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

In th is m onth 's fl
avour of th e m onth w e 'l ls h ow you h ow to ins tal lUbuntu Studio – a fl avor of Ubuntu de dicate d to m ul tim e dia cre ation.
Th is flavor incl ude s al
lth e be s t ope n s ource m ul tim e dia s oftw are for al
lyour ne e ds , from s im pl
e im age e diting to vide o cre ation, s o you
can m ak e th e m os t of your Ubuntu PC.

Th e firs t s te p de te ction s cre e ns appe ars . Th is

once you've
ch os e n 'Ins tal l
in te xt m ode ' is
to ch oos e your
pre fe rre d
language ,
fol low e d by your country in th e ne xt
s te p. You w il
lth e n ge t th e de faul t
al te rnate ins tal
lk e yboard de te ctor.
de te cts your h ardw are s o it can
ins tal lth e corre ct drive rs for
your s ys te m . Th e re w illbe
s e ve ralof th e s e th rough out th e
ins tal l
, s o don't w orry if I don't
point th e m out.
In th e
ne xt s te p

U
you m us t
Se le ct ye s ch oos e a
buntu Studio us e s th e (th e de faul t h os tnam e
alte rnate ins tal lm e th od, s o option), th e n for your
unfortunate l y you can't us e it as a pre s s th e s ys te m . Th is
Live CD . If you don't h ave k e ys it s ays if s h oul d be s om e th ing to e as il y
e xpe rie nce in us ing a te xtualus e r you h ave ide ntify your PC on a ne tw ork ,
inte rface , th e re is a guide to th e th e m . e .g. 'fam ily-de s k top'. If you don't
k e ys you'l lne e d at th e bottom of h ave a h om e ne tw ork it doe s n't
e ach s te p, s o if you ge t s tuck , jus t Afte r m atte r, jus t e nte r a fun nam e of
look dow n! Bas ical l
y you us e th e k e yboard your ch oice .
arrow k e ys to s e l e ct an option, de te ction, th e
th e n pre s s e nte r to s e le ct it. firs t of th e Th e ne xt s te p is to partition
h ardw are your h ard drive .

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 Th is can be In th e us e r re s tart.
done in th e s e tup you w il l
us ualw ay, ne e d to e nte r
and if you your re alnam e , a
are n't s ure , us e rnam e and th e
you can us e r's pas s w ord.
cance lth e ins tal l ation and as k Th is us e r w il
lbe th e s ys te m
s om e one . Th e option you ch oos e adm inis trator, and h ave ful lacce s s
h e re varie s de pe nding on your to th e s ys te m , s o ch oos e a s e cure
circum s tance s , s o go for th e one pas s w ord.
th at l ook s righ t. As al w ays , I m us t
s tre s s th e im portance of back ing Th e ins tall
er
up im portant data be fore going w il lnow ins tal l
pas t th is s te p! W h e n you ge t to th e bas e Ubuntu O nce you h ave re s tarte d you
th e e nd of th e partitioning s e ction s ys te m w ith your w illge t th e Ubuntu Studio l ogin
of th e ins tal lit w illdis play a s e ttings . O nce s cre e n, w h e re you can e nte r
s um m ary of al lyour partitioning th e bas e s ys te m your us e rnam e and pas s w ord.
options , s o you'l lbe abl e to ch e ck is ins talle d, you
if anyth ing l ook s w rong. w il
lbe as k e d about additional Now you can s tart cre ating!
pack age s to ins tal
l.
Continuing
th e Us e th e s pace
ins tal lation, bar to s e le ct
you'l lbe m ul tiple ite m s ,
as k e d th e n continue .
w h e th e r th e M ak e s ure you
s ys te m tim e is s e t to UTC. If you ins tallth e
are uns ure , jus t go for th e de faul t 'Ubuntu Studio D e s k top' option – if
of ye s , and if it turns out to be you don't do th is th e n you w il lnot
w rong you can ch ange it l ate r. ge t a graph icalus e r inte rface w h e n
O nce you've de cide d, you can you re s tart afte r th e ins tall! Th e
m ove onto us e r s e tup. ins tal
le r w il
lnow final ize th e
ins tal
lation, th e n prom pt you to

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 H O W - TO SIM PLE SSH
W ritte n by Rob Ke rfia INSTA LLATIO N
SSH (Se cure Sh e l l) is a protocolth at is us e d to re m ote l
y conne ct to anoth e r com pute r running an SSH s e rve r. Th e s tandard inte rface is a
s im pl e com m and l ine , al
th ough you can al s o run graph ical(X11) appl ications on a Linux or BSD s e rve r. Be l
ow , w e w il lcove r s e tting up a
cl ie nt, s e rve r, and conne cting th e tw o.

Se tting up a s e rve r 3 Re pe at th e You m igh t be w onde ring w h at

above s te p for you can do w ith it. W e l l
, you can
1 Launch Synaptic (or Ade pt if th e pack age do a l ot of th ings - from re m ote
you us e Kubuntu) Sys te m > "inadyn". (Th is file trans fe rs to running
Adm inis tration > Synaptic w illcom e in appl ications on your com pute r
Pack age M anage r and e nte r your h andy l ate r.) from anoth e r one . Be fore you
pas s w ord. can do th at, th ough , th e re are a
fe w m ore s te ps . Firs t, you h ave
to k now h ow to conne ct to your
com pute r re m ote l y. Firs t l
e t's s e t
up a dynam ic D NS account s o
you can acce s s your com pute r
via an e as y to re m e m be r
s ubdom ain, not a l e ngth y IP
addre s s .

1. Go to w w w .dyndns .com and

4 W h e n as k e d "Apply th e fol
low ing click "Cre ate Account"
ch ange s ?", cl ick Appl y. unde rne ath th e login box at th e
top of th e page .
2 Se arch for th e "ope ns s h - 5 Th e pack age s h oul
d ins tal
l. Cl
ick
s e rve r"pack age and cl ick on th e "Clos e "and q uit Synaptic. 2. Ch oos e a us e rnam e ,
e m pty ch e ck box. Ch oos e "M ark pas s w ord, and allth e re s t of th at
for Ins tallation"from th e m e nu. Now you h ave a s e rve r ins tal
le d! nice s tuff.

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 0 * * * * inadyn -u Som e ne at trick s you can us e
your_username -p your_password w ith SSH :
-a name.you.registered >
/dev/null

allon one l ine . I can't s tre s s th is Type :

e nough - don't de l e te or ch ange
anyth ing e l
se . ssh -X username@subdomain

8. Save and q uit. at a te rm inal . Ente r your

3. Confirm your account w ith
th e e m ailth e y s e nt you and l
og in.
4. Click th e "M y Se rvice s "l
ink
and ch oos e "Add Ne w H os tnam e "
on th e ne w page th at com e s up.
5. Ch oos e a h os tnam e ,
s ubdom ain, and cl ick th e auto-
de te cte d re m ote IP link
unde rne ath th e "IP Addre s s "fie l
d.
Click "Cre ate Ne w H os t".
6. Ne xt, go to your te rm inal
and type :
gksudo gedit /etc/crontab
pre s s Ente r and th e n type in
your pas s w ord.
7. Type in
9 . You s h ould be abl e to acce s s
your com pute r via th e dom ain you
re gis te re d in about an h our.
To conne ct to your com pute r,
s im pl
y type in:
ssh
[username]@[registered.subdomai
n]
from a te rm inal . Th e firs t tim e you
conne ct from a particul ar m ach ine ,
you m igh t ge t a m e s s age s aying
"Th e auth e nticity of h os t
[s ubdom ain](IP addre s s ) can't be
e s tabl is h e d."You can s afe l y ignore
th is - type "ye s ."Ne xt, you s h oul d be
prom pte d for a pas s w ord. If you
e nte r th at corre ctl y, you s h oul d be at
a com m and l ine prom pt - on your
com pute r!
pas s w ord l ik e norm al . Now , type
in th e nam e of a graph ical
appl ication at th e com m and
prom pt (l ik e "nautil us "or
"th unar"). It s h oul d s h ow up on
th e com pute r you're at, e xce pt
it's running on your com pute r.
Type :
scp
username@subdomain:/path/to/
file
username_for_comp_you're_at@
localhost:~/
and th is w il
lcopy th e fil
e into
your h om e folde r.

