I ssue #1 - June 2007

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T T H H E E U U B B U U N N T T U U C C O O M M M M U U N N I I T T Y Y M M A A G G A A Z Z I I N N E E
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L LI I N NU UX X D DI I R RE EC CT TO OR RI I E ES S
M MY YT TH HT TV V I I N NT TR RO O
A AD DD D/ /R RE EM MO OV VE E A AP PP PS S
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full circle
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By-ShareAl i ke 3. 0 Unported l i cense. Thi s means you can adapt, copy, di stri bute and transmi t the
arti cl es but onl y under the fol l owi ng condi ti ons: You must attri bute the work to the ori gi nal author i n
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di stri bute the resul ti ng work under the same, si mi l ar or a compati bl e l i cense.
News p.03
Flavour of the Month
Install of Ubuntu 7.04 p.08
How-To
Directory Structure p.14
MythTV p.16
Scribus Part.1 p.19
Add/Remove Apps p.26
Review - GRAMPS p.29
Interview - Deluge Developer p.34
My Story - Researching Ubuntu p.36
Letters p.37
Q&A p.38
My Desktop p.39
My PC p.39
Top 5 Linux Games p.40
How to Contribute p.42
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he bi g news thi s month i s the announcement from Del l that they wi l l
shi p both desktop and l aptop machi nes wi th Ubuntu pre-i nstal l ed.
You may say "I t's onl y one company," but correct me i f I am wrong, (and
I 'm sure you wi l l ), but Mi crosoft began thei r ri se to domi nance from j ust
one deal wi th I BM. And i f Mi crosoft can do i t, we can do i t. . . and better!
I also want to take this opportunity to thank everyone in the Ubuntu community
who helped make the full circle pilot issue such a roaring success! I wish I could
name you all one by one but it'd take up the entire issue! Within one week we had
over 25,000 downloads! As I write this editorial we are heading for the 55,000
mark. Within days of releasing issue #0 we had a flood of emails from volunteers
wanting to translate full circle. As I write this we have six translations for
download now with several more on the way. If you would like to translate this
magazine into your native language please visit our wi ki transl ati on page, read
the guidelines, and get to it!
If family history is your thing then we have a special treat for you with a review of
GRAMPS - the Linux genealogy software - next month we hope to have an
exclusive interview with its creator.
Maybe you're more of the DIY type? In our How-To's this month we have the in's
and out's of those directories are on your hard drive, the first in my series of
Scribus tutorials, an introduction to MythTV and lots of other good stuff.
I hope you enjoy this first issue and remember; myself and the team are all on our
website forum at www. ful l ci rcl emagazi ne. org and also on irc, channel
#fullcirclemagazine on the irc.freenode.org server. Come say hello!
All the best,
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Thi s magazine was created usi ng :
Thanks to : linuxgeekery for the website and .org name, mykalReborn,
ukubuntu and mrmonday for the full circle logo. UbuntuForums.org for letting
us spam their forum while organising all this. The Ubuntu Marketing Team for
helping us promote and distribute this magazine. And above all; the Ubuntu
community - as a whole - for being one big, helpful, happy, family.
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Wi th many peopl e specul ati ng on
whether Del l would shi p a di stro
of Li nux pre-i nstal l ed on i ts
l aptops, i t came as somethi ng of
a surpri se to see that Del l CEO
Mi chael Del l uses Ubuntu 7. 04 on
hi s home l aptop! (right)
Within days the worlds worst kept
secret was out; Dell announced that it
would indeed begin shipping some of
its laptop and desktop machines with
Ubuntu 7.04 : Feisty Fawn.
This was sparked by Dell asking its customers what they would like to see in future Dell
machines. Much to Dell's surprise, many of its users asked for Linux to be preinstalled!
All respect to Dell for listening to its customers, following through on their promise to
give the customer what they want and taking the bold move of using Linux. Bravo!
Sunnz - sunnzy@gmail.com
DID YOU KNOW ?
Each Ubuntu release is named after an
animal (eg: Hedgehog, Badger, Fawn).
Prior to Feisty Fawn was Edgy Eft, what
kind of animal is an Eft?
'During the time right after
metamorphosis, many North American
Newt species go through a phase called
the 'eft phase'. In some cases their skin
changes color, but efts always live their
life on land. Only when the eft reaches
adulthood will it begin to live its life in a
more aquatic fashion' - (Wikipedia)
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Brad Smith, Microsoft's top lawyer, has stated
that open source software violates 235 of the
software giant's patents including 42 in the
Linux kernel, 65 in the Linux interface and
related design elements, and 46 in
OpenOffice.org.
"What's fair is fair. We live in a world where we
honor, and support the honoring of, intellectual
property. [Open source needs to] play by the
same rules as the rest of the business," said
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.
Prosecuting the violations could prove
problematic for Microsoft as several major
supporters of open source hold a number of
patents which could possibly be used to attack
Microsoft's own software including Windows.
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The BBC News website reports that :
A versi on of the i ncreasi ngl y popul ar
Li nux operati ng system Ubuntu wi l l
be devel oped for use on net-
enabl ed phones and devi ces.
The Ubuntu Mobi l e and Embedded
proj ect ai ms to create the open
source pl atform for i ni ti al rel ease i n October 2007.
The operati ng system wi l l be devel oped by members of the Ubuntu
communi ty, al ong wi th staff from chi p gi ant I ntel .
Source - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6634195.stm
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From the Press Release :
Ubuntu Tri be i s a semi documentary
cyberomanti c comedy, filmed under the
Dogme95 rul es. The short movi e, sti l l in
devel opment, wi l l be di stri buted on-l i ne under
the Creati ve Commons l i cense.
The ori gi nal versi on will be i n Euskara with two
subti tl ed versi ons; one i n Engl i sh and one in
Spani sh.
The proj ect i s sti l l i n devel opment. And you can
be acti ve part of i t. I f you have an i dea or wish
to offer your poi nt of vi ew please l et us know at
i nfo@ubuntutri be. com.
You can fi nd out more, and view the trailer at the offi ci al page: ubuntutri be. com
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I f you've never heard of OLPC maybe the words One Laptop Per Child wi l l
ri ng a bel l i n your head, as thi s proj ect has been covered by many news
reports worl d wi de, be they I T i ncl i ned or j ust your seven o'cl ock news.
OLPC i s a US non-profi t organi zati on created by MI T Medi a Lab Facul ty
members ai med at devel opi ng a cheap and easy to use computer for the
chi l dren of the thi rd-worl d. The operati ng system - or XO as i t i s cal l ed - i s
based on open-source software and i t's appl i cati ons wi l l consi st of a web
browser, based on Mozi l l a Fi refox's Gecko engi ne, a document edi tor -
Abi Word, a RSS reader, an emai l cl i ent, musi c composi ti on and graphi cs
tool ki ts, games and even a shel l for those who feel the need for a bi t more
freedom . Probabl y the most i nnovati ng thi ng about the OS i s the ease of
use and i ntui ti ve i nterface. You can see some screenshots here.
The operati ng system, based on Fedora Core, can now be downl oaded and
burned on a di sc whi ch runs as a Li ve CD on a standard Mac or PC. Thi s i s a
great opportuni ty for peopl e who l i ke to experi ment wi th strange fl avors of
Li nux, but al so for those who ei ther don't have the ti me nor wi l l , to
understand how to operate i n your typi cal desktop envi ronment. XO bri ngs a
ready to use system where commands l i ke ./configure or sudo make
install wi l l be thi ngs the grandpa user - who doesn't use the computer
for more than browsi ng the web and readi ng hi s emai l s - won't have to
deal wi th.
There are of course some negati ve aspects to
the operati ng system. . . such as the l ack of
audi o/vi deo handl ers, the l ack of PDF support,
and probabl y the worst: the heavi l y modi fi ed
and over si mpl i fi ed Abi Word saves the fi l es i n
the . doc format by defaul t. I t's a pi ty that thi s
cl osed-source format i s bei ng used and wi thout
expl ai ni ng to the user what the di fference between doc and odt are, even
i f most peopl e have MS Word i nstal l ed and cannot open most FOSS
documents.
