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TH E IND E PE ND E NT M AG AZ INE FO R TH E U BU NTU CO M M U NITY

H OW TO :
K EEPING K IDS SAFE IN LINUX
LEARNING SCRIBUS PART 4
H O STING CO DE O N LAUNCH PAD

INSTALL:
EDUBUNTU 7.04 : FEISTY FAW N
DEM OCRACY IS DEAD, LONG LIVE M IRO! W H AT'S IN IT FO R TH E K IDS?

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avour of th e M onth - Edubuntu p.04
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ipp H oh n s h ow s us w h at appl
ications
are in Edubuntu 7.04. Is it us e fulto your k ids ?

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H ow -To
H os ting Code on Launch pad p.06
K e e ping K ids Safe in Linux p.08
Scribus - Part 4 p.13
Pre vie w - M iro 0.9 .8 p.16
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Inte rvie w - Col

in W ats on p.18
M y Story - An Appropriate Nam e p.21
Figh ting to l
ive w ith Linux afte r ye ars of W indow s us e .

Ubuntu Youth p.22

Le tte rs p.23
FEATURE P.04
Q& A p.25
P.13 P.06
W e bs ite of th e M onth p.26
P.08 P.16 M y De s k top & M y PC p.27
Sh ow us your m e an-m ach ine !

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W e h ave to be fair and give Edubuntu its s h are of th e s potl igh t, but s ince its ins tallis pre tty
m uch ide nticalto th at of Ubuntu w e w e re n't s ure w h at w e coul d do w ith it s o w h at w e 've done in
th is m onth 's Fl
avour of th e M onth is focus on w h at e xactl y m ak e s Edubuntu s uitabl e for th e
younge r ge e k s out th e re .

Anoth e r im portant th ing to re ad th is m onth re garding k ids and com pute rs is our articl
e on
k e e ping k ids s afe w ith in Ubuntu. Cre ating a ne w us e r account is one th ing but h ow do you s pe cify
w h at your ch il d can and can not do w ith in th at account?Th is articl e te l
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 FLAVO UR O FTH E M O NTH
W ritte n by Ph il
ipp H öh n

I'm s ure by now you w il lh ave notice d h ow s im ilar th e ins tal

lproce dure is w ith m os t fl
avours of Ubuntu. Rath e r th an s h ow you th e s am e proce dure again
w ith anoth e r inte rface , th is m onth , Ph il
ipp w il
lw il
ls h ow you w h at you can e xpe ct to s e e in th e e ducation orie ntate d e dition of Ubuntu, Edubuntu.

U
Circl e m agaz ine , is s ue s one th rough appl ications de s igne d to ch al l
e nge
ntilnow w e h ave cove re d th re e , to s e e th e ins tal
lproce dure ) you s tude nts and ch il dre n to th ink
th re e s e tups of diffe re nt are th e n pre s e nte d w ith a s l
igh tl
y cre ative l y and abs tractl y. Th e re are
flavours of Ubuntu. W h il e we diffe re nt de s k top de s ign. e ve n a fe w gam e s th at give ch il dre n
us e d th e Live CD for Ubuntu
th e opportunity to l e arn about
and K ubuntu, w e s h ow e d h ow to us e
diffe re nt s ubje cts and practis e th e ir
th e Al te rnate CD for an ins tal lation of
s k il
ls by pl aying fun e ducational
Xubuntu. Th is m onth w e w il lbe going
gam e s . Le t's h ave a cl os e r l
ook at
one s te p furth e r by s h ow ing you s om e
s om e of th e s e Edubuntu appl ications :
m ajor appl ications of Edubuntu.
Th ough Edubuntu h as e xactl y th e K Bruch
s am e ins tal lation as th e oth e r Ubuntu
dis tributions , th e re are s e ve ralm ajor
diffe re nce s in th e appl ications s h ippe d
w ith Edubuntu.

Edubuntu is de s igne d for s ch ool s

and oth e r e ducationale nvironm e nts . It
incl ude s al lUbuntu appl ications but
W h il
e you are s til labl e to do th e s am e K Bruch is a training program for
h as s om e e xtras pre ins talle d. Th ough
th ings you are us e d to from Ubuntu, fractions th at fe ature s varie d
m os t of its additionalappl ications are
th e re are q uite a fe w appl ications you e xe rcis e s and m ul tiple l e ve l
s of
bas e d on K DE, Edubuntu its e l f s til
l
probabl y h ave n't s e e n be fore . Th e s e difficul ty. It w il
lal
s o k e e p track of
us e s Gnom e . Afte r ins tallation, w h ich
range from m ath e m aticaltool s to s tatis tics to give you th e opportunity
is th e s am e proce dure as Ubuntu,
vocabul ary training as w e l las oth e r to be at your ow n h igh s core s .
K ubuntu and Xubuntu (dow nl oad Ful l

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 K m Pl
ot H angm an. Gue s s th e w ord by s pe l ling w ith Tux's l
as e r-l
ik e m ach ine .
th e le tte rs . Be care fulth ough , too m any
K m Plot le ts m is tak e s and you w il llos e and s e e th e K anagram
you draw pl ots h angm an!
by s im pl y typing
a function l ik e K Pe rce ntage
f(x)=x^2 (re d
pl ot). Th is can
re ally be us e ful
for ch e ck ing pupil
s ' m ath h om e w ork !

K al
zium

In th is gam e you are ch al l

e nge d to
re ad anagram s . Le tte rs in th e w rong
Anoth e r m ath e m aticaltraining orde r are to be put in th e righ t orde r
appl ication. By s e l
e cting one of th re e to form a w ord. Th is gam e s upports
difficulty le ve l
s you can train your th e de ve l opm e nt of abs tract th ink ing
pe rce ntage s k ill
s w ith diffe re nt e xe rcis e s . for al lage s .

K al z ium is an e l e ctronic pe riodic TuxM ath Th e s e are jus t a fe w of th e m any

tabl e . Be s ide s th e nam e s and picture s Edubuntu appl ications . If you h ave a
of th e e l e m e nts it offe rs de tail
s lik e Anoth e r ch il
d or m aybe you are a te ach e r,
atom ic m ode l s , s pe ctrum s and oth e r gam e Edubuntu is de finite l y w orth a try.
various ch e m icaldata. include d in
Edubuntu, Ne xt m onth in Ful lCircl e w e 'l
lbe
K H angM an TuxM ath fe aturing an Edubuntu pre s e ntation
m ak e s w h ich w as us e d by th e Col orado
Th is is th e you te s t LocalCom m unity (CoLoCo) to
Edubuntu your h igh l
igh t th e us e s and fe ature s of
ve rs ion of th e m e ntal Edubuntu to a group of s ch ool
wel l
-k now n arith m e tic by s topping m ath e m atical te ach e rs .
s ch oolgam e te rm s fal ling from th e s k y by s olving th e m

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 H O W - TO H O STING YO UR CO D E O N
W ritte n by Ch ris Row s on
LA UNCH PA D A ND BA Z A A R
I re ce ntl
y put s om e code up onto Launch pad (a s upe rb s oftw are de ve l opm e nt toolfrom CanonicalLim ite d), but it w as n’t im m e diate l
y appare nt to m e

F
h ow to do it. I found tips on a fe w diffe re nt w e bs ite s , but th ough t I’d bring it al
ltoge th e r h e re for conve nie nce .

irs t of allyou’llne e d a Now you ne e d to introduce yours e l

f to You ne e d to te llbaz aar w h ich fil
es
launch pad account. Cre ate one baz aar. and fol de rs you w ant to add to th e
at: h ttps ://l
aunch pad.ne t/+ l
ogin s ys te m . You can do th is by is s uing
bzr whoami 'Your Name th e com m and:
email@example.com'
Now you re q uire an SSH k e y. Th is bzr add
is s o you can prove to To cre ate a baz aar branch on your
launch pad/baz aar th at you are w h o com pute r, navigate to th e fol
de r th at Th is w illadd al lof th e file s and
you s ay you are . If you don’t al re ady contains you code , and type th e fol l
ow ing. folde rs in th e curre nt dire ctory
h ave one , h e re ’s h ow to m ak e one . re curs ive l
y.
bzr init
ssh-keygen -t dsa You can als o add fil
e s and fol
de rs
You now ne e d to te l lbaz aar w h ich fil es individual
ly.
or folde rs w ith in th e branch you w ant to
You w il lnow be as k e d for a s e cre t re cord ch ange s to. For th is e xam pl e we bzr add hello.php
pas s w ord. Ch oos e one and pre s s h ave a branch fol de r cal le d ‘te s t’, w h ich bzr add install.txt
e nte r. Your k e y h as now be e n contains th e fil e s ‘h e llo.ph p’, ‘ins tal l.txt’ bzr add stuff
ge ne rate d. You can s e e it by typing and a s ub fol de r cal le d ’s tuff’.
If ’s tuff’ containe d any fil
e s , th os e
nano ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub bzr status fil
e s w oul d be adde d too.

