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Ch ris tm as O n Your D e s k top p.11
M ul ti Boot Linux p.13
Le arning Scribus - Part 8 p.16
- Tom Boy p.20
- Gam e s ?W h e re ? p.24
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trying to s q ue e ze de ve l opm e nt
Am e rica (M PAA)
Ubuntu into th e tim e line . Th e ne w be ta, w h ich is
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to s top
s om e h e l p is on th e w ay. A k ind and w e b s ite , include s inte rface
dis tributing its "Unive rs ity Tool k it"online
e nte rpris ing Linux e nth us ias t h as us e d im prove m e nts and a l ot of e xtra pol is h .
afte r jus t one m onth be caus e it m ay viol ate
th e ir pre cious tim e and e ne rgy to put copyrigh t l aw s . M ozil la's q ual ity s tandards for be tas
toge th e r an Ee e -cus tom ize d buil d of th e re q uire th at al lof th e planne d fe ature s
m uch -l ove d O S, w h ich incl ude s fully- Th e atte m pt to q uas h m ovie piracy via
be ful ly im pl e m e nte d and robus t
inte grate d h ardw are s upport, native BitTorre nt w as tak e n offl
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ledl as t m onth by th e M il e s tone 9
de s k top e nvironm e nts , and a bunch of th e ir s tude nts ' fil
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oth e r l ittl
e e nh ance m e nts th at w il lm ak e e ncourage bl ock ing. Th e pack age w as be ta de s ignation. Additionalbe tas w il l
us ing Canonical 's pow e rh ous e a l ot m ore bas e d on Ubuntu, th e de s k top Linux be re l e as e d on a cons is te nt bas is until
pl e as ant on your tiny l aptop. W ord on dis tribution. al lof th e im pl e m e nte d fe ature s are
th e s tre e t is th at de ve lopm e nt and final ize d and pe rform ance m atch e s or
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al ph a ve rs ion for th os e Kubuntu us e rs out de cide d to ins tall
th e upcom ing th e re (Ed: can't w ait!). Edubuntu 7.04 Fe is ty
Ubuntu 8.04 M ark your cal e ndars on Faw n onto th e
(code nam e H ardy Jan 11 2008 as th e day com pute rs invol ve d in
H e ron) w h ich w ill th at KD E 4 Stabl e is th e Com pute r for
be com ing out in re le as e d. Th e te am Eve ry Ch ild program .
Aprilas a l ong te rm s upport (LTS) de cide d to m ove th e Th e ir goalis to
ve rs ion tak ing ove r from D appe r D rak e . re l
e as e forw ard to al low s om e tim e to provide 180,000 Prim ary and
e radicate s om e is s ue s in th e s oftw are . KD E Se condary s tude nts w ith acce s s to
are al s o call
ing for th e ope n s ource about 20,000 Edubuntu com pute rs .
com m unity and oth e r us e rs of KD E to h e l p
out w ith th e bug te s ting th at ne e ds to be
done .

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ph w as re le as e d. If you
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 FLAVO R O FTH E M O NTH
Th is m onth w e s h ow you h ow to ins tal lM yth buntu. M yth buntu is th e Ubuntu variant th at incorporate s M yth TVby de faul
t. M yth TVal
low s
you to utilis e th e m e dia ce nte r capabil
itie s of your Ubuntu PC, giving you controlove r your TV!

D
ue to th e l e ngth of th e option is w h at you ne e d, oth e rw is e if one th e m e - s e l
e ct it and m ove
M yth buntu ins tal l
, I w ill you w ant to us e it to s tre am m e dia on.
s k ip th e bas ic ins tal lation to your m e dia ce nte r, jus t ch oos e
s te ps (language , l ocation, back e nd. Ste p 10
k e yboard type , us e r de tail s and re - give s s om e
partitioning), and go s traigh t to I ch os e us e ful
s te p 6. If you w oul dl ik e a "Prim ary options ,
re fe re nce for th e oth e r ins tal lation Back e nd w / al low ing you
s te ps pl e as e re fe r to a pre vious Fronte nd", as to ch oos e
is s ue of . th is is lik e l
y to w h ich
be th e option s e rvice s you w oul dl ik e to
Th e you ch oos e . e nabl e . Th e s e include VNC, SSH ,
firs t s te p Th e fol l
ow ing s te p l e ts you ch oos e Sam ba, NFS and th e M yth TV
jus t th e pl ugins you w oul dl ik e to us e . If s e rvice . VNC al l
ow s you to
re q uire s you are uns ure w h ich you ne e d, or conne ct to M yth buntu re m ote l y
you to can't be both e re d re ading th e us ing a graph icalinte rface , s o
ch oos e a de s criptions , jus t s e le ct al lof th e m , you can us e th e PC from anoth e r
s tandard or advance d s e tup. to give you al lth e avail abl e fe ature s . com pute r. SSH doe s th e s am e
Standard w oul d be too s im pl e , so I You can add e xtra pl ugins l ate r if you th ing, but give s com m and l ine
w e nt for advance d. Th e ne xt s te p de cide not to ins tal lth e m al lat th at acce s s rath e r th an Graph ical
is to ch oos e th e type of point. acce s s . Unl e s s you h ave
M yth buntu ins tal lyou w ant. If you e xpe rie nce w ith a com m and l ine
are pl anning to us e th e PC as a I'm not s ure w h y th e ne xt s te p you s h oul d dis abl e th is one .
m e dia ce nte r PC, th e n th e firs t e xis ts . It h as one ch e ck box to ins tal
l Sam ba l e ts you fil e s h are w ith

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W indow s PCs on your ne tw ork ,
NFS doe s th e s am e , but for
Linux/O th e r Unix clie nts . If you
are us ing a s e parate back e nd
and front e nd th e n you ne e d to
se l
e ct th e l
as t option s o th e y can
conne ct.
Ste p 11 is an
im portant s te p.
You s h oul d se t
pas s w ords for
al lth e th ings
lis te d, m ak ing
s ure th e y are al
ls e cure d. M ak e
s ure you don't forge t th e
pas s w ords .
Th e ne xt s te p
al l
ow s you to
configure your
M yth buntu
re m ote control
If you don't h ave
one , or yours is n't l is te d, s k ip th is
s te p. If it is n't l
is te d th e re , don't
w orry – you m ay be abl e to ins tal
it late r, once it M yth buntu is
ins tal le d.
Ste p 13 allow s
you to ins tal
l your l anguage . Th e n s e l
proprie tary drive rs
for your graph ics card, to al l ow you
to us e O pe nGLe ffe cts and TVoutput.
It al
s o give s you th e option to ins tall
s om e back e nd drive rs – ins tallth e
one s you ne e d.
Ste p 14 is th e
s e ction, you
las t s te p be fore
ne e d to s e t
th e ins tal l
ation.
th e m ach ine 's IP addre s s . If it
It jus t give s you
w il lbe th e onl y back e nd, th e n
an ove rvie w of
127.0.0.1 is fine , oth e rw is e s e t
al lyour options
your route r to give it a s tatic IP
s o you can
addre s s , and e nte r th at in both
ch e ck th e m be fore you ins tal l
.
boxe s (unl e s s you h ave a
diffe re nt m as te r s e rve r). You can
al s o ch oos e diffe re nt ports for
M yth buntu to us e for m ore
advance d options .
O n th e
Th e s ys te m now ins tal ls , th e n you
ne xt s te p,
w il
lge t th e finals te p. If you are in
ch oos e
. North Am e rica, s e le ct th e firs t option
w h e re you
and s e t up an account if you don't
w oul dlik e to
alre ady h ave one . Afte r s e tting up an
s ave
account, or if you are n't in North
re cordings . Th e de faul t is fine
l Am e rica, ch oos e to l aunch th e
unl e s s you w ant to s ave th e m
M yth TVs e tup.
s om e w h e re e l s e . Th e fol low ing
O nce th e M yth TVs e tup h as s te p is for th e gl obalback e nd
loade d, us e th e arrow k e ys to s e l
e ct s e tup. Ch oos e th e corre ct TV
e ct e ach of form at for your country (NTSC
th e options in turn. In th e Ge ne ral for US us e rs , PALfor Europe ).
You al s o ne e d to ch oos e th e
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corre ct ch anne lfre q ue ncy tabl
e us e r de fine d s cripts to run and oth e r databas e e tc.
for your re gion too. M yth TVs cripts to run at th e s am e
tim e as re cordings . Th e buil t in one s W h e n you
Th e ne xt allow M yth TVto atte m pt to auto- re boot you
s te p al
low s de te ct com m e rcialadve rtis e m e nts , w illbe l e ft
you to and if you ch oos e , re m ove th e m too. w ith th e
configure M yth buntu
your D VB O nto th e s e cond front e nd (if
tune r if you s tage of th e you ins tal le d it). From th e re you
h ave one . Th e configuration. Th is can te s t your s e t-up and m ak e
fol low ing s te p is to al low you to s tage al low s you to s ure e ve ryth ing is w ork ing. If you
m ak e th e back e nd autom atical l
y s e t up a capture us e d a diffe re nt type of
s h utdow n, h ibe rnate or s tandby card. As I do not ins tallation, e .g. jus t a back e nd
afte r a ce rtain am ount of h ave a TVcapture card I cannot give ins tall, th e n you w il lh ave to do
inactivity. Se e m uch advice for th is , s o us e your s om e m ore configuration.
h ttp://url.ful l
circle m agazine .org/9 8 intuition, and l ook at th e guide I w il l
10cf for inform ation on th e m e ntion late r on. If you e ncounte r any probl ems
diffe re nt s e ttings . w h il
e ins tal ling M yth buntu, or
Afte r th is you are uns ure about any of th e
can configure your s tage s , th e re is a w e al th of
Vide o s ource s . Us e inform ation avail abl e on th e
XM LTVas your Inte rne t to h e l p you s ol ve your
"Lis tings Grabbe r" probl e m s . You can al s o find m ore
unl e s s you are in com pl e te ins tallation guide s ,
North Am e rica. Continuing onw ards , w ith m ore de tail e d ins tructions
you can l ink your vide o s ource s to for ins tal l
ing, and ins tructions for
Ne xt you inputs on your capture card;s e l e ct diffe re nt type s of ins tal lation.
h ave to s e t th e corre ct option from th e l is t
up M yth TVs be fore dow nl oading a ch anne ll is t.
W ak e on LAN s e ttings . If you h ave h ttp://w w w .m yth buntu.org/
O nce th e ch anne ll is t is s e t up you
onl y one back e nd th is is h ttp://w w w .m yth tv.org/
are done w ith th e configuration, and h ttps ://h e l
p.ubuntu.com /com m unity/M y
unne ce s s ary. Afte r th is , in th e jus t h ave to cl ick a fe w buttons to th TV
ne xt fe w s te ps , you can de fine final ize th e s e t-up, ins tal ling th e # ubuntu-m yth tv on ch at.fre e node .ne t