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 H O W - TO G ET A TERM INA LO N
W ritte n by D im itar Boich e v
YO UR D ESK TO P
Th is inte re s ting cus tom ization w il
lal
low your de s k top to be com e a full
y functionalte rm inal . Th e obje ctive is to h ave a gnom e te rm inal
running righ t above th e actualback ground im age th at w on't be dis pl aye d by th e s tatus bar or tick e r.

Cre ate a configuration file nam e d • You s h ould at le as t adjus t

D e s k topCons ol
e .ds (again, in a th e ge om e try l
ine s to m atch
te rm inal ): your s cre e n.

nano • Re ad th e de vil
s pie w ik i, for
~/.devilspie/DesktopConsole.ds oth e r com m ands !

Input th e foll
ow ing into th e fil
e Cre ate a ne w gnom e -te rm inal
(pre s s Ctrl
+ X to s ave and e xit): profil
e nam e d "D e s k topCons ol
e"
by doing th e foll
ow ing:

• in th e "Ge ne ral
"tab, untick

D
"s h ow m e nubar by de faul t..."
ow nl oad and ins tal lth e
de vils pie pack age . In a • in th e "Scrol
ling"tab, s e l
e ct
te rm inaltype : "Scrollbar is "> D is abl
e d.
sudo apt-get install
•in th e "Effe cts "tab, s e t
devilspie
"Trans pare nt back ground"and
M ak e a fol
de r for de vil
s pie in s h ade to "None "(or to w h ate ve r
your h om e folde r by typing: Note s : you pre fe r)

mkdir ~/.devilspie • I us e w ork s pace 4 but you can Add de vil s pie and gnom e -
us e w h ate ve r you lik e . te rm inalto th e Startup Program s
in a te rm inal
. in your s e s s ion:

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 in Sys te m > Pre fe re nce s >
Se s s ions , "Startup Program s "tab,
H O W - TO CO NVERT FRO M
add th e 2 program s :

devilspie
W ritte n by Todd M il
le cam
W IND O W S
I coul
d give you a ful land com pl e te guide to doing s o— but it w oul d be a nove l e tte ,
and: and not ve ry practicalfor th e ne w us e r. Th e be s t th ing to h ave w h e n conve rting is a
good attitude and a w il lingne s s to l e arn. Th is is a bare -bone s guide — for a m ore
gnome-terminal --window-with- com ple te one , s e arch th e forum s .
profile=DesktopConsole

T
Log out, th e n l
og in. fre e zing ne e ds . In Ubuntu, you
h e firs t th ing you w il lne e d to
k now is h ow to ge t th e h ave a bit m ore avail abl e to you.
Ch e ck to s e e th at de vil
s pie is You can re s tart your s e s s ion by
running be fore th e gnom e - s oftw are you w ant on your
com pute r. Be l ie ve it or not, it's e as ie r pre s s ing Ctrl -Alt-Back s pace —
te rm inalcom m and. w h ich is h igh l y e ffe ctive in e ve ry
to do th is in Ubuntu th an it w as in
W indow s . Sim pl y click Add/Re m ove cas e I've e ncounte re d. If you
in th e Appl ications m e nu, and th e n don't fe e ll ik e dropping
s e arch for th e k ind of program you're e ve ryth ing jus t be caus e one
look ing for. Cl ick th e ch e ck box ne xt appl ication froze , you m ay w ant
to th e program , cl ick "O K", and you to righ t cl ick on one of your
s h ould be good to go. pane l s and add tw o program s
th e re : and
If you can't find a program in . w il lk il
lw h ate ve r
add/re m ove , try adding a re pos itory appl ication w indow you cl ick on,
w h ich h as it (a re pos itory is an onl
ine and w il
lgive you
databas e of s oftw are — Add/Re m ove al is t of proce s s e s .
ge ne rate s its lis t from th e
re pos itorie s ) O f cours e , you h ave to be
m indfulof com patibil ity if an
Se cond — de al ing w ith appl ication appl ication k e e ps h anging.
h angs and fre e zing. In W indow s Softw are m ade for Edgy w on't
th e re w as Ctrl
-Alt-D e l
e te for allyour w ork ve ry w e llin Guts y. You can

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ch e ck your s ys te m ve rs ion in w onde rfulide a to im pl
e m e nt w h e n
s ys te m m onitor (far l e ft tab), and you ins tal
lUbuntu.
you can us ual ly ch e ck th e ve rs ion
of th e s oftw are be fore you To m ak e it m ore acce s s ibl e in
dow nl oad, or unde r th e "H e lp" Linux, you m ay w ant to ch ange your
m e nu on th e "About"option. ~ /h om e fol de r to point to th at drive .
You can do th is by cl ick ing on Sys te m
Th e re are s om e th ings th at are > Adm inis tration > Us e rs and
jus t plain diffe re nt, th at you'l l Groups . Find your profil e , cl
ick
ne e d to ge t us e d to. Th e m os t prope rtie s , cl
ick th e advance d tab,
notabl e of th e s e are w ork s pace s . and ch ange th e l ocation of your
Linux give s you four de s k tops in h om e dire ctory.
one — jus t to h e l p k e e p th ings
organize d. You can s w itch Now , you're probabl y us e d to
be tw e e n th e m by pre s s ing Ctrl -Alt- dire ctorie s nam e d "W indow s "and
Righ t arrow (l e ft arrow al so "Program Fil e s ."In Linux, th e s e are
w ork s ), or by cl ick ing on th e gray al love r. Configuration fil e s are
boxe s in th e bottom righ t. us ual ly unde r /e tc. M ore im portant
e xe cutabl e s are unde r /bin, w h il e th e
If organization is your th ing you le s s im portant are unde r /us r/bin. /l
m igh t als o w ant to cons ide r a contains a bunch of l ibrarie s (s im ilar
"h om e partition."Th is is an are a to .dl lfil
e s in W indow s , but th e y w ork
of s pace th at you s e t as ide on in a fundam e ntal l
y diffe re nt w ay),
your h ard drive th at both W indow s and /m e dia w il lgive you a l is t of al
l l
and Ubuntu can re ad (you can th e drive s you can acce s s . Th e re 's
form at th is partition in FAT32, m ore , but th at s h oul d give you a
NTFS or e xt2, but w ith NTFS, you bas ic ide a of h ow it w ork s .
m ay ne e d a configuration toolfor
Linux, and w ith e xt2, you'l lne e d a Ubuntu w il lk e e p allth e s e
organize d ve ry ne atl y if you s tick
plugin for W indow s ). If you w ant
w ith re pos itorie s and Add/Re m ove . In
to be abl e to vie w ce rtain fil es
ge ne ralth ough , you're going to w ant
from both ope rating s ys te m s (l ik e
picture s , m ovie s , e tc.), th is is a to k e e p al
lm ovie s , picture s , and
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oth e r m e dia in your h om e
dire ctory, and jus t m ak e
additionaldire ctorie s to h e l
p
organize th e m .
Las t off — to h e l p k e e p th ings
nice and ne at you're going to
w ant s h ortcuts . For a program ,
it's calledal aunch e r and you jus t
h ave to k now th e e xact nam e of
th e program to m ak e one
(e xam pl e , th e Te rm inalprogram
is actual ly cal le d gnom e -te rm inal
in s om e dis tributions ).
To m ak e a l ink to a dire ctory,
run th e te rm inal(Appl ications >
Acce s s orie s > Te rm inal) and type :
ib ln -s filename linkname
Th is m e ans : m ak e a s ym bol ic
l
ink (ln -s ) of th is fil
e in th is
ocation. An e xam pl e of th is
w ould be :
ln -s /home/user
/home/user/Desktop
Th at w oul
d m ak e a s h ortcut to
your h om e dire ctory on your
de s k top.
Try Ubuntu, I prom is e th at you'l
l
ne ve r w ant to go back !
 H O W - TO
W ritte n by Ronnie Tuck e r

