Is s ue # 12 - April2008

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 ED ITO RIA L
Th is m agazine w as cre ate d us ing :

By th e tim e you re ad th is , Ubuntu 8.04 (H ardy H e ron) w il lh ave be e n

re le as e d. M ay your upgrade go s m ooth l y. I'm a Kubuntu guy, but s ince
m y curre nt ins tal lis 7.10 w ith adde d KD E 4 goodne s s , I m ay jus t do a
fre s h ins tall. But, w e 'l
ls e e .

Th is m onth s e e s th e s tart of anoth e r ne w s e rie s . D ue to publ ic

de m and for GIM P articl e s , I've cre ate d 'Us ing GIM P'. It w illcove r th e
bas ics (th is m onth ) th rough to th e m ore im portant th ings , s uch as
laye rs , and e nd w ith th e cre ation of a col lage w h ich w il lus e allth e
te ch niq ue s l
e arne d from pre vious m onth s . I h ope you'l le njoy it. Ubuntu is a com pl e te ope rating
s ys te m th at is pe rfe ct for laptops ,
Since is one ye ar ol d th is m onth , I th ough t it w oul d be de s k tops and s e rve rs . W h e th e r at
fun to trace it back to its origins , and s h ow h ow it h as de ve l ope d ove r h om e , s ch oolor w ork Ubuntu
th e pas t ye ar. I als o incl ude d s om e dow nl oad s tatis tics too, w h ich contains al lth e appl ications you'l l
e ve r ne e d incl uding w ord proce s s or,
s ugge s t th at re ade rs h ip h as fall
e n ove r th e pas t ye ar, it h as n't. e m ailappl ication and w e b brow s e r.
Re m e m be r th at is s ue # 1 h as h ad 12 m onth s to acq uire th at m any
dow nl oads . M ore ove r, s om e pe opl e link dire ctly to th e PD F, th us
You do not pay any
bypas s ing our dow nl oad counte r. Eith e r w ay, I'm jus t h appy to h ave lice ns ing fe e s . You can dow nl oad,
dow nl oads ! us e and s h are Ubuntu w ith your
frie nds , fam il y, s ch oolor bus ine s s
Enjoy th e is s ue and k e e p in touch ! for abs ol ute ly noth ing.
O nce ins tal l
e d, your s ys te m is re ady
to us e w ith a fulls e t of productivity,
inte rne t, draw ing and graph ics
Editor, FullCircl
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ronnie @ full
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 Sun l
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NEW S Fe e lfre e to e m ailne w s s torie s
to: ne w s @ ful
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circle m agazine .org
ude a s ource URL.
Java

Sun M icros ys te m s is
s te pping up e fforts to
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS is al s o th e bas is for boos t Java us age in
th e ne w 8.04 re l
e as e of Kubuntu: Linux s h ops by
w ork ing to re m ove
s om e final
h ttp://k ubuntu.org/ne w s /8.04-
e ncum brance s in th e
re le as e ope n-s ource Java
pl atform .
8.04 brings a re s tructuring of
By fre e ing th e s e up, Java can be ful l
y
Edubuntu as th e Ubuntu Education
ope n-s ource and th us be pack age d
Edition. Th e e ducation de s k top and m ore e as il y w ith Linux dis tributions . In
appl ication bundl e now ins tal l
s as conjunction w ith th is activity, Sun is

H ARDY H ERON
an add-on to a s tandard Ubuntu tal k ing w ith Linux dis tributors ,
de s k top. incl uding O pe nSus e , Ubuntu and

RELEASED!
Fe dora to h ave th e m offe r an update d
h ttp://w w w .e dubuntu.org/ne w s /8.04- ve rs ion of O pe nJD K, w h ich cons titute s
th e ope n-s ource Java pl atform . Sun
re le as e pl ans to offe r th e update d O pe nJD K
s oon and cl e ar th e las t fe w
Th e Ubuntu 8.04 fam il
y of variants ,

T
h e Ubuntu te am is pl e as e d
to announce Ubuntu 8.04
LTS (Long-Te rm Support) on
de s k top and s e rve r, continuing
Ubuntu's tradition of inte grating
th e l ate s t and gre ate s t ope n
s ource te ch nol ogie s into a h igh -
q ual ity, e as y-to-us e Linux
dis tribution.
e ncum brance s l ate r.
Xubuntu, UbuntuStudio, and
"W e 're h oping to s e e s om e m ove m e nt
M yth buntu, [w ith th e ]Linux dis tributions in th e
ve ry ne ar future , h ope fully by
are al
s o re l
e as e d today: JavaO ne ,"s aid Rich Sands , group
m anage r for de ve l ope r m ark e ting at
h ttp://w w w .xubuntu.org/ne w s /h ardy/ Sun, in an inte rvie w on Tue s day. Th e
re le as e JavaO ne confe re nce is to be h e l d in
San Francis co in tw o w e e k s .
h ttp://ubuntus tudio.org/ Source : h ttp://ne w s .yah oo.com

h ttp://w w w .ubuntu.com /ge tubuntu h ttp://w w w .m yth buntu.org/

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ife to
NEW S parry Linux th re at

In w h at is be ing pe rce ive d as a m ove

Pe num bra: Bl
ack Pl
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to counte r th e th re at of Linux — a fre e
H ans Re is e r Jury De l
ibe rate s Tw o ope rating s ys te m — in th e ul tra-l
ow -
to M ac and Linux Days W ith out Ve rdict cos t pe rs onalcom pute r (ULCPC)
s e gm e nt, M icros oft h as e xte nde d th e
s ale of W indow s XP H om e by tw o ye ars
Us ual l y th e Th e jury de libe rating
to originale q uipm e nt m anufacture rs
s carie s t part of th e H ans Re is e r
(O EM s ) be yond th e curre nt de adl ine of
adve nturing on a m urde r triall e ft th e
June 30.
M ac is th e th ough t courth ous e h e re [in
of s im pl y finding a O ak land, Cal ifornia Ultra-l ow -cos t PCs h ave be e n draw ing
gam e to pl ay. But th ank s to Frictional at]about 3:15 p.m . inte re s t from gove rnm e nts and s ch ool s
Gam e s , both M ac and Linux gam e rs can Pacific tim e in e m e rging m ark e ts l ik e India and
now ge t th e ir ch il
ls in th e pl ayabl e de m o Th urs day, its s e cond ful
lday of As ia. For ins tance , th e l ow -cos t As us
of . de l
ibe rations . Ee e PC al one is e s tim ate d to s e l
l
around 120,000 units in India th is ye ar.
Th e critical ly-accl aim e d Th e pane lis ch arge d w ith de ciding th e fate
gam e s , s oon to be joine d by a final of th e Linux program m e r, w h o is accus e d of Linux is th e ope rating s ys te m (O S)
e xpans ion cal led , are h orror k illing h is w ife , Nina Re is e r. Th e w om an, running th e curre nt pos te r ch ild for low -
title s th at re ly h e avily on re al -w orld w h o w as divorcing h e r h us band, w as l as t cos t l
aptops l ik e As us te k Com pute r’s
ph ys ics , allow ing far m ore h ands -on s e e n at h is h ous e in th e O ak l and h ill
s on Ee e PC
inte raction w ith th e e nvironm e nt th an Se pt. 3, 2006. Sh e droppe d off th e
m os t adve nture s . Pl aye rs as s um e th e Source : w w w .bus ine s s -s tandard.com
e s trange d coupl e 's tw o young ch il dre n to
rol e of a m an nam e d Ph il ip, w h o follow s s tay w ith th e ir fath e r th e Labor D ay
in th e foots te ps of h is de ad fath e r and w e e k e nd and h as ne ve r be e n s e e n s ince .
finds h im s e l f trappe d in an unde rground
tunne lcom pl e x in th e froze n north of Th e 44-ye ar-ol d de ve l ope r of th e Re is e rFS
Gre e nl and. Unfortunate l y for Ph ilip, h e 's fil
e s ys te m cl aim s h is w ife le ft O ak l
and for
not al one , and th e gam e s al s o invol ve a Rus s ia, w h e re th e pair m e t in 19 9 8 w h il e he Ful
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ce rtain de gre e of action-bas e d e l e m e nts w as ove rs e as h iring program m e rs for h is
in s urviving th e dange rs , th ough far Nam e s ys s oftw are com pany. H e cl aim s h is In th e H ow To on ge tting your iPod
m ore in th an its 31-ye ar-ol d w ife fl e d to h e r h om e country w ork ing w ith Am arok , one of th e
s e q ue l
. afte r h e accus e d h e r of e m be zzl ing from pack age s w as lis te d as :
Nam e s ys . it s h oul
d be :
Source : w w w .adve nture gam e rs .com
: h ttp://bl
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M ore : w w w .pe num brabl
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 FLAVO R O FTH E YEA R
W ritte n by Robe rt Cl
ips h am

It's be e n a ful
lye ar s ince FullCircle Is s ue # 1, and Ubuntu h as com e a l ong w ay. In th e tim e it h as tak e n us to re ach is s ue # 12, Ubuntu
h as advance d th re e ve rs ions , and h as im prove d in s o m any w ays . Th is articl
e w illtak e a look at h ow th e Ubuntu fam il y h as m orph e d
from a Fe is ty Faw n to a H ardy H e ron.

re pos itorie s , or e ve n h ave th e m file m anage r -- onl y th e brave

ins tal le d w h e n th e y try to pl ay a w oul d ins tallth e KD E4 Be ta3.
m e dia fil e for w h ich th e y don't Both h ad one cl ick de s k top
al re ady h ave th e ne ce s s ary code cs . s e arch ing, fas t us e r s w itch ing
It al s o s h ow e d th e firs t gl im ps e s of and s im pl e addition of com m on
th e Ne tw ork M anage r, w h ich al low s Fire fox pl ugins via th e 'pl ugin
e as y acce s s to w ire l e s s ne tw ork s finde r' s e rvice or 'Add/Re m ove
us ing a tray icon, th us e l im inating Appl ications '. Guts y Gibbon al so
th e ne e d to m anual ly e dit brough t th e firs t tas te of th e
configuration fil e s and, in s om e graph icalconfiguration toolfor
cas e s , to X. Th is m e ant al m os t no m anual
com pil e e diting of /e tc/X11/xorg.conf to

T
drive rs . ge t your dis pl ay(s ) configure d
o ge t a fe e lfor h ow far prope rl y. Som e oth e r fe ature s
Ubuntu h as com e , w e ne e d Guts y w e re im prove d: printe r s e tup,
to look at Fe is ty's m ain (7.10) furth e r th re e -click re s tricte d drive r
fe ature s . Fe is ty (7.04) introduce d im prove d th e ins tal lation, w rite s upport for
th e M igration As s is tant, al low ing us e r NTFS fil e s ys te m s , and be tte r
us e rs to m igrate th e ir s e ttings e xpe rie nce , pow e r m anage m e nt facil itie s .
from W indow s to Ubuntu but caus e d s om e controve rs y by
e ffortle ssly. It al s o adde d th e firs t adding Com piz Fus ion 'out of th e W ith th e m os t re ce nt ve rs ion,
s te ps to e as y m ul tim e dia code c box', but for Ubuntu onl y. Kubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu ge ts its s e cond
ins tallation, al l
ow ing us e rs to us e rs h ad to m ak e do w ith th e ir firs t l
ong te rm s upport (LTS) re l e as e .
e ffortle ssly ins tal lcode cs from th e gl im ps e of D ol
ph in (above ), th e KD E4

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 Ubuntu (or Kubuntu) dis k w h il e you're a ne tw ork adm inis trator,
running W indow s , ins te ad of th e
us ualfe ature l is t, you'l lge t a l is t of
ins tal l
ation options , al l
ow ing you to
ins tal lw ith out re partitioning, and
le tting you add or re m ove Ubuntu
lik e any oth e r W indow s appl ication. It
al s o give s th e option to re boot th e
com pute r to try out, or ins tal lUbuntu
in th e w ay w e h ave grow n us e d to.
Furth e rm ore , th is re l e as e brings
im prove m e nts and ch ange s to th e
pre -ins tal le d appl ications . Ubuntu
Th e re is no LTS for Kubuntu 8.04,
now us e s Trans m is s ion (be l ow ) as its
but its us e rs w il lge t a ch oice of
ne w BitTorre nt cl ie nt, Vinagre for
tw o fl avors : one w ith KD E 3.5.9
VirtualNe tw ork Com puting (VNC),
(now w ith e as y e nabl ing of
Bras e ro for CD /D VD burning, and
Com piz Fus ion) and th e oth e r, a
Ink s cape 0.46 for Scal able Ve ctor
're m ix', w h ich w il lins tal lth e ne w
Graph ics (SVG) im age s . Kubuntu h as
KD E 4.0.2 (above ). H ardy boas ts a
update s to Ktorre nt, digiKam and
w e alth of fe ature s , one of w h ich is
Am arok , and it e ve n al low s you to
th e ne w 'Bul l
e t-Proof X' for GUI
e ncrypt your e ntire fil e s ys te m . If
dis play configuration. It e ve n
incl ude s th e l ate s t ve rs ion of th e
popul ar w e b brow s e r, Fire fox.
Fire fox 3 introduce s m any e xciting
fe ature s incl uding e as y add-on
ins tal lation, incre dibl e s pe e d, and
com pl iance w ith w e b s tandards . A
fe ature pe rh aps aim e d at ne w
us e rs , but e q ual ly us e fulto pow e r
us e rs , is th e W indow s -bas e d
ins tal le r, W ubi. If you ins e rt th e
you w il llove th e ne w Pol icy Kit
w h ich e nabl e s fine -tune d control
ove r th e pe rm is s ions for e ve ry
part of th e s ys te m . Th is Ubuntu
re le as e als o inte grate s Active
D ire ctory, e nabl ing s im ple
inte gration into Active D ire ctory
bas e d ne tw ork s .
So, in th e ye ar th at h as pas s e d
s ince is s ue # 1, a l ot of
im pl e m e nte d ch ange s h ave
im prove d th e s pe e d and
capabil itie s of th e Ubuntu fam il y.
Th e ne xt re l e as e w illbe th e
'Intre pid Ibe x' (8.10), and I'm
s ure it w il lbring e ve n m ore
im prove m e nts . Th e drafting of
bl ue prints and ide as for th e Ibe x
h as jus t be gun as , by th e tim e
you re ad th is articl e , 8.04 w il
lbe
avail abl e for dow nl oad. Le t's
h ope th at, w ith th e pas s ing of
anoth e r ye ar, abounty of ne w
fe ature s w il lblow us aw ay.
is a s e l
f
confe s s e d ge e k , w h os e h obbie s
incl ude : program m ing/s cripting,
ch atting on IRC and not w riting
h is article s on tim e .