Despi te any shortcomi ngs, thi s proj ect has true potenti al . But I have to say
that from l ooki ng at those screenshots i t l ooks promi si ng. I don't know how
many peopl e wi l l use i t for PC for other purposes than experi menti ng, but
thi s coul d prove to be a real al ternati ve to the constantl y busy desktop
envi ronments such as KDE or Gnome, for i nstance. I f you do deci de to
downl oad the di sc and gi ve i t a try, you may want to go and make a cup of
tea, as i t takes a l ong ti me for the page to l oad.
Written by : Victor Doman
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23rd - 28th April 2007
Filled with several hundred Ubuntu users, chatroom #ubuntu-classroom had Canonical
employees - and community volunteers - explain what they do, how they do it and,
most importantly, answer users questions. One Canonical employee taking questions
was one Mark Shuttleworth (aka: SABDFL - Sel f-Appoi nted Benevol ent Di ctator
for Li fe). What follows are a few snippets of his two Q&A sessions.
Mark, will there exist in the future a
certification relased by Canonical,
like RedHat Certified Professional?
yes! along with training programs, and
training materials
Any rough numbers on how many
*buntu machines there are running
in the world currently?
4-16 million, my best guess including
derivatives is around 10 million
ShipIt is currently not available for
Xubuntu... will that become available
in the future?
i don't think so. xubuntu, as i understand
it, is a more specialist environment, so
we probably would not fund cd shipments
for it.
Several ubuntu pages and also bug #1 in
launchpad note that ubuntu is entirely
free (as in free speech), however in the
default install this is not true (drivers
etc.), are there plans on making this
more transparant to the user?
we should always qualify that as "only free
applications". at least, i fix it that way in the
wiki when i run into it. we have had the driver
exception in place since the beginning, so it's
not as though this has changed. hopefully, the
new flavour will also carry the "pure free" flag
I've seen some of the estimated
numbers for *buntu, but I'm
curious... how many unique IP
addresses did the canonical servers
see on th 19th of April?
wow, not sure i have that number, but
there were 53 mirrors before we
announced, and 130 by the end of the
day, that we know of. so hits on
canonical.com are a small fraction of total.
i think we were serving 12 gigabits /
second from ourselves and top 5 mirrors :-
). probably 20 gbits/s in total. 3 cd's per
second for 12 hours. pretty amazing. if
you were in #ubuntu-release-party, you
know it was quite a rush
full circle was even mentioned, twice!
is full circle magazine also a marketing
team project?
Jenda replied - it's been communicating with
the Marketing Team, and it's very much
supported. But it has never explicitly declared
itself as such to my knowledge. some
members from the Marketing Team
participate in it, but it was started (and is run
by) from someone outside the team
What can you say about the Full Circle
magazine, Ubuntu community magazine
released issue #0. Perspectives for the
future?
Jono replied - I had a look at it and I think its
interesting - I have been looking to get in
touch with the authors about a few things -
so if they can get in touch with me that
would be great. I think an ubuntu magazine is
a pretty nifty idea, although a lot of these
kinds of magazines due due to production
time. I hope this continues [Editors note: i've
since emailed Jono]
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I f you have deci ded to swi tch to Li nux, and have deci ded you want to try
Ubuntu, but don't know how, thi s i s the gui de for you.
For Kubuntu, see next month.
Before you start. . .
Checklist
I f you are usi ng another operati ng system e. g. Wi ndows XP, make sure you
have defragmented your hard dri ve (I n wi ndows, go to start, then run, and
type defrag)
Make sure your PC i s set to boot from the CD dri ve - See bel ow
Make sure you have burned your Li ve/Desktop CD properl y
Make sure your PC meets the mi ni mum system requi rements: I f you are
runni ng Wi ndows XP, then your PC i s more than fast enough.
Once you have downl oaded and burned the
Li ve/Desktop CD, restart your PC, wi th the
di sk i n your CD/DVD dri ve. I f you don't see
thi s screen (right) :
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But i nstead see your usual wi ndows l oadi ng screen, you need to change
some opti ons i n your BI OS. I f at thi s poi nt, you are hesi tant to make the
swi tch, don't be, there's nothi ng to worry about.
BI OS stands for Basi c I nput Output System. I t i s a smal l chi p i n your PC, that
makes basi c deci si ons, l i ke whi ch order to boot your PC. On most PCs I t i s
set to Fl oppy Dri ve, Hard Dri ve, CD-ROM Dri ve. Most PCs now, don't have
fl oppy dri ves, so the boot order i s the same wi thout 'Fl oppy Dri ve'. I f you
have an addi ti onal CD/DVD dri ve thi s may al so be on the l i st. The Reason
you don't see the screen above, i s that i t i s checki ng your Hard Dri ve for an
operati ng system fi rst. When i t sees wi ndows, i t boots that, and aborts
searchi ng for any other bootabl e devi ces.
To change your boot order, you need to know how to get i nto your BI OS
Setti ngs. Thi s i s usual l y achi eved by hi tti ng (not l i teral l y) F1, F2, Esc, Del or
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F10. When you turn your PC on you wi l l see a message sayi ng press <key>
to enter setup. I f i t goes to fast, press the Pause/Break key when i t i s
di spl ayed. Restart your PC when you know what i t i s and hi t that key. Note: I f
you sti l l don't know how to get i nto the BI OS contact your manufacturer, or
search for 'Enter BI OS' on googl e for some excel l ent gui des.
Note: You can't use your mouse i n the BI OS! ! ! I n the BI OS you need to l ook for
an opti on cal l ed 'Boot confi gurati on' or si mi l ar. To navi gate around the BI OS,
use your arrow keys and enter to sel ect. To go back, hi t Esc. The opti ons you
need to change wi l l be somethi ng l i ke:
Boot Devi ce 1: Fl oppy
Boot Devi ce 2: HDD
Boot Devi ce 3: CD ROM
Use the arrows to sel ect HDD (Abbrevi ati on for Hard dri ve) hi t enter and
sel ect CD. Make sure Boot devi ce 3 has been changed to HDD. When you are
done, hi t Esc, to get back to the mai n menu, then read the top/bottom of the
screen and l ook for what to press to 'Save Confi gurati on and Exi t'. WARNI NG:
I f you thi nk you have changed any opti ons that are not rel evant to thi s, use
Esc to exi t wi thout changi ng, and start agai n.
WARNING : Do Not change any opti ons, that you thi nk woul d be worth
changi ng. You can make your PC unusabl e.
You shoul d now be abl e to see the above screen when you turn on your PC.
Fi rst of al l , (usi ng the arrows agai n) 'Check CD for defects'. Thi s wi l l check for
any probl ems on the CD, to make sure you have no probl ems. I f i t gi ves an
error, you wi l l need to re-burn your di sk, possi bl y at a sl ower speed. I t
shoul d then restart your PC, and bri ng up the same screen agai n.
Thi s ti me sel ect 'Start or i nstal l Ubuntu'.
After a qui ck l oadi ng bar and some
text, you shoul d see a ni ce Ubuntu
l ogo, and thi s l oadi ng bar:
Thi s l oadi ng bar wi l l be your fri end
for the next few mi nutes. You now
have two opti ons, si t and stare,
enchanted by the gentl e rocki ng, or
get a cup of tea and a bi scui t: I t's not
goi ng anywhere for a whi l e.
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Once i t fi nal l y deci des to
l oad (hopeful l y i t won't
take l ong) you wi l l be
presented wi th the
defaul t Ubuntu desktop,
a l ovel y shade of brown.
I di dn't want to waste a
screenshot, so here i t i s:
You may now thi nk 'Wel l that was easy! I don't know what al l the fuss i s about'.
I shoul d probabl y poi nt out now, that your i nstal l CD doubl es as a l i ve CD. A l i ve
CD l ets you run the operati ng system from the CD, rather than i nstal l i ng i t. I f you
cl i ck the menu opti ons, you can choose from a sel ecti on of programs i ncl udi ng:
Firefox Award wi nni ng i nternet browser
OpenOffice Ful l Offi ce sui te backwards compati bl e wi th Mi crosoft Offi ce
The GIMP I mage edi tor, wi th many of the capabi l i ti es of Adobe Photoshop
GAIM An i nstant messagi ng cl i ent
At thi s poi nt, there are a few thi ngs that you mi ght want to check.