Go to your l aunch pad profil

e now , w oul
d re turn To re m ove a file (in th is ins tance
and copy/pas te th e te xt from th e file ‘ins tal
l.txt’) you can e ith e r de l
e te it,
you ope ne d in th e s e ction above , into unknown: th e folde r on your com pute r, or run
th e s e ction m ark e d Update SSH hello.php
K e ys . Th at’s th at bit done . install.txt bzr remove install.txt
stuff/
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 W h e n you h ave your code in a
s tate th at you w ant to upload th e n
you ne e d to run th e com m it
com m and. Th is cre ate s a re vis ion and
al l
ow s you to add a m e s s age
re garding th e ch ange s you’ve m ade .
bzr commit -m "added my
first file"
You can al so sel
e ctive l
y com m it
s pe cific fil
es.
bzr commit -m "added GPL
licence info" install.txt
Now th at you’ve finis h e d e diting
your code and ge tting it re ady on your
localcom pute r, you’l lw ant to upl oad
it to l
aunch pad.
bzr push
sftp://UserName@bazaar.launch
pad.net/~UsernameOrTeamName/P
roject/Branch
To bre ak dow n th at urla l ittl
e m ore ,
Us e rNam e is your Launch pad
us e rnam e , afte r th e ~ you can th e n
incl ude e ith e r your l aunch pad
us e rnam e or a te am nam e , proje ct is
th e nam e of th e proje ct in th e
launch pad urland branch is w h at you
w oul dlik e to cal lth e branch .
Note th at th e proje ct m us t be cre ate d
in launch pad be fore you can publ is h to it.
If you don’t w ant to publ is h to a particul ar
proje ct, you can pus h to th e + junk proje ct
ins te ad (Th ank s De an).
So in practice .
bzr push
LAUNCH PAD.ne t
sftp://uberperson@bazaar.launch
pad.net/~uber-dev-
team/ubuntu/development
w oul d cre ate a branch cal led
‘de ve lopm e nt’ in th e ‘ubuntu’ proje ct
w h ich can be e dite d by anyone in ‘ube r-
de v-te am ’. Th e pe rs on w h o cre ate d th is
upl oad w oul d h ave th e us e rnam e
‘ube rpe rs on’ on l aunch pad.
Give it a coupl e of m inute s , and you
s h ould be abl e to s e e your file s go l
ive
on th e launch pad s ite .
H el
pfull
ink s :
FullBaz aar Tutorial- h ttp://doc.bazaar-
vcs .org/bzr.de v/tutorial
.h tm
Ne xt m onth : M atth e w Re ve l
lfrom Canonical
w il
le xplain h ow to us e Launch Pad to
prope rly re s e arch and re port any bugs you
m ay h ave notice d in K /X/Ubuntu.
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 H O W - TO
W ritte n by Pe te r Durril
l
In th is article , I w il
le xplain th e s te ps I us e d to cre ate a us e r account in Ubuntu for m y s ix ye ar ol
h is ne e ds , m any of th e s e cons ide rations w oul
K EEP YO UR K ID S
SA FE IN UBUNTU
d ne ph e w 's us e . W h il
e th is configuration is particul
ar to
d appl y to anyone configuring an account for us e by a ch il d.

A
Firs t, I ne e de d to cre ate a s e parate one th at s e e m e d com pl e x e nough .
s m y ne ph e w h as be com e
account for h im to us e . In GNO M E, I Unfortunate l y, th e random
m ore l e arne d, and can
w e nt to Sys te m > Adm inis tration > Us e rs pas s w ords don't incl ude any s pe cial
ge ne ral l
y be counte d upon not
and Groups . Afte r I e nte re d m y ch aracte rs , but th e y can be adde d
to accide ntal ly de s troy
adm inis trator's pas s w ord, th e Us e rs dire ctly into th is fie l
d. Th is w oul d be
s om e th ing as fragil e as a h om e
s e ttings w indow ope ne d. I cl ick e d on Add ne arl y im pos s ibl e for m y ne ph e w to
com pute r, I h ave al l
ow e d h im
Us e r and and th e Ne w us e r account re m e m be r. Fortunate l y, th at w on't be
s upe rvis e d acce s s to m y com pute r.
w indow appe are d. a probl e m , but m ore on th at in a
H e m os tl y us e s it to pl ay s om e of th e
m om e nt.
gam e s I h ave ins tal le d for h im , or to O n th e
acce s s th e w e bs ite s of h is favore d account tab Ne xt, I w e nt to th e Us e r Privil
e ge s
te l
e vis ion ne tw ork s , s uch as (le ft), I e nte re d tab (be low ) and adde d th e privil e ge s
pbs k ids .org, and s proutonl ine .com . th e us e rnam e I I w ante d m y ne ph e w to us e :
w ant th e
H ow e ve r, h e h as re ach e d a l e ve lof account to * Acce s s ing
proficie ncy w h e re h e s e l dom ne e ds h ave , and th e e xte rnal
myhel p. W h il e I w oul d pre fe r to s tay re alnam e . I s torage
th e re w ith h im and continue to ch os e to s e t de vice s
s upe rvis e dire ctl y, I s im ply don't h ave th e account to autom atical ly
th e tim e s o, in th is articl e , I w ill unprivil e ge d
and l e ft th e * Us e audio
e xpl ain th e s te ps I us e d to cre ate a
contact de vice s
us e r account in Ubuntu for m y s ix
ye ar ol d ne ph e w . inform ation bl ank . For th e pas s w ord, I
* Us e CD-
ge ne rate d s e ve ralpas s w ords untilI h ad
RO M drive s

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 W ith noth ing on th e advance d tab as pos s ibl e . I can al w ays add to th e program s th at I did not ins tal l
ne e ding m y atte ntion, I cl ick e d O K com pl e xity l ate r. Th e firs t th ing I ch ange d s pe cifical
ly for h is us e -- w ith th e
and th e n cl os e d out of th e Us e r w as to ope n th e w ork s pace s w itch e r e xce ptions of com m on ite m s l ik e th e
s e ttings w indow . pre fe re nce s and s e t th e num be r of Te xt Editor, Cal cul ator, and Fire fox.
w ork s pace s to one . Th e n I re m ove d it
Be fore from th e pane lal l
-toge th e r. I also W h il
e th e "Se arch for Fil e s " m e nu
logging out of re m ove d th e "Quit..." appl e t. e ntry is avail able th rough th e pl ace s
m y account, I m e nu, I w ante d to m ak e s e arch ing
w e nt to As a ge ne ralrul e , I w ante d to avoid m ore e as il y availabl e , s o I adde d th e
Sys te m > cl utte r, but I m ainly w ante d to m ak e it de s k bar to th e top pane land s e t th e
Adm inis tration e as y for h im to find w h at h e w ants to layout to e ntry in pane lon th e vie w
> Login us e , w h il
s t avoiding th e th ings I m ay not tab of th e de s k bar pre fe re nce s . I
W indow (l e ft) w ant h im to us e , s o th e ne xt ite m on m y al s o dis able d m any of th e
to configure age nda w as th e m e nu. I cons ide re d jus t e xte ns ions unde r th e Se arch e s tab,
th e GNO M E adding l aunch e rs to th e de s k top and le aving onl y:
dis play doing aw ay w ith th e m e nu al toge th e r, but
m anage r. In th e re are far too m any program s to m ak e * Fil e s and Fol de rs Se arch
th e Login W indow Pre fe re nce s th at an optim als ol ution. So, I ope ne d up * H is tory
w indow , I w e nt to th e Se curity tab. al acarte , th e m e nu e ditor incl ude d in * W e b Book m ark s
Th e re I ch e ck e d th e Enabl e Tim e d Ubuntu, and s tarte d cutting aw ay. * W e b h is tory
Login box, s e l e cte d m y ne ph e w s * Re ce nt Docum e nts
account in th e drop dow n m e nu, and Th e re are
s e t th e tim e d login de l ay to 10 m any s ub- Th e ide a be ing, again, to lim it th e
s e conds . Th is al low e d m e to us e a m e nus in th e am ount of inform ation h e h as to
ve ry s e cure pas s w ord, w ith out m ak ing de faul t ins tal
l, proce s s .
m y ne ph e w m e m oriz e it. W ith th at and pre cious
done , I cl os e d out of th e l ogin fe w appl ications
pre fe re nce s and re s tarte d m y I fe e lh e w oul d
m ach ine be fore te s ting th e tim e d l ogin. find us e ful . My
ch oice s h e re w e re rath e r s pe cific to m y
M y m ain obje ctive in pre paring h is cas e , but e s s e ntial
ly I re m ove d th e
account w as to m ak e it e as y for h im m ajority of th e pre fe re nce s , th e e ntire
to us e . I w ante d to s im pl
ify as m uch adm inis tration m e nu, and al le ntrie s for

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 H aving configure d th e pane l s to m y ch e ck e d de s k top_ is _ h om e _ dir (be l
ow ). ins tal
le d an ad-bl ock e r. W h il
e th e re
lik ing, I ran Pe s s ul us , a lock dow n Th is w il lch ange th e de s k top dire ctory are m any val id argum e nts agains t
e ditor for GNO M E. W h il e Pe s s ul us is from /h om e /jim m y/De s k top to jus t us ing dis rupting adve rtis ing s e rvice , I
not ins tal le d in Ubuntu by de faul t, it is /h om e /jim m y. W h ile th e re is s om e h ave far m ore pre s s ing conce rns
avail abl e from th e Ubuntu dis agre e m e nt as to w h e th e r th is s h oul d about young im pre s s ionabl e m inds
re pos itorie s . I don't e xpe ct m y be a de faul t gnom e s e tting, I ce rtainl y be ing bom barde d by com m e rcial is m .
ne ph e w to active l y atte m pt to bypas s th ink it is appropriate for m y particul ar
th e re s trictions I h ave pl ace d on h is s ituation.
account. H one s tl y, I w oul d go s o far
as to e ncourage it. So, de s pite
Pe s s ul us ' m any options , m y ne e ds
h e re are s im pl e . Sw itch ing to th e
"Pane l " s e ction in pe s s ul us , I ch e ck e d
tw o options , Lock dow n th e pane l s
and Dis abl e lock s cre e n (be l ow ) th e n
cl os e d th e l ock dow n e ditor. H ope ful ly
th is w illpre ve nt th e al l-to-com m on
"m is s ing" pane l s and appl e ts , bane of
ne w us e rs and te ch s upport al ik e . Now , as I s aid be fore , one of m y
prim ary goal s w ith th is w h ole
proce s s h as be e n to s im pl ify us e r
inte rface s . To th is e nd, m y firs t
Th e prim ary pie ce of s oftw are I w ant to action in Fire fox w as to re m ove al l
configure is Fire fox. Th e re are m any but th e forw ard and back buttons in
val uabl e re s ource s for s tude nts on th e th e navigation bar, as w e l las un-
w e b. Not to m e ntion (w ith Fl as h and Java ch e ck us e s m al licons in th e
ins talle d) th e ne arl y e ndl e s s varie ty of Cus tom iz e tool bar w indow . O nce I
gam e s . H ow e ve r, th e re are m any m ore w as s atis fie d w ith th e m e nu, I
th ings to be found out in th e w il ds of th e s e arch e d th e M oz illa add-ons page
inte rne t. W ith th at in m ind, I w il lfol
low up for an e xte ns ion cal le d Pe rs onal
As a finals te p, I ran gconf-e ditor m y us ualround of s im pl ifications w ith a M e nu and ins tal le d it. Th e m os t
and navigate d to apps > nautil us > particul arly s trong form of "pare ntal curre nt ve rs ion as of th is w riting is
pre fe re nce s in th e l
e ft h and pane and control s ." In addition to th at, I h ave 3.0.5.

