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Is s ue # 9 - January 2008

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KD E 4.0 - D UALREVIEW CREATE YO UR O W N SERVER

TH E IND E PE ND E NT M AGAZ INE FO R TH E UBUNTU CO M M UNITY

K DE 4.0 RELEASED FINALLY TIM E TO 'BE FREE'

OPE NGE U

TH E D IS TR O FOR M E R LY K NOW N AS GE U BU NTU

D IRECTO RY SERVER UBUNTU O N AN iBO O K INSTALLO PENTTD

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

S E R VICE !

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CR E ATE YOU R OW N S E R VE R - PAR T 1

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Th e articl e s containe d in th is m agazine are re l e as e d unde r th e Cre ative Com m ons Attribution-By-Sh are Al ik e 3.0 Unporte d l ice ns e . Th is m e ans you can adapt, copy, dis tribute and trans m it th e articl e s but onl y unde r th e fol l ow ing conditions : You m us t attribute th e w ork to th e originalauth or in s om e w ay (at l e as t a nam e , e m ailor url ) and to th is m agazine by nam e ('ful lcircl e m agazine ') and th e urlw w w .ful l circl e m agazine .org (but not attribute th e articl e (s ) in any w ay th at s ugge s ts th at th e y e ndors e you or your us e of th e w ork ). And If you al te r, trans form , or buil d upon th is w ork , you m us t dis tribute th e re s ul ting w ork unde r th e s am e , s im il ar or a com patibl e l ice ns e .

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ED ITO RIA L Th is m agazine w as cre ate d us ing :

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

O ut w ith th e ol d and in w ith th e ne w ?Not s o! Ste p back in tim e by fol l ow ing our guide to ins tal l ing O pe nTTD . TTD be ing Trans port Tycoon De l uxe - a h igh l y addictive trans port s im from ye ars ago w h ich I w as h e avil y addicte d to on m y ol d 486 PC. M e ?O l d?O h ye s , I'm ol d e nough to e ve n re m e m be r 386s !

Starting th is m onth w e h ave a s te p-by-s te p s e rie s on cre ating your ow n s e rve r. Part one cove rs th e bas ic ins tal l ation of Ubuntu Se rve r and in a fe w m onth s tim e you w il lh ave a ful l y w ork ing and w e l lconfigure d Ubuntu Se rve r. Spe ak ing of w h ich , if anyone out th e re w oul dl ik e to w rite a s e rie s of articl e s on GIM P, pl e as e ge t in touch as it's s om e th ing pe opl e are al w ays l ook ing to l e arn.

Enjoy th e m agazine and k e e p in touch pe opl e!

Ubuntu is a com pl e te ope rating s ys te m th at is pe rfe ct for l aptops , de s k tops and s e rve rs . W h e th e r at h om e , s ch oolor at w ork Ubuntu contains al lth e appl ications you'l l e ve r ne e d incl uding w ord proce s s ing, e m ailappl ication and w e b brow s e r.

You do not pay any l ice ns ing fe e s . You can dow nl oad, us e and s h are Ubuntu w ith your frie nds , fam il y, s ch oolor bus ine s s for abs ol ute l y noth ing.

O nce ins tal l e d, your s ys te m is re adyto-us e w ith a ful ls e t of productivity, inte rne t, draw ing and graph ics appl ications , and gam e s .

Editor, Ful lCircl e M agazine ronnie @ ful l circl e m agazine .org

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NEW S Ubuntu 7.10 De s k top Cours e Re l e as e d!

O K fol k s th e l ong aw aite d Ubuntu 7.10 D e s k top Cours e is re ady, w aiting and al l yours for th e tak ing! Th ank s to al lth e com m unity m e m be rs w h o s l ogge d ove r w riting, re vie w ing, e diting, proof re ading and fixing th e l ayout. Th is is jus t th e be ginning of th e proje ct w h ich w e h ope w il ll ive and e vol ve w ith e ach ne w Ubuntu re l e as e . Yours to de ve l op, e nh ance and branch off to your h e art's conte nt! Th e re are 10 l e s s ons in total .

Th e cours e is m odul ar - 2 days if al l l e s s ons are cove re d, h ow e ve r, topics and l e s s ons can be s e l e cte d as re q uire d.

Th e re are 2 ve rs ions of th e cours e : an Ins tructor Guide , and a s tude nt guide .

(PD F) h ttp://url .ful l circl e m agazine .org/0cce 36 (PD F) h ttp://url .ful l circl e m agazine .org/de 2e 29 Source : Ubuntu W e e k l y Ne w s # 73 h ttps ://w ik i.ubuntu.com /UbuntuW e e k l yNe w sl e tte r

Fe e lfre e to e m ailne w s s torie s to: ne w s @ ful l circl e m agazine .org Pl e as e incl ude a s ource URL.

Ne w Linux Gam e - Nim uh

Drive r- Fre e Car Runs Ubuntu Linux

W h il e not as s e xy as th e BM W Z 4M or s om e of th e oth e r autom obil e s on dis pl ay during CES, w e h ad l e arne d an inte re s ting fact about th e drive r-l e s s Carne gie M e l l on ve h icl e : it runs Ubuntu. Th is Carne gie Me l l on ve h icl e w ith s pons ors s uch as Googl e , Ne tApp, and Inte l , h ad w on th is ye ar's D ARPA ch al l e nge . Th is autom ate d ve h icl e us e s a doze n Inte lCore 2 proce s s ors , but at th e bottom of th e s oftw are s tack is Ubuntu 6.06 "D appe r D rak e "Linux. Ubuntu 6.06 w as ch os e n for be ing an LTS (Long Te rm Support) re l e as e .

Pe rh aps ne xt ye ar's ve h icl e w il lbe running Ubuntu 8.04?

Source : Ph oronix h ttp://url .ful l circl e m agazine .org/703fa0

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Re l e as e d unde r th e l ice ns e , is a puzzl e type gam e bas e d on th e "Th e s e us and th e M inotaur M aze s "gam e , but im prove d by adding a 3D , is om e tric, vie w . In th e gam e you pl ay th rough 40 diffe re nt Andal us ian l ocations and l e arn about th e typicalfood, fie s tas and h is tory of th e pl ace .

You can find inform ation about at w w w .nim uh .com . You can al so dow nl oad th e Linux s ource code and pack age s for Ubuntu Guts y Gibbon w ith ve rs ions al s o avail abl e for W indow s and M ac.

Th e e ntire proje ct h as be e n de ve l ope d us ing Ubuntu Linux.

Source : Nim uh .com h ttp://w w w .nim uh .com /

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Brough t to you by th e . If you h ave any ide as for th e podcas t or w oul dl ik e to tak e part th e n pl e as e e m ail th e h os t, M atth e w Ros s i, at: podcas t@ ful l circl e m agazine .org

Ace r Se l l ing Ubuntu Laptops Ace r is m ak ing a l im ite d l aptop s e rie s avail abl e now w ith Ubuntu Linux pre l oade d.

Linux De ve l opm e nt M ore Lik e Social Ne tw ork Says Torval ds Linux de ve l opm e nt is m ore l ik e a s ocial ne tw ork buil t on trus te d re l ations h ips and l e ss l ik e a de m ocratic com m unity of individual s de dicate d to a s ingl e de ve l opm e nt proce s s , according to Linux cre ator Linus Torval ds .

You jus t h ave to go to a D ick Sm ith s tore and l ook for product code XC5822. Th e picture h e re is th e s am e as th e one on th e s ite , but I am tol d it's not e xactl y th e s am e as th e m ode lbe ing offe re d.

Th e y are s om e l ate 2004 Ace r As pire 4315-100508Ci m ode l s , bas e d on an Inte lCe l e ron M 540 1.86GH z Proce s s or, 512M B D D R2 RAM , 80GB 5400 RPM SATA H D D , 14.1"W ide s cre e n D is pl ay, D VD + CD RW Com bo D rive , Inte lM e dia Acce l e rator X3100 Graph ics Card and w ire l e s s LAN. Th e l aptops are running Ubuntu 7.10.

W h at's m ore inte re s ting is th e price : NZ $69 9 , m ak ing it a gre at val ue w h e n com pare d to th e ASUS Ee e PC, w h ich h as onl y a 4 GB fl as h m e m ory for s torage and cos ts th e s am e .

Source : Ge e k zone .co.nz

s aid Torval ds , th e Linux proje ct coordinator w h o h as w ritte n approxim ate l y 2% of th e Linux code s ince cre ating th e ope rating s ys te m in 19 9 0.

Torval ds m ade h is com m e nts during a tw opart inte rvie w w ith Jim Z e m l in, CEO of th e Linux Foundation. Torval ds is a Fe l l ow at th e foundation, w h ich funds h is w ork . H e can be h e ard in h is ow n w ords via podcas t on th e Linux-Foundation.org W e b s ite . Part 2 of th e inte rvie w w il lbe pos te d in e arl y Fe bruary.

Source : Com pute rW orl d.com h ttp://url .ful l circl e m agazine .org/49 df86

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H ardy H e ron Al ph a 3 Re l e as e d!

H ardy H e ron Al ph a 3 is th e th ird al ph a re l e as e of Ubuntu 8.04, and w ith th is ne w al ph a re l e as e com e s a w h ol e h os t of e xce l l e nt ne w fe ature s .

Th e s e fe ature s are s h ow cas e d for your atte ntion. Pl e as e te s t th e m and re port any bugs you find. If you w ant to s e e w h at th e de ve l ope rs h ave cook ing for th e ne xt al ph a re l e as e tak e a l ook th rough th e h ardy bl ue print page h ttps ://bl ue prints .l aunch pad.ne t/ubuntu /h ardy

h as a s m al l te am of de ve l ope rs w h o are w ork ing on an ope n s ource appl ication w h ich w il lh e l p th os e , l ik e us , w h o cre ate publ ications .

W e are al w ays l ook ing for m ore de ve l ope rs . If you w oul dl ik e to h el p, pl e as e vis it: h ttp://de v.ful l circl e m agazine .org

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W ritte n by Luca D e M arini

M any of you m ay not re cognis e th e nam e . O pe nGEU w as pre vious l y k now n as Ge ubuntu but w e h ad to ch ange its nam e be caus e of Ubuntu trade m ark s . Since GEU is not a re alre m ix (it doe s n't us e officialUbuntu re pos itorie s onl y) it's not righ t for us to us e th e Ubuntu nam e in our de rivative .

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pe nGEU is a norm alUbuntu dis tro us ing Enl igh te nm e nt D R17 and s om e bits of GNO M E to re nde r th e de s k top ins te ad of th e s tandard GNO M E D e s k top Environm e nt or KD E from Kubuntu or XFCE4 from Xubuntu.

Th is m e ans a l ot of th ings . To re s um e th e m ain points : • E17 is be ta s oftw are , s o O pe nGEU m ay h ave s om e bugs w e didn't notice . In th is cas e , pl e as e re port th e m in our forum , M Lor IRC Ch anne l . Al s o, th e re are s om e k now n bugs w e 're trying to s h ut dow n. Pl e as e re fe r to our w ik i, w h ich is in our m ain s ite , to l e arn m ore about k now n bugs .

• E17 is fil l e d w ith e ye -candy but w ith ve ry l ow h ardw are re q uire m e nts . Th is m e ans th at O pe nGEU m ay e ve n be fas te r

th an Xubuntu on your m ach ine but it w il lgive you an incre dibl e l ook and w ith am azing anim ations .

• Since E17 is a w indow m anage r, you w on't be abl e to us e it w ith Com piz. But to s ay th at Com piz is th e m as te r of 3D e ffe cts , th e n E17 is th e al m igh ty Lord of 2D e ffe cts . Al so E17 w il lgive you ve ry e l e gant and am azing e ffe cts w ith out as k ing you for a 3D card or a pow e rfulm ach ine , s o it w il lrun s m ooth l y and pe rfe ctl y e ve n on a VirtualM ach ine ! Th at's an incre dibl e pl us .

Th at s aid, l e t's s tart w ith th e re al ins tal l ation. W arm up your CD burne r, l oad your pre fe rre d burning s oftw are (K3B, Bras e ro, Gnom e Back e r, Nautil us -Burn, anyth ing w il l do), dow nl oad th e O pe nGEU ISO and burn it to an e m pty CD .

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If you are pl anning to try O pe nGEU on a VM th e n you don't ne e d to burn th e ISO on a CD . You can run th e dis to s traigh tl y from th e .is o fil e . You can dow nl oad and us e , for fre e , th e O pe n Source virtual ization appl ication Virtual Box (h ttp://w w w .virtual box.org). You can find an articl e of m ine about Virtual Box in #5 (h ttp://ful l circl e m agazine .org).