I s the i nternet worki ng?
I s your network (i f you have one) worki ng?
I s sound worki ng?
Are your peri pheral s worki ng? (Pri nter, Scanner, Web cam etc. )
I f there are qui te a l ot of thi ngs not worki ng, try a di fferent Li nux di stri buti on, as
setti ng up al l of i t coul d be a pai n. I f a coupl e of thi ngs don't work, don't worry,
as they wi l l be easy to setup. I f you get stuck, you can al ways ask i n the
wonderful forums at ubuntuforums. org, or on the #ubuntu I RC channel on
i rc. freenode. net.
I f you are ready, you can now start to i nstal l Ubuntu to your PC. Si mpl y doubl e
cl i ck on the i nstal l button on the desktop.
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preferred l anguage, whi ch
you can sel ect from the l i st.
Once you have sel ected your
l anguage, cl i ck forward.
You can now sel ect where you
l i ve, so Ubuntu can set the ti me
accordi ngl y, and so Ubuntu can
sel ect the cl osest server to you,
to al l ow you to downl oad updates
qui cker. You can zoom i n on the
map, then cl i ck your country to
sel ect your ti me zone, or you can
sel ect i t from a l i st. Don't worry i f
the ti me i t states i s wrong, as i t
shoul d automati cal l y change i tsel f
l ater. I f i t doesn't, you can change
i t once i t i s i nstal l ed.
The i nstal l er wi l l now ask for your keyboard
l ayout, so that the keys you press wi l l be the
ones that appear on the screen. Your
keyboard wi l l usual l y be l i nked wi th the
country you l i ve i n. You can type i n the box, to
make sure that you have sel ected the ri ght
l ayout. The mai n keys you may have probl ems
wi th are @ and . I f they are swi tched, you
have sel ected the wrong keyboard type.
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Thi s i s the hard part. You must
parti ti on your hard dri ve so that
you can mul ti -boot wi th another
operati ng system. Thi s means that
you wi l l be abl e to choose to boot
i nto Ubuntu or your other OS. I di d
not have a wi ndows parti ti on, so I
j ust chose 'erase enti re di sk'. You
shoul d not do thi s. You shoul d
choose the 'resi ze parti ti on'
opti on, and adj ust the sl i der to
the si ze you want your new
parti ti on to be. I f you are not sure,
l eave i t as i s.
Once you have chosen the si ze for
your new parti ti on, the i nstal l er
wi l l ask you i f you want to i mport
your account fi l es and setti ngs
from wi ndows. Choose an account
i f you woul d l i ke, then type some
detai l s bel ow for your new
account. As you can see, I di dn't
have any users to i mport, so I can
j ust cl i ck next and conti nue.
The i nstal l er wi l l now ask some personal
questi ons, to save you typi ng i n your name for
every program, to save you the effort l ater. I t al so
asks for a username and password, whi ch you
wi l l use to l ogon l ater Do Not Lose These! You wi l l
be abl e to set i t up so i t automati cal l y l ogs you
on, not recommended for safety, l ater. You can
al so choose a new computer name, or l eave the
defaul t. When you are done, cl i ck forward.
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The i nstal l er wi l l now di spl ay a
summary of what i t wants to
do, so you can go back and
change any opti ons i f
necessary. I f you are ready,
cl i ck i nstal l . The i nstal l er wi l l
show a l oadi ng bar, but my
i nstal l di dn't.
That's it! The i nstal l er wi l l now
i nstal l Ubuntu for you. You can
mi ni mi se the i nstal l er i f you want,
and browse the i nternet or try some
other software or games, I
recommend you at l east wai t unti l
the parti ti oni ng i s done to do thi s,
as you don't want there to be any
messi ng up wi th that.
When the i nstal l has fi ni shed, you wi l l see the message above
You can choose to restart or continue using the live CD. If you choose to continue using the live CD,
you can press the red power button in the top right. Once you have clicked restart, you will see an
unloading bar, then a message to remove your CD, do this, and press enter. Your computer will
restart, and you will notice it loads a lot faster this time. Press enter if it gives yo a list of operating
systems to boot from, then once it has loaded, you will see the logon screen. Enter your username,
press enter, then enter your password and press enter.
You wi l l probabl y (after a few
seconds, i f you are connected to the
i nternet) see thi s message:
Cl i ck the star, then 'I nstal l updates'
Most of these wi l l be securi ty updates, or extra features for software. I t wi l l
ask you for your password, so that i t knows that you want to i nstal l them,
then wi l l downl oad and i nstal l them. I t wi l l al so probabl y ask for a restart.
You now have Ubuntu i nstal l ed and updated! You shoul d now check that
wi ndows sti l l works by pressi ng the down arrow, and sel ecti ng wi ndows on
the loading screen. I t wi l l probabl y come up wi th a message sayi ng i t needs to
check for errors thi s i s because i t thi nks i ts hard dri ve has mysteri ousl y
shrunk, so i ts checki ng nothi ngs wrong. Enjoy Ubuntu!
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One of the most troubl i ng starti ng poi nts that new Li nux users have to get
over are where thi ngs are kept. The Li nux di rectory structure may seem odd
at fi rst, especi al l y to Wi ndows users.
Here's a bri ef l i st of the maj or di rectori es and what they're for.
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/
(forward slash) Thi s i s the root di rectory. The mothershi p. The home
fi el d. The one and onl y top di rectory for your whol e computer.
Everythi ng, and I mean EVERYTHI NG starts here. When you type
'/home' what you're real l y sayi ng i s "start at / and then go the
the home di rectory. "
/root
thi s i s where the root user l i ves. The root user i s the god of your
system. Root can do anythi ng, up to and i ncl udi ng removi ng your
enti re fi l esystem. So be careful usi ng root.
/bin
Here's where your standard l i nux uti l i ti es (read programs) l i ve --
thi ngs l i ke "l s" and "vi " and "more". General l y thi s di rectory i s
i ncl uded i n your path. What thi s means i s that i f you type 'l s', /bi n
i s one of the pl aces your shel l wi l l l ook to see i f 'l s' means anythi ng.
/etc
Here's where the admi ni strati ve and system confi gurati on stuff
l i ves. For i nstance, i f you have samba i nstal l ed, and you want to
modi fy the samba confi gurati on fi l es, you'd fi nd them i n
/etc/samba .
/dev
Here's where fi l es that control peri pheral s l i ve. Tal ki ng to a pri nter?
Your computer i s doi ng i t from here. Same goes for di sk dri ves, usb
devi ces, and other such stuff.
/home
Here's where your data i s stored. Confi g fi l es speci fi c to users,
your Desktop fol der (whi ch makes your desktop what i t i s), and
any data rel ated to your user. Each user wi l l have thei r own
/home/username fol der, wi th the excepti on of the root user.
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/tmp
Thi s i s the temporary fol der. Thi nk of i t as a scratch di rectory for
your Li nux system. Fi l es that won't be needed by programs once
thei r used once or twi ce are put here. Many Li nux systems are set
to automati cal l y wi pe the /tmp fol der at certai n i nterval s, so don't
put thi ngs you want to keep here.
/usr
Here's where you'l l fi nd extra uti l i ti es that don't fi t under /bi n or
/etc. Thi ngs l i ke games, pri nter uti l i ti es, and whatnot. /usr i s
di vi ded i nto secti ons l i ke /usr/bi n for programs, /usr/share for
shared data l i ke sound fi l es or i cons, /usr/l i b for l i brari es whi ch
cannot be di rectl y run but are essenti al for runni ng other programs.
Your package manager takes care of the thi ngs i n /usr for you.
There are a few other di rectori es you may fi nd as wel l .
/opt
Here's where opti onal stuff i s put. Tryi ng out the l atest Fi refox
beta? I nstal l i t to /opt where you can del ete i t wi thout affecti ng
other setti ngs. Programs i n here usual l y l i ve i nsi de a si ngl e fol der
whi ch contai ns al l of thei r data, l i brari es, etc.
