Is s ue # 9 - January 2008

KD E 4.0 - D UALREVIEW

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TH E IND E PE ND E NT M AGAZ INE FO R TH E UBUNTU CO M M UNITY
CREATE YO UR O W N SERVER

D IRECTO RY SERVER
UBUNTU O N AN iBO O K

K DE 4.0 RELEASED
INSTALLO PENTTD

FINALLY TIM E TO 'BE FREE'

O PENGEU - STEP-BY-STEP
INSTALLO F TH E D ISTRO
FO RM ERLY KNO W N AS GEUBUNTU

OPE NGE U S E R VICE !

TH E D IS TR O FOR M E R LY CR E ATE YOU R OW N
K NOW N AS GE U BU NTU S E R VE R - PAR T 1
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Ubuntu on an iBook
Ins talling O pe nTTD
Se rve r Se rie s - Part.1
- KD E 4.0
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p.16
p.20
p.22
p.24
- O pe nGEU p.29

M y Se cond Apartm e nt p.30

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P.06 p.33
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 ED ITO RIA L
Th is m agazine w as cre ate d us ing :

Th e big ne w s th is m onth is , of cours e , . Robe rt Cl ips h am

and I h ave both re vie w e d KD E 4.0 th is m onth . I th ough t it w oul d be
fun to re vie w KD E 4.0 from both s ide s of th e fe nce , m e be ing a KD E
us e r and Robe rt be ing a GNO M E us e r. I h ave notice d a fe w q uirk s w ith
KD E 4.0 but I l ove KD E and I w on't give up on it, but I do h ope th e y
is s ue update s s oon!

O ut w ith th e ol
d and in w ith th e ne w ?Not s o! Ste p back in tim e by
fol l
ow ing our guide to ins tal ling O pe nTTD . TTD be ing Trans port Tycoon
De l uxe - a h igh l
y addictive trans port s im from ye ars ago w h ich I w as Ubuntu is a com pl e te ope rating
h e avil
y addicte d to on m y ol d 486 PC. M e ?O l d?O h ye s , I'm ol
d s ys te m th at is pe rfe ct for laptops ,
de s k tops and s e rve rs . W h e th e r at
e nough to e ve n re m e m be r 386s ! h om e , s ch oolor at w ork Ubuntu
contains al lth e appl ications you'l l
Starting th is m onth w e h ave a s te p-by-s te p s e rie s on cre ating your e ve r ne e d including w ord
ow n s e rve r. Part one cove rs th e bas ic ins tal l
ation of Ubuntu Se rve r and proce s s ing, e m ailappl ication and
in a fe w m onth s tim e you w il lh ave a ful l
y w ork ing and w e l lconfigure d w e b brow s e r.
Ubuntu Se rve r. Spe ak ing of w h ich , if anyone out th e re w oul dl ik e to
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Ubuntu 7.10 De s k top Cours e Drive r- Fre e Car Runs Ubuntu Linux
Re l
e as e d!

O K fol k s th e l
ong aw aite d Ubuntu 7.10
D e s k top Cours e is re ady, w aiting and al l
yours for th e tak ing! Th ank s to al lth e
com m unity m e m be rs w h o s l ogge d ove r
w riting, re vie w ing, e diting, proof re ading
and fixing th e l ayout. Th is is jus t th e
be ginning of th e proje ct w h ich w e h ope
Re le as e d unde r th e
w il ll ive and e vol ve w ith e ach ne w
lice ns e , is a puzzl e type gam e
Ubuntu re l e as e . Yours to de ve l op,
bas e d on th e "Th e s e us and th e
e nh ance and branch off to your h e art's
M inotaur M aze s "gam e , but im prove d
conte nt! Th e re are 10 l e s s ons in total .
by adding a 3D , is om e tric, vie w . In th e
Th e cours e is m odul ar - 2 days if al l
W h ile not as s e xy as th e BM W Z 4M or s om e gam e you pl ay th rough 40 diffe re nt
le s s ons are cove re d, h ow e ve r, topics
of th e oth e r autom obil e s on dis play during Andal us ian l
ocations and l e arn about
and l e s s ons can be s e l e cte d as re q uire d.
CES, w e h ad l e arne d an inte re s ting fact th e typicalfood, fie s tas and h is tory of
Th e re are 2 ve rs ions of th e cours e : an
about th e drive r-l e s s Carne gie M e llon th e pl ace .
Ins tructor Guide , and a s tude nt guide .
ve h icle : it runs Ubuntu. Th is Carne gie You can find inform ation about
(PD F) Me l lon ve h icle w ith s pons ors s uch as at w w w .nim uh .com . You can also
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Source : Ubuntu W e e k l y Ne w s # 73 s oftw are s tack is Ubuntu 6.06 "D appe r
h ttps ://w ik i.ubuntu.com /UbuntuW e e k l
yNe D rak e "Linux. Ubuntu 6.06 w as ch os e n for Th e e ntire proje ct h as be e n de ve l
ope d
w sle tte r be ing an LTS (Long Te rm Support) re l e as e . us ing Ubuntu Linux.
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Ace r Se l
ling Ubuntu Laptops Linux De ve l
opm e nt M ore Lik e Social H ardy H e ron Al
ph a 3 Re l
e as e d!
Ne tw ork Says Torval ds
Ace r is H ardy H e ron Al ph a 3 is th e th ird alph a
m ak ing a re l
e as e of Ubuntu 8.04, and w ith th is
Linux de ve l opm e nt is
lim ite d l
aptop ne w al ph a re l
e as e com e s a w h ol e h os t
m ore l ik e a s ocial
s e rie s of e xce lle nt ne w fe ature s .
ne tw ork buil t on
avail abl
e now
trus te d re l ations h ips
w ith Ubuntu
and l e ss l ik e a
Linux pre -
de m ocratic
loade d.
com m unity of
You jus t h ave to go to a D ick Sm ith s tore individual s de dicate d
and l ook for product code XC5822. Th e to a s ingl e Th e s e fe ature s are s h ow cas e d for your
picture h e re is th e s am e as th e one on de ve lopm e nt proce s s , atte ntion. Pl e as e te s t th e m and re port
th e s ite , but I am told it's not e xactl
y th e according to Linux any bugs you find. If you w ant to s e e
s am e as th e m ode lbe ing offe re d. cre ator Linus Torval ds . w h at th e de ve lope rs h ave cook ing for
th e ne xt al ph a re le as e tak e a look
Th e y are s om e late 2004 Ace r As pire th rough th e h ardy bl ue print page
4315-100508Ci m ode l s , bas e d on an s aid h ttps ://blue prints .launch pad.ne t/ubuntu
Inte lCe l e ron M 540 1.86GH z Proce s s or, Torval ds , th e Linux proje ct coordinator w h o /h ardy
512M B D D R2 RAM , 80GB 5400 RPM h as w ritte n approxim ate l y 2% of th e Linux
SATA H D D , 14.1"W ide s cre e n D is pl
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D VD + CD RW Com bo D rive , Inte lM e dia 19 9 0.
Acce l e rator X3100 Graph ics Card and
Torval ds m ade h is com m e nts during a tw o- h as a s m al l
w ire l
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part inte rvie w w ith Jim Z e m lin, CEO of th e te am of de ve l ope rs w h o are
Th e l
aptops are running Ubuntu 7.10. Linux Foundation. Torval ds is a Fe llow at th e w ork ing on an ope n s ource
foundation, w h ich funds h is w ork . H e can be appl ication w h ich w il lh e lp th os e ,
W h at's m ore inte re s ting is th e price : lik e us , w h o cre ate publ ications .
h e ard in h is ow n w ords via podcas t on th e
NZ $69 9 , m ak ing it a gre at val ue w h e n W e are al w ays l ook ing for m ore
Linux-Foundation.org W e b s ite . Part 2 of th e
com pare d to th e ASUS Ee e PC, w h ich de ve l ope rs . If you w oul dl ik e to
inte rvie w w illbe pos te d in e arly Fe bruary.
h as onl y a 4 GB fl as h m e m ory for h el p, pl e as e vis it:
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 FLAVO R O FTH E M O NTH
W ritte n by Luca D e M arini
M any of you m ay not re cognis e th e nam e . O pe nGEU w as pre vious l y k now n as Ge ubuntu but w e h ad to ch ange its nam e be caus e of
Ubuntu trade m ark s . Since GEU is not a re alre m ix (it doe s n't us e officialUbuntu re pos itorie s onl
nam e in our de rivative .
O
pe nGEU is a norm alUbuntu
dis tro us ing Enl igh te nm e nt
D R17 and s om e bits of
GNO M E to re nde r th e de s k top
ins te ad of th e s tandard GNO M E
D e s k top Environm e nt or KD E from
Kubuntu or XFCE4 from Xubuntu.
Th is m e ans a l ot of th ings . To
re s um e th e m ain points :
• E17 is be ta s oftw are , s o
O pe nGEU m ay h ave s om e bugs
w e didn't notice . In th is cas e ,
pl e as e re port th e m in our forum ,
M Lor IRC Ch anne l . Als o, th e re are
s om e k now n bugs w e 're trying to
s h ut dow n. Pl e as e re fe r to our
w ik i, w h ich is in our m ain s ite , to
le arn m ore about k now n bugs .
• E17 is fil l
e d w ith e ye -candy but
w ith ve ry l ow h ardw are
re q uire m e nts . Th is m e ans th at
O pe nGEU m ay e ve n be fas te r
y) it's not righ t for us to us e th e Ubuntu
th an Xubuntu on your m ach ine but it
If you are pl anning to try
w illgive you an incre dibl
e look and
O pe nGEU on a VM th e n you
w ith am azing anim ations .
don't ne e d to burn th e ISO on a
CD . You can run th e dis to
• Since E17 is a w indow m anage r,
s traigh tly from th e .is o file . You
you w on't be abl e to us e it w ith
can dow nl oad and us e , for fre e ,
Com piz. But to s ay th at Com piz is
th e O pe n Source virtual ization
th e m as te r of 3D e ffe cts , th e n E17 is
appl ication Virtual Box
th e al m igh ty Lord of 2D e ffe cts . Al so
(h ttp://w w w .virtualbox.org). You
E17 w il lgive you ve ry e l e gant and
am azing e ffe cts w ith out as k ing you can find an articl e of m ine about
Virtual Box in #5
for a 3D card or a pow e rfulm ach ine ,
s o it w il
lrun s m ooth l y and pe rfe ctl y (h ttp://fullcircle m agazine .org).
e ve n on a VirtualM ach ine ! Th at's an
incre dibl e pl us .
Put th e O pe nGEU CD into th e
CD -Rom drive of your m ach ine
and boot it up. Re m e m be r to s e t
Th at s aid, l
e t's s tart w ith th e re al
up th e BIO S s o th at your CD -
ins tallation. W arm up your CD
burne r, l oad your pre fe rre d burning RO M drive is l oade d be fore your
h ard dis k is , oth e rw is e O pe nGEU
s oftw are (K3B, Bras e ro, Gnom e -
Back e r, Nautil us -Burn, anyth ing w il l w on't boot. Re m e m be r to back -
up your im portant data be fore
do), dow nl oad th e O pe nGEU ISO and
burn it to an e m pty CD . ins tal
ling O pe nGEU. Eve n th ough
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you s h oul dn't h ave any probl
e m s, Any tim e you w is h to, you can
be tte r s afe th an s orry. s w itch to th e 'M oonl igh t' th e m e
from Suns h ine and vice ve rs a by
launch ing th e O pe nGEU th e m e
s w itch e r from th e 'Pre fe re nce s '
m e nu in th e top pane l .
W h e ne ve r you're re ady to ins tal l
O pe nGEU, jus t doubl e click on
th e ins tal lde s k top icon.