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 Afte r re s tarting m y brow s e r, I q uantity of ne w page s cre ate d e ve ry
ope ne d up th e pre fe re nce s for day; on top of th os e ve ry re al
Pe rs onalM e nu. Pe rs onalM e nus is a probl e m s , th e re is th e proble m of th e
gre at e xte ns ion for s im pl ifying th e cre ator's pre judice tow ards w h at
inte rface , it al low s you to cre ate a page s s h oul d be bl ock e d.
m e nu button for th e navigation
tool bar, m ove ite m s from th e s tandard Fortunate l y, I can m ak e th os e
m e nu bar m e nus (Fil e , Edit, Vie w , e tc) k inds of de cis ions m ys e l f. By
into your buttons m e nu, and th e n h ide ch oos ing a w h ite -l is t s olution, I can
th e m e nu bar. So, afte r adding m y pick w h at page s I w ant m y ne ph e w
ch oice s from th e s tandard m e nus , I to acce s s . Any page th at is not on
pl ace d th e cus tom iz e d m e nu on th e re s trictions I th e w h ite l is t is block e d by de faul t.
far righ t of th e navigation bar, w ith th e pl ace on h is As m y ne ph e w 's inte re s t grow s , I w il l
s e arch e ntry fie l d jus t to its le ft. Th e account. h ave to inve s tigate s ubje cts th at h e
ite m s I ch os e w e re fairl y s tandard: Th at re as on is inte re s te d in and al low acce s s to
al low s m e to th os e I don't find acce ptabl e . W h ile
* H om e s im pl ify m y th is doe s invol ve m ore e ffort on m y
* Print approach to l im iting h is inte rne t acce s s . part, it doe s e ns ure a be tte r
* Save Page As ... Afte r s h opping around, I found th e unde rs tanding be tw e e n us .
* FullScre e n s ol ution th at I w as look ing to us e : a w h ite -
lis t. Th e
W ith th e e xce ption of Save Page pl ugin I us e d
As ... none of th e s e ite m s are avail
abl
e M os t "pare ntalcontrol " s ol utions e ith e r for th is is
on th e s tandard page conte xt m e nu. us e a bl ack l
is t, w h ich is a l is t of forbidde n cal l
ed
w e b addre s s e s , or a com bination of a Bl ock Site
As I h ave bl ack lis t and a conte nt fil te r th at s e arch e s (le ft), and is
s aid be fore , I th e conte nts of re q ue s te d page s for al so
don't ce rtain k e y w ords . Th e re as num e rous avail abl e at
anticipate m y dis advantage s to th e s e approach e s : th e official
ne ph e w m any w ords th at are us e d as profanity M oz il la
active ly can al s o h ave val id us e s ; bl ack l is t Fire fox add-
atte m pting to cre ators coul d ne ve r h ope to catal ogue ons page .
bypas s any al le xis ting page s , m uch l e s s th e m as s ive Bl ock Site

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h as a ve ry s im pl e inte rface and al l
ow s
both bl ack lis t and w h ite -lis t bas e d
bl ock ing. W il dcards are s upporte d, s o
by adding *w ik ipe dia.org/* you can
acce s s al lpage s on e ve ry s ub-dom ain
of th e w ik ipe dia.org s ite . If you fe e l
th e ne e d, you can add a pas s w ord,
w h ich m us t be e nte re d be fore
acce s s ing th e Bl ock Site pre fe re nce s .
H ow e ve r th e w h ol e e xte ns ion coul d s w itch , th is coul d offe r a de ce nt l ock dow n
be dis abl e d in th e Add-ons w indow ,
s o th at's not a te rribl y e ffe ctive
s olution.
For troubl e s om e s ite s , try look ing
for proxy or fire w al linform ation. For
e xam pl e , I w ante d to add th e w e bs ite
for th e Storyl ine O nl ine .ne t w e bs ite ,
w h ich offe rs vide os of profe s s ional
actors re ading ch il dre n's book s . Th e
s ite loade d fine , but th e vide os w oul d w e are us ing, I s aw no re as on to
ne ve r pl ay. O n th e h e l p page , I found
th e re as on. It turne d out to be th at th e
vide os w e re h os te d by a s ite w ith a
diffe re nt dom ain nam e . Afte r adding
th at to th e w h ite -lis t as w e l l
, th e y al l
pl aye d w ith out is s ue .
For anyone w h o m igh t w ant a
sligh tly m ore s e cure s olution, th e re is
Publ icFox, w h ich look s to be a
m as h up or e xte ns ion of Bl ock Site w ith
s om e additions th at w il lal l
ow th e
pas s w ord prote ction to be e xte nde d to
oth e r ite m s l
ik e th e brow s e r Pre fe re nce s ,
about:config page , and th e Add-ons
w indow . I trie d th is for a w h ile , but th e
cons tant pas s w ord e ntry pop-ups don't
offe r a te rribly frie ndly e xpe rie nce .
Us e d in conjunction w ith Pe s s ul us to
dis abl e th e com m and l ine and pre ve nt
running Fire fox w ith th e -profil e m anage r
s olution. Again th ough , th e re is al w ays a
w ay around re s trictions , as s um ing you
k now th e w ay. In th is cas e , th e us e r
w oul d s im pl y h ave to acce s s th e ir profile
dire ctory and e dit a fe w te xt fil e s to
dis abl e th e e xte ns ion.
Th at's it for m y s e tup. In th e future , if
m y ne ph e w be gins to m irror h is uncl e 's
dow nl oading h abits , I m ay h ave to
re cre ate h is account us ing dis k q uotas .
For anyone inte re s te d in s e tting up s uch
a fe ature , it m igh t h e l
p to re fe r to th is
pos t by Ays iu on th e Ubuntu forum s h e re :
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h ttp://ubuntuforum s .org/s h ow pos t.ph
p?p=269 2744& pos tcount=10. If h e
e ve r s e e m s to de ve lop unh e al th y
com puting h abits , s uch as s pe nding
e ntire ly too m uch tim e in front of it,
gnom e al re ady offe rs a s olution.
Unde r K e yboard Pre fe re nce s , in th e
GNO M E pre fe re nce s , th e re is a tab
labe l e d Typing Bre ak . Typing Bre ak
can be s e t to l ock th e s cre e n afte r a
ce rtain am ount of tim e , w h ich is
adjus tabl e in incre m e nts of one
m inute , from one to one h undre d
th ous and m inute s . If it com e s to th at,
I'llh ave to s e t gdm to l ogin to m y
ne ph e w 's account autom atical l
y, and
m e m oriz e h is pas s w ord. Re gardl ess,
I th ink th is is a good s tart.
Since th is is m y pe rs onalcom pute r
ins tallEdubuntu, but I did ins tal l
bas ical l
y al lof th e e ducational
s oftw are avail abl e in th e re pos itorie s ,
as w e llas one th at is not: Gute npy,
A catal og brow s e r and te xt re ade r for
Proje ct Gute nbe rg, w h ich I h igh l y
re com m e nd. W h il e it doe s not h ave
an Ubuntu s pe cific .de b fil e avail abl e,
I h ave us e d th e De bian pack age
avail abl e at h ttp://gute npy.s f.ne t/
w ith gre at s ucce s s .
 H O W - TO
W ritte n by Ronnie Tuck e r

PART 4
In th is fourth articl e in th e Scribus s e rie s w e w il
ldis cus s cre ating 'col
our s tyl
e s ' w h ich w il
lal
low us to q uick l
y
and e as ily al te r various te xt or s h ape col ours at th e cl
ick of a m ous e button and w ith z e ro gue s s w ork .

H
Im agine th is : you are on page fifty of Th at l is t is th e de faul t colours th at
aving continuity in your
your publ ication and you w ant your Scribus cre ate s for al m os t e ve ry
publ ication is e s s e ntialto
im age to h ave a borde r w h ich h as th e docum e nt, you can k e e p th e m al lif
e ns ure th at al lyour page s
s am e col our and s tyl e as th e im age on you w ant but I find it confus ing and
com e toge th e r to form a
page one . You coul d e as ily s croll, or am going to de l e te th e m al land s tart
s ingle publ ication. Las t m onth w e s aw
jum p, to page one but w oul dn't it be a fre s h . But w ait! W h at if I de l e te th e
h ow to cre ate Paragraph Styl e s th is
e as ie r to jus t h ave a pal e tte of col ours , col ours us e d in m y h e ade r and te xt?
m e ans th at w ith th e cl ick of a button
w ith nam e s , th at you can cal lupon?W e l l To s ave th is h appe ning, cl ick th e
you can as s ign th e s am e font, col our
w ith Scribus ' Col ours s e ttings , you can. Re m ove Unus e d button. H e re 's m y
and s e ttings e ve ry tim e w ith m inim al
w ork and, m ore im portantl y, no gue s s l
is t now .
Firs t l
e t's m ak e a nam e d col
our.
w ork . Th is m onth w e l ook at Col ours ,
th is m e nu option w il ldo a s im il ar th ing Cl ick on th e Edit > Col
ours m e nu
to Paragraph Styl e s but w ith boxe s , option.
line s and s o on.

Th is is w h e re w e le ft off in Is s ue
#3, Paragraph Styl es:

M uch ne ate r!