PART 7
Th is m onth w e w il ldis cus s l
ink ing. You can h ave tw o type s of link s , one is w h e re you link inte rnal
ly
w ith in your ow n docum e nt or e xte rnal l
y w h e re you l
ink to s om e th ing lik e a w e b page . I've m ade m y page l
ook nice and tidy for
th is one jus t to s h ow you a fe w nice trick s .

H
e re is h ow m y page now W e w ant Th is is
look s : th e 'Link ' th e
option Annotation
w h ich l ook s Prope rtie s
lik e tw o w indow .
foot prints . At th e
So cl ick m om e nt it
th at and th e n draw a box around th e s ays th e Type is 'Link ', cl ick th at
te xt (or im age ) you w ant to be th e dow n arrow and m ak e it
link . 'Exte rnalW e b-Link ' th is now
give s a pl ace to type in a w e b
Now I addre s s s o type one in and cl ick
h ave a PD F OK
'Link ' box
W h at I'l
ldo firs t is s h ow you around m y Noth ing
h ow to cre ate a bas ic l ink to a te xt, s e e m s to
w e b page . Firs t w e ne e d to cre ate incide ntal l
y h ave
a 'h ot s pot' around th e pie ce of you can ch ange d
te xt th at w il
lbe com e th e l ink . As put th is box around anyth ing as it but you
you m ove ove r th e PD F icon in th e w illalw ays be on top s o you coul d w il ls e e
m e nu bar you w il ls e e a dow n s urround an im age and s om e te xt late r th at
arrow appe ar be s ide it, cl ick th at too if you w is h . D oubl
e click ins ide it w il
lcre ate a link . But h ow w il l
dow n arrow to ge t tw o ch oice s : th at box to ge t its prope rtie s pe opl e k now it's a l ink ?I can te l l

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you now th at in th e finalPD F th e So l
e ts re turn to page one and put w indow , jus t cl
ick 'Ignore Errors '
re ade r w on't k now th e l ink from in a l
ink th at w il
lm ak e th e re ade r for now , w e 'l
lgo into th is in
ordinary te xt s o w on't k now th e re jum p to page 5. m ore de tails oon.
is a l
ink th e re , w h at I us uall
y do is
to m ak e th e te xt bl ue and Again, cl ick Th at is your
unde rl ine d jus t to pre te nd it's a th e PD F button 'Save As PD F'
web l ink . in th e m e nu and now w h ich h as
ch oos e 'Link ', allth e options
D oubl e click on th e te xt box, draw th e box you ne e d to
se le ct th e pie ce of te xt th at is around s om e fine tune your
going to be th e l ink , give it a col
or te xt and again double click th e PD F PD F file but for
and m ak e it unde rl ine d. box. now ch oos e a s ave l ocation at
th e top of th e w indow th e n cl ick
Th at look s Th is tim e k e e p th e Type as 'Link ' Save .
m ore lik e a l ink and m ak e th e page num be r s h ow as
you w oul d five . You'lls e e th e page pre vie w on Th is is m y
e xpe ct to s e e . th e righ t ch ange to s h ow your page e xporte d PD F
five . Th e X and Y pos ition is to l et file in KPD F (I
Le t's add a fe w page s to th e you give an e xact l ocation on th e us e KD E) w ith
docum e nt jus t to s h ow h ow an landing page , I'm going to m ak e both th e active
inte rnall ink w ork s . In th e m ain of th e m ze ro w h ich w il lm ak e th e top e xte rnalw e b l
ink , and if I cl ick
m e nu cl ick Page > Ins e rt and of th e page touch th e top of th e PD F th e s e cond l
ink :
ch oos e to ins e rt four ne w page s . vie w e r's dis play are a m ak ing th e
page dis pl ay ful ly. It jum ps m e
So m y to page five as
docum e nt now So l
e ts give th at a q uick te s t by e xpe cte d.
h as a totalof e xporting th e docum e nt to a PD F fil e.
five page s . I'm
jus t going to In th e m ain m e nu
put s om e large cl
ick Fil e > Export > W e are al m os t finis h e d w ith
num be rs on Save As PD F le arning th e bas ics of Scribus ,
e ach page s o th at w e can ne xt m onth w e w il lde l ve in to
dis tinguis h th e m from one anoth e r. You'lls e e th e Pre - th e 'Pre -Fl
igh t Ve rifie r' and th e
Fl
igh t Ve rifie r 'Save As PD F' tabs and options .

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 REVIEW W UBIINSTA LLER 7.10
W ritte n by Jas on Pratt

Are you re ading th is m agazine be caus e you're inte re s te d in Ubuntu and Linux in ge ne ral ?Are you running s om e form of W indow s and
w ant to try s om e th ing ne w ?D oe s th ink ing about ins tal
ling s om e th ing as h uge as a ne w ope rating s ys te m m ak e your k ne e s q uive r and
your brow be ad w ith s w e at?W h at I s ay to you is : Ne ve r fe ar -- W ubi is h e re !