Th e n
com e s th e
us ualUbuntu
ins talle r.
H e re you are on th e O pe nGEU Ch oos e your
de s k top! Th e w arm and h appy language and
'Suns h ine ' th e m e w e l com e s you. pre s s th e
Th e CD boots and you s e e th e Note th at e ve n th e back ground is 'Ne xt' button.
s cre e n above , w ith a num be r of anim ate d. You can acce s s any
options avail able . You can Ch e ck appl ication by l e ft cl
ick ing on any Ch oos e
th e CD for de fe cts be fore you e m pty zone of th e de s k top or on th e your tim e -
s tart th e Live CD , th is w ay you'l l O pe nGEU l ogo on th e gol de n bottom zone from th e
be s ure th at th e ISO h as be e n sh e lf. You'llal s o find a top pane l , m ap. Th is is
burne d corre ctl y s o th at you w on't auto-h idde n for your conve nie nce , ne e de d to s e t
h ave any nas ty s urpris e s during fil
le d w ith im portant appl e ts s uch as up not onl y
th e ins tal l
ation proce s s . Afte r a Tras h , tray icon s pace , 'Pre fe re nce s date and tim e
ch e ck (you can al s o s k ip it at your and Se ttings ' m e nus and s o on. You but al s o th e l
ocal e -s e ttings
ris k ) ch oos e 'Start or Ins tal l can te s t th e dis tro in th is Live m ode w h ich O pe nGEU w il ldow nl oad
Ubuntu'. Th e s cre e n w il lturn but re m e m be r th at s ince it is boote d for your ins tal lation. It is
bl ack w ith s om e w h ite code from a CD it w il l, of cours e , be ve ry im portant th at you are
s h ow ing for a fe w s e conds , th is is slow and you w on't be abl e to s ave conne cte d to th e Inte rne t w h e n
O pe nGEU booting up. your s e ttings and cus tom izations . you ins tal lO pe nGEU if you w ant
to h ave a com pl e te lyl ocalize d

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O pe nGEU s ys te m , for e xam pl e , if care fulon th is s te p. w ire l
e s s ne tw ork w ith your
you are Ital ian, lik e m e , th e l
aptop and a ne tw ork nam e s uch
ins tal l ation toolw il ldow nl oad and as : nam e _l as tnam e _l aptop. It
ins tal lfor you th e Ital ian l anguage w oul d be paradis e for a
s upport for al lof your appl ications m al icious h ack e r.)
and de s k top. If you cannot
conne ct to th e inte rne t during Th e
ins tal l , you w il
lh ave to m anual l
y ins tal l
er
dow nl oad l ate r, th rough Synaptic, w illdis play
a pack age cal l
edl anguage - allyour
s upport-*, w h e re *s tands for your pre vious
l ocal e l anguage . For e xam pl e , it is ch oice s for
“ it” for Ital ian (language -s upport- you to
it), “ fr” for Fre nch and s o on. doubl e ch e ck and by pre s s ing
th e ne xt button again, th e
Now you Th e ins tall
e r w il
lnow as k you for ins tallation w il
ls tart for re aland
can ch oos e pe rs onalde tail s as w e llas s om e you'l ls e e a progre s s bar.
th e k e yboard im portant data s uch as th e
layout for us e rnam e and pas s w ord you'l lbe
your s ys te m , us ing on your dail y us e of O pe nGEU.
it is Each tim e you atte m pt to do an
autom atical ly adm inis trator ope ration, O pe nGEU
s e t by th e ins talle r, but s h ould w illas k you for th e pas s w ord. I
you be l ie ve it to be w rong, jus t s ugge s t you to ch oos e s om e th ing
ch ange it, cl ick ne xt and m ove to e as y to type and re m e m be r, but be
th e ne xt s te p. s ure th at it is not an e as y to gue s s
pas s w ord too for s e curity re as ons . In
You w il l th is s te p you can ins e rt your re al
now be nam e , but be s ure th at th e ne tw ork
as k e d to nam e and us e rnam e doe s n't re ve al At th e e nd of th e ins tal lation
m anage your your re aldata, again, onl y for proce s s pre s s e nte r to re boot,
h ard dis k 's s e curity re as ons (im agine be ing in re m e m be r to re m ove th e CD
partitions . Be an airport, conne cte d to th e ir w h e n as k e d.

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 Now you can cus tom ize it as you
pre fe r, ch anging th e E17 Th e m e ,
back ground, gtk th e m e , pre tty m uch
anyth ing. Exactl yl ik e on th e Live CD ,
you can ch ange from th e Suns h ine to
th e M oonl igh t th e m e and vice ve rs a
by s im pl y ch oos ing th e O pe nGEU
th e m e you pre fe r on th e top pane l
'Pre fe re nce s ' m e nu.
e dubuntu-de s k top. You'l ljus t
h ave s om e e xtra dis c s pace
fille d and m ore boot options on
th e th e login s cre e n (unde r th e
'Se s s ion' m e nu). You can ins tal l
O pe nGEU from pack age s too,
s e e th e w ik i for th is .
I h ope you'llh ave fun w ith th is
Linux dis tro and e njoy its s pe e d
and e ye -candy.

Re m e m be r th at O pe nGEU is You can ge t O pe nGEU from

Afte r re boot, you'l ls e e th e
com pl e te l
y com patibl e w ith any h ttp://ope nge u.intil
inux.com
O pe nGEU Suns h ine Us pl as h
oth e r officialUbuntu dis tros , s o you
th e m e . Afte r e nte ring your
can ope n Synaptic at any tim e and
us e rnam e and pas s w ord on th e
dow nl oad th e re s pe ctive de s k tops ,
login w indow , you'l lbe l ogge d for
s uch as ubuntu-de s k top, k ubuntu-
th e firs t tim e on a virgin O pe nGEU
de s k top, xubuntu-de s k top or
de s k top.

Th e KD E Com m unity is th ril led

to announce th e im m e diate
avail abil ity of KD E 4.0. Th is
s ignificant re le as e m ark s both
th e e nd of th e long and
inte ns ive de ve lopm e nt cycl e
le ading up to KD E 4.0 and th e
be ginning of th e KD E 4 e ra.

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 H O W - TO D IRECTO RY SERVER
W ritte n by Je s ús Arte ch e

M any dis tributions are im pl e m e nting s oftw are program s bas e d in LD AP, in orde r to cre ate a D ire ctory Se rvice l ik e M icros oft offe rs w ith
Active D ire ctory. Th is is th e firs t in a s e rie s of articl
e s w h ich w il
le xpl
ain h ow to buil
d a Prim ary D om ain Control le r (PD C). Th e s e articles
atte m pt to offe r al
lth e fe ature s th at M icros oft Active D ire ctory can offe r. In orde r to cons truct th is PD C, s e ve ralope n s ource s oftw are
program s are us e d: O pe nLD AP, O pe nAFS, Sam ba, Ke rbe ros and O pe nSSH .

Th e h e art of th e PD C w illbe le ve lw h ich grants acce s s to th e Th e m e aning of th e acronym s

O pe nLD AP, it w il lbe th e databas e s e rvice w h ich th e adm inis trator of are :
w h e re th e us e rs ´ accounts w il lbe th e ne t al l
ow s . CN : Com m on Nam e .
s ave d. In th e us e rs ´ accounts w e O U : O rganizationalUnit.
can s ave inform ation about e ach Th e LD AP databas e h as a tre e -l
ik e D N : D om ain Nam e .
us e r. Th is w oul d include us e r organization, as s h ow n in th e
nam e , pas s w ord, m ail , h om e e xam pl e be l
ow (alth ough th e Late r w e 'l
ls e e h ow w e h ave to
dire ctory, and s o on. Al lth e draw ing is a littl
e ele m e ntary): us e th e s e acronym s to ide ntify
s e rvice s of th e PD C th at w il l th e m e m be rs of th e PD C.
auth e nticate a us e r w il lh ave to
auth e nticate it agains t th at O K, l e t's go w ith th e practice .
databas e . W e as s um e th at w e h ave a
D e bian s e rve r, or in th is cas e
O pe nLD AP is a fre e Ubuntu Se rve r (update d by apt-
im pl e m e ntation and ope n s ource ge t, I'm us ing 6.06 ve rs ion). W e
of th e protocolLD AP (Ligh tw e igh t ne e d to ins tal ls om e pack e ts
D ire ctory Acce s s Protocol ) from th e re pos itorie s of Ubuntu
de ve l opm e nt by th e O pe nLD AP and fol low s om e s te ps for th e
Proje ct. O pe nLD AP is l ibe rate d by configuration. Pe rs onal ly, I find it
its ow n l ice ns e : O pe nLD AP Publ ic us e l
e s s to fillout th e q ue s tions
Lice ns e . th at m ak e up th e ins tal lation
proce s s ;th e re fore , I do not
LD AP is a protocolat appl
ication ans w e r th e q ue s tions and

10
ins te ad s im pl
y pre s s 'e nte r'. Late r l
daps ://ubuntus e rve r.ironm an.e s :636/ : th e nam e of th e s e rve r
w e can re buil d th e 'conf' fil e. " w ith th e port th at w e 'l lus e .
###################### : Th e bas e of our dom ain,
sudo apt-get install slapd w h e re w e s e arch th e us e rs .
ldap-utils In 's l
apd s e rvice s ','ubuntus e rve r' is : ve ry im portant for th e
th e nam e of th e s e rve r m ach ine , conne ction w ith SSL, th e addre s s
sudo addgroup --system slapd 'ironm an.e s ' is our dom ain nam e , w h e re l dap h as to s e arch .
and w e actual l
y don't ne e d 'ldap:...' : th e port w h e re w e
sudo adduser slapd --home be caus e w e e ncrypt al lconne ctions conne ct.
/var/lib/ldap –shell \ w ith SSLby 636 port. : Th e route to our
/bin/false --no-create-home -
ce rt fil e w h ich w e cre ate l ate r.
-ingroup slapd --system Le t's s e e anoth e r configuration fil
e,
'/e tc/ldap/l dap.conf': Th is conf fil e is th e cl ie nt's
sudo /bin/chown -R
part. Le t's s tart w ith th e re al
slapd.slapd /etc/ldap \ ###################### conf file of l dap s e rve r (for parts ):
/var/lib/slapd /var/lib/ldap H O ST ubuntus e rve r.ironm an.e s :636
/var/run/slapd slapd BASE dc=ironm an,dc=e s
URI ####################
W ith th is w e cre ate th e us e r ldaps ://ubuntus e rve r.ironm an.e s :636 # Gl
obalD ire ctive s :
and group w h o e xe cute th e PO RT 636
dae m on, and w e give pe rm is s ion # Fe ature s to pe rm it
to e xe cute . # Ce rtificados SSL # al
low bind_v2
Now w e ne e d to m odify a TLS_CACERT # Sch e m a and obje ctCl
as s
configuration fil e ;w e can find th is /e tc/l
dap/s s l
/ubuntus e rve r.pe m de finitions
fil
e at: '/e tc/de fault/s l
apd', but w e
e dit th e fil
e to look lik e th is : s s ls tart_tl
s incl ude
/e tc/l
dap/s ch e m a/core .s ch e m a
##################### s s lon
SLAPD _CO NF=/e tc/l dap/s l
apd.conf incl ude
SLAPD _USER="s l apd" TLS_REQCERT de m and /e tc/l
dap/s ch e m a/cos ine .s ch e m a
SLAPD _GRO UP="s l apd"
SLAPD _SERVICES="l dap://ubuntus tl
s _ch e ck pe e r ye s incl ude
e rve r.ironm an.e s :389 / ###################### /e tc/l
dap/s ch e m a/nis .s ch e m a

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incl ude Th e above is q uite w e l lcom m e nte d, In th is part, w e s pe cify th e
/e tc/l
dap/s ch e m a/ine torgpe rs on.s c w e 'l
ljus t s ay th at w e jus t h ave to k ind of databas e w e are going to
h ema m odify th e 's ch e m as ' l
ate r to add us e . In th is cas e 'BD B', w h ich is
s am ba fe ature s and oth e rs . th e m os t us e d.
# Sch e m a ch e ck al l
ow s for
# forcing e ntrie s to ###################### ####################
# SSLcone xion:
# m atch s ch e m as for th e ir databas e bdb
# obje ctCl as s e s 's TLSCiph e rSuite s uffix "dc=ironm an,dc=e s "
s ch e m ach e ck on H IGH :M ED IUM :+ SSLv2 rootdn
"cn=adm in,dc=ironm an,dc=e s "
# W h e re th e pid fil
e is put. Th e TLSCe rtificate Fil
e rootpw s e cre t
init.d s cript /e tc/l
dap/s s l
/ubuntus e rve r.pe m dire ctory "/var/l ib/l
dap"
inde x obje ctCl as s e q
# w illnot s top th e s e rve r if you TLSCe rtificate Fil
e
las tm od on
# ch ange th is . /e tc/l
dap/s s l
/ubuntus e rve r.pe m
incl ude /e tc/ldap/s l apd.acce s s
pidfil
e TLSCe rtificate Ke yFil
e
####################
/var/run/s l
apd/s l
apd.pid /e tc/l
dap/s s l
/ubuntus e rve r.pe m
: it w il
lbe th e bas e of our
# Lis t of argum e nts th at w e re TLSVe rifyCl
ie nt ne ve r
tre e .
# pas s e d to th e s e rve r : th e ful laddre s s of our
args file /var/run/s l apd.args ######################
adm inis trator us e r in th e tre e .
Th is is th e part w h e re w e te lls l
apd : th e pas s w ord of
# Re ad s lapd.conf(5) for pos s ibl
e
s e rve r w h e re to find th e ce rt fil
e. adm inis trator us e r, w h ich w e 'l l
# val ue s
ch ange l ate r.
l
ogl e ve l 0
###################### : w h e re th e databas e
# W h e re th e dynam ical l
yloade d w il lbe s tore d.
back e nd bdb : th e path to th e acce s s
# m odul e s are s tore d
ch e ck point 512 30 lis t, w h ich s ays w h at us e rs are
m odul
e path /us r/l
ib/l
dap al low e d to us e s om e attribute s .
###################### : w e do not touch it at th e
m odulel
oad back _bdb
##################### m om e nt, w e 'l lm odify it late r.

