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T H E U B U N T U C O M M U N IT Y M A G A Z IN E

FEISTY FEATURES
U BU NTU 7 .0 4 - W H AT' S H O T

FE ISTY FAW N IS H E R E !
RE A D UP O N TH E H O T NE W
FE ATU RE S AVA ILA BLE IN
U BU NTU 7 .0 4

H ISTO RY :
FRO M W A RTY
TO FE ISTY FAW N
TH E H ISTO RY O F U BU NTU

SPECIA LFEISTY FAW N PREVIEW ED ITIO N!

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Introduction p.03

W arty W arth og p.04

H oary H e dge h og p.05
Bre e zy Badge r p.06
D appe r D rak e p.07
Edgy Eft p.08
Fe isty Faw n p.09
W indow s M igration Tool
Ne tw ork M anage r
Eas y Ins tal lation ofM ultim e dia Code cs
Q uick D iagnos tic Tool s
Ne w Gam e s
H el p Ce nte r
D e s k top Effe cts
Eas ie r Ins tall
ation ofBinary D rive rs
Xorg 7.2
Support for m ore h ardw are , incl uding Inte lM acs

H ow to ge t Ubuntu p.14
H ow to contribute to ful
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Al lte xt and im ag e s containe d in th is m ag az ine are re l e as e d unde r th e Cre ative Com m ons A ttrib ution-
Sh are A l ik e 3.0 Unporte d l ice ns e .Th is m e ans you can adapt, copy, dis trib ute and trans m it th e articl es
b ut onl y unde r th e fol low ing conditions : You m us t attrib ute th e w ork to th e orig inalauth or in s om e
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dis trib ute th e re s ul ting w ork unde r th e s am e , s im il
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INTRO D UCTIO N
I t's h ard to b e l ie ve th at Ub untu is now th re e ye ars ol
th roug h s e ve ralve rs ions al
Canonical Lim ite d, and orig inal
re ady. Firs t re l
l
y cal l
d and h as b e e n
e as e d in O ctob e r 2004 b y
e d no- nam e - ye t.com (w h ich s til l
w ork s incide ntal l
y), Ub untu is a fork of th e de cade - ol d D e b ian
G NU/Linux. Th e nam e , Ub untu, com e s from th e Z ul u and X h os a conce pt
of ub untu w h ich m e ans 'I am w h at I am b e caus e of w h o w e al lare ,'
w h ich b e com e s 'Linux for H um an Be ing s ' – Ub untu's s l og an. For a
de s k top e nvironm e nt, Ub untu us e d GNO M E and, l ik e GNO M E, Ub untu
prom is e d ne w ve rs ions e ve ry s ix m onth s - s om e th ing no oth e r Linux
dis trib ution w oul d prom is e , e ve n today.

Each re le as e of th e Ub untu core w as g ive n a code nam e . W arty W arth og

b e ing th e firs t, w ith e ach s ubs e q ue nt re l
e as e b e ing give n a s om e w h at
h um orous anim alcode nam e .

Th ank s to : l inuxge e k e ry for th e w e bs ite and .org nam e , m yk al Re b orn,

ook oob oontoo and m rm onday for th e ful lcircle l ogo. UbuntuForum s.org for
le tting us s pam th e ir forum w h il e organis ing al lth is .Th e Ub untu M ark e ting Te am
for h e lping us prom ote and dis trib ute th is m agaz ine .A nd ab ove al l
;th e Ub untu
com m unity - as a w h ol e - for b e ing one b ig, h e l
pful , h appy, fam il
y.

Th is m agaz ine w as cre ate d us ing :

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 W A RTY W A RTH O G
O ctob e r 2004

4.10 - W arty W arth og

W arty W arth og w as th e firs t re le as e of Ub untu, s o cal le d s ince it w oul

d h ave to
b e re le as e d ‘w arts and al l’. W h y s tart w ith a ve rs ion four? Th e four
s ym b olis e s th e ye ar in w h ich it w as re l e as e d; 2004, O ctob e r 2004 to b e
e xact. Th e de s k top w as rath e r dark in col our, th e orang e and b row n w as to
s ym b olis e th e South A frican trib e s . O ne re s pe ct w ith w h ich Ub untu l e ad from
th e s tart w as w ith th e Live CD . Th is Live CD w oul d al low pote ntialus e rs to
try Ub untu w ith out ins tal ling it, s om e th ing no oth e r Linux dis trib ution w as
offe ring de s k top us e rs .
Linux K e rne l- 2.6.7
xfre e 86 - 4.3.0.1
Gnom e - 2.8

