalgain. Ins te ad, th e y de cide d to e nth us ias tic about h e l ping out and
role te ch nol ogy w oul d play in jus t go ah e ad and tak e th e e xtra s te ps s uppl ying th e th in-clie nt s e rve r for
e ducation. Las t ye ar's confe re nce ne e de d to introduce Linux as w e l l. In th e th e e ve nt. So, it w as cl e ar th at e ve n
fe ature d ove r 165 diffe re nt w ork s h ops e nd it be cam e a h uge de m ons tration of th ough H P and Canonicall e nt
and s potl igh t s e s s ions w ith ove r 140 th e pow e r of Edubuntu to th e te ach e rs , s upport, th e big part w as s til lup to
diffe re nt pre s e nte rs , m os tl y cl
as s room adm inis trators and IT pe rs onne lth at w e re th e l ocalte am m e m be rs w h o h ad
te ach e rs . pre s e nt. com m itte d to go.

I as k e d about w h at s pons ors h ip and Th e “ pre s e ntation” as I h ave

s upport H P and Canonicall e nt in calle d it, w as s e parate d into tw o
pre paring for th is confe re nce . It w as parts . Th e firs t w as a booth jus t
e xpl aine d th at Canonicalprovide d m one y outs ide th e confe re nce room . It
to h os t a booth at th e confe re nce and cons is te d
courte ous l y of s om e
provide d a Laptops , a
confe re nce pack De s k top
of CDs , s tick e rs PC, a
and pam ph l e ts , proje ctor,
w h ich h e lpe d in s om e
m ak ing th e Edubuntu

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and Ubuntu CDs , Pam ph l e ts and
s tick e rs , s om e dais y-ch aine d pow e r
s trips and an un-irone d tabl e cl
oth .
Us ing th e te am 's ow n h ardw are
th e y de m ons trate d th e fe ature s of
Ubuntu, K ubuntu and Edubuntu,
pas s e d out CDs and pam ph l e ts and
ans w e re d q ue s tions ranging from
s e tting up th in-cl ie nts in s ch ool s to
finding good e ducationalappl ications .
Th e te am de m ons trate d various
appl ications lik e Tux Paint and
Ste l l
arium , ran vide o cl ips , and
s h ow e d h ow th in-cl ie nt labs are s e t up.
Vis itors to th e booth cam e from al l appl ications m ade an ins tant h it
corne rs of e ducation - te ach e rs ,
adm inis trators , dis trict te ch nology
pe rs onne l- and from ruraland urban
dis tricts . Th e y m e ntione d th at th e y
e ve n e nte rtaine d s om e one from th e and avail abl
e abs ol
ute l
y fre e of
Col orado De partm e nt of Education. ch arge .
Th e CoLoCo m e m be rs notice d ne ar Ste l
larium (be l
ow )
th e e nd th at at le as t 50 Ubuntu CDs al l
s e e m e d to h ave “ dis appe are d” from th e
booth .
Th e Se cond, or “ fun part,” w as th e
actualde m o w ith H P's th in-cl ie nt
Edubuntu s e rve r. As I unde rs tand, Jim
s tarte d off w ith a nice l ittl
e introduction
into th e w orl d of fre e and ope n s ource
s oftw are and about al lof th e be ne fits
avail abl e . Afte r th e FO SS intro e ach of
th e s e s s ion atte ndants re ce ive d a copy of In addition to m y “ inte rvie w ” w ith
Th e O pe n CD Jim and David, I al s o e -m ail e d Ne al
(h ttp://w w w .th e ope ncd.org). Jim m ade M cBurne tt to as k w h at h e th ough t
th e com m e nt to m e th at m os t te ach e rs about th e e xpe rie nce . Th is w as h is
and e ducators are com pl e te l
y unaw are re pl y: “ I h ad a bl as t. Th e m os t
th at ope n s ource te ch nol ogy e xis ts at al l
, e ffe ctive e ye -candy to s h ow th e
and th at th is w as h is originalm otivation crow d s e e m e d to be Ste l larium . W e
for atte nding. At th e ve ry l e as t, H e h ope d z oom e d in on Saturn and it's inne r
to s h ow te ach e rs and e ducators th at m oons , and w ith tim e running fas t
th e re are oth e r re s ource s out th e re th at e nough th at th e m oons coul d be
are cos t-fre e ! s e e n to m ove . It's be autiful , and an
e ducationale xpe rie nce for te ach e rs
From w h at I w as tol d, s e ve ralof th e
th at th e y k now th e ir s tude nts w il l
e njoy. And it runs on m ul tipl e
(e s pe ciall
y Ste l larium ) and th e m e m be rs
pl atform s , s o it is e as y to de pl oy."
of CoLoCo w al k e d around h e l ping
e ve ryone dis cove r th e w e al th of s oftw are Ste l
larium (above ) s e e m e d to be
avail able w ith out l ice ns ing re s trictions th e m os t love d, but not th e onl y one
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te ach e rs e njoye d. From w h at I h e ar,
one of th e s e s s ion atte nde e s
m e ntione d th at h e coul dn't w ait to
ins tallGIM P on al lth e com pute rs in
h is labs be caus e h e didn't h ave to
w orry about l ice ns ing re s trictions and
no l onge r h ad to purch as e copie s of
Adobe Ph otos h op!
Th e s e s s ion took a s h ort re ce s s .
W h e n e ve ryone re turne d, th e y w e re
ins tructe d to re boot th e ir com pute rs
and to ope n th e boot m e nu s o th at
th e y coul d sel e ct a s pe cific boot
de vice . W h il e th e s e s s ion audie nce
w as aw ay th e q uad-proce s s or th in-
cl ie nt s e rve r w as s e t up and th e room
w as re -route d, s o th e ne tw ork in th e
room ran th rough th e s e rve r. In jus t 5
m inute s th e y h ad trans form e d th is
w indow s l ab into a ful ly functioning
Linux l ab by ne tw ork -booting off of th e w e re total l
y ful l, and as th e y w e re
th in-clie nt s e rve r! Th e e xcite m e nt of th e progre s s ing m any pe opl e s toppe d by
room buz z e d as al lof th e atte nde e s to try to ove rfl ow th e room . Th e y tol d
coul dn't w ait to try out th is m ys te rious m e th at at l e as t 10 pe ople as k e d if
Linux th at th e y h ad h e ard s o m uch th e y coul d participate w ith th e ir ow n
about. David O ve rcas h re m ark e d in laptops and as th e te am s e t up e xtra
re tros pe ct, “ I th ink th e m os t e xciting part patch cabl e s and got th e m pl ugge d
of th e e ntire day w as w h e n th e w h ol e into th e ne tw ork , th e y actual ly h ad to
room s udde nl y h ad a nice w arm orange s h are s om e l ogins , be caus e th e re
"gl ow " com ing from it from al lof th e w e re m ore pe opl e th an anticipate d!
Edubuntu l ogin s cre e ns .” Th e popul arity of th e room w as ve ry
e vide nt to David; “ W e w e re th e onl y
s e s s ion to h ave ove r 30 pe opl e th at
afte rnoon, and actual ly com pl e te l
y
fille d our room at around 50
participants !”
Afte r th e atte nde e s w e re drive n to
e xcite m e nt at h ow e as y it w as to
us e Linux, Bryan (Th e H P
Re pre s e ntative ) gave a q uick de m o
of th e adm inis trator capabil itie s of
th e th in-cl ie nt s e rve r. H e q uick ly
im pre s s e d h is audie nce of s ys te m
adm inis trators w ith th e m ul titude of
fe ature s avail abl e for control l
ing
Th e y pre pare d 30 l ogins be fore h and program and l ogin acce s s on e ach
and gave e ach atte ndant a us e r-nam e individualm ach ine or th e e ntire
th e n s at back and w atch e d as e ach group. Th e th in-cl ie nt capabil ity w as
pe rs on q uick ly s tarte d to e xplore th rough de m ons trate d w ith gre at s ucce s s
al lof th e e ducationalappl ications th at during th e th re e -h our s e s s ion on
h ad be e n ins talle d on th e th in-clie nt us ing ope n s ource s oftw are in
s e rve r. Jim and David tol d m e th at th e y s ch ool s.
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 M y ne xt q ue s tion w as to s e e if
th e re w e re any conce rns from any of
th e vis itors , and if s o h ow th e y
addre s s e d th e m . Th e ans w e r I
re ce ive d w as th at th e m ain conce rn
w as th at th e atte nde e s w e re not th e
pe opl e in ch arge , and s o th e y coul dn't
ge t th ings ins tal le d or th e y did not
k now h ow to ge t s om e th ing s e t up.
Th e CoLoCo te am re s ponde d to
th e firs t conce rn by e ncouraging us e rs
to tak e th e O pe n CD to th e ir ne tw ork
adm inis trators and find out w h at
coul dn't be ins tal l
e d, th e n ins tallw h at
w as pos s ibl e . For th os e ne e ding h e l p
in ge tting a th in-cl ie nt s e tup or s om e
oth e r are a of s upport th e te am q uick l y th at al lof th e atte nde e s h ad tow ards
col l e cte d contact inform ation, pointe d
vis itors to th e te am 's w e bs ite and
as s ure d e ve ryone th at if th e y onl y
as k e d th e y w oul d find m e m be rs
w illing to com e out and h e l p. Th is h as
le d to a curre nt te am proje ct focus e d
on de ve l oping a w ay to offe r l ocal
s upport to s ch ool s , or anyone e l se
inte re s te d in us ing any fl avor of
Ubuntu. “ W e not onl y s h are d gre at
ide as , but back e d it up w ith
com m itm e nts to actual l
yhel p m ak e it
h appe n. Th e true s pirit of th e Ubuntu
com m unity w as h ope ful ly s h ow n in
our w il lingne s s to go ove r th e top in
hel ping pe ople ge t s tarte d us ing th e O S,”
re m ark e d David O ve rcas h .
Afte r it w as al
lfinis h e d, th e y dis tribute d
ove r fifty Ubuntu CDs and al s o at l e as t
fifty copie s of Th e O pe n CD, not
incl uding th e fifty CDs from th e booth
be fore ! O ne h undre d Ubuntu CDs in 3
h ours ?Not bad at al l
! to th is confe re nce ne xt s um m e r and
As th e atte nde e s w e re le aving s om e
e ve n com m e nte d “ Your pre s e ntation w as
th e 'cools e s s ion' for th e afte rnoon!”
I as k e d Jim and David w h at s urpris e d
th e m th e m os t, and th e y re s ponde d th at
it w as th e am az ingl y pos itive re s pons e
O pe n Source s oftw are and Ubuntu
GNU/Linux. Th e y l augh e d and tol dme
about one m an w h o h ad a l aptop (ow ne d
by h is dis trict) w h o w as actual ly trying to
ins tallEdubuntu righ t th e re ! Th e y tol dme
th at h e l ite rall
y s pe nt an h our or tw o
trying to h ack h is BIO S (w h ich w as
pas s w ord prote cte d)! Jim re m ark e d th at
th is w as a re fl e ction of th e s ad s tate of
e nth us ias m for te ch nol ogy in our
e ducation s ys te m ; h ow e ve r h e al s o note d
th at it w as a good s ign, be caus e it s h ow s
th at pe opl e re ally do w ant a ch ange .
O ve ral
l, th e booth and th e 3 h our
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s e s s ion w as a gre at s ucce s s and
m any pe opl e w e nt aw ay w ith ne w
ide as and tips on h ow to actual l
y
m ak e s om e th ing h appe n in th e ir
s ch oolor dis trict.
Th e CoLoCo te am h ope s to bring
s e ve ralm ore in-de pth pre s e ntations
continue to fos te r grow th of inte re s t
and k now l e dge of Ubuntu for both
te ach e rs and s tude nts . Th e te am
e xpe cts to go l ive w ith locals upport
options w ith in jus t a fe w w e e k s .
For info on h ow to h e lp w ith a
s im il
ar initiative in your are a pl e as e
fe e lfre e to contact th e CoLoCo
te am at any tim e .
Curre nt CoLoCo proje cts are :
LocalSupport Initiative , Softw are
Fre e dom Day and a Guts y Re l e as e
Party
CoLoCo te am w e bs ite is
h ttp://w w w .Ubuntu- Rock s .org
You can dow nl oad th e
pre s e ntation s l
ide s us e d in th e de m o
from :
h ttp://url .ful
lcircle m agazine .org/446
06e
 H O W - TO FRO M VM W A RE
W ritte n by Luca De M arini
TO VIRTUA LBO X
VirtualBox is a fre e , O pe nSource al te rnative to VM W are . An al te rnative s e rious l
y w orth a l
ook ! It is m uch m ore conve nie nt th an QEm u (Anoth e r
O pe nSource Virtual iz e r) for s e ve ralre as ons : It h as an intuitive Graph icalInte rface , it can h andl e USB de vice s s im pl
y, us ing it you can s w itch be tw e e n
ISO dis c im age s q uick l y and th e "s pe e d up" toolh as th e e as ie s t ins tal l
.