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 Now w e h ave to cre ate th e both th e s e rve r and th e cl
ie nt h ave Ge ne rating a 1024 bit RSA
acce s s l
is t, in to h ave a copy of th e SSLce rt. W e 'l l private k e y
'/e tc/l
dap/s l apd.acce s s ': ne e d to ins tal
ls om e pack e ts . .................................+ + + + + +
...............................+ + + + + +
##################### sudo apt-get install openssl w riting ne w private k e y to
acce s s to attrs =us e rPas s w ord 'ubuntus e rve r.pe m '
by And for cre ating th e ce rtificate : -----
dn="cn=adm in,dc=ironm an,dc=e You are about to be as k e d to
s "w rite sudo openssl req -newkey
e nte r inform ation th at w il lbe
by anonym ous auth rsa:1024 -x509 -nodes -out \
incorporate d into your ce rtificate
by s e l
f w rite ubuntuserver.pem -keyout
re q ue s t.
by *w rite ubuntuserver.pem -days 365
W h at you are about to e nte r is
##################### w h at is cal le d a D is tinguis h e d
W e are going to us e a s e l f-s igne d
ce rtificate . W e can ch ange th e nam e Nam e or a D N.
W e all
ow th e s e fil
e s to be s e e n Th e re are q uite a fe w fie l ds but
by 's l
apd': of th e fil e s '.pe m ', but for th e
configuration I th ink it's e as ie r if both you can l e ave s om e bl ank .
of th e fil e s h ave th e s am e nam e , and For s om e fie l ds th e re w il lbe a
/bin/ch m od -v 644
w e can ch ange th e l ife tim e of th e de faul t val ue .
/e tc/l
dap/l dap.conf
ce rtificate w ith '-days '. I'm not an If you e nte r '.', th e fie l d w illbe
/bin/ch m od -v 600 e xpe rt in SSL, but w ith th e s e w e can le ft bl ank .
/e tc/l
dap/s lapd.conf ge t a good ide a of th e PD C. Th is is -----
going to pos e s om e q ue s tions , w e Country Nam e (2 l e tte r code )
Note : w e h ave to add th e nam e can type w h ate ve r w e w ant. Th e onl y [AU]:ES
of th e s e rve r to '/e tc/h os ts ', in al
l tim e w e cannot type w h ate ve r w e State or Province Nam e (ful l
m ach ine s , for e xam pl e; w ant is w h e n th e com m and as k s nam e ) [Som e -State ]:Cantabria
19 2.168.1.2 ubuntus e rve r about th e 'Com m on Nam e ', w e th e n Local ity Nam e (e g, city)
ubuntus e rve r.ironm an.e s h ave to type th e 'FQND ' (Ful ly []:Santande r
or de fine in our D NS of our l ocal Qual ifie d D om ain Nam e ), or rath e r, O rganization Nam e (e g,
ne tw ork . th e nam e of th e m ach ine fol low e d by com pany) [Inte rne t W idgits Pty
th e nam e of th e dom ain (our dom ain Ltd]:IRO NM AN
W e now h ave to cre ate th e SSL is 'ironm an.e s '). O rganizationalUnit Nam e (e g,
ce rt, for th e SSLconne ction s e ction) []:IRO NM AN.ubuntu
be tw e e n th e s e rve r and cl
ie nt;

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 Com m on Nam e (e g, YO UR '/e tc/l
ibns s -l
dap.conf' for th e conne ction, 636 be caus e
nam e ) []:ubuntus e rve r.ironm an.e s th e conne xion is by SSL.
Em ailAddre s s ###################### : Th e l
ine s ne e de d for m ak e
[]:ch e ch u@ ubuntu.ironm an.e s h os t ubuntus e rve r.ironm an.e s :636 th e SSLconne ction pos s ibl e.
bas e dc=ironm an,dc=e s
Now w e h ave to s tore it w h e re ldap_ve rs ion 3 W e h ave to ch ange th e
w e tol d 's l
apd.conf' th at it w ould rootbinddn pe rm is s ion of s om e fil e s , and
be . In our cas e , it w il
lbe in cn=adm in,dc=ironm an,dc=e s ch ange th e fil e
'/e tc/l
dap/s s l
/'. And w e ch ange th e port 636 '/e tc/ns s w itch .conf', w h ich
ow ne r of th e file to s l
apd: s s ls tart_tl
s contains th e orde r th at th e
s s lon s e rvice s cons ul t th e databas e s ,
sudo chown slapd.slapd ###################### w e m us t s e t LD AP afte r fil e s,
/etc/ldap/ssl/ubuntuserver.pe be caus e it can ge ne rate
m '/e tc/pam _l
dap.conf' probl e m s w ith th e 'root' us e r:
Le t's s tart w ith th e part of th e ###################### sudo chmod 644
cl ie nt. W e ne e d to ins tal ls om e h os t ubuntus e rve r.ironm an.e s :636 /etc/pam_ldap.conf
pack e ts in th e cl ie nts bas e dc=ironm an,dc=e s
m ach ine s ,(w e pre s s 'e nte r' to ldap_ve rs ion 3 sudo chmod 644 /etc/libnss-
ans w e r al lth e q ue s tions th at th e rootbinddn ldap.conf
proce s s m ak e up), you'l lh ave to cn=adm in,dc=ironm an,dc=e s
add th e 'unive rs e ' and port 636 '/e tc/ns s w itch .conf'
'm ul tive rs e ' re pos itorie s to th e s s ls tart_tl
s
's ource s .l is t': s s lon pas s w d: fil e s nis l
dap
###################### group: fil e s nis ldap
sudo apt-get install libpam- s h adow : fil e s nis l
dap
ldap libnss-ldap libpam- \ : th is is th e FQD N of our s e rve r. h os ts : file s dns
cracklib : Th e bas e of our tre e . l dap ne tw ork s : fil es
: Th e ve rs ion w h ich is going protocol s: db fil es
Th e im portant fil e s for th e cl ie nt to be im pl e m e nte d. s e rvice s : db fil es
m ach ine are th e fol low ing, w h ich : Th e fulladdre s s e th e rs : db fil es
w e are l e aving lik e th is . (w e 'l
l adm inis trator us e r in th e tre e . rpc: db fil es
h ave to s e t up too in th e s e rve r : Th e port w e are going to us e ne tgroup: l dap nis
m ach ine ):

14
 '/e tc/pam .d/com m on-s e s s ion' Now e ve ryth ing is re ady to
re s tart th e dae m on:
s e s s ion re q uire d pam _l im its .s o
s e s s ion re q uire d pam _unix.s o sudo /etc/init.d/slapd
s e s s ion optional pam _ldap.s o restart
s e s s ion re q uire d
pam _m k h om e dir.s o W e h ave to cre ate th e bas e of
sk e l
=/e tc/s k e l
/um as k =0022 th e tre e and th e us e rs in th e
databas e . I re com m e nd for
In orde r to conne ct w ith th e Th e m odul e 'pam _m k h om e dir' let doing th is th e s oftw are program
dae m on, 's l apd', w e h ave to us cre ate a ne w h om e dire ctory ldap-account-m anage r, it m ak e s
m odify th e 'pam ', pl uggabl e w h e n an us e r auth e nticate th e firs t th e proce s s of cre ating th e tre e
auth e ntication m odul e s . Th is is tim e . s o e as y. I don't re com m e nd
s h ow n in th e diagram above . trying to cre ate th e us e rs now . I
'/e tc/pam .d/com m on-pas s w ord' w oul d w ait untilw e ge t 'Sam ba'
W e 'l
lch ange th e fol
low ing fil
e s: ins talle d, but th is w il
lbe in th e
pas s w ord re q uire d ne xt articl e If you w ant you can
'/e tc/pam .d/com m on-account' pam _crack l ib.s o re try=3 cre ate and s tart w ork w ith LD AP,
m inl e n=8 difok =4 but jus t for Unix/Linux cl ie nts .
account re q uire d pam _unix.s o
account s ufficie nt pam _ldap.s o pas s w ord s ufficie nt
pam _unix.s o us e _auth tok m d5
'/e tc/pam .d/com m on-auth ' s h adow If you w oul dl ik e to re ad th is
auth s ufficie nt pam _unix.s o articl e w ith a w ide r l ayout to
pas s w ord s ufficie nt be tte r s e e th e com m ands and
auth s ufficie nt pam _l dap.s o pam _l dap.s o us e _auth tok
try_firs t_pas s config fil e e ntrie s , ple as e vis it:
auth re q uire d pam _e nv.s o pas s w ord re q uire d pam _w arn.s o h ttp://url
.ful
lcircl
e m agazine .org/d66214
auth re q uire d pam _s e cure tty.s o pas s w ord re q uire d pam _de ny.s o
auth re q uire d pam _unix_auth .s o
auth re q uire d pam _w arn.s o Th e m odul e 'pam -crack l ib' l
e t us to
auth re q uire d pam _de ny.s o h andl e th e l
e ngth of th e pas s w ord's
us e r and h ow m any l e tte rs h ave to
be diffe re nt in it.