I
can confirm th at W ubi doe s th is norm als e tup in e ve ry s e ns e of
w ith l ittle to no fus s . W ubi its e l
f is th e w ord. It us e s your native
com pris e d of a s ingl e e xe cutabl e h ardw are and pe rform ance is
file s o you can run it from anyw h e re , ide nticalto a de dicate d
h ard drive , fl as h drive , e xte rnalH D D , ins tallation. Th e W ubi FAQ s tate s
floppy (W e l l,le t's not e xagge rate )... th at h ard-dis k acce s s is s l
igh tl
y
you ge t th e picture ?It h as a cl e an, slow e r th an a de dicate d
m inim al is tic inte rface containing onl y ins tallation. Th rough out m y tim e
th re e options . O nce th os e options w ith a W ubi ins tal lI h ave not h ad
are fil le d and final ize d, click ins tal
l any probl e m s w ith h ard-dis k
and you're good to go. Th at's h ow acce s s s pe e d. Ubuntu s e e m s to
e as y it is ! m e to be as q uick and s m ooth as
a de dicate d ins tal l.
From th e officialw e bs ite Le t m e e xpl ain: w h at W ubi doe s in
w w w .w ubi-ins tal
le r.org e s s e nce is ins tal lUbuntu on your Afte r ins tal
lation you are
com pute r as a s ingl e "file ,"no ne e d prom pte d to re boot your
to partition, form at, re s ize or com pute r, and upon re booting
anyth ing. Th e re w il lbe onl y one you w il lbe s h ow n your ne w boot
s ingl e file and one s ingl e file only. m e nu w h ich w il llis t your
Th is w il lw illh old al lof your Ubuntu W indow s O S as w e l las your
ins tal lation as w e l las any program s Ubuntu ins tal l
ation. Ch oos ing th e
you ins tal ll
ate r. It is not ins tal l
ed Ubuntu-Linux ins tal lation w il
l
into an e m ul ate d e nvironm e nt. It is a s h ow you th e pl e as ant Ubuntu

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s plas h s cre e n. Allof th is is e as y de dicate d ins tal
lbut it re al
ly s h oul
d
as cutting a s tick of butte r - ye s , not be a probl em.
th at e as y! I re m e m be r an
appl ication s om e ye ars ago th at O th e r th an th e s e fe w “ is s ue s ” I
did th e s am e bas ic th ing, ins tal l h ave h ad a s tabl e Ubuntu ins tal lfor
Linux ins ide th e W indow s q uite a w h il e now . I h ave be e n ve ry
e nvironm e nt. It w as now h e re ne ar pl e as e d by th is little pie ce of
as pl ain and s im pl e as th is s oftw are . I re com m e nd W ubi to
ins tal l
ation w as . anyone I k now th at is inte re s te d in
pl aying w ith or running
Th e re are a fe w cave ats to Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu on th e ir
ins tal ling W ubi th at I th ink are m ach ine s . It m ak e s an e as y job of
w orth noting. I h ope th e y ge t ins tal lation and, if th e us e r ch oos e s ,
fixe d at s om e point. Firs t, onl y th e unins tal lation.
32-bit ve rs ion of Ubuntu is
s upporte d, s o if your com pute r I h ope th is re vie w /articl
e h as
h as a 64-bit proce s s or you'l lh ave h elpe d you and pre s e nte d an ide a of
to s tick to th e 32-bit ve rs ion of w h at W ubi is . Re m e m be r th at if you
th e O S. Th e de ve l ope rs do pl an are inte re s te d, W ubi is out th e re for
on adding th is in th e future but you to dow nl oad. Go ch e ck it out!
Ke e p up to date by book m ark ing
for now it is 32-bit onl y. Se cond, Ove ral
l: th e
H ibe rnate /Sus pe nd is not cal e ndar.
avail abl e w h e n running unde r a
W ubi ins tal l. If you don't l ik e your •M e e tings
pre s e nt Ubuntu s e tup and w ant a I did a littl
e m ore l ook ing and found a l ink •D e adl ine s
de dicate d ins tal l, th e n you'l lh ave for th e late s t 7.10 de ve l
opm e nt Al
ph a's of •Re le as e D ate s
th e abil ity to util ize W ubi.
and m ore .
h ibe rnate /s us pe nd. Th ird, you h ttp://w ubi-ins tal
le r.org/de ve l
/m ine fie l
d/
s h oul d try to avoid h ard re boots . h ttp://url
.ful
lcircl
e m agazine .org/874173
I did m y re vie w from th e Re v377 ve rs ion but
Th e W ubi ins tal lof Ubuntu is (as I w rite th is ) th e de ve lope rs are now up
s us ce ptibl e to dam age during to Re v383. So if you w ant to ins tal l7.10 on
h ard re boots . Sim il ar to your s ys te m you'l lne e d to us e one of th os e
h ibe rnation/s us pe nd, on a Al ph a re l
e as e s .

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 PO LLING STATIO N
W ritte n by Ronnie Tuck e r
Th is m onth 's pol lw as tak e n from a pol
lw h ich w as running on
th e n go to w w w .UbuntuForum s .org, go to th e 3rd Party forum th e n cl
h ttp://url
.ful
lcircl
e m agazine .org/67e e fc
Il ik e th e s im plicity of th unde rbird too,
but w h at re al ly got m e is th e s pam filte r,
it is th e be s t in th e w orl d. W h y?Be caus e
you te l lit w h at is s pam and w h at is not
s pam .
I de finite l
y pre fe r Th unde rbird. I us e d
Km ailfor a l ong tim e prior to th at, untilI
dis cove re d th e junk m ailcontrol s in
Th unde rbird. Th at and it's s im pl e to
s e tup/us e .
W H AT IS YO UR FAVO RITE
EM A ILCLIENT/SUITE?
. If you w oul
dlik e to cre ate a pol
ick
Evol ution be caus e : I can back up m y m ailto
a .ps t type fil e (unl ik e Th unde rbird), it look s
pre tty (m uch be tte r th an th e ol d Evol ution
unde r Re d H at 9 ), I can dow nl oad m ail& s til l
k e e p it on m y e m ails e rve r (PO P), I can us e
PO P and IM AP, I al s o us e O utlook 2000, s o it
h as th e s am e l ook & fe e lof O utl ook , I us e
w e b-bas e d Yah oo M ailas m y s pam catch e r
and be caus e I us e fas tm ailas m y "re al " I h ave m utt s e tup to fe tch /s e nd us ing
e m ailaccount.
I us e Th unde rbird as m y m ain e -m ailcl ie nt,
as I am us ing IM AP and th e n h ave m ore or
le s s th e s am e cl
ie nt for m y th re e pl
attform s
M acO S X, W indow s and Linux.
I us e Gm ailand Evol ution. Gm ails e e m s to
do a gre at job filte ring s pam s o m y e m ailis
pre tty cl
e an by th e tim e it ge ts to Evol ution.
Th e m ain re as on I us e Evol ution is be caus e
it include s a cale ndar, to do l is t, e tc. th at I
can s ync w ith m y Pal m Pilot.
Th unde rbird - It doe s e xactly w h at i w ant it
to do. I al
so lik e th e inte grate d e -m ail
program th at com e s w ith O pe ra.
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lfor Ful lCircl e M agazine
. Cre ate your pol lin th at s ub-forum onl y.
I us e Evol ution be caus e I'm too l azy to
ins talls om e th ing e l
s e and th at's w h at
cam e w ith m y ins tal lation.
W e b M ail
. I s toppe d us ing e m ailcl
ie nts
al ong tim e ago.
m y gm ail...w ork s for m e .
I've jus t dis cove re d s yl
ph e e d cl
aw s and
for now I'm gonna s tick w ith it. it's fas t
and pow e rful
I us e Km ailfor both pe rs onaland
bus ine s s e m ail. Th e inte gration w ith
Kontact, th e PIM , w as th e de ciding
factor. I h ad us e d O utl ook 2xxx for
s e ve ralye ars , th e n Th unde rbird for
tw o or th re e ye ars , and now
Km ail /Kontact. Re al ly s atis fie d w ith it,
too, and it offe rs m ore fe ature s to m e
th an Th unde rbird (a good cl ie nt as
wel l, if al
lyou do is m ail ).
 INTERVIEW A M Y D E G RO FFFRO M TH E
W ritte n by Ian M cIntos h H O W A RD CO UNTY LIBRA RY
In 2004, th e m ade ne w s w h e n th e y s w itch e d 300 of th e ir public com pute rs from W indow s to an in-h ous e
Linux s ol ution. Re ce ntl
y, th e y upgrade d th e com pute rs to a ve rs ion of dis tribute d by Groovix. W e talk to , H e ad of
IT for th e l
ibrary.

