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TH E IND E PE ND E NT M AGAZ INE FO R TH E UBUNTU CO M M UNITY
AND REA VERI

TRUECRYPT O N UBUNTU
IPO D CLASSIC AND AM ARO K

LINUX M INT vs UBUNTU


INTRO D UCTIO N TO LATEX
CREATE YO UR O W N SERVER 3

W H ICH IS RIGH T FOR YOU? LINUX M INT vs UBUNTU - W H ICH


D ISTRO SUITS YO U BETTER?

IPOD & AM AR OK TR U E CR YPT


GE T YOU R IPOD CLAS S IC/NANO K E E P YOU R
W OR K ING W ITH AM AR OK INFOR M ATION S E CU R E
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Ipod Cl as s ic and Am arok p.12
Introduction to LaTe X p.16

w w w .f u llc i r c le m a g a z i n e .o r g
Se rve r Se rie s - Part 3 p.18
: Le novo 3000 C200 p.20
: You Us e Ubuntu p.23
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A Kid's Story p.24
: Andre a Ve ri p.25
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FLAVO R O FTH E M O NTH
W ritte n by Robe rt Cl
ips h am

Follow ing on from las t m onth 's fl


avor of th e m onth , th is m onth w e w il
lbe com paring Linux M int w ith Ubuntu. Since Linux M int is a
de rivative of Ubuntu, can it be be tte r th an Ubuntu?W e inve s tigate .

th e y both offe r th e KD E and XFCE s im plify th e us e r's e xpe rie nce .


pack age s as s e parate dow nl oads . M int incl ude s appl ications s uch
M int al s o offe rs Fl
uxbox (avail able in as M intD is k for m ounting NTFS
th e Ubuntu re pos itorie s , but not partitions in re ad/w rite m ode
e nabl e d by de faul t). autom atical l
y (as doe s Ubuntu)
and M intW ifi, w h ich give s you an
Th e re are , h ow e ve r, a l
ot of e as y w ay to configure your
diffe re nce s be tw e e n Ubuntu and w ire l
e s s card, e ve n w ith out an
M int. For e xam pl e , M int only s upports inte rne t conne ction. If you h ave
th e x86 arch ite cture (32-bit), s o you a ne tw ork w ith PCs running
w on't be abl e to tak e advantage of W indow s , th e n M intD e s k top w il l
64-bit appl ications . Ubuntu offe rs 64- be a w e l com e appl ication th at
bit as a s e parate dow nl oad, al low ing

T
o be gin w ith , w e w illl ook at you to tak e advantage of 64-bit
th e s im il
aritie s be tw e e n th e appl ications . Non ope n-s ource
tw o. Ubuntu (above ) and m ul tim e dia code cs are ins tal le d by
M int (righ t) us e th e s am e de faul t in M int, but m us t be ins tal l
ed
re pos itorie s and s h are a l ot of s e parate l y in Ubuntu. W h il e s uch
s oftw are . Th is m e ans th at any de faul t ins tallations are inde e d
pack age you h ave on Ubuntu w il l conve nie nt, th e y m ay be il l
e galin
al m os t ce rtainl y w ork w ith M int. s om e countrie s .
Th e y both us e th e de faul t GNO M E
de s k top e nvironm e nt and l ook Som e of th e k e y fe ature s of M int
re as onabl y s im il
ar. If you pre fe r, are its s e t of de s k top appl
ications to

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M intM e nu (far righ t), w h ich al
low you and w ire l e s s out of th e box, th e n
to e as il
y configure M int's m e nu and M int is th e dis tribution for you. If,
de s k top, al
ong w ith oth e r GNO M E h ow e ve r, you ne e d 64 bit, or
s e ttings . w ant a h uge ne tw ork of
com m unity s upport, th e n Ubuntu
If you ne e d an e ffortle ss is th e be tte r of th e tw o.
dis tribution th at h andle s m ul
tim e dia

w illautom atical ly configure your


s ys te m to brow s e s h are d fol
de rs
on W indow s w ith out firs t ne e ding
to s e t up Sam ba. M int al so
incl ude s M intConfig (above ) and

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H O W - TO TRUECRYPT O N UBUNTU
W ritte n by Joe Be rry

At le as t once a m onth w e re ad in th e ne w s pape r about anoth e r im portant l aptop be ing s tol e n. W e th e n find out th at th is laptop
containe d th e nam e s of 20,000 e m pl oye e s or cus tom e rs , including s ocial
-s e curity num be rs , bank -account num be rs and oth e r private
inform ation. W e s m ile to ours e lve s th ink ing th at w e ce rtainly w oul
dn't do anyth ing s o s tupid as to l e ave pe rs onal , private inform ation
avail abl e for any m is cre ant to h arve s t. Righ t?M aybe not. Is your l aptop re al l
y prote cte d in a w ay th at, if it's s tol
e n, no pe rs onal
inform ation w oul d be gl e ane d?

M
y ow n l aptop contains al l
m y h om e financial
re cords , including account
num be rs , pas s w ord-acce s s
inform ation, e tc. I al s o h ave
pas s w ord inform ation for oth e r
onl ine accounts . In addition, I
s ave copie s of pe rs onall e tte rs I
h ave m ail e d out in th e pas t. Al lof
th is inform ation is ve ry private ,
and I ce rtainl y do not w ant it in
th e h ands of a bad guy. So h ow W h e n you s e t up a True Crypt
doe s one prote ct th is inform ation vol um e , you are e s s e ntial ly
w ith out inve s ting s ignificant e ffort de fining and cre ating a fil e
and tim e ? (cal le d a containe r in True Crypt
te rm inol ogy) w h ich w il lbe
Th e ans w e r, of cours e , is a m ounte d as a fil e s ys te m . You
s oftw are pack age cal led acce s s (i.e . m ount) th e
True Crypt. Th e fol low ing file s ys te m by e nte ring th e
e xplanation com e s from th e corre ct pas s w ord. From th at
True Crypt Us e r Guide introduction: point on, you can acce s s any fil e
in th e fil e s ys te m /containe r as

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you w oul d any fil e in any oth e r 5.0-ubuntu-x86.tar.gz. To m ak e l ife Now th at True Crypt is
file s ys te m . Th e s oftw are doe s far s im pl e , s ave th e file to your de s k top. ins talle d, l
e t's cre ate a True Crypt
m ore th an th is ;it h as m any O nce s ave d, doubl e click on th e fil e containe r. Re m e m be r, th is
additionalfe ature s w h ich are icon;th e Gnom e arch ive m anage r, containe r w il l, w h e n prope rl y
be yond th e s cope of th is articl e. Fil e Rol le r, w illope n up a w indow s e tup, look l ik e a file s ys te m
O ne inte re s ting fe ature w orth s h ow ing th e conte nts of th is tar.gz w h e n m ounte d. Start True Crypt
noting is th e “ h idde n vol um e ” . file . O ne of th e fil e s you w ills e e is by firs t ope ning a com m and
Le t's s ay you are be ing force d to true crypt_5.0-0_i386.de b. D rag th is sh e ll(Appl ications > Acce s s orie s
unl ock your containe r (s om e one file to th e de s k top and doubl e -click > Te rm inal ). Ente r th e com m and:
h as a gun pointe d at you). Th e on th e fil e icon. Th e pack age
h idde n vol um e fe ature al low s you ins tal le r w illappe ar. Cl ick on th e truecrypt
to unl ock your containe r and “ Ins tal lPack age ” button and s it back
s h ow th e pe rpe trator th e for a fe w m om e nts w h il e True Crypt Th e dial
og box (be l
ow l
e ft) w il
l
unl ock e d vol um e w ith out ins talls its e lf. appe ar.
re ve al ing th at th e re is re allya
From th e m e nu, s e l
e ct
s e cond vol um e (w ith al lth e re al
Vol um e s > Cre ate Ne w Vol um e .
data in it) h idde n unde r th e
A s e cond dialog box w il lappe ar:
cove rs . W ith out k now ing of its
e xis te nce , you w oul d ne ve r be
abl e to de duce th at it e xis ts . It's
w orth w h il e s pe nding s om e tim e
re ading th e 9 2-page us e r m anual
th at com e s w ith th e s oftw are .