15
 H O W - TO
W ritte n by Ste ph e n Bant
M y iBook G4 w as n't be ing us e d m uch , s o I de cide d to ins tal
proce dure as it h appe ne d in th e h ands of an ave rage tink e re r.
F
irs t th ings firs t. Back up all
criticalfil e s and e xtra
appl ications on th e iBook to
anoth e r dis k of s om e k ind. Your
e xis ting O S X w il lbe ove rw ritte n.
Th e n dow nl oad th e “ M ac
(Pow e rPC) and IBM -PPC (PO W ER5)
de s k top CD ” from h e re :
h ttp://cdim age .ubuntu.com /ports /
re le as e s /fe is ty/re l
e as e /
You’ l
lfind it at th e top of th e
page . Burn th e ISO to dis k .
Boot up th e iBook us ing your
M ac O S X s e tup CD 1. O nce up
and running, l aunch th e D is k
Util ity program . Th is is going to be
us e d to partition th e dis k s o th at
you can put O S X on one partition
and Ubuntu on th e oth e r.
Re m e m be r, th e pre s e nt O S X is
going to be ove rw ritte n— th e re is
UBUNTU O N A N iBO O K
lUbuntu Fe is ty on it. H e re 's h ow it w as done , and I give you th e w arts and al
no turning back once th e dis k is
partitione d, s o double ch e ck th at you
h ave e ve ryth ing you w ant.
Partition s ize s w il lde pe nd on you. I
jus t s plit e ve ryth ing dow n th e
m iddl e . Som e pe opl e us e around
10GB for O S X, but th at doe s n't
le ave any s pace to pl ay around w ith ,
and you w oul d h ave to om it or de l
e te
th ings l ik e th e Garage Band program .
Jus t m ak e e ach partition M ac O S X
Exte nde d H FS or H FS+ . D on't us e
H FS+ Journal e d, as you w on't be abl e
to w rite to th e O S X partition from
Linux. But e ve n if you do, you can
dis abl e journal ing late r, as I h ad to
do, anyw ay (s e e be l ow ).
W h e n it cam e to nam ing e ach
partition, I nam e d th e firs t one
"Ubuntu"and th e s e cond one "O SX".
Th at w as s uppos e d to pre ve nt
confus ion about w h e re th ings w e re
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l
going. Th e n I w e nt s traigh t
ah e ad and ins tal le d O S X on th e
O SX partition.
Som e pe opl e advis e to ins tal l
M ac O S X on th e partition at th e
e nd of th e dis k . W e l l, I th ough t I
w as doing th at by ins tal l
ing to
th e partition I h ad nam e d O SX,
but I m ay h ave m is re ad th e D is k
Util itie s s e tup, or it m ay h ave
m ade up its ow n m ind w h e re it
w as going, be caus e it e nde d up
at th e front of th e dis k . Not to
w orry, as it jus t doe s n’ t s e e m to
m atte r, in m y e xpe rie nce .
Now th e fun s tarts . Eje ct th e
M ac O S ins tal ldis k and ins e rt
th e Ubuntu Fe is ty ins talldis k you
burne d e arl ie r. Boot from th is
dis k by h olding O ption + c
during s tart-up. Type "e xpe rt"at
th e boot-l oade r prom pt. Th is w ill
give you m ore controlduring th e
ins tal lation proce s s . Al
s o, m ak e
s ure you h ave a ne tw ork
conne ction s o th at ne tw ork ing is
autom atical l
y configure d and th e
s ys te m can ge t any ne ce s s ary
dow nl oads .
Go th rough th e ins tal lation
proce s s as us ual . Eve ryth ing is
s traigh t forw ard, untilyou com e
to th e partitioning s e ction. I
m e an, if you don’ t acce pt th e
de faul t, le tting th e ins talle r auto
partition for you, you h ave to put
s om e th ough t into it to s e t up
your ow n partitions . Firs t, de l e te
th e Ubuntu partition you cre ate d
e arlie r, th e n go back and ch oos e
to us e m axim um fre e s pace . Now ,
if you don’ t care to h ave
cus tom ize d partitioning, jus t
acce pt th e de faul ts and s k ip th e
ne xt th re e paragraph s .
I h ave a confe s s ion to m ak e at
th is point. I us e d w h at w as th e
late s t build of Ubuntu Guts y PPC
Se rve r as part of m y
e xpe rim e nt— bl am e m y tink e ring
ge ne . Th e Gus ty ins tal lcalcul ate d
th e partitioning nice l y for m e ,
w h ich de s k top ve rs ions don’ t, as
far as I k now . I l e t it w rite th e continue ins tal l
ing e ve ryth ing
partitions . But th e n I re fl e cte d, if s m ooth l y and w il
le ve ntual ly
s h oul d th ings not w ork out, I don’ t ins tal lth e Yaboot boot m anage r
w h at to be de al ing w ith a com m and for ch oos ing your pre fe rre d
line . So, I s toppe d th e ins tal lproce s s s ys te m to boot-up tim e , O SX or
and be gan again w ith a Fe is ty Ubuntu.
de s k top CD , and w h e n it cam e to th e
partitioning s e ction, I s im pl y re us e d Th at s h oul
d be it. It’s tim e to
w h at th e Gus ty dis k h ad s e t up. I h ad re s tart. You can ch e ck th at you
to re nam e th e m , th ough . It w as l uck y h ave e nde d up w ith a dis k
I did ins tal lFe is ty be caus e I l e arne d s tructure s om e th ing l ik e is
late r afte r an upgrade th at Guts y is s h ow n be l ow .
buggy and as s l ow as h e l lon an
Love ly. Boot into O S X, fire up
iBook . Abandon al lh ope ye w h o
a te rm inalw indow and type in
e nte r th at zone of h e l l! I re ins talled
"fdis k -l
"to ge t th e lis t. Th at w as
Fe is ty afte r th at little adve nture .
e as y for m e to do be caus e it jus t
O nce pas t partitioning, Ubuntu w il
l boote d into O S X al lof th e tim e .
/de v/h da
# type nam e l e ngth bas e ( s ize ) s ys te m
/de v/h da1 Apple _partition_m ap Appl e 63 @ 1 ( 31.5k ) Partition m ap
/de v/h da2 Apple _Boots trap untitl e d 19 54 @ 29 302624 (9 77.0k ) Ne w W orl
d bootblock
/de v/h da3 Apple _H FS Appl e _H FS_Untitl e d_2 29 040416 @ 262208 ( 13.8G) H FS
/de v/h da4 Apple _UNIX_SVR2 untitl e d 5859 38 @ 29 304578 (286.1M ) Linux native
/de v/h da5 Apple _UNIX_SVR2 untitl e d 10443360 @ 29 89 0516 ( 5.0G) Linux native
/de v/h da6 Apple _UNIX_SVR2 untitl e d 5328126 @ 40333876 ( 2.5G) Linux native
/de v/h da7 Apple _UNIX_SVR2 s w ap 149 4141 @ 45662002 (729 .6M ) Linux s w ap
/de v/h da8 Apple _UNIX_SVR2 untitl e d 781251 @ 47156143 (381.5M ) Linux native
/de v/h da9 Apple _UNIX_SVR2 untitl e d 10667726 @ 479 3739 4 ( 5.1G) Linux native
/de v/h da10 Appl e _Fre e Extra 262144 @ 64 (128.0M ) Fre e s pace
Bl ock s ize =512, Num be r of Block s =58605120
D e vice Type =0x0, D e vice Id=0x0
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Yaboot's l ittl
e m e nu s cre e n s h ould
h ave appe are d, w h e re you can h it
"l "to boot into Linux or "m "to
boot into M ac O S X, or you can
le ave it for Ubuntu to s tart
loading by de faul t, but th at is n’t
w h at w as h appe ning for m e . For
s om e re as on, Yaboot jus t w oul dn’t
k ick in.
Th at w as no probl e m . If Yaboot
is a no-s h ow , ope n up th e M ac's
ope n firm w are cons ol e . You do
th is by booting up w h il e h ol
ding
th e M od + O ption + o + f k e ys .
Th is w il
lput you in "O pe n
Firm w are "m ode . O nce you h ave
th e cons ol e type th is :
boot hd:2,yaboot
to fix it s o th at Yaboot give s you a ybin
dualboot option, and you can tw e ak
it a bit w h ile you’ re at it. So ope n up Th is l
oads th e config s e ttings
a te rm inaland run th e s e com m ands . for you. H ow e ve r, th is w as n't
e nough for m e . It w ork e d untilI
sudo yabootconfig boote d into O S X again. Afte r
th at Yaboot abandone d m e , and I
sudo gedit /etc/yaboot.conf h ad to go into firm w are m ode
again to ge t it back in th e s am e
Th at yaboot.conf is of cours e w ay I s pe cifie d e arl
ie r. Th is is th e
Yaboot's configuration file . Add th e com m and th at m ak e s th e Yaboot
fol
low ing l
ine s to it: config s e ttings s tick for m e .
m acos x=/de v/h dXX ybin -b /dev/hda2
de faul tos =m acos x # add th is only if
you lik e M AC O S X to be th e de fault Yaboot h as n't fail
e d m e once
s ince I did th at.
Save th e fil
e . M os t ins tructions s ay
th at you now type th e fol low ing Be l ow is an e xam pl
e of w h at
el
s e can go in yaboot.conf

At l e as t, th at's w h at I ne e de d to
e nte r. (Th e h d:2 h e re jus t m e ans boot=/de v/h dc2
h da2, w h e re Yaboot is l oade d. You de vice =h d: # s h ould be an al
ias ch e ck /proc/de vice -tre e /al
ias e s /h d (th ank s <s ourdough > )
can s e e th at h da2 is cal l
ed partition=5
Appl e _Boots trap untitl e d in th e root=/de v/h dc5
fdis k l is t above ). tim e out=50
ins tall=/us r/l
ib/yaboot/yaboot
m agicboot=/us r/l ib/yaboot/ofboot
Afte r I did th at it boote d up into
e nabl e cdboot # Adds an e ntry to boot from a cdrom
th e Yaboot m e nu and afte r a fe w
s e conds , by de faul t, Ubuntu fgcolor=ye ll
ow
bgcol or=blue
s tarte d l oading. Eve ryth ing
im age =/vm l
inux
w ork e d fine . Good, now 's th e tim e labe l
=Linux
m acos x=/de v/h dc3
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 Th e box be l ow s h ow s w h at is copy from O S X to Ubuntu al re ady. dis able journal ing. Re boot back
pre s e ntl
y in m y yaboot.conf. But e nabl ing file s h aring in th e oth e r into Ubuntu. You s h oul d now be
dire ction coul d be a probl e m . I w as abl e to copy file s ove r to O S X.
Th os e las t tw o ins tructions add s tuck on th is for a w h il e . H ow e ve r, I You can al s o dis able journal ing in
tw o m ore options to your Yaboot w ork e d it out. To vie w th e fil e s in th e O S X from th e com m and l ine in
m e nu at s tartup, al low ing you to s h are d partition, do th is : Ubuntu w ith th is :
als o ch oos e w h e th e r to boot from
a CD or to bring up th e firm w are sudo mkdir /media/OSX sudo diskutil
cons ol e. disableJournal /Volumes/<OS
And th e n X Volume Name>
Th e ne xt s te p is to e nable fil
e
s h aring be tw e e n O S X and sudo mount -t hfsplus I've s e e n dis cus s ions on
Ubuntu. You s h oul d be abl e to /dev/hda5 /media/OSX ch anging your Linux us e r uid
and gid to m atch th at of O S X to
M y iBook 's /e tc/fs tab h as th e try and acce s s th e M ac partition.
boot=/de v/h da2 fol
low ing e ntry s o th at it is Th is als o m e ans ch anging al l
de vice =/pci@ f4000000/ata-6@ d/dis k @ 0: autom atical ly m ounte d: pe rm is s ions s ys te m w ide in
partition=4
orde r to m atch your ne w uid and
root=/de v/h da4 /de v/h da3 /m e dia/O SX h fs pl
us
tim e out=30 gid. Se e m s l ik e a big h as s l
e to
rw ,e xe c,auto,us e rs ,gid=31 0 0
ins tall
=/us r/lib/yaboot/yaboot me.
m agicboot=/us r/l ib/yaboot/ofboot
O r jus t go th rough
de lay=5 I h ave n't ch e ck e d s upport for
bgcol or=w h ite Adm inis tration > Sh are d Fol de rs
Airport, but for now , e ve ryth ing I
fgcol or=re d and m ak e it a s h are d fol
de r.
ne e d is w ork ing on m y iBook ,
m acos =/de v/h da3
You probabl y s til
lw il lnot be pl us th ings I
im age =/boot/vm l inux abl e to copy fil e s ove r to O S X don't ne e d l ik e
labe l=Linux from Ubuntu. So re boot into M ac fancy de s k top
re ad-onl y
O S X, th e n go to Util itie s and fire e ffe cts .
initrd=/boot/initrd.im g
initrd-s ize =819 2 up th e D is k Util ity program .
Ilik e m y iBook
appe nd="q uie t s pl as h " Se le ct and h igh l igh t th e O S X
e ve n m ore now .
dis k icon. Go to m e nu and unde r
e nabl
e cdboot It’s got its cool
e nabl
e ofboot File you w il ls e e th e D is able
back .
Journal ing option. Cl ick th at to

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 H O W - TO INSTA LLO PEN TRA NSPO RT
W ritte n by Jonny M cCul
lagh TYCO O N D ELUX E (O PENTTD )
Proof th at th e ol
d one s are th e be s t is no furth e r aw ay th an ins tal
ling – th e ope n-s ource d ve rs ion of th e cl as s ic
. Th e gam e 's cre ator ope ne d th e code w h e n h e m ove d on to de ve loping Rol le r Coas te r Tycoon.
Th e code is now active l
y de ve l
ope d as O pe nTTD at: h ttp://w w w .ope nttd.org.

T
h e gam e is a s im ulation- • D oubl e -cl
ick th e 'ope nttd' pack age As dis cus s e d th e data fil
e s can
type gam e bas e d on dis playe d in th e re s ul ts . be dow nl oade d from :
trans port. You are a tycoon • You m ay al s o w ant to ins tal
lth e h ttp://dow nl oad.trans porttycoon.n
and you h ave to buil d your 'rar' pack age w h il e in Synaptic. You e t/fil
e s /ttd-graph ics .rar
bus ine s s around trans porting m ay ne e d it l ate r.
pe opl e , raw m ate rials and goods • Click on th e 'Appl y' button to ins tal
l To dow nl oad th e data file s and
w h il
e buil ding roads , rail
w ays , th e s oftw are . copy th e m to th e corre ct l
ocation:
h arbours and airports . M onopl is e ,
Th e im portant point to note w h e n O pe n a te rm inaland e nte r:
m ak e m one y and e l im inate th e
ins talling O pe nTTD , is th at for l e gal
com pe tition – s ound fam il iar? mkdir tmp
re as ons th e original
artw ork cannot be dis tribute d
cd tmp
w ith O pe nTTD . As a re s ul t you ne e d
• O pe n Sys te m > Adm inis tration to ge t th e data fil e s from your wget
> Synaptic Pack age M anage r originalCD ve rs ion of http://download.transporttyco
. If, lik e m e , th at on.net/files/ttd-graphics.rar
• Us ing th e 'Se arch ' button s e arch originalCD is gath e ring dus t in a box
for 'ope nttd' in th e roofs pace you m igh t w ant to unrar e ttd-graphics.rar
obtain th e data fil e s from th e w e b.
If noth ing appe ars e ns ure
rm ttd-graphics.rar
th at you h ave e nabl e d th e D e tail
s about th e data fil e s is
re pos itory in Se ttings avail able h e re : sudo cp *
> Re pos itorie s h ttp://w w w .tt-forum s .ne t/ /usr/share/games/openttd/data
vie w topic.ph p?t=3407