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 So l e ts cre ate a ne w colour for our I've ch os e n m y col
our from th e rainbow You s e e th e tw o icons ?O n th e
pal
e tte . Cl ick th e Ne w button. l
ook ing box in th e righ t of th e w indow and righ t is th e 'Fill' button, th is is w h at
col our you w ant your Sh ape
col oure d as (it w on't do anyth ing to
an im age but it w il lcol our th e ins ide
of oth e r s h ape s s uch as re ctangl es,
circl e s and s uch l ik e ) and be l ow th e
fillicon is th e col our th at fil lis us ing,
in th is cas e , none . To th e l e ft is th e
Line Col our, th is is w h at control s th e
borde r col our, at th e m om e nt it is s e t
You'l ls e e s om e te xt at th e top l e ft to none , s o l e ft cl ick on our Ph oto
w h ich s ays 'Ne w Col our', ch ange th at Borde r col our. Al th ough th e re
to w h at you w ant to cal lth is col our, probabl yl ook s l ik e th e re 's no
I'm going to cal lit 'Ph oto Borde r'. ch ange , re m e m be r th at jus t cl ick ing
Be l ow th at it s ays 'CM YK '. You can th e im age al one give s it a re d
ch ange th at to RGB or W e b Safe . If now cl
ick O K . borde r to s h ow s e l e ction s o cl ick on
your going to s e nd your docum e nt to
a profe s s ionalprinte r th e n us e CM YK And th e re 's m y cus tom m ade colour in
(s am e for im age s too!) but s ince th is th e lis t. Cl
ick O K to re turn to docum e nt
is for a PDF (and not be ing printe d e diting.
profe s s ional ly) I'llch oos e RGB. Th e
m e nu at th e top righ t w il lgive a l is t of Re m e m be r, s am e as w ith Paragraph
pre -m ade pal e tte s if you w ant th is but Styl e s : if you ch ange a col our th at is
I'm going w ith m y cus tom pal e tte . us e d in your docum e nt, al l
ins tance s of th at col our w il
l
ch ange to th e ne w val ue .

Ne xt I ne e d a borde r
around m y im age s o s e l e ct
a bl
ank pie ce on th e page .
th e im age and l ook at th e
Col our tab in th e I've got a bl ue borde r but I'd l
ik e it
Prope rtie s w indow a bit th ick e r. To controlth e l
ine

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th ick ne s s and type , click on th e im age th e Line tab and al
te r th e th ick ne s s
(re m e m be r, al
lth is w illals o w ork for of th e l
ine .
any s h ape s you draw too) and cl ick
th e Line tab
in th e
Prope rtie s
w indow .

Cl ick ing th e
'Type of Line '
To prove m y point: cl ick th e 'Ins e rt
m e nu w il ll et
Sh ape ' button w h ich is be l ow th e Print
you ch oos e Pl ay around w ith th e s h ape s ,
icon. Cl ick , h ol
d, and drag out a
from a range borde rs and col ours w ith in your
re ctangl e s h ape (or w h ich e ve r s h ape you
of s tyle s , I'l
l docum e nt. Sh ape s are good for
ch oos e from ) and re l e as e th e m ous e
ch oos e th e banne rs or to put te xt in, and
button. You'l lprobabl y s e e a bl ack s h ape :
das h e s . If re m e m be r: you can col our th e ins ide
you've draw n of a s h ape as trans pare nt by
al ine th is is ch oos ing 'None ' for th e col our.
als o w h e re Norm al l
y you don't w ant to go craz y
you can ch oos e to h ave an arrow w ith col ours . Sam e as w ith
h e ad on it. 'Line W idth ' is th e Paragraph Styl e s : ch oos e m aybe s ix
th ick ne s s of th e line , I'l
lgo for a or s e ve n and s tick w ith th e m . Too
s e tting of th re e to m ak e s ure it s h ow s m any col ours and te xt s tyl e s w il
l
on m y s cre e ns h ots . 'Edge s ' and m ak e your docum e nt l ook confus ing
'Endings ' e dit e ith e r th e s tart/e nd of a and unprofe s s ional .
line or th e corne rs of a s h ape . Unl ess Th e s e are th e de faul t col our s e ttings
you h ave particul arly w ide s h ape s you Ne xt m onth w e 'l ldis cus s Laye rs . Rath e r
for a s h ape but k e e p th e s h ape s e l e cte d th an h ave one docum e nt w ith e ve ryth ing
probabl y w on't notice a gre at de alof and cl ick th e Col ours tab in th e s pre ad acros s fifty page s , w e can pl ace
ch ange w h e n you pl ay w ith th e s e Prope rtie s w indow . Cl ick th e Fil licon and ite m s on s e parate l aye rs . Th is m e ans -- l ik e
s e ttings . O k , I'm h appy w ith th at. H ow ch oos e a col our and cl ick th e Line icon GIM P or Ph otos h op -- w e can turn l aye rs
doe s it l ook ?Again, I cl ick on a bl ank and ch oos e a col our for it too. Again, on/off to s h ow /h ide groups of s h ape s , te xt,
pie ce of th e page to de s e l e ct th e im age s e ve n e ntire articl e s , w h ich can
s am e as w ith th e im age , you can cl ick im prove pe rform ance on s l ow e r m ach ine s .
im age (or s h ape !)

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 PREVIEW
W ritte n by Ronnie Tuck e r
0.9 .8

M iro is 'th e appl

ication form e rl
y k now n as De m ocracy Pl aye r'. It is atte m pting to be a bit of an al
l-in-one type appl
ication th at w il
llook afte r al
lyour audio
and vide o ne e ds incl uding podcas ts . It e ve n h ol
ds a l
ittl
e s urpris e too...

s crol l
s from righ t to l e ft s h ow ing you th e Adding your favourite podcas ts is
fe ature d ite m s . Be l ow th at is th e Popul ar, e as y e nough , you can add a fol de r
Jus t Adde d and a l is t of cate gorie s . (to organis e th ings ) th e n Add
Be l ow th e M iro Guide is th e control s w ith Ch anne lfrom th e Ch anne l s m e nu.
th e us ualpl ay/paus e and s k ip buttons . M iro w il lnow k e e p an e ye on your
To th e l e ft of th e control s is th e s e arch podcas ts and autom atical ly
box. Se l e ct a s ite (you can ch oos e from : dow nl oad ne w e pis ode s as th e y
YouTube , Ve oh , Googl e Vide o, be com e avail able . You can paus e or
Bl ogDigge r, Re vve r, Dail yM otion and re m ove a dow nl oad and afte r you've
bl ip.tv) and type in a fe w w ords to s e arch lis te ne d to th e podcas t you can
de l e te th e fil
e if you w is h . A nice

W
for. Dow n th e l e ft of th e s cre e n is a pane l
w h ich contains your pl ayl is ts and fe ature is th at you can Sh are a
book m ark e d podcas ts . podcas t by e m ail ing a frie nd about it
h e n you firs t s tart M iro, it is or by s ubm itting it to one of th e
a bit daunting, to s ay th e m any s ocialne tw ork ing s ite s s uch
le as t. You are s h ow n th e as Re ddit.
M iro Guide w h ich is re al l
y
jus t a w h ol
e bunch of l ink s to
s ubm itte d conte nt from various
s ource s s uch as YouTube , Ve oh and
e ve n s om e big nam e s w ith vide os for
dow nl oad l ik e : Com e dy Ce ntral ,
NationalGe ograph ic, e ve n Adul t
Sw im ! Th e top portion of th e page

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 Se arch ing th e m any vide o s ite s is
q uick and e as y and re s ul ts are
dis playe d w ith in M iro s o no s w itch ing
be tw e e n M iro and a brow s e r. Your
s e arch re s ults can al s o be s ave d as a
ch anne lfor q uick acce s s to th os e
re s ults at a late r date . Click ing th e
dow n arrow w h ich is on th e vide o
pre vie w im age be gins a dow nl oad. I
s ay again: a dow nl oad.
lik e w h e n s h ould file s e xpire and be dow nloade d from a re pos itory[1] to
autom atical ly de l
e te d, but th e re 's al so a s ave com pil
ing it from s ource .
s urpris e in th e re too: tak e a l ook at th e
bottom option. BitTorre nt?Th at's righ t,
M iro is al s o a BitTorre nt cl ie nt! Al th ough
it did tak e m e a l ittle w h il
e to re al is e th at
to ope n a torre nt fil e you ne e d to go to
th e m e nu and ch oos e Vide o > O pe n and
doubl e cl ick your torre nt fil e (be l ow ). No
m e ntion at al lin any m e nu of 'torre nt'.
Th at ne e ds fixing.

I fe e lit w ould be unfair to m ark

M iro s ince it is s tillin be ta but w ould
de finite l y e ncourage pe opl e to give it
a try if your l ook ing for a one s top
s h op for al lyour audio, vide o,
podcas ting and BitTorre nt fil es.
[1]h ttp://ftp.os uos l
.org/pub/pcul
tu
Ins te ad of s tre am ing th e vide os re .org/m iro/l
inux/re pos itorie s /ubunt
from th e s ite s it actual ly dow nl oads u fe is ty/
th e m to your m ach ine (above ). Th at's Vide o pl ayback (righ t) is w h at you
a fe ature of th is s oftw are th at I re al
ly w oul d e xpe ct from any oth e r vide o pl aye r
lik e . s ince it us e s e ith e r Gs tre am e r or Xine for
pl ayback . Th e l ow q ual ity of th e vide o in
M iro is also l igh t th e s cre e n (righ t) is due to it pl aying a
on options w ith onl y YouTube vide o in th is cas e .
one pre fe re nce s
w indow (righ t). M os t Th e only ne gative for M iro is th at it's
are jus t bas ic th ings s til
lin be ta. Th e ve rs ion I te s te d w as

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 INTERVIEW CO LIN W ATSO N
W ritte n by Robe rt Cl
ips h am UBUNTU D EVELO PER
Colin W ats on is one of th e l
e ad de ve l
ope rs for Ubuntu and is an e m pl oye e at Canonical
. H e re w e as k h im h ow h e firs t got invol
ve d, w h at h e l
ik e s be s t
about th e Ubuntu com m unity and about h is m os t upl ifting e xpe rie nce .