True Crypt is avail able on Linux


as w e llas W indow s , both in binary
and s ource . To ins tal lTrue Crypt on
Se l e ct Ne xt. Th e th ird dial og
Ubuntu, you ne e d to go to th e
box appe ars . H e re you e nte r th e
True Crypt dow nl oad w e b s ite :
nam e of th e fil e th at you w ant to
h ttp://w w w .true crypt.org/dow nl oad
cre ate for h ol ding th e e ncrypte d
s .ph p. Go to th e Linux tab and
fil
e s ys te m . Th e n h it th e Ne xt
ch oos e "Ubuntu (x86)". You w il l
button.
e nd up dow nl oading fil e true crypt-

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In th is dial og, you s pe cify th e vol um e . Again, you s h oul d re ad
pas s w ord you w il lus e to ope n and th e ins tructions th at appe ar in
allow acce s s to th e conte nts of th e th e ne w dial og box. Es s e ntiall
y,
e ncrypte d containe r. Re ad th e te xt you s h oul d w iggle th e m ous e
accom panying th e dial og box for ins ide th e dialog box to h e lp
advice on ch oos ing a good pas s w ord. cre ate random digits th at
O nce s e l e cte d, h it th e Ne xt button. True Crypt us e s to cre ate th e
e ncrypte d vol um e .

You w il
lth e n be as k e d h ow
large to m ak e th is fil
e /containe r. I
h ave ch os e n 1GB.

Th e follow ing dial og box as k s you


for th e fil
e s ys te m type to us e . Th e
onl y avail abl e option is FAT. Jus t h it
th e Ne xt button again. Th e las t dial og box is onl ya
progre s s m e te r th at s h ow s
True Crypt form atting th e vol um e .
Th e ne xt dial og box al l
ow s you O nce com pl e te , you can tak e a
to s pe cify w h ich k ind of look at th e fil e th at w as cre ate d.
e ncryption al gorith m to us e w h e n Note h ow w e can “ m ount” our
e ncrypting th e conte nts of th e ne w fil
e s ys te m w ith th e
containe r. You can re ad about th e com m and ' ' in our s h e l
l.
various options in th e True Crypt
Us e r's Guide . Le ave th e de faul ts
as th e y are and h it th e Ne xt
button. At th is point, True Crypt h as al lth e
inform ation it ne e ds to cre ate th e

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Al te rnative ly, you can us e th e GUI appe ar (s e e th e il
lus tration
(th e firs t dialog box th at cam e up be low ). For “ Com m and” , e nte r
w h e n you e nte re d ' ') to th e foll
ow ing true crypt
m ount th e fil e as a fil e s ys te m . I did com m and:
notice one “ gotch a” w ith th is ne w
ve rs ion of True Crypt. O nce you e xit /usr/bin/truecrypt
out of th e graph icalinte rface , you /home/joe/tmp/test-
w oul d th ink th at th e program , truecrypt/MySecretVol /joe0
true crypt, w oul d te rm inate . It
doe s n't. A Ctrl -C in th e te rm inalis
ne e de d to k illtrue crypt.

To unm ount th e fil e s ys te m (be


s ure you h ave no ope n fil e s in th e
W h e n th e above true crypt file s ys te m th at are be ing acce s s e d) W h e n you cl ick on th is icon, a
com m and is e xe cute d to m ount e xe cute th e fol l
ow ing com m and: te rm inalw indow w il lte m poraril y
th e file s ys te m , a dialog pops up appe ar, fol low e d by our dial og
re q ue s ting th at you e nte r th e truecrypt -d /joe0 box re q ue s ting th at th e
pas s w ord th at you de fine d e arl ie r. pas s w ord for th is containe r be
Note th at w e are m ounting th e or w h ich e ve r dire ctory you m ounte d e nte re d. O nce th e pas s w ord h as
vol um e on dire ctory /joe 0. For th is th e True Crypt containe r onto. be e n e nte re d th e w indow w il l
to w ork , th e dire ctory m us t h ave clos e . In a s im il
ar m anne r, you
As a finaltouch , l e t's autom ate can cre ate a l aunch e r for
be e n pre vious l y cre ate d. If you do
our tas k of m ounting th e True Crypt unm ounting th e fil e s ys te m .
not s pe cify a dire ctory, a de faul t
file s ys te m . W e ce rtainl y don't w ant
dire ctory is us e d.
to h ave to ope n a te rm inalw indow Th at's al lth e re is to it. Practice
and e xe cute th e true crypt com m and by cre ating a s m al lTrue Crypt
e ach tim e w e w ant to acce s s our containe r - untilyou fe e l
file s ys te m . W e jus t w ant to doubl e- com fortabl e w ith th e inte rface ,
click on an icon. W ith your m ous e and k now th at th e data is s afe ,
ove r a bl ank are a on th e Gnom e ye t acce s s ible.
de s k top, righ t-cl ick and s e le ct
“ Cre ate Launch e r...” . A dial og w ill

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H O W - TO IPO D CLA SSIC A ND A M A RO K
W ritte n by Ronnie Tuck e r

F
orgive m e , Rich ard Stal lm an! th e iPod s til
ldis pl
aye d th at it h ad no ./configure
I w as te m pte d by val ue for m us ic loade d. Nice try;no go. W e
m one y. I w as in ne e d of a now ne e d to dow nl oad and un-TAR Th is did abs ol ute l
y noth ing for
ne w M P3 pl aye r and s aw an 80GB th e libgpod s ource (from m e . Afte r a bit of re s e arch , I
Bl ack iPod Cl as s ic for £160 Source forge .ne t) w h ich can be found re alize d th at I ne e de d to tick th e
(~ $300). Th e onl y s nag w as th at at: 'e xe cutabl e ’box for th e
it w as a 6th Ge ne ration iPod, and ‘configure ’fil e in th e un-tar’ d
Appl e al te re d 6G iPods to w ork h ttp://url
.ful
lcircl
e m agazine .org/1a57cd libgpod fol de r (you can al s o jus t
onl y w ith iTune s (l ock ing out us run ch m od + x configure ). Now
Ne xt, I h ad to ins talla ton of
Linux us e rs ). But fe ar not! Th e it w illrun.
de ve lope r s tuff by ope ning a cons ol
e
late s t update to l ibgpod al low s (l
ik e Kons ol e or Te rm inal) and typing:
th e iPod and Am arok to s h are
s om e M P3 l ove . sudo apt-get install build-
essential libglib2.0-dev
Ne xt probl e m is th at it is libgtk2.0-dev ligaguitils1-dev
ne ce s s ary to com pil e libgpod checkinstall
from s ource , w h ich is s om e th ing I
h ad ne ve r done be fore . But w ith Th at ins tall
e d q uite a fe w fil
e s. I
th e h e lp of a fe w th re ads from th e n h ad to run:
Ubuntu Forum s , I w as abl e to ge t
m y iPod Cl as s ic w ork ing sudo apt-get build-dep libgpod2
fantas tical l
y wel lw ith Am arok .
Now , tim e to actual l
y com pil
e ! In
Th e firs t s te p w as to plug th e th e cons ole 'cd' into th e dire ctory
iPod into th e USB port to m ak e w h e re you un-tar'd th e s ource (e .g.
s ure Kubuntu coul d de te ct it cd /h om e /ronnie /D e s k top/l
ibgpod/)
(m os t dis tributions s h oul d). I and th e n run th e com m and:
copie d acros s s om e M P3 fil e s but

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Ne xt, s til
lin th e cons ol
e , type : sudo ln -s
/usr/local/lib/libgpod.so.3
make /usr/lib/libgpod.so.2
Scre e n afte r s cre e n of Now l
ink th e s e cond l
ibrary:
inform ation appe are d;none of it
m ade any s e ns e to m e . Not th at I sudo ln -s
s aw th at m any s cre e ns - I w as too /usr/local/lib/libgpod.so.3
bus y w ith m y e ye s cl os e d praying /usr/lib/libgpod.so.3
to th e Linux Gods .
Ne xt, w e ne e d to find w h e re in
Now th e com m and is : th e /de v/s tructure th e iPod is , s o
e nte r th e com m and:
sudo checkinstall
I ch os e option 3 firs t and e nte re d df
A w arning com e s up but, '0.6.0' to m ak e it look l ik e th e s cre e n
according to th e tutorialI re ad on s h ow n above (from th e Ubuntu w h ich (for m e ) l
is ts :
Ubuntu Forum s , you jus t pre s s Forum s pos t), th e n option 2, e nte re d
Ente r, th e n e nte r a de s criptive 'libgpod2', pre s s e d Ente r and th e n /dev/sda1 /media/IPOD
nam e , s om e th ing l ik e 'com piled praye d s om e m ore .
libgpod2-0.6.0'. Unfortunate l y it W ith th at inform ation, w e h ave
s aid: Now w e h ave to l ink l
ibrarie s . In to run th e l ibgpod s cript to copy
th e cons ol
e , type : an XM Lfil e to th e iPod w h ich h as
0.6.0 - Warning Debian to do w ith th e ne w iPod de vice
policy complaint one sudo ln -s ID /s e rialnum be r in cons ol e
/usr/local/lib/libgpod.so.3 e nte r:
I re ally w as n't s ure w h at th at /usr/lib/libgpod.so.2
m e ant but it turns out it didn't l ik e you m ay h ave to
th e '0.6.0', s o I pl aye d it s afe and Your l
ibgpod.s o.2 al re ady e xis ts ? re pl
ace /de v/s da1 w ith th e
jus t h it Ente r and h ope d for th e Sam e w ith m e . Le t's de le te it, th e n: location of your iPod w h ich w as
be s t. re porte d afte r is s uing th e 'df'
sudo rm /usr/lib/libgpod.so.2 com m and.
Now a te xt m e nu s cre e n
appe ars in th e cons ol
e w ith 11 Try again:
options :
13
ipod-read-sysinfo-extended s om e th ing h as be e n plugge d in to From m y Col le ction tab, I
/dev/sda1 /media/IPOD /de v/s da1 but is n't q uite convince d se le ct a fe w al
bum s by righ t
it's an iPod: click ing on an al bum titl e and
W h ich gave m e th e re s ul
t: ch oos ing 'Trans fe r to M e dia
D e vice '.
Command not found.