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 If you h ave any difficul ty
e xtracting th e s e data fil
e s you
m ay ne e d to ins tallth e 'unrar'
pack age us ing your Pack age
M anage r'
O nce th e artw ork is in th e
corre ct fol
de r you s h ould be abl e
to run O pe nTTD from Appl ications
> Gam e s > O pe nTTD and pl ay th e
gam e in al lits 19 9 0's gl
ory.
W h e n you be gin a ne w gam e
you s h oul d fam il
iaris e yours e l
f • Cl ick on th e D e pot you h ave jus t
w ith th e buttons acros s th e top of
th e s cre e n.
• Click on th e coin s tack icon.
Borrow as m uch from th e bank as
pos s ible to ge t s tarte d
• H old and drag w ith th e righ t
m ous e button cl ick e d to m ove
around th e m ap
• Click th e road icon and in th e
'Road Cons truction' dial og box
th at appe ars ch oos e th e firs t road
icon and s tart cl ick ing and
dragging roads acros s th e m ap.
Th e s e cond road icon in th e 'Road
Cons truction' dial og buil ds roads
in th e oth e r dire ction. Aim to buil d
a road be tw e e n tw o tow ns .
• Ne xt cl ick on th e fifth icon in th e
'Road Cons truction' dial og and build • Th e 'O rde rs ' dialog appe ars .
tw o Bus D e pots – one in e ach of th e Cl ick on th e 'Goto' button th e n
tow ns you h ave joine d w ith th e road. locate your bus s top on your
• Ne xt cl ick on th e fourth icon in th e m ap and cl ick on it. Th e nam e of
'Road Cons truction' dial og and build your bus s top s h oul d appe ar in
a 'Road Ve h icl e D e pot' be s ide one of th e ve h icle 's orde rs . Th e n find
your roads . th e s e cond bus s top you cre ate d
and cl ick on it. Your bus s h oul d
buil t and you s h oul d s e e a dial
og now h ave a route of tw o bus
w h ich al l
ow s you to buy ve h icl e s. s tops s o cl ick on th e re d
• Buy a bus by cl ick ing on 'Ne w 'Stoppe d' button on th e 'Road
Ve h icle ' button Ve h icle ' dialog. Your ve h icl e
s h oul d now be on th e road
(m ak ing m one y) s o fol low it for a
w h ile to m ak e s ure al lis w e ll.
Continue buil ding your road
fl
e e t and l ook for s ubs idie s , al
so
• O nce you h ave your ve h icl e a ne w w h e n you h ave th e funds m ove
w indow w il lope n re pre s e nting th at onto rail , s h ips and aircraft. By
ve h icl
e . You ne e d to give your now I'm s ure you're probabl y as
ve h icl
e s om e ins tructions s o it can addicte d as I am .
s tart m ak ing you s om e m one y. Cl ick
on th e fourth icon dow n (brok e n If you l
ik e th e gam e cons ide r
ye llow arrow ) donating to w w w .ope nttd.org
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 H O W - TO CREATE YO UR O W N
W ritte n by D anie lLam b SERVER - Part 1
Th is guide w il
lbe gin at th e ve ry s tart, ins tal
lation, and tak e you th rough al lth e s te ps to e ve ntual
ly h aving your ow n ful
ly w ork ing
Ubuntu s e rve r w h ich could be us e d in your h om e or for a bus ine s s of any s ize .

W
e w il
ls tart by
dow nl oading Ubuntu
7.10 from
h ttp://w w w .ubuntu.com /ge tubuntu/
dow nl oad and s e l e ct
for
'Standard pe rs onalcom pute r' and
ch os e th e m os t appropriate m irror
for you from th e drop dow n m e nu.
I am ch oos ing Ubuntu 7.10
(Guts y Gibbon) for various
re as ons but th e m ain re as on is
s upport of m os t m ode rn h ardw are
and it w il lal s o s upport th e ne w e s t
Raid s ys te m s and Gigabit ne tw ork
cards w h ich curre ntl y 6.06 LTS (Long
Te rm Support) doe s not, h ow e ve r
w ith ve rs ion 8.04 LTS th is s h oul d be
re -as s e s s e d.
Afte r dow nl oading Ubuntu 7.10
Se rve r you ne e d to w rite th e im age
to CD us ing your favorite CD burning
program , if you are on w indow s you
Ch oos e 'Ins tal
lto th e h ard
can l ook at us ing Infrare corde r w h ich
dis k '.
can be dow nl oade d from
h ttp://infrare corde r.s ource forge .ne t/. Th e ins tallation w il lnow s tart.
Firs t you w illh ave to ch oos e your
O nce you h ave w ritte n th e im age
language , th e n s e l e ct your
to CD pl ace your Ubuntu Se rve r CD
location. Ne xt ch oos e a k e yboard
into your drive and boot from it,
layout, you w il lne e d to pre s s a
e ns ure th at your s ys te m is s e t to
fe w k e ys s o th e ins tall
e r can
boot from CD . You w il lth e n s e e th is
de te ct your k e yboard l ayout
s cre e n (above righ t).
bas e d on th e k e ys you pre s s e d,

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or you can m anual ly ch os e w h at O pe nSSH , print and SAM BA
k e yboard you h ave . s e rve rs . Se l
e ct th e diffe re nt
s e rve rs us ing th e s pace k e y th e n
Th e ins tal l
e r ch e ck s th e continue .
ins tallation CD , your h ardw are ,
and configure s th e ne tw ork w ith
D H CP if it is conne cte d to th e
ne tw ork , or you can configure th is
m anual ly.

Now e nte r th e 'h os tnam e '. M y

s ys te m is called
's e rve r.dom ain.local ', s o I e nte r
's e rve r'. W h e n you are re ady, h it 'Ye s ' to
'W rite th e ch ange s to dis k s ?' Now
your partitions w il lbe cre ate d and
form atte d.
Th e GRUB boot l
oade r w il
lnow
Se tup th e s ys te m cl
ock . Norm al
ly be ins tal
le d.
UTC is a s afe ch oice .
Th e ins tal lation is now
Ne xt cre ate a ne w us e r, I us e th e finis h e d. Re m ove your CD from
nam e 'Adm inis trator' w ith th e us e r th e drive and h it 'Continue ' to
nam e 'adm inis trator'. D on't us e th e re boot th e s ys te m .
us e r nam e 'adm in' as th at is a
s ys te m nam e in Ubuntu.

Now you w il lne e d to partition Th e bas e s ys te m w il

lnow be Th at is th e firs t part of th e
your dis k , l
e t th e s e tup cre ate th e ins tal
le d. Ubuntu s e rve r ins tal l
e d. Ne xt
partitions (s w ap and root) is s ue , w e w il lcove r update s ,
autom atical ly unl e s s you are Now w e ge t th e option of w h at ins tal ling th e Xubuntu de s k top
confide nt on doing th is m anual l
y. e xtra s oftw are ge ts ins tal
le d, w e are and al s o th e w e bm in ins tal
l.
going to ch oos e D NS, m ail , LAM P,

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 REVIEW K D E4.0
W ritte n by Ronnie Tuck e r
and Robe rt Cl ips h am
D UA LREVIEW
In th e bl
ue corne r is Ronnie , a KD E 3 us e r s ince D appe r D rak e and s til
lus ing KD E on h is curre nt ins tal lof Guts y. In th e brow n corne r is
Robe rt, a GNO M E us e r s ince h e s tarte d us ing Ubuntu in th e days of e dgy, trie d s e ve raloth e r options s uch as KD E3, XFCE and O pe nbox
but curre ntl
y us ing Gnom e on h is Guts y ins tal l
.

– M y ins tal lof KD E 4.0 w e nt
flaw le ssly. In Kubuntu Guts y (7.10) I
curre ntl y h ave KD E 3 ins tal l
e d, s o I
w as q uite uns ure h ow KD E 4.0 w oul d & & s udo aptitude ins tal
fit in. W oul d it 'upgrade ' m y KD E 3?
W oul d it l
ive be s ide and s e parate
from KD E 3?W e l l
, it s e e m s it can l ive
s e parate ly but s tills h are date w ith
KD E 3 s o I brave l y ope ne d up Ade pt
(Pack age M anage r in Kubuntu) and
adde d th e re pos itory URLgive n on
th e Kubuntu.org s ite [1], ch os e to
ins tallk de 4-core , cl ick e d to ins tal lit,
and actual ly w e nt off to w ork l e aving
it to dow nl oad. Eigh t h ours l ate r, I
cam e h om e from w ork and th e
dow nl oading and ins tal ling w as
done . I didn't e ve n h ave to m ak e one
de cis ion! Tim e to l og out and
h ope ful lyl og back in us ing KD E 4.0.
- Ins tall
ing KD E 4 w as
s im ple , a q uick am e ndm e nt of
/e tc/apt/s ource s .lis t, and a
coupl e of com m ands in th e
te rm inal(s udo aptidude update
lk de 4-
core ). No s oone r w as it ins tal ledI
got a notice about 35m b of k de 4
update s , w h ich I th ough t w as
odd, cons ide ring I h ad *jus t*
dow nl oade d it.
– So far, s o good! O n m y
login s cre e n, I ch os e to us e KD E4
rath e r th an KD E, gave m y us ual
nam e and pas s w ord and in a fe w
m om e nts up cam e a s h iny ne w
KD E s cre e n w ith nice pul s ating
icons s h ow ing m e w h at parts of
m y Kubuntu w e re be ing l oade d.
O n th e de s k top, I w as s urpris e d