Put th e O pe nGEU CD into th e CD -Rom drive of your m ach ine and boot it up. Re m e m be r to s e t up th e BIO S s o th at your CD RO M drive is l oade d be fore your h ard dis k is , oth e rw is e O pe nGEU w on't boot. Re m e m be r to back up your im portant data be fore ins tal l ing O pe nGEU. Eve n th ough

you s h oul dn't h ave any probl e m s, be tte r s afe th an s orry.

Th e CD boots and you s e e th e s cre e n above , w ith a num be r of options avail abl e . You can Ch e ck th e CD for de fe cts be fore you s tart th e Live CD , th is w ay you'l l be s ure th at th e ISO h as be e n burne d corre ctl y s o th at you w on't h ave any nas ty s urpris e s during th e ins tal l ation proce s s . Afte r a ch e ck (you can al s o s k ip it at your ris k ) ch oos e 'Start or Ins tal l Ubuntu'. Th e s cre e n w il lturn bl ack w ith s om e w h ite code s h ow ing for a fe w s e conds , th is is O pe nGEU booting up.

Any tim e you w is h to, you can s w itch to th e 'M oonl igh t' th e m e from Suns h ine and vice ve rs a by l aunch ing th e O pe nGEU th e m e s w itch e r from th e 'Pre fe re nce s ' m e nu in th e top pane l .

W h e ne ve r you're re ady to ins tal l O pe nGEU, jus t doubl e cl ick on th e ins tal lde s k top icon.

H e re you are on th e O pe nGEU de s k top! Th e w arm and h appy 'Suns h ine ' th e m e w e l com e s you.

Note th at e ve n th e back ground is anim ate d. You can acce s s any appl ication by l e ft cl ick ing on any e m pty zone of th e de s k top or on th e O pe nGEU l ogo on th e gol de n bottom sh e l f. You'l lal s o find a top pane l , auto-h idde n for your conve nie nce , fil l e d w ith im portant appl e ts s uch as Tras h , tray icon s pace , 'Pre fe re nce s and Se ttings ' m e nus and s o on. You can te s t th e dis tro in th is Live m ode but re m e m be r th at s ince it is boote d from a CD it w il l , of cours e , be ve ry sl ow and you w on't be abl e to s ave your s e ttings and cus tom izations .

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Th e n com e s th e us ualUbuntu ins tal l e r.

Ch oos e your l anguage and pre s s th e 'Ne xt' button.

Ch oos e your tim e zone from th e m ap. Th is is ne e de d to s e t up not onl y date and tim e but al s o th e l ocal e -s e ttings w h ich O pe nGEU w il ldow nl oad for your ins tal l ation. It is im portant th at you are conne cte d to th e Inte rne t w h e n you ins tal lO pe nGEU if you w ant to h ave a com pl e te l yl ocal ize d

O pe nGEU s ys te m , for e xam pl e , if you are Ital ian, l ik e m e , th e ins tal l ation toolw il ldow nl oad and ins tal lfor you th e Ital ian l anguage s upport for al lof your appl ications and de s k top. If you cannot conne ct to th e inte rne t during ins tal l , you w il lh ave to m anual l y dow nl oad l ate r, th rough Synaptic, a pack age cal l edl anguage s upport-*, w h e re *s tands for your l ocal e l anguage . For e xam pl e , it is “ it” for Ital ian (l anguage -s upportit), “ fr” for Fre nch and s o on.

care fulon th is s te p.

Now you can ch oos e th e k e yboard l ayout for your s ys te m , it is autom atical l y s e t by th e ins tal l e r, but s h oul d you be l ie ve it to be w rong, jus t ch ange it, cl ick ne xt and m ove to th e ne xt s te p.

Th e ins tal l e r w il lnow as k you for pe rs onalde tail s as w e l las s om e im portant data s uch as th e us e rnam e and pas s w ord you'l lbe us ing on your dail y us e of O pe nGEU. Each tim e you atte m pt to do an adm inis trator ope ration, O pe nGEU w il las k you for th e pas s w ord. I s ugge s t you to ch oos e s om e th ing e as y to type and re m e m be r, but be s ure th at it is not an e as y to gue s s pas s w ord too for s e curity re as ons . In th is s te p you can ins e rt your re al nam e , but be s ure th at th e ne tw ork nam e and us e rnam e doe s n't re ve al your re aldata, again, onl y for s e curity re as ons (im agine be ing in an airport, conne cte d to th e ir

You w il l now be as k e d to m anage your h ard dis k 's partitions . Be

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w ire l e s s ne tw ork w ith your l aptop and a ne tw ork nam e s uch as : nam e _l as tnam e _l aptop. It w oul d be paradis e for a m al icious h ack e r.)

Th e ins tal l er w il ldis pl ay al lyour pre vious ch oice s for you to doubl e ch e ck and by pre s s ing th e ne xt button again, th e ins tal l ation w il ls tart for re aland you'l ls e e a progre s s bar.

At th e e nd of th e ins tal l ation proce s s pre s s e nte r to re boot, re m e m be r to re m ove th e CD w h e n as k e d.

Afte r re boot, you'l ls e e th e O pe nGEU Suns h ine Us pl as h th e m e . Afte r e nte ring your us e rnam e and pas s w ord on th e l ogin w indow , you'l lbe l ogge d for th e firs t tim e on a virgin O pe nGEU de s k top.

Now you can cus tom ize it as you pre fe r, ch anging th e E17 Th e m e , back ground, gtk th e m e , pre tty m uch anyth ing. Exactl yl ik e on th e Live CD , you can ch ange from th e Suns h ine to th e M oonl igh t th e m e and vice ve rs a by s im pl y ch oos ing th e O pe nGEU th e m e you pre fe r on th e top pane l 'Pre fe re nce s ' m e nu.

e dubuntu-de s k top. You'l ljus t h ave s om e e xtra dis c s pace fil l e d and m ore boot options on th e th e l ogin s cre e n (unde r th e 'Se s s ion' m e nu). You can ins tal l O pe nGEU from pack age s too, s e e th e w ik i for th is .

Re m e m be r th at O pe nGEU is com pl e te l y com patibl e w ith any oth e r officialUbuntu dis tros , s o you can ope n Synaptic at any tim e and dow nl oad th e re s pe ctive de s k tops , s uch as ubuntu-de s k top, k ubuntude s k top, xubuntu-de s k top or

You can ge t O pe nGEU from h ttp://ope nge u.intil inux.com

Th e KD E Com m unity is th ril l ed to announce th e im m e diate avail abil ity of KD E 4.0. Th is s ignificant re l e as e m ark s both th e e nd of th e l ong and inte ns ive de ve l opm e nt cycl e l e ading up to KD E 4.0 and th e be ginning of th e KD E 4 e ra.

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I h ope you'l lh ave fun w ith th is Linux dis tro and e njoy its s pe e d and e ye -candy.

H O W - TO

W ritte n by Je s ús Arte ch e

D IRECTO RY SERVER

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

Th e h e art of th e PD C w il lbe O pe nLD AP, it w il lbe th e databas e w h e re th e us e rs ´ accounts w il lbe s ave d. In th e us e rs ´ accounts w e can s ave inform ation about e ach us e r. Th is w oul d incl ude us e r nam e , pas s w ord, m ail , h om e dire ctory, and s o on. Al lth e s e rvice s of th e PD C th at w il l auth e nticate a us e r w il lh ave to auth e nticate it agains t th at databas e .

l e ve lw h ich grants acce s s to th e s e rvice w h ich th e adm inis trator of th e ne t al l ow s .

Th e LD AP databas e h as a tre e -l ik e organization, as s h ow n in th e e xam pl e be l ow (al th ough th e draw ing is a l ittl e el e m e ntary):

Th e m e aning of th e acronym s are : CN : Com m on Nam e .

O U : O rganizationalUnit.

D N : D om ain Nam e .

Late r w e 'l ls e e h ow w e h ave to us e th e s e acronym s to ide ntify th e m e m be rs of th e PD C. O K, l e t's go w ith th e practice .

W e as s um e th at w e h ave a D e bian s e rve r, or in th is cas e Ubuntu Se rve r (update d by aptge t, I'm us ing 6.06 ve rs ion). W e ne e d to ins tal ls om e pack e ts from th e re pos itorie s of Ubuntu and fol l ow s om e s te ps for th e configuration. Pe rs onal l y, I find it us e l e s s to fil lout th e q ue s tions th at m ak e up th e ins tal l ation proce s s ;th e re fore , I do not ans w e r th e q ue s tions and

O pe nLD AP is a fre e im pl e m e ntation and ope n s ource of th e protocolLD AP (Ligh tw e igh t D ire ctory Acce s s Protocol ) de ve l opm e nt by th e O pe nLD AP Proje ct. O pe nLD AP is l ibe rate d by its ow n l ice ns e : O pe nLD AP Publ ic Lice ns e .

LD AP is a protocolat appl ication

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ins te ad s im pl y pre s s 'e nte r'. Late r w e can re buil d th e 'conf' fil e. sudo apt-get install slapd ldap-utils sudo addgroup --system slapd sudo adduser slapd --home /var/lib/ldap –shell \ /bin/false --no-create-home -ingroup slapd --system sudo /bin/chown -R slapd.slapd /etc/ldap \ /var/lib/slapd /var/lib/ldap /var/run/slapd slapd W ith th is w e cre ate th e us e r and group w h o e xe cute th e dae m on, and w e give pe rm is s ion to e xe cute .

l daps ://ubuntus e rve r.ironm an.e s :636/ " ###################### In 's l apd s e rvice s ','ubuntus e rve r' is th e nam e of th e s e rve r m ach ine , 'ironm an.e s ' is our dom ain nam e , and w e actual l y don't ne e d 'l dap:...' be caus e w e e ncrypt al lconne ctions w ith SSLby 636 port.

Le t's s e e anoth e r configuration fil e, '/e tc/l dap/l dap.conf': ###################### H O ST ubuntus e rve r.ironm an.e s :636 BASE dc=ironm an,dc=e s URI l daps ://ubuntus e rve r.ironm an.e s :636 PO RT 636

: th e nam e of th e s e rve r w ith th e port th at w e 'l lus e . : Th e bas e of our dom ain, w h e re w e s e arch th e us e rs . : ve ry im portant for th e conne ction w ith SSL, th e addre s s w h e re l dap h as to s e arch . : th e port w h e re w e conne ct. : Th e route to our ce rt fil e w h ich w e cre ate l ate r.

Th is conf fil e is th e cl ie nt's part. Le t's s tart w ith th e re al conf fil e of l dap s e rve r (for parts ): #################### # Gl obalD ire ctive s :

# Ce rtificados SSL

# Fe ature s to pe rm it # al l ow bind_v2

Now w e ne e d to m odify a configuration fil e ;w e can find th is fil e at: '/e tc/de faul t/s l apd', but w e e dit th e fil e to l ook l ik e th is :

TLS_CACERT /e tc/l dap/s s l /ubuntus e rve r.pe m

# Sch e m a and obje ctCl as s de finitions

s s ls tart_tl s

##################### SLAPD _CO NF=/e tc/l dap/s l apd.conf SLAPD _USER="s l apd" SLAPD _GRO UP="s l apd" SLAPD _SERVICES="l dap://ubuntus e rve r.ironm an.e s :389 /

s s lon

incl ude /e tc/l dap/s ch e m a/core .s ch e m a

TLS_REQCERT de m and

incl ude /e tc/l dap/s ch e m a/cos ine .s ch e m a

tl s _ch e ck pe e r ye s ######################

incl ude /e tc/l dap/s ch e m a/nis .s ch e m a

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incl ude /e tc/l dap/s ch e m a/ine torgpe rs on.s c h ema # Sch e m a ch e ck al l ow s for # forcing e ntrie s to # m atch s ch e m as for th e ir # obje ctCl as s e s 's s ch e m ach e ck on

Th e above is q uite w e l lcom m e nte d, w e 'l ljus t s ay th at w e jus t h ave to m odify th e 's ch e m as ' l ate r to add s am ba fe ature s and oth e rs .

In th is part, w e s pe cify th e k ind of databas e w e are going to us e . In th is cas e 'BD B', w h ich is th e m os t us e d.