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 H O W - TO INSTA LLW UBI
In th is articl
e I am going to try to w al k you th rough us ing th e W ubi ins tal
le r to ins tal
lUbuntu onto your m ach ine w ith out any partitioning.
W ubi w illbe ins tall
e d as a s ingl
e file on your W indow s (9 8-Vis ta)-bas e d com pute r. Pl e as e note th at I am us ing an Al
ph a ve rs ion (W ubi
7.10 Al ph a Re v377) of th e W ubi ins talle r for Ubuntu 7.10

F
irs t, launch th e W ubi ins tal
ler ins tallyour Ubuntu “ fil e ” onto. M ak e th re e bas ic Ubuntu ve rs ions :
appl ication. s ure you h ave e nough s pace on your
drive . I re com m e nd th at you h ave • – Gnom e bas e d D e s k top
Environm e nt
8GB or m ore of fre e s pace to re al ly
e njoy your Linux e xpe rie nce . • – KD E bas e d D e s k top
Environm e nt
Ins tall • – Xfce bas e d D e s k top
s ize is Environm e nt
w h e re you
Wh en
s pe cify th e
you
s ize of
ch oos e
your
th e
Ubuntu
flavor of
ins tal lation.
Ubuntu
Th e s ize
to ins tal l
you s pe cify h e re is th e totals ize of
W ubi
Th e firs t th e file th at w il lre s ide on th e drive
w il
lautom atical ly dow nl oad th e
option you'l l you w ant to ins tal lit on. Lik e I s aid,
corre s ponding ISO . O nce th e ISO
s e e is your 8GB or l arge r is m y re com m e ndation
is done dow nl oading W ubi w il l
ins tal lation for s ize .
com pl e te th e ins tall
ation, but I'l l
drive . H e re
Th e ne xt option is to ch oos e w h ich e xplain th at l ate r in th e tutorial .
you'l ljus t
w ant to flavor of Ubuntu you w oul dlik e to
Language is pre tty bas ic,
ch oos e th e drive you w is h to ins tall. W ubi can ins tal
lany of th e
ch oos e th e de faul
tlanguage

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 you'd l ik e in Now s ince
your Ubuntu you've
ins tal
lation. click e d on
th e ins tal
l
Th is ne xt button and
are a is W ubi is
w h e re you be ginning
w illch oos e your de s ire d th e
us e rnam e and pas s w ord (be l ow ) ins tal lation of Ubuntu on your
for your Ubuntu ins tal lation. For com pute r, you s h oul d s e e it be gin to
s e curity re as ons “ Root” is not an dow nl oad th e ISO ve rs ion th at you
option w h e n l ogging in for th e firs t Ch oos e w h at you w ant to do
ch os e in th e ins tal le r options . O ne
tim e on a de faul t Ubuntu and cl ick finis h . O n your ne xt
th ing can be s aid: Th e re are tw o
ins tallation. You w il lh ave to fill pow e r up you'l ls e e a l
ove l
y boot
w ays to ge t th e ISO of Ubuntu 7.10
th is out to continue w ith your s cre e n w ith th e option in it to
for a W ubi ins tal l. You can m anual l
y
ins tallation. boot to Ubuntu. Afte r you ch oos e
dow nl oad it and if you ch oos e to do
your ne w Ubuntu ins tal l
ation
th is you w il lw ant dow nl oad th e ISO
you'l ls e e th e Ubuntu boot
into th e dire ctory w h e re you h ave
s cre e n and th e progre s s bar.
your W ubi ins tal lprogram l ocate d.
Th at bar m ay s top for q uite a bit
Th is ne e ds to be done be fore you
but l e t it go, w al k aw ay and ge t
launch th e W ubi ins tal l
e r s o th at it
a cup of coffe e . W h e n you ge t
s e e s th at th e re is an ISO th e re w h e n
back you s h oul d be up and
you cl ick th e “ ins tal l” button. If it's
s e e ing th e Ubuntu Login s cre e n.
not th e re or you h ave ch os e n to
ins tal lUbuntu afte r dow nl oading a Congratul ations on your ne w
Kubuntu ISO , for e xam pl e , W ubi w il l adve nture in com puting and
autom atical ly dow nl oad th e Ubuntu ch oos ing Ubuntu to be th at
ISO . adve nture . If you're l ik e m e or
O nce you h ave s e t your options
and cre ate d your us e rnam e and th e re s t of us Ubuntu fans you
O nce th e ins tal
lation of W ubi is
pas s w ord, cl
ick on th e “ ins tal
l” w illnot be dis appointe d.
done you ge t th is gre at ne w s (righ t):
button.

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 H O W - TO G ET CH RISTM A S O N
YO UR D ESK TO P
I jus t s aw m y firs t Ch ris tm as l
igh ts a fe w days ago. D o you k now w h at th at m e ans ?I'm s cram bl ing on m y s te e p roof and putting up
th os e “ w onde rful ” icicle s and de corating our te n foot h igh tre e s w ith ligh ts up to th e top. Not to m e ntion th os e dang candl e s in th e
w indow s (w h ich m e ans putting out th e l igh ts on th e ups tairs w indow s and cl os ing th e s h ade s ). But Ch ris tm as tim e is n't al
ldoom and
gl oom . It brings a ve ry s pe cialtim e : de corating your GNU/Linux-bas e d PC.

I
'l
ls tart off w ith m y col l
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KD E us e rs on th e oth e r h and s h oul
d (cre ate d by Rick Jans e n, you
ins tallth e can dow nl oad it from :
by Th e O ne AndO nl yFoo. h ttp://w w w .e urone t.nl /~ rja/Xs now /) is
h ttp://url.ful
lcircle m agazine .org/f5c86f
a re al ly old program for GNU/Linux
And Fire fox us e rs w illw ant to try out th e th at s e nds s now fl ak e s , w ind, and
by Th om as M cM ah on (ak a s om e tim e s Santa's s l e igh acros s your
Tw is te rM c).
h ttp://url .full
circl
e m agazine .org/9 4c83a
de s k top. If you us e KD E, you ne e d to
m ak e s ure program s can run in th e
Las tl y, if you're dualbooting and us ing de s k top w indow
GRUB, cre ate a s pl as h s cre e n us ing
(by arte m is fow l 2007) and
(KControl > D e s k top> Be h avior and
one of th e w al lpape rs in th e pre vious ch e ck 'Al low program s in de s k top
s e ction. w indow ').
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Xs now (above )
Tux-Ch ris tm as s pl
as h s cre e n (above )
So go forth and w h e th e r you us e
GNO M E or KD E you've no e xcus e , not
only s h oul
d you de corate your h ous e w w w .UbuntuForum s .org
but de corate your de s k top too!
Las tly, a littl
e program for th os e
wh o l
ik e w idge ts and s uch .

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 H O W - TO M ULTIBO O T
LINUX
M ak ing your com pute r boot a num be r of ope rating s ys te m s can be a ve ry s im pl e or com ple x is s ue . If you jus t w ant to s e t up a dualboot
w ith Ubuntu and W indow s th e re are l ots of guide s to h e lp you do th at, and ofte n you don't e ve n ne e d to ch ange any s e ttings . Th is guide
is not about th at, al th ough th e re is no re as on one of th e partitions coul d not be W indow s . Anoth e r th ing you s h oul d k now be fore us ing
th is guide , is th at you can s e t up a virtualm ach ine , w h e re an ope rating s ys te m can run in a w indow on your com pute r, and th at is both
al ot e as ie r and s afe r.

O
K, s o if you s til lw ant to s e t can't jus t re form at and s tart ove r. I Be fore you ins tal lanyth ing, it is
up a dualor m ul ti boot m e s s e d up m ore th e n once , and I s til
l e as ie s t to s e t up th e partitions
s ys te m , th e re is one m ore don't e ve n k now w h at w e nt w rong. (pie ce s of your h ard drive ) in
th ing you s h oul d k now . Th is guide Luck il y, it w as a bl
ank h ard drive , s o I advance . D ow nl oad and burn a
w illnot give s te p by s te p jus t s tarte d ove r. Live CD th at al l
ow s you to
ins tructions , but w il lrath e r
e xpl ain w h at you ne e d to do in FORM ATTING TH E DRIVE
ge ne ral . For e xam pl e , ins te ad of
s aying s om e th ing l ik e "Se l e ct th e s w ap. prim ary. Approx. tw ice your RAM or 1.5GB to 2GB on a m ode rn
gre y box re pre s e nting fre e s pace com pute r. Sort of l
ik e e xtra RAM . Ge ne ral
ly a good ide a on Linux s ys te m s . None .
in th e top of th e w indow , and
e xt3. prim ary. D e pe nds on w h at dis tro you w ant to ins tal
l. For te s ting
pre s s ne w ..."th is tutorialw il ljus t purpos e s I re com m e nd 10-12GB for CD dis tributions and 15GB+ for D VD dis tributions . O ne
s ay "You ne e d to cre ate a ne w of th e dis tributions goe s h e re . None .
partition and form at it e xt3."If e xt3. prim ary. D e pe nds on w h at dis tro you w ant to ins tal l. For te s ting
you th ink you ne e d a m ore s te p purpos e s I re com m e nd 10-12GB for CD dis tributions and 15GB+ for D VD dis tributions . O ne
by s te p tutorial , I re com m e nd you of th e dis tributions goe s h e re . If you onl y e ve r ne e d th re e dis tributions , m ak e anoth e r of
as k for h e l p on a forum , l ik e th is type and th e n you are done .
UbuntuForum s .org. And one l as t N/A. e xte nde d. Allaval iabl e s pace . O th e r partitions can go
th ing, th is tutorialw il las s um e you ins ide of th is , but you can onl y h ave 4 prim ary/e xte nde d partition. D on't as k m e w h y. Go try and
are us ing an e m pty h ard drive . I Googl e it or s om e th ing if you m us t k now . Al lfollow ing partitions go ins ide th is partition.
don't re com m e nd you do th is for e xt3. logical
. D e pe nds on w h at dis tro you w ant to ins tal l. For te s ting
th e firs t tim e on a h ard drive you purpos e s I re com m e nd 10-12GB for CD dis tributions and 15GB+ for D VD dis tributions . O ne
of th e dis tributions goe s h e re . Goe s ins ide th e e xte nde d partition. M ak e as m any of
th e s e as you ne e d.
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partition your drive . I re com m e nd I h ope th at w as cl
e ar, if not pl
e as e w h e n you ge t to th e partitioning
th e GParte d Live CD . Th is CD doe s e m ailm e at options . Th e n you ne e d to
partitioning, and jus t about w e bm as te r@ linuxloop.com .) ch oos e to ins tal lto th e firs t of
noth ing e l s e , th at's w h at m ak e s it th e e xt3 partitions and ch oos e
gre at. W h e n you h ave boote d it m ount point "/". You can l e t it
up th e s e are th e partitions you form at it if you w ant. Ch oos e
ne e d to m ak e (s e e 'Form atting th e To s tart out you ne e d to ins tal lone e xt3 or ,if th at is not an option
D rive ' box on pre vious page ) "m ain"ope rating s ys te m . Th is is th e e xt2 (or w h ate ve r th e dis tro
onl y ope rating s ys te m you w il lall ow pre fe rs , it w il
lnot m atte r a l ot).
You m ay w ant to m ak e a l ogical to w rite th e "M as te r Boot Re cord"
fat32 (or e xt3 if you onl y pl an to (M BR). Th e M BR is a portion of your
h ave Linux on th e com pute r you h ard drive w h e re your com pute r
are w ork ing on) for data s torage look s for a "boot l oade r"to te llit Th is is going to be th e s am e as
be tw e e n ope rating s ys te m s . w h e re to go to boot an ope rating ins talling th e m ain O S, e xce pt for
s ys te m . In th is tutorialw e w il
lus e tw o th ings . Th e firs t is th at you
Now , afte r you w rite th e GRUB. GRUB is a boot l oade r th at don't w ant to us e th e s am e
partitions to th e dis k (YO U W ILL com e s w ith m os t Linux dis tributions partition, s o jus t pick th e ne xt of
LO SE ALLYO UR D ATA), you s h oul d by de faul t. th e e xt3 partitions e ach tim e ,
s e e nam e s s uch as /de v/s da1. but s tillus e th e m anualm ode
(Th e s e nam e s w illvary from I norm al ly us e
s ys te m to s ys te m de pe nding on Ubuntu, but any
your h ard drive .) W rite th e s e Linux th at can
nam e s dow n al ong w ith w h at ins talla GRUB
partition th e y corre s pond to. At boot l oade r
th e ve ry m inim um you ne e d to (al m os t allof
k now th e nam e of th e partitions th e m ) w il
lw ork .
you w ant to put Linux on. Th e onl y th ing
you ne e d to do
Als o, if you m e s s up and w ant diffe re ntly is th at
to re s tart, jus t put th e CD back in you ne e d to
th e drive and de l e te allth e ch oos e "M anual "
partitions and m ak e th e m again. (or "Cus tom "or
s om e th ing)