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H O A RY H ED G EH O G
A pril2005

5.04 - H oary H e dg e h og

Six m onth s l ate r, as prom is e d, cam e th e H oary H e dg e h og . Th e de s k top

col ours w e re ch ang e d s l ig h tl
y b ut it w as s til l q uite dark b y today's
s tandards . Th e Live CD w as im prove d and e xte nde d to incl ude Live CD s for
64- b it and Pow e r PC. By A pril2005, Ub untu h ad m ature d and g ive n b irth to
a ne w dis trib ution cal l
e d K ub untu.Th is w as b uil t upon th e Ub untu foundation
b ut ins te ad of us ing GNO M E for its de s k top e nvironm e nt, K ub untu us e d K D E.
Linux K e rne l- 2.6.10
X .O rg - 6.8.2
Gnom e - 2.10
K D E - 3.4

Ub untu 5.04 (ab ove )

K ub untu 5.04 (rig h t)

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 BREEZ Y BA D G ER
O ct 2005

5.10 - Bre e zy Badge r

Ub untu w as , b y now , g aining w ide acce ptance w ith in th e Linux com m unity.
W ith Bre e z y cam e th e b irth of Edub untu, a th ird Linux dis trib ution aim e d
s q uare l y at e ducationale s tab l is h m e nts . Th e re al
s o cam e s e rve r s upport for
Ub untu. Not to b e outdone , th e K ub untu dis trib ution re pl ace d K ynaptic (a
pack ag e m anag e r) w ith A de pt and b e cam e th e firs t to us e de vtag s for
e as ie r s e arch ing w ith in A de pt for appl ications .K D E Blue tooth w as al s o adde d.
Linux - 2.6.12
X .O rg - 6.8.2
Gnom e - 2.12.1
K D E - 3.5.2

Edub untu 5.10 (b e l

ow )

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D A PPER D RA K E
June 2006

6.06 - D appe r D rak e

D appe r b e cam e th e firs t re l

e as e to s l
ip from th e h al f- ye arly tim e fram e .A pril
cam e and w e nt w ith no re l e as e due to M ark Sh uttl e w orth (Ub untu founde r)
g iving additionalde ve l opm e nt tim e . Th is w as al s o th e firs t re l e as e to add
LTS – L ong Te rm Support – to Ub untu. Th e de s k top re l e as e s w e re g ive n
th re e ye ars s upport and th e s e rve r e ditions five ye ars . A noth e r firs t; th e Live
CD doub l e d up as th e ins talle r CD .W h il
e in th e Live CD (now cal le d D e s k top CD )
us e rs coul d click on th e ins talle r icon and e as ily ins tal lUb untu. Not onl y coul d
us e rs ins tallUb untu to th e ir h ard drive s , b ut w ith D appe r th e y coul d also
ins tal lUb untu to a USB de vice . O th e r im prove m e nts to th e core incl ude d a
fas te r s tartup tim e , a g raph icals h utdow n, a ne w upg rade tooland b e tte r
vide o pl ayb ack . Ne tw ork ing h ad al w ays b e e n trick y to s e t up b ut th e ne w
Ne tw ork M anag e r m ade th ing s s om e w h at e as ie r. Ins tal le d now b y de faul t
w as O pe nO ffice 2.0.2. A s if al lth at w as n’t e noug h , th e fam il y g re w once
ag ain. Rath e r th an us e GNO M E or K D E, X ub untu us e d th e X fce de s k top
e nvironm e nt. Lig h t on re s ource s , X ub untu w as pe rfe ctl y s uite d to ol de r
de s k top or laptop m ach ine s .
Linux 2.6.15
X .O rg 7.0
Gnom e 2.14
K D E 3.5.4
Xfce 4.3.9 0.1

K ub untu 6.06 (ab ove l

e ft)

Ub untu 6.06 (ab ove )

Xub untu 6.06 (l

e ft)