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to s e e tw o icons , th e ve ry s am e
tw o icons I h ave on m y KD E 3
de s k top (one for acce s s ing m y
s e cond h ard drive and one , a
s h ort cut, to a folde r containing
m y podcas ts ) s o it ce rtainl y h as n't
jus t dum pe d m e in to a bl ank KD E
4.0. Th at's a good s ign.
I ch e ck e d th e K m e nu to s e e if m y
oth e r appl ications th at I ins tal led
in KD E 3 w oul d be th e re , Scribus ,
GIM P, ye s th e y al ls e e m to be
th e re s o I'm re live d at th at. I h ad
th e h orribl e vis ion th at I w oul dl og
in and h ave to re ins tal lal lm y
appl ications !
Eye candy tim e ! Tim e to try s om e
w idge ts . Th e firs t one I trie d w as
th e anal ogue cl ock w h ich w ork e d
fine , but th e re is re all
yl ittle else
to try. M os t are al
re ady l
oade d in one wel lpol is h e d. Ve ry profe s s ional
w ay or anoth e r, but I'm s ure th e re 'l
l look ing. Th e de faul t back ground
be m ore w idge ts on th e w ay. is a bit bl and, but th e re are
s e ve ralne w w al lpape rs to
ch oos e from .
Tink e r tim e , Sys te m Se ttings . Th e re 's
not m uch diffe re nt h e re . It's al lth e Th e K m e nu h as ch ange d q uite
us ualKD E s e ttings but th e one dram atical ly. It is now s h ow n in,
addition is , of cours e , th e D e s k top w h at I can onl y de s cribe , as a
Se ttings , th e s e controlth e ne w w indow of s orts . You ch oos e th e
e ffe cts s uch as w indow anim ations cate gory (Inte rne t, O ffice e tc.)
and drop s h adow s . Afte r e nabl ing th e th e n th e ite m s in th at cate gory
e ffe cts , th e de s k top s l
ow e d q uite a slide in from righ t to l e ft and you
bit. M oving w indow s be cam e s l ow ch oos e th e appl ication you w ant.
and th e anim ations w e re pre tty A s trip dow n th e l e ft of th e
m uch non-e xis te nt due to l ag. appl ications l is t allow s you to
Ne e dl e s s to s ay, I s oon dis abl ed re turn to th e cate gory l is t. It
th e m but I'm s ure th e y jus t ne e d tak e s a bit of ge tting us e d to,
s om e tw e ak ing and w il lbe gre at in but I do l ik e it. It ce rtainl y tak e s
KD E 4.1. Th e th e m e for w indow up l e s s s cre e n s pace th an th e
borde rs and icons is be autifuland us ualpop up and pop out m e nu.
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Konq ue ror w as th e Sw is s arm y
k nife of KD E. It w as a fil e s uch as fil e rating, com m e nts and
m anage r, an Inte rne t brow s e r,
e ve ryth ing! Now th e KD E te am
h ave cre ate d D ol ph in, a trim and
s ve lte fil e m anage r w h ich m ade a
brie f appe arance in KD E 3 unde r
Kubuntu Guts y. Tw o th ings h e re :
firs t is th at no m atte r h ow I
brow s e m y fil e s , Konq ue ror
al w ays s e e m s to be th e de faul
file m anage r. O dd cons ide ring
D ol ph in w as th e de faul t in Guts y!
Se cond is th at s ince I'm us ing
KD E 4 h and in h and w ith KD E 3, I
now h ave tw o e ntrie s in th e K
m e nu for D ol ph in and can us e
e ith e r th e s h iny ne w KD E 4.0
D ol ph in or th e ol d D olph in
(be l ow ). Be s t of both w orl ds I
s uppos e .
D olph in h as s om e nice ne w fe ature s m oving th e m ous e up and dow n
w il l
, as e xpe cte d, rotate th e icon
tagging (be l ow ). So you can rate but m oving th e m ous e l e ft and
your fil e s w ith s tars (out of five ) and righ t is w h e re th e e nlarge or
add a com m e nt w h ich w il lbe th e re s h rink com e s in (be l ow ). Sne ak y!
ne xt tim e you s e l e ct th at fil
e . Nice !
Tags w ork in th e s am e w ay as th e y
do on th e Inte rne t. It's m ore of a 'find
h elpe r' of s orts .
t
O ne gripe I h ave is th at s om e of
m y appl ications , for re as ons
unk now n, m ay h ave a fancy KD E
4.0 borde r, but th e appl ication
I w as now w onde ring if it w as its e l
flook s l
ik e it jus t e m e rge d
pos s ibl e to re s ize a w idge t as I q uite from W indow s 9 5!
fancie d h aving th e cl ock a touch
s m al l
e r. Took m e a w h il e , but I found
it e ve ntual ly and it w as n't e xactl y
gl aringl y obvious . Be s ide th e w idge t
are th re e icons . O ne is a s m al l
s panne r for prope rtie s , one is s im il ar
to a rotate or undo icon and one is a
re d cros s for cl os ing th e w idge t.
Se e m s th at cl ick ing and h ol ding on
th at rotate /undo type icon and
26
I th ink it's s om e th ing to do w ith
th e m e s but I'm re al l
y no e xpe rt
th e re , I notice d it m os t in Fire fox
and GIM P. M y oth e r niggl e is w ith
th e tas k bar, for th e l ife of m e I
jus t can not find a s e tting or
option to h ave m y w indow s
be com e uniq ue to a de s k top. An
appl ication on de s k top one w il l th e firs t th ing th at s truck m e w as al
s h ow on th e tas k bar for al l th e h ide ous icons cl
de s k tops w h ich is a bit annoying.
KD E 4.0 did s care m e once . O n
loading Ade pt (KD E Pack age
M anage r) I w as as k e d for th e root
pas s w ord (as norm al ). Ente re d m y
pas s w ord and it te l l
s m e it's th e
w rong pas s w ord! O h de ar. Afte r a
q uick Googl e it s e e m s as th ough
KD E 4.0 s e e m s to 'forge t' th e root
pas s w ord s o in a Kons ol e you
s h ould type :
sudo passwd
and you w il lbe as k e d for your
curre nt pas s w ord th e n w h at you
w oul dl ik e to ch ange it to. I jus t
k e pt it th e s am e pas s w ord.
Re l oade d Ade pt, gave it th e root
pas s w ord and al lw as w e l
l. Ph e w !
Th at w as cl os e !
- O nce ins tal le d, I l
ogge d out m om e nt KD E 4.0 is jus t one big
of m y be l ove d Gnom e and buck e t of w idge ts . Eve ryth ing is
proce e de d to m y XFCE l og in s cre e n. a w idge t. Th e tas k bar is a
I ch ange d th e s e s s ion to KD E 4 and w idge t, th e cl ock is a w idge t, th e
logge d in, h oping for th e be s t. m e nu is a w idge t, e ve ryth ing is
Succe s s ! Noth ing brok e . I w as in KD E a w idge t. I adde d an anal og
4.0. Afte r e nduring th e KD E l ogon cl ock and re -s ize d it to us e up
s ound (I h ate al lth e KD E s ounds ), th e m ajority of th e de s k top, th e n
l re al is e d it w as blurry, s o
utte ring m y ch ange d it back to th e s tandard
de s k top. O ve r th e tim e I've h ad s ize . I pl aye d w ith s om e of th e
Guts y I've dow nl oade d al ls orts of oth e r w idge ts (be l ow ) th at w e re
rubbis h w h ich I've ne ve r both e re d to al re ady th e re th e n de cide d to
tidy up, and as th e pe rce ntage of m y m ove on.
tim e us ing Guts y h as be e n w ith
O pe nBox, w h ich doe s n't h ave a
de s k top as de faul t, I've ne ve r h ad a
m otive to re m ove th e m . W h e n I
re ce ntl y s w itch e d back to gnom e
(m y de s ire for Com piz Fus ion h ad
grow n too m uch for m e to h andl e)I
jus t dis abl e d th e de s k top s traigh t off.
I dis abl e d th e icons , and l ook e d into
KD E 4.0 s om e m ore .
Th e ne xt th ing I fe l
t
ne e de d
inve s tigating w as
th e s ym bolin th e
corne r, w h ich
h igh ligh ting
re ve al e d w as for
adding w idge ts (righ t). At th e
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Th e ne xt th ing th at ne e de d doing
w as to e nabl e s om e graph ical
e ffe cts . I click e d on th e K m e nu
and s e arch e d for 'pre f', and by
th at point th e pre fe re nce s h ad
al re ady be e n m ove d to th e top of
th e s e arch l is t. It w as n't obvious
th at I h ad cl ick e d in th e s e arch
box as th e re w as no fl as h ing
curs or, but it w ork e d none th e l e ss.
I e nabl e d al lth e graph icale ffe cts
I coul d find, th e n te s te d out th e
e ffe cts . I didn't s e e a l ot of
diffe re nce h aving e nabl e d th e m ,
oth e r th an th e m inim is ing and
re s toring e ffe cts .
I te s te d a coupl e of th e
appl ications brie fl
y, but not l ong
e nough to com m e nt fairl y on
th e m . At th is point s om e th ing odd
h appe ne d. I did s om e s ort of a
cl ick ing com bination and th e de s k top
partial ly m ove d off th e s cre e n,
le aving a w h ite block w h e re it w as . I
trie d a fe w th ings to m ove it back ,
but it w as no us e .
– I've onl y be e n us ing KD E
4.0 a s h ort tim e and it w il lde finite l y
tak e a l ot longe r to ge t a m ore
de finite fe e lfor it, but I'm h appy w ith
it and w il lce rtainl y be us ing it on a
day to day bas is . Th e KD E te am
de s e rve a s tanding ovation for KD E
4.0. It's m ind boggl ing to th ink th at
s uch a be autifuland com pl e x pie ce
of s oftw are can be w ritte n by a group
of pe opl e w h o rare l y s e e e ach oth e r!
H ad th e D e s k top Effe cts w ork e d
s m ooth l y, I'd e as il
y h ave give n th is
top m ark s .
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- I us e d KD E 4.0 for onl y
a s h ort am ount of tim e , and can
s e e it's pote ntial . H ow e ve r I
don't be l ie ve it is re ady for
e ve ryday us e ye t and s til lh as a
long w ay to go. I'l llook forw ard
to te s ting l ate r ve rs ions of KD E
4, but at th e m om e nt it doe s n't
h ave th e fl e xibility/e as e of
cus tom is ation m y de s k top ne e ds .
de b
h ttp://ppa.l aunch pad.ne t/k ubuntu-
m e m be rs -k de 4/ubuntu guts y m ain
w rite r Andre w M in h as
w ritte n h is opinion on KD E4.0
w h ich you can re ad on th e
w e b s ite at:
h ttp://url
.ful
lcircl
e m agazine .org/316441
 M Y O PINIO N
W ritte n by Ste fano Al
be rini
O pe nGEU M oonl
igh t Edition (above )
I
n th e e ndl e s s panoram a of
Ubuntu dis tributions O pe nGEU
is a ve ry inte re s ting one , and
by Luca de M arini, a fe l l
ow Ital ian.
I am proud to introduce you to
th is Ital
ian dis tribution and th at is
be caus e firs t of al l
, it is th e
s e cond fam ous Ital ian dis tribution
to e ve r s e e th e l
igh t of day (no
O N O PENG EU
pun inte nde d to O pe nGEU's tw o th e w h ol e dis tro panoram a. In
e ditions ) al s o, Ital
y is k now n to be oth e r w ords : I h ope th at in th e
s om e w h at te ch nol ogical l
y prim itive if future th e re w il lbe m ore and
re l
ate d to oth e r countrie s , th e re fore I m ore dis tributions , but pe rh aps
be lie ve th at th is be autifulinitiative th e y s h ould be al lbe groupe d on
give s l us te r to m y country. Th ank you a s ingl e Inte rne t s ite , w ith a
to Luca and th ank you to th e w h ol e uniq ue forum and s o on. In s h ort,
O pe nGEU com m unity. al ltoge th e r but e ach diffe re nt
from th e oth e r.
I'd l
ik e to s h are w ith you a l ittle of
m y th ink ing about dis tributions and For m ore inform ation on
Linux. In m y h um bl e opinion, dis tros O pe nGEU (form e rl y Ge ubuntu)
are an im m e ns e tre as ure for our ple as e s e e our Fl
avor of th e
com m unity, s ince th e y al l
ow e ve ry M onth (on page 6) w ritte n by th e
pe rs on to s e t fre e h is im agination cre ator of O pe nGEU Luca D e
and cre ativity. D is tros are al s o th e M arini
m ain part of th e Fre e Softw are
conce pt its e l f: e ve ryone h as th e righ t
to m odify and pe rs onal ize fre e
O pe nGEU Sunl
igh t Edition (be l
ow )
s oftw are . Th is is re al l
y a gre at
conce pt. If I m ay, h ow e ve r, m ak e one
pe rs onalobs e rvation: I th ink th at
m aybe a be tte r coordination
be tw e e n diffe re nt dis tributions of th e
s am e fam il y (e g: Ubuntu) w oul d be a
nice s ol ution s ince dive rs ity is s ure l y
a good th ing but onl y if it w oul d
com e toge th e r w ith a l arge r vie w of
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 M Y STO RY
W ritte n by Anh -M inh D o
T
h e virtualw orl d is final l
y at
m y finge rtips . Al t-Ctrl-
Le ftArrow : Ne w w ork s pace .
Al th ough I s it in m y l iving
room /office w ith its ch airs ,
couch e s , TVs cre e n, tabl e s and
book s h e l
ve s , I can't s h ak e th e
fe e l
ing th at I h ave tw o
apartm e nts . O ve r h e re from m y
laptop I gl ance ove r at m y
w oode n couch acros s th e room
w onde ring if I s h oul d m ove it to
th e adjace nt w al land at th e s am e
tim e pus h Supe rButton-Tab giving
m e a virtualove rvie w (th e Sh ift
M anage r app) of m y curre nt
w ork s pace on Guts y s o I can us e
th e w indow I w ant.
I re m e m be r about s ix ye ars
back w h e n H al le Be rry s tarre d in
th at “ h ack e r” m ovie : Sw ordfis h .
And th e m ain ch aracte r, H ugh
Jack m an (W ol ve rine ) h as a
graph icalre pre s e ntation of a
program th at's m e ant to h ack into
a gove rnm e nt databas e . It l ook e d
M Y SECO ND A PA RTM ENT
lik e a m as s ive rotating orb. I'm
s tarting to ge t th at fe e l
ing w ith
Guts y. I m e an, I can s e e th rough m y
curre nt w ork s pace to oth e r
w ork s pace acros s th e graph ical
cube ! Ne xt th ing you k now I'l ls tick a
fe w Sim s w ith furniture e tc. ins ide
th e cube and w atch th e m inte ract
from tim e to tim e w h il e I do m y w ork
on one of m y w ork s pace s .
So I'm fas cinate d. I'm w aiting for
th e day w h e n w e h ave Ubuntu
running off a dode cah e dron or m ore .
O r m aybe it coul d be a m ans ion th at
you virtual ly w alk th rough to your
ne xt w ork s pace ?O r, s om e h ow e ach
w ork s pace coul dl ook lik e or be a
pl ane t?
I m e an righ t now , w h e n I turn on
m y com pute r, I actual ly ge t th e
fe e l
ing th at I'm e nte ring an
apartm e nt, l ik e I ope ne d a door.
Be fore it w as jus t th at I “ fl
ippe d it
on” and coul d us e its appl ications .
Now m y appl ications are l ik e
furniture th at I m ove around at w il l
.I
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w al
k th rough m y com pute r.
I'm not s ure h ow far th is coul d
go (e s pe cial l
y give n th e
e xactitude of tw e ak ing I can do,
dow n to h ow s l ow ly th e cube
flips ) cons ide ring th e pow e r of
pre fe re nce s in Guts y and th e
s tre ngth of us e r input in th e
Ubuntu com m unity. And th ink ing
about a fe w of m y ide as m ak e s
m e w onde r w h at e ve rybody
w h o's us ing Ubuntu w ants to s e e
or w ants it to be abl e to do
(code rs and non-code rs ).
Final ly, w ith al lth is protocol -
th ink ing prol ife rating, th e l ine s
be tw e e n de s k top and w e b,
be tw e e n docum e nts and vide o
gam e s , be tw e e n ch atting and
m ul tim e dia, e tc. are al lblurring
s o m uch th at I w onde r w h e n I'm
going to ne e d to fe e d m y l aptop
virtualfood to ge t ne w upgrade s
to m y s ys te m l ik e tam agotch i
(re m e m be r tam agotch i?). Any
ide as ?
 UBUNTU W O M EN
W ritte n by Cath y M al
m ros e