/usr/local
Thi s i s where most manual l y i nstal l ed (i e. outsi de of your package
manager) software goes. I t has the same structure as /usr. I t i s a
good i dea to l eave /usr to your package manager and put any
custom scri pts and thi ngs i nto /usr/l ocal , si nce nothi ng i mportant
normal l y l i ves i n /usr/l ocal .
/media
Some di stros use thi s fol der to mount thi ngs l i ke usb di sks, cd or
dvd dri ves and other fi l esystems.
Now you can consi der yoursel f one step cl oser to a master Li nux user. These
di rectori es, whi l e at fi rst a l i ttl e confusi ng, wi l l become second nature to you
after a bi t of use.
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MythTV gets Feisty!
The communi ty spoke and our Ubuntu MythTV team l i stened! Wi th the
i ntroducti on of the new MythTV packages for Fei sty Fawn 7. 04, i nstal l i ng
and confi guri ng MythTV has never been easi er. Many of the annoyi ng
i nstal l ati on qui rks have been resol ved and many suggested i mprovements
have been i mpl emented.
We thi nk you wi l l agree that the hundreds of hours spent i mprovi ng, testi ng
and documenti ng the new Fei sty MythTV packages were ti me wel l spent!
New Packaging Changes for MythTV Feisty Fawn
Here i s a summary of the most i mportant i mprovements di rectl y rel ated to
the Fei sty packages:
* MythTV has been updated to a more recent checkout of 0. 20-fi xes branch to i ncl ude
more recent bufi xes and changes
* Termi nal -based commands have been greatl y reduced for Desktop i nstal l s, maki ng them
99% poi nt-and-cl i ck!
* The mythtv-database wi l l now i nstal l a cron j ob to perform automati c weekl y backups of
the mythconverg database- keepi ng your program i nformati on and setti ngs safer
* The user i s now noti fi ed of MySQL password for the mythtv user and i ts l ocati on i n the
fi l esystem
* To al l evi ate database access errors, the Packages automati cal l y offer the opti on to add
a user to the mythtv group upon i ni ti al startup
* Mythweb now i nstal l s wi th the correct permi ssi ons on al l fi l es and di rectori es
* The mythtv user i s added to the cdrom group duri ng i nstal l ati on. DVD Pl ayback wi l l no
l onger fai l because of permi ssi ons
* Mythtv-setup wi l l now automati cal l y prompt to stop the backend before l aunchi ng and
restart i t after setup i s compl ete
* ALSA i s now the defaul t sound system on new i nstal l ati ons of mythtv-frontend
* Duri ng the start of the i ni t scri pts, the QT Authenti cati on warni ng i s now al l evi ated
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* The HD Home Run QAM support patches from February are now i ncl uded for better out
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* The MySQL root password prompts and mythtv-database i nstal l ati on now assume no
root password on the mysql database (as i s the case of a new i nstal l ati on)
o Hel ps prevent mi sreadi ng prompts and enteri ng wrong password on mysql i nstal l
o I f the password i sn't accepted, i nstructi ons for reconfi guri ng the database are
provi ded i n both GUI and text form
Metapackages
* Redefi ne the exi sti ng metapackage, "mythtv" for qui ck, pai n free si ngl e desktop i nstal l s
* Al l backend i nstal l s wi l l automati cal l y setup NTP, ensuri ng that ti me i s al ways accurate
on both master and sl ave backends
* I ntroduce new metapackage- "ubuntu-mythtv-frontend"- for qui ck standal one frontend
i nstal l ati on
o Duri ng the i ni ti al startup, the package wi l l detect i f the backend was recentl y
i nstal l ed, and an opti on to confi gure i t pri or to startup i s presented to the user
o Setup automati c GDM l ogi n i nto a mythtv frontend sessi on
o Parse the ~/. l i rcrc and l aunch i rexec for the user i f i t i s necessary on a
standal one frontend
o Start a gnome-screensaver i n the background for the user
o Load any customi zed setti ngs created by nvi di a-setti ngs for TV-out or pi cture
enhancement
o Present a cl ean background for the user unti l mythtv starts to l oad
* I ntroduce the new metapackage, "mythtv-backend-master" - for qui ck standal one
master backend i nstal l ati on
o Automati cal l y confi gures the database
o I nstal l s a compl ete backend
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Improved Hardware Support
Fei sty Fawn 7. 04 al so provi des more out-of-the-box functi onal i ty for
popul ar tv tuner cards and chi psets. The new kernel s i ncl uded wi th Fei sty
have bui l t-i n support for the PVR-xxx seri es of Hauppauge cards, i vtv-based
cards and other popul ar tuners. I n many cases, there i s no need for further
dri ver i nstal l ati on. Recompi l i ng the I VTV dri ver i s now no l onger necessary
every ti me a new kernel i s rel eased!
A speci al page has been created to track the functi onal i ty of tuner cards i n
Fei sty, i ncl udi ng fi xes for i nstances of parti al -functi onal i ty. See Tuners and
Hardware for more i nformati on
Li rc has al so been i mproved for Fei sty:
* Support for both mceusb2 and pvr150 I R transmi tters now i ncl uded i n the Ubuntu
packages
* i 2c and gpi o modul es now compi l e wi thout error on the l atest kernel s
* See http: //hel p. ubuntu. com/communi ty/I nstal l _Li rc_Fei sty for more i nformati on
Installation Guides
The Offi ci al Ubuntu MythTV i nstal l ati on gui des have been updated and i mproved
for the new Fei sty MythTV packages. These gui des are desi gned speci fi cal l y for
hassl e-free i nstal l ati on and confi gurati on, whether you are starti ng from scratch or
addi ng MythTV to an exi sti ng Ubuntu desktop.
I ndi vi dual gui des are i ncl uded for the i nstal l ati on and confi gurati on for each of the
MythTV metapackages. Screenshots accuratel y depi ct the i nstal l ati on process step-
by-step, from formatti ng the hard dri ve (for a new i nstal l ati on) to post-i nstal l
confi gurati on. Suppl ementary secti ons on troubl eshooti ng, vi deo dri vers, codecs,
pl ugi ns and other "What Next" acti vi ti es have been updated and i mproved to hel p
you get your system set up and runni ng qui ckl y and as hassl e-free as possi bl e.
You can fi nd al l of the Offi ci al Ubuntu MythTV Gui des here
Check back next month for new information, including an upcoming
Ubuntu/MythTV LiveCD for one-disc installation of an Ubuntu MythTV
dedicated system!
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PART I
Here we ei ther start a new document
or open a previ ous one. I n thi s fi rst
part of the seri es we'l l j ust be pl ayi ng
around wi th the most wi del y used
opti ons so we have no need (yet! ) to
be pi cky here, j ust keep the defaul ts by
cl i cki ng OK
Thi s i s our bl ank page, ready to be
edi ted.
The red outl i ne i s the very edge of
the page. Anythi ng outsi de that red
border wi l l not be pri nted. The bl ue
l i nes warn you that shoul d you put
anythi ng outsi de the bl ue l i nes (i e:
between the bl ue l i nes and the red
outl i ne) you run the ri sk of i t ei ther
bei ng chopped off at the pri nters or
that your pri nter may not be abl e to
pri nt anythi ng i n that area. For now,
j ust thi nk of them as the borders
you'd see on a l i ned A4 wri ti ng pad.
So lets get started. First thing you
need on a page is some nice header
text, so click the Insert Text Frame
button :
By the end of thi s seri es of Scri bus tutori al s you'l l be abl e to create a ful l-
fledged publ i cati on. Whether i t be a col our bookl et or a bl ack and whi te
newsl etter, the basi cs are the same. So fi rst we need to l earn those basi cs!
As I wri te thi s, the l atest versi on i n the Ubuntu reposi tori es i s 1. 3. 3. 8 and i s
named scri bus-ng, that i s exactl y what i 'l l be usi ng i n these tutori al s.
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Your poi nter wi l l change to a smal l
page wi th a cross symbol . What we
need to do here i s hol d down the l eft
mouse button and draw a box where
we want the text to go. When your
happy wi th the si ze and shape of the
box, rel ease the l eft mouse button.
Thats my box drawn out but where's
the text?
Doubl e l eft cl i ck i nsi de the text box to
add/edi t text. Si ngl e l eft cl i ck outsi de
the page to stop edi ti ng text.