I
Pl
n th is Guide I as s um e you k now
about Virtualiz e rs and are actual
us ing VM W are Pl
Virtual
l
aye r. So, w h y is
Box be tte r th an VM W are
aye r for you?
y
* You can ins tal
ve ry e as il

ne e d to dow nl
lth e s pe e d up tool
y, w ith out h aving to find th e m
s om e w h e re e ls e . For e xam pl
s

e , you don't
oad th e fre e VM W are
W ork s tation Trialto e xtract from its
VM W are VirtualM ach ine you ofte n
us e ?Don’t w orry, it is trick y but you
can conve rt a VM W are virtual
m ach ine into one th at w illw ork in
VirtualBox. W h y is th is conve rs ion
arch ive th e ISO im age s of th e VM W are abs olute l
y conve nie nt for you?Re ad
* It is Fre e Softw are (O pe n Source ) tool s . Th e e ntire proce s s w il lbe q uick , on about H ow to Ins tal lVirtualBox
fas t and painl ess. and w h y you s h ould do it.
* It can cre ate and h andl e any
VirtualM ach ine / VirtualDis c w ith no And W h y w oul d you pre fe r VM W are Ins tal
ling VirtualBox
probl e m . You can't do th at w ith Pl
aye r ove r Virtual
Box?
VM W are Pl aye r. You'd e ith e r h ave to Dow nl
oad VirtualBox for your
dow nl oad and ins tallVM W are Se rve r O nly one re as on for now : VM W are Linux Sys te m h e re :
(fre e , but not ope n s ource ) to cre ate a Pl aye r offe rs m ore Ne tw ork m ode s .
ne w VirtualM ach ine and e dit it w ith Natural l
y, it is VM W are in ge ne ralth at h ttp://w w w .virtual
box.org/w ik i/Dow
lim ite d options or you'd h ave to cre ate s upports th e s e m ode s . In fact, to activate nl oads
a ne w VirtualM ach ine fol low ing a th e m , you'd h ave to m anual l
y e dit your
w e ak h ow -to from anoth e r w e bs ite . VirtualM ach ine in any cas e ! So, if you Le t's s e e th e s te ps w e ne e d to
can avoid us ing s pe cialNe tw ork fe ature s , ins tallVirtualBox on Ubuntu
* Us ing it, you'l
lh ave totalcontrol s w itch to Virtual Box NOW ! Fe is ty/Edgy
ove r your USB de vice s , ISO im age s ,
s ound and s o on, al lth ings you So you l ik e VirtualBox and w ant to Virtual Box re q uire s th e fol
low ing
cannot controlus ing VM W are Pl aye r s w itch to th is w onde rfulO pe n Source de pe ndancie s : libxal an110 and
(You'd h ave to e dit your Virtual s oftw are , but you al re ady h ave a l
ibxe rce s 27
M ach ine m anual ly)
15
 W h e n you ins tallth e .De b pack age ,
re m e m be r to e xpand th e te rm inal
w indow to s e e th e m e s s age s ins ide it.
You m ay re ce ive a w arning about th e
Us e r Groups . W e w il lcove r th at in th e
ne xt s te p.
You m ay ne e d to s e t s om e
pe rm is s ions be fore you can run
Virtual Box. To do th is , go to Sys te m --
> Adm inis tration --> Us e rs and Groups
Th is w illope n th e Us e rs and
Groups s e ttings w indow , afte r you
e nte r th e s ys te m pas s w ord.
Se l
e ct your us e rnam e , th e n cl
ick on
th e M anage Groups button. A ne w
w indow w il lappe ar:
Conve rting your e xis ting .vm dk
VirtualDis c Im age To a .vdi Fil e
Now w e ne e d to conve rt your
e xis ting VM W are dis c im age into a
form at re adabl e by VirtualBox. Don't
In th is w indow , pre s s th e Add Group w orry, you w on't l os e any data, but
button and, from th e l is t, add th e jus t in cas e , you can alw ays cre ate
vboxus e rs Group. Cl ick O K , re s tart th e a back up copy of your virtualdis k
PC and you are finis h e d s e tting be fore w e s tart!
pe rm is s ions .
Firs t, dow nl
oad and ins tallq e m u
Running VirtualBox from Synaptic or th e te rm inal.
Now th at VirtualBox is ins tal l
e d and Now ope n a te rm inaland 'cd' into
fixe d, you can find it in th e m e nu: th e fol
de r w h e re you’ve got your
.vm dk virtualdis c im age and e nte r:
Appl ications — >Sys te m Tool s — >InnoTe k
Virtual Box. Virtual Box w il lrun and you'll qemu-img convert harddrive-
s e e th e follow ing s cre e n: name.vmdk raw-file.bin
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 Natural ly, you’l lh ave to ch ange
h arddrive -nam e w ith th e nam e of your
.vm dk file and raw -fil e w ith th e nam e
of th e ne w conve rte d fil e you w ant to
cre ate . Afte r a fe w m inute s , th e
conve rs ion w il lbe com pl e te d. Now
w e ’ve got a raw h ard dis k im age and
w e w ant to trans form it into a .vdi fil e!
W e ne e d a ne w appl ication, vditool .
You’l lfind it h e re :
h ttp://w w w .virtual box.org/dow nl oad/t
e s tcas e /vditool . Dow nload it into th e
s am e dire ctory w h e re you’ve got your
ne w raw .bin dis c im age fil e.
NO TE: Dow nl oading th at vditoolfil
is not th e s im pl e s t th ing in th e w orl
d.
If you try and ope n it w ith Fire fox, for
e xam pl e , a s trange page w ith w e ird
code in it w il lappe ar. To s ave th is
vditoolfil e , righ t click on th e l ink and
ch oos e to s ave th e fil e . You can al so
te lla dow nl oad m anage r to dow nl oad
th is fil
e for you. I s ugge s t you us e th e
dow nl oad m anage r: Aria. It is in th e
Ubuntu re pos itorie s .
Now th at w e ’ve got vditool ,we
ne e d to m ak e it e xe cutabl e . Righ t
click on th e fil e , ope n its prope rtie s
and s e l e ct th e “ Exe cutabl e”
pe rm is s ion option. In Gnom e /Nautil us ,
go into th e 'Pe rm is s ions ' tab and activate e xam pl e , w e 'l
lnow run it to optim iz e
th e “ Al
low e xe cuting fil e as a program ”. th e fil
e s iz e of th e .vdi im age fil
e . To
ge t a lis t of al lcom m ands , you’ve
jus t got to e xe cute vditoolw ith out
any oth e r option.
Le t's optim iz e th e file s iz e of th e
ne w l y conve rte d .vdi fil e . For now ,
le t’s cal lit ne w -fil
e .vdi. From th e
dire ctory w h e re you h ave th e fil e,
run th is com m and in th e te rm inal :
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/Virtual
Box* ./vditool SHRINK new-
At th is point, w e ne e d th e te rm inal file.vdi
again. From th e s am e dire ctory w h e re
e you s tore d vditooland th e .bin raw fil e, Now w e ’re al
ls e t up.
run th is com m and from th e cons ol e:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/VirtualBox
Cre ating a ne w Virtual
M ach ine
* ./vditool DD new-file.vdi
old-file.bin Jus t cl
ick on th e "Ne w " button on
th e uppe r l e ft s ide of th e w indow :
Re place ne w -fil e .vdi w ith th e nam e of
th e fil
e you w ant vditoolto output. Th e
s e cond fil e nam e , ol d-fil
e .bin, is th e nam e
of th e raw dis c im age w e conve rte d th e
.vm dk im age to. Natural ly, you ne e d to
re pl ace ol d-fil
e .bin w ith th e corre ct
file nam e .
NO TE: If you w is h , re m e m be r th at you
can run vditoolfor oth e r tas k s too. For
Now you can fol
low th e W iz ard.
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 VirtualM ach ine , you h ave to s e e it to
be l
ie ve it!).
Now as s ign th e am ount of RAM
m e m ory to th e VirtualM ach ine (be low ). I
re com m e nd us ing no m ore th an th e h alf
of your re alph ys icalm e m ory.
ch oos e th e VirtualDis c Im age w e
jus t conve rte d, th at is th e .vdi fil
e we
obtaine d afte r th e conve rs ion.
You'l ls e e th e s um m ary of your
ne w VirtualM ach ine . Cl ick on Finis h
and th e re you are !