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 H O W - TO
W ritte n by Andre w M in
A
lm os t e ve ryone k now s w h at
a .de b pack age is . It's th e
"ins tal
le r"for Ubuntu,
D e bian, M EPIS, and m any oth e r
Linux dis tros . In m y opinion, it's
th e be s t pack age form at out
th e re . Unfortunate l y, m any Linux
program s don't incl ude a .de b
pack age . Th e y give you onl y th e
s ource code , w h ich ofte n re q uire s
dow nl oading a bunch of l ibrarie s
you've ne ve r h e ard of
("de pe nde ncy h e l l
"is th e te rm ),
and th e y ofte n don't give you th e
option of unins tal ling th e
program . H ow e ve r, it is m uch
e as ie r th an you m igh t e xpe ct to
put toge th e r a .de b from s cratch .
Th e e as ie s t (and w ors t) w ay is
to us e a .de b pack aging program
cal led (h ttp://as ic-
linux.com .m x/% 7Eizto/ch e ck ins tal
). It s ounds gre at on th e outs ide .
CREATING A ND
D ISTRIBUTING D EB FILES
Al lyou h ave to do is run (lik e
you us ual ly w ould) to com pil e th e (h ttp://url
.ful lcircl
e m agazine .org/
s ource code , th e n run to 9 27dc1), a Qt-bas e d app th at
cre ate th e .de b. Unfortunate l y, th e re provide s a bas ic GUI for m ak ing
are s e ve ralprobl e m s . Firs t, it w il
lnot pack age s . It's m uch be tte r th an
ins tallde pe nde ncie s (you can try , but it's s til
lnot th e
w ay to cre ate a q ual ity pack age .
(h ttps ://h e lp.ubuntu.com /com m unity/
AutoApt) or
(h ttps ://w ik i.ubuntu.com /AutoD e b),
Th e firs t s te p in m anual ly
both e xpe rim e ntal ) and it w il lnot l et
cre ating a .de b pack age is to
you de cl are de pe nde ncie s - s o it w il l
dow nl oad th e program . Ne xt,
not w ork for oth e r us e rs unl e s s th e y
com pil e it (if ne ce s s ary), and
m anual ly ins tal lth e de pe nde ncie s .
ins tal lit. Th is us ual l y invol ve s
Th e re fore , to m ak e q ual ity pack age s ,
running , , and
is th e w rong w ay to go.
. Th e n, find out
If, on th e oth e r h and, you're jus t
w h e re it ins tal l
e d its e lf - ope n
inte re s te d in cre ating bas ic pack age s
th e M ak e file file in a te xt e ditor,
w ith out h as s l e, can be
and re ad th e ins tal ls e ction. If
us e ful . H ow e ve r, I w il
lnot be
you can't find it, s e arch in th e
cove ring in th is articl e
/us r/fol de r.
(a tutorialcan be re ad at at:
h ttps ://h e lp.ubuntu.com /com m unity/C
Now , it's tim e to cre ate th e
h e ck Ins tal l
). controlfil e . Bas ical
ly, th is is th e
l .de b de s cription. H e re 's a
So, is th e re any oth e r e as y w ay to
s am ple control- you ne e d to
cre ate q ual ity pack age s ?Th e re 's
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pas te it into a fil
e cal le d "control
", obvious . Th e fie ld is th e m e ans th at it w oul d be nice to
w ith out any e xte ns ion: nam e of th e pack age . If your h ave it. You can s e parate th e
pack age nam e h as tw o w ords , us e a diffe re nt de pe nde ncie s w ith
Package: fungame h yph e n (-) be tw e e n th e m . Pack age com m as (,). If one of tw o
Version: 1.0 nam e s can h ave onl yl ow e rcas e program s w il lw ork , s e parate
Section: games le tte rs , num be rs , and (be l ie ve it or th e m w ith a pipe (|). You can
Priority: optional not) "+ "and "-". Th e s e ction al s o add a s pe cific ve rs ion in
Architecture: i386 is obvious l y th e ve rs ion of th e pare nth e s is , us ing << (e arl ie r),
Essential: no program . Jus t m ak e <= (e arl ie r or e q ual
Depends: libfungame, s ure you D O N'T incl ude to), = (e q ualto), > =
gamelibrary (>= 1.4.0) a h yph e n (-). Th e (gre ate r th an or
Recommends: fungamesaves1 | fie ld is a l is t of e q ualto), or > >
fungamesaves2 th e cate gorie s your (gre ate r th an).
Suggests: optionalfungame program fits in. Th is is th e
Installed-Size: 1024 incl ude s adm in, gam e s , s ize of th e program
Maintainer: Game Maker gnom e , k de , m ail , m is c, in k ilobyte s w h e n it
[gamer@gamers.net] ne t, s ound, te xt, util s, is ins talle d.
Conflicts: and w e b. Th e is you
stupidfungamethatbreaksthison s e ction de note s w h at (your firs t nam e
e priority it is - m os t of fol low e d by your
Replaces: oldfungame th e tim e you'l lw ant e m ailin []).
Description: A short optional . is s h ow s pack age s th at
description of the program th e arch ite cture th e th is particul ar
. program w il lrun on - us ual l
y i386, pack age w on't ins tal lne xt to
A longer description AM D 64 or Pow e rPC. is (program s th at w il lbre ak your
w h e th e r it's e s s e ntialor not - m os t pack age ), w h il e s h ow s
of th e tim e it's not. , w h ich pack age s th is program w il l
Note s e ve ralth ings . Firs t, you , and are al l re pl ace . Las tl y,
to h ave a bl ank l ine at th e s im ilar. D e pe nds m e ans th at your s h ow s your de s cription.
e nd. Th is is . If you program h ave th at program ,
don't, your .de b w on't w ork . Re com m e nds m e ans th at your Now th at your controlfil e is
program s h oul d probabl y h ave it but done , s ave it in a /D EBIAN fol de r.
Th e fie l
ds th e m s e l
ve s are pre tty For e xam pl e , if you're buil
ding a
doe s n't it, and Sugge s ts

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pack age , and your w ork ing folde r
is ~ /fungam e /, you w ant to put
your controlin
~ /fungam e /D EBIAN/.
It's now tim e to add th e actual
program . Copy th e gam e into
your w ork ing fol de r. For e xam pl e,
if fungam e is l ocate d in
/us r/l ocal/fungam e /, and th e
binary is at /us r/bin/fungam e , and
your .de b fol de r is ~ /fungam e /,
copy e ve ryth ing in
/us r/l ocal/fungam e /into
~ /fungam e /us r/l ocal /fungam e /,
and /us r/bin/fungam e into
~ /fungam e /us r/bin. You m ay al
w ant to cre ate a m e nu e ntry (a
.de s k top fil
e ), in
~ /fungam e /us r/s h are /appl ications /
fungam e .de s k top. H e re 's an
e xam pl e of a .de s k top:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Version=1.0
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Fun Game
Exec=fungame
Comment=
Icon=/usr/local/fungame/funga
me.png
Terminal=false
Categories=Application;Game;
StartupNotify=false
MimeType=
If you w is h , you can om it th e
Icon= line .
Now , it's final l
y tim e to build your
pack age . To do th is , cd to your
w ork ing fol de r (e .g. ~ /fungam e /)
and, in a te rm inalw indow , run
. Th e
dire ctory is your dire ctory, e .g.
~ /fungam e /, and th e
pack age nam e .de b is th e nam e of
th e pack age th at w il lbe built. It is
so criticalth at you nam e your pack age
corre ctl y. H e re 's th e prope r nam ing
conve ntion: program -
nam e _ve rs ion_arch ite cture .de b.
Eve ryth ing s h oul d be ide nticalto
th e ir e q uival e nts in th e controlfil e.
Your pack age w il lge t m axim um
atte ntion if it's availabl e from
pack age s .de bian.org and
pack age s .ubuntu.com .
Unfortunate l y, you can't jus t upl oad
pack age s . You ne e d to be a D e bian
(or Ubuntu) de ve l ope r. And th is is
not an e as y proce s s . A long articl e
10
on th e topic is at
h ttp://w w w .linux.com /articl e s /421
55. A s im pl e r w ay is to ge t a
m e ntor w h o w il lupl oad th e
pack age for you - s e e
h ttp://m e ntors .de bian.ne t/for
m ore .
So, w h at h appe ns if you don't
w ant to s pe nd a l ong tim e
re gis te ring as a D e bian/Ubuntu
de ve l ope r?If you re ad m y Top5
col um n at al l, you'llk now th at I
Ge tD e b.ne t. Th e y provide
3rd party .de bs , and are th e
ide alpl ace for a non-D e bian or
non-Ubuntu program m e r to pos t
pack age s . You can find out h ow
to do th is at
h ttp://w ik i.ge tde b.ne t/Building_Pa
ck age s . Be s t of all, you don't
ne e d to s ign up for anyth ing
e xce pt a Launch pad.ne t account.
h as be e n a Linux
addict s ince h e firs t ins tal
led
ope nSuSE in VM W are . Le arn m ore
about h im at
h ttp://w w w .andre w m in.com /
 H O W - TO CREATE YO UR O W N
W ritte n by D anie lLam b
SERVER - Part 4

N
ow th at w e h ave Sam ba, Brow s e to , th e n , and
D H CP and W e bm in . Firs t w e w il lcre ate our . Cl
ick on
ins tal
le d and w ork ing, w e PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol ) ;s e l
e ct for
w il ls e t up a VPN s e rve r to accounts , s o cl ick on ;
m onitor th e various running ;add a ne w us e r cal l
ed , ch ange to th e
s e rvice s . w ith a pas s w ord of ;th e n fre q ue ncy for ch e ck ing th e
click and cl ick . s e rve r - e ve ry 5 m inute s is a
O ur firs t s te p is s e tting up a W ith in th e inde x of th at m odul e , cl
ick good tim e fram e , jus t in cas e
VPN (VirtualPrivate Ne tw ork ) on ;fil lin th e th e re are any probl e m s or any
us ing (Point-to-Point box s e rvice faul ts . Se t to
Tunne l ling Protocol ) provide d by w ith th e cl ie nt e nd IP 0 s o th at it runs e xactl y e ve ry 5
th e poptop te am . Th is can al s o be addre s s ;and fil lin m inute s . M ak e s ure al lth e h ours
configure d by . To s tart w ith th e IP and days are s e l e cte d - to s e le ct
off, w e w illne e d to ins tal lth e addre s s e s to be as s igne d to th e m ore th an one , us e th e 'Ctrl 'k ey
PPTP s e rve r, as fol low s : clie nt m ach ine com ing in via th e w h ile you s e l e ct th e m .
VPN. Cl ick . Th e n, ope n
sudo apt-get install pptpd
;ch ange Ch ange to

(or us e your pack age m anage r to ;ch ange

to ; or -
and s e arch for poptop or pptp) w h ich e ve r you fe e lis m ore
ch ange
to ; appropriate to your s ys te m .
W h e n prom pte d, h it e nte r, and
dis abl e and ;and Ch ange to
apt-ge t w illins tall and al l
th e re s t can s tay on de faul t. Click , and fil
lin
its de pe nde ncie s .
, and cl ick . your e m ailaddre s s . Cl ick .
Now , activate W e bm in by going You can al s o ch ange
to: W e w il lnow s e t up m onitoring for to an SM TP s e rve r w h ich
th e s ys te m . W ith in , go to doe s n't re q uire auth e ntication,
h ttps ://l
ocal
h os t:10000
11
oth e rw is e s e l
e ct l
ocalh os t, us ing You can al s o ch e ck your s ys te m
'Pos tfix' or 'Se ndm ail ' - w e w illbe logs by cl ick ing on and going
s e tting up Pos tfix in future is s ue s . to (be low ) - in th e re you
can cl ick on a l og file and cl ick
Se e m y s e tup be l
ow : .

ow ns and runs
and is bas e d in
Pe rth , Scotland. H e is also
W ith in th e and invol ve d in a num be r of ope n
s ource proje cts s uch as
page s , you can add various
,
m onitoring options from th e drop and .
dow n l is t, you can al s o de l
e te
H e is al
s o a com m itte d Le e ds
th e m by tick ing th e adjace nt radio-
Unite d fan.
box and cl ick ing D e l
e te .

