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Issue #6 - October 2007 INTERVIEW :

JOHN PHILIPS FROM THE

full circle
OPEN FONT LIBRARY

THE INDEPENDENT MAGAZINE FOR THE UBUNTU COMMUNITY


HOW TO :
PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS IN GIMP
LEARNING SCRIBUS PART 6
SETTING UP SAMBA

UBUNTU 7.10
THE GIBBON IS OUT OF ITS CAGE!
INSTALL :
UBUNTU UPGRADE - HOW TO
MORPH GRACEFULLY FROM A
FAWN TO A GIBBON

GENTLEMEN,
START YOUR
ENGINES!
TOP5 RACING GAMES SET UP SAMBA
SHARE THE GOODNESS
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News p.04
Flavor of the Month

full circle
Ubuntu Upgrade p.06
How-To
Photoshop > GIMP p.08
Samba Setup p.11
Learning Scribus - Pt.6 p.14
Interview - John Philips p.19
Poll - Window Managers p.22
My Story - My Transition p.23
Ubuntu Youth p.24
Letters p.25
upgrade Q&A p.27
P.06
P.14 P.08 Website of the Month p.28
My Desktop p.29
P.11 P.22
The Top 5 Racing Games p.30
How to Contribute p.32

P.30 P.28

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EDITORIAL

T
he big news this month is, of course, the release of Ubuntu 7.10 - Gutsy This magazine
Gibbon . I have done a fresh install of the Release Candidate of Gutsy and as I was created
write this the last of the major updates are complete and it is now final. Since I using :
run Kubuntu the one big disappointment is that Compiz Fusion is not enabled by
default nor does it have a simple tick box to activate said desktop effects. I am now
officially waiting until KDE4 for my fancy window decoration.

By the time you read this we will be announcing who will be producing the official
Full Circle Podcast. I am looking forward to this as I firmly believe the Ubuntu world
needs a podcast which will be informative, light hearted and family friendly. As soon as
we have a release date for episode one it will be announced on our web site and also in
Full Circle.
Brian DeLacey has written an excellent article about Gutsy over on the O'Reilly
ONLamp.com site - http://url.fullcirclemagazine.org/f35910 - which mentions this very
publication. Have a read over the article and don't forget to give it a "digg." The article
discusses what's new in 7.10 and has some excellent photo's.

Our stock pile of articles is gradually dwindling so we are looking for informative
articles for future issues of Full Circle. Remember: our audience is mainly beginner to
intermediate Ubuntu users so you don't have to be a rocket scientist to write for Full
Circle. For article ideas and information have a read through our Ubuntu wiki page at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuMagazine.

All the best,


Ronnie
Editor, Full Circle Magazine
ronnie@fullcirclemagazine.org

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The primary
Feel free to email news stories mission of
NEWS to: news@fullcirclemagazine.org
Please include a source URL.
Radio
Amarok is to
promote
Amarok and

UBUNTU SERVER MANAGER the


propagation
of free music.
Ubuntu Server Manager is a web based GUI which allows the user to easily - and Therefore our mandate is to play as
graphically - set up an Ubuntu server. It is also designed to run on previous versions of much free music as possible 24 hours
ubuntu. Some of the features planned for Ubuntu Server Manager are: a day, 7 days a week. Further goals are
to provide live informational "talk
shows" to enlighten users of recent
*Profiles export and import your
developments with Amarok and indeed
server setup, set up your server
the KDE project as a whole.
export the settings and import to
create an identical server.
Our target audience is Amarok users,
KDE users, and future/prospective
*Plugin based system , allows the
users of both projects. We aim to have
server to be enhanced with extra
a minimum of two live "talk shows" per
features.
*Ease of use , the interface is being week. Emphasis will vary between
designed to allow easy "tech talks" with developers, or end-
administration and setup. user information sessions with Amarok
or KDE publicists.
*One-click installation of new
services. Last but not least, our goal is to
achieve all this using Free Software,
utilizing projects such as Icecast/Ices
*GUI can optionally be used all the
and IDJC. We hope that our use of this
time or just for inital setup.
This project is still in development software will increase awareness of
and is looking for volunteer testers these projects and further their
and server experts. Also python, development.
bash, xhtml, css and javascript
If you have anything to offer: sponsors,
skills. Translators are also required.
artists, DJs, web developers and
If you would like to help out with this project, please contact oly@digitaloctave. com or designers, and at some point we’ll be
regiester with the Ubuntu Server Manager project at Launchpad : looking for a sysadmin. Contact via IRC
https://launchpad. net/usm or join the IRC channel #ubuntusm on irc. freenode. net (irc.freenode.net #amarok.radio ) or
email: mez@radioamarok.com