W
om e n m ay curre ntl y rank and you w il ls e e s om e w h o give
in th e low s ingl e -digits in up at th e s l igh te s t s ign of
th e Ubuntu popul ation, difficul ty. You w il lal so se e
but I h ope , for m y daugh te r's ch ildre n w h o pe rs is t. Th os e w ith
s ak e , th at it w on't al w ays be s o. an inde fatigabl e abil ity to
Buil ding for th e l ong-te rm , w h at m aintain focus are th os e w h o
w e can do to h e l p th e upcom ing are curre ntl y w riting drive rs and
ge ne ration pre pare for th e rigors re vie w ing patch e s .
of m as s col laborative cre ative
Spe cifical ly, w h at can w e do to
e fforts ?Spe cifical l
y, w h at can w e
Barbie dol l” . W h e n Anna carrie s h e r fos te r th is ?Cinde e M adis on, a
do now to fos te r th e s pe cific s k il l
h igh ly controve rs ialBarbie in publ ic, program m e r at UC Be rk e l ey
s e t of th e girl s w h o w il
le ve ntual ly
it e l
icits s trong fe e l ings (s im il ar to h el pe d h e r daugh te r, Kora,
contribute to th e Yode l ing Yak
th e inte ns e l y s trong fe e l ings w e s e e de ve l op a h igh frus tration
ve rs ion of Ubuntu?
in Linux de ve l opm e nt). It h e l ps h e r tol e rance th rough one s pe cific,
For s tarte rs , w e can h e lp practice s aying, “ I h e ar w h at you are pivotalact. Cinde e tol d Kora s h e
pote ntialfuture contributors s aying and I s til ldis agre e ” or “ You coul d h ave h e r e ars pie rce d if
de ve l op s ufficie ntl y s trong voice s . h ave a good point.” Th e Ubuntu s h e clim be d to th e top of a
From m y ow n l ittl
e corne r of th e te am curre ntl y h as and w il lcontinue m ountain. Littl e Kora did it,
m ark e t pre paring Linux h ardw are to ne e d w om e n on-board w h o can pus h ing pas t th e ph ys icalpain,
for Ubuntu, I h ave dis cove re d th at h andl e controve rs y w e l l . Th e re is frus tration, and oth e r “ l im its ” .
I ne e d to s pe ak m ore firm l y th an I inte ns e be auty in th os e w h o can Eve ry tim e Kora puts in h e r
e ve r h ave be fore . I re ce ntly dis agre e in a w ay th at l e ave s e arrings th at s e ns e of
taugh t m y daugh te r, Anna: “ Th ink e ve ryone 's dignity and grace intact. pe rs is te nce is s olidifie d. Sh e
firs t, s pe ak cl e arly, and cons tantl y doe s n't give up. Sh e pus h e s
re -e val uate .” W e can h e lp tom orrow 's de ve lope r- th rough to th e finalde adl ine .
girls to de ve l
op a h igh frus tration Sh e 's th e type of girlI w ant on
In orde r to buil d th is re s il
ie nce , I tole rance . Spe nd a fe w m inute s th e future Ubuntu te am .
purch as e d a “ s pine -buil ding w atch ing ch il
dre n on a pl ayground
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 UBUNTU YO UTH
W ritte n by Al
vin Gao from w w w .Te e ns O nLinux.org
M
os t of you out th e re m os t
lik e l
y h ave an M P3 pl aye r.
I'm w il ling to be t th at
s om e of you out th e re h ave one of
th e s e :
• : 1s t th rough 5.5th ge ne ration
iPod, iPod M ini and 1s t ge ne ration iPod
Nano (not th e Sh uffl e , 2nd/3rd ge n
Nano, Cl as s ic or Touch )
• : Juk e box 5000, 6000, Studio,
Re corde r, FM Re corde r, Re corde r V2 and
O ndio
• : iAudio X5, X5V, X5L, M 5 and
M 5L
• : H 100, H 300 and H 10 s e rie s
• : Sans a c200, e 200 and
e 200R s e rie s (not th e v2 m ode l
s)
• : Gigabe at X and F s e rie s (not
th e S s e rie s )
If s o, your m p3 pl aye r can run
. Rock box, avail able at
h ttp://w w w .rock box.org, is an
al te rnative , ope n s ource , firm w are
th at provide s m any fe ature s th at
you w oul d norm al l
y not ge t w ith
th e de faul t firm w are . Incl
ude d are
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
th os e w h o are young at h e art.
th e norm alth ings you w ould e xpe ct m os t part) w h e re I e xpe cte d
from an M P3 pl aye r pl
us m any oth e r th e m to be .
th ings incl
uding a m ovie pl aye r, a
Gam e Boy e m ul ator, a GPLve rs ion of : Rock box h as a
D oom and m uch m uch m ore . m ul titude of pl ug-ins , gam e s and
apps . Som e w ork be tte r th an
: Th e iPod ins tall
ation oth e rs . W h il
e s om e are us e ful
w as re lative ly s traigh t forw ard, drag oth e rs are not s o us e ful , s uch as
a fe w file s to th e iPod, e xe cute a th e batte ry be nch m ark ing tool .I
s cript and you're done . I w as abl e to don't k now about you, but I'd
q uick l
y ge t up and running. trade th e batte ry be nch m ark ing
toolfor a pack age d Pe rl
: inte rpre te r. But, I digre s s . Th e
Ugl y! Th e gam e s on Rock box are ce rtainl y
de faul t m uch be tte r th an th e one s th at
Rock box cam e w ith m y iPod, and th e fact
th e m e l ook s th at I can w atch m ovie s on m y
aw ful(l e ft). firs t ge ne ration Nano is al so a
Fortunate l y, big pl us .
you can
dow nl oad th e m e s from : In m y h um bl e
h ttp://w w w .rock box-th e m e s .org/. opinion, Rock box is a gre at
Th e re 's e ve n an Ubuntu th e m e ! al te rnative to th e firm w are on
your M P3 pl aye r. I s trongly
: Th e Rock box inte rface re com m e nd th at you ins tal lit.
is ve ry e as y to figure out, th e re w as Be l ie ve m e , you'l lbe h appy th at
re all
y no s ignificant l e arning curve you did.
invol ve d. Th e s e ttings w e re (for th e
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 SO UND BITES
W ritte n by M atth e w Ros s i
H
aving re l e as e d th e Ful l
Circl e podcas t pil ot th e
ve rdict is in. O ne of th e
bigge s t com pl aints as ide from th e
re pe titive ne s s of Th e Ch ris tm as
Ch e e s e Pol k a w as th e q ual ity of
th e re cording. Th e s ound q ual ity
w as atrocious due to Gizm o w h ich
is a SIP-bas e d VoIP s e rvice w h ich
w as us e d to re cord th e s h ow . Th e
re as on w e ch os e it w as be caus e it
h ad s om e th ing th at oth e r
s oftw are VoIP provide rs don't: a
buil t in confe re nce re cording
fe ature . At a pre s s of th e button,
th e s ound is re corde d (as a W AV
file ) th e n l oade d in to Audacity to
go th rough e diting. Th is h as
w ork e d re l iabl y for Th e Pe nguin
Ce ntralpodcas t, but s om e h ow th e
q ual ity of th e audio w as n't as
good as it h as be e n in th e pas t.
O ne of our pane l is ts , Em m anue l
M oral e s , and m ys e l f w e nt out on a
q ue s t to find a re pl ace m e nt VoIP
s e rvice to re cord th e s h ow .
H e re are s om e th ings you m ay h e ar on th e ne xt e pis ode of th e
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
W e h ave a crite ria for th e VoIP option of us ing th e ir l
andl
ine or m obil
e
s e rvice s : ph one .
• Pl atform s Supporte d (W indow s , M ac,
Linux, BSD , W indow s M obil e , e tc.) - Not W e h ope to bring Epis ode 1 of
e ve ryone h as acce s s to a Linux com pute r. th e Ful lCircle podcas t to you
For e xam pl e : Em m anue lw as h aving s om e tim e in m id-Fe bruary. And
probl e m s w ith th e audio on h is Linux box, don't forge t to ch e ck out th e ne w
and joine d us from a W indow s box on Pe nguin Ce ntralw e bs ite :
e pis ode te n of th e Pe nguin Ce ntralpodcas t. h ttp://pe nguince ntral
.unixpod.com /
• Softw are Lice ns e - Not s o im portant. I'm
m ore conce rne d about cal lq uality ove r
m orals. W e are al so look ing for a re gul ar
co-h os t w h o can be avail abl
e,
• Sound Qual ity - If it s ounds bad, it's not
e ve ry firs t and th ird w e e k of e ach
w orth it. Sorry, but w e don't w ant anoth e r
e pis ode th at s ounds l ik e th e pil
ot. m onth , to re cord audio, e arl y
Sunday m orning, be tw e e n
• Re cording Fe ature s - It ne e ds to h ave
m idnigh t and 0100 UTC.
s oftw are bas e d re cording avail abl e . Eve n a
th ird-party s olution is acce ptabl e.
Th e form at of th e s h ow is q uite
• Eas e of Us e - Th is is ve ry im portant. If th e laid back , not too ge e k y and not
gue s ts can't q uick ly and e as ily us e th e
live , s o fe ar not, you w on't be on
s oftw are th e n th at w il
lim pact h e avily on th e
re cording. th e s pot w ith th e w orldlis te ning
to your e ve ry w ord. Th e s h ow w il l
•Re gis tration - It s h oul
d be q uick and e as y
be re corde d via VoIP, e dite d and
and not re q uire pe rs onalde tail s.
re le as e d approxim ate ly s ix or
•Abil ity to CallLandl ine s - Th is is als o ve ry s e ve n days l ate r
im portant. Som e tim e s it is n't conve nie nt for
a pe rs on to us e a VoIP cl ie nt on th e ir PC to
Inte re s te d?Contact m e (M att) at:
conne ct, and it h e lps w h e n th e y h ave th e
podcas t@ ful lcircl
e m agazine .org
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 LETTERS
U LETTER OF TH E M ONTH
buntu is h ot now adays , s o i
ins tal le d it on m y com pute r
w h ich al re ady h ad W indow s
Vis ta ins tal le d. Th e h ardw are
s upport re al ly s urpris e d m e ,
al th ough m y ATI X19 50GT vide o
card didn't w ork prope rl y. But
th e n I s tarte d to h ave s om e
troubl e w ith Ubuntu:
1. M y Fire fox die s q uite ofte n.
2. For s om e unk now n re as on
m y Ubuntu be gan to run ve ry
sl
ow ly.
3. Eve n th ough i'm not us ing
any 'l arge ' applications , Ubuntu
runs at a rath e r s l
ow s pe e d. M y
PC is a P4 3G, 1.5G of RAM , 80Gb
h ard drive , ATI X19 50GT w ith
512M b of RAM .
I re ally e xpe cte d th e s pe e d and
s tabl ity of Linux, but w h y is it not
w h at I e xpe cte d? I onl y ins tall
ed
a fe w th e m e s and M pl aye r from
th e outs e t, and i didn't th ink it
w oul d affe ct th e s ys te m s o m uch .
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 .
W rite r of Le tte r of th e M onth w ins
tw o m e talUbuntu cas e badge s !
Firs t of allI w ant to
th ank you for th is I h ave ne ve r m ade s uch a de s k top
m agazine . I am q uite publ is h ing be fore . So I h ad to le arn a
ne w to Linux and lot. I h ave re ad th e w h ol e Scribus
th e s e articl
es h elpme tutorials e rie s from th e firs t is s ue .
al ot to unde rs tand Afte r th at it
th is w orld. Th e Scribus tutorials e rie s is s e e m e d to be a
probabl y th e m os t us e ful . pie ce of cak e .
I am l iving in a block of flats s urrounde d by Th e re s ult is
a garde n. Th e te nants are ve ry proud of it. s im ple but gre at.
W e h ave w on a Lands cape Arch ite cture M y frie nds l ik e it,
Aw ard four tim e s in th e l
as t fe w ye ars from s o do I. I coul d give th e m s om e th ing
th e m ayor of our tow n. s pe cial. And th e y as k e d m e to cre ate
anoth e r cal e ndar about our
M os t of th e te nants are m y frie nds and w e ne igh bourh ood ne xt ye ar, too.
h ave s pe nt a l ot of tim e w ith garde ning.
And I w ante d to th ank th e m for th e ir w ork
w ith a little Ch ris tm as pre s e nt. I w ante d to
m ak e a cal e ndar w ith ph otos of our garde n.
I
Th ough i us e Vis ta as m y prim ary jus t "s tum ble d"onto your
O S, I s til
lh ope th at pe ople w il
llik e m agazine today. I l ove it. I'm
Ubuntu w h ich re pre s e nts Linux. a ne w Linux conve rt and find
th at a lot of th e re adings on
Linux are w e l love r m y h e ad,
your m agazine is th e pe rfe ct
s olution.
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lbe re ading e ve ry is s ue , and
look forw ard to th e day w h e n I
m ay e ve n be able to contribute in
s om e fas h ion.
Ke e p up th e am azing w ork ! You
are be ing appre ciate d!
I
re al
ly appre ciate your
m agazine e s pe cial l
y th e Ne w s
and th e Top5, it's al s o nice to
re ad about th e pe opl e th at h ave
ch ange from w in to Linux. Th at's a
s w ap I al s o w oul dl ik e to do,
unfortunate l y I s til
lh ave s om e
is s ue s and ne e d to dualboot.
I've onl y run Ubuntu for around
6 m onth s and e arl ie r I've be e n in
contact w ith Re dH at, Fe dora,
M andriva and PCLinuxO S but
th e re h as alw ays be e n s om e th ing
th at m ade m e k e e p W indow s . Th is
tim e I'm re al ly clos e to tak ing th e
pl unge , e ve ryth ing is m ore or l e ss
ok , but not pe rfe ct...
Th e s ound is l ow , e ve n th ough
I've follow e d th e h e l
p on th e
Ubuntu s ite but I can l ive w ith th at
it onl y catch e s m e out w h e n I boot w atch and I'm not abl e to re ach
up XP and I th ink th at m y s pe ak e rs th e de ve l ope r (look s lik e th e
w ille xplode . proje ct h as cl os e d dow n). TCX
conve rte r can re ad s om e data
Th e printe r, a Canon Pixm a IP4000, from m y
is onl y abl e to print 600 x 600 dpi Fore runne r 301
w ith cups (e ve n th ough it s h oul
d be (be low ), but I'm
abl e to print at 4800x1200 dpi) s o not abl e to vie w
w h e n I w ouldl ik e to print a it and it doe s n't
ph otograph I ne e d to go to XP. h ave any
s tatis tics or
And l as t but I be lie ve
cal e ndar
it's th e m os t annoying: function. KPe rs onal traine r and
I cant us e m y Kipinä are far from w h at I w ant.
w atch
(le ft) or m y Are th e re any good training
log appl ications w ith good
(righ t). s tatis ticalanal ys is ?A nice
cal e nde r and th e pos s ibil
ity to
As I m e ntione d I've onl y be e n re ad data from m y Pol ar Vantage
running Ubuntu for about 6 m onth s w atch and/or Fore runne r 301?
and I'm s tilla bit of a ne w bie but
e ve n th ough I s e arch e d th e Inte rne t Th ank you al lfor th e h e lp, and
during th at tim e I s tillh ave n't found it's ok to dis pl ay m y e m ailif you
a s ingle app th at is cl os e to w h at I be lie ve th at s om e one can give
w ant in conce rn of training l ogs . So I m e s om e ide as in any of m y
now as k for your h e l p re ade rs ! probl e m s (th e w atch , th e printe r,
th e graph ics and th e s ound)
I've trie d to run th e Pol ar Vantage
s oftw are unde r W INE w ith s om e
s ucce s s , it s tarts but is n't abl
e to
load th e data from th e w atch . e b9 9 l
am o@ k th .s e
'H ac4Linux' is n't abl e to find m y
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 Q& A If you h ave an Ubuntu re l
at q ue s tions @ ful
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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 A
Th e re are s e ve ralappl
avail
incl
abl
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ications
e to do th is w ith ,
w h ich is
th e file . Save th e fil
th e n you can ins tal
e and e xit,
lKD E 4 from
ade pt or s ynaptic (you ne e d th e