###################### # SSLcone xion:

####################

TLSCiph e rSuite H IGH :M ED IUM :+ SSLv2

# W h e re th e pid fil e is put. Th e init.d s cript

TLSCe rtificate Fil e /e tc/l dap/s s l /ubuntus e rve r.pe m

# w il lnot s top th e s e rve r if you # ch ange th is .

TLSCe rtificate Fil e /e tc/l dap/s s l /ubuntus e rve r.pe m

pidfil e /var/run/s l apd/s l apd.pid

TLSCe rtificate Ke yFil e /e tc/l dap/s s l /ubuntus e rve r.pe m

# Lis t of argum e nts th at w e re # pas s e d to th e s e rve r args fil e /var/run/s l apd.args

TLSVe rifyCl ie nt ne ve r

# Re ad s l apd.conf(5) for pos s ibl e # val ue s l ogl e ve l 0

Th is is th e part w h e re w e te l ls l apd s e rve r w h e re to find th e ce rt fil e.

# W h e re th e dynam ical l yl oade d # m odul e s are s tore d m odul e path /us r/l ib/l dap m odul el oad back _bdb #####################

######################

###################### back e nd bdb ch e ck point 512 30 ######################

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databas e bdb s uffix "dc=ironm an,dc=e s " rootdn "cn=adm in,dc=ironm an,dc=e s " rootpw s e cre t dire ctory "/var/l ib/l dap" inde x obje ctCl as s e q l as tm od on incl ude /e tc/l dap/s l apd.acce s s #################### : it w il lbe th e bas e of our tre e . : th e ful laddre s s of our adm inis trator us e r in th e tre e . : th e pas s w ord of adm inis trator us e r, w h ich w e 'l l ch ange l ate r. : w h e re th e databas e w il lbe s tore d. : th e path to th e acce s s l is t, w h ich s ays w h at us e rs are al l ow e d to us e s om e attribute s . : w e do not touch it at th e m om e nt, w e 'l lm odify it l ate r.

Now w e h ave to cre ate th e acce s s l is t, in '/e tc/l dap/s l apd.acce s s ':

both th e s e rve r and th e cl ie nt h ave to h ave a copy of th e SSLce rt. W e 'l l ne e d to ins tal ls om e pack e ts .

##################### acce s s to attrs =us e rPas s w ord by dn="cn=adm in,dc=ironm an,dc=e s "w rite by anonym ous auth by s e l f w rite by *w rite #####################

sudo apt-get install openssl

W e al l ow th e s e fil e s to be s e e n by 's l apd': /bin/ch m od -v 644 /e tc/l dap/l dap.conf /bin/ch m od -v 600 /e tc/l dap/s l apd.conf Note : w e h ave to add th e nam e of th e s e rve r to '/e tc/h os ts ', in al l m ach ine s , for e xam pl e; 19 2.168.1.2 ubuntus e rve r ubuntus e rve r.ironm an.e s or de fine in our D NS of our l ocal ne tw ork .

W e now h ave to cre ate th e SSL ce rt, for th e SSLconne ction be tw e e n th e s e rve r and cl ie nt;

And for cre ating th e ce rtificate : sudo openssl req -newkey rsa:1024 -x509 -nodes -out \ ubuntuserver.pem -keyout ubuntuserver.pem -days 365 W e are going to us e a s e l f-s igne d ce rtificate . W e can ch ange th e nam e of th e fil e s '.pe m ', but for th e configuration I th ink it's e as ie r if both of th e fil e s h ave th e s am e nam e , and w e can ch ange th e l ife tim e of th e ce rtificate w ith '-days '. I'm not an e xpe rt in SSL, but w ith th e s e w e can ge t a good ide a of th e PD C. Th is is going to pos e s om e q ue s tions , w e can type w h ate ve r w e w ant. Th e onl y tim e w e cannot type w h ate ve r w e w ant is w h e n th e com m and as k s about th e 'Com m on Nam e ', w e th e n h ave to type th e 'FQND ' (Ful l y Qual ifie d D om ain Nam e ), or rath e r, th e nam e of th e m ach ine fol l ow e d by th e nam e of th e dom ain (our dom ain is 'ironm an.e s ').

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Ge ne rating a 1024 bit RSA private k e y .................................+ + + + + + ...............................+ + + + + + w riting ne w private k e y to 'ubuntus e rve r.pe m ' ----You are about to be as k e d to e nte r inform ation th at w il lbe incorporate d into your ce rtificate re q ue s t.

W h at you are about to e nte r is w h at is cal l e d a D is tinguis h e d Nam e or a D N. Th e re are q uite a fe w fie l ds but you can l e ave s om e bl ank .

For s om e fie l ds th e re w il lbe a de faul t val ue .

If you e nte r '.', th e fie l d w il lbe l e ft bl ank .

----Country Nam e (2 l e tte r code ) [AU]:ES State or Province Nam e (ful l nam e ) [Som e -State ]:Cantabria Local ity Nam e (e g, city) []:Santande r O rganization Nam e (e g, com pany) [Inte rne t W idgits Pty Ltd]:IRO NM AN O rganizationalUnit Nam e (e g, s e ction) []:IRO NM AN.ubuntu

Com m on Nam e (e g, YO UR nam e ) []:ubuntus e rve r.ironm an.e s Em ailAddre s s []:ch e ch u@ ubuntu.ironm an.e s Now w e h ave to s tore it w h e re w e tol d 's l apd.conf' th at it w oul d be . In our cas e , it w il lbe in '/e tc/l dap/s s l /'. And w e ch ange th e ow ne r of th e fil e to s l apd: sudo chown slapd.slapd /etc/ldap/ssl/ubuntuserver.pe m Le t's s tart w ith th e part of th e cl ie nt. W e ne e d to ins tal ls om e pack e ts in th e cl ie nts m ach ine s ,(w e pre s s 'e nte r' to ans w e r al lth e q ue s tions th at th e proce s s m ak e up), you'l lh ave to add th e 'unive rs e ' and 'm ul tive rs e ' re pos itorie s to th e 's ource s .l is t': sudo apt-get install libpamldap libnss-ldap libpam- \ cracklib Th e im portant fil e s for th e cl ie nt m ach ine are th e fol l ow ing, w h ich w e are l e aving l ik e th is . (w e 'l l h ave to s e t up too in th e s e rve r m ach ine ):

'/e tc/l ibns s -l dap.conf' ###################### h os t ubuntus e rve r.ironm an.e s :636 bas e dc=ironm an,dc=e s l dap_ve rs ion 3 rootbinddn cn=adm in,dc=ironm an,dc=e s port 636 s s ls tart_tl s s s lon ###################### '/e tc/pam _l dap.conf' ###################### h os t ubuntus e rve r.ironm an.e s :636 bas e dc=ironm an,dc=e s l dap_ve rs ion 3 rootbinddn cn=adm in,dc=ironm an,dc=e s port 636 s s ls tart_tl s s s lon ###################### : th is is th e FQD N of our s e rve r. : Th e bas e of our tre e . l dap : Th e ve rs ion w h ich is going to be im pl e m e nte d. : Th e ful laddre s s adm inis trator us e r in th e tre e . : Th e port w e are going to us e

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for th e conne ction, 636 be caus e th e conne xion is by SSL. : Th e l ine s ne e de d for m ak e th e SSLconne ction pos s ibl e.

W e h ave to ch ange th e pe rm is s ion of s om e fil e s , and ch ange th e fil e '/e tc/ns s w itch .conf', w h ich contains th e orde r th at th e s e rvice s cons ul t th e databas e s , w e m us t s e t LD AP afte r fil e s, be caus e it can ge ne rate probl e m s w ith th e 'root' us e r: sudo chmod 644 /etc/pam_ldap.conf sudo chmod 644 /etc/libnssldap.conf '/e tc/ns s w itch .conf' pas s w d: fil e s nis l dap group: fil e s nis l dap s h adow : fil e s nis l dap h os ts : fil e s dns ne tw ork s : fil es protocol s: db fil es s e rvice s : db fil es e th e rs : db fil es rpc: db fil es ne tgroup: l dap nis

'/e tc/pam .d/com m on-s e s s ion' s e s s ion re q uire d pam _l im its .s o s e s s ion re q uire d pam _unix.s o s e s s ion optional pam _l dap.s o s e s s ion re q uire d pam _m k h om e dir.s o sk e l =/e tc/s k e l /um as k =0022 In orde r to conne ct w ith th e dae m on, 's l apd', w e h ave to m odify th e 'pam ', pl uggabl e auth e ntication m odul e s . Th is is s h ow n in th e diagram above .

W e 'l lch ange th e fol l ow ing fil e s: '/e tc/pam .d/com m on-account' account re q uire d account s ufficie nt

pam _unix.s o pam _l dap.s o

'/e tc/pam .d/com m on-auth ' auth s ufficie nt pam _unix.s o auth s ufficie nt pam _l dap.s o try_firs t_pas s auth re q uire d pam _e nv.s o auth re q uire d pam _s e cure tty.s o auth re q uire d pam _unix_auth .s o auth re q uire d pam _w arn.s o auth re q uire d pam _de ny.s o

Th e m odul e 'pam _m k h om e dir' l et us cre ate a ne w h om e dire ctory w h e n an us e r auth e nticate th e firs t tim e . '/e tc/pam .d/com m on-pas s w ord' pas s w ord re q uire d pam _crack l ib.s o re try=3 m inl e n=8 difok =4 pas s w ord s ufficie nt pam _unix.s o us e _auth tok m d5 s h adow pas s w ord s ufficie nt pam _l dap.s o us e _auth tok pas s w ord re q uire d pas s w ord re q uire d

pam _w arn.s o pam _de ny.s o

Th e m odul e 'pam -crack l ib' l e t us to h andl e th e l e ngth of th e pas s w ord's us e r and h ow m any l e tte rs h ave to be diffe re nt in it.

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Now e ve ryth ing is re ady to re s tart th e dae m on: sudo /etc/init.d/slapd restart W e h ave to cre ate th e bas e of th e tre e and th e us e rs in th e databas e . I re com m e nd for doing th is th e s oftw are program l dap-account-m anage r, it m ak e s th e proce s s of cre ating th e tre e s o e as y. I don't re com m e nd trying to cre ate th e us e rs now . I w oul d w ait untilw e ge t 'Sam ba' ins tal l e d, but th is w il lbe in th e ne xt articl e If you w ant you can cre ate and s tart w ork w ith LD AP, but jus t for Unix/Linux cl ie nts .

If you w oul dl ik e to re ad th is articl e w ith a w ide r l ayout to be tte r s e e th e com m ands and config fil e e ntrie s , pl e as e vis it: h ttp://url .ful l circl e m agazine .org/d66214

H O W - TO

W ritte n by Ste ph e n Bant

UBUNTU O N A N iBO O K

M y iBook G4 w as n't be ing us e d m uch , s o I de cide d to ins tal lUbuntu Fe is ty on it. H e re 's h ow it w as done , and I give you th e w arts and al l proce dure as it h appe ne d in th e h ands of an ave rage tink e re r.

F

irs t th ings firs t. Back up al l criticalfil e s and e xtra appl ications on th e iBook to anoth e r dis k of s om e k ind. Your e xis ting O S X w il lbe ove rw ritte n.

Th e n dow nl oad th e “ M ac (Pow e rPC) and IBM -PPC (PO W ER5) de s k top CD ” from h e re : h ttp://cdim age .ubuntu.com /ports / re l e as e s /fe is ty/re l e as e / You’ l lfind it at th e top of th e page . Burn th e ISO to dis k .

Boot up th e iBook us ing your M ac O S X s e tup CD 1. O nce up and running, l aunch th e D is k Util ity program . Th is is going to be us e d to partition th e dis k s o th at you can put O S X on one partition and Ubuntu on th e oth e r.

Re m e m be r, th e pre s e nt O S X is going to be ove rw ritte n— th e re is

no turning back once th e dis k is partitione d, s o doubl e ch e ck th at you h ave e ve ryth ing you w ant.

going. Th e n I w e nt s traigh t ah e ad and ins tal l e d O S X on th e O SX partition.

Partition s ize s w il lde pe nd on you. I jus t s pl it e ve ryth ing dow n th e m iddl e . Som e pe opl e us e around 10GB for O S X, but th at doe s n't l e ave any s pace to pl ay around w ith , and you w oul d h ave to om it or de l e te th ings l ik e th e Garage Band program .

Som e pe opl e advis e to ins tal l M ac O S X on th e partition at th e e nd of th e dis k . W e l l , I th ough t I w as doing th at by ins tal l ing to th e partition I h ad nam e d O SX, but I m ay h ave m is re ad th e D is k Util itie s s e tup, or it m ay h ave m ade up its ow n m ind w h e re it w as going, be caus e it e nde d up at th e front of th e dis k . Not to w orry, as it jus t doe s n’ t s e e m to m atte r, in m y e xpe rie nce .