M ore re s e arch tol d m e th at


th e re w as a s te p m is s ing in th e
tutorialI re ad, s o now I h ave to I h ad to ope n th e iPod in
run: D ol ph in/Konq ue ror (KD E) and ge t a
fil
e l is t of th e iPod;th is convince s
sudo make install
Am arok th at it is inde e d an iPod.
w h ich did dis pl ay a fe w e rrors , but
als o cre ate d th e
s cript th at w e ne e d. So,
again I try:
It l
ook s l ik e noth ing h as
ipod-read-sysinfo-extended h appe ne d, but al lth e s ongs in
/dev/sda1 /media/IPOD Cl ick th e D e vice s tab and, at th e th e ch os e n al bum are adde d to a
top of th e s cre e n, th e re 's an iPod trans fe r q ue ue . Click th e D e vice s
No re pl
y. But, in th e Linux button - I cl ick th at and from th e tab again and at th e bottom l e ft
w orl
d, no ne w s is good ne w s . m e nu I ch oos e m y Bl ack 80GB iPod of th e s cre e n you'l ls e e th e
Clas s ic. trans fe r q ue ue .
Th at is bas ical
ly it!

Th e tutorialI re ad s aid to
unins tallAm arok and re ins tal lit,
but I h ave to adm it th at I'm too
lazy to do th at, and de cide d to
continue on none th e l e ss. I l
oade d
up Am arok and pl ugge d in th e
iPod. Am arok re cognize s th at

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To s tart th e trans fe r, you cl
ick podcas t dow nl oad and trans fe r
th e 'Trans fe r' button at th e top of facil
itie s of Am arok w ith th e iPod. Al
l
th e s cre e n. good!

Unfortunate l y, afte r you l og out


and in again, or re boot, Am arok
s e e m s to ignore th e l ibgpod th at
w e 've jus t buil t and re s orts to us ing
an ol de r ve rs ion. Th e onl y w ay I h ave
It m ay tak e a w h il
e for th e files found of re s ol ving th is is to m ak e
to copy acros s and for th e iPod to s ure your iPod is unm ounte d, e xit
s top s aying 'Synch ronizing'. W h e n Am arok , now bring up a te rm inaland
done (s til lin th e D e vice s tab), I type :
cl ick th e D is conne ct button (at
th e top of th e s cre e n, be s ide th e sudo rm /usr/lib/libgpod.so.2
Trans fe r button), and I ge t an
e rror m e s s age s aying it's not sudo rm /usr/lib/libgpod.so.3
If you h ave any q ue s tions ,
dis conne cte d prope rl y. articl e s , or s ugge s tions , for
th e n type :
,
sudo ln -s vis it our forum (h os te d by
/usr/local/lib/libgpod.so.3 UbuntuForum s .org) and
/usr/lib/libgpod.so.2 put up a pos t.

sudo ln -s
/usr/local/lib/libgpod.so.3
So I s afe l
y 'e je ct' it from th e /usr/lib/libgpod.so.3
icon on m y de s k top, and th e n
unplug th e iPod. Now l oad up Am arok and it w il l
prope rl
y de te ct your iPod again.
D one ! And e ve ryth ing w ork s
pe rfe ctly: m y M P3 s ongs pl ay, I
can fl ip th rough th e al bum
artw ork , and I can al s o us e th e

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H O W - TO INTRO D UCTIO N TO LATEX
W ritte n by M atth e w H ol
de r

L
aTe X is a type s e tting s ys te m \begin{document}
th at doe s not fol low th e \maketitle
'norm al ' W YSIW YG (W h at You \clearpage
Se e Is W h at You Ge t) approach of \tableofcontents
th e w ord proce s s ors th at m os t of \clearpage
us are us e d to. Th e pow e r of \listoftables
LaTe X is due to th e fact th at it \clearpage
fol l
ow s a l is t of type s e tting rul
es \listoffigures
m uch l ik e th os e carrie d out be fore W e w il
lus e th e 'pdfl
ate x' \clearpage
th e us e of w ord proce s s ors . com m and to ge ne rate a PD F dire ctl
y
D ocum e nts cre ate d us ing LaTe X from our 's ource code '. Firs t, to \section{Equations}
w illlook l ik e a profe s s ional ly ins tallLaTe X, us e your pack age
type s e t docum e nt. m anage r to ins tal l' I will begin by adding a
'. famous equation to the
I us e LaTe X to ge ne rate l e tte rs , document, and referencing
docum e nts and pre s e ntations ; Be low is a l is t of com m ands us e d the equation in the text.
and I e ve n us e d it to cre ate a to cre ate th e conte nt in th e
large pos te r at w ork . Th is docum e nt. Ente r th e fol low ing brow n Einstein published
s oftw are is ve ry popul ar in colore d code into a te xt fil e. important papers in 1905,
unive rs itie s due to its e nh ance d and one of them was
e q uation and cros s -re fe re ncing \documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{ar Special Relativity,
abil itie s . ticle} popularly known as
\usepackage{graphicx} \ref{eqn1}.
Th is article w il lcontain onl ya \usepackage{multicol}
ve ry bas ic tas te of w h at th is \begin{equation}
type s e tting s ys te m can be us e d \title{LaTeX Primer} \label{eqn1}
for, and w il lcove r th e follow ing: \author{TUX} E = mc^2
\end{equation}

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where, E represents energy, document: pl ace , ope n a te rm inaland
m the mass of the object, navigate to th e dire ctory w h e re
and c the speed of light. \begin{multicols}{2} th e fil
e is s ave d.
LOTS OF CONTENT LOTS OF
\section{Table} CONTENT LOTS OF CONTENT LOTS O nce th e re e nte r:
OF CONTENT LOTS OF CONTENT
Now we will insert a table LOTS OF CONTENT LOTS OF pdflatex fullcircle.tex
containing a fictional list CONTENT LOTS OF CONTENT LOTS
of names and ages. Table OF CONTENT LOTS OF CONTENT To ge ne rate cros s -re fe re nce s ,
\ref{table1} contains... LOTS OF CONTENT LOTS OF th e above com m and m us t be
CONTENT LOTS OF CONTENT LOTS OF e nte re d tw ice . I h ave bare ly
\begin{table}[!h] \end{multicols} s cratch e d th e s urface in th is
\caption{A table to contain tutorial , and I re com m e nd '
ages and names} \section{Image}
\label{table1} '-
\begin{center} \begin{figure}[!h] h ttp://w w w .ctan.org/te x-
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|} \caption{Image} arch ive /info/l s h ort/e ngl
is h /l
s h ort.
\hline \label{image1} pdf.
Name & Ages\\ \begin{center}
\hline \includegraphics[width=3in]{tux
Bob & 24\\ .png}
Dave & 13\\ \end{center}
Lucy & 27\\ \end{figure}
Claire&12\\
\hline \end{document}
\end{tabular}
\end{center} Le ft: th e
\end{table} 'tux.png' as us e d
in th e code above .
\section{Columns}
O nce th is is
It is very easy to add com pl e te , s ave th e Above : th e re s ul
ting PD F fil
e as s e e n in
multiple columns to the fil
e to a k now n KPD F.

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H O W - TO CREATE YO UR O W N
W ritte n by D anie lLam b SERVER - Part 3

W
e now h ave a w ork ing
s e rve r w ith th e bas e
s ys te m , Sam ba, SSH ,
Xubuntu de s k top and W e bm in al l
ins tal
le d;w e w il lnow ins tal l
D H CP, and configure D H CP and
Sam ba.

W e 'l
ls tart off w ith D H CP.