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and s tuff. Th e s e cond diffe re nce is
th at you don't w ant it to w rite
GRUB to th e M BR. Th is varie s from
dis tribution to dis tribution and on
a fe w dis tributions , you can't do it
at al l. Bas ically, m ak e s ure th at at
s om e point in th e ins tal lproce s s
you w il lge t a ch ance to do one of
th e fol low ing:
• Ins tallGRUB to
th e s am e partition th at you
ins talle d th e O S to. Th is w illbe
ph ras e d diffe re nt w ays , but if you
h ave an option to w rite GRUB to
th e s am e partition you put th e O S
on, th at is th e be s t ch oice .
O S, and ope n a te rm inalw indow . As
root (or in Ubuntu jus t add s udo to
th e be ginning) type ge dit
/boot/grub/m e nu.l s t. If you us e KD E
you w il lne e d to us e k e dit or anoth e r
te xt e ditor ins te ad. Now , go to th e
bottom of th e fil e and add (on a ne w
line ):
titl
e th e nam e of th e ne w O S
root (hd0,partition number)
chainloader +1
Th e nam e of th e O S can be
anyth ing, but I re com m e nd jus t
us ing, for e xam ple , "Ubuntu 7.04."
to th e be ginning) type ge dit
/boot/grub/m e nu.l s t. If you us e
KD E you w il lne e d to us e k e dit or
anoth e r te xt e ditor ins te ad. At
th e e nd of th is fil e you ne e d to
add s om e l ine s of te xt. In th is
cas e your be s t be t is to ge t
s om e one w h o h as th e dis tro
(both ve rs ion and dis tro m atte r)
ins talle d norm al l
y to te l lyou
w h at h is /h e r e ntry(s ) s ay.
I h ope th is w ork s for you. If
you ne e d addition h e l p, pl
e as e
contact m e at:
w e bm as te r@ linuxl oop.com or
look in w w w .UbuntuForum s .org

• D on't To ge t th e corre ct partition num be r

ins tal
lany boot l
oade r anyw h e re .
Th e onl y be tte r th ing th e n
ins talling GRUB to th e s am e
partition, is ins tal ling it to th e
s am e partition AND adding th e O S
to th e e xis ting GRUB
autom atical l
y.
O K, s o you got s om e th ing
ins tal
le d, now w h at to do ne xt:
Go back into your m ain
find th e nam e s of th e partitions , th at
you w rote dow n. Tak e th e num be r at be l
ow :
th e e nd of th e nam e and
s ubtract one . Th at s h oul d be
it. For e xam pl e , if th e nam e
of th e partition w as
/de v/s da5, I w oul d w rite
root (hd0,4)
Go back
into your m ain O S, and ope n
a te rm inalw indow . As root
(or in Ubuntu jus t add s udo

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 H O W - TO
PART 8 - TH E FINALE
In th is , th e l
as t part of th e Le arning Scribus s e rie s , w e w il
ldis cus s e xporting to th e Adobe PD F
form at. W h il e PD F is not e xactl y an 'ope n' fil
e form at it is e as ily th e m os t w ide l
y us e d fil
e form at and m e ans th at your fil
e w il
lbe
vie w abl e on Linux, M ac and W indow s . M any profe s s ionalprint h ous e s al s o acce pt PD F file s for printing.

A
s e ve r, l
e t's s e e w h at w e Th is w indow m ay Be l ow th e drop dow n m e nu is
h ave in Scribus firs t: se e m l ik e a pe s t at al is t of your docum e nt page s
tim e s , al w ays and any confl icts th at Scribus
inte rrupting your finds be tw e e n your docum e nt
PD F e xports , but it and th e PD F Profil e you've
is abs ol ute l
y ch os e n in th e drop dow n m e nu.
crucialth at your H e re I've ch os e n th e profil e for
docum e nt is 'PD F 1.3' and you can s e e it h as
cre ate d and give n m e a l ong l is t of e rrors ,
e xporte d prope rl
y to ge t a val id, and th is is due to th e s e m i-
us able , PD F. trans pare nt num be rs I put on th e
bl ank page s in a pre vious
Th e drop dow n m e nu at th e top tutorial .
righ t of th e Pre -Fl igh t Ve rifie r w indow
is to le t you ch oos e w h ich ve rs ion (or Wh enI
To e xport to PD F w e go to m ain Profile ) of PD F you w ant to e xport to. ch ange th e
m e nu and ch oos e Fil
e > Save as 'PD F 1.4' is about th e be s t option to profile back to
PD F ch oos e h e re . If you ch oos e 'PD F 1.3' 'PD F 1.4' I onl
y
or any of th e oth e r options you run h ave one e rror
W h ich give s th e ris k of los ing any fancy and th at is a
us th e Pre - trans pare ncy e ffe cts you m ay h ave te xt ove rfl
ow
Fligh t Ve rifie r: done . on page one .
Th at is

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acce ptabl e as th e te xt is inde e d Th is w indow h as s ix tabs (a ch e ck boxe s for ge ne rating
too long for th e te xt boxe s on s e ve nth w illbe avail abl e if you th um bnail s , incl uding book m ark s
page one but it is onl y fill
e r te xt ch oos e th e 'PD F/X-3' Profil e ) w e 'l
l and s o on. Las t option h e re is
and not im portant. You w il lal so w ork th rough th e s e from l e ft to righ t th e re s olution for EPS (ve ctor)
ge t w arnings if any te xt or s h ape s tarting w ith th e Ge ne raltab. graph ics , 300 dpi is for
obje cts are not on a page prope rl y. profe s s ionalq ual ity printing, if
Export Range you are cre ating a docum e nt for
So th at's m y one e rror and it's le ts you e ith e r vie w ing on s cre e n or w ant to
totally acce ptabl e s o I cl
ick th e e xport th e e ntire k e e p your fil e s ize dow n you
'Ignore Errors ' button. docum e nt (Al l coul d s e t th is to 100dpi.
Page s ) or e xport
You can cal lup th e se le cte d page s Com pre s s Te xt and Ve ctor
Pre -Fl
igh t Ve rifie r w indow (Ch oos e Page s ), Graph ics w il ldram atical l
y
any tim e by cl ick ing its w ith th e button ch ange your fil e s ize .
button be l ow th e m ain ch e ck e d for Com pre s s ion M e th od is s e t, by
m e nu. Ch oos e Page s you can e nte r de faul t, at Autom atic and
s om e th ing l ik e : 1-3,5. Th at w oul d Qual ity is s e t to M axim um .
Now w e h ave th e actuale xport e xport page s one th rough to th re e Again, th e s e are for profe s s ional
s e ttings : and al s o page five . Rotation, as it q ual ity printing. I can't s ay I'd
s ounds , l e ts you rotate th e page s in re com m e nd 'Los s y JPG' for th e
At th e top
th e e xporte d PD F. be s t M e th od but if you h ave to
of th e w indow
ch ange it from Autom atic I'd s ay
is 'O utput to
ch oos e 'Los s l e s s Z IP'. For Quality
File '. Th is is
I'd re com m e nd you k e e p it at
w h e re you
M axim um as oth e rw is e it w il l
w ills ave th e
s tart to h e avil y com pre s s your
PD F and w h at
im age s and your PD F w il llook
you w ant to
q uite dirty and grainy.
nam e it. If you w is h you can
e xport e ach page as a s e parate Fonts is th e tab w h e re w e can
file by s im pl
y ch e ck ing th e box Fil
e O ptions le ts you ch oos e a ne w s e e w h ich fonts w e 've us e d and
be low th e fil
e location box. PD F Profil
e (Com patibil ity) and a m os t im portantl y w h ich fonts w il
l
m argin for binding. You can th e n be e m be d into th e PD F.

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 Th is is to e ffe ctive l
y cre ate a PD F Se curity is w h e re you can
sl
ide s h ow . Som e th ing I doubt w oul d e ncrypt your PD F w ith a
be w e lcom e at your l ocalprint s h op! pas s w ord. You can al s o al l
ow or
pre ve nt
s uch th ings
If a font you've us e d in your as printing,
docum e nt is not avail abl e on th e copying te xt
re ade r's com pute r th e n you'd h it and s uch
probl e m s , th ank fully th is is lik e .
ove rcom e by e m be dding th e fonts
into th e PD F fil e s o it is im portant Col our tab h as s om e s e ttings
to cl ick th e Em be d Al lbutton to Th e Vie w e r tab is ve ry im portant for e ith e r 'Scre e n/W e b', 'Printe r'
s ave ge tting e rrors . for th e dis pl
ay of your docum e nt. or 'Gre ys cal e '. M os t of th e tim e
you w il lus e Scre e n/W e b.
In th is Som e PD F fil e s w il
lcom e as 'Singl e
ins tance , Page ' w h e re you s crol ldow n vie w ing
Scribus one page at a tim e . But s om e
h as docum e nts com e dis pl aye d as an Afte r you h ave s ifte d th rough
e m be dde d ope n book (D oubl e Page ) w ith tw o th e options you cl ick Save and
th e page s on s cre e n at once . D ocum e nt h ope for th e be s t! If it's your firs t
'D e jaVu Layout is w h e re th is s e tting is tim e e xporting a docum e nt to
Sans Book ' font. Be care fulh e re se le cte d. D oubl e Page h as a Le ft and PD F th e n it w illtak e a fe w trie s
as you can not e m be d al lfonts , Righ t option, th is is w h e re your front to ge t it jus t th e w ay you w ant it.
s om e bough t fonts com e w ith page w il lbe . Righ t is w h at m os t
lice ns e s th at do not al
low Europe an publ ications w oul d us e . In cl
os ing, th e re are s om e
e m be dding. Vis ualAppe arance is w h e re you can th ings you m us t re m e m be r w h il
e
us e th e PD F vie w e r appl ications ' e xporting your docum e nt:
Th e de faul t s e ttings or force oth e r
Extras tab • D o not re ly on us e r ch ange abl e
options s uch as ful ls cre e n, dis play options - s uch as m e nu bars - for
give s th um bnail s and s o on. Spe cial pre s e ntation as th e us e r can e as il
y
acce s s to Actions is rare l y us e d but m ay com e turn th e s e back on again pos s ibl y
pre s e ntation in h andy if you w ant to e xe cute s om e m ak ing your docum e nt l ook ugl y.
e ffe cts : Javas cript on ope ning a PD F. •It is be s t not to l
e t your docum e nt