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BBC Quietly Announces iPlayer Nokia excites with GPS, Wi‐Fi
for Mac and Linux internet tablet
After many complaints from Mac and Nokia has
Linux users it seems that the BBC will introduced
release it's iPlayer for Mac and Linux. Supplying UK With Ubuntu PCs a new
A few people on the Ubuntu-UK mailing list pocket-
have noticed that UK retailler Tesco's have sized
begun supplying PCs with Ubuntu pre- internet
installed on them. and GPS
tablet
While they may not be top of the range PCs that's
they are priced affordably (without designed to complement rather than
monitors) at £190 for the eSys AMD 3600 replace your mobile.
and £140 for the eSys Intel Celeron.
The N810 connects to 82.11b/g Wi-Fi if
Intel PC: it's available or it can connect to the
http://url.fullcirclemagazine.org/0042dc web via your mobile using Bluetooth (a
bit like the doomed Palm Foleo). Nokia
AMD PC:
has signed deals with Wi-Fi hotspot
http://url.fullcirclemagazine.org/8d3da2
"The BBC has also confirmed that users providers including the UK's The Cloud
of Apple Mac and Linux machines will be for access.
able to use its TV catch-up service from Driver Update Can Cause In addition to a 4.13-inch 800 x 480
resolution wide display, the model also
the end of the year.
Vista Deactivation
The broadcaster has signed a deal with boasts a fold-out full Qwerty keyboard.
Adobe to provide Flash video for the "...I've finally had it confirmed There's an integrated GPS receiver as
whole of the BBC's video services, by Microsoft Australia and USA well, which allows you to pinpoint your
including a streaming version of its — something as small as position and find a wide variety of
iPlayer. swapping the video card or updating a points-of-interests using the pre-loaded
device driver can trigger a total Vista maps.
Currently only Windows XP users can deactivation. Put simply, your copy of
use iPlayer, downloading programmes Windows will stop working with very little Naturally, the Linux-based N810 is also
on to their PC and keeping them for up notice (three days) and your PC will go into intended as a music player with 2GB of
to 30 days. " "reduced functionality" mode, where you internal memory plus an optional 10GB
can't do anything but use the web browser memory card. And there's support for a
for half an hour." wide range of formats including iTunes'
Source: AAC.
Source:
http://url.fullcirclemagazine.org/34632b Source:
http://apcmag.com/vista_activation http://url.fullcirclemagazine.org/3fce9e

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FLAVOR OF THE MONTH
Written by Robert Clipsham u p d a te

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In this issue's Flavor of the Month we will show you how to upgrade your Ubuntu from Feisty Fawn (7.04) to Gutsy Gibbon
(7.10). Please be very careful, you do this at your own risk, we can not be held responsible for failed upgrades.

Make sure you have alt+f2), with an Upgrade button next It is likely you will see a
anything valuable to it. Click it to begin the upgrade message about
backed up! it is probable process. applications no longer
that everything will run being supported by Canonical.
You can safely ignore this, just

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smoothly, but just in case you
should back up anything click Close.
important.
Update and upgrade all your
packages. You can do this
via the Update Manager
(System > Administration >
Update Manager), or by running

sudo aptitude update && sudo

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aptitude upgrade

in a terminal.

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The Update Manager should
now say "New distribution
release '7.10' is available" (if When the 'Distribution
not you can run gksu "update- Upgrade' has finished its
manager -c" in a terminal or using preparations it will confirm
the run application dialog box - that you want to start the

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upgrade. Make sure you have When it has finished
saved and closed all open installing the packages the
applications/documents at this computer will request to
point before you click "Start be restarted. Wave goodbye to
Upgrade." I would also the Feisty Fawn, then click
recommend closing any Restart Now.
applications using third party
repositories eg. Compiz-Fusion
(you can close it via the system
monitor, System > Administration
> System Monitor). You can
enable it again after the upgrade.
Once you are sure you have
the upgrade it will probably remind
closed anything that could
you of those packages it mentioned