Running and s e tting up your ne w

VirtualM ach ine

Th e M ach ine h as be e n cre ate d

but w e ne e d to s e t it up a bit. Som e
H e re are th e guide d s te ps :
ve ry q uick and s im pl e s te ps :
Click on Ne xt. In th is Scre e n you'l l
Click on th e Se ttings button in th e
s e e th e VirtualM ach ine nam e and O S
uppe r le ft part of th e Virtual
Box
Type . As s ign to Nam e w h ate ve r you
w indow :
lik e but re m e m be r to corre ctl y s e t th e
O S Type , for e xam pl e , W indow s XP
(W indow s runs al m os t at th e native
m ach ine s pe e d into a Virtual Box
H e re 's th e H ard Dis k s e l
e ction page
(righ t). If you didn't ne e d to s w itch from
VM W are to Virtual Box, th at is , if you
h ave n't got a
h ard dis k You'lls e e th e s e ttings w indow .
im age to us e , Som e im portant Se ttings you m igh t
cre ate a ne w w ant to s e t are :
one . O th e rw is e
(And th at's th e * Unde r th e advance d tab,
purpos e of th is th e re 's th e booting orde r of your
H ow -To), VirtualM ach ine , th e s am e s e ttings

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you'd h ave in a norm alBIO S. I h ttp://w w w .virtual
box.org/dow nl
oad
s ugge s t you to s e t it to CD/DVD Rom /Us e rM anual .pdf
and th e n H ard Dis k , s o th at it w il
lbe
abl e to boot any bootabl e CD you Ch e ck Ch apte r 4 in th e m anual
.
m ay ins e rt into th e drive .
Concl
us ions
* Unde r th e CD/DVD-Rom option
you'l lh ave to s e t: M ount CD/DVD Virtual Box is a w onde rful
Drive . You can ch oos e e ith e r to h ave virtual iz ation Tool , but you'l lprobabl y
VirtualBox h andl e your re alCD/DVD w ant s om e m ore inform ation about
De vice or m ount any ISO im age ! Is n't it, s ince th is is not inte nde d as a
th at gre at? com pl e te us e r guide . Re ad th e
e ntire M anual(Th at I l ink e d in th e
* Enable s ound and s e t up your above Ch apte r) and al s o h ave a
Ne tw ork conne ction. I s ugge s t you to look at th is page in th e Virtual Box
s e t it on NAT. W e bs ite for inte re s ting inform ation
W h e n I s tarte d m y old dis c im age
about ne tw ork ing, s h aring fil es
conve rte d into a ne w com pre s s e d .vdi fil e
* Unde r th e USB option you can be tw e e n gue s t and h os t O S'e s and
ins ide a ne w VirtualM ach ine cre ate d w ith
ch oos e w h e th e r to e nable or dis abl e m uch m ore :
Virtual Box, W indow s XP re fus e d to s tart.
USB h andl ing by Virtual Box.
I h ad to ins e rt in th e CD-Rom of m y h ttp://w w w .virtual
box.org/w ik i/Us e r
Re m e m be r th at if you e nabl e it, w h ile
originalW indow s XP CD, boot from CD _ H OW TOS
Virtual Box w il lbe running, it w il ls te al
and re s tore th e w indow s ins tal l
ation!
any conne cte d USB de vice s from th e
W indow s , th is w ay, re configure d and H om e page :
re alm ach ine .
ins talle d e ach ne w virtualpe riph e rals o h ttp://w w w .virtual
box.org
Now w e 're re ady. Ch oos e your th at at re boot e ve ryth ing w as ok ay and al l
VirtualM ach ine from th e l is t and cl
ick m y program s w h e re l e ft ins tal
le d w h e re
on th e Start button. If e ve ryth ing is th e y w e re .
ok ay, th e m ach ine w il lrun, e ve n if it
Th e finalSte p is to ins tal
lth e
w il
lh ave to be s e t up s om e m ore
Virtual Box Additions to h ave th e fas te s t
ins ide th e O S you’re us ing. For
pe rform ance pos s ibl e into your virtual iz e d
e xam pl e , W Indow s w illh ave a l ot of
O S. Find th e ins tructions for th is s te p in
probl e m s in th is part s ince s om e of its
th e VirtualBox Us e r M anualh e re :
Virtual iz e d h ardw are h as ch ange d.
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 H O W - TO
W ritte n by Ronnie Tuck e r

PART 5
Las t is s ue w e l ook e d at cre ating a s e t of col ors for us e in a docum e nt, th is m onth w e w il ldis cus s a ve ry
pow e rfulfe ature of Scribus : l aye rs . Jus t l
ik e in GIM P (and Ph otos h op) l aye rs can be s w itch e d off/on to
h ide /re ve alw h ate ve r ite m s w e re place d on th at l aye r. Th is can h e l p e norm ous l y in a large docum e nt to h ide articl
e s th at are not ne e de d at th e
pre s e nt tim e w ith a furth e r advantage th at th e l e s s th e re is vis ibl
e , th e m ore re s pons ive Scribus w il lcontinue to be .

S
ch aracte r and a m iddl e ground. Now Both
o th is obvious l y th e y are in th e w rong orde r and give th e
is th e y ne e d to be s orte d in th e orde r of s am e re s ul
t
w h e re back ground, m iddl e ground, ch aracte r (righ t):
we l e ft th e n fore ground. Th is is e xactl y th e s am e
off las t is s ue w ith our page h e re . W e cre ate d th e te xt M uch
(righ t): boxe s firs t, th e n th e im age and l as tly th e be tte r. O ur
re ctangl e s o th at is th e front to back re ctangl e is
W e cre ate d s om e color s tyles,
orde r th e y w il ls tay in untilw e s ay now on a l ow e r l
e ve lth an th e im age .
adde d a re ctangl e and appl ie d one
oth e rw is e . Le t's e nl arge th e re ctangl e by
col or to fil
lth e re ctangle and anoth e r
click ing on it and dragging one of th e
col or to cre ate a col ore d outl ine to th e
Le ft cl ick on th e re ctangl e to s e l
e ct it. h andl e s to m ak e it tal
le r.
s h ape .
Th e re 's tw o w ays of ge tting th e s am e
Th e big probl e m is th at th e box is re s ul t h e re , w e can righ t cl
ick on th e
obs curing th e im age . W h at if w e coul d sel e cte d
s h uffle th e ir front to back pl ace m e nt, re ctangl e and
w oul dn't th at fix th is probl e m ?Ye s , ch oos e Le ve l
and th at's th e firs t th ing w e 'l lgo into > Low e r (righ t)
w ith l aye rs . In th e ol d days of
O r w e can
anim ation e ve ryth ing w as painte d on
go to th e m ain
a s h e e t of cl e ar plas tic. So you w oul d
m e nu and
h ave a fore ground, a back ground, a
ch oos e Ite m >
Le ve l> Low e r
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 Now it's cove ring our te xt. Again al l Laye rs w ork in I've cal le d m ine 'M y Ne w Laye r'.
w e h ave to do is s e l e ct th e te xt box th e e xact s am e Add s om e te xt and m aybe a s h ape
and l ow e r it, righ t?No, not q uite . w ay as m y to th is ne w l aye r. M ak e s ure th at
Th ink about it. Th e re ctangl e is anal ogy w ith th e you h ave th is ne w l aye r s e l
e cte d in
cove ring th e te xt, s o th e te xt is traditional your Laye rs W indow oth e rw is e you'l l
al re ady on a l ow e r l
e ve lth an th e anim ation, th ink of be putting your ite m s on th e w rong
re ctangl e , w e ne e d to e ith e r rais e th e laye rs as be ing laye r.
te xt above th e re ctangl e l e ve lor l ow e r s h e e ts of cle ar
th e re ctangl e again to put it be h ind pl as tic th at w e TIP: At th e bottom of th e Scribus
th e te xt. can put ite m s on. w indow , th e re 's a drop dow n m e nu
Firs t th ing w e w h ich lis ts your l aye rs . Th is is a
ne e d to do is s h ow th e l is t of l
aye rs th at q uick w ay to s e l e ct your l aye rs w h e n
w e curre ntl y h ave . In th e m ain m e nu, you m ay h ave th e Laye rs W indow
cl ick W indow s > Laye rs and you'l ls e e th e clos e d to give you m ore w ork s pace .
Laye rs W indow (above ).

At th e m om e nt w e h ave one l aye r

cal l
e d Back ground. Th e Laye rs W indow
al s o h as four buttons , from l e ft to righ t
th e y are : Add Laye r, De l e te Laye r, Rais e
Laye r and Low e r Laye r. You'l lnotice w e
h ave a Rais e and Low e r h e re too jus t l ik e
Th is is pre tty m uch e ve ryth ing for w e h ave w ith Le ve l s , th is is be caus e
le ve l
s . As w e llas Rais e and Low e r, laye rs al s o h ave a l e ve land th is is
you can al s o ch oos e Rais e to Top s e parate from th e ite m O k ay, I've adde d m y bits and
and Low e r to Bottom . Th e s e are jus t le ve lbut w e 'l lcom e to bobs to m y l aye r. Th is is w h e re th e
q uick w ays to m ove from one e xtre m e th at in a m om e nt. For m agic h appe ns . Above and to th e
to anoth e r rath e r th an h ave to cl ick now , cl ick th e button le ft of your ne w l aye r you'l ls e e th re e
th e m e nus doz e ns of tim e s to m ak e and Add a Ne w Laye r. icons , on th e l e ft is an e ye , in th e
an ite m th e abs ol ute h igh e s t or l
ow e s t. W h e re it s ays Ne w m iddl e a printe r and on th e righ t a
Laye r, doubl e le ft click padl ock . Now , w e h ave ve ry l ittl
e on
Now to l
aye rs th e m s e l
ve s . th e re and give it a our page , but you im agine you're
nam e (righ t). m ak ing a m agaz ine , l ik e th is , w h e re