Jus t m ak e e ach partition M ac O S X Exte nde d H FS or H FS+ . D on't us e H FS+ Journal e d, as you w on't be abl e to w rite to th e O S X partition from Linux. But e ve n if you do, you can dis abl e journal ing l ate r, as I h ad to do, anyw ay (s e e be l ow ).

W h e n it cam e to nam ing e ach partition, I nam e d th e firs t one "Ubuntu"and th e s e cond one "O SX".

Th at w as s uppos e d to pre ve nt confus ion about w h e re th ings w e re

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Now th e fun s tarts . Eje ct th e M ac O S ins tal ldis k and ins e rt th e Ubuntu Fe is ty ins tal ldis k you burne d e arl ie r. Boot from th is dis k by h ol ding O ption + c during s tart-up. Type "e xpe rt"at th e boot-l oade r prom pt. Th is w il l

give you m ore controlduring th e ins tal l ation proce s s . Al s o, m ak e s ure you h ave a ne tw ork conne ction s o th at ne tw ork ing is autom atical l y configure d and th e s ys te m can ge t any ne ce s s ary dow nl oads .

Go th rough th e ins tal l ation proce s s as us ual . Eve ryth ing is s traigh t forw ard, untilyou com e to th e partitioning s e ction. I m e an, if you don’ t acce pt th e de faul t, l e tting th e ins tal l e r auto partition for you, you h ave to put s om e th ough t into it to s e t up your ow n partitions . Firs t, de l e te th e Ubuntu partition you cre ate d e arl ie r, th e n go back and ch oos e to us e m axim um fre e s pace . Now , if you don’ t care to h ave cus tom ize d partitioning, jus t acce pt th e de faul ts and s k ip th e ne xt th re e paragraph s .

I h ave a confe s s ion to m ak e at th is point. I us e d w h at w as th e l ate s t buil d of Ubuntu Guts y PPC Se rve r as part of m y e xpe rim e nt— bl am e m y tink e ring ge ne . Th e Gus ty ins tal lcal cul ate d th e partitioning nice l y for m e , w h ich de s k top ve rs ions don’ t, as

far as I k now . I l e t it w rite th e partitions . But th e n I re fl e cte d, if s h oul d th ings not w ork out, I don’ t w h at to be de al ing w ith a com m and l ine . So, I s toppe d th e ins tal lproce s s and be gan again w ith a Fe is ty de s k top CD , and w h e n it cam e to th e partitioning s e ction, I s im pl y re us e d w h at th e Gus ty dis k h ad s e t up. I h ad to re nam e th e m , th ough . It w as l uck y I did ins tal lFe is ty be caus e I l e arne d l ate r afte r an upgrade th at Guts y is buggy and as s l ow as h e l lon an iBook . Abandon al lh ope ye w h o e nte r th at zone of h e l l ! I re ins tal l ed Fe is ty afte r th at l ittl e adve nture .

O nce pas t partitioning, Ubuntu w il l

continue ins tal l ing e ve ryth ing s m ooth l y and w il le ve ntual l y ins tal lth e Yaboot boot m anage r for ch oos ing your pre fe rre d s ys te m to boot-up tim e , O SX or Ubuntu.

Th at s h oul d be it. It’ s tim e to re s tart. You can ch e ck th at you h ave e nde d up w ith a dis k s tructure s om e th ing l ik e is s h ow n be l ow .

Love l y. Boot into O S X, fire up a te rm inalw indow and type in "fdis k -l "to ge t th e l is t. Th at w as e as y for m e to do be caus e it jus t boote d into O S X al lof th e tim e .

/de v/h da # type nam e l e ngth bas e ( s ize ) s ys te m /de v/h da1 Appl e _partition_m ap Appl e 63 @ 1 ( 31.5k ) Partition m ap /de v/h da2 Appl e _Boots trap untitl e d 19 54 @ 29 302624 (9 77.0k ) Ne w W orl d bootbl ock /de v/h da3 Appl e _H FS Appl e _H FS_Untitl e d_2 29 040416 @ 262208 ( 13.8G) H FS /de v/h da4 Appl e _UNIX_SVR2 untitl e d 5859 38 @ 29 304578 (286.1M ) Linux native /de v/h da5 Appl e _UNIX_SVR2 untitl e d 10443360 @ 29 89 0516 ( 5.0G) Linux native /de v/h da6 Appl e _UNIX_SVR2 untitl e d 5328126 @ 40333876 ( 2.5G) Linux native /de v/h da7 Appl e _UNIX_SVR2 s w ap 149 4141 @ 45662002 (729 .6M ) Linux s w ap /de v/h da8 Appl e _UNIX_SVR2 untitl e d 781251 @ 47156143 (381.5M ) Linux native /de v/h da9 Appl e _UNIX_SVR2 untitl e d 10667726 @ 479 3739 4 ( 5.1G) Linux native /de v/h da10 Appl e _Fre e Extra 262144 @ 64 (128.0M ) Fre e s pace Bl ock s ize =512, Num be r of Bl ock s =58605120 D e vice Type =0x0, D e vice Id=0x0

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Yaboot's l ittl e m e nu s cre e n s h oul d h ave appe are d, w h e re you can h it "l "to boot into Linux or "m "to boot into M ac O S X, or you can l e ave it for Ubuntu to s tart l oading by de faul t, but th at is n’ t w h at w as h appe ning for m e . For s om e re as on, Yaboot jus t w oul dn’ t k ick in.

Th at w as no probl e m . If Yaboot is a no-s h ow , ope n up th e M ac's ope n firm w are cons ol e . You do th is by booting up w h il e h ol ding th e M od + O ption + o + f k e ys .

Th is w il lput you in "O pe n Firm w are "m ode . O nce you h ave th e cons ol e type th is :

to fix it s o th at Yaboot give s you a dualboot option, and you can tw e ak it a bit w h il e you’ re at it. So ope n up a te rm inaland run th e s e com m ands . sudo yabootconfig sudo gedit /etc/yaboot.conf Th at yaboot.conf is of cours e Yaboot's configuration fil e . Add th e fol l ow ing l ine s to it: m acos x=/de v/h dXX de faul tos =m acos x # add th is onl y if you l ik e M AC O S X to be th e de faul t Save th e fil e . M os t ins tructions s ay th at you now type th e fol l ow ing

boot hd:2,yaboot At l e as t, th at's w h at I ne e de d to e nte r. (Th e h d:2 h e re jus t m e ans h da2, w h e re Yaboot is l oade d. You can s e e th at h da2 is cal l ed Appl e _Boots trap untitl e d in th e fdis k l is t above ).

Afte r I did th at it boote d up into th e Yaboot m e nu and afte r a fe w s e conds , by de faul t, Ubuntu s tarte d l oading. Eve ryth ing w ork e d fine . Good, now 's th e tim e

ybin Th is l oads th e config s e ttings for you. H ow e ve r, th is w as n't e nough for m e . It w ork e d untilI boote d into O S X again. Afte r th at Yaboot abandone d m e , and I h ad to go into firm w are m ode again to ge t it back in th e s am e w ay I s pe cifie d e arl ie r. Th is is th e com m and th at m ak e s th e Yaboot config s e ttings s tick for m e . ybin -b /dev/hda2 Yaboot h as n't fail e d m e once s ince I did th at.

Be l ow is an e xam pl e of w h at el s e can go in yaboot.conf

boot=/de v/h dc2 de vice =h d: # s h oul d be an al ias ch e ck /proc/de vice -tre e /al ias e s /h d (th ank s <s ourdough > ) partition=5 root=/de v/h dc5 tim e out=50 ins tal l =/us r/l ib/yaboot/yaboot m agicboot=/us r/l ib/yaboot/ofboot e nabl e cdboot # Adds an e ntry to boot from a cdrom fgcol or=ye l l ow bgcol or=bl ue im age =/vm l inux l abe l =Linux m acos x=/de v/h dc3

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Th e box be l ow s h ow s w h at is pre s e ntl y in m y yaboot.conf.

Th os e l as t tw o ins tructions add tw o m ore options to your Yaboot m e nu at s tartup, al l ow ing you to al s o ch oos e w h e th e r to boot from a CD or to bring up th e firm w are cons ol e.

Th e ne xt s te p is to e nabl e fil e s h aring be tw e e n O S X and Ubuntu. You s h oul d be abl e to boot=/de v/h da2 de vice =/pci@ f4000000/ata-6@ d/dis k @ 0: partition=4 root=/de v/h da4 tim e out=30 ins tal l =/us r/l ib/yaboot/yaboot m agicboot=/us r/l ib/yaboot/ofboot de l ay=5 bgcol or=w h ite fgcol or=re d m acos =/de v/h da3 im age =/boot/vm l inux l abe l =Linux re ad-onl y initrd=/boot/initrd.im g initrd-s ize =819 2 appe nd="q uie t s pl as h " e nabl e cdboot e nabl e ofboot

copy from O S X to Ubuntu al re ady.

But e nabl ing fil e s h aring in th e oth e r dire ction coul d be a probl e m . I w as s tuck on th is for a w h il e . H ow e ve r, I w ork e d it out. To vie w th e fil e s in th e s h are d partition, do th is :

dis abl e journal ing. Re boot back into Ubuntu. You s h oul d now be abl e to copy fil e s ove r to O S X. You can al s o dis abl e journal ing in O S X from th e com m and l ine in Ubuntu w ith th is :

sudo mkdir /media/OSX

sudo diskutil disableJournal /Volumes/<OS X Volume Name>

And th e n sudo mount -t hfsplus /dev/hda5 /media/OSX M y iBook 's /e tc/fs tab h as th e fol l ow ing e ntry s o th at it is autom atical l y m ounte d: /de v/h da3 /m e dia/O SX h fs pl us rw ,e xe c,auto,us e rs ,gid=31 0 0 O r jus t go th rough Adm inis tration > Sh are d Fol de rs and m ak e it a s h are d fol de r.

You probabl y s til lw il lnot be abl e to copy fil e s ove r to O S X from Ubuntu. So re boot into M ac O S X, th e n go to Util itie s and fire up th e D is k Util ity program .

Se l e ct and h igh l igh t th e O S X dis k icon. Go to m e nu and unde r Fil e you w il ls e e th e D is abl e Journal ing option. Cl ick th at to

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I've s e e n dis cus s ions on ch anging your Linux us e r uid and gid to m atch th at of O S X to try and acce s s th e M ac partition.

Th is al s o m e ans ch anging al l pe rm is s ions s ys te m w ide in orde r to m atch your ne w uid and gid. Se e m s l ik e a big h as s l e to me.

I h ave n't ch e ck e d s upport for Airport, but for now , e ve ryth ing I ne e d is w ork ing on m y iBook , pl us th ings I don't ne e d l ik e fancy de s k top e ffe cts .

Il ik e m y iBook e ve n m ore now .

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; s got its cool back .

H O W - TO

W ritte n by Jonny M cCul l agh

INSTA LLO PEN TRA NSPO RT TYCO O N D ELUX E (O PENTTD )

Proof th at th e ol d one s are th e be s t is no furth e r aw ay th an ins tal l ing – th e ope n-s ource d ve rs ion of th e cl as s ic . Th e gam e 's cre ator ope ne d th e code w h e n h e m ove d on to de ve l oping Rol l e r Coas te r Tycoon.

Th e code is now active l y de ve l ope d as O pe nTTD at: h ttp://w w w .ope nttd.org.

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h e gam e is a s im ul ationtype gam e bas e d on trans port. You are a tycoon and you h ave to buil d your bus ine s s around trans porting pe opl e , raw m ate rial s and goods w h il e buil ding roads , rail w ays , h arbours and airports . M onopl is e , m ak e m one y and e l im inate th e com pe tition – s ound fam il iar?

• O pe n Sys te m > Adm inis tration > Synaptic Pack age M anage r • Us ing th e 'Se arch ' button s e arch for 'ope nttd' If noth ing appe ars e ns ure th at you h ave e nabl e d th e re pos itory in Se ttings > Re pos itorie s

• D oubl e -cl ick th e 'ope nttd' pack age dis pl aye d in th e re s ul ts .

• You m ay al s o w ant to ins tal lth e 'rar' pack age w h il e in Synaptic. You m ay ne e d it l ate r.

• Cl ick on th e 'Appl y' button to ins tal l th e s oftw are .