W e got inte re s te d in Linux be caus e de s igne d and m anage d by M ik e

Th e y w e re running W indow s NT. A
form e r IT pe rs on h ad s h ut dow n a
gre at de alof th e functions ,
acce s s , e tc.
tw o of our IT guys (form e r Unix Rick s e ck e r and Luis Sal
azar.
adm inis trators ) w e re big fans . W h at
we l ik e d about it w as th e e as e of LuM ix bas ical l
y jus t h ad a
m anage m e nt from a re m ote l ocation brow s e r, M ozil
la, s trippe d to
(w e h ave 6 branch e s and, at th at bare e s s e ntial
s . W e put it on al
l
point, tw o IT guys m anaging th e but th re e m ach ine s at e ach
m ach ine s ) and th e abil ity to s trip off branch , l e aving NT on th os e w ith
functions , appl ications , and s e rvice s M S O ffice 9 7.
th at w e did not w ant.
LuM ix ran l ik e a top for ne arl y2
Th e financialas pe ct w as al so ye ars , but cus tom e rs w ante d
attractive , but it w as actual ly NO T m ore . Th e y w ante d w ord
th e firs t th ing w e fe l
lin l
ove w ith . I proce s s ing, th e y w ante d acce s s
s e e it as an adde d bonus and a to USB fl as h drive s (w e 'd s h ut
w onde rfuls e rvice to our com m unity th at dow n in LuM ix and it w as
th at I can offe r a s tre am line d not avail abl e on our NT ve rs ion)
de s k top AND s ave m one y! s o w e s tarte d th ink ing "w h at
ne xt?"

O ne option w as , of cours e , to
Th e firs t s w itch w as from th e NT re build and upgrade LuM ix. M ik e
e nvironm e nt I de s cribe d above to be gan w ork on LuM ix 3.0 (as w e
LuM ix, [a Linux dis tribution] w e re te ntative l
y cal
ling it).
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At th e s am e tim e , w e re s e arch e d
th e ve ndor w orl d, and w e found
tw o inte re s ting options : a
Canadian firm cal le d Us e rful, and
a te ch nol ogy cal l
e d Groovix, buil
by O pe n Se ns e Sol utions .
W e ch os e Groovix. H ard to
q uantify w h y - it jus t fe l
t m ore
ope n and w e l ik e d
ve ry m uch th e
s upport s taff.
W e e val uate d Ubuntu for tw o
m onth s . To be h one s t, I w as s old
te n m inute s in, but I k ne w I h ad to
give it m ore tim e and us e . I am
trul y am aze d at th e us abil ity of
Ubuntu - I th ink it is dow n-righ t
el e gant.
It cos t us around $20,000 to
upgrade th e m e m ory on th e 300
PACs (w e w e nt from 128 to 512), and
w e s pe nt $25 on th e s oftw are (ye s ,
25 dol lars ).
t W e pay for s upport from O pe n Se ns e
Sol utions - a fl at, ye arl y rate th at is
about 1/10th of w h at w e pay for
oth e r e nte rpris e -w ide s oftw are .
H ad w e re m aine d a
W indow s s h op and
ch os e n XP ins te ad, w e
probabl y w ould h ave
re place d th e h ardw are
e ntire l
y, anticipating
th e m ove to Vis ta. At
around $800 for e ach
of 300 m ach ine s , th at
w oul
d h ave cos t $240,000.
Som e of th e m one y w e s ave d s o far
h as gone to h ardw are - w e bough t
love l
y 19 "flat s cre e ns for e ve ry
s ingl
e m ach ine .
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Ve ry s afe to s ay. W e 'l
lcontinue
to us e th e funds for s e rvice -
com pute r training, book s ,
m ovie s , program s , and h ardw are
upgrade s .
O ur re q ue s ts for h e l
p /h e l
p de s k
tick e ts h ave droppe d by 40%
s ince th e W indow s NT days .
M os t cus tom e rs s it at th e
m ach ine and w ork aw ay,
re q uiring no h e l p. Cus tom e rs
w h o are l e s s com fortabl e on a
com pute r h ave q ue s tions , but
th e y are not Linux-bas e d.
Ins te ad "h ow do I bol d te xt?"or
"h ow do I add a page bre ak ?"
Th e k ind w e 'd ge t w ith any
appl ication.
M os t h e l
p de s k tick e ts now are
h ardw are probl e m s , a h ard drive
dying or a m ach ine be ing
unpl ugge d (one of th e m os t
com m on one s , actual l
y).
Al
lin al
l, th e y are fine .
W e h ave a fe w s taff w h o are
re luctant to m ove to O pe nO ffice .
Th e y m aintain th at be caus e it is
fre e , it is not as good. I re ally
don't agre e w ith th at opinion. W e Th e s ol e pie ce of
are m oving al ls taff to Ubuntu s oftw are w e can't us e
de s k tops th is fal land w inte r s o, h e re is th e CLIENT for Library patrons
s oon, th e y w illbe us ing our inte grate d l ibrary can and s h oul d
O pe nO ffice . I do h ope th os e w h o s ys te m . It is a s h am e , re q ue s t an
are uncom fortabl e com e around. I be caus e th is ve ndor's accounting of
w ork h ard to do one -on-one pl an, pre s e nte d to us w h at s oftw are
training and to be a ch e e rl e ade r th re e ye ars ago, w as to cos ts , e s pe cially
for th e m . be e ntire l y w e b-bas e d by now . w ith Vis ta on th e h orizon.