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 ED GY EFT
O ct 2006

6.10 - Edgy Eft

W ith a fas te r s tartup and s h ut dow n and inte g ration of Tom Boy and F- Spot,
Ub untu Edg y b e cam e a s m al l s te pping s tone b e tw e e n D appe r and th e
upcom ing Fe is ty Faw n 7.04. A rtw ork w ith in Ub untu b e cam e l ig h te r and m ore
pl e as ant on th e e ye . K ub untu adde d ph oto m anag e m e nt s oftw are , dig iK am ;
re de s ig ne d th e ir Sys te m Se tting s pane l ; and im prove d th e ir laptop b uttons
and pow e r m anag e m e nt s upport.
Linux 2.6.17
X .O rg 7.1
Gnom e 2.16
K D E 3.5.5
Xfce 4.3.9 9 RC1

Ub untu 6.10 (ab ove l e ft), K ub untu 6.10

(ab ove ), X ub untu 6.10 (le ft)

Ub untu is – to th is day - funde d b y M ark Sh uttl e w orth th roug h Canonical

Lim ite d. In 2005 Canonicalannounce d th e cre ation of th e Ub untu Foundation.
Th e US$10 m il l
ion foundation is to e ns ure th e continuation of Ub untu s h ould
Canonicale nd invol ve m e nt.So h e re ' s to m any m ore ye ars of Ub untu!

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FEISTY FAW N
April2007

7.04 - Fe isty Faw n

Th is l
ate s t Ub untu com e s pack e d w ith a h os t of ne w fe ature s incl uding ne w
and e as ie r w ays to ins tal lm ul tim e dia code cs and b inary drive rs , as w e l
las
ne tw ork ing im prove m e nts and, of cours e , th e g round- b re ak ing W indow s
m ig ration as s is tant and m ore .Re ad on!
Linux 2.6.20
X .O rg 7.2
Gnom e 2.18
W indow s M ig ration Tool
K D E 3.5.6
Th e ne w m ig ration toolre cog nis e s Xfce 4.4
Inte rne t Expl ore r favorite s , Fire fox
b ook m ark s , de s k top w al l
pape r,
A O L IM contacts and Yah oo IM
contacts and im ports th e m in
Ub untu. Th is offe rs e as ie r and
fas te r m ig ration for ne w us e rs of Ne tw ork ing Im prove m e nts
Ub untu and individual s w anting to
run a dual - b oot s e tup. In addition to Eas ie r conne ction to w ire l
e s s ne tw ork s
s ing le accounts , you can m ig rate
Ne w in 7.04 is Ne tw ork M anag e r, a
s e ve ralus e rs ' s e tting s into Ub untu.
s im pl e w ay to find and conne ct to
w ire le s s and w ire d ne tw ork s . W ith a
s ing le cl ick , vie w al l th e avail ab le
w ire le s s ne tw ork s and th e ir s ignal
s tre ng th s . For th os e on a s e cure d
ne tw ork , W PA s upport is b uil t in rig h t
out of th e b ox.

Z e roconf for ins tant ne tw ork s

For th os e tim e s w ith out a route r or

any e xis ting ne tw ork , 7.04 incl ude s
th e ab il ity to conne ct ins tantl y via
Avah i, a fre e Z e roconf
im pl e m e ntation. It allow s prog ram s to
pub l is h and dis cove r s e rvice s and
Th e ne w Ne tw ork M anage r (ab ove ) h os ts running on a l ocal ne tw ork
w ith out config uration.

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 Easy install
ation of
m ul
tim e dia code cs

Pl aying m p3s or m e dia fil es

jus t g ot a l ot e as ie r. If th e
re q uire d pie ce s are not ye t
ins talle d, 7.04 w il l g e t th e
corre ct code cs for you; no
m ore s e arch ing and no ne e d
for l ong and com pl icate d
ins tructions .

Q uick diag nostic tool

s

D is k Us ag e A nal yz e r all
ow s you to e as il
y vie w dis k us ag e
s tatis tics in a m ore intuitive m anne r.

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Ne w G am e s: Sudok u and Ch e ss

W ith a ch ang e of m aintaine rs in g nom e - g am e s , th e pl e a for ne w and

m ore e xciting g am e s w as h e ard. A fte r tw o s urve ys , one to fig ure out
w h ich g am e to re m ove and anoth e r to de te rm ine w h ich one to add,
tw o w inne rs e m e rg e d: g nom e - s udok u and g l ch e s s . Both of th e s e
g am e s h ave now b e e n adde d to g nom e - g am e s 2.17 and you can
find th e m unde r A pplications > G am e s > Ch e s s or Sudok u.