TH E H ERO N H A S LA ND ED .D O W NLO A D 8.04!

w w w .ubuntu.com w w w .k ubuntu.com w w w .xubuntu.com w w w .ubuntu.com

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 H O W - TO UBUNTU D ISK USA G E
W ritte n by Jonny M cCul
lagh

I
f you h ave us e d your com pute r be low , th e re are 174.8 Gigabyte s Th is tool(Baobab by Fabio
for any l e ngth of tim e , you avail abl e . (I h ope th is is s ufficie nt for M arzocca) give s a graph ical
h ave probabl y be gun to am as s s toring m y daugh te r's m us ic re pre s e ntation of your fil e s and
gre at q uantitie s of data -- from col l
e ction!) fol de rs as conce ntric circl e s.
fam il y ph otos and m us ic to m ore Afte r s tarting th e program , you
bul k y m ovie fil e s . If you're s h oul d s e e s om e s um m ary
anyth ing l ik e m e , you ne e d to inform ation about th e totals ize
ch e ck your h ard dis k re gul arl y to of your fil e s ys te m , and th e
e ns ure th at it h as ade q uate s pace proportion of s pace you h ave
for future fil e s . O f cours e , if it's al re ady us e d.
running s h ort of s pace , it m igh t
be tim e to arch ive l arge file s onto To ch e ck for l arge file s and
CD /D VD s or e ve n to ins tal la ne w folde rs w ith in your ow n H om e
inte rnal /e xte rnalh ard dis k . folde r, try cl ick ing th e Scan
Al th ough your dis k m ay now h ave H om e button:
ade q uate s pace , you m ay w ant to
cons ide r th e fol low ing m e th ods to
k e e p an e ye on dis k us age .
For m ore
de taile d anal ys is
of your dis k
Your File Brow s e r s h ow s your us age , Ubuntu
pe rs onalfil e s and fol de rs and can com e s w ith a
be s tarte d by cl ick ing Pl ace s > h andy acce s s ory
H om e Fol de r. In th e s tatus bar at avail abl e from Th e D is k Us age Analyze r
th e bottom of th is w indow , you your be gins to s can your fil
e s and
can s e e th e am ount of avail abl
e Appl ications m e nu at Appl ications > folde rs .
dis k s pace . In th e s cre e ns h ot Acce s s orie s > D is k Us age Anal yze r.

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 fol de rs w ith in your m ain H om e fol de r It's al s o pos s ible to "dril l
-
(e .g. dow n"th rough your fol de rs and
/h om e /niam h /M ovie s /Th e El
e ph ants D r s ub-fol de rs us ing th e tre e -vie w
e am -2006). in th e l e ft pane of th e re s ul ts .
Cl ick ing on th e l ittle triangl es
be s ide a fol de r nam e w il lre ve al
th e s ub-fol de rs it contains , and
th e dis k us age for e ach of th os e
fol de rs .

Afte r s om e tim e , you s h oul d At th e com m and l ine , you can

re ce ive re s ul ts s im il
ar to th e
s cre e ns h ot s h ow n.
Th e re s ul ts are s pl it into tw o
pane s . O n th e l e ft, your fol de rs
are l is te d in orde r of de cre as ing
s ize . Th e righ t pane s h ow s a
graph icalvie w of your H om e
fol de r, w ith conce ntric circl es
re pre s e nting its fol de rs and s ub-
fol de rs . Large r s e gm e nts
re pre s e nt m ore dis k s pace us age .
Th e s e gm e nt in th e ce nte r
re pre s e nts your H om e fol de r
ove ral l(e .g. /h om e /niam h ) and,
going out from th e ce nte r, th e
firs t ring re pre s e nts th e m ain
fol de rs in your H om e fol de r (e .g.
/h om e /niam h /M ovie s ), and th e
ne xt ring out re pre s e nts th e s ub-
As you h ove r your m ous e ove r
e ach of th e s e gm e nts of th e circl e s,
th e nam e of th e fol de r it re pre s e nts
pops up and th e am ount of dis k
s pace th at is be ing us e d is al so
s h ow n. As you can s e e from th e
s cre e ns h ot be l
ow , m y daugh te r's
m ovie fil e s are us ing 37.1 gigabyte s .
ch e ck th e us age of your dis k
partitions w ith th is com m and:
df -h
It's als o pos s ibl
e to ge t a
s um m ary of th e us age of fol de rs
w ith in a folde r by typing th is :
du -s *
If you w ouldl ik e to k now m ore
about th e s e com m ands ch e ck
th e m an page s :
man df du
To e xit from th e m an page s ,
h it: q

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 cl
ick ing Sys te m > Adm inis tration >
Partition Editor.

Partition Editor give s a graph ical

vie w of your h ard dis k s and th e ir
partitions . As you can s e e from th e
s cre e ns h ot s h ow n, m y daugh te r's
h ard dis k is partitione d into th re e
m ain partitions . O ne is form atte d as
If you h ave m ore th an one
NTFS (a W indow s partition), anoth e r
h ard dis k drive in your
is form atte d as e xt3 (for Ubuntu),
com pute r, th e n you can vie w th e
and th e th ird is an e xte nde d partition
partitions on e ach us ing th e
w h ich Ubuntu us e s for s h ort-te rm
m e nu at th e top righ t of Partition
For a l ow e r l
e ve lvie w of your M e m ory Sw ap Space . Th e s ize of
Editor -- w h e re e ach de vice 's
dis k s , and th e partitions on th os e e ach partition is s h ow n -- w ith th e
nam e (e .g. /de v/h dc) is s h ow n.
dis k s , cons ide r us ing Partition am ount of us e d s pace and fre e
Editor (GParte d), avail able by s pace . As you can s e e in th is
s cre e ns h ot, th e re are lock s
be s ide th e partitions l is te d. Th is
m e ans th at th e y are in us e
(m ounte d). If you ne e d to m ak e
ch ange s to th e s e partitions (be
ve ry care ful ), you m ay w ant to
try th e GParte d Live CD -- but
th at is for anoth e r articl e!

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 H O W - TO USING G IM P - Part 1
W ritte n by Ronnie Tuck e r

Th is s e rie s of tutorial s , bas e d on GIM P 2.4.2, w il

lnot cove r e ve ry s q uare inch of GIM P, s ince th at w oul
d fil
la book (and inde e d h as
alre ady fil le d s e ve ral
), but, by th e e nd, you w il
lbe proficie nt e nough in GIM P to cre ate anyth ing from s im pl e w e b banne rs to l
arge
pos te rs s uitabl e for profe s s ionalprinting.

F
irs t, l
e t's ope n GIM P, and (Paintbrus h , in th is cas e ). At th e top on th e w ord
h ave a q uick l ook at its righ t are tabs for Laye rs , Ch anne l s 'Laye rs ' on th e
layout. Pl e as e note th at a and s o on, and at th e bottom righ t w indow , and
firs t l
oad of GIM P m ay l ook are tabs for Brus h e s am ong oth e r drag it back to
sligh tly diffe re nt from m y l ayout th ings . GIM P h as a ve ry fl e xibl
e th e top righ t
(be l ow ). Firs t I w illbrie fly dis cus s layout s ys te m w h e re you can drag (le ft).
th e GIM P l ayout. and drop ite m s from pl ace to pl ace .
For e xam pl e , if I w ant to h ave m y
Laye rs You can
pre s e nte d on do th is
a s e parate w ith
w indow , I anyth ing
can cl ick on you l ik e -
th e Laye rs s o fe e lfre e
tab (top to configure your l ayout to
righ t, s h ow n w h ate ve r m ak e s you m os t
righ t), and com fortabl e . If, by accide nt, you
drag it out to clos e any of your w indow s , and
m y de s k top. ne e d to ge t it back , click on Fil e
O n th e top le ft w e s e e th e tool s, > D ial ogs and th e n th e ite m you
and on th e bottom l e ft w e s e e th e If I w ant to h ave th e Laye rs dis pl
ay w ant s h ow n - or h idde n for th at
options for th e ch os e n tool back w h e re it w as , I cl
ick and drag m atte r (above ).

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 Le t's cre ate a ne w im age . In th e w idth and h e igh t are tw o s m al l Firs t, w e h ave X and Y
m ain m e nu, cl ick Fil
e > Ne w . boxe s . Look ing cl os e l
y at th e icons Re s ol ution val ue s . Th e s e s pe cify
Be fore w e go any furth e r, l e tm e on th e buttons s h oul dh elp you h ow de tail e d your im age w il lbe .
e xpl ain w h at s om e of th e s e th ings gue s s th at th e one on th e l e ft is for Th is is al s o k now n as D ots Pe r
do. portrait (a ve rticalim age ) and th e Inch (D PI), and is crucialin
oth e r for lands cape (a h orizontal printing. Profe s s ionalprint
im age ). For th e m om e nt, I'llk e e p it h ous e s w il lus ual ly de m and at
on portrait. A brie f s um m ary of your le as t 200dpi, but m os tl y 300dpi.
ch os e n options are to th e righ t of Ne ar th e val ue s you can s e e a
th e s e tw o buttons . Le ts cl
ick s m al licon w h ich is l ink s in a
'Advance d O ptions ', it re ve al s m ore ch ain. In m y im age , th e y are
ch oice s . link e d - m e aning th at ch anging
th e X val ue w il lch ange th e Y
val ue autom atical l
y;cl ick ing th e
icon w il lunl ink th e m and al low
diffe re nt X and Y val ue s . If your
icon s h ow s th e ch ain l ink s as
ope n, th e n you w il lw ant to cl ick
At th e top of th e w indow it to h ave th e m as s h ow n in th e
(above ), w h e re it s ays 'Te m pl ate ', im age above . For jus t a bas ic
w e can ch oos e from a varie ty of te s t im age , ch ange th e X or Y
diffe re nt pre -configure d s ize s . val ue to 100. Ne xt is 'Col or
Cl ick th e drop dow n m e nu and Space '. I onl y h ave tw o options :
ch oos e 'A4'. Be l ow th at is 'Im age 'RGB Col or' or 'Grays cal e ', s o I
Size '. Th is is now s e t to w h at am k e e ping it at 'RGB col or'. 'Fil l
w e 've jus t ch os e n, A4, s o th e re 's W ith ' l e ts you ch oos e a s tarting
no ne e d to al te r th e s e val
ue s jus t col or for your im age . Final ly,
ye t. To th e righ t of th e 'H e igh t' 'Com m e nt' s om e th ing th at w il l
val ue is a m e as ure m e nt type . At be s ave d as part of your GIM P
th e m om e nt, m ine is s e t to pixe l s file . Th is coul d be anyth ing from
but w ith a cl ick of th e drop dow n copyrigh t inform ation to your
m e nu I can ch ange it to contact de tail s.
m il l
im e te rs if I w ant. Be l ow th e

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 W ith m y options s e t, I cl
ick O K. W h y not give GIM P 2.4 a
try? Availabl e for Linux,
So now I h ave a fre s h im age to
w ork on - but h ow do you w ork on M ac & W indow s

an im age ?W e 'l lge t to th at in

m ore de taill ate r, but for now I
w il
ldo a q uick run th rough of
s om e of th e m ore im portant tools.

As you cl ick on e ach tool(righ t),

th e 'ToolO ptions ' (be low th e
tool s ) w il
lch ange . Each toolh as Ch e ck your pack age m anage r
its ow n s e t of options - w h ich I for e as y GIM P ins tal
lation or
w on't go into jus t now , but pl ay dow nl oad GIM P from :
around w ith th e s e options ,
be caus e th at's h ow you'l ll e arn w w w .gim p.org
m ore ! is Editor of
m agazine , a proud Kubuntu us e r, and
part-tim e artis t w h os e gall
e ry of w ork
can be s e e n at w w w .Ronnie Tuck e r.co.uk . W indow s : w w w .gim p.org/w indow s
M ac: w w w .gim p.org/m acintos h