Th at ve ndor ch ange d cours e , and Patrons s h ould as k , 'w h y m ove

Th e onl y probl e m is th at a fe w
w e bs ite s , for e xam pl e s om e
col le ge grade s ite s , re q uire
Inte rne t Expl ore r and w on't w ork
h e re . And w e don't apol ogize for
th at, w e e ncourage our cus tom e rs
to e xpre s s th e ir frus tration.
W e h ad one m ach ine th at k e pt
"turning off for no re as on"- of
cours e m any as s um e d it w as th e
"th ird rate "ope n s ource s oftw are .
Turne d out th e us e r w as a leg
s w inge r - s h e w as bum ping th e
pow e r s w itch !
w h ile I coul
d h ave ch os e n to ch ange
cours e w ith th e m and abandon our
vis ion of Linux s ys te m w ide , I w il
l
not. I can't le t any ve ndor dictate
h ow I s pe nd tax paye r m one y.
I th ink th e bigge s t barrie r facing
librarie s in doing w h at w e h ave done
is fe ar of th e unk now n. W e ran into
th is , of cours e . W h e n pe opl
e s tarte d
USING th e s oftw are th e y w oul d ofte n
com e into m y office s h e e pis h ly and
s ay, "um , th is is not a big de al ,"and I
w oul d s m il
e and s ay, yup!
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to Vis ta?W h at doe s it give m e
as a cus tom e r?'
O ne Vis ta us e r tol
d m e th e 3D
functional ity w as 'cool'. I s aid,
'w h at doe s th at do to ge t m y
cus tom e rs inform ation about m y
col le ction?"Th e re w as no ans w e r.
It w as m y pl e as ure ! I am proud of w h at
w e are doing and I w oul dlove to h e l
p
oth e r groups us e Ubuntu. I w oul d al so
lik e to h e ar about oth e r proje cts or
appl ications th at your re ade rs th ink
w oul d be nice additions to our
de pl oym e nt!
Am y can be contacte d at
am yde groff@ h cl
ibrary.org
 M Y STO RY FRO M W IND O W S
W ritte n by D e e pank Gupta
TO UBUNTU
I am not th e k ind of pe rs on w h o fe e l s a s e ns e of pride in M icros oft bas h ing. I re s pe ct M icros oft as th e y put in a lot of e ffort in orde r to
m ak e a s table ope rating s ys te m w h ich th e y update re gul arl y w ith s e rvice pack s and fixe s . For th is re as on I us e d w indow s for about
th re e or four ye ars . But th e n I h e ard from a frie nd, th at th e re is an O S nam e d Ubuntu th at is s h ippe d fre e of cos t w ith no pos talch arge s .
So, I de cide d to give it a try. W h e n I s tarte d us ing Ubuntu, I l e arne d ove r tim e th at Ubuntu is a far be tte r ope rating s ys te m .

I
w as a bit appre h e ns ive be fore s pite of h aving a l
ot of m e dia pl
aye rs . l
e arn in ye ar of W indow s us e !
ins talling Ubuntu as I h ad
h e ard a l ot of w orris om e Th e re w e re tw o probl e m s to be I se l
dom us e d th e com m and
s torie s about Linux in ge ne raland ove rcom e . Firs t, th e probl e m of line in W indow s and m y
h ow it re q uire s s pe cialcom pute r acce s s ing m y m any ye ars of data in e xpe rie nce h as s h ow n th at
k now l e dge to ins tal lit. But w h e n I m y W indow s partitions and s e cond, W indow s us e rs h ave a fe ar of
put in Ubuntu Live CD , m y fe ars dow nl oading th e ne ce s s ary pack age s th e te rm inal . In a W indow s
w e re dis pe l le d. To m y am aze m e nt for m ak ing proprie tary form ats w ork . e nvironm e nt, th e com m and l ine
I found th at it can run from a Live I googl e d m y probl e m s and found a is us e d m ainl y w h e n you h ave to
CD w ith out ins tal lation, al low ing w h ol e ne w re s ource – fix th ings l ik e a virus , for
m e to pre vie w al lth e fe ature s of Ubuntuforum s .org. Th is forum h ad e xam pl e , but in Ubuntu, th e
th e ope rating s ys te m . Th e n I m any contributors and l ots and l ots com m and l ine is a w ay of l ife ! I
w ork e d up th e courage to of pe opl e re ady to h e l p out. I s till h ave com e to l ove th e com m and
partition m y h ard dis k and dual re m e m be r th at m y firs t q ue s tion on line .
boot w ith W indow s (I s til lw ante d th e forum w as ans w e re d w ith in 10
to cl ing onto W indow s ). Al th ough m inute s ! Al s o, th e re is a l ot of Now , you m igh t be w onde ring
th e ins tal lation w as e as y, th e docum e ntation re garding th e fre e w h y I de cide d th at Ubuntu is a
gam e s w e re fun to pl ay and al l s oftw are and tips to do w ork in be tte r ope rating s ys te m for m e
m y h ardw are w as de te cte d Ubuntu. By fol low ing pos ts and w h e n I h ad to s pe nd s o m uch
prope rl y, I h ad a s e tback w h e n I articl e s , I s oon h ad m y ow n tim e s truggl ing to ins tall
found out th at I coul d ne ith e r cus tom ize d s ys te m . I l e arne d m ore s oftw are . W e ll
, in th e pas t ye ar
lis te n to m y h uge col le ction of about ope rating s ys te m s in th at w ith Ubuntu I h ave ne ve r once
M P3s nor w atch any m ovie s in s h ort tim e th an I h ad be e n abl e to be e n s truck by a virus . I did not

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e ve n h ave to buy a Norton
s ubs cription for th at. I h ave
ne ith e r ne e de d to de fragm e nt m y
h ard dis k (th ank s to th e e xt3
file s ys te m ), nor e ncounte re d th e
"Bl ue Scre e n of D e ath ."Th e re
w e re tim e s w h e n m y com pute r
w oul d h ang, th ough I've al w ays
be e n abl e to us e a "force q uit"
and h ave ne ve r h ad to s e nd an
e rror re port! Al lof th is and I
h ave n't e ve n m e ntione d th at I got
th e office s uite , a l arge num be r of
gam e s , an e xce l le nt m e dia playe r
(now th at I h ave dow nl oade d th e
code cs and can e ve n run .FLVand
H i, I'm M atth e w Ros s i and I w il lbe your
h os t for th e . I am
als o th e h os t of
. H e re I w il
lans w e r a fe w
q ue s tions about th e ne w podcas t. If you
h ave any q ue s tions , I can be contacte d
at podcas t@ ful lcircl
e m agazine .org.
Th e Ful lCircle Podcas t w ill
,lik e th e
m agazine , be about al lflavors of
Ubuntu. Th e s h ow is de s igne d to
com pl e m e nt th e m agazine ye t com e up
.RM VB fil e s in M playe r, s om e th ing
th at W indow s M e dia Pl aye r coul d W indow s .
ne ve r do) and a gre at ins tant
m e s s e nge r th rough w h ich I can l og
into any ins tant m e s s aging account.
Linux is al s o a gre at pl atform to
le arn C program m ing. You do not
h ave to ins tal lgigs of Vis ualStudio,
but can h ave a gcc com pil e r w h ich
can do e ve ryth ing you w ant and is
onl y 5-6 M Bs at th e m ax. W h at's
m ore , Anjuta h as al m os t al lth e
functional ity of any oth e r popul ar
ID E. I us e d it to do m y Introduction to
Program m ing as s ignm e nts at s ch ool
w h il
e oth e r cl as s m ate s w e re bus y
w ith our ow n conte nt.
No. W h at is cove re d in th e podcas t is at m y
dis cre tion.
I w il
lbe th e h os t, and w e w il
lh ave a pane l
, W e can't w ait to bring you Epis ode 1.
and gue s ts .
FullCircl e Podcas t w illcom e out th e firs t
and th ird w e e k of e ach m onth . Th is is
s ubje ct to ch ange , as are th e s ch e dul e s of
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arranging s oftw are to run on
So, al th ough I ge t fre e acce s s
to W indow s and s om e oth e r
M icros oft proprie tary s oftw are
from m y unive rs ity's s oftw are
dis tribution program , I s til lfind
m ys e l f us ing Ubuntu m ore and
m ore as I find it to be a m ore
s tabl e , m ode s t and be tte r ove rall
ope rating s ys te m . It m ay not be
as fl as h y in its claim s as
W indow s and you do re q uire a
ce rtain w ork ing k now l e dge of
com pute rs , but once you s tart
us ing it, you w il llove it.
th e h os ts .
Th at h as n't be e n de cide d ye t, but
s ubs cribe to th e podcas t RSS fe e d at:
h ttp://url.full
circl e m agazine .org/c79 6aa
and you w il lfind out as s oon w e de cide .
But for now , you can ch e ck out
at
h ttp://pe nguince ntral
.co.nr/
 UBUNTU YO UTH Th e future of O pe n Source 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 ople or s im pl
y
W ritte n by Andre w from w w w .Te e ns O nLinux.org th os e w h o are young at h e art.