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go ful ls cre e n as s om e vie w e r
appl ications m ay not as k or give a
w arning w h ich m ay frigh te n vie w e rs
w h e n th e ir s cre e ns go bl
ack and flick e r!
• Th e Pre -Fl igh t Ve rifie r is your frie nd,
h e e d its w arnings ! You can cl ick on an
e rror in th e Ve rifie r w indow and it w il l m os t re gul
jum p to th at page and h igh l igh t w h at, or
w h e re , th e e rror is locate d.
• Th ink about your re ade rs , if th e y are
vie w ing your docum e nt on a s l ow
com pute r or an ol dlaptop th e n you
re ally do not w ant to us e th e 'ope n
book ' form at as th e ir m ach ine m ay be to
ol d to q uick l
y dis pl
ay tw o page s at once .
• To e dit w h at is ch e ck e d or unch e ck e d
in th is docum e nt's Export PD F w indow
you can go to th e Fil e → D ocum e nt Se t-
up m e nu.
And th at brings us to th e e nd of
m y Le arning Scribus s e rie s , I h ope
you've e njoye d it, I've s e e n s om e
gre at th ings cre ate d by pe opl e tournam e nts .
w h o've fol low e d th is s e rie s s o
ple as e , k e e p th e e m ail s com ing!
h ttp://url
.ful
lcircl
e m agazine .org/49 4f53
Scribus vide o tutorials.
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Th e LAN are a w il
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lage is about e ve ryth ing re l
ate d
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ve rs ion 0.6. Eve n at th is e arl y s tage , can acce s s your note s q uick l y
h ow e ve r, it is ve ry robus t. Th e re are from th e appl e t icon untilyou l og
e ve n m any officialand unofficial out or q uit th e appl e t. You can
pl ugins avail abl e to e nh ance th e also l aunch Tom boy e ve ry tim e
appl ication e ve n furth e r. you l og in by adding th is
appl ication in auto-s tart m e nu
acce s s e d from Sys te m >
Pre fe re nce s > Se s s ions > Start-
up Program s . Cl ick th e ne w
button to add “ Tom boy” in nam e
box and “ tom boy” in com m and
box. Ne xt tim e you l og in
Tom boy w il ls tart autom atical ly.

A
O ve r tim e you m ay te nd to
re lative l y ne w appl ication forge t th e file nam e in w h ich you
h as found its w ay into th e h ave s ave d your w ork or th e
re ce nt ve rs ions of m any dire ctory w h e re your file w as
Linux dis tributions . It is cal l
ed locate d. For th is purpos e ,
Tom boy. It contains s e ve ralparts : de s k top s e arch tools are us e ful
a pos t-it appl ication, a note pad, a but com parative l y cum be rs om e .
cros s -inde xing tooland a q uick W ith Tom boy, you do not h ave to
publ is h e r. It is al s o ve ry addictive , re m e m be r and ope n any
Start Tom boy by cl ick ing
e as y to us e and doe s aw ay w ith particul ar file unde r your
Applications > Acce s s orie s > Tom boy
th e h as s l e of nam ing fil e s and dire ctory tre e . Allyour note s are
Note s . Th is l
aunch e s Tom boy as an
re m e m be ring dire ctory path s . s tore d unde r th e nam e of th e
apple t on your m e nu toolbar. O nce
Tom boy is an e vol ving appl ication h e ading. Eve n be tte r, th e y are
l
aunch e d it re m ains active and you
and th e l ate s t re le as e is s till
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inde xe d. Tom boy cre ate s its ow n
h idde n dire ctory unde r you h om e
dire ctory. To s e e th e conte nts of
th is dire ctory you can "e nabl e"
vie w h idde n file s option in
Nautil us and brow s e th e conte nts ,
al th ough th e re is no re alne e d to
do th is .
W ork ing on any Tom boy note
can be accom pl is h e d w ith jus t tw o
cl ick s . Firs t click on appl e t icon (in
th e toolbar). Th is give s you a l is t
of al lnote s th at you h ave m ade in
orde r of re ce nt us e . For th e
s e cond cl ick , s e le ct th e note from
th e l is t to s tart w ork ing. You can
launch m ul tiple note s at th e s am e
tim e and you can ope n cl os e or ope n s e arch dial og box w h e re you can
note s as ne e de d. Th e l is t of note s de fine s e arch crite ria. It re turns
th at are dis pl aye d is lim ite d. If you al is t of al
lnote s th at contain
w ant a note to al w ays appe ar in th e your ite m w ith num be r of
lis t you can m ak e it s tick y by cl ick ing occurre nce in e ach note . You can
on th e “ pin” icon agains t th e note s o dire ctl y cl
ick on s e arch re s ults to
th at e ve n if is not of re ce nt us e it w il l ope n any note .
not dis appe ar from vie w . Th e l is t also
al low s you to cre ate a ne w note or to W h ile
s e arch for a te xt patte rn in e xis ting w riting a
note s . Saving note s is as e as y as jus t note , if you
cl os ing th e note . Th e re 's no ne e d of se l e ct a
giving a fil e nam e or a dire ctory to w ord (or
s tore it in as Tom boy doe s th at on its s e ve ral
ow n. w ords ) th e
link m e nu be com e s active . if you
W h e n you s tart a ne w note Tom boy cl ick on th is a ne w note w ith th e
give s it a s e q ue ntialh e ading h igh ligh te d w ord(s ) as note
autom atical l
y. To ch ange th e h e ading h e ading is s tarte d. Th e
al lyou h ave to do is ove rw rite th e h igh ligh te d w ord can al s o be
de faul t h e ading w ith your ow n. In give n s pe cialform atting from
e ffe ct th e h e ading of th e note is al so th e options avail abl e unde r th e
th e file nam e . Be caus e of th is , Te xt m e nu. Al th ough l im ite d, th e
Tom boy doe s not al l
ow you to h ave te xt form atting options are
tw o note s of th e s am e nam e and s ufficie nt. Standard s h ort cuts of
w arns you w h e n cl os ing a note w ith copy, cut, pas te , bol d, and ital ic
s am e h e ading to ch ange th is . Th e al s o w ork . Th e D e l e te m e nu
inte rface is ve ry s im pl e as th e re are option de l e te s th e curre nt note .
onl y five s im pl e m e nus and a pl ace To pre ve nt accide ntalde l e tions a
to w rite your note . Th e m e nu ite m s confirm ation box appe ars . Th e
in th e note s w indow are Se arch , Link , Tool s m e nu give s ris e to m any
Te xt, Tool s and D e le te . As th e nam e m ore pos s ibil itie s and w e w il l
im pl ie s , th e Se arch m e nu ope ns th e dis cus s th is a l ittle late r.
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 To m ak e ope ne d. Th is m ak e s a gre at w ay of Sim il arly, w h e n an e xte rnal
life e as ie r m ak ing cros s re fe re nce d note s . Not h ype r-l ink to a w e b page is
Tom boy h as onl y th is , if you ch ange th e h e ading click e d, it fire s up your brow s e r
s om e cool of a note w h ich is l ink e d from s om e and th e URLis ope ne d w ith in
fe ature s l ik e oth e r note th e w ords in th at note w il l th at. Th e m om e nt you w rite a
s pe llch e ck , al s o ch ange to s h ow th e ne w w e bs ite URLor an e m ailaddre s s
auto-l ink ing h e ading! W atch out as th is can h ave it autom atical l
y cre ate s a h ype r-
and h ype r-l ink ing. Additional l
y, uninte nde d cons e q ue nce s too. Th is link . Click ing on an e m ail
th e re are m any pl ugins avail abl e is al s o th e re as on th at you s h ould addre s s s tarts a com pos e (w rite
th at can e nh ance functional ity. k e e p h e adings uniq ue and not us e to) w indow in your m ailprogram .
Th e s pe llch e ck e r w il
lh igh l igh t s ingl e w ords .
any w ord th at you s pe l lw rong by Th e "Note of th e D ay"pl ug-in
unde rl ining in re d. By bringing th e Tom boy al s o w ork s w ith h ype r- is not turne d on by de faul t. O nce
m ous e curs or on top of th e link s , inte rnalas w e l las e xte rnal . For th is fe ature is turne d on th e n
m is s pe ll
e d w ord and righ t cl ick ing ins tance , if you w rite th e ful lpath to e ve ry day a ne w note is
you ge t a m e nu for l ook ing at al ocalfil e lik e : ge ne rate d giving date as th e
al te rnative w ords . You can al so h e ading w ith tw o s e ctions for
add cus tom w ords to th e file://home/sudev/test.odt tas k s and appointm e nts . If you
dictionary s o th at th e y do not do not add any conte nt th e n th is
A h ype r link is autom atical ly
s h ow up as s pe l ling e rrors .
cre ate d w ith in your note . W h e n you
Auto-l ink ing is one of th e be s t cl ick on th is your s ys te m w il lfire up
fe ature s of Tom boy. Th is th e as s ociate d appl ication and ope n
appl ication inde xe s al lw ords th at th e targe t fil e . In th is e xam pl e th e
are w ritte n in a note and O pe nO ffice .org W rite r program w il l
com pare s th e m w ith h e adings of be l aunch e d w ith te s t.odt fil e . Th is is
al lnote s th at you h ave m ade . If it a gre at w ay of e m be dding your fil es
finds any w ord (or com bination of into note s and s o th at you don't h ave
w ords ) m atch ing h e ading of an to re m e m be r th e e ntire dire ctory
e xis ting note th e n th is w ord(s ) is tre e . You can h ave m ul tipl
e fil e
autom atical ly h igh ligh te d in re d (link s ) in one note and m ul tipl e note s
and a l ink is cre ate d to th at note . m ay l ink to one fil e.
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note is autom atical ly de l
e te d. Th is are bus y and cl os e th e note it w il l offe rs you th e ch oice of
is s im il
ar to m aintaining your dail y k e e p popping ope n e ve ry h al f an e xporting onl y th e curre nt note
diary. h our untilyou de l e te th e re m inde r. or al lnote s th at are l ink e d w ith
Such conve nie nce ! You can w rite th e curre nt note . Not onl y are
Ins tal ling re m inde rs in m any form ats . “ Re m ind link e d note s are publ is h e d in th e
a pl ug-in is Sunday” “ Re m ind 23 Augus t at w e b page , but intra-l ink s are
e as y. A 11:30am ” are al lval id form ats . Look al s o cre ate d s o th at you can
rath e r up Tom boy h om e page or ch e ck out click and navigate from th e .h tm l
inte re s ting on th e inte rne t on additional page .
and inform ation and oth e r pl ug-in th at
im portant are avail able. H ow can th is be a k il ler
pl ug-in is th e fe ature th at can e nh ance th e
“ Re m ind” Th e re is no l im it to le ngth of note functional ity of Tom boy?Sim pl e,
pl ug in and fol low ing th e and you can w rite page s w orth of jus t copy pas te th e output .h tm l
de s cription be l ow you can al so te xt in one note . H ow e ve r, practical ly page to your w e b dire ctory and
s tart us ing th is . Firs t, dow nl oad it is e as ie r to bre ak up note s in to you h ave a publ is h e d docum e nt!
th e binary from m any s m al le r note s . O r you can In our organization w e h ave
h ttp://raph ae l .s linck x.ne t/fil e s /tom w rite l ong de tail s in a fil e and give a configure d w e b-s e rve r to al low
boy-re m inde r.dl l . Now ope n th e file al ink in a note th at s um m arize s pe rs onalpage s . W e cut and
pl ug-in fol de r by righ t cl ick ing on th e de tail s. pas te th e .h tm loutput to our
appl e t icon, it is th e firs t m e nu pe rs onalw e b-fol de r and s e nd
ch oice . D rag and drop th e Now w e com e to th e Tool s m e nu. out e m ail s w ith th e l ink to
dow nl oade d fil e in to th is fol de r. O ne bas ic ch oice is printing note s pe opl e w e w ant to s h are w ith .
Quit and re s tart Tom boy and th e n w h ich ope ns th e print dial ogue w ith Th is w ay w e can s h are
us e th e Pre fe re nce s m e nu to th e us ualprinting options . Anoth e r inform ation and in th e s am e w ay
e nabl e th e Re m ind pl ug-in. Now if option is to s e e w h at note s l ink to by re -publ is h ing from update d
in any note you w rite "Re m ind 15 th e curre nt note . You can navigate to Tom boy note .
Augus t"th e w ords w il l any of th e s e note s by jus t cl ick ing on
autom atical ly h igh ligh te d in th e nam e . Th e m os t inte re s ting
ye llow indicating th at a re m inde r option unde r th is m e nu is Export to M ore inform ation on can
H TM L. W ith th is you can cre ate a be s e e n at th e h om e page :
h as be e n s e t. O n th e 15th Augus t h ttp://w w w .gnom e .org/proje cts /tom
th is note w il lautom atical ly pop up w e b page from your note w ith jus t boy/
w h e n Tom boy is running. If you click of a button. Th e pop up box al so

