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UBUNTU NEWS
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30th
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LINUX NEWS
Linux's new Gnome provide a next-generation
experience. Afterall, assuming
GCHQ spooks top UK
desktop to take on Canonical sticks with Gnome, this Linux installations Full Circle Survey 2010
is what the future of Ubuntu will
KDE and Windows look like. The largest installation of Linux
KDE 4.0 is winning over users
desktops in any British LAST FEW DAYS!
: apcmag.com Government site is at GCHQ, the
with the advances it has made for
high-tech spy-station in
the Linux desktop. Unless Gnome
Cheltenham, according to
undergoes a similar
industry sources.
metamorphosis, it's living on
borrowed time - it's clearly now
Whispers in the courtly corridors
been overtaken by both Windows
around Westminster, the seat of
7 and KDE 4.0 in meeting the
British government, have it that
demands of a modern interface,
British intelligence uses Linux
both in flair and functionality.
because it is secure, good at
number crunching, and doesn't
What happens with Gnome has
cost much to deploy.
special importance for Ubuntu,
too - as the 'premier' desktop
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it's not the default for Ubuntu.
system id
u change display/entry
units
Command action v verify the partition
a toggle a bootable flag table
b edit bsd disklabel w write table to disk and
c toggle the dos exit
compatibility flag x extra functionality
d delete a partition (experts only)
l list known partition
types
Fdisk: m print this menu
n add a new partition
o create a new empty DOS
sudo fdisk /dev/sda partition table
p print the partition
table
sudo fdisk -l q quit without saving
changes
s create a new empty Sun
disklabel
t change a partition's
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COMMAND & CONQUER
Find:
mkfs /dev/sdXY
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COMMAND & CONQUER
Locate:
Where/Whereis:
Further Reading:
sudo updatedb
where skype
output: /usr/bin/skype
whereis skype
output: skype:
/usr/bin/skype.real
/usr/bin/skype
/usr/bin/skype.bak2
/usr/share/skype
locate “*~”
Lucas
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HOW-TO
Written by Greg Walters
Program In Python - Part 15
#This is the Import
import pygame
from pygame.locals import *
import os
# This will make our game window centered in the screen
os.environ['SDL_VIDEO_CENTERED'] = '1'
# Initialize pygame
pygame.init()
#setup the screen
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((800, 600))
# Set the caption (title bar of the window)
pygame.display.set_caption('Pygame Test #1')
# display the screen and wait for an event
doloop = 1
while doloop:
if pygame.event.wait().type in (KEYDOWN,
MOUSEBUTTONDOWN):
break
screen.fill(Background)
pygame.display.update()
import pygame
from pygame.locals import *
import os
Background = 208, 202, 104
FontForeground = 255,255,255
# White
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PROGRAM IN PYTHON - PART 15
# This will make our game window centered in the screen
os.environ['SDL_VIDEO_CENTERED'] = '1'
# Initialize pygame
pygame.init()
# Setup the screen
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((800, 600))
# Set the caption (title bar of the window)
pygame.display.set_caption('Pygame Test #1')
screen.fill(Background)
pygame.display.update()
font =
pygame.font.Font(None,27) # Our Loop
text = font.render('Here is doloop = 1
some text', True, while doloop:
FontForeground, Background) if pygame.event.wait().type in (KEYDOWN,
textrect = text.get_rect() MOUSEBUTTONDOWN):
screen.blit(text,textrect) break
pygame.display.update()
textRect.centerx =
screen.get_rect().centerx
textRect.centery =
screen.get_rect().centery
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PROGRAM IN PYTHON - PART 15
import pygame
import pygame
from pygame.locals import *
from pygame.locals import *
import os
import os
print
Background = 0,255,127
pygame.font.match_font('Couri
os.environ['SDL_VIDEO_CENTERED'] = '1'
er New')
pygame.init()
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((800, 600))
pygame.display.set_caption('Pygame Example #4 - Sprite')
screen.fill(Background)
courier =
pygame.font.match_font('Couri
er New')
font =
pygame.font.Font(courier,27)
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PROGRAM IN PYTHON - PART 15
class Sprite(pygame.sprite.Sprite):
def __init__(self, position):
pygame.sprite.Sprite.__init__(self)
# Save a copy of the screen's rectangle
self.screen = pygame.display.get_surface().get_rect()
# Create a variable to store the previous position of the sprite
self.oldsprite = (0, 0, 0, 0)
self.image = pygame.image.load('stick3.png')
self.rect = self.image.get_rect()
self.rect.x = position[0]
self.rect.y = position[1]
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PROGRAM IN PYTHON - PART 15
pygame.display.update()
DoLoop = 1
while DoLoop:
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
sys.exit()
# Check for movement
elif event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
if event.key == pygame.K_LEFT:
character.update([-10, 0])
elif event.key == pygame.K_UP:
character.update([0, -10])
elif event.key == pygame.K_RIGHT:
character.update([10, 0])
elif event.key == pygame.K_DOWN:
character.update([0, 10])
elif event.key == pygame.K_q:
DoLoop = 0
Greg Walters
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HOW-TO Virtualization Pt4 - FreeBSD
Step 3:
Step 2:
Step 4:
Step 1:
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VIRTUALIZATION - PART 4
Step 5:
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VIRTUALIZATION - PART 4
Extra links:
Step 6:
Lucas
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HOW-TO Keep A Business Afloat With Ubuntu
I used Microsoft
Office for
everything...