Lets say we want to move the text.
Easy, j ust cl i ck on the poi nter i con at
the top of the screen :
. . . then, wi th your poi nter over the
text box, whi ch wi l l change to a
grabbi ng hand i con, hol d down the
l eft button and move the mouse! To
rel ease the text, rel ease the mouse
button.
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But our text i s a bi t
smal l . We need to
open the Properti es
wi ndow to gai n
access to the text
box properti es. Thi s
wi l l l et us al ter the
si ze and col our of
the text. So, go to
the Wi ndows menu
and cl i ck Properti es. . .
Thi s i s our Properti es
wi ndow. Everythi ng
i s greyed out si nce we've not sel ected
anythi ng. From here on i n, whenever
we sel ect somethi ng on our page, tabs
wi l l be hi ghl i ghted i n
the Properti es
wi ndow to l et us
know we can edi t
setti ngs here.
Lets enl arge the text
si ze and al ter i ts
col our. Si ngl e l eft
cl i ck on the header
text box. You'l l see
the Properti es box
spri ng to l i fe. Cl i ck
the Text tab i n the
Properti es wi ndow.
Now we're i n busi ness! Lets pl ay
around wi th a few of these opti ons
to get you fami l i ar wi th edi ti ng text.
Fi rst enl arge the text by repeatedl y
l eft cl i cki ng on the up arrow besi de
Font Si ze (or enter a si ze val ue i f
you want).
Next, l ets center the text wi thi n the
box. Cl i ck the Al i gn Text Center
button.
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PART I
Looki ng good! Sti l l a bi t pl ai n though,
l ets put a spl ash of col our i n there. Left
cl i ck besi de the pai nt bucket, scrol l
up/down through the col ours and l eft
cl i ck on the col our you l i ke.
So we've got a header, we need
actual content text now. So drag out
another text box but thi s ti me make i t
hal f the wi dth of the page and qui te
tal l :
Rather than spend ti me typi ng i n fi l l er
text (assumi ng you don't have the
actual arti cl e yet) we can have Scri bus
fi l l i n text for us. Wi th the text box sti l l
sel ected go to the I nsert menu and
cl i ck Sampl e Text.
Here we can pi ck the l anguage of
our fi l l er text and number of
paragraphs needed. I 've j ust
sel ected Standard Lorem I psum
(Lati n) and ten paragraphs (the
defaul t). And cl i ck OK.
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But wai t, that's not ten paragraphs!
Why was the command ignored? The
reason i s because the text i s actual l y
fl owi ng out the bottom of the text box.
I f you l ook cl osel y at the bottom ri ght
of the text box, you'l l see a smal l box
wi th an 'X' i n i t.
Thi s symbol
tel l s us that
there i s not
enought
space i n the
box for al l
the text. We
ei ther need
to enl arge i t
or have i t fl ow i nto another box,
otherwi se, i t wi l l not be vi si bl e.
Drag out a new text box on the ri ght
hal f of the page, agai n, make i t tal l .
Thi s i s where the magi c happens. Left
cl i ck once, on the l eft col umn of text,
thi s i s where the text i s to fl ow from.
Now cl i ck the "Li nk Text Frames"
button :
. . . and si ngl e l eft cl i ck on
the ri ght text box
Voi l a! Don't forget to cl i ck the Li nk
Text Frames button agai n to turn i t
off, otherwi se Scri bus wi l l thi nk you
want to conti nue l i nki ng boxes.
I shoul d menti on that the smal l red
squares whi ch show up on the
corners of your text boxes are
handl es, they al l ow you to resi ze
your text box. Pl ay around wi th
those handl es and you'l l see your
text automati cal l y update i tsel f
wi thi n the two l i nked text boxes. . .
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Ok, ti me to save - and export - your
work. From the menu, Sel ect Fi l e->
Save as: . . . and enter a name for the
document
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o export the document as an Adobe. . .
Sel ect Fi l e->Export from the menu,
then chose "Save as pdf"
The Prefl i ght Veri fi er Wi ndow shoul d
pop up.
Don't worry, thi s i s the Prefl i ght
Veri fi er
wi ndow. I t
checks your
document
for possi bl e
errors
before you
package i t
up as a PDF.
I n thi s case
i t's tel l i ng me that there's a text
overfl ow on page 1. Fi ne, thats my
ten paragraphs of Lorem I psum that
doesn't fi t i nto the two text boxes,
no probl em. Keep an eye on thi s
Prefl i ght Veri fi er wi ndow, i t wi l l save
you getti ng a l ot of phonecal l s from
pri nters sayi ng that there are thi ngs
mi ssi ng, or wrong, i n your PDF! So i n
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l ater part of thi s seri es for now, gi ve
your PDF fi l e a name and cl i ck Save.
A wi ndow may bri efl y fl ash up, thats
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PDF, l ater, we'l l see how wi th several
pages i t can take a few moments
longer to convert to PDF.
So, l et's l ook at out handy-work so far
i n a pdf vi ewer :
Beauti ful ! the screenshot shows the
document i n kpdf (KDE), but si nce i t i s
pdf i t wi l l l ook the same regardl ess of
what vi ewer you chose.
I hope you enjoyed the first part
of the article, "Using Scribus."
Next month we'll add some
images to our little sample page.
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I f you are new to K/Ubuntu, you may be wonderi ng 'How do I i nstal l software?
Where can I fi nd i t? I s i t easy?' To put thi ngs si mpl y for you: I f you have used
wi ndows i t wi l l be a doddl e.
I nstal l i ng software i s easy. From the menu, si mpl y sel ect Appl i cati ons->
Add/Remove
i n Kubuntu, Kmenu-> Add/Remove programs
Ubuntu (above) Kubuntu (ri ght)
There wi l l then be a message sayi ng 'Checki ng i nstal l ed and avai l abl e
appl i cati ons', and a l oadi ng bar. After a few seconds, you wi l l be presented wi th
an easy to use i nterface, wi th categori es down the si de and a l i st of appl i cati ons
and a descri pti on on the ri ght. At the top you wi l l fi nd a search box, whi ch you
can use to search for software.
Ubuntu (l eft)
Kubuntu (ri ght)
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don't thi nk i t has the features you need. Si mpl y open the Add/Remove
appl i cati ons program, or i n Kubuntu, Adept I nstal l er, and ei ther choose a category
from the l eft, or use your own search terms, for exampl e, "graphi cs. " You can now
sort the programs al phabeti cal l y or i n Ubuntu by popul ari ty. NOTE: Popul ari ty i s the
number of ti mes a program has been downl oaded. Don't ignore a program just
because i t has a l ow rati ng. I t j ust means i t hasn't been downl oaded a l ot. You
can al so search wi thi n the graphi cs secti on for 'desi gn' or 'web', to narrow your
resul ts more. Read the descri pti on, to fi nd out more about a program.
Once you have found a program you woul d l i ke (for web graphi cs I recommend
I nkscape), si mpl y cl i ck the check box next to a program and cl i ck on Appl y or
Next. The program wi l l ask you i f you are sure, then for your admi ni strator
password, and automati cal l y downl oad and i nstal l i t for you.
Kubuntu (;eft)
Ubuntu (below)
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under Appl i cati ons> Graphi cs. That's i t. The program has been i nstal l ed and i s
ready for use. You wi l l be provi ded wi th free program and securi ty updates,
wi thout cost!
Kubuntu (;eft)
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I t's j ust as easy to remove a pi ece
of software, i f you don't want i t.
Si mpl y remove the ti ck i n the
checkbox, and cl i ck Appl y or Next.
There are l ots of other ways, other than Add/Remove Appl i cati ons, to i nstal l
packages and appl i cati ons on K/Ubuntu. I n Ubuntu you can use Synapti c Package
Manager, whi ch gi ves you control over i ndi vi dual packages. Synapti c can be found
under System> Admi ni strati on. I f a program, that you want can't be found under
Add/Remove Appl i cati ons, but i t i s on the i nternet, you can get the packages i t
depends on from synapti c.
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GENEALOGY
GRAMPS - the Geneal ogi cal Research
and Anal ysi s Management
Programmi ng System.