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 M Y O PINIO N
H one s tl
y th at is m y q ue s tion, w h e re are th e y?Sure , th e re are a l ot of fre e w are gam e s out th e re th at are fun and re all
wel l. But w h e re are th e big nam e titl
oth e r bl
ock bus te r titl
e s th at are out for th e W indow s bunch ?
W
h at is it th at k e e ps th e
EAs of th e w orl d (and by
EAs I s pe ak of publ is h e rs
lik e El e ctronic Arts , UbiSoft e tc.)
from re cognizing our l ove l y s tabl
ope rating s ys te m ?Th at is a
q ue s tion th at I k now h as be e n
th row n around for age s now . But
it's s tills om e th ing th at I
cons tantl y as k m ys e l f w h e ne ve r I
fire up m y W indow s box to pl ay
W orl d of W arcraft or Battl e fie ld
2142. W h y can't w e s e e th is
s upport for Ubuntu Linux and
Linux in ge ne ral ?
I h ave be e n a fan of Linux s ince
I playe d w ith Re d H at w ay back in
th e day. I h ave fol l
ow e d a l
ot of
dis tributions s uch as Sus e ,
O ne bas e (now de funct), Ge ntoo,
Re d H at, and a fe w of th e s m aller
dis tributions . M y curre nt l
ove is
Ubuntu w h ich I've us e d off and on
G A M ES , W H ER E
A RE TH EY?
e s ?W h e re are Crys is , H e l
lgate London, W orl d of W arcraft, Age of Em pire s , Guil d W ars or any of th e
s ince 4.10. I h ave al w ays k e pt up
w ith w h at w as going on in th e re al m ge t a patch to m ak e a W indow s
of Ubuntu. But m y re all ove on th e
PC is th e gam ing are a, from Firs t
e Pe rs on Sh oote rs to Fl igh t Sim ul ators
to RPGs . If th e y've be e n re l e as e d I've
trie d to play th e m . From th e good to
th e bad to th e ugl y, th e y've cros s e d
m y de s k top. I jus t l
ove gam e s ...
And th is is w h e re in m y e ye s
(w h ich re m e m be r are m y e ye s not
your e ye s ) Linux is l ack ing jus t w ay
too m uch . I k now for one w e can
count on s ay id Softw are , de ve l ope r
of th e D oom and Quak e franch is e s ,
to re le as e an update afte r th e ir
product is re l e as e d to give us a
w ork ing copy of a W indow s bas e d
gam e for Linux. And i'm s ure th e
de ve lope rs of th e Unre alfranch is e is
anoth e r one of th os e com panie s th at
w ills upport Linux. Unfortunate l y, l
ik e
id Softw are , it is w ith a boxe d ite m
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y put toge th e r
but w ith a patch . I don't w ant to
bas e d gam e run on Linux. I w ant
a box w ith a CD or a D VD w ith
th e gam e on it, re ady for
ins tal lation on m y Linux s ys te m .
“ But w ait, w e can us e W ine or
Ce de ga to run our favorite
m ode rn W indow s gam e s !” I
k now and I h ave us e d to run a
fe w of m y gam e s , but th at's
adding an e xtra l e ve lof
“ com pl e xity” th at re al l
y
s h oul dn't e ve n e xis t for th e
ave rage de s k top us e r. Pe opl e
th at are com ing ove r from th e
W indow s w orl d are s o us e d to
sl iding in th e CD or D VD into
th e ir drive , ins tal
ling th e gam e ,
and h aving an icon on th e ir
de s k top w ith out h aving to k now
anyth ing te ch nicalabout th e ir
com pute r or ope rating s ys te m .
W h e n th e y m ak e th e trans ition
to Ubuntu th e y e xpe ct th e s am e one at th at, and in al lh one s ty I for Linux?W h y is it th at O l eg
th ing. W e ne e d native Linux bough t th at, not for th e de ath m atch M addox of M addox 1c, de ve l ope r
gam e s from big nam e com panie s bas e d gam e pl ay but for th e fact th at of th e IL2 franch is e , w il lnot do a
w ith big nam e titl e s and w e ne e d it w as going to s upport a com pany “ port” of IL2 to th e Linux
th e m boxe d and re ady for trying to bol s te r Linux's appe alas a pl atform e ve n w h e n h e h as be e n
purch as e off our l ocalgam e s tore gam ing pl atform . Unfortunate l y in as k e d num e rous tim e s about it?
sh e lve s or from 2002 Lok i de cide d Ye t on th e oth e r s ide of th e coin
an onl ine s tore . to cl os e up s h op iD s oftw are h as re l e as e d a fre e
and w ith th at w e cl ie nt for it's ne w Quak e
D o you guys los t our one abil ity franch is e e ntry and Battl e fie l
d
re m e m be r Lok i to ge t a boxe d s e rie s com pe titor Ene m y
Gam e s ?Th e y native Linux gam e . Te rritory: Quak e W ars . W h y is it
w e re in m y th at th e FPS ge nre w il ls upport
opinion one of M y oth e r inte re s t th e Linux com m unity and
our h ope s for is w h y is it th at th e pl atform to an e xte nt but ge tting
boxe d gam e s m ain gam e s th at a com pany l ik e Bl
izzard (W orl d
from th e big do ge t “ porte d” to of W arcraft), Gas Pow e re d
guys out th e re . th e Linux pl atform Gam e s (Supre m e Com m ande r),
Lok i re l e as e d are s h oote rs ?W h y Re l ic (Com pany of H e roe s ) to
good products th rough th e ir is th at?W h y do w e not s e e Bl izzard e ve n th ink about it is a ch ore
life s pan and I al w ays th ough t th e y give th e com m unity a Linux cl ie nt unto its e l f?
w oul d garne r e nough inte re s t in for th e ir 10 m il lion us e r m as s ive l y
th e Linux com m unity th at th e y'd popul ar M M O RPG W orl d of W arcraft; I th ink th e m ain de tractor to
s tick around l onge r th an th e y did. but w e do ge t Unre alTournam e nt 3 th e EAs of th e w orl d s upporting
Th e y w oul d tak e a W indow s bas e d re le as e d for th e Linux pl atform ?And th e Linux s ys te m s out th e re is
gam e and port it to Linux, w ith a w h ile w e are s pe ak ing of Bl izzard th e m ark e t s h are . Th e Linux
cus tom ins tal l
e r for e as y w h y is it th at th e y w illre le as e a de s k top m ark e t s h are jus t is n't
ins tal lation on any Linux com pute r clie nt for th e M ac ope rating s ys te m th e re . W ith Appl e h aving 8%
capabl e of running th e gam e . I and on th e Inte lpl atform w h e n w e m ark e t s h are now I can s e e th e
th ink th e l as t boxe d Linux native al lk now O S X h as a foundation of M ac garne ring m ore inte re s t in
gam e I bough t w as iD Softw are 's BSD ?Grante d, Bl izzard h as al w ays th e gam e re al m , e ve n th ough
ow n Quak e 3 w h ich w as “ porte d” re le as e d both M ac and W indow s Ste ve Jobs h as an off again on
ove r to Linux by Lok i and a fine ve rs ions of th e ir gam e s , but w h y not again inte re s t in gam ing for h is