S
o you've ins tal le d th e late s t be e n le arning Ruby for th e pas t
ve rs ion of Ubuntu, you've fe w m onth s and I'm re al ly
got your w ick e d aw e s om e e njoying it. For s om e tutorial s on
Com piz Fus ion e ffe cts s e t up — By de faul t, Ubuntu com e s w ith program m ing, s e e
now w h at? GNO M E, KD E, or XFCE. W h y not try h ttp://pine .fm /Le arnToProgram /
s om e th ing diffe re nt?Ice W M or or w w w .pyth on.org. O r if you're a
I as k e d th e s am e q ue s tion Fl uxbox are tw o al te rnative s . Th e y're book pe rs on l ik e m e , tak e a l
ook
about a ye ar ago w h e n I s tarte d both fas t, fre e and in th e Ubuntu at:
w ith Kubuntu 6.06. So h e re are a re pos itorie s . Jus t go into Synaptic (or h ttp://url
.ful
lcircl
e m agazine .org/9 d47a0
fe w th ings I cam e up w ith to k e e p Ade pt, if you're a Kubuntu us e r l ik e
fr_

or:
you from ge tting bore d. m e ) and s e arch for “ w indow h ttp://url
.ful
lcircl
e m agazine .org/b2a379
m anage rs ” . .

Trus t m e , you can l e arn a l ot

th is w ay. H e re 's w h at you do: Try us ing th e com m and l ine for a Th e nice th ing about th e
ope n your fil e m anage r and pre s s day. Us e it for e ve ryth ing! Try El ink s Ubuntu com m unity is th at
th e “ up one dire ctory” button or w 3m . Try s om e CLI gam e s . H e ck , th e y're al w ays ope n to your
tw ice . Th is s h ould tak e you to th e e ve n try m anaging your m us ic ide as . Se nd in a fe ature re q ue s t
top l e ve lof your ins tal l
ation. You'll col le ction! It's fas te r th an a w indow to your favorite proje ct. If you
s e e a bunch of dire ctorie s l ik e m anage r and infinite l y m ore fle xible. can code , try m ak ing s om e of
/us r, /proc, and /h om e . Look Se e : th os e fe ature s pos s ibl
e . You
th rough th e m and find out w h at h ttp://url
.ful
lcircl
e m agazine .org/745c00 coul d e ve n try w riting for
th e y're for. I w oul d h igh ly !
re com m e nd Linux Re al ity podcas t
e pis ode 11 for th is : Now h ave fun, and re m e m be r
Try l
e arning a program m ing
h ttp://url
.ful
lcircl
e m agazine .org/111c30 th at you h ave no re as on to be
l
anguage l ik e Ruby or Pyth on. I h ave
bore d!

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 SO UND BITES
W ritte n by M atth e w Ros s i
H e re are s om e th ings you m ay h e ar on our s oon to be re le as e d
podcas t. If you h ave an ide a or w ant to tak e part th e n e m ailour
h os t, M atth e w Ros s i, at podcas t@ ful
lcircl
e m agazine .org

I
'm M atth e w Ros s i, h os t of th e
, and h e re
are m y pick s for th e big s torie s
in th e Ubuntu w orl d. Th is m onth , I
w illbe rounding up th e e ve nts at
th e Ubuntu D e ve l ope r Sum m it.
Th e ful larticle s can be found at
h ttp://fridge .ubuntu.com /taxonom y
/te rm /13. Som e of th e h igh l igh ts
for m e in w rap up
w e re :
*Autom atix and Ubuntu
col laboration. H ol d on, h ow can
you col laborate w ith Autom atix
w h ich is k now n to be a bad boy in
th e Ubuntu w orl d?
*Ch ange s to th e l ogout dial og. I
don't h ave any probl e m s w ith th e
curre nt dialog m ys e lf. It's jus t l
ik e
h ow pe opl e w h ine d about th e
de fault w allpape r in Guts y.
*D e fining a road m ap for
s upporting LocalCom m unity
(LoCo) te am s . Now th at's a good
ide a!
*Support for th e Cl as s m ate PC
pl
atform . Th at's an inte re s ting one .
*Cre ating an Ubuntu M obil e *Th e 2.6.24 Ke rne l
com m unity. W e l l, h aving Ubuntu on
th e go is a gre at th ing. And w h o's
going to craw laround on th e forum s
and h e lp th os e w h o are in ne e d?
Gre at ide a.
*Eas y Fil e Sh aring! Th is is
de s pe rate l y ne e de d. As far as I k now
it is n't th e e as ie s t th ing to s e t up
s h aring be tw e e n tw o com pute rs
w h e re one of th e com pute rs is an
Ubuntu com pute r.
*Th e Scre e ncas ts on CD bl ue print.
Now th is is s om e th ing th at I k now of,
and I w il lal w ays e ndors e th e ide a.
Th e ide a is e xpl aine d w e llh e re
h ttps ://w ik i.ubuntu.com /Scre e ncas ts In
UbuntuSpe c. It's an e xce l le nt ide a.
*A W indow s ins tal le r. It's an
inte re s ting conce pt, but I tak e th e
traditional is t vie w on it, s aying w h y
w oul d you w ant to ins tal lLinux ins ide
W indow s if you h ave h ad e nough
of it?Good l uck to th e m anyw ay.
. Th e Ke rne l
is th e m ak e or bre ak of any
Linux dis tribution, and I w onde r
if Linus agre e s w ith m e ... It w ill
be inte re s ting to s e e h ow big th e
k e rne lw illge t. Th e re le as e
candidate w e igh e d in at 11
m e gabyte s . H ope ful l
y it can
s h e d s om e w e igh t in tim e .
*Buil ding a com m unity around
"e nte rpris e "Ubuntu - Th at is
h el pful. Th e ne e d of an
Ente rpris e Ubuntu com m unity
s h ow s h ow popul ar Ubuntu is
be com ing in th e bus ine s s w orl d.
W e 'lljus t h ave to w ait and s e e .
And th at is m y w rap up of UD S Bos ton,
al be it s tanding from th e s ide l
ine s .
Th e re is anoth e r round up of th e day
by day e ve nts w h ich you can find in
th e
h ttps ://w ik i.ubuntu.com /UbuntuW e e k l
y
Ne w s le tte r/Is s ue 64