Geneaol ogy i s the study of fami l y tree
l i nes, traci ng ancestors back as far
records l egends, or memori es can
remember. Research ski l l s are the
most i mportant, and of those,
documenti ng and backi ng up your
fi ndi ngs i s paramount. GRAMPS i s a
free, open source appl i cati on that
al l ows you to record your ancestral
research fi ndi ngs i n a comprehensi ve
and professi onal i nterface, then you
can produce reports on your data i n a
number of formats.
The GRAMPS proj ect was
started by Don
Al l i ngham, but has grown
to a core set of
dedi cated devel opers
that are conti nual l y
expandi ng, tweaki ng and
testi ng thei r product to
make i t evermore refi ned.
Wi th many open source
proj ects, thi s
devel opment team i s not
an exclusive group, and
anyone can j oi n i n to
hel p, l earn or test. Thei r
communi ty i s based
around mai l i ng l i sts, I RC
and a WI KI based websi te.
Thi s appl i cati on has been devel oped
ori gi nal l y for Li nux and Uni x based
machi nes but has been ported to
other operating systems i ncl udi ng
Mac and Wi ndows. For the Ubuntu
communi ty, GRAMPS i nstal l s and
runs on al l vari ants of Ubuntu,
though there have been reported
di spl ay i ssues wi th some KDE
themes, so i f thi s i s a probl em,
there are remedi es avai l abl e on the
websi te.
The program i s wri tten i n Python,
usi ng the GTK/GNOME i nterface
maki ng a database that i s general l y
saved i n i ts . grdb format but i s best
archi ved i n the l arger and sl i ghtl y
sl ower . xml format.
XML al l ows the database to be
transferred more easi l y across to
other computers. The system can
cope wi th l arge numbers, and has
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been tested on databases i n excess
of over 100,000 i ndi vi dual s recorded.
Where to get i t at the ti me of
wri ti ng, the GRAMPS versi on 2. 2. 6 i s
avai l abl e through the Ubuntu Fei sty
Add/Remove programs, and sel ect to
show 'Al l open source appl i cati ons'. To
i nstal l , si mpl y sel ect thi s versi on and
i nstal l . The l atest rel ease i nformati on
can be found on the GRAMPS websi te.
Ubuntu reposi tori es can someti mes
l ag sl i ghtl y behi nd, so make sure you
have the l atest versi on! I f there i s a
newer versi on, you can go to the
downl oad secti on and downl oad the
l atest package gramps_zzz. deb and
gramps-hel p_zzz. deb, and i nstal l wi th
your package manager, normal l y
doubl e-cl i cki ng the . deb fi l e i s
suffi ci ent.
Once i nstal l ed the program can be
found i n Appl i cati ons > Offi ce >
GRAMPS geneal ogy system.
In addition to the standard
i nstal l ati on, GRAMPS i s al so
avai l abl e on a Li veCD. Thi s al l ows
usage of the program on any i 386
compati bl e PC di rectl y off the Li veCD
wi thout i nstal l ati on requi red
(currentl y onl y avai l abl e for i 386,
not 64bi t or Mac Li veCD, though the
program does work on any Ubuntu
i nstal l ). The current versi on 3. 0
i ncl udes GRAMPS 2. 2. 7 wi thi n an
Ubuntu 7. 04 Li veCD and i s a great
i ntroducti on to Ubuntu software. The
CD al so contai ns other open source
software for the user, i ncl udi ng
Li fel i nes and GeneWeb. There i s
al so a l i nk on the desktop that wi l l
open up i rc and get you di rectl y i nto
the #GRAMPS channel wi th one
doubl e cl i ck of the mouse, whi ch i s
a real l y useful feature, and one that
shoul d be consi dered for core
Ubuntu Li veCDs. One thi ng to
remember i s that i f you want to
save your work whi l e usi ng the
l i vecd, you wi l l need some ki nd of
portabl e medi a. A usb sti ck i s i deal .
Such detai l woul d be hel pful to new
users. Of course al ongsi de thi s i s a
ful l y functi oni ng Ubuntu, avai l abl e
for use or i nstal l . On a personal
note; thi s was the route that the
revi ewer became ful l y i nterested i n
Li nux and, more speci fi cal l y, the
*buntu di stros and communi ty.
Once you have created a database
you can get to the i nteresti ng part
of enteri ng your data. The i nterface
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has a pl easi ng graphi cal nature, wi th
appropri ate i cons and pedi gree
di spl ays. I ni ti al l y you enter the general
i ndi vi dual detai l s of name and gender.
Then you need to enter detai l s such as
bi rth, death and occupati on etc. each
as a separate event wi thi n that
person's l ife. Thi s makes data entry a
l i ttl e l onger as you need to open a
new event for each i tem of data.
However, i n understandi ng the
system, thi s makes the data more
qual i tati ve. Other geneal ogi cal
software may offer more entry on the
i ni ti al i ndi vi dual 's data page, but the
GRAMPS system encourages
methodi cal data entry backed up wi th
source i nformati on. The events are
structured to make data entry easi er.
For exampl e the i ni ti al event shown i s
for Bi rth. I f thi s has al ready been
entered the next l ogi cal fi el d i s
Death and thi s comes up
automati cal l y wi thi n the form.
As you add more and more data, so
the addi ti onal vi ews wi thi n GRAMPS
become more useful . You can
navi gate and catal ogue your data
under the headi ngs of Peopl e,
Rel ati onshi ps,
Fami l y Vi ew,
Pedi gree, Events,
Sources, Pl aces,
Medi a and
Reposi tori es. I
have personal l y
found that the
Rel ati onshi ps vi ew
one of the easi est
ways to navi gate a
database wi th
more than 50
i ndi vi dual s.
As suggested
earl i er,
documenti ng
research fi ndi ngs are key to provi ng
the val i di ty of the geneal ogi cal data.
The 'source' i s the reference for
each i tem of data, that gi ves i t
credi bi l i ty. There can be many i tems
of data wi thi n a source and
GRAMPS has a 'scratchpad' that
al l ows you to copy source reference
between i ndi vi dual s wi thi n your
tree. To your i ndi vi dual , you can add
medi a, such as photographs, sound
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and movi e cl i ps that can be di spl ay or
l i nked to from wi thi n the database.
Once you have your database, i t i s
good to make a
hard-copy
versi on to share,
archi ve and refer
to. GRAMPS can
produce a
fantasti c array
of output,
i ncl udi ng books
that col l ate
many aspects of
your data and
presents them i n
a si ngl e
col l ecti on to your
own
speci fi cati on.
These reports
can be made i n
a vari ety of
formats
i ncl udi ng Open
Document format, HTML, even SVG
dependi ng on the type of report.
Charts, ti me l i nes and ancestral
reports can al l be made, and there i s
an acti ve devel opment i n produci ng
further report formats. I n addi ti on to
thi s, a database can be output to for
a websi te structure that can be
upl oaded to a server and di spl ayed
for al l to see and navi gate.
Once you have your database, i t i s
good to make a hard-copy versi on to
share, archi ve and refer to. GRAMPS
can produce a fantasti c array of
output, i ncl udi ng books that col l ate
many aspects of your data and
presents them
i n a si ngl e
col l ecti on to
your own
speci fi cati on.
These reports
can be made i n
a vari ety of
formats
i ncl udi ng Open
Document
format, HTML,
even SVG
dependi ng on
the type of
report. Charts,
ti me l i nes and
ancestral
reports can al l
be made, and
there i s an
acti ve devel opment i n produci ng
further report formats. I n addi ti on to
thi s, a database can be output to for
a websi te structure that can be
upl oaded to a server and di spl ayed
for al l to see and navi gate.
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SUMMARY
PROS
Strong database management
wi th good communi ty support
and devel opment
mul ti -format export/output
i ncl udi ng XML, GEDcom and HTML
CONS
extra cl i cks for basi c data entry
grdb database not easi l y portabl e
GRAPHICS
USEABILITY
INSTALLATION
USEFULNESS
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DELUGE
BITTORRENT
So Zach, what's your background with
computers and programming?