H ow l
ong h ave you be e n program m ing? and of cours e it's h uge l
y re w arding to s e e contribute d back to De bian or not, on th e
Ubuntu ge t s o m uch favourabl e atte ntion. It's w h ol e I've trie d to s tay cle ar of fl
am e w ars
Since I w as 7, s o a l ittl
e ove r 20 ye ars . M y be e n a l
ot of w ork but w e l
lw orth it s o far. on th e s ubje ct, and I find th at I s tillw ork
pare nts got m e a Z X Spe ctrum + , and I taugh t wel lw ith De bian de ve l ope rs on a te ch nical
m ys e l
f to program in BASIC. Th e firs t H ow h as your e xpe rie nce be e n w ith th e le ve l. I'm h appy w ith th is s ituation and it all
l
anguage I l e arnt th at I s til
lus e today w oul d com m unity be e n? s e e m s q uite s table now .
be C, w h ich I th ink I pick e d up around th e
age of 17. I've be e n ve ry im pre s s e d w ith h ow m uch th e H ow m uch tim e did it tak e you to
Ubuntu com m unity's grow n in th re e ye ars , and be com e a de ve l
ope r?
H ow l
ong h ave you be e n invol
ve d w ith h ow incre dibl y active it h as be e n. I've als o be e n
Ubuntu? pl e as e d th at it ge ne ral
ly w ork s as a com m unity; it Wel l
, um , I th ink it m igh t h ave be e n a
doe s n't te nd to ge t s tuck in e ndl e s s back -and- coupl e of w e e k s afte r I s tarte d at Canonical
I w as one of th e founding m e m be rs of th e forth or m ire d in bure aucracy. Th at's al lbe e n untilth e ve ry firs t Ubuntu arch ive w as
Ubuntu core de ve l opm e nt te am . I s tarte d gre at to s e e . actual ly in pl ace s o th at w e coul d upload to
w ork ing on Ubuntu in M ay 2004 upon be ing it ...
e m pl oye d by Canonical(th ough ne ith e r Are you al s o w ork ing w ith ups tre am (or
Ubuntu nor Canonicalw e re cal le d th at back De bian)? If ye s , h ow is th at e xpe rie nce ? H ave you h ad any upl ifting
th e n). M e m ory is uncl e ar, but it's pos s ible I e xpe rie nce s w h il
e w ork ing for
w as invol ve d in com ing up w ith th e nam e I've be e n a De bian de ve lope r s ince e arl y 2001, Ubuntu and its com m unity?
"M O TU" and th at h as n't ch ange d. Natural l
y th e re 's onl y so
m uch tim e you can put into ope rating s ys te m Th e W arty pre vie w re l e as e w as re al l
y q uite
H ow h as your e xpe rie nce as a M OTU de ve lopm e nt in th e day and re m ain s ane , but I s om e th ing. I'd be e n up for goodne s s k now s
de ve l
ope r be e n? try to contribute w h at I can in m y fre e tim e e ve n h ow l ong de al ing w ith th e re l
e as e (I'm in
th ough it's m y day job too; I s tillcare ve ry m uch ch arge of cdim age .ubuntu.com and
W ith th e s am e cave at (core de ve l ope r), it's about both proje cts , and I th ink th e re 's pl e nty of re le as e s .ubuntu.com , s o I w as th e one w h o
be e n am az ing; I l
ove be ing in a pos ition to room for th e m both to e xce l . W h il
e I've h ad a fe w h ad to put al lth e file s in pl ace and pre s s
s e t up a re al
ly well-inte grate d s ys te m acros s argum e nts w ith pe opl e about de tail s of w h e th e r th e Big Re d Button), and s traigh t afte r th at I
th e board w ith a m inim um of bure aucracy, s uch -and-s uch a ch ange s h oul d h ave be e n w e nt off to s l e e p for 16 h ours . W h e n I got

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back , #ubuntu h ad EXPLO DED; it took m e a th re e ye ars w ork ing on th e ins tal le r, it's probably s ys te m m ore robus t agains t running out of
s ol id h our to catch up w ith al lth e activity not s urpris ing th at th at's w h at I e njoy m os t. I dis k s pace , s o you can s til ll
og in and cl e an
th e re , w h e n pre vious l y it h ad be e n th is q uie t th ink I l ik e ins tal le r w ork be caus e it's s om e h ow up s om e fil e s . Th e re 's l
ots of th at k ind of
littl
e de ve l opm e nt ch anne l . I th ink a lot of us im m e ns e l y s atis fying to buil d a s ys te m up from th ing to be tack l e d.
h ad a "w ow , pe opl e m igh t actual l
y be th e ve ry bottom , and to be th e firs t e xpe rie nce
inte re s te d in th is s tuff" m om e nt around th e n. pe opl e h ave w ith th e ope rating s ys te m . Th e re 's W h at advantage s doe s Ubuntu h ave
s til
lpl e nty of varie ty th e re , e ve n th ough th e ove r oth e r Linux dis tributions ?
W h at do you s e e h appe ning in ins tal l
e r m anife s tl y w ork s w e l
lfor s o m any
Ubuntu's future ? pe opl e , jus t be caus e h ardw are al w ays m anage s It h as a functionaland e nth us ias tic
to find m ore w e irdne s s to th row at us . de ve l opm e nt com m unity, toge th e r w ith
I don't s e e it s l ow ing dow n, ce rtainl y. By ne xt s trong com m e rcialback ing to m ak e s ure
ye ar, if al lgoe s to pl an, w e 'l
lh ave anoth e r For s om e w h at s im ilar re as ons , I s uppos e , I al so
th at it k e e ps m oving forw ard and to do th e
long-te rm -s upport re l e as e unde r our be lt, and lik e w ork ing ondis tribution infras tructure : th e bits
boring jobs l ik e infras tructure . I th ink w e 've
th is tim e w e 'llh ave h ad th e e xpe rie nce of you ne ve r re al l
y both e r to look at th at w ork out
s truck th e be s t bal ance th e re of any
6.06 to l e arn from , s o I th ink it'l
lw ork out th e fulll is t of pack age s w e ne e d to s h ip, or th e
dis tribution I've s e e n: on controve rs ial
pre tty w e ll. I th ink th at w il
lgive us an proce s s of k ick ing off a ne w de ve l opm e nt
de cis ions th e com m unity re al l
y h as
e xce l l
e nt bas e for e xpanding into bigge r dis tribution afte r w e re le as e . I th ink it's fun to be
ove rrul e d th e com pany at tim e s w h e n its
audie nce s . in at th e ground fl oor.
te ch nicalargum e nts h ave be e n s tronge r.
Is th e re anyth ing you w oul
dlik e to s e e in W e h ave th e s upe rb bas is of De bian, and
W h at do you th ink th e be s t w ay for th e
de ve l ope rs w ith pl e nty of e xpe rie nce in
Ubuntu com m unity to h e l p w ith Ubuntu? Ubuntu in th e future ?
s om e ve ry ce ntralparts of De bian s o th at
I can re al
ly onl
y point to w e are n't jus t riding on its coat-tail s. We
I'd l ik e to h ave inte grate d s upport for producing
h ttps ://w ik i.ubuntu.com / cus tom Ubuntu CD im age s . I'd l ik e to h ave th e
re le as e ofte n ye t h ave th e LTS re l e as e s for
Contribute ToUbuntu graph icalins tal l
e r be m ore re liabl e and m ore
pe opl e w h o w ant a s l ow e r upgrade cycl e.
W e h ave a s trong be l ie f in h aving th ings
for th is ; pe opl e h ave s uch a varie ty of fle xibl e , particul
arly in te rm s of partitioning. I'd
Jus t W ork .
diffe re nt s k il
ls th at could be put to good us e . lik e to m ak e a conce rte d as s aul t on e xce s s ive
W e 're de finite l y alw ays in ne e d of ne w us e of s ys te m m e m ory. Is Ubuntu th e firs t Dis tribution you
de ve l ope rs and e ve n core de ve l ope rs w h o h ave w ork e d on?
In ge ne ral , I w ouldl ik e to s tart a big pus h for
can put conce rte d e ffort into im proving th e
s ys te m atic im prove m e nts in q ual ity and re l iabil ity.
q ual ity and re l iability of Ubuntu, th ough , and No; as m e ntione d above , I w ork e d on
M y pare nts s e e m q uite h appy w ith th e ir Ubuntu
pe opl e w h o can accurate l y s ift th rough bug De bian be fore Ubuntu. I us e d (but
s ys te m , but it s til
lbre ak s fairl y fre q ue ntly in w ays
re ports to find ite m s th at de ve l ope rs ne e d to
th e y don't k now h ow to fix. I ce rtainl y don't m ind
w ork on. ne ve r de ve lope d) Re d H at for about a ye ar
hel ping th e m out, but it re al l
y s h oul dn't bre ak to
be fore s w itch ing to De bian, but th at's th e
W h ich part of Ubuntu do you l
ik e s tart w ith , or w h e n it m us t bre ak it s h oul d be
e xte nt of m y dis tribution e xpe rie nce .
cl e are r w h at to do (for e xam pl e , th e w h ole us e r
de ve l
oping th e m os t?
inte rface around fs ck is difficul t for e nd us e rs ).
O ne th ing w e 're doing in Guts y is to m ak e th e
Give n th at I've s pe nt a good ch unk of th e l
as t