Log into W e bm in by going to


h ttps ://l
ocal
h os t:10000
Now to configure Sam ba fil
e
Go to “ Se rve rs ” , th e n “ D H CP” . s h are s .
Cl ick on "Add a ne w s ubne t", and
fillin th e de s cription of th e O nce cre ate d, cl ick th e ne w icon Firs t of al l, cre ate a fol de r on
s ubne t. For ne tw ork addre s s , us e th at w as jus t cre ate d (w ith th e your s e rve r. I w oul d norm al ly
th e s am e IP as th e inte rnal ne tw ork addre s s you ch oos e unde r cre ate one w ith in a s tandard
addre s s , but us e 0 as th e e nding it). Scrol ldow n to th e bottom , and us e r's h om e fol de r, s o th e
octe t;for e xam pl e , if your inte rnal cl ick "Edit Cl ie nt O ptions ". Fillin th e dire ctory l is ting w oul d be
NIC is 19 2.168.1.1, th e n us e Subne t m as k w ith th e s ubne t;th e /H om e //s h are -nam e . Le t's s tart
19 2.168.1.0 for your ne tw ork D e faul t route rs and D NS s e rve rs w ith by cal ling one “ Sh are d” ;brow s e
addre s s . For addre s s range s , us e your inte rnalIP;and th e Broadcas t to th e m ain H om e fol de r, and
th e range of addre s s e s to be addre s s w ith th e inte rnalIP - but w ith th e n dow n to th e fol de r nam e d
as s igne d by D H CP. For ne tm as k , 255 at th e e nd. Cl ick "Save "th e n w ith your e xis ting us e rnam e ;
us e th e s am e as your s ubne t; s tart th e s e rve r. righ t cl ick , and ch oos e “ Cre ate
m os t are 255.255.255.0. Cl ick Fol de r” . Nam e th e ne w fol de r
"Cre ate ". “ Sh are d” , and e ns ure th at th e

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pe rm is s ions of th e ne w fol
de r Now cl ick on Fil
e pe rm is s ions ,
allow re ad and w rite acce s s by al
l and ch ange th e Ne w Unix fil e
us e rs - as s h ow n be l
ow . m ode to 777 and th e Ne w Unix
dire ctory m ode to 777. Cl ick
"Save ".

Re s tart Sam ba, and you


s h oul d now be abl e to w rite to
your s h are .
Sam ba w il lnow h ave a s h are d
folde r th at you can brow s e to.
H ow e ve r, you w illnot be abl e to
acce s s it untilyou cl ick on th e s h are ,
se le ct Se curity and Acce s s control ,
ch ange th e s h are to W ritabl e , e nable
Gue s t acce s s , and th e n cl
ick "Save ".

NEXT M ONTH :

SPECIA LBIRTH D AY ISSUE!


Now go back to W e bm in, go to w h e re w e dis cus s th e birth of ,
“ Se rve rs ” , and th e n “ Sam ba h ow w e m anage d to ove r com e s om e of our bigge s t h urdl e s in
W indow s Fil e s h aring” . Se le ct cre ating and organizing FCM and s om e ge e k y dow nl oad s tats .
“ Cre ate a ne w fil e Sh are ” ;nam e
th e fil
e s h are “ Sh are d” and s e l e ct - Th e GIM P. include s cre ating a ne w
th e dire ctory you w is h to s h are . im age , dpi and th e m os t im portant tools ne e de d for our
future GIM P s e s s ions .
Fil lin a Sh are Com m e nt if you
w is h , and click “ Cre ate ” .
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REVIEW LENO VO 3000 C200
W ritte n by Joe Be rry

I
am a s e nior s oftw are de ve l ope r im m e diate l y turne d it on and s at
for a l arge corporation. M y m ain back w h il e W indow s XP
com pute r is a h igh -e nd D e l ll aptop autom atical ly ins tal lits e lf. I h ad
th at I us e for s oftw are de s ign and de cide d I w oul d ins tal lUbuntu
de ve l opm e nt as w e l las oth e r (h aving pl aye d w ith th e CD
bus ine s s -re l
ate d activitie s . Since th is ve rs ion on m y bus ine s s l aptop)
com pute r accom panie s m e w h e th e r I but w ante d to l e t th e XP ins tal l
w ork from h om e or th e office , I al so continue to com pl e tion. Th e
us e it for pe rs onalth ings s uch as purpos e of th at e xe rcis e w as to
m anaging m y ch e ck ing account, as ce rtain th at e ve ryth ing w as
re cording inte rne t radio, m onitoring O K w ith th e m ach ine in cas e I
th e s tock m ark e t, e tc. O nce , I h ad h ad to re turn it. If th e re w as a
s om e s e rious probl e m s w ith th e probl e m , I w ante d Le novo to fix
W indow s 2000 s ys te m running on it w ith out h aving to e xpl ain w h y
: I w as not running th e ir ope rating
th e l aptop, w h ich re s ul te d in our IT
de partm e nt “ re im aging” m y dis k . s ys te m . And inde e d th e re w as a
Ce l
e ron M 420 1.6 GH z CPU
Ye s , I h ad a back up of e ve ryth ing s o probl e m . Th e buil t-in w ire l e ss
512 M B RAM th e re w as no l os s . Ne ve rth e l
e s s , th is adapte r w oul dn't s tay conne cte d
re inforce d m y pe rce ption th at I to m y ne tw ork for m ore th an a
40 GB H ard D rive s h oul dn't be running pe rs onal fe w m inute s at a tim e be fore
appl ications on m y w ork l aptop. dis conne cting. I s e arch e d on th e
CD RW /D VD inte rne t and found s im il ar
Th e re fore , w h e n I found an ad at com pl aints about th e w ire l e ss
15 inch LCD Buy.com for a re furbis h e d Le novo fe ature and W indow s . I w e igh e d
3000 C200 l aptop for $389 , I de cide d m y options and de cide d to
W ire l
e s s 802.11g th is w as m y opportunity to ge t a re al continue w ith th e Linux
pe rs onal -onl yl aptop. I orde re d th e ins tal lation. Note th at th is w as
W indow s XP H om e laptop and w h e n it arrive d, I not going to be a dual -boot

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s ys te m . I w ante d Linux and I w as ins tructions s e ve raltim e s , I s til
l I h ad audio! Now I w as re al
ly
pre pare d to pay th e price for coul d not ge t m y w ire le s s adapte r to h appy.
w h ate ve r w oul d h appe n. w ork . So, w h at w as I to do?I re al l
y
w ante d w ire le s s conne ctivity. Sim pl e. I ne xt de cide d to te s t out
As it w as , th e ins tal lation of I gave up and found a s pare PCM CIA m ul tim e dia. I w e nt to YouTube
Ubuntu 7.04 w e nt fl aw le ssl y. W e l
l, w ire l
e s s card. I cycle d th e pow e r on and it w ork e d fine . I l oade d
al m os t flaw l e ssly. Inde e d, m y buil t- myl aptop and s tarte d th e com pute r s om e M P3 fil e s and th e y too
in w ire le s s adapte r did not w ork , w ith th e card pl ugge d in. In no tim e , w ork e d fine . O n W indow s I h ad
nor did th e audio. In orde r to w ith no inte rve ntion (oth e r th an to be e n us ing W inam p to l is te n to
update m y l aptop w ith any fixe s I e nte r m y W PA pas s w ord), I w as m y m us ic col le ction. But w h at to
m igh t ne e d, I ne e de d inte rne t conne cte d via m y w ire l e s s card. us e on Ubuntu?I notice d s e ve ral
conne ctivity. So, I conne cte d an pos s ible m us ic-pl aye r
Eth e rne t cabl e to th e laptop (I M y s olution m ay not be as appl ications , afte r pl aying w ith a
h ave both w ire d and w ire l e ss “ pe rfe ct” as s om e of you w oul d num be r of th e m I ch os e
com pute rs on m y ne tw ork at w ant, but it w ork s for m e . I coul d Rh yth m box as it l ook e d
h om e ). Ubuntu autom atical ly h ave continue d to figh t th e battl e of s om e w h at lik e W inam p and h ad
configure d th at inte rface w ith th e w ire l
e s s , but it w as n't w orth it for s im ilar functional ity.
D H CP and, al m os t im m e diate l y me.
th e re afte r, I w as on th e air. I th e n ins e rte d a D VD and ran
Ne xt cam e th e audio probl em. into a ne w probl e m . I e njoy
I s e arch e d th e Inte rne t for Back to th e Inte rne t. Th is tim e I w atch ing ol d tim e TVs h ow s and
“ Le novo 3000 C200 Ubuntu s e arch e d for “ Le novo 3000 C200 m ovie s th at can be purch as e d
w ire le s s ” . W ith th os e k e y w ords , I Ubuntu audio” . Again, I found a s ite for a dol lar in m any s tore s in th e
im m e diate l y found a s ite th at s h ow ing h ow to ge t th is s pe cific US. W h e n I ins e rte d one of th e s e
e xpl aine d h ow to ge t th e buil t-in laptop to w ork . It re q uire d th at I D VD s , Tote m M ovie Pl aye r
w ire le s s adapte r to w ork . From dow nl oad th e ALSA 1.0.14rc3 s ource autom atical ly s tarte d. It s h ow e d
th is w e bs ite , I unfortunate l y code pl us a s pe cialpatch . Th e th e 30-s e cond h e ade r in th e
dis cove re d th at th e re w e re ins tructions w e re ve ry e xact and I m ovie but noth ing e l se . I
variations to m y l aptop (I'm s til l fol low e d th e m to th e l e tte r. I al
so coul dn't m ak e it go pas t th is
not s ure w h at th e y re al ly are ) and found a m ore ge ne ralaudio h e ade r. I didn't e ve n try
th at th e e xpl anation be ing offe re d de bugging w e bs ite at Ubuntu th at w atch ing one of th e m ore
w as not for m y variant l aptop. h el pe d m e te s t th e ch ange s I m ade . m ode rn m ovie s . I w ante d m y
Afte r care ful ly follow ing th e H appil y, e ve ryth ing w ork e d pe rfe ctl
y. ol die s .