Well, my mother is a software engineer for IBM,
so I've been exposed to computers from a very
early age. My first experience with
programming was in the seventh grade, when I
got a programmable TI-83+ calculator and
began to program in BASIC. After that, I took a
class in Visual Basic, and then C++ during two
summers, and then an AP Java class in high
school.
At this point, I'm a Junior at the University of
Louisville's Speed School of Engineering,
majoring in Computer Science and Computer
Engineering.
Is Deluge the first piece of software you
have worked on?
It's the first really big piece of software that I've
worked on. I've done several little things in the
past, but this has been my most involved
project to date.
Well, I'm not the only one working on it. The
other original developer, Alon Zakai (a.k.a.
Kripkenstein), helped a lot, and really deserves
more credit than he seems to get. Also, we
used the libtorrent library, so we didn't have to
do a lot of the torrenting process ourselves.
How did you learn to program and how
long did it take?
Mostly just from experience. While I have taken
a few classes, most everything I know about
computers comes from just trying and learning,
including programming. Deluge was actually the
first time I had used Python before, and I just
learned as I went along. As I said earlier, I first
started programming in the seventh grade, so
that was about 8 years ago.
What made you decide to create a
bittorrent client?
The lack of a good, lightweight, GTK+ client.
Deluge (then gTorrent) started as a discussion
on Ubuntuforums.org about the need of a good
GTK+ bittorrent client. That discussion is where I
first met Kripkenstein, and we began to
brainstorm ideas to create the client.
What advantages does Deluge have
over other linux bittorrent clients?
Not a ton, at the moment. It is a nice,
lightweight client, and offers a decent feature
set. At the moment, it supports DHT, resuming
partial downloads, and downloading multiple
torrents in the same window. While other linux
clients, such as Azureus, offer more features
than Deluge does currently, they typically do
so at the cost of increased system resource
usage. Not to knock Azureus, but Deluge is
intended to get the job done and just
download the file without all the extra bells
and whistles.
How would you rate the success of
Deluge, and where would you like to see
it going?
I think it's going great, so far. I've been
outright amazed at the level of attention
Deluge has received. People often find me
online to thank me for starting it, and often tell
me that they had never found a Linux client
they liked before Deluge.
Obviously, I'd like to see Deluge go far, and
I've got some plans for the future. My top
priority is bugfixes and other stability issues,
after that, I can get to the actual new features.
Are there any specific features you
would like to develop further?
As far as new features, the new release of
Libtorrent supports Peer Exchange, so we'll
probably make use of that. Also, the
development branch of Libtorrent has
encryption support as well, so look for that in
the future. I'm also wanting to incorporate
UPnP support, though I've heard that Libtorrent
is working on that as well, and finally, I'd like
to work on a WebUI for the client.
'Andrew M' asked if there will be a KDE
version?
I'm not going to say no outright, but there
probably won't be. As it is, Deluge will run
just fine under KDE assuming you have the
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we'll develop a QT interface for it. If you really
want a native KDE client, you'd probably be best
off using KTorrent
Do you have a preferred Linux Distro you
work in?
Ubuntu, for the most part.
How difficult is it working with the
bittorrent format?
Well, we don't really work with bittorrent
directly, all of that is done via libtorrent, which in
turn is done using Kripkenstein's wrapper class,
so I haven't really worked with it directly very
much.
Other clients seem to be adding custom
features these days, does that create too
much of a competitive streak? Do client
programmers feel like they have to create
a killer 'new feature'?
Yes and no. First off, I don't plan on creating
any Deluge-specific "killer features," but rather
on making a good implementation of the
existing bittorrent features. The problem with
creating your own features is that other clients
won't have them. An example of this is
Azureus's implementation of DHT, which can
only connect to other Azureus clients.
I'm not concerned about creating the "Killer
feature." Instead, I just want to create a simple,
yet full featured client that incorporates the best
features that the bittorrent protocol offers.
Is a WebUI (similar to utorrent's) planned?
And will there be a way to
select/deselect all files in the files list?
Clicking one at a time is a pain.
Yes, I know that's a pain, and I plan on fixing
that when I get a chance.
As for the WebUI, I mentioned that earlier, and
yes, I'd like to do one. I just played with
uTorrent's WebUI earlier today, and I was fairly
impressed with it, and would like to implement
something similar in Deluge.
Do your family use Linux or is it hard to
promote it in a currently Windows
dominated environment?
Well, I use linux, and my mother dual-boots for
work. My father uses Windows, but doesn't
have trouble if he has to use one of my linux
boxes to check his email, etc.
I've had several people ask me to "teach" them
linux, especially recently, now that Vista has
been released. Most of them don't want to
migrate to Vista and are looking for an
alternative.
What programs and development systems
do you use?
Well, really all I use is a basic text editor and a
compiler, at least when it comes to Python.
Really, my development environment will change
depending on what language I'm working in, i.e.
Eclipse for Java, Monodevelop for C#, and
either a simple text editor or Eclipse/CDT for
C/C++ clients.
And finally; what advice would you give
to a budding programmer?
Start by writing small programs that do
something neat. Keep it interesting, because
you need to be able to have fun while you're
developing. The best resources available to you
are the source code of other programs, and
other developers online. Look at the source for
other programs to see how they work, and how
you can apply similar strategies in your own
projects. Finally, find that "killer program" that's
missing and write it. For me, that program was
a GTK bittorrent client, but you should find
something that you think Linux (or whatever OS
you use) is missing. You don't need a ton of
experience to start work on a project, but as
you work on it, your skills will improve, and
actually programming on a real project will
develop your skills well past what simple
programming exercises can do
full circle would like to take this
opportunity to thank Zach for taking the
time to sit under the spotlight and be
grilled!
Next months interviewee will be none other than Colin Watson, Installer Team Leader, Ubuntu
Community Council Member and Line Manager for half the distro team!
Please email your questions for Colin to: questi ons@ful l ci rcl emagazi ne. org
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At my school they have somethi ng
they cal l forskni ngs profi l i ts
Swedi sh and transl ates to somethi ng
l i ke Sci enti fi c/research profi l e. That
basi cal l y means that the students get
to test what i ts l i ke to do research at
uni versi ty l evel . Obvi ousl y the scal es
of the research proj ects are much
smal l er. Anyway i f you appl y for
forskni ngs profi l and get sel ected
(l i ke me), you get to borrow a l aptop
duri ng the ti me you study and do your
research.
So I recei ved my l aptop, a HP nx8220
I booted i t up and not too surpri si ngl y
i t had Wi ndows XP prei nstal l ed. So I
di d what I had to do, i nstal l Li nux.
Al though i t wasnt exactl y strai ght
forward I started out wi th a ni ce
open hat, a fedora to be more
preci se. And l et me tel l you i t wasnt
the most yummy experi ence I ve had.
The screen resol uti on refused to go
hi gher then 1024*768, no wi rel ess
and i t seemed vi rtual l y i mpossi bl e to
update the darn system. I took the hat
and threw i t out the wi ndow, l i teral l y
fi ve fedora cds fl ew out of my house
i n the order: cd 2, 4, 1, 3, and 5 (j ust
random by the way). The next di stro
served to the l aptop was a green
German l i zard, the Chamel eon Suse. I t
too had seri ous probl ems wi th the
graphi cs and as i t seemed at the ti me
probl ems wi th pretty much everythi ng
I tri ed. So I made a smoothi e of the
Suse DVD and went out l ooki ng for a
di stro that woul d j ust work.
And guess what I found i t, a
strangel y named Li nux fl avor;
Ubuntu. After downl oadi ng and
burni ng the one cd (! ). I sl ammed i t
i nto my l aptop and fi fteen mi nutes
l ater i t was done. About an hour
l ater I was convi nced that heaven i s
coffee col ored. I mean seri ousl y i t
j ust worked, everythi ng was up and
runni ng out of the box (or rather out
of the cdr). The graphi cs, network,
sound, updates I mean hel l even the
custom buttons at the top of the
keyboard worked (i n fact better than
i n Wi ndows! ). Unfortunatel y my
adventures wi th Ubuntu managed to
get me fai l ed i n the cl ass that had
fi rst brought me the l aptop to i nstal l
i t on. But that doesnt real l y matter
because I have a new fri end, a
brown fri end that by the way now
can turn i tsel f i nto a cube, burn up
and wobbl e around (thanks to my
buddy Beryl ). Ubuntu Li nux for
human bei ngs? Nah more l i ke: Li nux
for peopl e who l i ke when thei r
computers j ust work, and the col or
brown.