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 LETTERS
T
h e re are l
oads of w ays in
w h ich you can contribute to
Ubuntu (s e e FCM # 6 l
e tte r),
program m ing is onl y one of th os e
w ays .
For ins tance , if your ow n
language is s om e th ing oth e r th an
Englis h , th e n you can h e l
p al ong th e line s w h e re I h ad to cut, th e n I
trans l
ate s oftw are and
docum e ntation to your ow n
language .
Anoth e r w ay to contribute to
Ubuntu is by s im pl y going into th e
forum s or on IRC and h e l p pe opl
e be tte r e xpe rie nce for e ve ryone . You
s ol
ve any probl e m th e y are
h aving.
If you k now h ow to do
s om e th ing in Ubuntu, th e n you
coul d w rite a W ik i article
(h ttps ://w ik i.ubuntu.com /) or if you
h ave a gre at ide a on h ow Ubuntu
can be im prove d, you coul d pol lit is s ue # 6. W indow m anage r
s ubm it it to th e ide a poolat
h ttps ://w ik i.ubuntu.com /Ide aPool
Eve ry m onth w e l
s ubm it a l
ik e to publ
e tte r for publ
is h s om e of th e e m ail
ication, com pl
s w e re ce ive . If you w oul
im e nt or com pl aint, pl e as e e m ailit to:
dl ik e to
le tte rs @ ful l
circl e m agazine .org. PLEASE NOTE: s om e l e tte rs m ay be e dite d for s pace re as ons .
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 !
I m ade th is pum pk in by
printing out th e Ubuntu do s om e th ing diffe re nt from th e
logo and taping it to th e s tandard "s cary"pum pk in. Not a l ot of
pum pk in. I us e d one of pe opl e s aw th e pum pk in, but
th os e pok e rs th at com e in s om e one s aid th at th e onl y pe rs on
pum pk in carving k its to th at w oul d th ink it
w as s cary w oul d be
pok e h ol e s in th e pum pk in
Bil lGate s .
jus t cut along th e l ine s . I de cide d to m ak e ­
th e Ubuntu pum pk in, be caus e I w ante d to w w w .linuxl oop.com
Th os e are jus t a fe w of th e w ays in Gnom e , KD E and XFCE are
w h ich you can h e l p m ak e Ubuntu a de s k top e nvironm e nts , not
w indow m anage rs , al th ough
can find m ore w ays at th e y h ave buil t-in w indow s
h ttp://w w w .ubuntu.com /com m unity/parti m anage rs (in orde r: M e tacity,
cipate Kw in, xfw m ), w e can't m ak e
confus ion w ith th e s e tw o te rm s .
Th e s e one s are ok ay: Com piz
and Be rylare re al ly w indow s
I
m anage rs as th e y onl y re pl ace
th ink th e re w as a m is tak e in th e m e tacity, k w in or xfw m . By th e
w ay, Com piz fus ion is not th e
and de s k top e nvironm e nt are tw o
diffe re nt th ings .
w indow m anage r its e l f, it's jut
th e re place m e nt for Com piz-
e xtras , m e rging ol d com piz
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pl
ugins w ith Be rylone s .
A w indow m anage r can be us e d
in al loth e r de s k top e nvironm e nts
(at l e as t in th e ory), but th e be s t
th ing is to k e e p th e de s k top
e nvironm e nt de faul t one . W ith th e
introduction of com pos iting
w indow m anage rs (th e one s th at
m ak e al lth os e coole ffe cts , jus t to
re m e m be r th e w indow m anage r is
th e one th at do th os e e ffe cts to
th e w indow s not th e de s k top
e nvironm e nt) it be cam e com m on
to re pl ace th e de faul t one w ith
anoth e r (cool ) one l ik e pe ople do
w h e n putting Com piz (Fus ion) in
Gnom e . Th e y are actual l
y
re placing M e tacity w ith Com piz
(ye t putting e xtra pl ugins if th e y
are ins tal l
ing com piz fus ion al s o)
Ed:
I I
th ink I've m e t th e s am e probl em s it pos s ibl
e to h ave an article
as Anth ony Ste l lato (Le tte rs page e xpl aining a h ow to cre ate a
m e dia ce nte r w ith th e
of FCM # 6), m aybe m ine is e ve n
pack age s provide d on th e
w ors e !
re pos itory?
I h ave ins tal le d tote m -xine and
m pl aye r w ith w 32code cs in m y Guts y
Gibbon, but I can not ope n m y H D
vide os (or m ovie s ) w ith th e m . Each Ed:
tim e I try to us e m pl aye r or tote m -
xine to ope n m y 720p or 1080p
m ovie s , none of th e m w ork e d, it q uit
autom atical ly not l ong afte r I doubl e
click e d th e H D m ovie fil e.
So, ple as e h e l
p m e and oth e r
frie nds w ith th e s am e probl
em!
I
By th e w ay, I am a l oyalre ade r of th ink
, I've re ad al l is a gre at re s ource . I h ave a
th e is s ue s , th e y are gre at! I lik e th e s ugge s tion th ough : I th ink
ve ry m uch , w h ich is ve ry th e re s h ould be s om e s m al l
us e ful . W h ile on th e s ubje ct, coul d bl urb s om e w h e re ne ar th e front,
you l is t s om e dow nl oading tool s for le tting pe opl e w h o k now
us in th e ne xt is s ue pl e as e ?Th ank noth ing, noth ing at al l, about
you. w h at Ubuntu is and w h e re th e y
can l e arn m ore .
Ed:
Ed:
.
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 Q& A If you h ave an Ubuntu re l
at q ue s tions @ ful
lcircl
ate d q ue s tion w h ich ne e ds ans w e ring, e m ailit to us h e re
e m agazine .org, and w e 'l lpas s th e m to Robe rt for ans w e ring in
W ritte n by Robe rt Cl
ips h am
a future is s ue . Pl
e as e incl ude as m uch inform ation as you can about your probl em.

Q Since I upgrade d to th e Guts y

Gibbon I h ave onl y be e n abl
to acce s s w e bs ite s by us ing
th e ir IP addre s s e s , and anyth ing
e
Q Can Ubuntu us e m ore th an
4GB of RAM ?
Q I w ouldl ik e to l
e arn s om e
bas ic com m ands in Linux.
Are th e re any good s ite s

A
for th is ?
el s e Inte rne t re l
ate d w on't w ork - If you w ant to us e m ore th an

A
w h y is th is ? 4GB of RAM in Ubuntu you Th e Ubuntu h e l p s ite h as a
ne e d to dow nl oad th e 64 Bit

A
good guide at
Th e re are s e ve rals im pl e ve rs ion. W h e n on th e dow nl oad page h ttps ://h e l
p.ubuntu.com /co
w ays to s ol ve th is . Th e you ne e d to ch oos e th e '64bit AM D m m unity/Us ingTh e Te rm inal ,
e as ie s t one is jus t to dis abl e and Inte lcom pute rs ' option. w h ich w il ls h ow al lth e bas ic
ipv6, w h ich can be done by doing com m ands for us ing a te rm inal
'gk s udo ge dit h ttp://ubuntuforum s .org/s h ow th re ad.ph p?t=
605649 in Ubuntu. Th e re is al s o a m ore
/e tc/m odprobe .d/bl ack l is t' in a ge ne ralguide at
te rm inal(k de s u k ate h ttp://l inuxcom m and.org/w h ich

Q
/e tc/m odprobe .d/bl ack l is t in KD E), appl ie s to al ldis tributions .
I'm running th e s e rve r e dition
th e n adding 'bl ack lis t ipv6' to th e
of Ubuntu, but ne e d a GUI.
e nd of th e fil e . Re s tart your PC and h ttp://ubuntuforum s .org/s h ow th re ad.ph
H ow can I ins tal
lone ? p?t=605836
ipv6 w il lbe dis abl e d. Look at th e

A
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