21
O bvious l y, th e probl e m w as fix it! So, I upgrade d to 7.10. im pl
e m e nt.
Tote m . M aybe it coul d be m ade to
w ork , but, out of th e box, for m e W ire le s s w ork e d pe rfe ctly w ith m y Ce rtainl y, m y e xpe rie nce s w ith
and m y l aptop, it didn't. I w e nt to PCM CIA card (I w as n't e ve n going to Ubuntu m igh t be cons ide re d a bit
th e Ubuntu w e bs ite and s e arch e d try m y buil t-in w ire l
e s s adapte r). And ove rw h e l m ing for s om e pe opl e.I
th e ir docum e ntation. I found th e audio?Inde e d, it did not w ork . I be l ie ve it is ve ry im portant to
e xactl y w h at I ne e de d at h ad, of cours e , k e pt m y ins tructions tak e advantage of th e Live -CD
h ttps ://h e l
p.ubuntu.com /7.10/m us i and th e s ource code , s o I re buil t and ve rs ion of Ubuntu and te s t any
cvide oph otos /C/vide o.h tm l # vide o- re ins tal le d th e ALSA s ound s ys te m . pros pe ctive com pute r for
badform ats Th e onl y probl e m w as th at th e audio com patibil ity be fore purch as ing it.
s tilldidn't w ork afte r m y re - I h ope one day th e Linux w orl d
I care full
y ins talle d th e ins tal lation. Now , I w as a l ittle w illal s o e njoy th e pl e th ora of
appl ications th e y s ugge s te d and w orrie d. I de cide d to go to th e ALSA h ardw are th at e xis ts on W indow s .
th e n s tarte d up gxine . Now , m y w e bs ite to s e e if th e y h ad any W h il e inve s tigating both th e
m ovie s w e re al lpl aying jus t l ik e inform ation about m y l aptop. Th e w ire l e s s and audio probl ems I
th e y h ad be e n on m y W indow s firs t th ing I notice d w as th at th e ir face d, I h ad th e opportunity to
laptop. Eve ryth ing w as w ork ing ve rs ion of th e s oftw are w as ne w e r re ad m any UbuntuForum .org
and I w as a h appy cam pe r. I th an m ine . So, I dow nl oade d th e pos tings on th e s e s ubje cts . I w as
e njoye d th e s e ns ation for a m onth s oftw are , buil t it, and ins tal le d it. No m os t im pre s s e d by th e e xch ange
or tw o. And th e n cam e th e patch e s w e re us e d, jus t th e original , of inform ation. I coul d h e ar th e
announce m e nt th at Ubuntu 7.10 late s t ve rs ion of ALSA. H appil y, th is frus tration of th e pos te rs . Th e
w as out. I th ough t about it for a ve rs ion of th e s oftw are w ork e d re s ponde rs al w ays s e e m e d to be
w e e k or s o. Sh oul d I s tick w ith pe rfe ctl y. cal m , patie nt, and m ore th an
7.04, w h ich w as w ork ing fine , or w illing to go s te p-by-s te p th rough
s h oul d I go for al lth e ne w goodie s Ubuntu w il lle t you k now w h e n w h ate ve r proce s s th e y w e re
in 7.10?In particul ar, I w ante d to s e curity update s are ne e de d. O n trying to e xpl ain. Th is is h ow th e
ch e ck out th e ne w printe r occas ion, th e update s incl ude Ubuntu fol k s w illw in ove r
fe ature s -- I didn't l ik e th e w ay ch ange s to th e Linux k e rne l . H ow conve rts to Linux and to Ubuntu
7.04 printe d;it w as a doe s one re cognize th at a ch ange in particul ar: one q ue s tion and
configuration is s ue , but I w as h as be e n ins tal le d?W h e n th e audio ans w e r at a tim e .
h aving probl e m s figuring it out. I s tops w ork ing. Th is h as h appe ne d to
as s um e d th at th e audio w oul dn't m e a coupl e of tim e s . Th e fix is e as y
w ork again -- but I k ne w h ow to and onl y tak e s s e ve ralm inute s to

22
M Y O PINIO N YO U USE UBUNTU,
W ritte n by Vince nt NO T LINUX

F
or a w h il e I've be e n m e aning You k now th os e pe opl e wh o keep dis tribution you'd re com m e nd to
to w rite th is , and th e article on w h ining about you h aving to us e th e m , s o as to pre ve nt th e m
"th e re 's m ore to Linux th an "GNU/Linux"ins te ad of "Linux"?W e l l
, ge tting confus e d. You coul d
Ubuntu"[1]final l
y m ade m e do it. th e y're crazy. It's not l ik e by us ing cons ide r th is as dum bing dow n
"GNU/Linux"you've nam e d e ach and th e m as s e s . H ow e ve r, ne w us e rs
You k e e p raving on e ve ry com pone nt of your ope rating ge t a l ot of inform ation th row n
about th e gre atne s s of th at s ys te m . H e ck , if you w ante d to do at th e m , and th e m os t im portant
m ys te rious al te rnative ope rating th at, you'd e nd up w ith nam e s l ik e th ing at th e be ginning is to ge t
s ys te m calle d "Linux", m otivating GNU/Linux/Xfce /Abiw ord/Gnum e ric/ th e m s tarte d. Th e y can l e arn
s om e one to find out m ore . Th at Fire fox! about oth e r dis tributions l ate r,
s om e one Googl e s "l
inux", e nds up w h e n th e y are re ady to put
at l inux.org, cl ick s "D ow nl oad" H ow e ve r, by us ing th e nam e of s om e e ffort into finding th e
and is th e n pre s e nte d w ith an your dis tribution, you point to dis tribution th at fits th e m . You
e xpans ive te xt be ginning w ith : e xactly th at com bination of cannot, h ow e ve r, e xpe ct th e m
pack age s , s oftw are avail abil
ity, and to be abl e to find th at out
com m unity s upport th at you s o im m e diate l y.
appre ciate .
[1]-
For e xam pl e , I h one s tl
y cannot s ay h ttp://w w w .th e te ch andce nts .com /2007/
th at I th ink al lLinux dis tributions are 12/th e re s -m ore -to-l inux-th an-
ubuntu.h tm l
good. I can s ay, h ow e ve r, h ow m uch
I appre ciate th e fact th at al lLinux
dis tributions are ope n s ource .
...and doe s n't k now w h at to do. H ow e ve r, if I w e re to e vange l ize th at,
I w oul d us e th e te rm "ope n s ource ".
Wh en
e vange l izing, don't us e th e te rm Bottom l ine : te l
lpe ople , w h o are Above Le ft: Tux th e Linux m as ot.
"Linux", us e th e nam e of ne w to ope n s ource , about th e Above Righ t: Th e Ubuntu l ogo.
w h ate ve r dis tribution you're us ing.
23
M Y STO RY A K ID ' S STO RY
W ritte n by Sam Roge rs