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interfere with the upgrade
earlier. You can choose to remove
process, click "Start Upgrade."
the packages or leave them there. I'd
recommend removing them to make
Once restarted you will be
sure the upgrade goes as smooth as
left with your new up-to-
possible, so unless there is an
date Ubuntu - 7.10.
absolute need to keep them, click
Remove. These steps are subject to
change as this guide was written
with the Release Candidate of
Ubuntu 7.10. Should you have

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any problems with upgrading,
you can get help in the
installation and upgrades section
It will begin to download the of Ubuntu Forums -
new packages for the http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdis
upgrade, then once it is play.php?f=140.
complete it will start installing the
packages. At some point during

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HOW-TO USE PHOTOSHOP
Written by Luca De Marini PLUGINS IN GIMP
Well we all know one of the biggest lacks of The Gimp is that is misses a good number of plugins. Photoshop is the one software
everyone loves and uses when they have to apply any sort of mutation/transformation to its images, or when they have to create

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outstanding graphics with the help of well projected plugins. For Photoshop there are hundreds of plugins around. Is this a problem for
The Gimp? Not at all.

any of you may not know Pear and for the second plugin, the from GIMP’s point of view a GIMP
it, but GIMP supports a freeware one, I’ve chosen plug-in.) This warning is
large number of Caravaggio from Xero Graphics. harmless (GIMP just ignores that
photoshop plugins, both in the file then), but if you want to
Windows and Linux versions, Installing PSPI and avoid it, move pspi.exe.so
thanks to this wonderful tool Photoshop plugins somewhere else and modify the
called PSPI. Now, let’s see how to pspi script to point to its new
Now it is time to install PSPI on
use it and what we can do with location instead.
your GIMP. The following is an extract
our new toy; paying nothing, of
from the PSPI site: After starting GIMP, go to the
course!
Xtns:Photoshop Plug-in Settings
and enter the folder where you
Getting Started 'The Linux packages include three
are going to keep the 3rd-party
files: README. linux pspi, a small
First we need to install WINE on shell script pspi. exe. so, the binary Photoshop plug-ins (.8bf files)
our Linux box (In Ubuntu, look for that wine runs' that you want to use in GIMP.
the WINE package in Synaptic),
then we’ll need GIMP and PSPI, of Copy pspi and pspi.exe.so to your
Preferably you should use an
course. We also need at least one personal GIMP plug-ins folder,
empty folder for this, and then
Photoshop plugin. To get started typically ~/.gimp-2.2/plug-ins .
install (copy) Photoshop plug-ins
and I downloaded two plugins, there one by one, verifying that
When you run GIMP it will issue a
one commercial and one each works. It isn’t really useful
warning “wire_read(): error” as
freeware. The first one is Designer to rush and install a great deal of
Sextet from the company Flaming
pspi. exe. so can’t be started directly.
(The pspi script can, though, and is Photoshop plug-ins at once and

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assume they all will work under analyzing the newly installed plugin: plugins. In my case we saw that
pspi. it is /home/darkmaster/.gimp-
But once 2.2/psplugins.
So I did what they wrote in the GIMP is
instructions and also copied my loaded I get Push the OK button and a
freshly downloaded PS Plugins to no error message will appear warning
a folder in my home that I called message as you that the new plugins will be
~/.gimp-2.2/psplugins. expected loaded next time you restart The
(The PSPI GIMP.
guide
suggested Testing the new PS Plugins
that an error may have occurred but I
didn’t see any). All works fine for
now. Proceeding with the settings, I
open the GIMP Menu Xtns >
Photoshop Plug-in Settings and this
window shows up:

Remember that this GIMP folder


we are referring to is a hidden
folder, therefore, you’ll have to
set your file browser so that it
shows hidden files. In my case, I
use GNOME and Nautilus. I can To complete the operation I
see hidden files by using the close and then reopen The GIMP.
Nautilus menu View > Show Even now I don’t get any error
hidden files. Hit the New button (In my message. I then load an image
screenshot it is the white sheet of from my HDD and then click on
Setting The GIMP UP paper with an orange star over it, on the Filters menu. The plugins are
the upper left corner of the above at the bottom of the menu.
As the guide says, I start GIMP screenshot) and choose the path
and it hangs up for some seconds where you put your Photoshop

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Let’s test them! Will they work? Rating and Credits
I start with Flaming Pear >
Aetherize and… wow it works! Ok, it's not a review but none
Here’s a screenshot! the less I rate this PSPI extension
for GIMP as a 5 out of 5, it does
what it promises to do and it
adds vital functionalities to The
GIMP.

A big thank you goes to the


WINE project, PSPI team and to
GIMP creators.