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you h ave doz e ns of page s and Don't panic! Th e l aye r is h idde n from
article s (e ach articl e cons is ting of te xt vie w . Ch e ck th e box to e nabl e th e l
aye r
and pos s ibl y s om e im age s ). Le t m e again.
as s ure you, it can ge t ve ry confus ing!
But not if you us e l aye rs to your M ak e s ure th e Back ground l aye r is
advantage . H e re 's h ow I us e l aye rs in sel e cte d, righ t cl
ick on th e im age and
th e cre ation of th is m agaz ine : I cre ate sel e ct Cut. Now s e l e ct th e ne w l aye r,
al aye r pe r articl e and on th at l aye r I righ t click anyw h e re you l ik e and ch oos e
put al lth e te xt and im age s for th at Pas te . Th at im age is now on th e ne w
article . W h y?Be caus e by doing th at I laye r. If you don't be l ie ve m e : try turning
can l ock and/or h ide articl e s to m ak e th e ne w l aye r off th e n on and you'l ls e e .
th ings l e s s clutte re d and k e e p Scribus it. Th is is s om e th ing to re m e m be r
up to s pe e d. Le t m e s h ow you h ow ... w h e n you us e m ul tipl
e laye rs pe r
articl e , and th at's e xactl y w h y Ik e e p
In th e it s im pl e and us e one l aye r pe r
Laye rs articl e.
W indow , cl ick
th e e m pty box
be s ide th e
Back ground W e 're al m os t at th e point w h e re w e can put
laye r, th is is in al lth e s e articl e s toge th e r to form e nough
k now l e dge to cre ate any publ ication, but
th e padl ock one l as t th ing w e ne e d to k now be fore w e
col um n (righ t). s tart adding page s and th ink ing about
e xporting to PDF is te m pl ate s . Te m pl ate s
Try s e le cting your im age or fil
ler Now for an inte re s ting e ffe ct: s e l
e ct th e are s im il ar to Paragraph Styl e s , Te m pl ate s
te xt. You can't. It's l
ock e d. Untick th e ne w laye r and click th e Low e r button in are page l ayouts w h ich w e can appl y to
padl ock box to al l
ow acce s s to th at th e Laye rs W indow . page s and, l ik e Styl e s , if w e al te r a
te m pl ate , allins tance s of th at te m pl ate w ill
laye r again.
update accordingl y. Te m pl ate s are
Unch e ck th e O ur te xt is ove rw riting th e im age !
abs ol ute ly crucialto a good l ayout.
box be l ow th e W h y?Be caus e al le ffe cts w ork from th e
e ye for th e top dow n, w h e th e r it be l e ve l
s or l
aye rs .
Back ground Th e im age w h ich pus h e d th e te xt as ide is
laye r (righ t). now be l ow th e te xt and h as no e ffe ct on

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 PREVIEW : G UTSY G IBBO N
W ritte n by Ronnie Tuck e r

Gus ty Gibbon is th e code nam e for th e ne xt ve rs ion of Ubuntu, 7.10, w h ich fol
low s th e h al
f ye arl
y re l
e as e cycl
e and prom is e s pl e nty of ne w fe ature s and
bug fixe s . As w e l
las a Guts y Ubuntu th e re w illof cours e be Guts y K ubuntu, Xubuntu and oth e rs . W ith it's re l
e as e im m ine nt w e pre s e nt a q uick run
dow n of jus t s om e of th e ne w fe ature s you can e xpe ct in O ctobe r 2007.

G
W ith an Ubuntu-s pe cific ch ange , you PIM appl ications s uch as K ontact,
NO M E h as be e n update d to
can al s o now ch oos e w h e th e r or not to K Al arm , and oth e rs . Th e PIM
2.20. Num e rous bugs h ave
us e Com piz Fus ion in th e De s k top appl ications h ave re ce ive d a gre at
be e n fixe d and w ork on
Effe cts tab. Th e Track e r inde xe r (be l ow ) de alof atte ntion w ith bug fixe s ,
inte re s ting ne w fe ature s h as
h as al s o be e n adde d to th e de s k top, inte rface w ork , IM AP and m ore .
gone into various GNO M E products
m ak ing it e as y and l igh tning fas t to K M ailis now autom atical l
y ins tal led
as w e ll. By popul ar de m and, th e
s e arch for your docum e nts , ph otos , w ith al lprogram s ne e de d for GPG
various th e m e s , back grounds and
m us ic, vide os , ch at l ogs , and al loth e r (and S/M IM E) e ncryption/de cryption
oth e r appe arance re l ate d tool
s h ave
file s . You can us e Track e r in th e s e arch and s igning/ve rification. Additional l
y,
now be e n m e rge d into a s ingl e dial og
dial og, th e fil e sel e ctor, Nautilus , or th e for ne w ins tal l
ations , allGPG
(be low ), allow ing fas te r acce s s to
De s k bar appl e t. com pone nts w il lbe corre ctl y
m ore s e ttings .
configure d. Se ve raloth e r
appl ications h ave re ce ive d a fe w
fe ature update s as w e l l. Appl ications
s uch as K PDF, Um bre l lo and
K De ve l op (ne ith e r are ins talle d by
de faul t in K ubuntu), Gam e s , and
K ope te . K H TM L and K onq ue ror
re ce ive d s om e w ork as w e l l. Dol ph in
is th e ne w fil e m anage r for K DE th at
focus e s on us abil ity as w e llas
s im plicity. It is now th e de faul t fil
e
K DE w il lbe update d to 3.5.7. Th is m anage r in 7.10. Dol ph in w il
lnot be
re l
e as e h as a re ne w e d focus on K DE

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re placing K onq ue ror. K onq ue ror doe s
it all, w h il
e Dol ph in (be l
ow ) focus e s on
be ing onl y a fil
e m anage r al low ing th e
optim iz ation of th e us e r inte rface for
th e tas k of file m anage m e nt. So give
Dol ph in a go, e s pe cially if you are
ne w to th e K De s k top Environm e nt.
7.10 w il lre l
e as e w ith th e 2.6.22-rc3-
bas e d k e rne l. Th e k e rne lw il
lth e re fore
fe ature s ignificant e nh ance m e nts and
fixe s th at h ave be e n m e rge d in th e
las t fe w m onth s into th e m ainl ine
(Linus ) k e rne l. For m as s ive pow e r,
h e at and h e adach e re duction th e
k e rne lnow fe ature s dyntick s , w h ich in
laptops s h oul d m e an m ore batte ry l ife
and burnfre e l aps . And in de s k tops ,
m e dia ce nte r PCs , e tc. it re s ults in a
q uie te r, coole r e nvironm e nt. For
laptops e s pe cial ly, a ne w w ire l e s s s tack
is us e d th at w illal low for a m uch be tte r
w ifi pe rform ance and drive r m anage m e nt.
Th e ne w fl as h h andl ing m odul e (UBI) w il
al low your fl as h de vice s (e .g. USB fl as h
drive s e tc.) to l as t longe r and w ork
around any bad bl ock s th at com e up. UBI
al s o m ak e s it pos s ible to dynam ical l
y w ith th e ne w dis pl ayconfig-gtk s pe c.
cre ate , de le te and re -s iz e flas h partitions
(UBI vol um e s ). M any de vice drive rs h ave
be e n adde d to th e k e rne lal low ing it to
s upport a ve ritabl e pl e th ora of de vice s
and acce s s orie s .
Th e ne w GNO M E-pow e r-m anage r
(above ) w il lnow profil e your batte ry to
ge t a m ore accurate picture of your
batte ry life s pan and w il lnot activate any
pow e r s aving fe ature s untilth is is done ,
le ading to be tte r e xpe rie nce for l
aptop
us e rs .
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W ith th e ne w X.org m aintaine r, X
in Ubuntu is going to be on th e
le ading e dge again, w ith th e ne w
l input and output h ot pl ug and m uch
m ore . Th e l ong e xis ting probl e m of
not h aving a graph icaltoolto
configure X w il lbe gone in Guts y
W ork for th is s pe c h as be e n rol ling
al ong, w ith a ne w UI be ing de s igne d.
Las tly, w ork to m ak e th e X s e rve r
"unbre ak abl e " h as be e n dis cus s e d
w ith th e bul l
e t-proof-x s pe c. Th is w il l
al l
ow al lth os e us e rs w h o ins is t on
h and e diting th e ir xorg.conf to
re cove r in a nice r m anne r.
You can now configure w h at drive r
you w ant to us e for your graph ic
card, s e t up dualm onitors , ch ange
th e de faul t re s ol
ution for al
lus e rs or
ch ange your m onitor's re fre s h rate
w ith out h aving to turn to th e te rm inal.
A ne w GUI h as be e n adde d m ak ing it
e as ily to adjus t your vide o and
m onitor s e ttings .
FACT: Code nam e s for Ubuntu go from A-Z , h ave an anim altype
as s urnam e and incl ude a de s criptive firs t nam e . Dappe r Drak e
w as 'dappe r' be caus e of it's pol is h , th e gibbon is 'guts y' due to
its brave ne w fe ature s and ne xt w il lcom e th e H ardy H e ron.
H ardy be caus e it w il lbe th e ne xt l ong te rm s upport (LTS)
re le as e tak ing ove r from th e s oon to be re tire d Dappe r Drak e .