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 H O W - TO
W ritte n by D anie lLam b
F
irs t, s om e w ords of advice :
ne ve r unde re s tim ate th e
ne e d for a back up copy of
your s ys te m and data. You ne ve r
k now w h e n you'l ll os e a h ard
drive from an e l e ctricals pik e , a
fire , a fl ood, a burgl ary, or from
s om e idiot dropping a h e avy
obje ct on th e com pute r cas e
w h ile th e h ard drive is w riting --
w h o, m e ?Err...ye s . Fortunate l y,
m y back ups w e re s e cure . I h ad
dis k im age s of s ys te m and data
partitions as a bas e l ine , and
incre m e ntalback ups cove ring
k now n re s tore points , s o I ne e de d
to re s cue onl y a fe w days of data.
Pl e as e e xcus e m y s m ug
s tate m e nt. I've be e n doing th is
aw h il e , but w ith Th at-O th e r-
O pe rating-Sys te m -From -
Re dm ond® © ™ . Ge tting
organize d in th e brave ne w w orl
of Ubuntu is n't difficul t, but doe s
tak e pre paration and pl anning.
BA CK UP W ITH PA RTIM A G E
boot dis k , w ith a guide d
inte rface th at can im age and
I've be e n abl e to pe rform ade q uate re s tore th e partition s o th at I
back ups us ing tar.gz from th e don't s cre w up or m is s out on
com m and l ine , but th e s yntax to anyth ing. I h appe n to h ave s uch
incl ude and e xcl ude al lth e re l
e vant a tool : it's th e Partim age
s tuff for m y s ys te m partition l ook s appl ication pre s e nt on a
lik e th is : bootabl e dis k nam e d Parte d
M agic.
sudo tar cvpzf 710bu010408.tgz
--exclude="/proc/*"
--exclude="/lost+found/*"
--exclude="/dev/*" W h at it s ays on th e proje ct
--exclude="/mnt/*" w ik i is : "Partim age is a Linux
--exclude="/media/* util ity w h ich s ave s partitions ...to
--exclude="/sys/*" an im age fil e ."Run it from th e
--exclude="/tmp/*" Parte d M agic dis k , w h ich boots a
--exclude "/var/cache/apt/*" com pl e te Linux k e rne linto
--exclude="/ext3_data/*" m e m ory s o th at you can w ork on
--exclude="/vmdata/*" / your h ard drive s in s afe ty.
Fe ature s incl ude :
If it allgoe s w rong, I've got th e
w h ol e file s ys te m , but no boot re cord • s upport for m os t Linux and W indow s
d or bootl oade r to re s tore . I s til
lne e d file s ys te m s (dual
-boote rs can s m il
e
to boot up to a te rm inalto un-tar th e
h e re )
w h ol e th ing. Th e re fore , I w oul dlik e • im age fil
e can be com pre s s e d w ith
to h ave s om e tool s , pre fe rabl
y on a gzip/bzip2 to s ave s pace on your
back up m e dia
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• im age fil
e s can be s plit into s e gm e nts
to be copie d on CD s /D VD s
• im aging acros s ne tw ork s us ing
Partim age ne tw ork s upport, Sam ba, NFS
Tw o ground rul e s you s h oul
d se t
be fore you s tart:
. M ak e s ure you k now al lyour
partition nam e s , m ount points ,
labe l s , s ize s , and fre e s pace s o
th at you don't ge t confus e d unde r
Partim age -- you'l ls e e w h y s oon. I
s cre e n-dum pe d th e Fil e -Sys te m s
tab from Gnom e Sys te m M onitor
as it l is ts th e m ounte d nam e s .
Al te rnative l y, you coul d run
Parte d/GParte d, or s ave th e te xt
file ge ne rate d by th e Lis t Partition
Tabl e s util ity on th e Parte d M agic
CD .
In m y cas e , I'm back ing up /root, s tarting th e back up.
/h om e and /us r - w h ich is m y
bas e line for m y Ubuntu s ys te m . So
th at's SD A1, SD A6 and SD A7. Ne arl y
al lm y data fil es live on th e oth e r Th is varie s on com pute rs , but I
W indow s /NTFS, e xt3 and vm data h it F12 during pow e r on to ge t a
partitions th at I back up s e parate l y. I one -tim e boot m e nu to s e l e ct
don't ne e d to w orry about th e s w ap Boot from D VD /CD . O n boot-up,
partition be caus e I'l lcre ate a ne w Partition M agic give s you a ne at,
one w h e n I do a re s tore . cl utte r-fre e , Xfce de s k top, a
s ingle icon pane land s l ide -up
. M y opinion: D on't im age your m e nus for al lth e tool s.
h ard-drive partitions w h il e th e y are
m ounte d. You w ant no w riting to, or
de l e ting from , th e dis k w h il
e cre ating
th e partition im age -- not by your
h os t ope rating s ys te m , any of your
appl ications , or yours e lf. Boot from
th e l ive -CD and run th e tool s from
th e re . Partim age doe s n't ne e d
anyth ing cre ating, m oving and
de l e ting fil
e s and fol de rs w h ile it
atte m pts to cre ate a true s naps h ot.
In true Col
um bo-s tyl
e,"
"
Be fore back ing up, m ak e s ure your
targe t drive for s toring im age fil es
h as prope rl y al l
ocate d re ad/w rite
pe rm is s ions , oth e rw is e Partim age
w illgive you a cryptic m e s s age w h e n
it can't w rite its te m porary fil e s on
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 I s tart by firing up th e M ount
Util ity, firs t to m ak e s ure none of
th e s ource partitions (to be
back e d up) are m ounte d, and
s e cond s o I can m ount th e
de s tination partition for Partim age
to w rite its back up im age s ! You
tick th e box for e ach ite m to
m ount/unm ount. Som e ve rs ions
of th e M ount Util ity cl os e on
cl ick ing th e O K button w ith out
confirm ing com pl e tion. In th e
s cre e ns h ot, I've re l aunch e d it to
dis cove r th e ful lm ount point it
as s igne d to m y s l ow -but-re l iable
USB h ard drive .
Ye s , you can m ount e ve ryth ing
m anual ly in a te rm inalif you re al
ly
w ant to.
O pe n a te rm inals e s s ion and e nte r
partim age . It's a ch aracte r-m ode
appl ication, s o you m ove around w ith
arrow and tab k e ys , not w ith a
m ous e . Th e s pace bar ch ange s
val ue s in option l is ts ;th e active
ch oice is m ark e d w ith an as te ris k .
Th is layout w ork s and guide s you
th rough th e proce s s .
Th is is w h e re you
ne e d to k now your partition de tail s.
Since I've got /h om e and /us r on
ide ntical6GB partitions , I ne e d to
ide ntify w h ich is w h ich w h e n I
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back up and re s tore . Be al e rt to
th e fact th at Ubuntu cal l
edmy
(inte rnal) s ource partitions SD A#
w h il
e Partim age us e d H D A# for
th e s ource and SD A# for th e
(e xte rnal) de s tination USB drive !
Th ank fully th e ide ntifying
num be r is th e s am e . It's e as y to
be confus e d about th e partitions -
- not be caus e of th e s oftw are ,
but from ope rator e rror.
You ne e d th e full
path , including th e de vice , root
and targe t fol de r as w e l
las th e
back up file nam e . Type care ful ly
and proof-re ad be fore you m ove
on. Space s and punctuation
ch aracte rs in th e nam e s h ould
be avoide d.
de faults
to Save partition to a ne w im age
fil
e.
and num be r are onl y for
back ing up acros s a ne tw ork .
O th e rw is e , l
e ave th e s e bl
ank .
You w il lne e d appropriate us e r
logon, pas s w ord and w rite -
pe rm is s ions for ne tw ork drive s --
Partim age w il lprom pt you for
th e m w h e n it be gins .
Tab onto th e Ne xt option or
pre s s th e F5 k e y to m ove onto th e
ne xt s cre e n.
ch ange m e dia. O K th is to s tart th e back up.
I alw ays k e e p th e You w il
lge t a progre s s bar
de faul t val ue be caus e it's e as ie r to w ith e l
aps e d and e s tim ate d tim e
m anage portabl e 2GB s e gm e nts w ith to com pl e te . W riting to m y old
it. Als o, if I ge t a re ad-e rror in one USB drive is s l ow .
s e gm e nt fil e I m ay s til
lbe abl e to
s alvage th e re s t.

Continue w ith th e F5 k e y again.

Partim age w il
lconfirm back to you
w h at you've ch os e n.

Th e
guide l ine s are s ound. "None "
m e ans no com pre s s ion, s o you
ne e d a back up drive w ith s pace
e q uivale nt to us e d s pace on your
s ource partition. I tak e th is as a
ge ne ralrul e , as com pre s s ion
ratios vary according to th e
conte nts : .doc and .odt fil es
com pre s s w e l l, .jpe g and .avi m ay
not com pre s s at al l. Ke e p s om e
fre e s pace for continge ncie s .
O K th is to continue
If you ch os e to Ch e ck Partition
be fore back up, you ge t th e
inform ation pane
You ge t com pl e tion s tatus at
th e e nd of th e back up.
It is pos s ibl
e to w rite dire ctly
to D VD + R and R/W dis k s (D VD -R
are probl e m atic, appare ntl y).
M ount th e D VD -drive firs t, th e n
in Partim age :

• s e t path for th e im age fil

e to th e
Autom atic is fine
D VD w rite r;
if you k now you'l ls pan s e ve ral
dis k s and e xpe ct a prom pt to •cle ar th e "ch e ck for fre e s pace "
option;

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• s e t th e s ize of back up fil e s e gm e nts to Th e re s tore proce s s w ork s m uch th e Parte d M agic CD can cre ate
a s afe m ul tiple to fit on D VD , s uch as th e s am e as th e back up. You ne e d to th is .
1.5GB (3 s e gm e nts to a D VD );
se l e ct th e "Re s tore partition from an
• s e t it to "paus e on vol
um e ch ange s "s o im age fil e "option and ide ntify your
you can s w ap in e m pty D VD s as th e y fil
l im age fil e from th e back up drive ,
up. Be s t of all
, I k now th is w ork s . I
m ounte d w ith re ad pe rm is s ions . You
s h oul d h ave your de s tination drive pick e d up a s pare h ard drive for
pre pare d w ith a targe t partition of th e l aptop for anoth e r proje ct
Im portant: be fore re s toring, e q ualor gre ate r s ize to th e s om e tim e ago. I s w appe d out
m ak e s ure your re pl ace m e nt drive uncom pre s s e d s ize of your im age th e m ain drive , put in th e s pare
is in a fit s tate to boot a re s tore d conte nts . I w on't go into cre ating and and boote d th e Partition M agic
im age . Partim age doe s not cove r re s izing partitions h e re e ith e r. CD . Launch ing Partim age , I
th e m as te r boot re cord (M BR) and Partim age w il lobl ite rate e xis ting re s tore d SD A1, SD A6 and SD A7.
bootl oade r. If you inte nd to re s tore data on any de s tination partition, s o I re boote d and w as abl e to log
to a brand ne w h ard drive , you ch e ck your s e ttings be fore you on to m y re gul ar Ubuntu
ne e d additionaltool s to s ave and com m it to a re s tore ! de s k top. Re s ult: 100%
load your M BR, partition tabl es confide nce in m y bas e back ups .
and a bootl oade r (al lm ate rialfor Be fore you re boot, m ak e s ure you Now , w h at to do about th e
a s e parate H ow -to, but in th e h ave a val id Linux s w ap partition incre m e ntalback ups ...?
m e antim e , th e re 's a us e fulguide s om e w h e re on th e drive . GParte d on
in th e on-l ine Partim age m anualat
h ttp://w w w .partim age .org/Partim ag
e -m anual _Back up). For th is H ow - ,
to, I ch e ate d s l
igh tl y: I ins tal
leda
s cratch -ins tance of Ubuntu 7.10
from th e l ive CD w ith cus tom
partitions m atch ing m y ol d one s .
Th is ve rifie d, w ith in 20 m inute s ,
th at m y ne w drive w as w ork ing,
com pl e te w ith val id M BR and
GRUB bootl oade r. Th e re s t w il
lbe
ove rw ritte n w h e n I run th e
Partim age re s tore .

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 REVIEW W IK IO N A STICK
W ritte n by Robin Catl
ing

I
t's tim e to confe s s : I'm a PC can s e e th e de faul tlayout be l ow .
junk ie . I trave laround th e Th e s oftw are is avail abl e as a
country a l ot - to s e e cl ie nts , fre e dow nl oad at
frie nds , and fam il y. I us ual ly tak e h ttp://s ource forge .ne t/proje ct/s h o
one of m y th re e l aptops , or I ge t w file s .ph p?group_id=155218.
s tuck us ing various nas ty cl ie nt
Th e pe rs onalw ik is are gl ue d
m ach ine s . Th e re 's a s tandard
toge th e r by th e m agic of
ch unk of m ate rialI re gul arl y us e ,
JavaScript. I s ay "m agic,"
incl uding a s tack of book m ark e d
be caus e w h at you ge t is one
URLs . I al s o m aintain s e ve ralW e b
H TM Lfil e containing al lyour
s ite s , for m ys e lf and oth e rs , th at
A w ik i provide s ins tant page e diting data w rappe d up in th e
I'm m igrating aw ay from
in m os t W e b brow s e rs ;s im pl ifie d JavaScript code th at m ak e s it al l
D re am w e ave r te m pl ate s . I
form atting us ing w ik i s yntax;l ink ing w ork -- e diting, form atting,
de cide d a w h il e ago th at I ne e d a
be tw e e n articl e s ;and e m be dding of s e arch ing, e ncryption,
cros s be tw e e n a conte nt-
docum e nts , code , and l ink s . And it's nam e s pace s , printing, e tc. Your
m anage m e nt s ys te m , an
publ is h able as a W e b page . Al th ough conte nt is s tructure d, and
el e ctronic pos t-it note , and a W e b-
m os t w ik is are 's e rve r-s ide ' program s h idde n, untilth e JavaScript
page e ditor, s om e th ing portabl e,
th at ne e d to be h os te d and re ve al s it for pre s e ntation
com pact, cros s -pl atform , fre e to
adm inis te re d on a s e rve r, s om e s o- th rough th e brow s e r. It m ak e s for
run cl ie nt-s ide , publ is h abl e to th e
cal le d 'pe rs onal ' w ik is are avail able. a s upe rbl y portabl e m ini-
W e b, and s uitabl e for s tructuring
Am ong th e s e are (and appl ication, and I us e s e ve ral
m y w ay. In oth e r w ords , I ne e d a
de rivative s l ik e ), , ins tance s for diffe re nt purpos e s .
Joom l a-Tom boy-Quanta-Evol ution
h ybrid. and m y curre nt favorite :
(above )
I h ave n't incl
ude d a w ik i in th is (h ttp://s tick w ik i.s ource forge .ne t/),
You don't ne e d to unde rs tand,
h ybrid. You've probabl y us e d one com m onl y s h orte ne d to W oaS. I carry
w rite or e dit JavaScript;jus t
on th e w e b e ve n if onl
y . it around on a USB m e m ory s tick . You