M
y nam e is Sam . I am 12 h ope d for th e be s t. O ops ! Yup, I did w e b brow s e r.
ye ars ol
d, and a re ce nt it. I brok e W indow s -- not th at m uch
Linux conve rt. I can of a l os s . Th ank s to Linux, w e are now
program PH P, and I'm l e arning fre e of virus e s , s pyw are ,
SQL, Ruby, Pyth on, and C. For m y Utte rl y s urpris e d at m y dad's unne ce s s aril yl ong boot tim e s
age , I'm com pute r s avvy. Th at's indiffe re nce tow ards th e l os s (w e and a s h ady l ock -in tactic (not to
not to s ay I am “ totally root” . In didn't back up), I s h ie d from th e m e ntion il le galactivity by a
fact, I w as a W indow s us e r until com pute r for a coupl e of days . Now ce rtain com pany w e w on't
about a m onth and a h al f ago. afte r a fe w w e e k s our e ntire fam il y is m e ntion). It al s o re s urre cte d our
com pl e te l
y h appy w ith it. Th is w as ol d com pute r. So, if you're
I h ad be e n us ing th e Live CD of w h at I k ne w w oul d h appe n. re ading , and th ink ing
Ubuntu Fe is ty for a fe w w e e k s . I of s w itch ing, I've got onl y th is to
abs ol ute l
yl ove d it and l oath e d W e h ave re s cue d th e W indow s s ay: do it! But re m e m be r your
anyth ing M icros oft. Exce pt w h e n th ings w e ne e de d, and are us ing back ups .
printing (as m y printe r s til lis n't W INE (h ttp://w w w .w ine h q .org/) for a
s upporte d, but w e 're ge tting a fe w program s . Be yond th at, w e 've
ne w one ), I jus t boote d into th e found re pl ace m e nts . O nce w e ge t a
Live CD and brow s e d th e w e b and s upporte d printe r, w e w il lbe ful l
-on
did m y oth e r s tuff. Finally, I Linux and ne ve r l ook back .
convince d m y dad to al low m e to
dual -boot Kubuntu Fe is ty and M y fam il
y is e xtre m e l y pl
e as e d
W indow s XP. w ith Linux, th e program s avail abl e,
th e com m unity, th e fre e dom .
So, afte r a pains tak ing five -h our Eve ryth ing about th is O S is gre at.
s tint on th e w e b on dual -boot Pl us our boot tim e is l ite ral
ly 11
guide s , I w as confide nt it w oul d m inute s fas te r. W e 've got our s ys te m
w ork -- Kubuntu, at l e as t. In cus tom ize d. I've got GNO M E, m y
GRUB, I s e l e cte d W indow s XP and dad's got KD E, and m y m om 's got a Above : W INE running M icros oft W ord,
Exce land Pow e rpoint.

24
M O TU INTERVIEW A ND REA VERI
Tak e n from

Be h ind M O TU is a s ite w h ich fe ature s inte rvie w s w ith th os e w h o are k now n as 'M as te rs of th e Unive rs e ' (M O TU). Th e y are th e vol
unte e r
arm y of pack age m aintaine rs th at l ook afte r th e Unive rs e and M ul tive rs e s oftw are re pos itorie s .

(introducing ctorre nt, gtorre nt-vie w e r Righ t afte r joining th e Ubuntu


and v2s trip pack age s ins ide Fe dora) brigade , I s tarte d ch e ck ing out
for m ore th an 3 m onth s - untilth e M O TU docum e ntation, m ainl y
be ginning of M arch 2006 w h e n I pack aging guide pl us D e bian
de cide d to m ove de finite l y to Ubuntu ne w m aintaine r’ s guide , trying
afte r dis cove ring it at a frie nd’ s to unde rs tand e ve ry s ingl e ne w
party. It w as love at firs t s igh t th at w ord, and appl ying dire ctl y to a
m ade m e l e ave e ve ry Fe dora pl an s ource pack age e ve ry l e s s on
Andre a Ve ri and proje ct to cre ate m y firs t l e arne d during de ve l ope r’ s w orld
h ttps ://l
aunch pad.ne t/~ bl
ue k uja pe rs onalw ik i page on “ trave l ” . Afte r ge tting
w ik i.ubuntu.com s om e days l ate r. introduce d, and fas cinate d by an
Age : 18 active com m unity, I h ad to l e ave
Location: Udine , Ital
y th e proje ct for a w h il e for s om e
IRC Nick : bl
ue k uja s m al lprobl e m s , re s tarting
e ve ryth ing in M ay 2007 w ith m y
In fact, I s tarte d us ing Ubuntu at th e
firs t s pons ore d upl oad ins ide th e
be ginning of 2006, firs tl y ge tting
arch ive . M y pack aging pas s ion
invol ve d ins ide th e Edubuntu fam il y-
incre as e d righ t afte r m e e ting
I s tarte d us ing Linux at th e e nd of m ak ing re alth e pos s ibil ity to h ave
Al e xande r Sack ins ide # ubuntu-
2005 us ing Re d H at and Fe dora an Edubuntu Ital ian s upport and
m ozil late am irc ch anne ls om e
dis tros , contributing on w riting w e bs ite are a ins ide th e curre nt
days l ate r, de ciding to w ork
s e ve ralpage s for Fe dora Italian LoCo Te am .
dire ctl y w ith h im as m y m e ntor
docum e ntation (m os tl y s e rve r
for both D e bian and Ubuntu
docs ) but m ainl y w ork ing on s om e
dis tributions .
pack aging-re l ate d activitie s

25
its e l
f during its m ainte nance .
Re ading M O TU and D e bian
docum e ntation is a gre at s tarting “ As for m e , al
lI k now is th at I
point as w e ll- to avoid any s trange k now noth ing.” — Socrate s
I s tarte d w ith D e bian Ne w q ue s tion on our M O TU irc ch anne l
.
M aintaine r’ s guide and Ubuntu’ s
pack aging guide - m oving th e n to
pack age m y firs t appl ications ,
le arning from al re ady-pack age d Il ove going around w ith m y
s oftw are , and as k ing Al e xande r m otorbik e , l
is te ning to good
w h e n ne ce s s ary - m e anw h il
e I’m curre ntl y w ork ing on a vas t are a m us ic, playing bas k e tball, and
im proving and l e arning e ve ry of pack age s , but I’ l
ltry to focus on m e e ting up w ith frie nds around
tim e from h im or from oth e r p2p (Pe e r-2-Pe e r) appl ications both th e city ce nte r.
de ve l ope rs a ne w Ubuntu Te am for Unive rs e and M ain. I pl anne d to
le s s on. cre ate a M O TU-p2p te am re al l
y s oon,
including it ins ide th e e xis ting M O TU-
torre nt te am , but it w il
ltak e s om e
m onth s to organize e ve ryth ing;
contributors (te s te rs /pack age rs ) are
Introducing a fix and m ak ing tons curre ntly m is s ing.
of us e rs h appy is one of th e be s t
th ings I appre ciate from be ing a
M O TU. M e ntoring, s pons oring,
h elping out ne w contributors or I’llk e e p w ork ing on a l arge num be r
s tude nts is s om e th ing s pe cialas of pack age s , but as I s aid be fore , I
wel l
. w oul dl ik e to focus on h aving an
update d s ituation of p2p
appl ications , introducing l ibtorre nt-
ras te rbar and its re l ate d clie nts l ik e
btg or l ink age . Cre ating a w ork ing
I alw ays s ugge s t to s tart w ith a te am w ith inte re s te d contributors
pack age th at a ne w contributor and de ve l ope rs w il
lbe th e firs t s te p
care s about pe rs onal ly;th at’ s to w ork on.
us e fulto im prove /fix th e pack age

26
UBUNTU W O M EN
W ritte n by Em m a Jane H ogbin

lis t of al lth e s te ps H e re is an e xam pl e of h ow to


you w oul d ne e d to bre ak your goal s into tas k s : one
accom pl is h to of th e goal s of th e Ubuntu
ach ie ve th at goal . W om e n te am is to e ncourage
ik r.com )

You m ay h ave w om e n to participate in core


s om e goal s th at Ubuntu proje cts . O ur l is t of
h ave s im il ar tas k s . th ings to do incl ude s :
im age : cam bodia4k ids org (Fl

Th e s e can be
com bine d into • com pil e al
is t of core
proje cts w ith th e ir proje cts in Ubuntu;
ow n l is t of action
ite m s . Sort th e • ide ntify contact pe opl
e for
ite m s s o th at tas k s e ach core proje ct;
th at can be s tarte d
im m e diate l y are at • ide ntify h ow m any w om e n
th e top of th e l is t. are curre ntl y active in e ach
You m ay w is h to group.
track th e s e tas k s
You can vie w th e ful
llis t at

L
as t m onth , w e cre ate d a in a proje ct W ik i. A q uick W e b s e arch
h ttp://w ik i.ubuntu-
vis ion of w h at s ucce s s l ook s w illre ve alm any diffe re nt tas k -
w om e n.org/ToD o.
lik e . From th is vis ion w e track ing util itie s - from com m and l ine
de ve lope d goal s for our proje ct. utilitie s to ful lW e b appl ications . Th e Tim e to turn your dre am s into
Th is m onth w e w il lbre ak our trick w ith e ach of th e s e tool s is to tas k s ! Ch e ck back ne xt m onth to
goal s into th e “ action ite m s ” w e bre ak your l is ts into tas k s you can s e e h ow w e de alw ith th e
ne e d to ach ie ve s ucce s s . com pl e te in le s s th an tw o h ours . If (ove rw h e l m ing) l
is t of tas k s you
th e tas k s are too l arge th e y w il l h ave cre ate d.
For e ach of th e goal s you ne ve r ge t done .
ide ntifie d l
as t m onth , w rite out a