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s ys te m s (re m e m be r th e unve il ing Anoth e r of th e de tractors is th e vide o is s ue s , cras h e s , graph ics
of D oom 3?). Fact is , M r Jobs jus t ove ral ls upport by th e gam ing card incom patibil itie s . Th e
doe s n't care about gam ing on h is com panie s for M icros oft's D ire ctX ge ne ralde s k top us e r w il lnot
s ys te m s . But if you l ook at Appl e 's API. A m ajority of th e gam e s th e s e w ant to h aggl e w ith th os e
m ark e t s h are , and it's curre nt days , no m atte r w h at ge nre , are is s ue s ;it's a jus t w ork m e ntal ity.
“ h ot” s tatus w ith th e cons um e r, I de s igne d w ith D ire ctX in m ind. Ye t if W h ich you can't bl am e s ince
coul d de finite ly s e e th e ir s h are of you l ook at th e bas e e ngine of both th e y are com ing from a W indow s
th e de s k top m ark e t incre as ing th e Quak e s e rie s and th e Unre al w orl d w h e re th e s oftw are is
e ve n m ore and fact be k now n s e rie s th e y are de s igne d for it
M icros oft's s h are w il lnot drop buil t around th e and pre tty
anytim e s oon. And w ith th at, in O pe nGLAPI, m uch w ork s
m y opinion th e probl e m w ith th is w h ich is an out of th e box.
is th at I don't s e e th e Linux ope n graph ics
de s k top incre as ing to th e point API and is In clos ing, if
th at it can catch up to Appl e. total ly w e are to ge t
W ith out th e ave rage W indow s or s upporte d by Ubuntu (or
M ac us e r k now ing about Ubuntu th e Linux Linux in
or Linux I don't fe e lit can catch pl atform . ge ne ral )
up, and in e s s e nce w on't gain th e Ubuntu (and s e rious l
y into
inte re s t of th e big EAs of th e Linux in th e gam ing
gam ing w orl d. And th at m e ans ge ne ral ) doe s not h ave an D ire ctX m ark e t and th ough t of as a
adve rtis e on TVand in com patibl e API s e t, s o gam ing s e rious pl atform for gam ing w e
m agazine s , not jus t on th e w e b. com panie s w oul d ne e d to re de s ign ne e d m ark e t s h are . To ge t th at
W ord of m outh is good, but to ge t th e ir gam e s in O pe nGLor M icros oft m ark e t s h are w e ne e d
our pe nguin on m ore m ach ine s w oul d h ave to h ave D ire ctX s upport adve rtis ing and w ith adve rtis ing
and gain its m ark e t s h are I fe e l Linux to h ave a ful lfe ature d 3D w e w il ls e e inte re s t from th e
th at th e re s h oul d be Ubuntu gam e e ngine . And again th is is de s k top us e rs th at w ant ch ange
adve rtis e m e nts in m os t com pute r w h e re Ce de ga com e s in and al low s and as th e y com e ove r and
m agazine s , te l e vis ion Linux us e rs to run D ire ctX e nabl ed boos t m ark e t s h are th e EAs of
com m e rcial s (Le t's s e e a Ubuntu gam e s , but it is not a fool proof w ay th e w orl d w il ls e e our pl atform
vs . W indow s vs . M ac ad. Now th at of pl aying th os e gam e s . Th e re 's a l ot as a w e l lrounde d and s tabl e
w oul d be inte re s ting), e tc. But of te ch nicalis s ue s w ith pl aying th e s e gam ing e nvironm e nt. Is w h at I'm
th at's jus t m y opinion of cours e . gam e s th rough Ce de ga s uch as s aying s o w rong?Abs ol ute ly not!

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 M Y STO RY UBUNTU A NA LO GY
I am not th e k ind of pe rs on w h o fe e l s a s e ns e of pride in M icros oft bas h ing. I re s pe ct M icros oft as th e y put in a lot of e ffort in orde r to
m ak e a s table ope rating s ys te m w h ich th e y update re gul arl y w ith s e rvice pack s and fixe s . For th is re as on I us e d w indow s for about
th re e or four ye ars . But th e n I h e ard from a frie nd, th at th e re is an O S nam e d Ubuntu th at is s h ippe d fre e of cos t w ith no pos talch arge s .
So, I de cide d to give it a try. W h e n I s tarte d us ing Ubuntu, I l e arne d ove r tim e th at Ubuntu is a far be tte r ope rating s ys te m .

O n th e oppos ite s ide of a ne arby anyth ing th at l ook e d s im il

O n a cozy l ittle h il
lunde r a
large , le afy oak l ive d a
com m unity of ants . Th e ants
w ork e d toge th e r to m utual
advantage . W h e n one ant h ad an
ide a h e w oul d cre ate a blue print
and pos t it on a com m unity
m e s s age board. O th e r ants w oul
th e n pitch in to h e lp bring th e
pl an to fruition. It w as a s im pl e
and e ffe ctive approach to l ife . Th e
ants w e re h appy and pros pe rous .
ar or
s tre am l ive a bunch of unrul y re q uiring prote ction m one y. As a
gras s h oppe rs . Th e s e gras s h oppe rs re s ult, s om e gras s h oppe rs w e re
did not l ive as a com m unity but q uite pros pe rous but m os t l ive d
ins te ad did as th e y w ante d, ofte n in fe ar and fe w w e re h appy.
acting in th e ir ow n s e l f inte re s t.
Som e tim e s an as piring gras s h oppe r Eve ntual ly, th e gras s h oppe rs
w oul d com e up w ith w h at h e w e re abl e to force m os t
be l ie ve d w as a uniq ue toolor e ve ryone e l s e to live by th e ir
s tructure . M otivate d by gre e d, h e rul e s . Th e ants , h ow e ve r, care d
w oul d file a pate nt for h is "inve ntion" little about th e pol itics of
gras s h oppe rs and continue d to
w ith th e l ocalpate nt office . Now , th e
buil d th e ir com m unity as th e y
pate nt office w as run by m ol es wh o
h ad al w ays done . In tim e , th e y
live d in ancie nt tunne l s by ancie nt
de ve l ope d an e ffe ctive and
rul e s and unde rs tood l ittl e of bugs ,
h igh l y dis tribute d com m unity
tool s or buil ding code s . W h e n th e s e
w ith s e parate but s im il arly run
odd gras s h oppe rs w oul d fil e th e ir
h ill
s al love r th e are a. It w as n't
appl ications , th e m ol e s s im pl y
d long be fore th e ant com m unity
approve d th e m be caus e it w as e as ie r
be cam e l arge e nough to attract
th an trying to unde rs tand. Be l ie ving
th e atte ntion of th e gre e dy
th e pate nt gave th e gras s h oppe r
gras s h oppe rs w h o at firs t fe l t th e
e xcl us ive righ ts , e ach w oul d fie rce l
y
ants w e re jus t odd and h ad l ittle
de fe nd h is ide a by e ith e r de s troying

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future but now re al ize d th at th e y m ol e s w oul
d not h e lp and w oul d and one by one abandone d th e
actual ly h ad it q uite good. Th e y l
ik e l
y tak e aw ay th e ir pre cious gras s h oppe rs and th e ir
be cam e je al ous , and de cide d th e pate nts rath e r th an try and figure re s trictive l
ice ns e s . From tim e to
be s t cours e of action w as to cl aim anyth ing out. tim e th e gras s h oppe rs w oul d
th e ants h ad infringe d on th e ir is s ue ve nom le s s th re ats but th e
pate nts and s h oul d e ith e r be Final ly, gre e d and frus tration l ed e ve r e xpanding ant com m unity
paying prote ction m one y or force d th e gras s h oppe rs to concl ude an al l paid l ittl
e atte ntion.
to give up th e ir w ay of l ife . A fe w out attack on th e ants w as ne e de d.
of th e Arm e d w ith Afte r one particul arlyl ong and
ants w e re th e ir l aw ye rs dark w inte r, th e gras s h oppe rs
fool e d by th e y took to th e aw ok e to find th e m s e l
ve s al one
th is tactic s k ie s . Spotting and irre l e vant. A fe w of th e
and fe l l w h at l ook e d to brave r one s cros s e d th e s tre am
unde r th e be th e ce nte r of and joine d th e ants . Th e re s t
s pe l lof th e com m unity s tood around daze d, confus e d
th e th e y s w arm e d and unabl e to com pre h e nd w h at
gras s h opp dow n upon th e h ad h appe ne d.
e rs . Th e ants and is s ue d
re s t jus t w rits and fil ed
laugh e d at injunctions .
th e Sm ug in th e ir
gras s h opp s upe riority, th e
e rs and gras s h oppe rs
w e nt le ft confide nt
about buil ding and im proving th at th e y h ad w on and w oul d s e e or
th e ir com m unity. h e ar l
ittle from th e ants e ve r again.

Th e gras s h oppe rs w e re Th e ants , of cours e , w e re not

pe rpl e xe d by th is . Th e y w e re not
accus tom e d to h aving oth e rs
laugh and turn th e ir back s on
th e m . Th e y cons ide re d appe al ing
to th e m ol e s , but it w as cle ar th e
de fe ate d in th e l
e as t. O th e r
com m unitie s ral lie d around th e m and
life w e nt on m uch as be fore . Th e
ants continue d to e xpand and
pros pe r. Th e oth e r cre ature s s aw th is

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 UBUNTU YO UTH Th e future of O pe n Source is in th e Young Pe opl e of today;th at's
w h y th is corne r of th e m agazine is for young pe ople or s im pl
y
th os e w h o are young at h e art.

I
w as on Th ink Ge e k .com th e now w ith a
touch s cre e n!
oth e r day l ook ing for th ings to
Th e nice
be g m y m oth e r for. I cam e up th ing about h ttps ://s h op.canonical
.com /
w ith a l is t of th e m os t aw e s om e th is is th at H ow coul dI
(and ge e k y!) gifts th at your it's ful l
y pos s ibly not
pare nts ' cre dit card can orde r! h ack abl e. include th is in an
H e re it is ... You can articl e for an
dow nl oad Ubuntu
gam e s for it m agazine ?Sh ow
h ttp://w w w .th ink ge e k .com /h om e office /bl off th e inte rne t and e ve n de ve lop your ow n off your Ubuntu
ank e ts /574a/ w ith out a lice ns e . It al
s o pl
ays m us ic and pride and
vide o, and a pe rfe ct Ch ris tm as pre s e nt for prom ote
Th is anyone w h o l ik e s Linux or O pe n Source .
bl ank e t Fre e /O pe n Source s oftw are w ith th is
Price : ~ $169 .9 9 USD e xce lle nt m e rch andis e ! You can ge t
h as a nice
te rm inal - k e ych ains , note book s , T-s h irts and
gre e n on h ttp://w w w .l
inuxform at.co.uk / e ve n USB fl as h drive s w ith th e Ubuntu
bl ack logo on th e m . Th e y al so se l lCD s in
It h as gre at tutorial s, cas e you ne e d a l arge q uantity for a
patte rn of re vie w s , inte rvie w s ,
1's and bus ine s s or an organization. Price :
and a Live D VD e ve ry Varie s , £7.50 UK for a bas ic T-s h irt.
0's al l m onth ful lof s oftw are .
ove r it. At th e tim e of w riting,
Th e bl ank e t is 85% acryl ic and 15% th e m ain articl e of th e
pol ye s te r. Pe rfe ct for k e e ping you w arm m agazine is “ 10 Gre at
as you code your w ay th rough th is D IY Proje cts ” , and th e
h oliday s e as on. Price : $39 .9 9 USD D VD fe ature s Xubuntu
7.04. It's a gre at
h ttp://w ik i.gp2x.org/w ik i/W h e re _to_Buy m agazine for l e arning
as w e l
las s taying in touch w ith th e Linux
Th e w orl
d's ve ry firs t h andh e l
d ope n- com m unity. Price : $178 USD (~ 124 e uros or
s ource Linux-bas e d gam ing pl atform , £9 0) for a one ye ar s ubs cription.