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KEEP A BUSINESS AFLOAT WITH UBUNTU
30 8 26 * * /bin/date >>
Desktop/reminders ;
/bin/echo "Credit Card
Payments Due" >>
Desktop/reminders
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HOW-TO Write For Full Circle Magazine
Guidelines REVIEWS
Games/Applications
it must When reviewing games/applications please state clearly:
somehow be linked to
Ubuntu or one of the
many derivatives of Ubuntu
Non-English Writers
Images
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MY STORY
Ubuntu
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MY STORY
Editors note
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MY OPINION Ubuntu 10.04
Nero AG has filed an
anti-trust lawsuit
against the MPEG-LA.
The German
technology company
claims the licensing
body has abused its
monopoly power, and
that it has not
honoured agreements
made with the US
Department of Justice.
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MY OPINION
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REVIEW
Written by Lucas Westermann TuxGuitar
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REVIEW - TUXGUITAR
Score: 4.5/5
Pros
Cons
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MOTU INTERVIEW Julien Lavergne
IRC Nick
How long have you been using Any advice for people wanting to
Ubuntu? help out MOTU?
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TRANSLATION INTERVIEW Ricardo Pérez
Could you tell us a bit about you,
and the language you help
translate Ubuntu into?
How and when did you become an Do you belong to an Ubuntu LoCo
Ubuntu translator? team? If so, which one?
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TRANSLATION TEAM INTERVIEW
used in your language?
Madrid, Spain
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LoCo INTERVIEW Greg Grossmeier
Greg Grossmeier:
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LOCO TEAM INTERVIEW
and what strategies does the rewarding and exciting moment Ubuntu Community, and the
team use to overcome them? for the LoCo Team to date, and spirit of Ubuntu, how does the
why? LoCo embody and share that
spirit?
Cameron Bullivant
Podcast #11?
PS3 > Ubuntu
Streaming
NUboon2Age
Jason Froebe
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LETTERS
Full Circle Side-Pod #3
Where’s the Neurotic Numbat?
Jake007g
Thank You
David
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UBUNTU WOMEN
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UBUNTU GAMES
GAME NEWS
Unreal Tournment 3 not
coming to Linux
Score: 7/10
Gish Good
Bad
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Q&A If you have Ubuntu-related questions, email them to:
questions@fullcirclemagazine.org, and Gord will answer them in a future
issue. Please include as much information as you can about your problem.
Q Q
Is there a way to After an update, my
record streaming audio? "Nvidia Xserver" does
not recognize my
monitor all of a sudden,
displaying "unknown" instead of
the monitor name, and giving me
1024x768 resolution instead of
Q
I have a Dell Inspiron the 1600x1200 that it used to. If I
9400 with an ATI switch to the "guest" user, the
Radeon Mobility X1400 Nvidia Xserver recognizes the
graphics card. I have an monitor like it used to, and
external monitor connected displays the proper resolution.
Q
using a VGA cable. When I try to Once installed, sopcast What is going on?
Q
The wireless doesn't use the external monitor as an launches successfully
work in my HP G62 extension of my main screen, the but only about 10% of
laptop. image goes all wavy and jumps the channels in the
around. channel list actually work.
Among the Chinese channels (the
ones I'm most interested in) only sudo nvidia-xconfig
CCTV3 is working; for every gksudo nvidia-settings
other Chinese channel I always
get a "connecting" message.
I have a 2GB /boot
partition shared with
Q
Sabayon and Fedora, a
Do you think Samba
Q
77GB Sabayon partition,
I purchased a USB will be a little bit better a 200GB Fedora partition, and a
sound card. When I for new users in 10.10? 200GB Ubuntu partition. Ubuntu
plugged it in, it did not detects Fedora perfectly
work. What do I have to however there is no Sabayon.
do? Today Ubuntu upgraded my
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Q&A
kernel and my triple-boot is, once
again, broken. Is there some way
I can fix my triple-boot so that,
when Ubuntu upgrades the Grub
menu, it includes Sabayon?
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MY DESKTOP Your chance to show the world your desktop or PC. Email your screenshots and
photos to: misc@fullcirclemagazine.org and include a brief paragraph about
your desktop, your PC's specs and any other interesting tidbits about your setup.
Long Nguyen
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MY DESKTOP
wangshuo2008
Fakhrul Rijal
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TOP 5 Ways To Run Windows Apps
Wine CrossOver
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TOP 5 - WAYS TO RUN WINDOWS APPS
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TOP 5 - WAYS TO RUN WINDOWS APPS
QEMU
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HOW TO CONTRIBUTE
Thorsten Wilms
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