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unpack it, e ras e th e de faul
t page s
(containing th e core us e r
ins tructions ) and be gin.
It w ork s on its ow n te rm s ;it is
ge nuine l y a s tandal one toolw ith
buil t-in control s for pe rm is s ions ,
s e ttings , Cas cading Styl e Sh e e ts
and s o on.
You can e dit th e l ook and fe e las
m uch as you w ant. You can re -
w ork th e H TM Land s tyl e s h e e ts
w ith out m e s s ing up th e
JavaScript, w h ich is h ow I m ade -
ove r one ins tance of W oaS to us e
as m y com pany W e b page
(be low ). Not al lth e pe rs onalw ik is
w illre nde r e m be dde d form atting,
m uch l e ss l
ayouts th is com pl e x.
You can us e as m uch e m be dde d
H TM Lcode as you w ant. Th e Edit
w indow l e ts you m ix and m atch
H TM Land w ik i s yntax--s o I do
(be low ).
W oaS autom atical l
y h andl e s te xt
s e arch e s (a s tre ngth of th e pe rs onal
w ik is ), s o th e re is no ne e d to
m anual ly inde x k e yw ords , and it
pre s e nts th e re s ul ts cl
e arly.
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It h as e dit-l
ock ing, and true
AES e ncryption, to m ak e it
tam pe r-proof and s e cure . Th e
e ncryption is , of cours e ,
e s pe cial ly valuabl e wh en a
m e m ory s tick is l os t or s tol
e n.
But, lik e m os t th ings in l
ife ,
W oaS is a com prom is e .
W oaS is s til la pre -production
be ta re le as e -- I'm on ve rs ion
0.9 .6B. It's m aintaine d by one
de ve l
ope r w ith a s m al lbut active
com m unity, w h os e forum s
are ve ry h e l pful
(h ttp://w oas .iragan.com /).
You m us t h ave JavaScript
e nable d in your brow s e r to
dis pl
ay th e page .
You can e dit onl y your
localcopy, not one s itting
on a re m ote s e rve r.
Th e re fore you m us t
re m e m be r w h ich ins tance is
your "m as te r,"k e e p it
back e d up, and re publ is h it
to th e W e b afte r al le dits .
 It's one s ingl e H TM Lfil e , not a Em be d of th e w ik i
conte nt-m anage m e nt s ys te m , and large , com pl ex s yntax for
de finite l y not a databas e . Th e docum e nts : link s and
JavaScript doe s a l ot, and m ore Re m e m be r, form at, but
fe ature s are pl anne d. I've got five - anyth ing you you ne e d to
th ous and l ine s of code and e m be d w ill k now pe rh aps
conte nt in one ins tance . Page bloat th e s ize onl y four
e diting in th e brow s e r is fine , but I of th e te xt fil
e. com m ands to
h ave to be ve ry al e rt (and patie nt) You w on't w ant cre ate th e
if I tink e r w ith th e w ik i s tructure in to e m be d your bas ics . Th e y
GEdit. D id I m e ntion k e e ping it Ful lCircl e al lh ave w ik i
back e d up?Tiddl yw ik i w ill PD F's ! h elp page s ,
autom atical ly k e e p file back ups and h e al th y
for you for fre e . Us e th e w ik i com m unity
as th e h om e forum s . I
page on m y pre fe r W oaS
W e b s ite : It's a ove r th e
Tink e r w ith th e core JavaScript: big fil e , and razzl e -dazzl e
I'm not good w ith code , and I can tak e a w h il e to dow nl
oad a of Tiddl yw ik i. Al th ough
don't w ant to bre ak D anie l e 's cach e d copy into th e brow s e r. I k e e p Tiddl yw ik i can do m ore , and h as
m as te rpie ce . a flat, fas t, H TM Lbanne r page , and th e m e s avail abl e , its code and
re dire ct to W oaS for m y conte nt s tructure is m ore com pl e x.
Em be d im age s : I s tillth ink page s . H e y, a tw o-page W e b s ite W oaS is de l ibe rate l y tigh te r and
e m be dding im age data (in a te xt is n't bad. s im ple r, ye t it h as s om e fe ature s
fil
e I'm e diting) is as k ing for
- s uch as H TM Le xport, and
troubl e . I e ve n re m ove d th e
e ncryption - th at th e oth e rs l ack .
de faul t W oaS button im age s
I'm finding it incre dibl y us e ful .
(th ough I do us e m y ow n). It's al l You can dow nl oad any of th e
H TM L, s o s urfing pe rs onalw ik is , cre ate a bl ank
(im age s /h om e .gif) for your ow n ins tance , and s tart us ing it w ith out
back grounds and buttons w ork s ch anging a th ing. In te rm s of s ize
fine . and e diting capabil itie s , th e y are
about e ve n. Th e y al le m pl oy dial e cts

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 M Y O PINIO N
W ritte n by D im itar Boich e v
U
s e rs of Ubuntu and oth e r
Linux dis tributions can run
m any W indow s
appl ications w ith W ine (W ine Is
Not an Em ul ator). If you h ave
probl e m s w ith th e buil t-in D LLs
(or APIs ), it's pos s ibl e to us e
native D LLve rs ions to gain
acce s s to 100% of th e functions
an appl ication re q uire s . A s im ple
e xam pl e of th is is w h e n you
ins tal la gam e th at re q uire s
D ire ctX 9 and doe s n't s tart w ith
W ine . If th is h appe ns , al lyou h ave
to do is dow nl oad d3dx9 _25.dl l cre ator) cos ts 5 USD pe r m onth
from a s ite s uch as D LLD ow nl oad
or D LLFil e s and s ave it in:
~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system
I s aw th is in th e com m e nts for
at th e
(h ttp://appdb.w ine h q .org). Th is
databas e m ak e s it ve ry e as y to
ch e ck if your program w ork s w ith
W ine , and if it h as bugs -- and, if
s o, h ow to fix th e m . I ne ve r h ad
probl e m s w ith th e ins tal
lation, but I
did h ave s om e w ith th e autorun of
s om e gam e s . Th e W ine Appl ication
D atabas e (be l ow ) include s s cre e n
s h ots of th e s e l
e cte d appl ication, and
a rating (Pl atinum , Gol d, Silve r,
Bronze and Garbage ).
Now adays , I us e W ine for Fl as h 8,
D re am w e ave r 8, th e Fl as h
de com pil e r, Re m ote Adm inis trator
(vie w e r onl y), Counte r Strik e Source ,
18 W h e e l s of Ste e l
, and Battl e fie l
d re m e m be r, W ine is fre e !), s o I
Vie tnam . Th e y al lw ork gre at -- from
th e ins tal lto th e playing -- but W ine
is n't pe rfe ct, if you w ant to play a
gam e th at us e s copy prote ction you
m us t us e a no-CD crack to pl ay.
M ore ove r, s om e appl ications don't
w ork at al l
.
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W INE
D e s pite its curre nt l
im itations
(it's s til
lunde r de ve lopm e nt),
W ine is a val uable addition to
Linux.
Th e re are s om e com m e rcial
im pl e m e ntations of th e W indow s
API for Linux (m os t de rive d from
W ine ) w ith a focus on
s pe cialitie s s uch as gam ing or
office . Th e m os t popul ar is
(h ttp://w w w .trans gam ing.com ).
Subs cribing to Trans gam ing (th e
(3 m onth s m inim um ). Afte r
s ubs cribing, you can dow nl oad
for fre e . I trie d it, but I
didn't s e e any m ajor diffe re nce
be tw e e n and W ine (and,
h ave continue d to us e W ine , but
for s om e gam e s , w ork s
be tte r. Th e re fore , I re com m e nd
you te s t th e m both and de cide
w h ich is for you.
 M Y STO RY O NE YEA R O N : IN
W ritte n by Ronnie Tuck e r
TH E BEG INNING

I
t al lbe gan w ay back on M arch
15, 2007, w h e n I (Ronnie )
re plie d to a pos t on Ubuntu
Forum s from : h is toric pos ting for w rite rs for
h ttp://ubuntuforum s .org/s h ow th re ad.ph p
?p=229 9 9 37# pos t229 9 9 37
But firs t, w e ne e de d a nam e for
th e m agazine . Tw o w e e k s late r,
gave us th e nam e
w e ne e de d:
m agazine (s til lcom pl e te ly
unw ritte n) w as nam e d Ful lCircl
e
M agazine . O n th is s am e day, m y
h ttp://ubuntuforum s .org/s h ow th re ad.ph p?p=
2369 79 3# pos t2369 79 3
th e m agazine appe are d in th e
Ubuntu Forum s .
I th ough t th at Ful lCircl e M agazine
w as an e xce l le nt nam e , and m any
oth e r pos ts s h ow e d agre e m e nt. h ttp://ubuntuforum s .org/s h ow th re ad.ph
p?t=39 6003
M e anw h il
e, pitch e d in
w ith an ide a for a tagl
ine : It s now bal le d from th e re .
Pe opl e gracious l y vol unte e re d
th e ir s e rvice s for various tas k s . I
th e n k ne w h ow m uch th e
com m unity w ante d th is
m agazine . Th e firs t vol unte e r
w as (Rob Ke rfia),
our w e b adm inis trator, w h o is
s tillw ith Ful lCircl e:
Us ing Buffal oX's ide a, our firs t
tagl
ine w as
. Th is w as l
ate r ch ange d to
-- as th e firs t
s ugge s te d incorre ctl
y th at w e w e re
an officialm agazine .

Th us , on M arch 29 , 2007, th e Rob's firs t contribution l

e ft

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m uch to th e im agination (be l
ow ). appl ication. or w as h om e s om e day. So Rob Ke rfia
pre tty m uch w h at it al lboil e d dow n got on th e cas e :
M e anw h il
e, to. Afte r m any pos tings w ith us e rs of
I w as bus y both appl ications , I de cide d on
be ave ring as
aw ay on h as no re alGUI to
com ing up s pe ak of. I re m e m be re d th at q uote w e l l
,
w ith a logo e s pe cial ly w h e n w e re le as e d
for th e ne w M y firs t Scribus Is s ue # 0 to th e m as s e s . W e ’ ll
baby. M y firs t cove r (l e ft) w as n't tal k m ore about th is l ate r.
ve rs ion w as , ve ry good, ye t I
wel l
, colorful pride m ys e l f in It w as tim e to s tart cre ating
if noth ing k now ing it w as te m pl ate s for h ow th e page s
else : be tte r th an Rob's . w oul dl ook . For col ors , I w as
th ink ing of th e orange and
M y s e cond brow n w h ich Ubuntu s porte d at
m ock -up cove r th e tim e :
(righ t) w as
sligh tly be tte r.
Som e of its de s ign
ele m e nts are s til
l
in Ful lCircl e one
ye ar on.

At th is point, w e h ad to de cide
on th e m agazine 's form at: H TM L
or PD F. I favore d PD F, s ince it
w oul d al low m ore e l e gant de s igns
by us ing a nice GUI appl ication
(afte r al l
, in H TM L, w h at you s e e
is n't alw ays w h at you ge t). Now
th e h unt w as on for th e pe rfe ct
Th e pos tings
w e re piling up on
th e Ubuntu Forum s , s o m uch s o th at
w e th ough t th e y m igh t be
cons ide re d as s pam (e ntire page s
w e re adde d to th e th re ad e ach day). As a tribute to Ubuntu Forum s
Luck il y, th e k ind m ode rators gave us (for ge tting th is w h ol
e th ing off
th e ir bl
e s s ing to k e e p going. th e ground), I us e d th e ir colors
H ow e ve r, w e k ne w w e w oul d ne e d a to s e e h ow th e y l
ook e d. Vie w e rs

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pre fe rre d th e m to th e pre vious Ubuntu Forum s us e r
orange col ors : gave a ne w ide a for a l
ogo:
Th e m as s e s and m ys e l f w e re
im pre s s e d w ith th is m e rge of al l
four fl avors of Ubuntu in one
logo: Edubuntu on th e top righ t,
Kubuntu on th e l e ft, Ubuntu on
th e bottom righ t, and th e
Xubuntu m ous e in th e m iddl e.
Pe rfe ct!

Th e ne xt ve rs ion h ad th e
Kubuntu s e ction m ove d to th e
low e r righ t. Be tw e e n th at and
th e Ubuntu-s tyl e te xt be s ide it,
Ne xt, w h at k ind of font w oul d th e logo w as com ing al ong in
s uit th e m agazine ?I found a font le aps and bounds .
s im il
ar to th e Ubuntu-l ogo font, But th e n
and us e d it for th e Ful lCircl
e logo, (uk ubuntu) appe are d on th e s ce ne
th e cove r, and th e m agazine . In w ith a logo:
h inds igh t, th is w as n't one of m y
be tte r ide as .

Irony?April1, 2007 (April

Fool s D ay) w as w h e n I re l e as e d
th e firs t be ta of th e m agazine . I
de cide d on be ta ve rs ions
be caus e th e y s ounde d ge e k y
and m ade m e s ound l ik e a
program m e r -- w h ich coul dn't be
furth e r from th e truth .