Com piz Fus ion is e nabl e d by

de faul t in Ubuntu 7.10 and w il lbring now be offe re d th e option of not onl y late s t fe ature , th at m os t artis ts and
3D de s k top vis uale ffe cts th at im prove s aving it to dis c, but al s o ope ning it w ith ph otograph e rs w il lbe fam il iar w ith , is
th e us abil ity and vis ualappe alof th e th e Gde bi Pack age Ins tal l e r. If you h ave a Ligh t Tabl e . Ye s , you h e ard th at
s ys te m . Guts y Gibbon autom atical ly a dow nl oade d .de b fil e in one of your corre ctl y, a l igh t table.Al igh t tabl e
de te cts w h e th e r th e h ardw are is dire ctorie s , s im pl
y righ t click ing it and as s is ts artis ts and ph otograph e rs
capabl e of running Com piz Fus ion. If sel e cting O pe n W ith -> GDe bi Pack age w ith re vie w ing th e ir w ork e ns uring
not, it fal l
s back to th e "m e tacity" Ins talle r w il
lge t your ins tal lation on its onl y th e h igh e s t q uality. A l igh t tabl e
w indow m anage r. w ay. w ills h ow th e artis t th e ir
im pe rfe ctions in w h ich th e y can go
Gnas h , th e l ong aw aite d fre e fl as h and touch up. In digiK am , th e l igh t
im ple m e ntation curre ntl y be ing de ve l ope d tabl e function provide s th e us e r a
by GNU, jus t got e as ie r to ins tal l
. Gnas h s im ilar e xpe rie nce . You can im port a
fe ature s be tte r s e curity, ability to play ph oto, drag it onto th e l igh t tabl e,
YouTube and oth e r fl as h vide os , and is and touch up onl y th e are as th at
m os tly SW F 7 com pl iant w ith v8 and v9 ne e d it. Eas y to us e , brand ne w , ye t
s oon to com e . s o functional .
DigiK am 's K 3b
0.9 .2 s e rie s (le ft), now
K ubuntu now h as its ve ry ow n
(le ft) is ve rs ion
appl ication (above ) th at allow s you to
s tre s s ing 1.0.1, is
s im ply ins tal
la dow nl oade d (l ocal)
us abil ity and th e l ate s t
pack age w ith out us ing th e com m and
s tabil ity, re le as e in
line . So, if you go to a w e bs ite th at is
h ow e ve r, th e y h ave n't forgotte n about K ubuntu
offe ring a .de b pack age for an
bugfixe s , fe ature s , and functional ity. Th e 7.10. Bug fixe s w e re th e num be r
appl ication you are inte re s te d, you w ill

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one priority w ith th is re l
e as e from th e
pre vious 1.0 ve rs ion.
K affe ine 0.8.4 (above ) is th e 4th
re le as e in th e s tabl e 0.8 s e rie s . Th is
late s t re le as e fixe s pre vious is s ue s
w h ile adding ne w functional ity in a
fe w pl ace s . K affe ine is th e de faul
vide o pl aye r in K ubuntu 7.10.
Th e ne w Rh yth m box 0.11.1 (above )
contains s e am l
e s s pl
ayback and
be tte r s upport for vis ual iz ation. For th os e Introducing th e Guts y Gibbon
w h o us e onl ine s tore s , Rh yth m box now M ark Sh uttl
e w orth
s upports th e us e of M agnatune gift card's
and a gre atl y re duce d m e m ory us age of Fol k s , al
low m e to introduce th e
th e Jam e ndo dow nl oad are a. O f cours e , Guts y Gibbon, w h o w il lbe
w h at w oul d a m us ic pl aye r be w ith out th e s ucce e ding th e Fe is ty Faw n as
abil ity to put th at m us ic on portabl e th e focus of our de ve l opm e nt
pl aye rs , and th is ve rs ion of Rh yth m box love in a fe w s h ort w e e k s , for
incl ude s be tte r s upport for a w h ol e raft, re le as e in O ctobe r 2007.
as w e l las th e abil ity to w rite art to iPods .
Th e Gibbon w on th e G-race to
be our e ngine e ring m as cot for
th is ne xt re l e as e , but it w as a
cl os e run. W e ve ry m uch
w ante d to h onour th e
tre m e ndous contributions of th e
GNU proje ct to Fre e Softw are
t by aw arding th e rol e to th e
Gl os s y Gnu. Th is prom pte d an
inte ns e inte rnalde bate about
trade m ark s , at w h ich both th e
Fie ry Fox and th e Icy W e as e l
w e re h e ard. In th e e nd,
h ow e ve r, th e judge , jury and
In K ubuntu Am arok (above ) is th e el ocutionary (th at w oul d be m e )
de faul t m us ic pl
aye r. Am arok m ak e s took a l ik ing to th e Gibbon's
playing th e m us ic you l ove e as ie r th an e xtraordinary re ach , and th e
e ve r be fore - and l ook s good doing it. Gibbon w on outrigh t.
W ith re le as e 1.4.6 com e s adde d fe ature s ,
Exce rpt from th e officialpre s s
bug fixe s , and m ore . re l
e as e .You can re ad th e ful
l
announce m e nt at:
Ubuntu 7.10 - Guts y Gibbon w il lbe h ttp://url
.ful
lcircl
e m agazine .org/
re l
e as e d in Octobe r th is ye ar. 306a35
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 REVIEW BRID G E CO NSTRUCTIO N K IT
W ritte n by Ph il
ipp H öh n

As you m ay h ave e xpe cte d, th is gam e is al

labout cons tructing bridge s . But is it any good?I w il
ltry to h e l
p you to form an opinion about it w ith th is
re vie w .

W henl aunch ing th e gam e you

are pre s e nte d an ordinary
m e nu. You can e ith e r s tart a
ne w gam e and be gin
cons tructing e as y bridge s and pl ay
yours e l f th rough th e five l e ve ls of
difficul ty, e ach re pre s e nting be tw e e n s ix
and te n m aps . Th at is w h at w oul d us ual l
y
be cal le d a cam paign. If you do not w ant
to s tart w ith th e s o cal le d e as y m aps but
go righ t ah e ad and prove to yours e l f you
are th e k ing of bridge cons tructing, you Gam e pl
ay
can jus t l oad e ve ry m ap or al re ady
Bridge Cons truction Se t is a s ucce s s or of th e e xis ting bridge from th e m e nu. In cas e Th e gam e its e l f could be
s ucce s s fulfre e w are gam e “ Bridge Buil de r” you are ne w to bridge cons truction, th e re de s cribe d as e as y to l e arn but h ard
and w as re l e as e d in 2002. In 2003 Bridge
is a tutorialw h ich particul arl y e xpl ains to m as te r. It is not difficul t to buil d
Cons truction Se t , or “ Pontife x 2” as it is
al s o calle d, w as aw arde d th e Inde pe nde nt h ow to pl ay th e gam e . A q uite im portant th e bridge , but it can be ve ry h ard to
Gam e s Fe s tivalAudie nce Aw ard function is th e abil ity of us ing diffe re nt cons truct a bridge be ing ade q uate to
(w w w .igf.com ). Not be ing re l e as e d as profil e s . Th is w ay you can buil d s e ve ral th e m ap. Th e re are at l e as t th re e
fre e w are Bridge Cons truction Se t is avail abl e bridge s on th e s am e m ap by jus t s tarting h itch e s w h ich m ak e m e s ay: th e
as a de m o w ith ful lve rs ions for Linux, difficul ty of th is gam e s h oul d not be
ove r and ove r again. O f cours e , th is
W indow s and M ac. Curre ntl y th e fullve rs ion
is avail abl e for $19 .9 5 function can al s o be us e d for m ul tiple unde re s tim ate d. Be ing give n a
h ttp://w w w .garage gam e s .com playe rs not w anting to inte rfe re w ith e ach s ce nario you onl y h ave a ce rtain
oth e r's bridge s .
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am ount of m one y to cons truct th e
bridge . De pe nding on th e m ap you
are pl aying th e re are s e ve ral
m ate rial s to be us e d. At s om e l e ve l
s m ap th e re is a diffe re nt am ount of s o
you are s uppos e d to buil d th e bridge
w ith iron onl y. At oth e r l e ve ls you can
us e diffe re nt q ual itie s of s te e lto
s tre ngth e n ce rtain parts of your
bridge . Th e s pe cial itie s of Bridge
Cons truction Se t, com pare d to its
pre de ce s s ors “ Bridge Buil de r” and
“ Pontife x”, are for s ure th e us e of
cabl e s (be low ) and h ydraul ics
(bottom ).
Be s ide s th e m one y and th e diffe re nt ge t fullfe ature d graph ics . Th ank s to
m ate rial s th e re is at le as t one m ore h itch : th e e nabl e /dis able ful
ls cre e n m ode
th e bridge 's l e ngth . De pe nding on th e function, you can run Bridge
Cons truction Se t in a w indow and
cal l
e d anch or points . Th e s e are th e e njoy buil ding your bridge s w h il e
pl ace s w h e re you can s tart or finis h your control ling your m e dia pl aye r or
bridge . De pe nding on th e am ount of ch atting w ith Gaim /Pidgin or XCh at.
anch or points you h ave to ch os e w h at Th is is pos s ibl e be caus e of anoth e r
k ind of bridge you are going to cons truct good fe ature : w h e n out of focus , th e
and buil d. You coul d s ay, th e m ore gam e fre e z e s and s tops fre q ue nting
anch or points , th e m ore s tabil ity. your CPU.
Cons e q ue ntl y it is a h uge difficul ty to
h ave onl y one or tw o anch or points at
e ach s ide of th e bridge but none at th e
Sys te m Re q uire m e nts :
m iddl e . Th is w ay you do not onl y h ave to
W indow s 9 8/M E/2000/XP, Linux or O SX
buil d your bridge m ore s tabl e but you 10.1+
al s o ne e d to tak e care of th e s e ctions ' AM D, Inte lor G3 500+ M h z proce s s or
w e igh ts . To pl an your bridge you can Nvidia TNT2 or Voodoo3 cl as s of graph ics
rotate around it, z oom in and out and card
ch oos e be tw e e n diffe re nt grid s ys te m s . 64M B of m e m ory
M ous e and K e yboard
W h e n te s ting th e bridge you are give n a 100 M B fre e h ard drive s pace
ve ry us e fultool . Th e s o cal l
e d “ s tre s s ”
function s h ow s you e xactl y w h e re th e
bridge 's parts are unde r h igh s tre s s and
are cl os e to bre ak . Long Tim e Fun
Graph ics An advantage of th is gam e is
de finite l
y th e big com m unity. Th e re
Th is gam e 's graph ics can, of cours e , are h undre ds of cus tom m ade m aps
not be com pare d to an up to date e go avail able in th e inte rne t. Som e of
s h oote r but th e y are s til
lfar aw ay from th e m aim to be h ard to s ucce e d
bad. By e nabl ing s h adow s , l
igh tning, w h ile oth e rs im itate original
re fle ction and h igh graph icalde tail s you buil dings . W ith th e inte grate d m ap
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e ditor e ve ryone can re cre ate , or gam e s tay fun. De pe nding on your Price :
s h ould I s ay re cons truct, h is are a's k now l e dge about ph ys ics you m igh t e ve n Gam e pl ay:
m os t fam ous bridge . Be caus e of th e e njoy th e ph ys icalback ground. But e ve n Graph ics :
difficulty and th e ne arl y infinite abil ity if you do not k now m uch about ph ys ics ,
Long tim e fun:
to be e xte nde d, th is gam e m igh t be lik e m e , you can s til lus e l ogicalth ink ing
e njoye d for a l ong tim e . to s ucce e d. A big pl us are th e low
Sys te m re q .:
s ys te m re q uire m e nts w h ich all
ow th e us e Popul arity:
of th is gam e e ve n on ol d com pute rs .
Ove ral
l:

Concl
us ions and Rating

Bridge Cons truction Se t can be fun

if you are w il ling to inve s t s om e tim e
and do not h e s itate to l e arn ne w s tuff
by trialand e rror. It is ce rtainl y not a
gam e to jus t m as te r. But if you do
e njoy th e ch al le nge , it is truly fun to
s pe nd your tim e cons tructing m ore or
le s s s ucce s s fulbridge s . A funny l ittl
e
gim m ick are th e diffe re nt ve h icl es
pas s ing th e bridge s . Th e re are cars ,
trains and e ve n a s h ip. Th is h e l ps th e

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 M Y O PINIO N W H Y I' M SICK O F
W ritte n by Dam on Rios UBUNTU CO M PA RISO NS
If you h ave s om e th ing you w ant to ge t off your ch e s t, e m ailit to articl
e s @ ful
lcircl
e m agaz ine .org and i'm s ure you'l
lfe e lm uch be tte r afte rw ards .
Sam e e m ailaddre s s if you w oul dl ik e to pas s com m e nt on th is opinion.