A
Th e re are a l ot of pl ace s
w ith vide o tutorial s,
incl uding
h ttp://m e e tth e gim p.org/,
avail abl e in th e m ul tive rs e pack age 'k de 4-core '). You w il l
re pos itorie s , and w h ich you ge t a s e curity w arning as th e
can dow nl oad from re pos itory is not aute nticate d,
h ttp://fre s h m e at.ne t/proje cts /m andvd th is is norm al , jus t cl
ick O K.
O nce ins tal le d you can l og out,

Q
h ttp://w w w .de s ignyourow nw e b.com
and ch ange to a KD E 4 s e s s ion.
/gim p-tutorial .h tm ,

Q
h ttp://w w w .gim p.org/tutorial s /,
h ttp://jim m ac.m us ich al l.cz/gim p2de

A
m os .ph p and Be fore you s tart, m ak e s ure
h ttp://w ik ivid.com /inde x.ph p/GIM P. you h ave re m ove d any

A
Se arch ing on Googl e w illgive you pre vious KD E4 pack age s , as You can try us ing
e ve n m ore s ite s if th at is n't th e y are incom patibl e w ith th e final ' ' from
e nough ! re le as e . O nce th is is done , add th e ge tde b
KD E 4 re pos itorie s . To do th is e nte r (h ttp://w w w .ge tde b.ne t/re le as e .p

Q 'gk s u ge dit' or 'k de s u k ate ' in k de

e ith e r at a k ons ol
run dial og box (al
e /te rm inalor in th e
t+ f2). In w h ich e ve r
h p?id=19 08), or us pl
s w itch e r from
as h -

h ttp://w w w .ge tde b.ne t/re le as e .ph

program you are us ing, ope n th e fil e p?id=9 17.
'/e tc/apt/s ource s .l is t', and appe nd
th e l ine ' W h e re can I find
I w ant to try out vide o tutorials for
K DE4.0 '
Th e GIM P?
(w ith out th e q uote s ) to th e e nd of

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 M Y D ESK TO P
As w ith m any s tude nts s tudying de s ign,
Ilove a be autifulde s k top. I trie d to
cus tom ize W indow s XP and I al s o trie d
to us e W indow s Vis ta and M acintos h /O S
x86. But w h at I coul d do did not s atis fy
m e at al l. Afte r ge tting th e Ubuntu Live
CD , allI h ave to s ay is : Im pre s s ive !
Eve ryth ing I can do is unl im ite d. At firs t,
I th ough t th at w ith th e inte grate d Inte l
GM A 9 00 I coul d not h ave th e fancy
vis uale ffe cts . But al lI ne e de d w as to
ins tallBe ryland I w as abl e to e njoy m y
w ork . W ith th e pack age from th e
M ac4Lin proje ct, m y de s k top l ook s jus t
lik e M ac O S X Le opard. O ne im portant
th ing I w ant to note is th at I w il lne ve r
h ave to w orry about virus ris k s .
Your ch ance to s h ow th e w orl d your de s k top or PC. Em ailyour s cre e ns h ots and
ph otos to: m is c@ fullcircle m agazine .org and incl ude a brie f paragraph about your
de s k top, your PC's s pe cs and any oth e r inte re s ting tidbits about your s e tup.
Th is m igh t s ound l ik e a oxym oron but I am us ing Guts y w ith Com piz Fus ion
h e re are tw o s cre e n s h ots of m y D e s k top and Em e ral d. I us e th e h um an-
on m y Laptop. ubuntul ook s w indow th e m e , w h ich h as
al lth e Com piz e ffe cts . Th e top bar h as
Since I upgrade d to Ubuntu 7.10 I h ave
re duce d opacity, and th e bottom dock is
be e n trying diffe re nt th ings w ith th e 3D
an Avant W indow Navigator dock . It
e ffe cts us ing Com piz. I am ve ry
us e s th e th e m e 'M il k y'. Th e back ground
im pre s s e d w ith th is w onde rfuladd on to
is bl ack , w ith a re fl e ction, and th e cube
th is late s t ve rs ion of Ubuntu.
h as th e de faul t cube caps . Th e
Since I h ave be e n s h ow ing off a l
ittl
e I w al lpape r is cal le d Le af Stagge r.
h ave s om e W indow s us e r s aying 'ooh
ah h ' w ith th e ir m outh ope n.
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for a l
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e as e e m ail: m is c@ ful
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from th e de pth s of th e Inte rne t. If you h ave an ide a
e m agazine .org
W ritte n by Andre w M in

H om e page : h ttp://w w w .gnom e .org/proje cts /gw ge t/ H om e page :

h ttp://code .googl
e .com /p/gnom e -fre e l
oade r/
Gw ge t is one of th e
be s t dow nload Th is Pyth on-bas e d
m anage rs for Gnom e m anage r not onl y
around. Lik e m os t boas ts fe ature s l ik e
dow nl oad m anage rs , m ul ti-part dow nl oading
it s upports fe ature s but al s o h as one k e y
s uch as re s um abl e fe ature th at al m os t no
dow nl oads , re curs ive oth e r dow nl oad
dow nl oads , s pe e d m anage r h as : BitTorre nt
lim iting, and drag- s upport. So ins te ad of
and-drop. But w h at s e ts Gw ge t apart is th e s pe cial h aving to dow nl oad th e .torre nt fil e w ith one
Gnom e is h fe ature s it boas ts , lik e Fire fox and dow nl oad m anage r and dow nl oading th e actual
Epiph any inte gration (us ing Fire Ge t), GConf torre nt w ith anoth e r, you can do it al lin one s h ot. It
inte gration, Gnom e Proxy s upport, and Gnom e al s o incl ude s a h andy tray icon, s im il ar to Gw ge t's .
notification are a s upport. You al s o h ave th e abil
ity And if you w ant inte gration into Fire fox, you can
to run it from th e com m and-l ine , re ad M D 5 Sum s , m anual l
y add s upport for Fre e l oade r us ing Flas h Got
and us e m ul tipl e trans l
ations . (ins tructions at
h ttp://fl as h got.ne t/fe ature s # cus tom dm ).
To ins tallGw ge t, grab th e gw ge t pack age in th e
unive rs e re pos itorie s . To ge t Fre e l
oade r, dow nload and ins tal lth e
fre e l
oade r pack age in th e unive rs e re pos itorie s .

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KGe t

H om e page : None (contact th e

auth ors at k ge t@ k de .org)

KGe t is to KD E as Gw ge t is to H om e page : H om e page :

Gnom e . It's a s im pl e dow nl oad h ttp://w w w .k ras u.ru/s oft/ch uch e l
o/ h ttp://w w w .dow nth e m al
l.ne t/
m anage r th at w as s tarte d w ay
back in 19 9 8 and is now th e D ow nl oade r for X (or D 4x as it is Th is cros s -platform Fire fox
officialdow nl oad m anage r for affe ctionate l y k now n) is a fairl y ol d e xte ns ion is by far m y favorite .
KD E. It can im port l is ts of dow nl oad m anage r (m ade around Not onl y doe s it pre s e nt allth e
dow nl oad l ink s , l
og e ve ryth ing it th e s am e tim e as KGe t). But don't de tail s in a s im ple GUI, it's al so
doe s , q ue ue , tim e , auto- le t th at foolyou: it h as m ore one of th e fas te s t. It s upports
s h utdow n, and h ave a h andy fe ature s th an al m os t al lof th e oth e r batch dow nl oading and
"drop targe t"th at you can drop dow nl oad m anage rs l is te d h e re . It s pide ring, m ul ti-part
link s onto. It can al s o inte grate s upports q ue ue s , s ch e dul ing, dow nl oading, auto-re nam ing,
into Konq ue ror and, us ing dow nl oad lim its , us e r age nt and is bl azing fas t. In fact, in m y
Fl as h Got, Fire fox. s w itch ing, proxie s , s ounds , th e m e s , inform alte s ts , it w as th e fas te s t
and cl ipboard inte gration. It m ay not dow nl oade r of th e five l is te d,
Al th ough KGe t is an officialpart of be th e pre ttie s t app out th e re , but e s pe cially for big file s (l
ik e th e
KD E, it is not ins tal le d by de faul
t it's jam m e d pack e d w ith tool s for Ubuntu CD im age ).
in Kubuntu. H ow e ve r, you can th e pow e r dow nl oade r.
e as ily ins tallit w ith th e k ge t To ins talldow nTH EM al l, you ne e d
pack age in th e unive rs e To ins tallD ow nl
oade r for X, jus t Fire fox. Th e n go to th e ins tal
l
page at
re pos itorie s . dow nl oad d4x in th e unive rs e h ttp://url
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