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In Praise of Unsung Heroes
I am, I must confess, not qui te a
newbi e. I 've been usi ng Ubuntu now
for the best part of a year.
You woul d then thi nk I woul d know
what I am doi ng, but al as not, bei ng
thoroughl y i nsti tuti onal i sed i n
Wi ndows, i t has been up hi l l al l the
way.
So I come to the Heroes of my ti tl e,
through al l my tri al s and tri bul ati ons,
not to menti on head bangi ng
frustrati on, they came to my ai d,
hel pful , encouragi ng and prompti ng.
Who are they? Wel l , I wi l l tel l you. They
are the strangers who come to my
rescue - the readers and
more i mportantl y, the responders i n
the Ubuntu forums. So many ti mes
over the l ast year, when al l has been
l ost and wi th no hope i nsi ght, I have
turned to the forums to see i f anyone
el se has broken apt, l ost thei r i nternet
connecti on or can't pl ay mp3s etc.
Wi thout fai l , I am not al one. So far I
have not had to post a questi on but I
have read the dozens of answers
gi ven to others wi th the same
probl ems as me. The communi ty of
Ubuntu has never ceased to amaze me
wi th thei r hel p, pati ence and l ack of
negati ve atti tude to newbi es, who
often have very l i ttl e understandi ng of
what they are doi ng. I t can't be easy
tryi ng to hel p some one who knows
l i ttl e or nothi ng of command l i ne and,
i n my case, gets col d sweats when
openi ng a termi nal .
Sl owl y, very sl owl y, as i t
happens, wi th the ai d of the
forums, I have overcome so many
hurdl es. Wi th each upgrade I have
gai ned more confi dence - whi ch i s
how I broke apt. Thi s ti me
I thought, thi s ti me, I wi l l have to do
a fresh i nstal l - but no, j ust when I
was about to gi ve i n, hel p came
agai n from the forums.
Thi s i s why they are my
heroes and I for one wi l l si ng thei r
prai ses.
Michael House
Editor replies -
I total l y agree. Had i t not been for
fri endl y pl aces l i ke UbuntuForums
thi s magazi ne woul d never have
come to frui ti on!
Only by uti l i si ng the massi ve (and i
mean massi ve! ) userbase at
UbuntuForums was I abl e to reach
out to other vol unteers who al so
wanted to hel p create an Ubuntu
magazi ne.
I often wonder what the state of
Li nux woul d be wi thout Ubuntu and
Ubuntu Forums. I magi ne you were
usi ng another di stro, where coul d
you turn for hel p? What other forum
i s that hel pful and has so many
users? In my opinion, very few forums
have both cri teri a. . .
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I need java. Is java on Automatix2?
Sun Java JRE i s avai l abl e through the Ubuntu reposi tori i es. You can
i nstal l i t by doi ng: sudo apti tude i nstal l sun-j ava6-j re
Or from your Add/Remove Programs appl i cati on. See our tutori al on
p. 26 of this issue for how to add/remove appl i cati ons.
We can not recommend Automatix due to potential upgrade/update issues.
I was wondering if there was a Linux program that will allow
me to compress a DVD movie that I ripped.
When you make vi deo smal l er, that's cal l ed encodi ng. I t's not the
same as compressi on, and I thi nk that encodi ng i s what you want to
do.
CLI :
- Handbrake
- mencoder
GUI :
- dvd95 (GNOME, far right)
- k9copy (KDE, right)
- DVD Shri nk (wi ne)
http: //ubuntuforums. org/showthread. php?t=439588
Ubuntu seems to have a cool enough clean look to it, but is
there a way to customize it to look as/more visually
attractive as/than Vista?
Compi z i s pre-i nstal l ed on Ubuntu, j ust go to
System>Preferences>Desktop effects, then cl i ck enabl e. I f you want a
more customi sabl e l ook, you can use beryl (www. beryl -proj ect. org)
and use themes from www. gnome-l ook. org or www. kde-l ook. org.
http: //ubuntuforums. org/showthread. php?t=439230
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I have Ubuntu Fei sty Fawn i nstal l ed
and heavi l y modi fi ed. Ri ght now i t's a
bl end of Xfce and GNOME, the gtk
theme i s Murri na Gl i ouche and the
metaci ty theme i s cal l ed Si mpl ebox
Custom. You can get the murrina engine
from here.
The i con theme was col l ected by me
and i s probabl y the bi ggest col l ecti on
of tango i cons around, but
unfortunatel y, i can't di stri bute i t
because i don't know al l the l i censes
the i cons are under, they're not al l GPL. However, the next best thi ng i s the
Tango Generator. I t has i cons for other apps too, not j ust GNOME i n general .
Here i s the wal l paper i was usi ng.
Thi s i s where i t al l happens fol ks! Full Circle i s
made right on thi s here machi ne. Looks snazzy
wi th the l i ghts but i t's onl y :
AMD Athlon XP 2600+
512mb RAM
nVidia GeForce4 MX (128mb RAM)
Netgear wireless modem/router
Bluetooth Adaptor
hba1 = 110gb
hdb1 = 55gb
CD-RW & DVD-RW
Two 12" striplights; one blue, one yellow
So nothing too big and fancy. It was a dual-boot
between Windows XP and Kubuntu Dapper but it's
now Kubuntu Feisty only. I'm now completely Windows
free! Whee!
I also have a Compaq nx9005 laptop which is even
less impressive and has Xubuntu installed on it.
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Homepage: http: //www. frozen-bubbl e. org/
There's nothing like penguins to brighten up your day.
Frozen Bubble, a puzzler similar to SNK's Puzzle
Bobble back in the arcade scene, remains to this day
one of the most popular Linux games of all time. There's
a good reason, too, because it's also the most addictive.
The goal is to break all of the colored orbs hanging from
the ceiling. You do so by shooting more orbs at them,
trying to match the colors. If the orbs touch the bottom,
you lose. It sounds simple, but can be very challenging. Ubuntu 7.04 includes Frozen Bubble 2
available for download, which includes some nice new features, such as extended network
play, and chain reactions.
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Homepage: http: //www. wesnoth. org/
Battle for Wesnoth is a real-time strategy game that can
be played online against other players or against the CPU.
There are even fan-made campaigns you can download
right from Ubuntu's repositories, extending the game
even further. In most campaigns the goal is to defeat your
enemies leader. Take control of villages to earn money,
and summon troops to aide you. When you have a
formidable army, position your troops in as strategic a
way as possible to ensure victory.
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Homepage: http: //www. repti l el abour. com/software/chromi um/
Stunning graphics, kicking music, and shooting action.
What more could you possibly want? Chromium has some
easy controls too, as everything is controlled by your
mouse. Chromium, even in its easiest difficulty level, is a
very challenging game. Its been said in a sense that the
goal of Chromium is to relieve anger from a stressful day,
not necessarily to win. Losing has definitely never been so
much fun!
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Homepage: http: //www. pl anetpengui nracer. com
Pl anet Pengui n Racer i s a ful l y 3D raci ng game,
i s a bl ast to pl ay and l ooks absol utel y
gorgeous. I ts based on Tux Racer, however thi s
versi on adds much more content such as new
courses and features. Pl ease note that
hardware accel erati on for graphi cs i s
recommended for smooth game pl ay.
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The i nteresti ng thi ng here i s that your
keyboard or mouse control s the pl atform the
bal l i s on, i nstead of the bal l i tsel f. When you
ti l t the pl atform, the bal l wi l l respond and rol l
around, and you must col l ect enough coi ns
wi thout fal l i ng off the pl atform or runni ng out
of ti me. The graphi cs are ful l 3D and as such, hardware accel erati on i s
requi red for thi s game to run properl y.
I f you have a l i st you woul d l i ke featured here (it can be a list of anything;
games, apps, whatever you think) then pl ease emai l your l i st (and screenshots
i f possi bl e) to : mi sc@ful l ci rcl emagazi ne. org
TOP5 LINUX GAMES
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