T
As a Ubuntu us e r, I am ve ry h appy m agaz ine round up of s e ve n dis tros
h e s e are jus t tw o of th e m any w ith m y dis tribution of ch oice . I h ave no (is s ue 12) w as w on by M andriva. I
of com paris ons th at I am fe e l
ing e ith e r w ay about PCLinuxO S, and appre ciate th e s e articl
e s , as th e y are
re fe rring to: bas e d on th e PC-BSD articl e , I trie d PC- de s igne d to allow th e re ade r to
BSD and I w as im pre s s e d by its q uick m ak e an inform e d de cis ion.
ins tall
e r, but th at w as about it.
PCLinuxOS: If as k e d w h y I th ink th at Ubuntu is
Back to th e com paris ons , th e s e be tte r, m y ans w e r w oul d s im pl
y be :
h ttp://url
.ful
lcircl
e m agazine .org/004418 com paris ons are inh e re ntl y flaw e d in one 'be caus e it al low s m e to com fortabl y
w ay: both of th e s e O pe rating Sys te m s do w h at I ne e d to do (w h ate ve r th at
us e K DE (no th at's not th e fl aw ) but th e is ), be tte r th an any oth e r dis tro.'
auth ors ch os e to com pare th e m to
PC- BSD: Ubuntu w ith GNO M E. Since Canonical In th e future , I m ay ch ange m y
m ak e s th e ir dis tribution avail abl e w ith pre fe rre d dis tro, as I be com e m ore
h ttp://url
.ful
lcircl
e m agazine .org/12d165 GNO M E, K DE and Xfce (th ough e xpe rie nce d w ith Linux, I'd lik e to
s e parate ly), I th ink it onl y fair to com pare le arn Sl ack w are , but for now , I am
In th e inte re s t of ful
ldis cl os ure , I
lik e w ith l
ik e , unl e s s of cours e th e auth or h appy w ith Ubuntu - on w h ich I h ave
did not l ook for th e s e link s . Th e firs t
ch os e Ubuntu s pe cifical ly to gripe about ins talle d GNO M E, K DE and Xfce -
one w as s e nt to m e by a frie nd, a
GNO M E, w h ich appe ars to be th e cas e and its com m unity-bas e d ph il os oph y.
PCLinuxO S us e r. Th e s e cond one
in one of th e com paris ons .
w as in m y RSS re ade r. I did,
h ow e ve r, Googl e "vs Ubuntu" to s e e I h ave s e e n oth e r com paris ons th at
h ow m uch oth e r s tuff w oul d com e up. obje ctive l
y try to ide ntify th e s trong and
w e ak points of m ul tiple dis tros , a Tux

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 M Y STO RY M Y TRA NSITIO N
W ritte n by RafalFl
orczak
TO UBUNTU
I am a s tude nt m ajoring in Inform ation Sys te m s , s o I h ave to unde rs tand e ve ry pos s ibl
e as pe ct of com pute rs . H ow e ve r, w h e n it com e s to Linux, it w as
m ore of a coincide nce ...

M
m any W indow s us e rs turning dow n Linux e ncounte re d m any probl e m s and I
y s tory s tarte d w ith an ove r-
be caus e of its com pl e x inte rface . I ch os e h ave to adm it I w as re al ly frus trate d
e nth us ias tic l
ove of l e arning
Ubuntu be caus e of th e am az ing from tim e to tim e w h e n I got s tuck . It
ne w com pute r s k il l
s . I am a
com m unity w h ich gave m e al lth e coul d s om e tim e s tak e a l ong tim e to
s tude nt m ajoring in
ne ce s s ary ans w e rs w ith in m inute s . I find a s ol ution. But, w h e n I final l
y
Inform ation Sys te m s , s o I h ave to
e ncounte re d s om e troubl e but it w as n't s olve d th os e probl e m s I fe l
t good
unde rs tand e ve ry pos s ibl e as pe ct of
as h ard as I e xpe cte d it to be . Lik e m any, and I k ne w I h ad l e arne d s om e th ing
com pute rs . H ow e ve r, w h e n it com e s
us e rs I e njoye d th e s im pl icity of th e ne w . Th e m ore I l e arne d th e m ore I
to Linux, it w as m ore of a
s ys te m . It h as al lth e ne ce s s ary program s w ante d to k now s o I joine d Ubuntu
coincide nce . I h e l p m y aunts , uncl es
th at I us e e xce pt for a fe w th at I h ave to Forum s in orde r to l e arn and ge t
and th e ir frie nds w ith com pute rs as
us e for s ch oolw ork . I re al l
y w ante d, hel p, but al s o to give h e lp to th os e
th e y don't k now m uch at al l. In th is
h ow e ve r, to ins tal lUbuntu on m y w h o ne e d it.
cas e , I w as as k e d to re cove r s om e
picture s from a dam age d h ard drive . com pute r, s e e ing h ow fas t and re l iable it
w as and al s o be caus e of m y e nth us ias m . I s tarte d w ith Ubuntu 6.10 and as
I've ne ve r done th at be fore , but I Il e arne d m ore I coul dn't w ait for th e
de cide d to try anyw ay s ince I h ad As I s e arch e d m ore I de cide d to try a
dualboot s e tup. It w as a pe rfe ct pl an for ne w re l e as e . I s pe nt th e w h ole nigh t
noth ing to l os e . I googl e d s om e tal k ing to oth e rs on th e forum
re cove ry te ch niq ue s and I l ik e d one in m e as m y W indow s e ve ntual ly be cam e
fullof unw ante d s tuff. I e xpe cte d th e aw aiting th e Fe is ty Faw n re l e as e .
particul ar th at us e d th e K noppix l ive O nce again, ins tal lation w as fl aw l ess
CD. K noppix w ork e d pe rfe ctl y and I ins tal l
ation to be s l igh tl y m ore trick y, but
ins te ad it w as fl aw le s s . Th at's w h e n I and w ith in a fe w days I h ad m y
w as abl e to re cove r th e fil e s e as il y. s ys te m running and cus tom iz e d th e
re al l
y s tarte d to e xpl ore Ubuntu. I
Righ t aw ay I de cide d to re s e arch ins tal l
e d m any diffe re nt program s and w ay I l ik e it.
Linux. I w as s urpriz e d by th e cus tom iz e d m y de s k top. I abs ol ute ly
love d it! O f cours e as a ne w us e r I M ay Ubuntu be w ith you!
s im plicity of us e . I w as one of th e