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W h e n did you firs t s tart de ve l
oping
Ubuntu?
M ay 2004.
W h at program m ing language (s ) do you
ne e d to de ve l
op Ubuntu?
Pe rs onal l
y, I us e an ad-h oc m ixture of C,
sh el ls cript, Pyth on, and Pe rl ; th at's s k e w e d
be caus e d-i (th e ins talle r you s e e on our
alte rnate ins tallCDs ) is w ritte n in C and
sh el l
, th ough ne w de ve l opm e nt w ork in
Ubuntu is us ual ly in Pyth on w h e re pos s ibl e.
You ne e d to h ave a bas ic w ork ing fam il iarity
w ith GNU M ak e in orde r to h andl e
De bian/Ubuntu-s tyl e pack aging, too. Are as of
Ubuntu oth e r th an th os e I te nd to w ork in
m ay h ave th e ir ow n re q uire m e nts .
I've pick e d al lof th e s e up ove r th e ye ars , s o
it's ve ry h ard to s ay h ow l ong it took m e to
m as te r th e m . C took s e ve ralye ars , th ough I
w as going th rough unive rs ity at th e s am e
tim e . Sh e lland m ak e w e re jus t th ings I
abs orbe d gradual ly bas e d on w h at I ne e de d
at th e tim e . I taugh t m ys e lf Pe rland Pyth on
in a fe w w e e k s e ach w ith l ots of re ading.
Re al l
y, th e m ore l anguage s you're us e d to,
th e e as ie r it ge ts to pick up ne w one s . I ve ry
m uch re com m e nd a broad e ducation in as
m any l anguage s as you can s o th at you
don't ge t s tuck in a rut.
W h at advice w oul d you give to
s om e one w is h ing to h e l
p out w ith
Ubuntu?
Th e re is no be tte r advice in m y book th an to
find s om e th ing you care about and m ak e it
be tte r. I l
e arnt Pe rlbe caus e a program I w as
w riting for fun w as ridicul ous ly sl ow in s h e l
l. Th e
point w h e re I re ally got into s e rious De bian
de ve l opm e nt w as w h e n I s tarte d w ork ing on m an-
db (th e 'm an' program and s o on) be caus e
nobody e l s e w as doing s o, and fixing s w ath e s of
bugs th at h ad be e n annoying l ots of pe opl e.I
s tarte d w ork ing on d-i be caus e I ne e de d to do s o
in orde r to ge t De bian to ins tal lon m y ne w
Pow e rBook .
Th e re 's no h arm in as k ing q ue s tions , but s pe nd
your ow n tim e doing your ow n re s e arch too. It
w illtak e l onge r th e firs t tim e , but in orde r to be a
s e rious de ve lope r you ne e d to cul tivate th e s k ill
of finding th ings out for yours e l f, w h e th e r it be
from m anualpage s or th e s ource code or th e
w e b or w h ate ve r; it w ills ave you tim e in th e l ong
run be caus e you'l lbe abl e to find th ings out e ve n
w h e n th e e xpe rts are n't around; and pe opl e w il
l
h ave a h igh e r opinion of you if you de m ons trate
th e capacity to l e arn q uick l y.
Be bol d. W e lik e pe ople w h o m ak e th e m s e l
ve s
e xpe rts in a fie ld and are cons is te ntly righ t and
hel pful . Don't w ait for s om e body to give you
pe rm is s ion to do th at.
Re m e m be r th at e ve ryone e l
s e h ad to l
e arn
e ve ryth ing from s cratch ! None of th e core
de ve lopm e nt te am w e re born w ith e xpe rie nce of
Ubuntu, or De bian, or w h e re ve r w e s tarte d; w e
allh ad to l e arn it too.
Ne xt m onth s inte rvie w e e w il
lbe Joh n
Ph il ips from th e O pe n Fonts Library w e b
s ite w w w .ope nfontlibrary.org
Em ailyour q ue s tions to:
q ue s tions @ ful
lcircl
e m agaz ine .org
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 M Y STO RY UBUNTU - A VERY
W ritte n by David M aino
A PPRO PRIATE NA M E
I be gan us ing Linux about 4 ye ars ago out of ne ce s s ity rath e r th an inte re s t. Th e re w as a program I ne e de d to l
e arn to us e (Radiance ) w h ich w oul
d onl
y
w ork re as onably wellon a *nix s ys te m , s o I fire d up De bian and got m y firs t tas te of th e w onde rfulw orld of Linux. I h ate d it.

I
h ad to re l e arn e ve ryth ing I k ne w
about com puting, s pe nd h ours
e diting config fil e s to ge t m y
h ardw are to w ork prope rl y, and
h ad to l e arn h ow to s cript and us e th e
com m and l ine to run th is program th e
w ay I w ante d. Th e l e tte rs “ RTFM ”
q uick l y burne d into m y re tina as I trie d
h ope l essl y to ge t h e l p from various
forum s and IRC ch at room s . For 2 1/2
ye ars I bare l y touch e d Linux as a
re s ul t, e xce pt w h e n I ne e de d to do a
Radiance run.
Th e n I h e ard a rum bl ing on th e
inte rw e bs . Som e th ing w as bre w ing
th at w as part De bian and part s ane
O /S de s ign. Coul d it be true ?A Linux-
bas e d O /S th at w as be ginne r frie ndl y,
both in function and in com m unity?I
burne d m y firs t ISO (H oary
H e dge h og), poppe d it in, ins talle d it
and w as unim pre s s e d. Th e s am e
th ings th at didn't w ork in De bian didn't
w ork in H oary. I grudgingl y s e t off to th e re corde r and, ye s , e ve n running
Ubuntu forum s , ful l
y e xpe cting to be Radiance .
taunte d and m ade fun of. Th e n a s trange
th ing h appe ne d. M y q ue s tions w e re Ubuntu as an O /S is good, but in
m any w ays is no diffe re nt th an m any
ans w e re d, and not jus t w ith a s im pl e,
une xpl aine d re s pons e , but in a courte ous oth e r dis tributions out th e re . W ith a
l
ittle e ffort, th e th ings you can do in
and at-l e ngth m anne r th at im pl ie d th at
th e pe opl e helping m e w e re ge nuine l y Ubuntu you can al s o do w ith De bian,
Ge ntoo, Sl ack w are , or any oth e r
inte re s te d in giving advice s o th at m y
s ys te m w oul d function prope rl y. dis tro. W h at diffe re ntiate s it, for m e
at l e as t, are th e pe opl e and th e ir
w il
l ingne s s to h e lp. I am w h at I am
W ith th is ne w found re s ource I be gan to
be caus e of w h at th e y h e l pe d m e
e njoy th e inne r w ork ings of m y O /S and
be com e , and be caus e of w h at th e y
re ve le d in th e tink e ring and adjus ting.
Th e re al iz ation th at th is w as m y com pute r allare .
and I coul d final ly s e t it up h ow I w ante d
it w as ove rw h e l m ing. Th is w onde rful
com m unity of pe opl e hel pe d m e unl ock
m y com pute r and ope ne d up al lth e
pos s ibl e th ings th at I coul d do w ith it,
s h oul d I s o ch oos e . And ch oos e I did; in If you h ave a s tory to te l
l, pl
e as e
no tim e I w as s e tting up cron jobs , w riting e m ailit to:
s cripts to autom ate tas k s , s e tting up w e b
and fil e s e rve rs , buil ding a pe rs onalvide o l
e tte rs @ ful
lcircl
e m agazine .org

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 UBUNTU YO UTH Th e future of O pe n Source is in th e Young Pe opl
th is corne r of th e m agaz ine is for young pe opl
e of today; th at's w h y
e or s im pl
y th os e w h o are
W ritte n by Ph il
ip H öh n young at h e art.

F
or th is m onth 's articl
e I s pok e
w ith Andre w (ak a: Tuna) about
h is w ay in to K ubuntu and h is
Linux w e b s ite Te e ns on Linux
w h ich jus t re ce ntl
y m ade it into th e
UK m agaz ine Linux Form at.
m e s s age or th e infam ous 'Blue Scre e n of w as bas ical l
y th ank ing m e for
De ath ' (BSO D). Th e advice : "Sounds l ik e putting it into action. So I m ade h im
you ne e d a ne w ope rating s ys te m " final l
y adm inis trator and th ank e d h im for
pe rs uade d h im to m ak e th e m ove . th e ide a. It w as th e l
e as t I coul
d do.”
Jus t lik e any ne w us e r, h e w as initial l y Al th ough h aving gaine d s e ve ral
los t. Ins te ad of th e us ualfrie nd a coupl e m e m be rs s ince be ing m e ntione d in
of bl ock s aw ay w h o coul dhel p, it w as , in Linux Form at, one m ys te ry re m ains :
th is cas e , s om e one a w h ol e contine nt e ve n Te e ns on Linux don't k now
aw ay. Fortunate l y, h e found an IRC cl ie nt h ow th e y m ade it into Linux Form at,
and th e K ubuntu ch anne l . “ Th e y didn't e ve n e m ailm e about it!"

As k e d for th e re as on w h y h e s tarte d Final ly, Tuna de s cribe d w h at ne w