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 UBUNTU W O M EN
Th e Ubuntu-W om e n (UW )
Proje ct w as founde d by Vidya Aye r
in January 2006 w h e n M ark
Sh uttl e w orth grante d official
s tatus to th e proje ct and by M arch
w e h ad a m ail ing l is t and al
so a
ne w w e bs ite : w w w .ubuntu-
w om e n.org
Curre ntl y UW com pris e s a te am
of vol unte e rs to provide a
pl atform of e ncourage m e nt and
dire ction for w om e n to contribute
to Ubuntu-Linux, a D e bian bas e d
fre e and ope n-s ource GNU/Linux
s oftw are . Th e Fl os s pol
s re port,
indicate s th at about 1.5% of
FLO SS com m unity m e m be rs w e re
fe m ale , com pare d w ith 28% in
proprie tary s oftw are , w h ich is
sligh tly h igh e r at 2.4% w om e n
according to th e Ubuntu Ce ns us
Surve y (June 2006). At pre s e nt w e
h ave m any active w om e n
vol unte e rs lik e Sus ana, El izabe th ,
Rom ana, Sh e ri, Is abe l l
e , D inda
and m any m ore , w h o s pan
diffe re nt tim e zone s acros s th e gl obe . pack age s th e re by e nabl
ing
O ur m ain goalis to provide vis ibil ity s upport to le arn and grow .
to w om e n w h o contribute and don
diffe re nt te ch nicaland non-te ch nical - Spons or w om e n w h o w is h to
rol e s in th e Ubuntu com m unity. give te ch nicalpre s e ntations
Program m ing be ing h igh l y about Ubuntu at Inte rnational
de ve l opm e nt-orie nte d and a pl e th ora confe re nce s and s e m inars .
of dis tro's m ak e s it m ore difficul t in
- O rganize Ubuntu h ack -fe s ts ,
te rm s of ide ntifying a probl e m in "X"
bar cam ps for w om e n at Linux
appl ication, and k now ing h ow to 'fix'
confe re nce s or l
ocale ve nts .
it. W ith UW w e h ave trie d to cre ate a
pl atform for w om e n to com m unicate
You can us e th e m ail ing l
is t
ope nl y and as k te ch nicalq ue s tions (h ttps ://l
is ts .ubuntu.com /m ail m an
w ith out any fe ar of be ing fl am e d or
/lis tinfo/ubuntu-w om e n) or
ridicul e d for as k ing s il
ly be ginne r ch anne l# ubuntu-w om e n at
q ue s tions .
fre e node .ne t to run cours e s on
Ubuntu-re l ate d de ve l
opm e nt or
any te ch nicaltopic.
- If you are a FLO SS de ve l ope r, w e
UW m e m be rs h ip h as al w ays
h ave a M e ntoring program al ong th e
be e n ope n to al l, irre s pe ctive of
line s of Each -O ne -Te ach -O ne , and
ge nde r and coul d figure on
w oul dl ik e to h ave volunte e rs w il
ling
our Profil e s page by joining us
to m e ntor w om e n in s pe cific
and us h e ring in ch ange and
te ch nicaltas k s (s uch as w riting
dive rs ity via Ubuntu-W om e n!
patch e s , bug te s ting, w riting
s pe cifications and m aintaining
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 SO UND BITES H e re are s om e th ings you m ay h e ar on th is m onth s 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

So e s s e ntial ly al lyou ne e d to do is fre e s oftw are from CNR.

dow nl oad th e cl ie nt, ins tallit. A
button appe ars in your Appl ications Now th at I've e xpl aine d w h at
> Sys te m Tool s m e nu th at s ays CNR CNR is , th e ne xt th ing is h ow to
on it. Cl ick on it and it'l lope n Fire fox s e t th e th ing up. Th e re are
and point it to w w w .cnr.com , th e n ins tructions at

T
s e arch for your de s ire d s oftw are . h ttp://url
.ful
lcircl
e m agazine .org/29 2f
h is m onth I w illbe tal k ing f4;but be w arne d, th e s oftw are
Th e n you dow nl oad th e s oftw are , and
about CNR (Cl ick and Run), is s tillin th e be ta s tage s of l ife .
th e CNR cl ie nt ins talls it. Th e re is tal
k
a pack age m anage r from For th e articl e , I h ave te s te d th e
going around about it (CNR) be ing
w h ich w il
lbe CNR s oftw are on m y Ubuntu
put into Ubuntu. To s um it up: th e re
im pl e m e nte d into Ubuntu in th e Guts y Gibbon Com pute r. W h e n I
is a com bination of ope n s ource
ne ar future . Th e y h ave re l e as e d ope ne d th e 7M B de b fil e , I h ad 5
s oftw are and proprie tary s oftw are , a
th e ir firs t be ta for Ubuntu. Th e de pe nde ncie s th at ne e de d to be
com bination of th e ide as of
fol low ing is h ow Lins pire de s cribe s ins tal le d prior to ins tal ling CNR.
Synaptic/Apt and th e de adl y
CNR: O nce it's done , s e l e ct CNR from
Autom atix.
th e Appl ications > Sys te m Tool s
Allope n s ource and fre e m e nu. A gre e n orb w ith a picture
proprie tary s oftw are (s uch as Adobe of a m an w il lappe ar in your
Re ade r e tc) re m ain fre e . Subs cription s tatus bar. To acce s s th e cnr.com
to th e CNR Pre m ium Se rvice give s s ite , you jus t cl ick on th e gre e n
you dis counts on non-fre e s oftw are button.
and oth e r privil e ge s . You can find
m ore inform ation about it at As a de m ons tration, I
h ttp://url
.fullcircle m agazine .org/8f735b . atte m pte d to ins tal
lAdobe
Th e re is als o a bas ic fre e Re ade r. You click on th e ins tal l
m e m be rs h ip th at CNR offe rs , but you button and Fire fox prom pte d m e
don't ne e d a m e m be rs h ip to ins tall to dow nl oad a .cnr file . I did, but

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I h ad no ide a h ow to ins tal
lit. Th is
is w h at CNR s ays is s uppos e d to
h appe n:

Advance d us e rs can al s o dow nload

CNR s oftw are via th e com m and l ine .

And th e n I find out th at it onl y

s upports Fe is ty Faw n. Go figure . So I
try O pe ra, and th e s am e th ing
Th e conce pt of CNR is
occurs . Now , th e re is a picture of it
inte re s ting, but I do pre dict th at
actual l
y w ork ing h e re , s h ow ing w h at
th e re w illbe a l arge back las h
it s h ould do w h e n you cl ick on th e
am ongs t s om e of th e Ubuntu
Ins tal lbutton. Th e n I re al is e th at I
com m unity, and th at is
forgot to l og out and in of Ubuntu. So
e xpe cte d. H as Ubuntu done th e
I do th at and try it again, and O pe ra
de alw ith th e de vil ?H ave th e y
ins tal l
s . Th e conce pt is inte re s ting,
m ade th e righ t ch oice in
al th ough I w oul d m uch rath e r not
bundl ing CNR w ith Ubuntu?
re q uire to s e arch for s oftw are us ing a
Th os e q ue s tions w il
lbe
w e b page , rath e r th e s e arch
ans w e re d in th e cours e of ne xt
capabil itie s be acce s s e d us ing th e
ye ar.
clie nt.

Th e cl ie nt is us e d for m anaging th e
apps th at you ins tal lth rough CNR. It
runs in th e back ground and it ins tal l
s
th e s oftw are w h e n you cl ick on th e I give CNR four out of five ,
ins tal lbutton. It al s o allow s you to alth ough I'm not convince d th at
ch oos e one of s ix th e m e s for th e O pe ra is be tte r th an Fire fox...
cl ie nt (h ow inte re s ting), ch oos e th e
s e rve r th at you w ant to dow nl oad
from , and al low s you to unins tal l
program s .

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 LETTERS
F
irs t I w ant to th ank you for
an e xce l le nt online
m agazine . I h ave be e n
fol
low ing it s ince th e s tart. You are
doing an e xce l l
e nt job!
I h ave be e n an Ubuntu us e r
s ince th e re l e as e of 7.04 and I
h ave to adm it, I final ly found a
dis tribution th at I am h appy w ith . I
h ave it ins tal le d on 3 of our 4
h om e PCs . M y w ife and ch il dre n
took to it l ik e it h ad al w ays be e n
th e re . In addition, I h ave ins tal
th e Ubuntu s e rve r product and a
fe w w ork s tations at w ork to s ave
on l ice ns ing and oth e r th ings .
(Four s e parate h os pital s ) Th e
e xpe rie nce h as be e n aw e s om e !
As th e m agazine grow s tow ard
m aturity, I w oul dl ik e to s e e a
littl
e s ide col um n be de ve l ope d
for th e inte rm e diate crow d.
Som e th ing l ik e , h ow it w ork s .
M aybe titl e s coul d be :
Eve ry m onth w e l
s ubm it a l
ik e to publ
e tte r for publ
is h s om e of th e e m ail
ication, com pl
s w e re ce ive . If you w oul
im e nt or com pl aint, pl e as e e m ailit to:
dl ik e to
le tte rs @ ful l
circl e m agazine .org. PLEASE NOTE: s om e l e tte rs m ay be e dite d for s pace re as ons .
LETTER OF TH E M ONTH W rite r of Le tte r of th e M onth w ins
tw o m e talUbuntu cas e badge s !
I w ante d to th ank you for th e Scribus
tutorials e rie s in FullCircl e . I run a s h op in I've al re ady de cide d to do
Se cond Life and I de cide d to put toge th e r anoth e r catal og ne xt
a catal og for m y s tore . I e nde d up us ing m onth , and I l ook forw ard
Scribus to put it toge th e r, in no s m al lpart to s e e ing th e ne xt tutorial
th ank s to your s e rie s . Eve ryone w h o s e e s in Ful lCircl e . I can't w ait to
s e e w h at I'lll e arn ne xt.
it l
ove s it, and pe opl e can h ardl y be l ie ve
th at I've ne ve r cre ate d a catal og, or us e d
D TP s oftw are , be fore .
... th ings us ual l
y ge t th e late r ve rs ions on
l
ed lik e th at. It s e e m s th at th e m agazine CD or D VD I w oul dl ik e to be abl e
is ge are d tow ard ne w us e rs to pus h to us e th at m e dium to do m y
th e ir k now l e dge e nve l ope and th at is upgrade . I h ave Guts y on CD and
w onde rful , but putting s om e I did us e : s udo apt-cdrom add to
inte rm e diate s tuff in th e re w il lpus h add th e CD to m y s ource s fil e.
th e k now l e dge bas e of th e
inte rm e diate us e rs . W h e n I trie d to upgrade , I w as
conne cte d to th e inte rne t and
ubuntu de cide d to dow nl oad al l
1,050 or m ore upgrade fil e s.
A
s a confirm e d Ubuntu us e r
from D appe r days , I am Se ve ralh ours l ate r it th e n
am aze d th at any articl es trie d to appl y th e dow nl oade d
publ is h e d on upgrading al w ays s e e m upgrade s and k e pt giving m e
to e xpe ct th at I w il
ldow nl oad th e m e s s age s about th e ne e d to
ne w ve rs ion ove r th e inte rne t. As I e ith e r k e e p or ignore various
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pack age s to w h ich I re pl
ie d.
Afte r s e ve ralm ore h ours , th e
upgrade w e nt into l im bo and I l e ft
it for a fe w m ore h ours in th e
h ope th at it w oul d s om e h ow w ak e
up and com pl e te .
I e ve ntual l
y turne d th e m ach ine
off and w as s om e w h at s urpris e d
to actual l
y s e e ve rs ion 7.10 k ick
into life w h e n I ne xt turne d it on.
W h at I w oul dl ik e to s e e is an
articl e targe tte d tow ards us e rs
w h o w ant to upgrade from th e CD
or D VD . It s e e m s th at a diffe re nt
m e th od ne e ds to be us e d w ith
e ach re le as e . Is th is corre ct?
Al s o, you m igh t lik e to look at 2
program s I found re ce ntl y. Th e y
are : w h ich s h ow s
ins tal le d program s w h ich h ave no
de pe nde ncie s and
w h ich dis pl ays a lis t of ins talled
program s w ith th e option of
re m oving th e m .
Ed:
e xpe rie nce and oth e rs h ave
be e n dis appointing s o far w ith
th e ne w re le as e of W ubi/Ubuntu.
Il ove d us ing it w ith th e e arl
ie r
re le as e and am l ook ing forw ard
to a s tabl e ve rs ion s oon.
F
irs t of all,Ilove your m agazine Ed:
but l ook ing at Is s ue 4, page 2,
I
in th e copyrigh t notice te xt it
s ays : " h ave jus t re ad your Q& A
s e ction 7th is s ue of Ful lCircl
e
". Th is is
M agazine and I h ave s potte d
not a URL, it is a h os t nam e , w h ich is
an e rror: in th e q ue s tion about
onl y a part of a URL. Anoth e r part,
us ing 4 GB of RAM th e ans w e r
for ins tance , is th e protocolnam e .
w as th at you h ave to us e th e 64-
Se e :
bit ve rs ion of Ubuntu. Th is is
h ttp://w w w .faq s .org/rfcs /rfc1738.h tm l
for de tail s. pl ainl y w rong - it is e nough to
ins tal lk e rne lw ith PAE s upport
(i.e . linux-im age -VERSIO N-s e rve r
pack age ) and boot it.
Ed:
I
t is a l ittl
e m is le ading to e ntitle
th e articl e us ing th e 7.10 Ed:
dis tribution of Ubuntu.
W ubi/Ubuntu 7.10 is not q uite re ady
for prim e tim e . You w oul dn't e ve n
gue s s th is from th e articl e until
pe rh aps th e e nd w h e re th e al ph a
re l
e as e s of W ubi are m e ntione d. M y
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e m agazine .org, and w e 'l lpas s th e m to Robe rt for ans w e ring in
a future is s ue . Pl
e as e incl ude as m uch inform ation as you can about your probl em.