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 UBUNTU YO UTH
W ritte n by Sam ue lBarre tt
Se curity Al
e rt!
Se curity Al
e rt!
I
ts not ofte n you w il lh e ar an
Ubuntu us e r m e ntion virus e s or
s pyw are , th at's be caus e curre ntly
th e re are no k now n Linux virus e s
in th e w il d. But th is doe s n't m e an you
s h oul d run your Ubuntu box
unprote cte d, th e re h ave be e n m any
proof of conce pt virus e s and as th e
Th e future of O pe n Source is in th e Young Pe opl
th is corne r of th e m agaz ine is for young pe opl
e of today; th at's w h y
e or s im pl
y th os e w h o are
young at h e art.
Linux ope rating s ys te m be com e s e ve r
m ore popul ar th e re are undoubte dl y
is avail abl e from th e Ubuntu
re pos itorie s .
going to be s e curity th re ats w h ich affe ct
us e rs s ys te m s w orl dw ide . So h ow can Us e r Acce s s
you prote ct yours e l f?
Final ly and m os t im portantl y you
Anti- Virus can dram atical ly re duce th e ris k of
s e curity attack s by cre ating s e parate
O ne of th e m os t popul ar Linux bas e d accounts for e ach us e r rath e r th an
anti-virus program s is Cl am AV, it is s h aring accounts and pas s w ords ,
prim aril y us e d for s canning e m ail al low ing th e account th e m inim um
gate w ays but can al s o be us e d to de te ct le ve lof acce s s th e y ne e d. None of
any future Linux and W indow s virus e s . th e s e s h ould h ave root acce s s and if
Cl am AV can be ins tal le d from Ubuntu's pos s ibl e root acce s s s h oul d be k e pt
re pos itorie s and m any pl ugins are al so to a m inim um am ount of accounts
availabl e s o it can inte grate in to your (us ual ly one account in m os t cas e s ).
favourite m ailcl ie nt to s can for any nas ty Extra s e curity ite m s l ik e Dans
s urpris e s in your attach m e nts . Guardian and Adbl ock Pl us (for
fire fox) can be ins tal l
e d on a s ys te m
Fire w al
ls to controlw h at a us e r s e e 's on th e
inte rne t, th e s e program s can be
Anoth e r im portant s te p to prote cting
us e d in s ch ool , office and h om e
yours e lf from unw ante d acce s s to your
e nvironm e nts giving you th e s am e
com pute r is a fire w al l. O ne of th e m os t
pow e r as e xpe ns ive com m e rcial
popul ar and e ffe ctive fire w al ls is Fire w al
l
al te rnative s .
Buil de r, it is both cus tom is abl e and e as y
to us e m ak ing k e e ping on top of your
ne tw ork s e curity s im ple . Fire w allBuil de r
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 LETTERS
I T
'm look ing forw ard to th e Com piz
Fus ion incl us ion in Guts y - but I
can't h e l
p w onde ring if m y PC w il l
cope . Pre s um abl y us e rs w il
lbe
abl e to turn off any s pe ciale ffe cts th at
th e y don't w ant - but is Ubuntu in
dange r of turning into a re s ource h og?
Dianne Re uby
F
irs t l
e t m e congratul ate you on
th e gre at initiative of cre ating a
*buntu m agaz ine .
If I re ad your m agaz ine PDF in
W indow s , th e l ink s ope n in Inte rne t
Expl ore r e ve n if th e de faul
tw e b
brow s e r is Fire fox. Can th is be fixe d
from th e ne xt is s ue ?
Tabre z Iq bal
Ed: Not guil ty! Th is is a W indow s
probl e m th at I us e d to com e acros s
w h e n click ing l ink s in M SN. Th e
s olution s e e m s to be de e p w ith in th e
ControlPane l> De faul t Program s .
Eve ry m onth w e l
l
e tte r for publ
ik e to publ is h s om e of th e e m ail
ication, e ve n if it's a com pl
s w e re ce ive . If you w oul
im e nt or com pl aint, pl
dl ik e to s ubm it a
e as e e m ailit to:
l
e tte rs @ ful
lcircle m agaz ine .org. PLEASE NOTE: s om e l e tte rs m ay be e dite d for s pace re as ons .
h e s ugge s tion by one of th e e xam pl
e ). Up to th is point it w as
re ade rs re garding incl uding m os t varying w ith al
m os t e ve ry is s ue .
of th e re pos itorie s in one DVD
- Link th e firs t page title s w ith
ins te ad of s e nding a CD in th e
articl e s . If a pe rs on w ants to q uick ly
Uuntu/K ubuntu Sh ipIt is ve ry good. In
s e e an inte re s ting article - it is jus t a
India inte rne t conne ctions are not ve ry
m ous e -cl ick aw ay. Ve ry conve nie nt.
affordabl e . Th e m anufacturing cos t
diffe re nce be tw e e n a CD and DVD m ay Again, th ank s for th e m agaz ine ,
not be th at m uch , and th e DVD w oul d be and k e e p up th e good w ork !
re allyhel pful.
Bartos z
Srinivas M urth y
Ed: O k , guil
ty on th is one , but I
Ed: I agre e com pl e te ly. Se ve raltim e s blam e Linuxge e k e ry (our w e b adm in)
I've h ad pe opl e ins tal lUbuntu but re m ove for ch anging th e PDF nam e s , h e 's
it s ince , w ith no inte rne t conne ction, th e y good w ith w e b s tuff but not s o good
can't acce s s re pos itorie s or h ave bas ic
w ith bas ic Englis h , s orry about th at.
th ings l ik e M P3/DVD pl ayback .
As for l ink s to th e articl e s : th e
e ntire Conte nts page is ch ock ful lof
I
h ot link s to l e t you jum p dire ct to an
n m y opinion Ful lCircl e m igh t be ne fit
articl e . Anoth e r tip: you can z oom in
in te rm s of ove rallpol is h if s om e
to th e s cre e n s h ots , th e y are al lk e pt
s m alls ugge s tions w e re tak e n into
as ful ls iz e in th e PDF and you'l ls e e
cons ide ration:
allth e (gory?) de tail .
- s tandardiz e is s ue nam ing conve ntion
(fullcircle -is s ue 04-e ng.pdf is a good
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D T
rive l(s e e FCM #4) doe s
inde e d s upport W ordPre s s .
To do th is , appe nd
xm l rpc.ph p to th e URL in th e
Se rve r Addre s s , ie :
h ttp://blog.tonyyarus s o.com /xm l rpc.ph p,
al ong w ith your us e rnam e and
pas s w ord info. Se t th e Journaltype to
M ovabl e Type (al th ough I've h e ard
Bl ogge r w ork s as w e l l
) and l og in as
I'llappre ciate if you can h e l
p m e w ith
th is ... th ank s in advance . h is q ue s tion is ge ne ral ,so I
can unde rs tand if you ne e d
Giancarl
o Giam m aria D. m ore de tail s . Th e probl e m is
bas ical l
y th is : w h e n I try to
Ed: Anyone out th e re w ant to h e l p pl ay a m ovie th at's 1280 x 1024 (or
Giancarl o (and th e re s t of us ) by w riting h igh e r), th e m ovie s tam m e rs as
s om e article s , or a s e rie s , on ne tw ork th ough m y com pute r can't k e e p up.
adm inis tration in Ubuntu? M y s e tup is as fol l
ow s :
Ubuntu 7.04
Pe ntium 4 2.8GH z

P
us ual . 1GB RAM
l e as e te l
lSte ve Th om ps on to try Nvidia FX59 50 (us ing th e drive r
Tony Yarus s o us ing k cron in k de or look at ins tal l
e d by Autom atix)
tas ch e proje ct at
h ttp://w w w .gnom e fil
e s .org/app.ph W h e n I us e d to run th e s am e

I
p?s oft_ id=756. th ing unde r W indow s 2000, I h ad no
jus t re ad is s ue #4 of Ful lCircl e pe rform ance is s ue s . Th e vide o
and I re al lyl ik e d it, and s ince you Joh nath an H Pie naar form ats I typical ly us e are h 264 in
acce pt l e tte rs and com m e nts from an AVI or M atros k a containe r.
you re ade rs , I'd l ik e to s ugge s t an Ed: um ... ok .
articl e about ne tw ork adm inis tration, I h ave ins tal
le d Tote m , Gxine ,
m aybe s om e appl ications th at can be M e diaPl aye r and VLC. None of

S
us e d for th is , norm al ly at w ork , w h e n I th e m m ade a diffe re nce in te rm s of
talk about Ubuntu, m y col le ague s as k e e n at im proving pe rform ance .
about th is k ind of s tuff and I don't my
k now w h at to s ay, you k now , groce ry W al
te r Brandt
w al lpape rs re s triction, s e s s ion tim e s tore :
lim its , a dom ain, a us e r dom ain, th e Ful
lCircle w ine ! Ed: Can anyone out th e re in
us ualday to day th ings a ne tw ork Ubuntu-l and h e l
p W al te r ge t s om e
Rob K e rfia s m ooth vide o pl
ay back at 1280 x
adm inis trator us e d to w indow s active
dire ctory coul d us e . 1024 re s olution?I'd h ave th ough t a
Ed: Linuxge e k e ry, w h at are you doing
2.8Gh z CPU and 1GB of RAM
at th e al
coh olcounte r?Ge t back to w ork !
w ould be m ore th an e nough pow e r.

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 Q& A
W ritte n by Robe rt Cl
ips h am
If you h ave an Ubuntu re l
q ue s tions @ ful
lcircl
ate d q ue s tion w h ich ne e ds ans w e ring, e m ailit to us h e re at
e m agazine .org, and w e 'llpas s th e m to Robe rt for ans w e ring in a future is s ue .
Pl e as e include as m uch inform ation as you can about your probl em.

Q Q
: Are th e re any good racing Se s s ions , and ch oos e K DE. You can
s w itch back th e s am e w ay. : W h at are th e be s t dock s
gam e s for Ubuntu? for Ubuntu?
h ttp://ubuntuforum s .org/s h ow th re ad.ph p?

A A
t=51869 8
: Th e re are lots of racing gam e s : Th e dock you us e w il l
for Ubuntu, both in th e re pos pure l y be pe rs onal

Q
and on ge tde b.ne t. M y pe rs onal pre fe re nce . For a truly ove r
: Are th e re any good w e bs ite s for
favorite is Supe r TuxK art th e top fancy graph ical
cus tom is ing th e l
ook s of Ubuntu?
(h ttp://s upe rtuxk art.be rl
ios .de /) al
th ough e ffe cts , you'l lw ant k iba-dock
m ore s e rious gam e rs m ay pre fe r VDrift

A
(w w w .k iba-dock .org - A q uick googl e
(h ttp://vdrift.ne t/) or M aniadrive : De pe nding on th e De s k top w illge t you a vide o). It ful ly util
is e s
(h ttp://m aniadrive .raydium .org/) e nvironm e nt you us e , you can go th e pow e r of com piz fus ion or your
h ttp://ubuntuforum s .org/s h ow th re ad.ph to h ttp://w w w .gnom e -l ook .org, ch os e n com pos ite m anage r to
p?t=521652 h ttp://w w w .k de -l
ook .org or de l ive r outs tanding ph ys ics e ffe cts ! If
h ttp://w w w .xfce -l ook .org for cus tom is ing you are l ook ing for a m ore s tabl e
th e w ay your PC l ook s . Th os e s ite s also s ol ution, Avant W indow Navigator is

Q : H ow can I dualboot Ubuntu link to oth e rs for cus tom is ing oth e r parts a good ch oice
and K ubuntu? of your PC. A good s ite th at is m ainl y for (h ttps ://launch pad.ne t/aw n - again
w al l
pape rs is h ttp://w w w .de viantart.com . googl e w il lge t you a vide o). AW N

A
give s a nice com prom is e be tw e e n
h ttp://ubuntuforum s .org/s h ow th re ad.ph p? s tabil ity and graph icale ffe cts .
: Doing th is is as s im pl e as
t=521704
going to a te rm inaland typing
h ttp://ubuntuforum s .org/s h ow th re ad.
's udo aptitude ins tal lk ubuntu- H ow can I dual ph p?t=521704
de s k top'.W h e n you re boot you
w il
ls e e th e us ualGnom e l og-in s cre e n,
boot Ubuntu and
at w h ich you can s im pl y cl
ick O ptions > K ubuntu?