O f cours e , one g am e did g e t

axe d. Sadl y A taxx - - a g am e
s im il
ar to Re ve rs i or O th e l
lo --
didn't m ak e it.

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 H el
p Ce nte r

In orde r to m ak e H e l p m ore acce s s ib l e , Fe is ty fe ature s a b rand ne w H e l

p
Ce nte r w ith an e as ie r- to- us e inte rface th at is m ore s tyl is h .

D e sk top Effe cts

Stunning ne w de s k top e ffe cts are avail ab le as a te ch nol og y pre vie w for
us e rs w h o ch oos e to e nab l
e th e m . For th e b e ne fit of us e rs w ith olde r or
le s s pow e rfulch ips and ce rtain non- s upporte d g raph ics cards e ffe cts are
turne d offby de faul
t.

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Easie r instal
lation of b inary
drive rs

Th e Re s tricte d D rive rs
M anag e r al low s us e rs to
e as il
y ins tall and m anag e th e
b inary drive rs of h ardw are th at
m ay not h ave Fre e drive rs .
W ith th e ne w m anag e r you
can e as il y ins tal l drive rs for
your w ifi card, vide o g raph ics
card and m uch m ore .

X org 7.2

K e e ping in s te p w ith th e cutting e dg e m e ntal ity, X 11R7.2, th e th ird

re le as e of th e m odul ar X W indow s ys te m , is util iz e d in th is and future
Fe is ty re l
e as e s . X 11R7.2 com e s w ith s ig nificant s tab il ity and corre ctne s s
fixe s , including im prove d auto config uration h e uris tics , e nh ance d s upport
for G L-b as e d com pos iting m anag e rs s uch as Com piz and Be ryl , and
im prove d s upport for PCI s ys te m s w ith m ul tipl e dom ains . It al so
incorporate s th e ne w , m ore e xte ns ib l
e X A CE s e curity pol icy fram e w ork .

Support for m ore h ardw are , incl

uding Inte lM acs

A s w ith e ve ry ne w re l
e as e , 7.04 com e s w ith s upport for ne w h ardw are ,
including b e tte r s upport for l aptops and ne w e r pe riph e ral
s .A l
s o incl
ude d
is s upport for th e ne w Inte lM ac.

D ow nl
oad Fe isty

h ttp://re l
e as e s .ub untu.com /fe is ty/ (Ub untu)

h ttp://re l
e as e s .ub untu.com /k ub untu/fe is ty/ (K ub untu)

h ttp://re l
e as e s .ub untu.com /e dub untu/fe is ty/ (Edub untu)

h ttp://cdim ag e .ub untu.com /xub untu/re l

e as e s /fe is ty/ (X ub untu)

h ttp://cdim ag e .ub untu.com /ports /re l

e as e s /fe is ty/ (Pow e rPC, IA - 64, SPA RC)

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 H O W TO G ET UBUNTU
You can g e t Ub untu b y diffe re nt m e ans : orde ring th roug h Sh ipIt!, w h ich w il
ls e nd you
fre e - of- ch arg e CD s ; b uying th e m from onl ine ve ndors ; or, finall
y, dow nl oading an
im ag e fil e (*.is o) th at you h ave to b urn to a CD or D VD . Th is is w h at w e w il lb e
s h ow ing in th is h ow - to for W indow s us e rs . You w il
lne e d a w ork ing D VD /CD w rite r
and prope r s oftw are for th at purpos e – w e re com m e nd InfraRe corde r, w h ich is
fre e and ope n- s ource .

D ow nl
oading th e Im ag e Fil
e

To dow nl oad th e ISO fil e g o to th e “G e t Ub untu Pag e ”. W e w arn you th at th is fil

e
is ab out 700M b s o if you’re on a s l ow or l im ite d conne ction m ayb e you s h oul d
look for oth e r m e ans for g e tting Ub untu.

Fig 1 - Th e Ub untu dow nl

oad pag e (ab ove )

You w il lb e pre s e nte d w ith a tab le (fig ure 1, ab ove ) w h e re you’llh ave to ch oos e
w h at e dition you w ant – D e s k top or Se rve r – and al s o th e ve rs ion and
arch ite cture . For th is g uide w e ch os e Ub untu 6.10 D e s k top e dition, for a s tandard
32- b it com pute r (x86 arch ite cture ), w h ich is th e m os t com m on s e tup. Ch oos e th e
l
ocation ne are s t to you from th e drop dow n m e nu and h it “Start D ow nl oad”.