Te e ns O n Linux (above )
Tuna is 15 ye ars ol d and s tarte d
us ing K ubuntu about 6-8 m onth s ago
as h is firs t Linux dis tribution.
Fol low ing th e advice of our Ful lCircl e
Editor (Ronnie ), h e de cide d to give
Linux a try afte r h is l aptop h ad a
corrupte d ve rs ion of W indow s .
W h e ne ve r h e boote d up, h e e ith e r got
an 'O pe rating Sys te m not found'
Te e ns on Linux, Tuna ans w e re d: “ W e l
te ch nical ly, it w as al lbjw e bb's ide a. H e
goe s w ay unde r-cre dite d for it. H e s e nt in
al is te ne r q ue s tion to th e Linux Action
Sh ow as k ing about a te e ns ' Linux
com m unity. Now at th is point in tim e ,
ne ith e r of us h ave e ve n h e ard of
Te e nLUG. So I l is te ne d to th at, and
prom ptl y m ade a pos t on th e LAS forum s
as k ing for th at guy to e m ailm e . Be fore
h e e ve n got th e ch ance to s e e th e pos t,
w e al lgot toge th e r and cre ate d a s ite
cal le d "Te e ns on Linux" Afte r a fe w days
of buil ding th e s ite , bjw e bb e m ail e d m e , it
l fe ature s h e w oul dl ik e to s e e in th e
ne ar and dis tant future for h is
be love d K ubuntu. Be s ide s m ore
s upport for vide o cards , nam e l y ATI,
h e h ope s for be tte r s upport for
m ul tim e dia k e yboards and w ire l ess.
Future pl ans for Te e ns on Linux
include a podcas t fe aturing Tuna
and Ew anm 89 . Th e y m ay w e l lbe on
oppos ite s ide s of th e pl ane t, but i'm
s ure th e y'llw ork s om e th ing out.
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 LETTERS
I
h ave to tak e s om e is s ue w ith th e
articl e in is s ue 3 about
ph otograph y on Ubuntu. Th e
auth or is a profe s s ionalw e dding
ph otograph e r, and I unde rs tand th at.
It's an inte re s ting articl e and I
appre ciate an in-de pth l ook at h ow h e
w ork s . H ow e ve r, h e s e e m s to be
focus ing on proprie tary s oftw are
pack age s , w h ich is a l ittle odd s ince
Ubuntu is about th e pow e r and
ph il os oph y of Fre e /O pe n Source
Softw are . H e prom ote s Bibbl e for raw
proce s s ing and M e m orie s O nTV w h ich
are both proprie tary. And
M e m orie s O nTV is a vide o program
re q uiring W INE. M os t vide o program s
don't w ork w e l l, if at all , in W INE, and
if th e y do, th e y are e xtre m e l y uns tabl e
and rath e r difficul t to ins tal land ge t
w ork ing. H e al s o w rite s about
Ligh tZ one , w h ich I'm q uite fam il iar
w ith , and w h il e th e Linux ve rs ion is
fre e , it's uns upporte d and proprie tary,
and th e curre nt Linux ve rs ion is not
up to th e W indow s ve rs ion num be r. It
is unfortunate th at no m e ntion
w h ats ove r is give n to Raw Studio or
Eve ry m onth w e l
l
e tte r for publ
ik e to publ is h s om e of th e e m ail
ication, e ve n if it's a com pl
s w e re ce ive . If you w oul
im e nt or com pl aint, pl
dl ik e to s ubm it a
e as e e m ailit to:
e m agaz ine .org. PLEASE NOTE: s om e l e tte rs m ay be e dite d for s pace re as ons .
l
e tte rs @ ful
lcircl
I
m any oth e r capabl e ope n s ource ph oto
h ave be e n us ing Ubuntu for a
and graph ics program s . Gim p is an
w h il
e now and it s atis fie s e ve ry
e norm ous l y pow e rfuland an am az ing
ne e d e xce pt for th e gam e s
appl ication, ye t h e dis m is s e s it (as do s o
as pe ct of it. I re ce ntl
y trie d
m any pe opl e w h o w e re rais e d on
running Re gnum O nl ine and I coul d
Ph otos h op) for, of al lre as ons , h aving
not ge t it to run for th e l ife of m e . I
poor te xt-l ayout abil itie s . O ne , I w oul d
w as tol d it w as a drive rs Is s ue . ATI
tak e is s ue w ith th at. Tw o, not re al ly s ure
h as drive rs out for Linux, ye t th e re
th at te xt layout h as m uch to do w ith
s e e m s to be an is s ue w ith Ubuntu
ph otograph y. Th re e , m aybe l ook into a
us ing th e s e drive rs . I don't k now
ve ctor il l
us trator program , w h ich m os t
w h at th at Is s ue is , w oul d it be
graph ic artis ts k now are m uch be tte r for
pos s ibl e you guys can cl arify th is for
com pl exl ayout w ith ph otos and te xt th an
us Linux gam e rs ?
a Ph otos h op/Gim p type bitm ap program .
Ink s cape is a w onde rfulve ctor program .
I trie d to ins tal
lth e proprie tary ATI
M aybe a future articl e coul d tak e a drive rs and Ubuntu did not l ik e th at
m ore pure l y FO SS approach to th e at al l, s o w h y not m ak e Ubuntu us e
ne e ds of a ph otograph e r s uch as M r th e s e drive rs ins te ad of m e s s ing w ith
Ste ph e ns . A big probl e m is th at pe opl e th e m if th e y are buil t for Linux bas e d
are s o th orough l y attach e d to Ph otos h op O S th e y s h oul d w ork righ t.
th at th e y're ve ry unw il
ling to e ve n s it
Re y Ange l
es
dow n an ge t to k now Gim p, w h e n in
re ality Gim p is one of th e m os t pow e rful
Editor: anyone out th e re w ant to
and s oph is ticate d ph oto apps th e re is , as m ak e com m e nt on th is ?Is Ubuntu
wel las one of th e be s t FO SS program s .
m is s ing drive rs th at gam e rs ne e d?
Eric Pe l
tze r
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O ur M ac fanboy (l inuxge e k e ry) te l
ls Th e picture s s ay it al
l, s h e w as
irs t l
e tm e is th e re us th at: th e actuals ys te m s are n't al l DE- LIGH TED!
s ay th at
s om e th ing I th at diffe re nt, but th e y do ge t q uite
Ful lCircl e h ot. I s e t th e te m pe rature on m ine
is an s h ould s e t to
us ing SM Cfancontrolto about
e xce lle nt all
ow th e com pute r
2800RPM - gre at for norm alus e ,
publ ication and is to run cool e r? and k e e ps m y m ach ine at around

T
m uch ne e de d to th e 40°C m ark .
e ducate th e
m as s e s about Ubuntu. M y q ue s tion h rough re ading ful lcircl
e I h ave
pe rtains to your re vie w of Ubuntu on found s om e fabul ous s oftw are ,
th e M acBook . You m e ntion th at th e s uch as : GRAM PS and XCh at
com pute r ne ve r h e ats up and its al th ough I h ave n't us e d IRC w ith
cool ing s ys te m is ade q uate to k e e p XCh at as ye t.
th e m ach ine cool . W h e n Ubuntu is
ins talle d on th e M acBook Pro th e I w ant to l e arn m ore about Linux and
m ach ine be com e s ve ry h ot. Did your Ubuntu, s o I
re vie w e r com pil e h is ow n k e rne lafte r w il
lal w ays
ins talling or is th e re s om e th ing th at I re ad Ful lCircl e.
if anyone
s h oul d s e t to all
ow th e com pute r to w ants to form
run cool e r? m aik e 618 a Ch ine s e
Trans l
ation Te am ,
Daw ud Sidote Editor: You
fe e lfre e !
s aid in th e
Editor: I pas s e d your e m ailonto Luca introduction of
w h o re plie d: In m y re vie w I anal yz e d your e m ailth at you're Ch ine s e . Th e
a M acBook , not a M acBook Pro, tw o re as on I m e ntion th is is th at w e 've h ad
ve ry diffe re nt be as ts . Apple s ay th at it K nigh tw is e
s e ve ralpe opl e l
e ave com m e nts on our
is norm alfor a M acBook Pro to run bl og as k ing for a Ch ine s e e dition of Ful l
h ot, but i'm not convince d. To cool Editor: W e l ove you too Ubuntu
Circl e . If anyone w ants to form a Ch ine s e Grandm a! Se e Is s ue #3 for
your M acBook Pro in O SX you'l lw ant Trans l ation Te am , fe e lfre e ! Al
lth e de tail
s
to try th e program SM Cfancontrol , but K nigh tw is e 's s tory about h aving h is
are on th e Trans l ation page on our w ik i, grandm a (above ) us e Ubuntu.
in Ubuntu you jus t h ave to s e t th e h ttp://w ik i.ubunu.com /UbuntuM agaz ine
m inim um fan s pe e d m anual l
y.

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 Q& A
W ritte n by Robe rt Cl
ips h am
If you h ave an Ubuntu re l
q ue s tions @ ful
lcircl
ate d q ue s tion w h ich ne e ds ans w e ring, e m ailit to us h e re at
e m agazine .org, and w e 'llpas s th e m to Robe rt for ans w e ring in a future is s ue .
Pl e as e include as m uch inform ation as you can about your probl em.

Q : H ow can I l
og in as root?

Q : Is it pos s ible to s h are m y

us e rnam e , and <com m and> w ith th e
com m and. Us e CTRL+ X to s ave and

A
Fire fox/Th unde rbird s e ttings (e g
e xit. If e rrors are re porte d, go back
book m ark s , contacts , e m ail s
and e dit it; don't s ave th e fil e!
: It is not re com m e nde d you e tc.) be tw e e n W indow s and

A
log in as root, s o as a s e curity Ubuntu? h ttp://ubuntuforum s .org/s h ow th re ad.ph p?t=5
fe ature , it is dis abl e d by 21264

Q
de faul t. If you are us ing a : Ye s . You ne e d to cre ate a
te rm inal , you can us e th e pre fix 's udo' s h are d profil
e w h ich can be
on th e com m and l ine in orde r to run acce s s e d by W indow s or Ubuntu. : H ow can I re pair X s o I can
appl ications w ith adm inis trative You can find out h ow to do it ge t back to a GUI?

A
privil e ge s . If you h ave a l ot of us ing th e guide in th e l ink be low . It is
com m ands th at ne e d s udo, you can de s igne d for Dappe r, but s h oul d al so
w ork for Edgy and Fe is ty. : Run th e com m and 's udo
us e 's udo s u' to gain acce s s to th e
dpk g-re configure -ph igh
root te rm inal . If you m us t l og in as h ttp://ubuntuforum s .org/s h ow th re ad.ph p?t=203524
xs e rve r-xorg', to re configure

Q
root, do it for as l ittle tim e as pos s ibl
e.
X. You w il lne e d to k now th e
To e nabl e l ogging in as root, go to
righ t graph ics card drive r, and th e
Sys te m > Adm inis tration > Login : Ce rtain com m ands ne e d m e to
m axim um re s ol ution your graph ics
W indow , th e n go to th e s e curity tab, us e s udo.Is th e re a w ay I can
card/m onitor s upport. Fol low th e on-
and ch e ck 'Al l
ow l ocals ys te m s pe cify com m ands th at w illnot

A
s cre e n s e tup, th e n w h e n you h ave
adm inis trator l ogin'. ne e d m e to us e s udo?
finis h e d re s tart X
h ttp://ubuntuforum s .org/s h ow th re ad.ph p?t=310 : Ye s . Run 's udo vis udo -f (Ctrl + Al t+ Back s pace ). Now you
53 s h oul d be abl e to ge t to a GUI.
/e tc/s udoe rs ', and add
'<us e rnam e > ALL = NO PASSW D:
It is not h ttp://ubuntuforum s .org/s h ow th re ad.ph p?t=5
<com m and>' to th e e nd of th e 22056
re com m e nde d you fil
e , re pl
acing <us e rnam e > w ith your
log in as root
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 W EBSITE O FTH E M O NTH
W ritte n by Danie lCoh e n

Th e aim of th is s e ction is to find de ce nt and re l

ative l
y unk now n w e bs ite s th at w il
lh e l
p you w ith your dail y Ubuntu ne e ds (and ge ne ralcurios ity). I w il
l
s um up th e good and th e bad points of th e w e bs ite , and -- w ith any l uck -- th e w e bs ite ow ne r w il
lre ad th e articl
e and th e n re ctify any probl
ems
m e ntione d!