As dis cus s e d th e data fil e s can be dow nl oade d from : h ttp://dow nl oad.trans porttycoon.n e t/fil e s /ttd-graph ics .rar

Th e im portant point to note w h e n ins tal l ing O pe nTTD , is th at for l e gal re as ons th e original artw ork cannot be dis tribute d w ith O pe nTTD . As a re s ul t you ne e d to ge t th e data fil e s from your originalCD ve rs ion of . If, l ik e m e , th at originalCD is gath e ring dus t in a box in th e roofs pace you m igh t w ant to obtain th e data fil e s from th e w e b.

O pe n a te rm inaland e nte r:

D e tail s about th e data fil e s is avail abl e h e re : h ttp://w w w .tt-forum s .ne t/ vie w topic.ph p?t=3407

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To dow nl oad th e data fil e s and copy th e m to th e corre ct l ocation:

mkdir tmp cd tmp wget http://download.transporttyco on.net/files/ttd-graphics.rar unrar e ttd-graphics.rar rm ttd-graphics.rar sudo cp * /usr/share/games/openttd/data

If you h ave any difficul ty e xtracting th e s e data fil e s you m ay ne e d to ins tal lth e 'unrar' pack age us ing your Pack age M anage r' O nce th e artw ork is in th e corre ct fol de r you s h oul d be abl e to run O pe nTTD from Appl ications > Gam e s > O pe nTTD and pl ay th e gam e in al lits 19 9 0's gl ory.

W h e n you be gin a ne w gam e you s h oul d fam il iaris e yours e l f w ith th e buttons acros s th e top of th e s cre e n.

• Cl ick on th e coin s tack icon.

Borrow as m uch from th e bank as pos s ibl e to ge t s tarte d • H ol d and drag w ith th e righ t m ous e button cl ick e d to m ove around th e m ap • Cl ick th e road icon and in th e 'Road Cons truction' dial og box th at appe ars ch oos e th e firs t road icon and s tart cl ick ing and dragging roads acros s th e m ap.

Th e s e cond road icon in th e 'Road Cons truction' dial og buil ds roads in th e oth e r dire ction. Aim to buil d

a road be tw e e n tw o tow ns .

• Ne xt cl ick on th e fifth icon in th e 'Road Cons truction' dial og and buil d tw o Bus D e pots – one in e ach of th e tow ns you h ave joine d w ith th e road.

• Ne xt cl ick on th e fourth icon in th e 'Road Cons truction' dial og and buil d a 'Road Ve h icl e D e pot' be s ide one of your roads .

• Cl ick on th e D e pot you h ave jus t buil t and you s h oul d s e e a dial og w h ich al l ow s you to buy ve h icl e s.

• Buy a bus by cl ick ing on 'Ne w Ve h icl e ' button

• O nce you h ave your ve h icl e a ne w w indow w il lope n re pre s e nting th at ve h icl e . You ne e d to give your ve h icl e s om e ins tructions s o it can s tart m ak ing you s om e m one y. Cl ick on th e fourth icon dow n (brok e n ye l l ow arrow )

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• Th e 'O rde rs ' dial og appe ars .

Cl ick on th e 'Goto' button th e n l ocate your bus s top on your m ap and cl ick on it. Th e nam e of your bus s top s h oul d appe ar in th e ve h icl e 's orde rs . Th e n find th e s e cond bus s top you cre ate d and cl ick on it. Your bus s h oul d now h ave a route of tw o bus s tops s o cl ick on th e re d 'Stoppe d' button on th e 'Road Ve h icl e ' dial og. Your ve h icl e s h oul d now be on th e road (m ak ing m one y) s o fol l ow it for a w h il e to m ak e s ure al lis w e l l .

Continue buil ding your road fl e e t and l ook for s ubs idie s , al so w h e n you h ave th e funds m ove onto rail , s h ips and aircraft. By now I'm s ure you're probabl y as addicte d as I am .

If you l ik e th e gam e cons ide r donating to w w w .ope nttd.org

CREATE YO UR O W N SERVER - Part 1

H O W - TO W ritte n by D anie lLam b

Th is guide w il lbe gin at th e ve ry s tart, ins tal l ation, and tak e you th rough al lth e s te ps to e ve ntual l y h aving your ow n ful l y w ork ing Ubuntu s e rve r w h ich coul d be us e d in your h om e or for a bus ine s s of any s ize .

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e w il ls tart by dow nl oading Ubuntu 7.10 from h ttp://w w w .ubuntu.com /ge tubuntu/ dow nl oad and s e l e ct for 'Standard pe rs onalcom pute r' and ch os e th e m os t appropriate m irror for you from th e drop dow n m e nu.

I am ch oos ing Ubuntu 7.10 (Guts y Gibbon) for various re as ons but th e m ain re as on is

s upport of m os t m ode rn h ardw are and it w il lal s o s upport th e ne w e s t Raid s ys te m s and Gigabit ne tw ork cards w h ich curre ntl y 6.06 LTS (Long Te rm Support) doe s not, h ow e ve r w ith ve rs ion 8.04 LTS th is s h oul d be re -as s e s s e d.

Afte r dow nl oading Ubuntu 7.10 Se rve r you ne e d to w rite th e im age to CD us ing your favorite CD burning program , if you are on w indow s you can l ook at us ing Infrare corde r w h ich can be dow nl oade d from h ttp://infrare corde r.s ource forge .ne t/.

O nce you h ave w ritte n th e im age to CD pl ace your Ubuntu Se rve r CD into your drive and boot from it, e ns ure th at your s ys te m is s e t to boot from CD . You w il lth e n s e e th is s cre e n (above righ t).

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Ch oos e 'Ins tal lto th e h ard dis k '.

Th e ins tal l ation w il lnow s tart.

Firs t you w il lh ave to ch oos e your l anguage , th e n s e l e ct your l ocation. Ne xt ch oos e a k e yboard l ayout, you w il lne e d to pre s s a fe w k e ys s o th e ins tal l e r can de te ct your k e yboard l ayout bas e d on th e k e ys you pre s s e d,

or you can m anual l y ch os e w h at k e yboard you h ave .

O pe nSSH , print and SAM BA s e rve rs . Se l e ct th e diffe re nt s e rve rs us ing th e s pace k e y th e n continue .

Th e ins tal l e r ch e ck s th e ins tal l ation CD , your h ardw are , and configure s th e ne tw ork w ith D H CP if it is conne cte d to th e ne tw ork , or you can configure th is m anual l y.

Now e nte r th e 'h os tnam e '. M y s ys te m is cal l ed 's e rve r.dom ain.l ocal ', s o I e nte r 's e rve r'.

W h e n you are re ady, h it 'Ye s ' to 'W rite th e ch ange s to dis k s ?' Now your partitions w il lbe cre ate d and form atte d.

Se tup th e s ys te m cl ock . Norm al l y UTC is a s afe ch oice .

Ne xt cre ate a ne w us e r, I us e th e nam e 'Adm inis trator' w ith th e us e r nam e 'adm inis trator'. D on't us e th e us e r nam e 'adm in' as th at is a s ys te m nam e in Ubuntu.

Now you w il lne e d to partition your dis k , l e t th e s e tup cre ate th e partitions (s w ap and root) autom atical l y unl e s s you are confide nt on doing th is m anual l y.

Th e bas e s ys te m w il lnow be ins tal l e d.

Now w e ge t th e option of w h at e xtra s oftw are ge ts ins tal l e d, w e are going to ch oos e D NS, m ail , LAM P,

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Th e GRUB boot l oade r w il lnow be ins tal l e d.

Th e ins tal l ation is now finis h e d. Re m ove your CD from th e drive and h it 'Continue ' to re boot th e s ys te m .

Th at is th e firs t part of th e Ubuntu s e rve r ins tal l e d. Ne xt is s ue , w e w il lcove r update s , ins tal l ing th e Xubuntu de s k top and al s o th e w e bm in ins tal l .

K D E4.0 D UA LREVIEW

REVIEW

W ritte n by Ronnie Tuck e r and Robe rt Cl ips h am

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

â&#x20AC;&#x201C; M y ins tal lof KD E 4.0 w e nt fl aw l e ssl y. In Kubuntu Guts y (7.10) I curre ntl y h ave KD E 3 ins tal l e d, s o I w as q uite uns ure h ow KD E 4.0 w oul d fit in. W oul d it 'upgrade ' m y KD E 3?

W oul d it l ive be s ide and s e parate from KD E 3?W e l l , it s e e m s it can l ive s e parate l y but s til ls h are date w ith KD E 3 s o I brave l y ope ne d up Ade pt (Pack age M anage r in Kubuntu) and adde d th e re pos itory URLgive n on th e Kubuntu.org s ite [1], ch os e to ins tal lk de 4-core , cl ick e d to ins tal lit, and actual l y w e nt off to w ork l e aving it to dow nl oad. Eigh t h ours l ate r, I cam e h om e from w ork and th e dow nl oading and ins tal l ing w as done . I didn't e ve n h ave to m ak e one de cis ion! Tim e to l og out and h ope ful l yl og back in us ing KD E 4.0.

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- Ins tal l ing KD E 4 w as s im pl e , a q uick am e ndm e nt of /e tc/apt/s ource s .l is t, and a coupl e of com m ands in th e te rm inal(s udo aptidude update & & s udo aptitude ins tal lk de 4core ). No s oone r w as it ins tal l edI got a notice about 35m b of k de 4 update s , w h ich I th ough t w as odd, cons ide ring I h ad *jus t* dow nl oade d it.

â&#x20AC;&#x201C; So far, s o good! O n m y l ogin s cre e n, I ch os e to us e KD E4 rath e r th an KD E, gave m y us ual nam e and pas s w ord and in a fe w m om e nts up cam e a s h iny ne w KD E s cre e n w ith nice pul s ating icons s h ow ing m e w h at parts of m y Kubuntu w e re be ing l oade d.

O n th e de s k top, I w as s urpris e d

to s e e tw o icons , th e ve ry s am e tw o icons I h ave on m y KD E 3 de s k top (one for acce s s ing m y s e cond h ard drive and one , a s h ort cut, to a fol de r containing m y podcas ts ) s o it ce rtainl y h as n't jus t dum pe d m e in to a bl ank KD E 4.0. Th at's a good s ign.

I ch e ck e d th e K m e nu to s e e if m y oth e r appl ications th at I ins tal l ed in KD E 3 w oul d be th e re , Scribus , GIM P, ye s th e y al ls e e m to be th e re s o I'm re l ive d at th at. I h ad th e h orribl e vis ion th at I w oul dl og in and h ave to re ins tal lal lm y appl ications !

Eye candy tim e ! Tim e to try s om e w idge ts . Th e firs t one I trie d w as th e anal ogue cl ock w h ich w ork e d fine , but th e re is re al l yl ittl e el se

to try. M os t are al re ady l oade d in one w ay or anoth e r, but I'm s ure th e re 'l l be m ore w idge ts on th e w ay.

Tink e r tim e , Sys te m Se ttings . Th e re 's not m uch diffe re nt h e re . It's al lth e us ualKD E s e ttings but th e one addition is , of cours e , th e D e s k top Se ttings , th e s e controlth e ne w e ffe cts s uch as w indow anim ations and drop s h adow s . Afte r e nabl ing th e e ffe cts , th e de s k top s l ow e d q uite a bit. M oving w indow s be cam e s l ow and th e anim ations w e re pre tty m uch non-e xis te nt due to l ag.

Ne e dl e s s to s ay, I s oon dis abl ed th e m but I'm s ure th e y jus t ne e d s om e tw e ak ing and w il lbe gre at in KD E 4.1. Th e th e m e for w indow borde rs and icons is be autifuland

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wel lpol is h e d. Ve ry profe s s ional l ook ing. Th e de faul t back ground is a bit bl and, but th e re are s e ve ralne w w al l pape rs to ch oos e from .

Th e K m e nu h as ch ange d q uite dram atical l y. It is now s h ow n in, w h at I can onl y de s cribe , as a w indow of s orts . You ch oos e th e cate gory (Inte rne t, O ffice e tc.) th e n th e ite m s in th at cate gory sl ide in from righ t to l e ft and you ch oos e th e appl ication you w ant.

A s trip dow n th e l e ft of th e appl ications l is t al l ow s you to re turn to th e cate gory l is t. It tak e s a bit of ge tting us e d to, but I do l ik e it. It ce rtainl y tak e s up l e s s s cre e n s pace th an th e us ualpop up and pop out m e nu.