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 M ore irony?April2, 2007 re fine d th e l
ogo and it w as s tunning! Now th at w e h ad a focus and
brough t th e firs t pos ting from targe t, it w as fulls te am ah e ad. A
anoth e r long-running te am de adl ine w as l oom ing and it w as
m e m be r, (Robe rt tim e to furth e r re fine th e cove r
Clips h am ): im age :

O n th at day, w e al s o cl e are d up
al ittle m is unde rs tanding be tw e e n
m ys e l f and a m e m be r of th e W e s til
lus e th is l
ogo one -ye ar on.
. To cut a
long s tory s h ort, th e M ark e ting O n April4, I
Te am w e re offe ring th e ir s e rvice s pos te d s om e
to h e l p dis tribute th e s oon-to-be - s cre e ns h ots of I w as th ink ing: w e l
l, Fe is ty
re l e as e d m agazine . I agre e d to h ow th e page s Faw n w il lbe a h ot dis tro, and
th is , s ince I k ne w th e M ark e ting w e re com ing al ong Fe is ty can m e an h ot, s o w h y not
Te am w oul d h ave far m ore vis itors (righ t). put s om e fire in th e re ....
to th e ir s ite th an w e w oul d h ave . I
th e n s ugge s te d th at I cre ate an A pos ting th e n
Is s ue # 0 w h ich w oul d te l lth e brough t up a val id
h is tory of Ubuntu, and dis cus s th e point: w h ich
ne w fe ature s of th e s oon-to-be - lice ns e w oul d th e
re l e as e d Fe is ty Faw n. Th e m agazine be
M ark e ting Te am l ik e d th is ide a, re le as e d unde r? , from
and w e agre e d it w oul d be be s t to th e M ark e ting Te am , s ugge s te d w e
re l e as e # 0 jus t be fore th e re l e as e us e th e
of Fe is ty its e l f. lice ns e . Th e re w e re no
obje ctions from anyone s o it w as
Th e fol
low ing day m yk al
re born adopte d on April6, 2007.

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 O ok ooboontoo brough t m e
dow n to e arth w ith a th um p (no
pun inte nde d):
April12, 2007 s aw th e final
be ta of w h at w oul
d be re l
e as e d as
Is s ue # 0.
Afte r e xactl
y one m onth , and
ove r fifty page s of pos ts on
Ubuntu Forum s , Ful lCircl e
M agazine Is s ue # 0 w as re le as e d.
Th e day w as April15, 2007.
re s e arch ...."W h y?W ith in days of
Is s ue # 0 be ing re l e as e d, h is D rupal
s ite m e lte d and die d. H e h ad to
q uick l y tos s up a portalfronte nd to
tak e th e s train off th e ave rage of five
dow nl oads e ve ry m inute (th at's ove r
s e ve n-th ous and dow nl oads pe r day).
Eve n th e n, h is s e rve r s truggl e d to
k e e p up. It als o didn't h e l p Rob
(th ough it h e l pe d us ) th at w e w e re
fe ature d on . But to Rob's cre dit,
th e s ite w as ne ve r dow n.
Th e m oralof th e s tory: w h e n Rob
s ays h e 's done h is re s e arch , be
afraid, be ve ry afraid!
Ke rfia, and a coupl e of oth e rs .
Th at's w h y th e re w e re q uite a
fe w m is tak e s in th e firs t fe w
is s ue s , and pe opl e l e t us
k now about it. For a w e bs ite ,
Rob cre ate d a q uick D rupals ite
w h ich didn't do s o w e l l. It look e d
nice , but it w as dying on its fe e t
w ith th e s train of s e rving Is s ue
# 0 to th e h ungry m as s e s .

W h e n it cam e tim e to organize Ful l

A fe w days l ate r, I re m e m be re d
vividl y Rob Ke rfia's q uote about
D rupal : "I've done m y
Circl e M agazine for Is s ue # 1, w e s aw
noth ing avail abl e th at w as fre e and
ope n s ource for organizing s uch a
publ ication. W e w ante d a w e b-bas e d
s ys te m th at coul d acce pt articl e s,
put th e m in a w ik i, l e t proof-re ade rs
e dit th e m , autom atical ly e m ail
w rite rs , and s o on. But noth ing l ik e
th is e xis ts -- e ve n now . Rough l y one -m onth l ate r,
Is s ue # 1 arrive d. Again our poor
Initial
ly, allth e articl
e s cam e to m e
D rupals ite h ad to s uffe r th e
(th e Editor). Th e y got m e re l
y a q uick
s train of dis h ing out is s ue s w il
ly-
proof re ading from m ys e l f, Rob
nil ly. O ur m ain conce rn w as

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e ith e r th at pe opl e w e re ge tting a patte rn e m e rging h e re . ch anne l s . W h il
e h e w as doing
sl ow dow nl oad, or th at s om e tim e s th at, I s e t to w ork on a re de s ign.
th e s ite w oul dn't l oad q uick l y -- if Rob got to w ork cre ating a ne w
at al l. Som e th ing h ad to be done . w e bs ite (righ t). W e ll, m ore of a forum Is s ue # 2 w as re l e as e d w ith a
In addition, re ade rs w e re th an a s ite , but it did w e l lfor s e ve ral ne w , cl e ane r l ayout, w h ich m os t
com pl aining about th e rounde d m onth s . W e now h ad an SM F forum pe opl e lik e d. H ow e ve r, m any
Ubuntu-s tyl e font be ing h ard to ins talle d -- but w ith a portalfront-e nd
re ad, th e brow n col ors , and th e for gaining e as y acce s s to th e
too-m any rounde d boxe s . I've no dow nl oads . W e al s o cre ate d an IRC
ide a w h y pe opl e com pl aine d ch anne l . W e k ne w w e ne e de d
about rounde d corne rs , but th e y s om e one to k e e p an e ye on al lth e s e
did. A re de s ign w as ne e de d. By th ings . Robe rt Cl ips h am (M rM onday)
th e n, w e w e re al s o ge tting w as ch os e n for th is . Th is ch oice w as
contacte d by various re ade rs w h o e as y, s ince h e practical lyl ive d on
w ante d to trans l ate Ful lCircl e into th e forum and on th e various IRC
th e ir native tongue (a gre at
com pl im e nt). ENGLISH ED ITIO N
ISSUE D O W NLO AD S AVAILABLE TRANSLATIO NS (as of M arch '08)
As tim e w e nt on, and th e te am 1 59 ,044 D utch , Spanis h , Ital
ian, Pol
is h , Fre nch & H ungarian
be cam e l arge r, w e im pl e m e nte d a
W e b-bas e d s ys te m cal l
ed 2 50,128 Ital
ian, Pol
is h & D utch
to h e l
p organize 3 33,517 Ch ine s e , Ital
ian & Spanis h
th ings . O f cours e , no s oone r h ad 4 28,031 Ch ine s e , Ital
ian & Spanis h
w e im pl e m e nte d it th an th e y
announce d th at th e proje ct w as 5 34,770 Ch ine s e , Ge rm an, Ital
ian & Spanis h
clos e d. But active Col lab h ad its 6 34,708 Ch ine s e , Ital
ian & Spanis h
faul ts anyw ay. Its m ain de fe cts for 7 32,554 Ch ine s e , Ital
ian & Spanis h
us w e re th at it didn't al l
ow onl ine
e diting of fil e s (w h ich w e 8 25,548 Ital
ian and both Ch ine s e Traditional& Sim pl
ifie d.
de s pe rate l y ne e de d), and it w as 9 23,9 45 Ital
ian and both Ch ine s e Traditional& Sim pl
ifie d.
difficul t to adm inis te r. O nce again, 10 20,9 83 Fre nch & Ch ine s e
w e h ad to th ink of s om e th ing
el s e . I'm s ure you can s e e a

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vie w e rs s tillw ante d a l ands cape
layout rath e r th an th e curre nt
portrait l ayout. Th is w oul d be a
m ajor re de s ign job for m e .
M ore ove r, w ith s e ve ral
trans l ations of Is s ue # 0 ongoing
w e h ad to do s om e th ing about
h ow articl e s w e re proof-re ad and
pas s e d to th e trans l ators . Rob
Ke rfia to th e re s cue ! Rob ins tal led
Pm W ik i (be l ow ), w h ich w oul dl et
th e proof-re ade rs e dit th e articl es
to corre ct s pe l ling m is tak e s and
bad gram m ar. W ith th is , Robe rt
Cl ips h am , Rob Ke rfia, and m ys e l f al l
w oul d h ave to pas te e ach
re ce ive d articl e into th e w ik i and
upl oad th e ne ce s s ary im age s --
not a nice job. But at l e as t th e
trans l ators w oul d h ave e as y
acce s s to th e raw te xt -- or s o w e
th ough t.
Afte r Is s ue # 3 w as re l e as e d, I m e m be rs w e didn't w ant to l os e .
be gan conve rting th e l ayout to Rob Ke rfia ins tal le d W ordPre s s
lands cape . Th is is probabl y not a big (be low ), adde d Googl e Anal ytics ,
tas k for e xpe rts , but I w as not one : I and s ucce s s ful ly conve rte d th e
h ad us e d onl y Adobe InD e s ign (in m y databas e from SM F to W ordPre s s
W indow s days ). Now I w as l e arning s o th at w e coul d k e e p e xis ting
Scribus as I w e nt al ong. Afte r Is s ue s logins and e m ailaddre s s e s for
# 4 and # 5 w e re re l e as e d, w e our m ail ing l
is t. For a forum , w e
re al ize d th e fl aw in our w ik i pl an: appl ie d to Ubuntu Forum s for a
articl e s w e re inde e d be ing proof-re ad 3rd Party forum and th e y
and e dite d on th e w ik i. H ow e ve r, gracious l y acce pte d.
w h e n I took an articl e and pl ace d it
in th e Scribus l ayout, th e articl e
s om e tim e s w as too l arge for th e
ocate d s pace . I th e n h ad to e dit
th e articl e in Scribus to m ak e it fit.
Th is m e ant th at th e articl e in th e
re le as e d PD F did not m atch th e
articl e on th e w ik i. Th is al s o m e ant
th at th e trans l ators w e re us ing th e
w ik i te xt w h ich , e ve n w h e n
trans l ate d, w as too l ong. I th e n
im pl e m e nte d a w ord count for e ach
re gul ar articl e . O ne page w as
rough l y 350 w ords and coul d incl ude
one im age . Articl e s s uch as H ow -To's
w e re unl im ite d. Le ft-ove r s pace
coul d be us e d to adve rtis e s ite s ,
s uch as Ubuntu Forum s . By Is s ue # 6 th ings h ad s e ttl
ed
dow n. W e now h ad a good
Th e ne xt probl e m w as our SM F s ys te m for proof-re ading;th e
portal . Th e forum its e l
f w as rare l
y forum w as now e ffe ctive l y
us e d, but w e h ad a fe w -th ous and h andl e d by Ubuntu Forum s ;
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 1. W indow s 135,466 49 .00%
To give you an ide a of h ow q uick l y
M rM onday w as h e l ping pe opl e in flie s off th e virtuals h e l
f: 2. Linux 132,09 9 47.78%
th e IRC and on th e forum ;
Is s ue # 11 re l
e as e d at approxim ate l
y 3. M acintos h 7,559 2.73%
W ordPre s s w as q uite h appil y 0030am UTC on Friday 28th M arch .
s e rving up five is s ue s pe r m inute 4. (not s e t) 9 24 0.33%
w ith out dying;and I final ly got up /
5. Fre e BSD 137 0.05%
to s pe e d w ith Scribus . 12 5,000
6. SunO S 88 0.03%
24 8,300
Th ings h ave s e ttl
e d dow n ove r 7. iPod 39 0.01%
th e pas t fe w m onth s h e re at Ful
l 48 11,800
8. Sym bianO S 32 0.01%
Circl e. 72 14,000
9 . iPh one 28 0.01%
10. O pe nBSD 23 0.01%

Googl e Anal ytics

graph (Aug. 07 - M ar. '08)
s h ow ing s pik e s as e ach
is s ue is re l e as e d. O n
re l e as e days th e num be r of
dail y vis itors can jum p
from 100 to 8,000!

276,464 vis its cam e from 186 countrie s /te rritorie s (s h ow n righ t)

1. Unite d State s 51,845 2.53 00:02:17

2. France 18,261 2.51 00:01:54
3. Ital
y 18,116 2.9 5 00:02:26
4. Ch ina 16,615 2.63 00:02:26
5. Ge rm any 15,022 2.41 00:02:00
6. Unite d Kingdom 13,688 2.50 00:02:13
7. Spain 10,9 55 2.89 00:02:38
8. H ungary 8,409 2.46 00:02:16
9 . Canada 8,09 0 2.60 00:02:25 M ap s h ow ing w h e re m os t of our s ite s vis itors
10. Brazil 7,705 2.37 00:02:44
35 originate . D ark gre e n is 50,000+
 M O TU INTERVIEW TRAVIS W ATK INS
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 .

20
Start w ith a
Iow a, USA pack age you
care about...
Am aranth
I s tarte d w ith th e D e bian Ne w
M aintaine r’ s Guide and th e n
s tarte d look ing at e xis ting
I s tarte d w ith D e bian in 2003. pack age s th at w e re s im ilar to
w h at I w as trying to do. I m os tly
le arne d h ow th ings w ork e d in
Ubuntu by w atch ing w h at
e ve ryone e l s e w as doing.
Since th e ve ry firs t re l
e as e , s o
Travis W atk ins re ce ntl y be cam e a around th e e nd of O ctobe r or s tart of
M O TU afte r a long tim e in th e Nove m be r in 2004.
Ubuntu com m unity. H e is be s t
k now n for , th e Gnom e Know ing pe opl e are h aving a
m e nu e ditor (above ). H e al so be tte r Ubuntu e xpe rie nce
w rote a Baye s ian conte nt fil te r be caus e of w ork I’
ve done .
called for Edubuntu and I h ad cre ate d al
acarte , m y m e nu
m ore re ce ntly h as be e n w ork ing e ditor, and ne e de d a pack age for it.
on 3D de s k top w ith th e Com piz Th is w as probabl y around Aprilor s o
com m unity. in 2005.
Start w ith a pack age you care

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about pe rs onal ly, th at w ay you’ l
l — M ark Tw ain
l
e arn al lth e trick s and te ch niq ue s
ne e de d to m ak e it th e be s t it can
be be caus e it m ak e s your l ife
be tte r too. Th e h um an race is a
I e njoy w al k ing/jogging and am
race of cow ards ; and
trying to l e arn to play guitar.
I am not onl y
m arch ing in th at proce s s ion
but carrying a banne r.—
M ark Tw ain
W ith com piz and re l ate d M y ‘w ork are a’is a re cl
ining ch air
te ch nol ogie s w e ’
re re ach ing th e (laptop ftw ) s o it’
s not ve ry
point w h e re our onl yl im it to w h at inte re s ting.
w e can do is our im agination.
W ith th is ne w pow e r w e can
re de fine th e w ay you us e your
de s k top for th e be tte r.