s uch as s cre e ns h ots or th e late s t lis t of k now n bugs s o th at you can

gam e s /appl ications adde d. You can al so im m e diate ly s e e w h e th e r th e re is
us e th e s e arch fe ature w h ich I found s om e th ing you ne e d from a program
m uch m ore conve nie nt. th at is not going to w ork . Th e s e are
us ual l
y s olve d ove r tim e , th ank ful l
y.
Each appl ication is give n a rank from
"garbage " to "pl atinum ." Each rank 's Th e w e bs ite is not w ith out its
m e aning is jus tifie d on th e w e bs ite . You faul ts , h ow e ve r. Th e e xce ll
e nt
can re gis te r and th e n be com e an s e arch function m e ans th at th e l ink s
W INE Appl ications Databas e "appl ication m aintaine r" for appl ications at th e s ide be com e s om e w h at
h ttp://appdb.w ine h q .org/

T
th at you us e re gul arly unde r W INE, give unne ce s s ary. And be caus e it is a
it a rank and s ay w h at w ork s , and w h at s ub-dom ain of th e officialW INE
h is m onth 's fe ature d w e bs ite is doe s n't. M os t appl ications h ave s e ve ral w e bs ite , if th e m ain W INE s ite goe s
pe rh aps m ore w e l lk now n th an m aintaine rs w h ich give s a bal ance d offline th e databas e al s o goe s dow n,
I w oul d h ave l ik e d, but its ove rvie w of w h at rank th e appl ication w h ich h as h appe ne d s e ve raltim e s ,
us e ful ne s s m ak e s it w orth y of de s e rve s . A nice fe ature is th at th e re are ofte n around th e re l e as e of a ne w
m e ntion. It is a databas e of gam e s th re e l is ts , one for pl atinum , one for gol d ve rs ion of W INE.
and appl ications w h ich run (or don't and one for s il ve r, s o you can find
run) in W INE, and to w h at de gre e . appl ications th at run w e l ls traigh t aw ay Th e s e probl e m s are m inor and do
due to th e s e l is ts be ing on th e m ain page . not ge t in th e w ay of th e purpos e of
Th e w e bs ite is cl e an and s im ple, th e w e bs ite , and s o I ful
ly
w ith q uick loading tim e s . Dow n th e At th e bottom of e ach page pe opl e can re com m e nd th is as a guide for us e rs
l
e ft s ide are l ink s w h ich provide e as y pos t proble m s and th e n h ope ful ly ge t look ing to run appl ications from
acce s s to s pe cific th ings on th e s ite help to fix th e s e is s ue s . Th e re is also a W indow s in Linux.

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 M Y D ESK TO P
W ritte n by Javie r Rave l
o
Th is is your ch ance to s h ow th e w orl d your fancy de s k top or PC. Pl
s cre e ns h ots and ph otos to: m is c@ ful
lcircl
e m agazine .org and incl
e as e e m ailyour
ude a brie f paragraph about
your de s k top, your PC's s pe cifications and any oth e r inte re s ting tidbits about your s e tup.

Th is is a picture of m y re ce ntl
y ins tal
le d Com piz -Fus ion, and th e s pe cs of m y PC:

I'm running Ubuntu 7.04 us ing:

Pe ntium IV EM 64T 3.2 GH z
512 M B RAM
160 ATA H D
256 M B ATI 9 550 Vide o Card
19 " W ide s cre e n Fl
at Pane lM onitor s e t at 1440 x 9 00 re s ol
ution.

I s tarte d Ubuntu w ith th e firs t re l

e as e ('H oary H e dge h og') in 2005.

Now th at I've s e e n al
lth e im prove m e nts and th e h ard w ork be h ind Ubuntu, I inte nd
to re m ain faith ful
.

M Y PC
W ritte n by Rob K e rfia

As you m ay h ave al re ady notice d, m y l aptop is a M acBook Pro. It dual -boots M ac O S X and Ubuntu
7.04. If you're w onde ring w h ich one I l ik e be s t - it w ould be Ubuntu but onl y by a s l
im m argin. M ac O S
X is q uite nice , and th e re are lots of ope n s ource proje cts th at h ave be e n porte d from Linux (you can
actual ly ins tal
la BSD-s tyl e ports s ys te m for it to ins tal lw h ate ve r Linux appl ications you w ant). H ow e ve r
I pre fe r th e control
,le ve lof cus tom iz ation and com m unity invol ve d w ith Ubuntu. You re ally can't s ay th e
s am e w ith O S X.
M y M acBook Pro is one "ge ne ration" be h ind, m e aning it doe s n't us e th e l ate s t and fas te s t Core 2 Duo,
but it is s til
lq uite nice . It h as a 2.33GH z Core 2 Duo w ith 2 GB of RAM and a 256M B ATI Rade on
X1600 in it. It's q uite fas t (e xtra fas t s ince I us e O pe nbox) and h andl
e s e ve ryth ing you th row at it (e ve n
Folding@ H om e .)
O n th e s oftw are s ide , m y de s k top is q uite s im pl
e . It's jus t Ubuntu 7.04 but w ith a cus tom k e rne land th e
l
ate s t build of O pe nbox. No w al lpape r or anyth ing e l se.

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 TO P5 BL
O G G ING TO O LS Your m onth l
appl
ide a for a l
y Top5 l

is t, pl
is t of obs cure Linux gam e s or
ications from th e de pth s of th e Inte rne t. If you h ave an
e as e e m ail : m is c@ ful
lcircl
e m agazine .org
W ritte n by Andre w M in

K Bl
ogge r QTM

H om e page : H om e page :
h ttp://k bl
ogge r.pw s p.ne t h ttp://q tm .bl
ogis tan.co.uk

I f allyou w ant is a w ay
to pos t a bl
w ith out a l
and w h is tl
s im pl
og e ntry
ot of be l
e s , K Bl
e K ick e r appl
ls
ogge r is your ans w e r. It's a
e t w ith a rich -te xt e ditor, proxy
I f you ne e d m ore pow e r
w h e n bl

te m pl
your bl
ogging, give
QTM (a Qt 4-bas e d bl og clie nt) a try. It h as
ate s , Quick Pos ts (a fas t w ay to pos t a link to
og), track back s , pings , Te ch norati tags , drafts
s upport, abil ity to e dit pas t e ntrie s , s upport for file and m ore advance d form atting options . Protocol
upl oads , s pe l lch e ck ing and m ore . Supports Bl ogge r s upport incl ude s Bl ogge r, M e taW e bl og (incl uding
and th e M e taW e bl og API (incl uding W ordpre s s , W ordpre s s , Drupaland W indow s Live Space s ) and
Drupaland W indow s Live Space s ). M ovabl e Type .

To try it, jus t ins tallth e k ick e r-k bl

ogge r pack age QTM is not in th e Ubuntu re pos itorie s . Luck il y, th e
from th e unive rs e re pos itorie s . You can th e n add th e auth or h as cre ate d a Ubuntu .de b at th e ir w e bs ite .
K Blogge r appl e t to K ick e r by righ t-click ing on K ick e r, Dow nl oad and ins tal lit w ith your favorite pack age
ch oos ing "Add Appl e t To Pane l " and s e l e cting m anage r.
K Blogge r.

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GNOM E Bl
og Drive lJournalEditor Scribe Fire

H om e page : H om e page :

S
h ttp://w w w .gnom e .org/~ s e th /gnom e - H om e page : h ttp://w w w .s cribe fire .com /

I D
bl og/ h ttp://w w w .dropl
ine .ne t/drive l
/
om e tim e s , th e be s t w ay to
f you l ik e th e s im plicity of K Blogge r rive lis a pow e rfulGnom e bl og bl og is to do s o dire ctl y from
but us e Gnom e , give Gnom e Bl og e ditor for ge e k s . Ins te ad of ins ide th e brow s e r. Th at's
a try. It's a s im pl e Gnom e Pane l W YSIW YG e diting, it us e s th e w h e re Scribe Fire (form e rl y
appl e t th at, l
ik e K Blogge r, focus e s H TM L coding l anguage . Th is k now n as Pe rform ancing) com e s in.
on s im pl icity and e as e -of-us e . It give s th e us e r m ore fl e xibil ity. Drive l It's a Fire fox e xte ns ion th at l e ts you
s upports W YSIW YG e diting, s pe l l s upports Live Journal , Bl ogge r, drag-'n'-drop rich te xt from page s
ch e ck ing, im age s and bas ic M ovabl e Type , Advogato and Atom (it into pos ts . It als o incl ude s tagging,
form atting. Protocol s incl ude Bl ogge r, al s o cl aim s s upport for W ordpre s s and pow e rfulform atting, note s and m uch
M e taW e bl og (incl uding W ordpre s s , Drupal , but I coul dn't figure out h ow to m ore . It s upports Live Journal ,
Drupal , and W indow s Live Space s ), s e t th at up). M e taW e bl og (incl uding W ordpre s s ,
M ovabl e Type and Pybl os xom . Drupaland W indow s Live Space s ),
To ge t Drive l
, jus t ins tal
lth e drive l Je e ran, Pe rform ancing.com ,
To ge t Gnom e Bl og, ins tal
lth e gnom e -bl og pack age from th e unive rs e re pos itory. M ovabl e Type , Te xtpatte rn, Rol l
er
pack age from th e unive rs e re pos itory. Th e n
add th e "Bl
og Entry Pos te r" to th e Gnom e (e xpe rim e ntal) and Bl ogge r.
pane lby righ t-click ing on th e pane l, cl
ick ing
To be gin us ing Scribe Fire , cl
ick th e "Ins tal
l
"Add to Pane l " and ch oos ing "Bl og Entry
Now " button at h ttps ://addons .m oz il
la.org/e n-
Pos te r."
US/fire fox/addon/1730.

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Inform ation
For article guide line s , ide as , and for is s ue trans l
ation, pl
e as e s e e our w ik i:
h ttp://w ik i.ubuntu.com /UbuntuM agazine Editor
Ronnie Tuck e r
Pl e s to: articl
e as e e m ailyour articl e s @ ful
lcircl
e m agazine .org
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If you w oul dl ik e to s ubm it ne w s , e m ailit to: Rob K e rfia
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ips h am
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You can find our ne xtAge nda at:
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