Konq ue ror w as th e Sw is s arm y k nife of KD E. It w as a fil e m anage r, an Inte rne t brow s e r, e ve ryth ing! Now th e KD E te am h ave cre ate d D ol ph in, a trim and s ve l te fil e m anage r w h ich m ade a brie f appe arance in KD E 3 unde r Kubuntu Guts y. Tw o th ings h e re : firs t is th at no m atte r h ow I brow s e m y fil e s , Konq ue ror al w ays s e e m s to be th e de faul t fil e m anage r. O dd cons ide ring D ol ph in w as th e de faul t in Guts y!

Se cond is th at s ince I'm us ing KD E 4 h and in h and w ith KD E 3, I now h ave tw o e ntrie s in th e K m e nu for D ol ph in and can us e e ith e r th e s h iny ne w KD E 4.0 D ol ph in or th e ol d D ol ph in (be l ow ). Be s t of both w orl ds I s uppos e .

D ol ph in h as s om e nice ne w fe ature s s uch as fil e rating, com m e nts and tagging (be l ow ). So you can rate your fil e s w ith s tars (out of five ) and add a com m e nt w h ich w il lbe th e re ne xt tim e you s e l e ct th at fil e . Nice !

Tags w ork in th e s am e w ay as th e y do on th e Inte rne t. It's m ore of a 'find h el pe r' of s orts .

I w as now w onde ring if it w as pos s ibl e to re s ize a w idge t as I q uite fancie d h aving th e cl ock a touch s m al l e r. Took m e a w h il e , but I found it e ve ntual l y and it w as n't e xactl y gl aringl y obvious . Be s ide th e w idge t are th re e icons . O ne is a s m al l s panne r for prope rtie s , one is s im il ar to a rotate or undo icon and one is a re d cros s for cl os ing th e w idge t.

Se e m s th at cl ick ing and h ol ding on th at rotate /undo type icon and

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m oving th e m ous e up and dow n w il l , as e xpe cte d, rotate th e icon but m oving th e m ous e l e ft and righ t is w h e re th e e nl arge or s h rink com e s in (be l ow ). Sne ak y!

O ne gripe I h ave is th at s om e of m y appl ications , for re as ons unk now n, m ay h ave a fancy KD E 4.0 borde r, but th e appl ication its e l fl ook s l ik e it jus t e m e rge d from W indow s 9 5!

I th ink it's s om e th ing to do w ith th e m e s but I'm re al l y no e xpe rt th e re , I notice d it m os t in Fire fox and GIM P. M y oth e r niggl e is w ith th e tas k bar, for th e l ife of m e I jus t can not find a s e tting or option to h ave m y w indow s be com e uniq ue to a de s k top. An appl ication on de s k top one w il l s h ow on th e tas k bar for al l de s k tops w h ich is a bit annoying.

KD E 4.0 did s care m e once . O n l oading Ade pt (KD E Pack age M anage r) I w as as k e d for th e root pas s w ord (as norm al ). Ente re d m y pas s w ord and it te l l s m e it's th e w rong pas s w ord! O h de ar. Afte r a q uick Googl e it s e e m s as th ough KD E 4.0 s e e m s to 'forge t' th e root pas s w ord s o in a Kons ol e you s h oul d type : sudo passwd and you w il lbe as k e d for your curre nt pas s w ord th e n w h at you w oul dl ik e to ch ange it to. I jus t k e pt it th e s am e pas s w ord.

Re l oade d Ade pt, gave it th e root pas s w ord and al lw as w e l l . Ph e w !

Th at w as cl os e !

- O nce ins tal l e d, I l ogge d out of m y be l ove d Gnom e and proce e de d to m y XFCE l og in s cre e n.

I ch ange d th e s e s s ion to KD E 4 and l ogge d in, h oping for th e be s t.

Succe s s ! Noth ing brok e . I w as in KD E 4.0. Afte r e nduring th e KD E l ogon s ound (I h ate al lth e KD E s ounds ), th e firs t th ing th at s truck m e w as al l th e h ide ous icons cl utte ring m y de s k top. O ve r th e tim e I've h ad Guts y I've dow nl oade d al ls orts of rubbis h w h ich I've ne ve r both e re d to tidy up, and as th e pe rce ntage of m y tim e us ing Guts y h as be e n w ith O pe nBox, w h ich doe s n't h ave a de s k top as de faul t, I've ne ve r h ad a m otive to re m ove th e m . W h e n I re ce ntl y s w itch e d back to gnom e (m y de s ire for Com piz Fus ion h ad grow n too m uch for m e to h andl e)I jus t dis abl e d th e de s k top s traigh t off.

I dis abl e d th e icons , and l ook e d into KD E 4.0 s om e m ore .

Th e ne xt th ing I fe l t ne e de d inve s tigating w as th e s ym bolin th e corne r, w h ich h igh l igh ting re ve al e d w as for adding w idge ts (righ t). At th e

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m om e nt KD E 4.0 is jus t one big buck e t of w idge ts . Eve ryth ing is a w idge t. Th e tas k bar is a w idge t, th e cl ock is a w idge t, th e m e nu is a w idge t, e ve ryth ing is a w idge t. I adde d an anal og cl ock and re -s ize d it to us e up th e m ajority of th e de s k top, th e n re al is e d it w as bl urry, s o ch ange d it back to th e s tandard s ize . I pl aye d w ith s om e of th e oth e r w idge ts (be l ow ) th at w e re al re ady th e re th e n de cide d to m ove on.

Th e ne xt th ing th at ne e de d doing w as to e nabl e s om e graph ical e ffe cts . I cl ick e d on th e K m e nu and s e arch e d for 'pre f', and by th at point th e pre fe re nce s h ad al re ady be e n m ove d to th e top of th e s e arch l is t. It w as n't obvious th at I h ad cl ick e d in th e s e arch box as th e re w as no fl as h ing curs or, but it w ork e d none th e l e ss.

I e nabl e d al lth e graph icale ffe cts I coul d find, th e n te s te d out th e e ffe cts . I didn't s e e a l ot of diffe re nce h aving e nabl e d th e m , oth e r th an th e m inim is ing and re s toring e ffe cts .

cl ick ing com bination and th e de s k top partial l y m ove d off th e s cre e n, l e aving a w h ite bl ock w h e re it w as . I trie d a fe w th ings to m ove it back , but it w as no us e .

â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I've onl y be e n us ing KD E 4.0 a s h ort tim e and it w il lde finite l y tak e a l ot l onge r to ge t a m ore de finite fe e lfor it, but I'm h appy w ith it and w il lce rtainl y be us ing it on a day to day bas is . Th e KD E te am de s e rve a s tanding ovation for KD E 4.0. It's m ind boggl ing to th ink th at s uch a be autifuland com pl e x pie ce of s oftw are can be w ritte n by a group of pe opl e w h o rare l y s e e e ach oth e r!

H ad th e D e s k top Effe cts w ork e d s m ooth l y, I'd e as il y h ave give n th is top m ark s .

- I us e d KD E 4.0 for onl y a s h ort am ount of tim e , and can s e e it's pote ntial . H ow e ve r I don't be l ie ve it is re ady for e ve ryday us e ye t and s til lh as a l ong w ay to go. I'l ll ook forw ard to te s ting l ate r ve rs ions of KD E 4, but at th e m om e nt it doe s n't h ave th e fl e xibil ity/e as e of cus tom is ation m y de s k top ne e ds . de b h ttp://ppa.l aunch pad.ne t/k ubuntum e m be rs -k de 4/ubuntu guts y m ain

w rite r Andre w M in h as w ritte n h is opinion on KD E4.0 w h ich you can re ad on th e w e b s ite at: h ttp://url .ful l circl e m agazine .org/316441

I te s te d a coupl e of th e appl ications brie fl y, but not l ong e nough to com m e nt fairl y on th e m . At th is point s om e th ing odd h appe ne d. I did s om e s ort of a

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O N O PENG EU

M Y O PINIO N

W ritte n by Ste fano Al be rini

pun inte nde d to O pe nGEU's tw o e ditions ) al s o, Ital y is k now n to be s om e w h at te ch nol ogical l y prim itive if re l ate d to oth e r countrie s , th e re fore I be l ie ve th at th is be autifulinitiative give s l us te r to m y country. Th ank you to Luca and th ank you to th e w h ol e O pe nGEU com m unity.

O pe nGEU M oonl igh t Edition (above )

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n th e e ndl e s s panoram a of Ubuntu dis tributions O pe nGEU is a ve ry inte re s ting one , and

by Luca de M arini, a fe l l ow Ital ian.

I am proud to introduce you to th is Ital ian dis tribution and th at is be caus e firs t of al l , it is th e s e cond fam ous Ital ian dis tribution to e ve r s e e th e l igh t of day (no

I'd l ik e to s h are w ith you a l ittl e of m y th ink ing about dis tributions and Linux. In m y h um bl e opinion, dis tros are an im m e ns e tre as ure for our com m unity, s ince th e y al l ow e ve ry pe rs on to s e t fre e h is im agination and cre ativity. D is tros are al s o th e m ain part of th e Fre e Softw are conce pt its e l f: e ve ryone h as th e righ t to m odify and pe rs onal ize fre e s oftw are . Th is is re al l y a gre at conce pt. If I m ay, h ow e ve r, m ak e one pe rs onalobs e rvation: I th ink th at m aybe a be tte r coordination be tw e e n diffe re nt dis tributions of th e s am e fam il y (e g: Ubuntu) w oul d be a nice s ol ution s ince dive rs ity is s ure l y a good th ing but onl y if it w oul d com e toge th e r w ith a l arge r vie w of

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th e w h ol e dis tro panoram a. In oth e r w ords : I h ope th at in th e future th e re w il lbe m ore and m ore dis tributions , but pe rh aps th e y s h oul d be al lbe groupe d on a s ingl e Inte rne t s ite , w ith a uniq ue forum and s o on. In s h ort, al ltoge th e r but e ach diffe re nt from th e oth e r.

For m ore inform ation on O pe nGEU (form e rl y Ge ubuntu) pl e as e s e e our Fl avor of th e M onth (on page 6) w ritte n by th e cre ator of O pe nGEU Luca D e M arini

O pe nGEU Sunl igh t Edition (be l ow )

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h e virtualw orl d is final l y at m y finge rtips . Al t-Ctrl Le ftArrow : Ne w w ork s pace .

Al th ough I s it in m y l iving room /office w ith its ch airs , couch e s , TVs cre e n, tabl e s and book s h e l ve s , I can't s h ak e th e fe e l ing th at I h ave tw o apartm e nts . O ve r h e re from m y l aptop I gl ance ove r at m y w oode n couch acros s th e room w onde ring if I s h oul d m ove it to th e adjace nt w al land at th e s am e tim e pus h Supe rButton-Tab giving m e a virtualove rvie w (th e Sh ift M anage r app) of m y curre nt w ork s pace on Guts y s o I can us e th e w indow I w ant.

I re m e m be r about s ix ye ars back w h e n H al l e Be rry s tarre d in th at “ h ack e r” m ovie : Sw ordfis h .

And th e m ain ch aracte r, H ugh Jack m an (W ol ve rine ) h as a graph icalre pre s e ntation of a program th at's m e ant to h ack into a gove rnm e nt databas e . It l ook e d

M Y SECO ND A PA RTM ENT l ik e a m as s ive rotating orb. I'm s tarting to ge t th at fe e l ing w ith Guts y. I m e an, I can s e e th rough m y curre nt w ork s pace to oth e r w ork s pace acros s th e graph ical cube ! Ne xt th ing you k now I'l ls tick a fe w Sim s w ith furniture e tc. ins ide th e cube and w atch th e m inte ract from tim e to tim e w h il e I do m y w ork on one of m y w ork s pace s .

So I'm fas cinate d. I'm w aiting for th e day w h e n w e h ave Ubuntu running off a dode cah e dron or m ore .

O r m aybe it coul d be a m ans ion th at you virtual l y w al k th rough to your ne xt w ork s pace ?O r, s om e h ow e ach w ork s pace coul dl ook l ik e or be a pl ane t?

I m e an righ t now , w h e n I turn on m y com pute r, I actual l y ge t th e fe e l ing th at I'm e nte ring an apartm e nt, l ik e I ope ne d a door.

Be fore it w as jus t th at I “ fl ippe d it on” and coul d us e its appl ications .

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w al k th rough m y com pute r.

I'm not s ure h ow far th is coul d go (e s pe cial l y give n th e e xactitude of tw e ak ing I can do, dow n to h ow s l ow l y th e cube fl ips ) cons ide ring th e pow e r of pre fe re nce s in Guts y and th e s tre ngth of us e r input in th e Ubuntu com m unity. And th ink ing about a fe w of m y ide as m ak e s m e w onde r w h at e ve rybody w h o's us ing Ubuntu w ants to s e e or w ants it to be abl e to do (code rs and non-code rs ).