M y m ain goalis s til lge tting

com piz w ork ing be tte r but al ong
w ith th at I w ant to pack age al lth e
fun bl ingfulth ings you can us e
once you h ave com piz, l ik e Avant
W indow Navigator, s cre e nl e ts ,
m oonl igh t w idge ts , e tc.

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ik r.com )
im age : Library of Congre s s (Fl
T
h e trick y part about ch ange
is conve rting e nth us ias m
into action. You h ave a
vis ion of th e future . You k now th e
goal s you ne e d to accom pl is h . You
are re ady to put your pl an into
action. But h ow do you ge t pe opl
to actual ly s ign up and to
UBUNTU W O M EN
W ritte n by Em m a Jane H ogbin
com ple te th e tas k s Lis t your tas k s according to
you h ave ide ntifie d? th e ir com pl e xity and tim e
re q uire m e nts . Proofre ading a
O pe n s ource m e dia k it m igh t be tim e
s oftw are cons um ing, but doe s not re q uire
com m unitie s are intim ate te ch nicalk now l e dge .
bottom -up Book ing a room for your ne xt
com m unitie s . Th e ir face -to-face m e e ting, on th e
m e m be rs l ik e to oth e r h and, tak e s l e s s tim e , but
ch oos e th e bugs to re q uire s a diffe re nt k ind of
be fixe d, and to k now l e dge . Se e ing progre s s is
ch am pion s pe cific ve ry m otivating. As k pe opl e to
fe ature s . Affe cting s e t de adl ine s of l e s s th an tw o
ch ange is e xactl y w e e k s for e ach of th e ir tas k s .
th e s am e . It is
im portant to Pe ople are now s igning up for
h arne s s th e e ne rgy tas k s and ge tting th e m done .
of your te am Fantas tic! Ne xt m onth w e look at
m e m be rs . Al low individual s to pick e val uating progre s s .
th e tas k s th e y are k e e n to addre s s .
Tak e advantage of th e e xcite m e nt
th at is avail abl e to you at any give n
buil ds and
m om e nt to ge t diffe re nt tas k s
s upports on-l ine com m unitie s
com pl e te d. H e lp vol unte e rs find us ing ope n s ource s oftw are . Sh e
tas k s th e y w ant to w ork on. live s in ruralCanada and
e Re m e m be r to as k for h e l p, ch ronicl e s h e r adve nture s at
ne w com e rs l ove be ing as k e d to be a w w w .e m m ajane .ne t.
core part of th e ir com m unity.
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 UBUNTU YO UTH
W ritte n by M atth e w H ol
de r
W
h e n I s tarte d m y curre nt
job in Augus t 2005, I w as
tol d to s e e pe rs ons X,Y
and Z for l ogging in to th e s ys te m ,
for ge tting an e -m ailaddre s s , and
for obtaining a PC for m ys e l f. I
w as al s o tol d to m ak e s ure I got a
m ach ine w ith W indow s ins tal le d.
Th is com m e nt ins tantl y dis tre s s e d
m e . D uring m y tim e as an
unde rgraduate (at th e s am e
Ph ys ics de partm e nt), I h ad us e d
Linux on m y ow n l aptop, and al so
on a coupl e of m ach ine s in th e
de partm e nt for a proje ct.
Afte r a fe w w e e k s of w ork ing on
th e W indow s m ach ine (as th is w as
al lth at w as avail abl e ), I re al
ize d
h ow th e divide w ork e d. Th e
te ch nicals taff w e re us ing
W indow s for th e ir ope rating
s ys te m , M icros oft O ffice for th e ir
docum e nts , and M icros oft O utl ook
for e -m ail , w h il
e th e le cture rs and
oth e r re s e arch s taff w e re us ing
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
th os e w h o are young at h e art.
th e Linux ope rating s ys te m .
Linux is us e d by th e acade m ics
due to th e e as e w ith w h ich cus tom
s oftw are can be produce d for it, and
to its s tability - w h ich is vitalw h e n
running s uch s oftw are . Al s o, m os t
docum e nts produce d are s cie ntific
pape rs and LaTe X is th e prim ary
s oftw are us e d for th is . D uring m y
tim e as an unde rgraduate , a cl us te r
w as purch as e d by th e de partm e nt.
Th is cons is ts of 100 dual -core ,
rack m ounte d PCs , ne tw ork e d
toge th e r, and running D e bian. Linux
is vitalin th is s ituation be caus e
com pl e te controlis ne e de d to
adm inis te r th e clus te r;al s o, im agine
th e cos t for paying for a cl us te r
ve rs ion of W indow s ?
Today, th ings h ave ch ange d. A l ot
of th e te ch nicals taff are now h appy
us ing M ozil la Th unde rbird for e -m ail,
M ozil l
a Fire fox for brow s ing th e
Inte rne t, and O pe nO ffice .org for
producing docum e nts . Th is l as t point
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e or s im pl
y
is im portant to m e , as I can
re ce ive docum e nts us ing th e
O D F fil e form at, and th e re by
avoid annoying M S O ffice im port
e rrors .
M uch w ork ne e ds to go into
prom oting Linux to th e m as s e s -
th e vie w s of m any are outdate d,
and do not re fl e ct th e curre nt
s tatus of proje cts s uch as
Ubuntu!
I am now h appily us ing Linux
on m y office PC!
is a Ph ys ics graduate
w ork ing on th e LISA Path finde r
s pace m is s ion in th e W e s t
M idl ands , UK, and pas s ionate
about FO SS, and trie s to prom ote
it, as w e llas ope n s tandards ,
w h e ne ve r pos s ible . H is bl
og is at:
h ttp://m attm ol e .w ordpre s s .com
 LETTERS
S
ince I'm a Linux us e r, and
love to re ad about ne w s in
th e ope n s ource w orl d, th is
m e ans I l ik e to re ad Ful lCircl e.I
m us t s ay th at Ubuntu h as e vol
gre atl y s ince 6.06 (th e firs t
prim ary Linux dis tro on m y PC)
and s til lth e re are s om e th ings
th at I h ate (l ik e com pil ed
m e ncode r and ffm pe g w ith h al
options ) but I do l ik e th at th e re
are no pate nt and l ice ns e
difficul tie s . I found a good
AutoCad re pl ace m e nt for 2D
draw ing (q cad), a w ay to us e m y
D O S apps (dos e m u) and to
conve rt be tw e e n m any vide o
form ats (conve rtit) but th e re is
one s e ction w h e re I ne e d s om e
h elp, and th at is vide o e diting. I
jus t ne e d bas ic trim /copy/pas te
pos s ibilitie s (w ith s ound and
vide o) but I al s o ne e d (ve ry badl
vide o trans ition e ffe cts . Any
re com m e ndations ?
Eve ry m onth w e l
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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 !
Th is w e e k e nd w as th e birth day party of
Nyana's grandm oth e r, al s o k now n as th e
'Ubuntu Granny'. Th is Guts y Granny is
ve d one of th e ge e k ie s t Se nior Citize ns I
k now and h as be e n running Ubuntu on
h e r ol
dl aptop for tw o ye ars now (s e e
FCM # 2).
W h e n w e w e nt to th e fam il y dinne r a fe w
f w e e k s ago I took al ong m y As us EEE, jus t
to k e e p m e occupie d. Granny w al k e d into
th e l iving room , caugh t s igh t of it and
im m e diate ly re m ark e d: "w h at is th at?!"I
e xpl aine d to h e r w h at it w as , w h e re I got PC"to be col l
e cte d as s oon as th e y
it, and h ow m uch it h ad cos t m e . Sh e arrive h e re in Be lgium .
w as e cs tatic! Tw e nty m inute s l ate r s h e
D id I m e ntion th at m y EEE is
yank e d it out of m y h ands and w as
running a ful ldis tro of Ubuntu?
pl aying Froze n Bubbl e lik e th e re w as no
tom orrow . Tal k about your anti-s ocial I took m y EEE w ith m e as a "de m o
te e nage r te xting w h e n th e fam il y h as unit"and s h e got to pos e w ith it
dinne r?Th is is th e 81 ye ar ol d com pute r- (and pl ay m ore Froze n Bubbl e ). Jus t
s avvy grandm a w h o coul dn't care l e s s if to s h ow h ow ge e k y th is fam il
y is : w e
h e r s oup w e nt col d as l ong as s h e m ade h ook e d th e EEE to s om e s tray w ifi
it to th e ne xt le ve lof Froze n Bubbl e. and w e re s h ow ing e ach oth e r
y) W ith h e r birth day com ing up, th e fam il y YouTube vide os and w e re upl oading
th e picture s w e took at th e party
put th e ir h e ads toge th e r and w e l ook e d
at pitch ing in and ge tting h e r one of s traigh t to Flick r. So h appy birth day
Gran-EEE and m ay your ASUS arrive
th e s e . O f cours e th e y are n't avail
able in
Be l gium ye t s o w e de cide d to give h e r a s oon.
"vouch e r"on h e r birth day for "O ne EEE
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 Ed:
T
h e de s k top from Joze f Anon
in th e "M y D e k s top"s e ction
of FCM # 11 w as cool ! It w as
one of th e fe w de s k top l ayouts ,
w h ich didn't try to m im ic Vis ta or
M ac O S X and s til lm ade m y e ye s
pop-out.
Ed:
I
h ave continue d on m y Ubuntu
pum pk in ide a (s e e FCM # 7
Le tte rs ), but th is tim e I m ade a
s e t of Linux Eas te r e ggs incl uding,
of cours e , an Ubuntu e gg. Th e
proce s s of m ak ing th e m w as
actual ly ve ry s im pl e , as you m ay
be abl e to te l
lfrom th e diffe re nce be tw e e n an
th e picture s . I jus t ope rating s ys te m and an
printe d out th e l ogos appl ication. Ubuntu is a
of Ubuntu, Fe dora, dis tribution of th e GNU/Linux
Ge ntoo, O pe nSus e , ope rating s ys te m w ith m any
and Sabayon. Th e n I additionalappl ications and tool s.
us e d doubl e s ide d GNU is th e ope rating s ys te m ,
s tick y tape to attach Linux is th e k e rne l . You ne e d th e
th e l ogos to s om e GNU tool s and Linux for your
Eas te r e ggs I h ad. It onl y took about com pute r to "ope rate ";you don't
5-10 m inute s , s o I w oul d e ncourage ne e d a w e b brow s e r or
oth e rs to cre ate th e ir ow n. s pre ads h e e t program .
GNU/Linux is m uch m ore of a
logicalnam e for th e ope rating
R
e ading th e "You Us e Ubuntu, s ys te m , e ve n if Ubuntu is th e
not Linux"opinion pie ce (s e e appropriate nam e for th e
FCM # 11), I coul dn't h e l
p but dis tribution. I h ardl y th ink th at's
fe e la littl
e offe nde d w h e n Vince nt crazy.
atte m pte d to cal lm e "crazy". Th at's
a pre tty h ars h and judge m e ntal
s tate m e nt com ing from s om e one
w ith s uch a juve nile argum e nt. Ed:
Vince nt's jus tification for cal ling
th os e w h o ins is t on re fe rring to th e
ope rating s ys te m as "GNU/Linux"
w as a poor atte m pt at a re ductio ad .
abs urdum argum e nt, as h e cl aim s
th at no one w oul d nam e e ve ry
com pone nt of h is ope rating s ys te m ;w
(e .g. GNU/XFCE/Fire fox/AbiW ord).
Cl e arly Vince nt doe s n't unde rs tand
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 Q& A If you h ave Ubuntu-re l
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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
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Q Q
( for KD E
us e rs ), , and , al l
avail abl e in th e re pos itorie s .

A Q
Ye s you can. You can us e a

A
toolcal le d W ubi You can us e a util ity call
ed
(h ttp://w ubi-ins tal
le r.org), (avail abl e in th e unive rs e
w h ich w illallow you to ins tal l re pos itorie s ) to ins tantly notify
Ubuntu w ith out re partitioning you from your s ys te m tray.