27
UBUNTU YO UTH Th e future of ope n s ource is in th e young pe opl e of today;th at's
w h y th is corne r of th e m agazine is for young pe opl
e or s im pl
y
W ritte n by Andre w from w w w .Te e ns O nLinux.org th os e w h o are young at h e art.

a ph one th at runs com m unity by fixing it?Th e n do


w h at you w ant it to, s o! It's al
lin your h ands . It is
and not w h at big your ph one , and you can do w ith
com panie s s itting on it w h at you w il
l.
m ountains of cas h
w ant?Ente r Android, As th e y s ay in th e O pe nM ok o
O pe nM ok o (righ t), com m unity,
and of cours e ,
Ubuntu M obil e ! (l
e ft)

Late ly, th e re
s e e m s to be a s trong
m ove m e nt tow ard
ope n-s ource

K
te le ph ony. Th is le ads
ids and te e ns today are
to m ore ch oice , m ore fre e dom , and
attach e d to, nay, conjoine d
m ore apps on your ph one th at m ak e
w ith , th e ir m obil e ph one s . If
your frie nds e nvious . Th is is gre at for
you l ook around your cl as s room
te e ns be caus e now th e y can de cide
and failto s pot at l e as t five
w h at th e y h ave on th e ir ph one s .
pe opl e te xting e ach oth e r during
th e te ach e r's h our-l ong l e cture , D on't w ant th at fre e trialof Pac-
th e n you s h oul d s ch e dul e an M an or th e bow l ing gam e th at
appointm e nt w ith your e ye doctor! doe s n't w ork ?Re m ove it! W ant a
Unfortunate l y, m os t of th e s e fancy ringtone w ith out h aving to buy
ph one s run proprie tary firm w are it from your m obil e provide r?M ak e
de ve l
ope d s pe cifical
ly for e ach your ow n! Se e n a s e rious bug in th e
m ode l. W ouldn't it be coolto h ave s oftw are and w ant to h e l p th e

28
LETTERS Eve ry m onth w e l
s ubm it a l
ik e to publ
e tte r for publ
is h s om e of th e e m ail
ication, com pl
s w e re ce ive . If you w oul
im e nt or com pl aint, pl e as e e m ailit to:
dl ik e to

le tte rs @ ful l
circl e m agazine .org. PLEASE NOTE: s om e l e tte rs m ay be e dite d for s pace re as ons .

R
e garding your articl e about LETTER OF TH E M ONTH W rite r of Le tte r of th e M onth w ins
tw o m e talUbuntu cas e badge s !
ins tal ling Linux M int (FCM

I
# 10), I trie d to ins tallit on w ouldl ik e to s ugge s t a s ubje ct
m y de s k top PC w h ich h as a SATA for a future e dition: vide o unins tal loth e rs - th e w h ol
e
H D (w ith Ubuntu 7.10 on it and code cs . I've found th is a re al proce s s of ge tting s ound and
noth ing e l s e ) and it didn't w ork . I probl e m in Ubuntu. Is it be s t to vide o w ork ing in Ubuntu is a
trie d in VirtualBox and as a Live ins tallRe alPl aye r to l
is te n to BBC h it and m is s affair - do you
CD and s til lno go. radio?O r us e e m be dde d M Pl aye r? k now of a good s ource of
Th e various Gs tre am e r program s inform ation to s ol ve th is
I s h ould add th at D e bian Etch in Ubuntu al s o h ave an e ffe ct on pl e as e ?
doe s not ins tal le ith e r. O n th e w h at w ork s .
oth e r h and, M int ins tal l
s fine on I al s o find th e Tote m m ovie
myl aptop (w ith ID E H D ). Is th e re Al s o, to tune in to playe r doe s not h ave as good
a w ork around? w w w .talk radio.ne t w h ich us e s a re s olution for w atch ing a
W indow s M e dia Pl aye r th e re are m ovie as W indow s M e dia
no cl e ar ins tructions in Ubuntu as Playe r.
to w h at program to dow nl oad in
Ed: As you probabl y gath e re d, I
Synaptic - ch oos ing one program
affe cts oth e rs and w h e th e r th e live outs ide of th e UK and re l y
BBC w il lcontinue to w ork ! on m y PC for onl ine te l e vis ion
program m e s and at pre s e nt

I
re ad your articl e about ch e s s A gre ate r probl e m I've found is h ave to us e M icros oft but I'd
gam e s , and e ve n th ough it trying to vie w US te l e vis ion e g: rath e r us e Ubuntu s o a dual
look e d nice , I th ink th e us e s of w w w .w w itv.com as th e q uick tim e boot is ne e de d. If th e above
D re am Ch e s s , Poute dCh e s s and link s , e ve n us ing VLC, don't w ork . probl e m s are s orte d I'd s w itch
Brutal Ch e s s are ve ry fe w , due to ove r to Ubuntu com pl e te ly.
th e s m al lnum be r of options . Ins tal
ling one s e t of code cs in
Ubuntu s e e m s to autom atical ly
Give n th e l
arge num be r of m ore

29
I
m ode rn and fe ature d ch e s s O ne com m e nt th at I w ant to m ak e am trying to ge t a l ocal is e d
gam e s : - in re gard to th e pre vious is s ue (FCM group for s e l f-h e l
p w ith
h ttp://pych e s s .googl e page s .com /, # 10) is th e ne w s ite m on page 4 Ubuntu, and its oth e r
- h ttp://tagua-proje ct.org/ 'M icros oft H its Ne w Low '. I s trongl y de rivative s in th e Finch l e y are a
and - be l ie ve th at as th is is a Linux of London.
h ttp://cs board.be rl ios .de /th e s e m agazine th at any s tory in re gard to
m igh t be w orth a m e ntion as w e l l
. M icros oft is not w arrante d in th is Sh oul d you l ive in London N2
m agazine . I pe rs onal l
y h ave m ajor (Eas t Finch l
e y), N3 (Finch le y) or
is s ue s w ith M icros oft, but I ne e d to N12 (North Finch l e y) I w ould be
w ork w ith th e ir products on a day to grate fulif you coul d e m ailm e at:
Ed: day bas is (it k e e ps m y k ids in am pe rs @ gm ail .com .
s ch ool ). I w oul
dl ik e to s e e FCM
cove ring pos itive s torie s on Linux Th e ge ne ralide a is to m e e t up
and not ne gative s torie s on oth e r and pe rh aps not onl y h el p
pe ople h e re , but h ope fully

F
ope rating s ys te m s , s oftw are or any
irs tl
y, I jus t w ant to s ay h ow oth e r products . Pl e as e do not s e e prom ote Ubuntu w h il s t w e are
m uch I e njoy re ading Ful l th is as an accus ation, be caus e you doing s o.
Circl e M agazine e ach tim e it are doing an e xce l le nt job w ith th e
is re l
e as e d. I found FCM at is s ue 2 m agazine . I jus t w ant to give pos itive
and h ave be e n an avid re ade r fe e dback .
e ve r s ince . I norm al ly print it out

A
as s oon as I ge t th e e m ailte l ling Kind re gards and k e e p up th e good
m e it is re ady for dow nl oad and w e s om e m agazine , k e e p it
w ork .
th e n re ad it on th e train on th e up!
w ay h om e from m y M icros oft
e nforce d 8 to 10 h our day. M y trip
Th e be s t part is th at th e
is around 40 m ins and it fits in Ed:
m agazine h as brough t m e th e
ve ry w e l lw ith th is trip and w h e n I ,
m os t pow e rfulcom m ands of all
:
ge t h om e I th e n jum p onto m y PC e
to ch e ck out s om e of th e tips and s udo apt-ge t re m ove W indow s
h ints e tc. I am al so l ook ing ,b s udo apt-ge t ins tal
lUbuntu
forw ard to th e ful ls e rve r s e ction
you are curre ntl y doing.

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Q& A If you h ave Ubuntu-re l
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lcircl
ate d q ue s tions , e m ailth e m to:
e m agazine .org, and Robe rt w il lans w e r th e m in a future is s ue .
W ritte n by Robe rt Cl
ips h am

Q A Q
You can us e rm "fil e -nam e -
w ith -*-in"to do th is . Us ing
s pe e ch m ark s al s o al l
ow s you
to de l
e te file s w ith s pace s in th e ir
nam e s w ith out us ing \.