Final l y, w ith al lth is protocol th ink ing prol ife rating, th e l ine s be tw e e n de s k top and w e b, be tw e e n docum e nts and vide o gam e s , be tw e e n ch atting and m ul tim e dia, e tc. are al lbl urring s o m uch th at I w onde r w h e n I'm going to ne e d to fe e d m y l aptop virtualfood to ge t ne w upgrade s to m y s ys te m l ik e tam agotch i (re m e m be r tam agotch i?). Any ide as ?

UBUNTU W O M EN

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om e n m ay curre ntl y rank in th e l ow s ingl e -digits in th e Ubuntu popul ation, but I h ope , for m y daugh te r's s ak e , th at it w on't al w ays be s o.

Buil ding for th e l ong-te rm , w h at w e can do to h e l p th e upcom ing ge ne ration pre pare for th e rigors of m as s col l aborative cre ative e fforts ?Spe cifical l y, w h at can w e do now to fos te r th e s pe cific s k il l s e t of th e girl s w h o w il le ve ntual l y contribute to th e Yode l ing Yak ve rs ion of Ubuntu?

For s tarte rs , w e can h e l p pote ntialfuture contributors de ve l op s ufficie ntl y s trong voice s .

From m y ow n l ittl e corne r of th e m ark e t pre paring Linux h ardw are for Ubuntu, I h ave dis cove re d th at I ne e d to s pe ak m ore firm l y th an I e ve r h ave be fore . I re ce ntl y taugh t m y daugh te r, Anna: “ Th ink firs t, s pe ak cl e arl y, and cons tantl y re -e val uate .”

In orde r to buil d th is re s il ie nce , I purch as e d a “ s pine -buil ding

and you w il ls e e s om e w h o give up at th e s l igh te s t s ign of difficul ty. You w il lal so se e ch il dre n w h o pe rs is t. Th os e w ith an inde fatigabl e abil ity to m aintain focus are th os e w h o are curre ntl y w riting drive rs and re vie w ing patch e s .

Barbie dol l ” . W h e n Anna carrie s h e r h igh l y controve rs ialBarbie in publ ic, it e l icits s trong fe e l ings (s im il ar to th e inte ns e l y s trong fe e l ings w e s e e in Linux de ve l opm e nt). It h e l ps h e r practice s aying, “ I h e ar w h at you are s aying and I s til ldis agre e ” or “ You h ave a good point.” Th e Ubuntu te am curre ntl y h as and w il lcontinue to ne e d w om e n on-board w h o can h andl e controve rs y w e l l . Th e re is inte ns e be auty in th os e w h o can dis agre e in a w ay th at l e ave s e ve ryone 's dignity and grace intact.

W e can h e l p tom orrow 's de ve l ope rgirl s to de ve l op a h igh frus tration tol e rance . Spe nd a fe w m inute s w atch ing ch il dre n on a pl ayground

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Spe cifical l y, w h at can w e do to fos te r th is ?Cinde e M adis on, a program m e r at UC Be rk e l ey h el pe d h e r daugh te r, Kora, de ve l op a h igh frus tration tol e rance th rough one s pe cific, pivotalact. Cinde e tol d Kora s h e coul d h ave h e r e ars pie rce d if s h e cl im be d to th e top of a m ountain. Littl e Kora did it, pus h ing pas t th e ph ys icalpain, frus tration, and oth e r “ l im its ” .

Eve ry tim e Kora puts in h e r e arrings th at s e ns e of pe rs is te nce is s ol idifie d. Sh e doe s n't give up. Sh e pus h e s th rough to th e finalde adl ine .

Sh e 's th e type of girlI w ant on th e future Ubuntu te am .

UBUNTU YO UTH

W ritte n by Al vin Gao from w w w .Te e ns O nLinux.org

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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 opl e or s im pl y th os e w h o are young at h e art.

os t of you out th e re m os t l ik e l y h ave an M P3 pl aye r.

I'm w il l ing to be t th at s om e of you out th e re h ave one of th e s e :

th e norm alth ings you w oul d e xpe ct from an M P3 pl aye r pl us m any oth e r th ings incl uding a m ovie pl aye r, a Gam e Boy e m ul ator, a GPLve rs ion of D oom and m uch m uch m ore .

• : 1s t th rough 5.5th ge ne ration iPod, iPod M ini and 1s t ge ne ration iPod Nano (not th e Sh uffl e , 2nd/3rd ge n Nano, Cl as s ic or Touch )

: Th e iPod ins tal l ation w as re l ative l y s traigh t forw ard, drag a fe w fil e s to th e iPod, e xe cute a s cript and you're done . I w as abl e to q uick l y ge t up and running.

• : Juk e box 5000, 6000, Studio, Re corde r, FM Re corde r, Re corde r V2 and O ndio • M 5L •

: iAudio X5, X5V, X5L, M 5 and : H 100, H 300 and H 10 s e rie s

• : Sans a c200, e 200 and e 200R s e rie s (not th e v2 m ode l s) • : Gigabe at X and F s e rie s (not th e S s e rie s )

If s o, your m p3 pl aye r can run . Rock box, avail abl e at h ttp://w w w .rock box.org, is an al te rnative , ope n s ource , firm w are th at provide s m any fe ature s th at you w oul d norm al l y not ge t w ith th e de faul t firm w are . Incl ude d are

: Ugl y! Th e de faul t Rock box th e m e l ook s aw ful(l e ft).

Fortunate l y, you can dow nl oad th e m e s from h ttp://w w w .rock box-th e m e s .org/.

Th e re 's e ve n an Ubuntu th e m e ! : Th e Rock box inte rface is ve ry e as y to figure out, th e re w as re al l y no s ignificant l e arning curve invol ve d. Th e s e ttings w e re (for th e

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m os t part) w h e re I e xpe cte d th e m to be . : Rock box h as a m ul titude of pl ug-ins , gam e s and apps . Som e w ork be tte r th an oth e rs . W h il e s om e are us e ful oth e rs are not s o us e ful , s uch as th e batte ry be nch m ark ing tool .I don't k now about you, but I'd trade th e batte ry be nch m ark ing toolfor a pack age d Pe rl inte rpre te r. But, I digre s s . Th e gam e s on Rock box are ce rtainl y m uch be tte r th an th e one s th at cam e w ith m y iPod, and th e fact th at I can w atch m ovie s on m y firs t ge ne ration Nano is al so a big pl us . : In m y h um bl e opinion, Rock box is a gre at al te rnative to th e firm w are on your M P3 pl aye r. I s trongl y re com m e nd th at you ins tal lit.

Be l ie ve m e , you'l lbe h appy th at you did.

SO UND BITES

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aving re l e as e d th e Ful l Circl e podcas t pil ot th e ve rdict is in. O ne of th e bigge s t com pl aints as ide from th e re pe titive ne s s of Th e Ch ris tm as Ch e e s e Pol k a w as th e q ual ity of th e re cording. Th e s ound q ual ity w as atrocious due to Gizm o w h ich is a SIP-bas e d VoIP s e rvice w h ich w as us e d to re cord th e s h ow . Th e re as on w e ch os e it w as be caus e it h ad s om e th ing th at oth e r s oftw are VoIP provide rs don't: a buil t in confe re nce re cording fe ature . At a pre s s of th e button, th e s ound is re corde d (as a W AV fil e ) th e n l oade d in to Audacity to go th rough e diting. Th is h as w ork e d re l iabl y for Th e Pe nguin Ce ntralpodcas t, but s om e h ow th e q ual ity of th e audio w as n't as good as it h as be e n in th e pas t.

O ne of our pane l is ts , Em m anue l M oral e s , and m ys e l f w e nt out on a q ue s t to find a re pl ace m e nt VoIP s e rvice to re cord th e s h ow .

H e re are s om e th ings you m ay h e ar on th e ne xt e pis ode of th e podcas t. If you h ave an ide a or w ant to tak e part th e n e m ailour h os t, M atth e w Ros s i, at podcas t@ ful l circl e m agazine .org

W e h ave a crite ria for th e VoIP s e rvice s :

option of us ing th e ir l andl ine or m obil e ph one .

• Pl atform s Supporte d (W indow s , M ac, Linux, BSD , W indow s M obil e , e tc.) - Not e ve ryone h as acce s s to a Linux com pute r.

For e xam pl e : Em m anue lw as h aving probl e m s w ith th e audio on h is Linux box, and joine d us from a W indow s box on e pis ode te n of th e Pe nguin Ce ntralpodcas t.

W e h ope to bring Epis ode 1 of th e Ful lCircl e podcas t to you s om e tim e in m id-Fe bruary. And don't forge t to ch e ck out th e ne w Pe nguin Ce ntralw e bs ite :

• Softw are Lice ns e - Not s o im portant. I'm m ore conce rne d about cal lq ual ity ove r m oral s.

• Sound Qual ity - If it s ounds bad, it's not w orth it. Sorry, but w e don't w ant anoth e r e pis ode th at s ounds l ik e th e pil ot.

• Re cording Fe ature s - It ne e ds to h ave s oftw are bas e d re cording avail abl e . Eve n a th ird-party s ol ution is acce ptabl e.

• Eas e of Us e - Th is is ve ry im portant. If th e gue s ts can't q uick l y and e as il y us e th e s oftw are th e n th at w il lim pact h e avil y on th e re cording.

• Re gis tration - It s h oul d be q uick and e as y and not re q uire pe rs onalde tail s.

• Abil ity to Cal lLandl ine s - Th is is al s o ve ry im portant. Som e tim e s it is n't conve nie nt for a pe rs on to us e a VoIP cl ie nt on th e ir PC to conne ct, and it h e l ps w h e n th e y h ave th e

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h ttp://pe nguince ntral .unixpod.com /

W e are al so l ook ing for a re gul ar co-h os t w h o can be avail abl e, e ve ry firs t and th ird w e e k of e ach m onth , to re cord audio, e arl y Sunday m orning, be tw e e n m idnigh t and 0100 UTC. Th e form at of th e s h ow is q uite l aid back , not too ge e k y and not l ive , s o fe ar not, you w on't be on th e s pot w ith th e w orl dl is te ning to your e ve ry w ord. Th e s h ow w il l be re corde d via VoIP, e dite d and re l e as e d approxim ate l y s ix or s e ve n days l ate r Inte re s te d?Contact m e (M att) at: podcas t@ ful l circl e m agazine .org

LETTERS

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buntu is h ot now adays , s o i ins tal l e d it on m y com pute r w h ich al re ady h ad W indow s Vis ta ins tal l e d. Th e h ardw are s upport re al l y s urpris e d m e , al th ough m y ATI X19 50GT vide o card didn't w ork prope rl y. But th e n I s tarte d to h ave s om e troubl e w ith Ubuntu: 1. M y Fire fox die s q uite ofte n.

2. For s om e unk now n re as on m y Ubuntu be gan to run ve ry sl ow l y.

3. Eve n th ough i'm not us ing any 'l arge ' appl ications , Ubuntu runs at a rath e r s l ow s pe e d. M y PC is a P4 3G, 1.5G of RAM , 80Gb h ard drive , ATI X19 50GT w ith 512M b of RAM .

I re al l y e xpe cte d th e s pe e d and s tabl ity of Linux, but w h y is it not w h at I e xpe cte d? I onl y ins tal l ed a fe w th e m e s and M pl aye r from th e outs e t, and i didn't th ink it w oul d affe ct th e s ys te m s o m uch .

Eve ry m onth w e l ik e to publ is h s om e of th e e m ail s w e re ce ive . If you w oul dl ik e to s ubm it a l e tte r for publ ication, com pl im e nt or com pl aint, pl e as e e m ailit to: l e 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 !

Firs t of al lI w ant to th ank you for th is m agazine . I am q uite ne w to Linux and th e s e articl es h el pme al ot to unde rs tand th is w orl d. Th e Scribus tutorials e rie s is probabl y th e m os t us e ful .

I am l iving in a bl ock of fl ats s urrounde d by a garde n. Th e te nants are ve ry proud of it.

W e h ave w on a Lands cape Arch ite cture Aw ard four tim e s in th e l as t fe w ye ars from th e m ayor of our tow n.

M os t of th e te nants are m y frie nds and w e h ave s pe nt a l ot of tim e w ith garde ning.