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 W EBSITE O FTH E M O NTH
W ritte n by Danie lCoh e n

Th e aim of th is s e ction is to find de ce nt and re l

ative l
y unk now n w e bs ite s th at w il
lh e l
p you w ith your dail y Ubuntu ne e ds (and ge ne ralcurios ity). I w il
l
s um up th e good and th e bad points of th e w e bs ite , and -- w ith any l uck -- th e w e bs ite ow ne r w il
lre ad th e articl
e and th e n re ctify any probl
ems
m e ntione d!

dow n th e s ide , it is divide d up into
appl ications and gam e s , of w h ich th e y
th e n h ave s ub-cate gorie s w h ich l e ts you
find w h at you w ant re al ly q uick l
y.
Now th e big advantage of th is s ite is
th at e ve ryth ing on th is w e bs ite is trie d
and te s te d l ots , and as a re s ul t, bas ical l
y,
if it's on th e re it w illrun. M os t of th e m
are ve ry s traigh t forw ard, invol ving s im pl y
running a .e xe fil e . H ow e ve r, oth e rs th at
re q uire m ore it give s e xpl icit ins tructions
to ge t it w ork ing. Som e of th e h ow to are
Frank 's Corne r
h os te d on oth e r w e bs ite s , for ins tance
h ttp://frank s corne r.org/
th e H al f-Life 2 guide . Al lof th e l ink s th at I
ch e ck e d do w ork , w h ich s h ow s th at h e
dow n, and al lth e l ink s th rough out it
w ork (th at I te s te d).
Th e onl y criticis m I coul d m ak e is
th e lack of a s e arch fe ature ,
h ow e ve r th is is n't an is s ue be caus e
of h is s e ns ibl e cate gorie s . Th is is
about as com pl e te as a w e bs ite ge ts
– it h as e ve ryth ing it ne e ds . No
m ore , no l e s s , and it h as e nough
conte nt to s tand up on it's ow n.
So th e bottom l ine is , if you w ant
to k now h ow to ins tal la gam e of
pie ce of s oftw are on w ine , th e n ge t
ove r to Frank 's Corne r!

F
ol low ing up on l as t w e e k 's
W INEDB, I h ave a q uaint l
w e bs ite cal l
e d Frank 's Corne r.
I apol ogis e in advance for any
re ade rs w h o are not inte re s te d in any
W INE re l ate d is s ue s , but th is w e bs ite
is , in m y opinion, a re alge m . Look ing
m us t k e e p th e w e bs ite up to date . H e
e ve n incl ude s a s cre e ns h ot of th e
ittl
e
program /gam e actual ly running.
Th e w e bs ite is ul
tra m inim al is tic, in
th at it's bas ical l
y allte xt w ith a l ogo at
th e top. I've ne ve r s e e n th e w e bs ite

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 M Y D ESK TO P
W ritte n by De e pank Gupta
Th is is your ch ance to s h ow th e w orl d your fancy de s k top or PC. Pl
s cre e ns h ots and ph otos to: m is c@ ful
lcircl
e m agazine .org and incl
e as e e m ailyour
ude a brie f paragraph about
your de s k top, your PC's s pe cifications and any oth e r inte re s ting tidbits about your s e tup.

To ge t th is look on th e de s k top, firs t ch ange th e th e m e by going to Sys te m ->Pre fe re nce s ->Th e m e

to Cl e arlook s (one of th e de faul t th e m e s in Ubuntu). Th e n dow nl oad th e nouve XT- 1.6 icon
pack age from w w w .gnom e -l ook .org . Cl ick th e Cus tom iz e button and go to "Icons " tab. Cl ick
"Ins tall" and s e l
e ct th e dow nloade d icon pack age . Th e n, dow nl oad th e m ous e curs or th e m e
(avail abl e from w w w .gnom e -l ook .org). To us e th is , gcurs or m us t be ins talle d. Afte r th at ch ange th e
curs or by going to Sys te m ->Pre fe re nce s ->Curs or Se l e ction.
In orde r to avoid Re pe titive Stre s s Injury (RSI) I h ave ins tal l
e d th e 'w ork rave ' pack age w h ich can is
th e h and icon in th e bottom righ t on th e l e ft of th e notification are a. Th e uppe r pane lh as be e n
re m ove d and ins te ad of th at I h ave th e M e nu button in th e top l e ft fol
low e d by th e w ork s pace
w indow . Th is is foll
ow e d by q uick -launch icons for Fire fox, Te rm inaland Root Te rm inal(Sys te m
Tool s ->Root Te rm inal). In th e bottom righ t, I h ave th e notification are a and date & tim e w idge ts
adde d to th e pane l . Th e w al lpape r is availabl e at: h ttp://url
.fullcircle m agaz ine .org/b9 17f3

M Y PC
W ritte n by Nicol
a Cappe l
lini

I bough t m y com pute r from Sys te m 76. It is one of th e l

as t ge ne ration Gaz e l
le Pe rform ance m ode l
s.
H e re are th e s pe cs :
2.0 GH z Inte lCore 2 duo 2 x 1 GB DDR2 667 M H Z nVidia Ge Force 7300 FX CD/DVD RW drive 80 GB
@ 7200 rpm PATA 5.5 l bs
Spe cialfe ature s incl
ude : pow e r button, fol
ding l
id, and track pad.
I am running Fe is ty Faw n (th ough l ook ing forw ard to th e upcom ing Gus ty re l e as e ). I us e th e com pute r
m ainl
y for th e big 5: m us ic, m ovie s , ph otos , inte rne t, w ordproce s s ing. I al
s o do s om e l igh t-w e igh t w e b
program m ing.
Th e s ys te m w ork s re al ly wel lfor m e , and I h ave done a s m al lam ount of tw e ak ing. I'm no com pute r
guru, but I e njoy l e arning and doing w h at l ittl
e I can. I h ave ins tal
le d cpu-fre q e ncy s cal
ing, configure d
printe rs , and m anage d fil e s h aring be tw e e n our h om e ne tw ork (incl ude s a M acBook , and a future M ini
M ac). I al s o fe e lth at it w as a good bal ance of price , pe rform ance , and w e igh t.

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 TO P5 STRATEGY GA M ES Your m onth l
appl
ide a for a l
y Top5 l

is t, pl
is t of obs cure Linux gam e s or
ications from th e de pth s of th e Inte rne t. If you h ave an
e as e e m ail : m is c@ ful
lcircl
e m agazine .org
W ritte n by Andre w M in

Fre e col Fre e Civ

H om e page : H om e page :
h ttp://fre e col
.org/ h ttp://fre e civ.org/

F
Col
re e Colis a
te rrific ope n-
s ource cl one
of Sid M e ie r's turn-bas e d s trate gy h it,
oniz ation (h e avil y bas e d on Civiliz ation). You s tart
I f th e one th ing you
m is s about W indow s
is th e l ack of Sid
M e ie r's Civiliz ation, Fre e Civ is for you. It can be
cons ide re d an e xact cl one of both Civil iz ation I and
in 149 2 as th e Dutch , th e Britis h , th e Fre nch , or th e Civil iz ation II (you can e ve n us e th e e xact rul e s of
Spanis h , and buil d up your col ony by trading w ith e ith e r). You s tart in th e s tone age s as a triball e ade r,
native s , capturing e ne m y tow ns and s e ttl e m e nts , and and buil d up your e m pire th rough dipl om acy, w onde rs ,
re cruiting s k ille d (and uns k il
le d) l
abore rs . It e ve n s cie nce , and of cours e w arriors . To w in, you m us t
include s m ul tiplaye r for LAN or TCP/IP gam e s . e ith e r cre ate a s pace col ony or be th e l as t m an
s tanding. It incl ude s AI and s e rve r-bas e d m ul tipl aye r.
You can ins tal lFre e Colone of tw o w ays . You coul d
us e th e officialplatform inde pe nde nt ins tal l
e r, and run To ge t Fre e Civ, ins tal lth e fre e civ-cl
ie nt-gtk pack age
java -jar fre e col
-0.7.0-ins tal
le r.jar. O r, you coul d ge t in th e unive rs e re pos itorie s .
th e unofficialGe tDe b.ne t Ubuntu pack age .

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Gl
est Bos W ars Lincity- NG

H om e page : H om e page : H om e page :

h ttp://w w w .gl
e s t.org/ h ttp://w w w .bos w ars .org/ h ttp://lincity- ng.be rl
ios .de /w ik i/

I f turn-bas e d s trate gy gam e s are

too s l ow for you, give Gl
It's a re al
e s t a try.
-tim e s trate gy gam e . And
it h as th e m os t be autifulgraph ics
I've e ve r s e e n (th e graph ics are be tte r
A noth e r gre at RTS, Bos W ars
(form e rl y Battl e of Survival

bas e d on th e Strate gus e ngine

th an a l ot of com m e rcialgam e s out
th e re ). It's bas e d in a fantas ticale ra
w ith battl e s be tw e e n h um ans and
m age s . O n th e dow ns ide , th e re are
onl y tw o civil iz ations (us e rs can cre ate
ne w one s , but I h ave n't s e e n any) and
th e gam e doe s n't offe r th e abil ity to
s ave . De s pite th e s e s h ortcom ings ,
Gl e s t is one of th e be s t RTS gam e s
avail abl e for Ubuntu.
Gl e s t doe s n't official
ly m ak e Ubuntu
pack age s , but th e re is an unofficial
pack age at Ge tDe b.ne t.
) is
s e t s om e tim e in th e future and T ire d of figh ting?Gre g Sh arp
w as w h e n h e cre ate d Lincity,
a fre e 2D cl one of Sim City.
You m us t m anage a city until
pow e ring Battl e for M andicor, it re ach e s s us tainabl e de ve l
opm e nt
As tros e rie s , and W arcraft II: Tide of or is e vacuate d via s pace s h ip. Th e re
Dark ne s s port W argus . Th e s tory goe s is al s o a s ce nario, w h e re you tak e
th at th e fre e w orl d h as be e n al m os t ove r a city w ith al ls orts of dis as te rs .
com pl e te ly w ipe d out. In its pl ace is th e Unfortunate l y, th e graph ics in 19 9 9
El ite Em pire . You'l lne e d to buil dl as e r (th e l as t m ajor update ) are n't th e
cannons , tank s , robotic s ol die rs , and s am e graph ics w e 're us e d to in
tow e rs and m ine m agm a and pow e r to 2007. Th e re fore , s e ve ralde ve l ope rs
de fe at th e Im pe rialGe ne ralSz arin. s tarte d a fork cal l
e d Lincity-NG w ith
Be s ide s th e cam paign, it h as LAN and a ne w GUI, a 3D e ngine , and m uch
dire ct IP pl ay. m ore .
Bos W ars doe s n't offe r an Ubuntu To ins tal lLincity-NG, jus t grab th e
pack age . Luck il
y, Ge tDe b.ne t h as a Bos lincity-ng pack age in th e unive rs e
W ars pack age avail abl e for dow nl oad. re pos itory.
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 H O W TO CO NTRIBUTE
W e are al w ays l ook ing for ne w articl e s to incl ude in fullcircle.
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For article guide line s , ide as , and for is s ue trans l
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e as e s e e our w ik i:
h ttp://w ik i.ubuntu.com /UbuntuM agazine Editor
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Pl
e as e e m ailyour articl
e s to: articl
e s @ ful
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e m agazine .org
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If you w oul dl ik e to s ubm it ne w s , e m ailit to: Rob K e rfia
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