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W h at is th is Ch ris tm as favor of th e m ore Try th e be l
ow th re ad on
th ing anyw ay? popul ar and th e Ubuntu Forum s . Fe e l
adorabl e Santa- fre e to pos t your th e re ,
Tux. D on't w orry, and borrow s om e ide as ! Al s o,

A
According to th e w onde rful you'l ls tillge t your ch e ck out Andre w M in's guide to
s ource of inform ation, pre s e nts ! ge aring up your de s k top for th e
Uncycl ope dia.org, h olidays on page 11.

Q Are th e re any Ch ris tm as s y h ttp://ubuntuforum s .org/s h ow th re ad.ph

p?t=628244
. I de cide d I w ould Ubuntu gam e s ?
inve s tigate th is m ore , and found

A Q
out th at W alM art re ce ntl y
H ow about Snow bal lZ ?It's a W h e re w oul d I find a top 5
unve il e d a $200 PC running
s im pl e pe nguin-bas e d gam e l
is t of Ch ris tm as Ubuntu
Ubuntu w ith th e Enl igh te nm e nt
invol ving th e th row ing apps ?
de s k top. H urrah for Ch ris tm as !
s now bal ls and pe nguins . W h at m ore

A
h ttp://uncycl ope dia.org/w ik i/Ch ris tm as coul d you as k for?Th e Top5 is a s e t of Try th e Ful
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inux.com /ne w s /NS71 Ubuntu gam e s , m aybe w e coul d jus t on page 37.
14714037.h tm l us e it h e re ins te ad of dow n be low ?
h ttp://pack age s .ubuntu.com /s now bal
lz

Q And w h o's th e guy w ith th e

big be l
ly?

Q I've m ade m y de s k top al l

Ch ris tm as s y, and w ant to s e e

A
You m us t be tal
k ing about w h at oth e r pe ople h ave done to
Santa. Santa re ce ntl
y th e irs for Ch ris tm as - w h e re can I go?
be cam e une m ploye d in

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 M Y D ESK TO P Your ch ance to s h ow th e w orl
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d your de s k top or PC. Em ailyour s cre e ns h ots and
e 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.

M y com pute r is 3 ye ars ol d. It's a de ce nt com pute r. It h as a Pe ntium 4 3GH z

Proce s s or, 512M B RAM , 1x160GB H ard D rive w ith XP Pro and Ubuntu Guts y dual
boot (Guts y h as 80GB and XP h as 70GB) w ith a D VD Burne r, an nVidia 7600 GS
graph ics card and a w ire l e s s k e yboard and m ous e w h ich e ats th rough far too m any
batte rie s . And a Be nQ FP731 17"LCD m onitor. M y w al lpape r is a picture of a
h oliday th at I w e nt to in th e Aus tral ian s um m e r to a tow n cal le d Inve rloch , in
Gipps l and, Victoria. Th e bottom pane lis al m os t trans pare nt, w h e re as th e top pane l
is le s s trans pare nt. I h ave n't done anyth ing s pe ctacul ar to it, jus t adde d icons to
th e top pane las ne e de d. I l ove Guts y and w il lcontinue to run it e ve n w h e n I m ak e
th e s w itch to a M ac s oon.

M Y D ESK TO P

M
y de s k top s cre e ns h ot, running a conk y s cript, on
Gnom e w ith Fus ions GTK2 Th e m e . Th e w al l
pape r
is a graph ic I found on Gnom e -Look .org. I
inve rte d th e col ors w ith Th e GIM P.

Curre ntl
y, I run an AM D 64 Anth l
on 3400+ w ith 512
M B of RAM and a 160 GB H ard D rive .

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 TO P5 CH RISTM A S A PPS Your m onth l

for a l
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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

Guts y Gibbon (7.10) introduce d a fe ature w h ich al l

ow s w e b l
ink s w ith 'apt:' to initiate an ins tal
l, th is is a ne w fe ature w e are te s ting h e re in th e Top
5 s e ction. Any l
ink s w h ich appe ar in re d unde rl
ine w il
las k you if you w is h to ins tal lth at pack age . D o l e t us k now if you l
ik e or dis l
ik e th is fe ature .

H om e page : h ttp://w w w .froze n-bubbl

e .org/ H om e page : h ttp://w w w .e xtre m e tuxrace r.com /

O n th e s urface , Froze n Extre m e Tux Race r is

Bubbl e l ook s lik e a anoth e r e xtre m e l y h ard
rath e r s im pl e gam e . and e xtre m e l y addicting
Th e obje ct is to s h oot gam e . Lik e Froze n Bubbl e,
little bal ls at oth e r littl
e th e pre m is e s e e m s
bal ls of th e s am e col or. abs urdl y e as y: race dow n
Sim pl e , righ t?Th at's a h illcol le cting h e rring.
w h at I th ough t, but H ow e ve r, you ne e d to ge t
w h at s tarte d out as e ve ry s ingl e h e rring to
re s e arch for th is articl e w in. O h , one m ore th ing:
turne d into a bal ls h ooting fre nzy th at las te d for you can't go back w ards ! And don't forge t about th e
longe r th an I'd care to s ay. It is s ufficie nt to s tate th at slippe ry ice , th e tre e s , th e jum ps , or th e tim e l
im it.
th is gam e is h ours of fun. D is cl aim e r: If you are fire d
for pl aying Froze n Bubbl e during th at im portant Extre m e Tux Race r h as n't ye t m ade it into th e
m e e ting, I am not to bl am e . re pos itorie s . Luck il
y, you can dow nl oad a .de b cre ate d
by a us e r nam e d H am is h . You can al s o ins tallan ol
de r
To ins tallFroze n Bubbl e , grab th e froze n-bubble ve rs ion k now n as Pl ane t Pe nguin Race r us ing th e
pack age in th e unive rs e re pos itory. You can als o run pack age pl ane tpe nguin-race r in th e unive rs e
an onl ine Java appl e t at: re pos itory.
h ttp://url.ful
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e m agazine .org/df9 687

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H om e page : H om e page : H om e page :
h ttp://s upe rtux.l
e th argik .org/ h ttp://w w w .joe y101.ne t/s now bal
lz/ h ttp://w w w .e urone t.nl
/~ rja/Xs now

Eve ryone 's pl aye d th e cl as s ic If you're tire d of pl aying m indl e ss Xs now w il ls e nd s h ow e rs of s now
pl atform gam e Supe r M ario. Eve n arcade gam e s , try Snow bal lz. It's a dow n your de s k top, l anding
if it is cl
os e d-s ource , com m e rcial , uniq ue re al -tim e s trate gy gam e grace ful l
y on your w indow s or
and Ninte ndo-l ice ns e d pl atform s - invol ving... pe nguins and s now bal ls. tas k bar. You'l lal
s o notice th at
onl y, it's a ton of fun. But s om e of In th e gam e you controltw o type s th e s now w illcove r your icons
us don't ow n Ninte ndo m ach ine s . of pe nguins : w ork e rs and (you can "w ipe "th e m w ith your
In th is aw e s om e gam e Tux s now bal le rs . Your w ork e rs gath e r curs or and th e y'llcom e righ t
re pl ace s th e pl um be r, th e al m os t- fis h to fe e d your col ony and your back ). And if you're l uck y, you
as -lovabl e pe nguin, Pe nny, s now bal le rs invade oth e r pe nguins ' m igh t s pot Santa fl ying by.
re pl ace s Prince s s Pe ach , and th e igl oos . But w h e n you invade oth e r
e ne m ie s are re pl ace d by w al k ing pe nguins ' igl oos , e ne m y s now bal le rs To ge t Xs now , dow nl oad th e
s now bal ls , ice bl ock s , ch e rry com e out and figh t back . Snow bal l
z xs now pack age from th e
bom bs , and fl ying s now bal ls. al s o include s a fun LAN m ode , s o m ul tive rs e re pos itory. If you us e
you can pe l t your bos s frie nds w ith Kubuntu, m ak e s ure you e nabl e
To ge t Supe r Tux, jus t dow nl oad s now bal ls . To s tart playing th is gre at "Support Program s in D e s k top
and ins tallth e s upe rtux pack age gam e , ins tal lth e s now bal lz pack age W indow "in Sys te m Se ttings >
in th e unive rs e re pos itory. in th e unive rs e re pos itorie s . D e s k top > Be h avior (Ubuntu w il l
w ork out of th e box).

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