A
your h ard dis k or ch anging your

Q
boot l oade r. W ubi w illbe incl ude d Th is is caus e d by th e
w ith Ubuntu 8.04, w h ich w il lbe buggy ve rs ion of
avail abl e as you re ad th is . M pl aye r/M e ncode r th at is
incl ude d w ith Ubuntu. A w ork ing

Q
ve rs ion is avail abl e in th e

A
You ne e d th e pack age back ports re pos itory (for Guts y
' ' w h ich you us e rs ) - Us e rs of e arl ie r ve rs ions
can ge t from of Ubuntu can dow nl oad a

A
Sim pl y go to Sys te m - h ttp://pack age s .ubuntu.com /guts y/l ib D e Ve D e pack age w h ich incl ude s
> Adm inis tration-> Printing, s /l
ibxine 1-ffm pe g. ol de r ve rs ions of
th e n ch ange th e Col or M pl aye r/M e ncode r from its
M ode lto Gre ys cal e.
h ttp://ubuntuforum s .org/s h ow th re ad.ph p
?t=753031
Q w e bs ite
(h ttp://w w w .ras te rs oft.com /progr
am as /de ve de .h tm l ) w h ich

A
incl ude s w ork ing ve rs ions of
Th e re are s e ve ralappl ications
M pl aye r/M e ncode r.
you can us e for th is , including

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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.

Al m os t e ve ryth ing on m y de s k top is avail abl e out of th e box, Jus t lik e any oth e r com pute r fanatic, m y laptop is m y baby. Sh e 's
w ith th e e xce ption of Scre e nle ts . Eve n th e w idge ts are avail abl
e a De l le 1505 XP/Ubuntu dualboot w ith an ATI x1400 vide o card
via Com piz Fus ion. Th e Evol ution icon is dock e d to th e tray via and 2GB of RAM . I've be e n us ing Ubuntu s ince Se pte m be r 2007
Al l
tray. Al lI've adde d to th e low e r tas k bar are th e lm -s e ns ors and I l ove it m ore and m ore e ve ry day. Th is is m y m os t re ce nt
appl e t for m onitoring CPU and h ard-drive te m pe rature s , and th e de s k top configuration s ince ins tal l
ing AW N (Avant W indow
s ys te m -m onitor bar. Navigator). I h ave an e ntire fol de r de dicate d to s il
k y s m ooth
w al lpape rs th at contribute to m y l aptop's "gre e n"th e m e . I e ve n
Com pute r Spe cs :
cus tom painte d a gre e n borde r around th e trim and m odde d th e
H P D V6215, Ubuntu 7.10, Gnom e 2.20.1, 15.4"w ide s cre e n (@
carbon fibe r l id to be truly uniq ue .
1280X800), AM D Turion 64 2.0gh z, 2 GB of RAM and an Nvidia
Go6150 graph ics card.

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 TO P5 D ISK A NA L
YZ ERS Your m onth l

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

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

H om e page : h ttp://k dirs tat.s ource forge .ne t/ H om e page : h ttp://w w w .m e th yl

blue .com /fil
eligh t/

is by far If th e tre e m aps jus t

m y favorite w ay to give you a
find out w h e re al l h e adach e , you m ay
m y dis k s pace w ant to try th e
w e nt. Jus t ope n it approach .
up, s e le ct th e Ins te ad of
dire ctory to s can, tre e m aps , th is KD E
and h it O K. app vis ual ize s your
w illth e n h ard drive as
anal yze your s e gm e nte d rings ,
s ys te m and s pit lik e a pie -ch art.
out a col orful , graph icalre pre s e ntation (k now n as a Cl ick ing on a s e gm e nt of th e pie ch art w il lzoom to
tre e m ap) of your fil e s ys te m . Th e bigge r th e ch unk , th at fol de r. You can al s o ope n th e curre nt fil e or
th e bigge r th e fil e s ize . It w illalso l e t you de le te th e dire ctory w ith a s im pl e cl ick of th e m iddl e m ous e
file if you don't ne e d it (you ne e d to be ve ry care ful button. It's a ve ry h andy toolth at any tre e m ap-h ate r
about de l e ting s ys te m fil e s , h ow e ve r). You can e ve n s h oul d us e . And be s t of al l, s ince it's a KD E app, you
brow s e re m ote dire ctorie s us ing th e O pe n URL can brow s e any protocol(e .g. SSH or FTP) us ing KIO
com m and (unde r th e Fil e m e nu). (th e KD E Input/O utput protocolfram e w ork ).

To ins tall , grab th e pack age in th e To ins tall , ge t th e pack age in th e

unive rs e re pos itorie s . unive rs e re pos itorie s .

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 /D is k Us age Anal
yze r

H om e page :
h ttp://w w w .m arzocca.ne t/l
inux/bao H om e page :
bab.h tm l h ttp://gdm ap.s ource forge .ne t/ H om e page :
h ttp://w w w .jgoodie s .com /fre e w ar
To al lyou Gnom e us e rs out th e re , m e e t If you're a Gnom e us e r but don't l ik e th e e /jdis k re port/
(al s o k now n as D is k Us age s e gm e nte d rings , give a try. It's a
Anal yze r). Bas e d on Fil eligh t's ve ry s im pl e tre e m ap anal yze r buil t w ith is a bas ic tre e m ap
te ch nol ogy, us e s th e s e gm e nte d- Gnom e . It anal yze s onl y th e file s ys te m anal yze r th at e xpl ains th e us age of
ring approach to vis ual ly dis pl ay your and cre ate s th e output in a "s q uare bl ock " your dis k -s pace . W ritte n in Java, th is
h ard-drive 's us age . It al s o outputs a fil e vis ualization (col ore d by fil e type ). Som e cros s -pl atform tooldis pl ays both
tre e th at can be s orte d al ph abe tically, m ay find it too bas ic, m is s ing m any Fil eligh t-lik e pie ch arts and th e ir
by s ize , or by pe rce ntage of h ard-drive fe ature s lik e th e abil ity to de l e te or ope n corre s ponding dire ctorie s . It al s o h as a
s pace . And l ik e Fil
eligh t and KD irStat, it th e curre nt fil e in a fil e m anage r. For th e ve ry us e ful"l arge s t fil
e "lis t, as w e l
las
can s can re m ote dire ctorie s -- a big pl us . bas ic us e r or th os e w h o do not w ant to ge t s e ve raloth e r h andy graph s .
For m ore on , re ad th e Ubuntu confus e d, is th e be s t option. In
D is k Us age articl e on page 13. inform alte s ting, it w as by far th e fas te s t unfortunate l y doe s n't h ave
as w e ll. an Ubuntu pack age . H ow e ve r, you can
If you're a Gnom e us e r, is pre - e as il
y run it as a Java W e b Start appl et
ins tal l
e d (look for D is k Us age Anal yze r). To ins tal
l , grab th e pack age or as a ful l-fl
e dge d Java program . Ge t
If it is n't ins tal
le d or you are n't a Gnom e in th e unive rs e re pos itorie s . both from th e JGoodie s dow nl oad page
us e r, you ne e d to ins tal l at
(w h ich unfortunate l y contains a l ot of h ttp://w w w .jgoodie s .com /dow nl oads /ind
oth e r tool s ). e x.h tm l. Note : you'l lne e d to h ave Java
h as be e n a Linux addict
ins talle d. I didn't te s t it w ith any Java
s ince h e firs t ins tall
e d ope nSuSE in
e xce pt Sun's .
VM W are . Le arn m ore about h im at
h ttp://w w w .andre w45 m in.com /
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 FULLCIRCLE M A GA Z INE IND EX 2007- 08
Com pil
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Is s ue #01 - M ay '07 Is s ue #02 - June '07 Is s ue #03 - Jul

y '07
Fl
avor of th e m onth : Ubuntu 7.04 Fl
avor of th e m onth : Kubuntu Fl
avor of th e m onth : Xubuntu
H ow -To: H ow -To: H ow -To:
D ire ctory Structure Ubuntu on th e M ac M ini Stunning Ubuntu D e s k top
M yth TV Ubuntu for Grandm a Ubuntu for Ph otograph y
Scribus - Part 1 VirtualPrivate Ne tw ork ing Scribus - Part 3
Add/Re m ove Apps Scribus - Part 2
Re vie w : Ubuntu on th e M acbook
Re vie w : GRAM PS Re vie w : Sys te m 76 Laptop Pre vie w : Com piz Fus ion
Inte rvie w : Z ach , D e l
uge Inte rvie w : D on All
ingh am , GRAM PS M y Story: A Ye ar w ith D appe r
M y Story: Six M onth s on Linux Ubuntu Youth
M y Story: Re s e arch ing Ubuntu Ubuntu Youth W e bs ite of th e M onth : Ubuntu Cl
ips
M y D e s k top - Victor D om an M y D e s k top - Rob Ke rfia M y D e s k top - Al ex
M y PC - Ronnie Tuck e r M y PC - D anie lCoh e n M y PC - M ark Pipk in
Top 5 Linux Gam e s Top 5 W idge ts /Appl e ts Top 5 M ul tim e dia Encode rs

Is s ue #04 - Aug '07 Is s ue #05 - Se pt '07 Is s ue #06 - Oct '07

Fl
avor of th e m onth : Edbuntu 7.04 Flavor of th e m onth : Fl uxbuntu Flavor of th e m onth : 7.10 Upgrade
H ow -To: H ow -To:
H ow -To: Re port Bugs w /Launch Pad Ph otos h op plugins in GIM P
H os ting Code on Launch Pad Edubuntu Gl ow s Sam ba Se tup
Ke e ping Kids Safe in Linux From VM w are to Virtual Box Scribus - Part 6
Scribus - Part 4 Scribus - Part 5
Pre vie w : Guts y Gibbon Inte rvie w : Joh n Ph il
ips
Pre vie w : M iro 0.9 .8 Re vie w : Bridge Cons truction Kit Pol l
: W indow M anage rs
Inte rvie w : Col in W ats on M y O pinion: Ubuntu Com paris ons M y Story: M y Trans ition
M y Story: An Appropriate Nam e M y Story: M y Trans ition Ubuntu Youth
Ubuntu Youth Ubuntu Youth W e bs ite /M onth : Ubuntu Tutorial
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W e bs ite of th e M onth : W INE W e bs ite of th e M onth : Frank 's Corne r M y D e s k top - M artin Topping
M y D e s k top - Javie r Rave l
o M y D e s k top - D e e pank Gupta M y PC - Ste ve Barcom b
M y PC - Rob Ke rfia M y PC - Nicol a Cappe l l
ini Top 5 Racing Gam e s
Top 5 Bl ogging Tool s Top 5 Strate gy Gam e s

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Fl
avor of th e m onth : Ubuntu Studio
H ow -To:
Sim pl y Ins tal lSSH
Te rm inalO n Your D e s k top
Conve rt From W indow s
Scribus - Part 7
Re vie w : W ubi Ins tall
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Pol l
: Favourite Em ailCl ie nt
Inte rvie w : H ow ard County Library
M y Story: W indow s to Ubuntu
Ubuntu Youth /Sound Bite s
M y D e s k top - Attil
a Solym os s y
M y D e s k top - Ch andra Se k ar
Top 5 Audio/Vide o
Is s ue #10 - Fe b '08
Flavor of th e m onth : Linux M int
H ow -To:
Com pil e from Source
Ins talland Us e Tuxpaint
Rip a D VD w ith AcidRip
Se rve r Se rie s - Part 2
Re vie w : ASUS EEE
M y O pinion: Indy Gave D e v.
M y Story: W h y I w e nt Linux
Inte rvie w : Ste ve Kow alik
Ubuntu W om e n /Ubuntu Youth
Sound Bite s
M y D e s k top - Jonath an Riva
M y D e s k top - Fang Ji
Top 5 Ch e s s Gam e s
Is s ue #08 - De c '07 Is s ue #09 - Jan '08
Flavor of th e m onth : M yth buntu Flavor of th e m onth : 7.10 O pe nGEU
H ow -To: H ow -To:
Ins tal lW ubi D ire ctory Se rve r
Ch ris tm as O n Your D e s k top Ubuntu on an iBook
M ul ti Boot Linux Ins talling O pe nTTD
Scribus - Part 8 Se rve r Se rie s - Part 1
Re vie w : Tom boy Re vie w : KD E 4.0
M y O pinion: Gam e s ?W h e re ? M y O pinion: O pe nGEU
M y Story: Ubuntu Anal ogy M y Story: M y 2nd Apartm e nt
Ubuntu Youth /Ubuntu W om e n Ubuntu W om e n /Ubuntu Youth
Sound Bite s Sound Bite s /M y D e s k top:
M y D e s k top - M atth e w Ros s i Le w is Vu /Irv Ris ch /YuvalLe ve ntal
M y D e s k top - D r Sm al l Top 5 D ow nl oad M anage rs
Top 5 Ch ris tm as Appl ications
Is s ue #11 - M ar '08 Is s ue #12 - Apr '08
Flavor of th e m onth : M int vs Ubuntu Flavor of th e Ye ar: '07 - '08
H ow -To: H ow -To:
True Crypt on Ubuntu D e b Files
Ipod Cl as s ic and Am arok Se rve r Se rie s - Part 4
Introduction to LaTe X Ubuntu D is k Us age
Se rve r Se rie s - Part 3 Us ing GIM P - Part 1
Back up W ith Partim age
Re vie w : Le novo 3000 C200 Re vie w : W ik i on a Stick
M y O pinion: You Us e Ubuntu not Linux M y O pinion: W INE
M y Story: A Kid's Story M y Story: O ne Ye ar O n
Inte rvie w : Andre a Ve ri, Be h ind M O TU Inte rvie w : Travis W atk ins , Be h ind
Ubuntu W om e n /Ubuntu Youth M O TU
M y D e s k top - Joze f Anon Ubuntu W om e n /Ubuntu Youth
M y D e s k top - Bob Corne ro M y D e s k top - D oug /D an Cartis
Top 5 Pl atform Gam e s Top 5 D is k Anal yze rs
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