A
It ce rtainl y is . You ne e d
virtual ization s oftw are h ttp://ubuntuforum s .org/s h ow th re ad.ph p?t=
713033
(m ach ine e m ul ator) to

A
cre ate a virtualm ach ine . A virtual In a te rm inal
, run th e
m ach ine is an e m ul ate d m ach ine com m and:
th at runs w ith in your prim ary
(h os t) ope rating s ys te m , e .g.
Ubuntu, in w h ich you can ins tal
and run oth e r ope rating s ys te m s .
l
Q sudo dpkg-reconfigure
xserver-xorg -phigh
Th e re are l ots of appl ications you
can us e for th is ;s e e th e l ink th e n, re s tart X (by pre s s ing Ctrl

A
be low for a l is t. Als o s e e Luca D e In Nautil us , go to Edit -> + Al t + Back s pace ). If you s til l
M arini's articl e in Is s ue 5 about Pre fe re nce s , th e n, on th e don't ge t th e corre ct re s ol ution,
us ing th e ope n s ource Virtual Box. pre vie w tab, ch ange th e val ue and can't e nabl e th e corre ct one
for 'O nl y file s s m al le r th an'. If you in th e s cre e n re s olution
h ttp://ubuntuforum s .org/s h ow th re ad.ph p s til
lh ave probl e m s , de l e te your pre fe re nce s , th e n you w illne e d
?t=582729 to fol low th e ins tructions at
~ /.th um bnail s /dire ctory, and

Q
Nautil us w il lbe force d to re cre ate h ttp://ubuntuforum s .org/s h ow th r
th e m . e ad.ph p?t=69 0760.

h ttp://ubuntuforum s .org/s h ow th re ad.ph p?t= h ttp://ubuntuforum s .org/s h ow th re ad.ph


662304 p?t=69 69 10

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M Y D ESK TO P
Your ch ance to s h ow th e w orl d your de s k top or PC. Em ailyour s cre e ns h ots and
ph otos to: m is c@ fullcircle m agazine .org and incl ude a brie f paragraph about your
de s k top, your PC's s pe cs and any oth e r inte re s ting tidbits about your s e tup.

Ubuntu Guts y Gibbon 7.10 w ith Com piz Fus ion, Scre e nl
e ts , AW N
W ith a l ot of tw e ak ing and pl aying around, I got m y ASUS l aptop D ock , and Virtual
Box Running W indow s XP Profe s s ional
.
- 1.8 GH z CPU, 80 GB H D D and 1 GB of RAM , w h ich I got it for
Ch ris tm as -- to run Ubuntu and got it l ook ing and fe e l
ing ve ry : M oom e x (h ttp://url .full
circl e m agazine .org/cf7db2)
m ode rn. Us ing th e originalH um an th e m e for M e tacity, I h ave : Fire fox (h ttp://url .fullcircle m agazine .org/d79 a5b)
configure d m y de s k top to give it an orange fe e l . By pe rfe cting : Nuove XT (h ttp://url .fullcircle m agazine .org/766501)
th e w indow th e m e , col orizing th e de s k top w al
lpape r to th e : Cus tom Buil t by Cybe rpow e r PCs (and m odifie d by m ys e l
f
pe rfe ct col ors , and s e tting th e GNO M E pane lto trans pare nt, I ove r tim e ), AM D 64 X2 4200+ , 4 GB of D D R Ram , 2 TB h ard
h ave acq uire d a ge nuine l ook for m y Ubuntu de s k top. H ow e ve r, drive , Nvidia 512m b 7600, Be nq 22"@ 1680 x 1050
th at is n't th e e nd of th e tw e ak ing;e ve n th e s e ttings in Nautil us
e xplore r and th e pl ugins for Com piz are arrange d diffe re ntl y I h ave to s ay th at I've be e n w ork ing w ith Ubuntu for th e pas t
from th e de faul t s e ttings provide d. ye ar and a h al f, s l
ow l
y e xpl oring it on various ol d m ach ine s in m y
h ous e , and I h ave re ally e njoye d th e e xpe rie nce . I'm pre tty m uch
a ful ltim e Ubuntu us e r righ t now , onl y going into W indow s w h e n
I de s pe rate l
y ne e d to acce s s s om e proprie tary s oftw are or a
gam e . I can't w ait to s e e w h at Ubuntu h as in s tore for th e future !

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for a l
is t, pl
yl is t of Linux gam e s or appl

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e m agazine .org
W ritte n by Andre w M in

H om e page : h ttp://s upe rtux.l


e th argik .org/ H om e page : h ttp://w w w .s e cre tm aryo.org/

If you've ne ve r Th is is de finite ly not


pl aye d Supe rTux, one th at Ninte ndo's
you h ave no ide a jum ping up and
w h at you're dow n about. Be l ie ve
m is s ing. Bas ically, it or not, SM C is not
Tux's girl frie nd a cl one of Supe r
Pe nny h as be e n M ario (th ough th e y
k idnappe d by did original ly us e
s om e th ing (I've th e M ario-l ik e
ne ve r be e n q uite s prite s ). Th e
ce rtain w h at). You gam e pl ay is pre tty
m us t battl e s now bal
ls , ice bl
ock s , and s pik e s , us ing s im il
ar th ough . Lik e in Supe r M ario (and Supe r Tux),
onl y Tux (and a fe w s upe rpow e rs ). It's a clas s ic M ario- M aryo runs around jum ping on turtl e s , and oth e r
lik e jum p-'n'-bum p gam e th at e ve ryone s h oul d pl ay. s trange cre ature s th at you us ual l
y don't s e e running
around.
To ins tal lSupe rTux, you can e ith e r ins tal lth e
or pack age (th e firs t is To ins tallSe cre t M aryo, grab th e pack age from
ne w e r but m igh t contain bugs w h il e th e oth e r is th e Unive rs e re pos itory (Guts y us e rs s h ould h ave th e
ol de r but contains al m os t no bugs ). Both are in th e Back ports re pos itory e nabl e d to ge t th e l ate s t and
Unive rs e re pos itorie s . For s om e re as on, is gre ate s t ve rs ion).
onl y 0.3.0. Th e l ate s t ve rs ion is 0.3.1, w h ich you can
ge t at
h ttp://s upe rtux.le th argik .org/w ik i/D ow nload/Uns tabl e
(us e th e D e bian Pack age ).

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H om e page :
h ttp://abe .s ource forge .ne t/ H om e page : H om e page :
h ttp://w w w .w orm ux.org/w ik i/e n/inde x h ttp://w w w .te e w ars .com /
If you're tire d of jum p-'n'-bum p gam e s , .ph p
try out Abe . It's a cl one of th at ol d W ik ipe dia de fine s Te e w ars as a cros s
Com m odore 64 gam e . You M os t of us h ave pl aye d th e cl as s ic 19 9 5 be tw e e n a cl as s ic s h oot-e m -up arcade
run around a pyram id, avoiding crabs , gam e W orm s . It w as an ol d s ide -s crol l
er gam e and a m ode rn firs t-pe rs on
col le cting k e ys and ope ning doors . It w h e re you m ak e w orm s bl ow e ach oth e r s h oote r. I gue s s th at's as cl os e as you'll
m ay not h ave th e gre ate s t graph ics , but up w ith rifle s , bazook as , gre nade s , ge t to a de s cription of Te e w ars . It's
it's a lot of fun, e s pe cial
ly if you're one s h otguns , Uzis , and Price l e s s M ing Vas e s . bas ical l
y a re al -tim e ve rs ion of
of th os e re tro gam e rs w h o m is s e s your Wel l, al
th ough it s tille xis ts as a W orm ux, w ith pis tol s , s h otguns , rock e t
64. com m e rcials e rie s , a GPLs pinoff k now n as launch e rs , w oode n m al le ts and
Abe is curre ntl y slate d for inclus ion in W orm ux h as be e n re l e as e d. Ins te ad of grappl ing h ook s . O ne dow ns ide is th at
th e Unive rs e re pos itorie s . Unfortunate ly, w orm s , you figh t w ith O SS m as cots --Tux it's m ul tiplaye r onl y (s o if you don't
th at w on't com e until8.04 H ardy, and M ozil la are tw o e xam pl e s . But don't h ave an inte rne t conne ction, you're out
s ch e dule d for April2008. In th e w orry, th e H ol y H and Gre nade is s til lth e re . of l uck );th e good ne w s is th at th e re 's
m e antim e , you can ge t it from a w onde rfull obby to h e l p you conne ct
To ins tal lth e late s t s tabl
e ve rs ion of to e xis ting gam e s .
at W orm ux, grab th e pack age in th e
h ttp://w w w .ge tde b.ne t/app/Abe 's Unive rs e re pos itory. You can al s o ins tal
lth e Sadl y, Te e w ars is n't in th e Ubuntu
Am azing Adve nture . late s t be ta from at re pos itorie s ye t. But, as us ual,
h ttp://w w w .ge tde b.ne t/app/W orm ux. h as a pack age at
h ttp://w w w .ge tde b.ne t/app/Te e W ars .

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