And I w ante d to th ank th e m for th e ir w ork w ith a l ittl e Ch ris tm as pre s e nt. I w ante d to m ak e a cal e ndar w ith ph otos of our garde n.

Th ough i us e Vis ta as m y prim ary O S, I s til lh ope th at pe opl e w il ll ik e Ubuntu w h ich re pre s e nts Linux.

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I h ave ne ve r m ade s uch a de s k top publ is h ing be fore . So I h ad to l e arn a l ot. I h ave re ad th e w h ol e Scribus tutorials e rie s from th e firs t is s ue .

Afte r th at it s e e m e d to be a pie ce of cak e .

Th e re s ul t is s im pl e but gre at.

M y frie nds l ik e it, s o do I. I coul d give th e m s om e th ing s pe cial . And th e y as k e d m e to cre ate anoth e r cal e ndar about our ne igh bourh ood ne xt ye ar, too.

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jus t "s tum bl e d"onto your m agazine today. I l ove it. I'm a ne w Linux conve rt and find th at a l ot of th e re adings on Linux are w e l love r m y h e ad, your m agazine is th e pe rfe ct s ol ution.

I'l lbe re ading e ve ry is s ue , and l ook forw ard to th e day w h e n I m ay e ve n be abl e to contribute in s om e fas h ion.

Ke e p up th e am azing w ork ! You are be ing appre ciate d!

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re al l y appre ciate your m agazine e s pe cial l y th e Ne w s and th e Top5, it's al s o nice to re ad about th e pe opl e th at h ave ch ange from w in to Linux. Th at's a s w ap I al s o w oul dl ik e to do, unfortunate l y I s til lh ave s om e is s ue s and ne e d to dualboot.

I've onl y run Ubuntu for around 6 m onth s and e arl ie r I've be e n in contact w ith Re dH at, Fe dora, M andriva and PCLinuxO S but th e re h as al w ays be e n s om e th ing th at m ade m e k e e p W indow s . Th is tim e I'm re al l y cl os e to tak ing th e pl unge , e ve ryth ing is m ore or l e ss ok , but not pe rfe ct...

Th e s ound is l ow , e ve n th ough I've fol l ow e d th e h e l p on th e Ubuntu s ite but I can l ive w ith th at

it onl y catch e s m e out w h e n I boot up XP and I th ink th at m y s pe ak e rs w il le xpl ode .

Th e printe r, a Canon Pixm a IP4000, is onl y abl e to print 600 x 600 dpi w ith cups (e ve n th ough it s h oul d be abl e to print at 4800x1200 dpi) s o w h e n I w oul dl ik e to print a ph otograph I ne e d to go to XP. And l as t but I be l ie ve it's th e m os t annoying: I cant us e m y w atch (l e ft) or m y (righ t).

As I m e ntione d I've onl y be e n running Ubuntu for about 6 m onth s and I'm s til la bit of a ne w bie but e ve n th ough I s e arch e d th e Inte rne t during th at tim e I s til lh ave n't found a s ingl e app th at is cl os e to w h at I w ant in conce rn of training l ogs . So I now as k for your h e l p re ade rs !

I've trie d to run th e Pol ar Vantage s oftw are unde r W INE w ith s om e s ucce s s , it s tarts but is n't abl e to l oad th e data from th e w atch .

'H ac4Linux' is n't abl e to find m y

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w atch and I'm not abl e to re ach th e de ve l ope r (l ook s l ik e th e proje ct h as cl os e d dow n). TCX conve rte r can re ad s om e data from m y Fore runne r 301 (be l ow ), but I'm not abl e to vie w it and it doe s n't h ave any s tatis tics or cal e ndar function. KPe rs onal traine r and Kipin채 are far from w h at I w ant.

Are th e re any good training l og appl ications w ith good s tatis ticalanal ys is ?A nice cal e nde r and th e pos s ibil ity to re ad data from m y Pol ar Vantage w atch and/or Fore runne r 301?

Th ank you al lfor th e h e l p, and it's ok to dis pl ay m y e m ailif you be l ie ve th at s om e one can give m e s om e ide as in any of m y probl e m s (th e w atch , th e printe r, th e graph ics and th e s ound)

e b9 9 l am o@ k th .s e

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Th e re are a l ot of pl ace s w ith vide o tutorial s, incl uding h ttp://m e e tth e gim p.org/, h ttp://w w w .de s ignyourow nw e b.com /gim p-tutorial .h tm , h ttp://w w w .gim p.org/tutorial s /, h ttp://jim m ac.m us ich al l .cz/gim p2de m os .ph p and h ttp://w ik ivid.com /inde x.ph p/GIM P. Se arch ing on Googl e w il lgive you e ve n m ore s ite s if th at is n't e nough !

Q I w ant to try out K DE4.0

If you h ave an Ubuntu re l 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 q ue s tions @ ful l circl 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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Th e re are s e ve ralappl ications avail abl e to do th is w ith , incl uding w h ich is avail abl e in th e m ul tive rs e re pos itorie s , and w h ich you can dow nl oad from h ttp://fre s h m e at.ne t/proje cts /m andvd

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Be fore you s tart, m ak e s ure you h ave re m ove d any pre vious KD E4 pack age s , as th e y are incom patibl e w ith th e final re l e as e . O nce th is is done , add th e KD E 4 re pos itorie s . To do th is e nte r 'gk s u ge dit' or 'k de s u k ate ' in k de e ith e r at a k ons ol e /te rm inalor in th e run dial og box (al t+ f2). In w h ich e ve r program you are us ing, ope n th e fil e '/e tc/apt/s ource s .l is t', and appe nd th e l ine ' ' (w ith out th e q uote s ) to th e e nd of

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th e fil e . Save th e fil e and e xit, th e n you can ins tal lKD E 4 from ade pt or s ynaptic (you ne e d th e pack age 'k de 4-core '). You w il l ge t a s e curity w arning as th e re pos itory is not aute nticate d, th is is norm al , jus t cl ick O K. O nce ins tal l e d you can l og out, and ch ange to a KD E 4 s e s s ion.

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You can try us ing ' ' from ge tde b (h ttp://w w w .ge tde b.ne t/re l e as e .p h p?id=19 08), or us pl as h s w itch e r from h ttp://w w w .ge tde b.ne t/re l e as e .ph p?id=9 17.

W h e re can I find vide o tutorial s for Th e GIM P?

M Y D ESK TO P

As w ith m any s tude nts s tudying de s ign, Il ove a be autifulde s k top. I trie d to cus tom ize W indow s XP and I al s o trie d to us e W indow s Vis ta and M acintos h /O S x86. But w h at I coul d do did not s atis fy m e at al l . Afte r ge tting th e Ubuntu Live CD , al lI h ave to s ay is : Im pre s s ive !

Eve ryth ing I can do is unl im ite d. At firs t, I th ough t th at w ith th e inte grate d Inte l GM A 9 00 I coul d not h ave th e fancy vis uale ffe cts . But al lI ne e de d w as to ins tal lBe ryland I w as abl e to e njoy m y w ork . W ith th e pack age from th e M ac4Lin proje ct, m y de s k top l ook s jus t l ik e M ac O S X Le opard. O ne im portant th ing I w ant to note is th at I w il lne ve r h ave to w orry about virus ris k s .

Your ch ance to s h ow th e w orl d your de s k top or PC. Em ailyour s cre e ns h ots and ph otos to: m is c@ ful l circl 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.

Th is m igh t s ound l ik e a oxym oron but h e re are tw o s cre e n s h ots of m y D e s k top on m y Laptop.

Since I upgrade d to Ubuntu 7.10 I h ave be e n trying diffe re nt th ings w ith th e 3D e ffe cts us ing Com piz. I am ve ry im pre s s e d w ith th is w onde rfuladd on to th is l ate s t ve rs ion of Ubuntu.

Since I h ave be e n s h ow ing off a l ittl e I h ave s om e W indow s us e r s aying 'ooh ah h ' w ith th e ir m outh ope n.

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I am us ing Guts y w ith Com piz Fus ion and Em e ral d. I us e th e h um anubuntul ook s w indow th e m e , w h ich h as al lth e Com piz e ffe cts . Th e top bar h as re duce d opacity, and th e bottom dock is an Avant W indow Navigator dock . It us e s th e th e m e 'M il k y'. Th e back ground is bl ack , w ith a re fl e ction, and th e cube h as th e de faul t cube caps . Th e w al l pape r is cal l e d Le af Stagge r.

TO P5 D O W NLO A D M G RS W ritte n by Andre w M in

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

Your m onth l yl is t of Linux gam e s or appl ications from th e de pth s of th e Inte rne t. If you h ave an ide a for a l is t, pl e as e e m ail : m is c@ ful l circl e m agazine .org

H om e page : h ttp://code .googl e .com /p/gnom e -fre e l oade r/

Gw ge t is one of th e be s t dow nl oad m anage rs for Gnom e around. Lik e m os t dow nl oad m anage rs , it s upports fe ature s s uch as re s um abl e dow nl oads , re curs ive dow nl oads , s pe e d l im iting, and dragand-drop. But w h at s e ts Gw ge t apart is th e s pe cial Gnom e is h fe ature s it boas ts , l ik e Fire fox and Epiph any inte gration (us ing Fire Ge t), GConf inte gration, Gnom e Proxy s upport, and Gnom e notification are a s upport. You al s o h ave th e abil ity to run it from th e com m and-l ine , re ad M D 5 Sum s , and us e m ul tipl e trans l ations .

Th is Pyth on-bas e d m anage r not onl y boas ts fe ature s l ik e m ul ti-part dow nl oading but al s o h as one k e y fe ature th at al m os t no oth e r dow nl oad m anage r h as : BitTorre nt s upport. So ins te ad of h aving to dow nl oad th e .torre nt fil e w ith one dow nl oad m anage r and dow nl oading th e actual torre nt w ith anoth e r, you can do it al lin one s h ot. It al s o incl ude s a h andy tray icon, s im il ar to Gw ge t's .

And if you w ant inte gration into Fire fox, you can m anual l y add s upport for Fre e l oade r us ing Fl as h Got (ins tructions at h ttp://fl as h got.ne t/fe ature s # cus tom dm ).

To ins tal lGw ge t, grab th e gw ge t pack age in th e unive rs e re pos itorie s .

To ge t Fre e l oade r, dow nl oad and ins tal lth e fre e l oade r pack age in th e unive rs e re pos itorie s .

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KGe t

H om e page : None (contact th e auth ors at k ge t@ k de .org) KGe t is to KD E as Gw ge t is to Gnom e . It's a s im pl e dow nl oad m anage r th at w as s tarte d w ay back in 19 9 8 and is now th e officialdow nl oad m anage r for KD E. It can im port l is ts of dow nl oad l ink s , l og e ve ryth ing it doe s , q ue ue , tim e , autos h utdow n, and h ave a h andy "drop targe t"th at you can drop l ink s onto. It can al s o inte grate into Konq ue ror and, us ing Fl as h Got, Fire fox.

Al th ough KGe t is an officialpart of KD E, it is not ins tal l e d by de faul t in Kubuntu. H ow e ve r, you can e as il y ins tal lit w ith th e k ge t pack age in th e unive rs e re pos itorie s .

H om e page : h ttp://w w w .k ras u.ru/s oft/ch uch e l o/

H om e page : h ttp://w w w .dow nth e m al l .ne t/

D ow nl oade r for X (or D 4x as it is affe ctionate l y k now n) is a fairl y ol d dow nl oad m anage r (m ade around th e s am e tim e as KGe t). But don't l e t th at foolyou: it h as m ore fe ature s th an al m os t al lof th e oth e r dow nl oad m anage rs l is te d h e re . It s upports q ue ue s , s ch e dul ing, dow nl oad l im its , us e r age nt s w itch ing, proxie s , s ounds , th e m e s , and cl ipboard inte gration. It m ay not be th e pre ttie s t app out th e re , but it's jam m e d pack e d w ith tool s for th e pow e r dow nl oade r.

Th is cros s -pl atform Fire fox e xte ns ion is by far m y favorite .

Not onl y doe s it pre s e nt al lth e de tail s in a s im pl e GUI, it's al so one of th e fas te s t. It s upports batch dow nl oading and s pide ring, m ul ti-part dow nl oading, auto-re nam ing, and is bl azing fas t. In fact, in m y inform alte s ts , it w as th e fas te s t dow nl oade r of th e five l is te d, e s pe cial l y for big fil e s (l ik e th e Ubuntu CD im age ).

To ins tal lD ow nl oade r for X, jus t dow nl oad d4x in th e unive rs e re pos itory.

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