A file w ith th e e xte ns ion ISO w il

lb e
s ave d to your com pute r (righ t).

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Now th at w e dow nl oade d th e ISO fil
e , fire up your Im ag e b urning s oftw are and
ins e rt a b l
ank re cordab l e cd in your b urning drive . If th e auto- s tart pops - up, jus t
ig nore it b y h itting cance l
.

Infrare corde r in W indow s (ab ove )

Now ope n th e “actions ” m e nu and s e l e ct “Burn Im ag e ” (ab ove ). You’llh ave to

b row s e to w h e re your ISO is l
ocate d and s e l
e ct it. If prom pte d ab out b urning to
D VD m e dia ans w e r “No”.

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 Th e b urning options (ab ove ) w il lpop- up. Exce pt for th e W riting Spe e d, w h ich w e
re com m e nd th at you us e th e 1X - 4X , to m ak e s ure th at you e nd up w ith a
pe rfe ct CD , al
loth e r options can b e k e pt at th e ir de faults . Jus t pre s s “O K ” and
th e b urning proce s s w il
lb e g in.

Jus t to m ak e s ure th at your CD doe s n’t h ave any de fe cts , b oot it and run th e
“Ch e ck for de fe cts ” proce dure .

Cong ratul
ations,
you’re done !

H appy Ub unting !

Joao Santiag o

e xal
ow profil
e @ g m ail
.com

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H O W TO CO NTRIBUTE
W e are al
w ays l
ook ing for ne w articl ude in ful
e s to incl lcircl
e.

If you are com fortab l e onto th e ful

e us ing th e w ik i, you can copy and pas te your articl lcircl
e
page at th e Ub untu w ik i w h ich is at h ttp://w ik i.ub untu.com /Ub untuM ag az ine

Th e re you w il
lfind h e l
p and ins tructions on adding your articl
e to th e w ik i page s .

If you're not s o com fortab l

e w ith th e w ik i and w oul
d rath e r e m ailyour articl
e to us , pl
e as e e m ail
it to : articl
e s @ ful lcircl e m ag az ine .org
From th e re , w e w il
lpl
ace it on th e w ik i for you.

If you w oul d lik e to s ub m it ne w s, e m ailit to - ne w s @ ful l

circl e m ag az ine .org
Se nd your com m e nts or Linux e xpe rie nce s to - l e tte rs @ ful l
circl e m ag az ine .org
H ardw are /s oftw are re vie w s s h ould b e s e nt to - re vie w s @ ful lcircle m ag az ine .org
Q ue stions for future inte rvie w s s h oul
d go to - q ue s tions @ ful lcircle m ag az ine .org
Lists and de s k top/pc ph otos s h oul d b e e m ail e d to - m is c@ ful lcircle m ag az ine .org

If you h ave q ue s tions , you can vis it our w e b s ite - w w w .ful

lcircl
e m ag az ine .org

Sub m ission G uide l

ine s

Th e s ing l
e rul
e for an articl e is ; it m us t s om e h ow b e l
ink e d to Ub untu or one
of th e m any de rivative s of Ub untu (K ub untu, X ub untu, Edub untu, e tc.).

Pl
e as e fol
low th e s e rul
es :

* W rite your te xt in w h ich e ve r s oftw are you ch oos e (I w oul

d re com m e nd
O pe nO ffice ) b ut, m os t im portantl
y, - PLEA SE SPELLCH ECK IT!.

* Im ag e s s h oul
d b e JPG or PNG .If you us e JPG pl
e as e us e l
ow com pre s s ion.

* Re g arding im ag e s iz e s ; if in doub t, s e nd a ful

l
- s iz e s cre e ns h ot and w e w il
l
re duce th e s iz e during pub lication.

A rticl
e s can b e on any s ub je ct as l ong as it fol low s th e s ing l e rule
m e ntione d ab ove . If you ne e d ide as , l
ook ove r th e w ik i pag e s , th e re are
ide as th e re .

If your native lang uag e is n't Eng lis h , don't w orry - - w rite your articl
e and w e
w illproofre ad it for you. Not onl y are you h e l ping th e m ag az ine and th e
com m unity, b ut w e 'l
lal
s o be h e l
ping you w ith your Eng l is h !

Th e re are w ays for e ve ryone to contrib ute , s o pl

e as e h e l
p out.

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