Now it’s Caravaggio’s turn and


Conclusions
wow, it works too! Another So I tested two random Photoshop
screenshot for the press: plugins from around the net and two
of two worked. Guess there’s a very For more PSPI info:
high compatibility thanks to Wine
getting better and better with each http://url.fullcirclemagazine.org/1fa7e2
release.. What can I say now? Enjoy,
and say goodbye to one of the most
deprecated defects of GIMP, the lack
of good and professional plugins! If
This is the result of applying the
you have the money, you can buy
Caravaggio filter (right)
and use serious plugins like those
Now doesn’t that look like a real from Alien Skin in Linux with The
painting? This Caravaggio plugin GIMP and PSPI now!
is excellent and it’s freeware.

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HOW-TO SAMBA SETUP
Written by Clinton Messer

B
This how-to assumes the following: You use the same login name on your Windows and Linux computers. You are using Static IP's
behind your router. You can use a text editor (Nano, Kate, emacs, vi, gedit, or whichever text editor you like).

asically, you need to do the Installing the packages performing the following
following: command at the command line
samba (Terminal window)

* Install Samba packages samba-doc


* Create your smb password for
sudo smbpasswd -a bob

your account (samba-doc means you can learn Then, enter your password.
* Create/Modify the smbusers file the finer points of tuning a SAMBA
* Modify the smb.conf file to enter setup) In the example above, bob is
the information for your users and the person logged in and
These additional packages may or entering the command on the
the shared drives they will access.
may not be needed, but I installed machine called bob-samba.
* Start the Samba Server
them anyway:
The process is really simple; it's By running the command
komba2 above, bob will get prompted to
just somewhat tedious.
create a password for a user
smb4k
First off, install your samba named bob. This username
packages using Adept, Synaptic or swat should be the same login name
apt-get. Kubuntu 6.10 comes with you use to access your Windows
the package “samba-common” Create/Set the smb password and Linux boxes.
installed by default, but SAMBA is
neither fully installed nor set up, Then, you need to set your user's Create/Modify the
so you need to grab the packages. smb password to be the same smbusers file
between windows and linux by
Once you've set the smb

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password, you need to either Locate the section titled in that section, locate the
modify or create the smbusers file entry labeled
[global]

If the following entries do not exist,


sudo nano /etc/samba/smbusers [printers]

Then, enter your password. add them. If they do exist and are set After the last entry for printers,
to something else, modify them to enter the information for your
In the smbusers file, modify/add read: shares.
the following line:
I place my shared drive entries
USERNAME = "network username" after the printer section because
workgroup = MSHOME

Enter your workgroup's name here it works for me but you can put
USERNAME = the name you are in place of MSHOME. them anywhere in the Share
going to use to log into the Definitions section
machine with. Using bob as an
example, it would look like:
netbios name = bob-samba
I named each of my shares in
Enter the HostName here of your the smb.conf file to match the
bob = "network username" *buntu box. name of the drive as it appears
in the /media/ folder. I
Save the file in your text editor Scroll down to locate the following
recommend using this method
and exit the editor. entry:
for the sake of simplicity.
Modify the smb.configuration file
You can copy and paste the
; security = user

Remove the semi-colon ( ; ) from following entries if you want. Just


the entry above and add the be sure to modify them to reflect
sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf

Then, enter your password. following line directly below it your drive names and user
names
You can use whatever editor. I
use nano since it's present in both
username map =
# My Shared Folders
Kubuntu and Ubuntu.
/etc/samba/smbusers

Scroll down to the section [DRIVE1]


In the smb.conf file, make the path = /media/DRIVE1/
following additions: ==== Share Definitions === browseable = yes
read only = no

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guest ok = no In place of the "USERNAME" entries Then, enter your password.
above, make sure USERNAME is set
Then restart Samba
create mask = 0644
directory mask = 0755 to the same username you use to log
force user = USERNAME into the system on both Windows
force group = USERNAME and Linux sudo /etc/init.d/samba
restart
The group name should be set to
Then, enter your password.
[DRIVE2]
path = /media/DRIVE2/ the groupname your Linux login
name is set to.
You should now be able to
browseable = yes

Once all these steps are complete, browse the network from your
read only = no

you can try starting up Samba and windows machines and


guest ok = no

accessing the shares. see/access/read/write to your


create mask = 0644
shared Linux Drives.
directory mask = 0755
force user = USERNAME
force group = USERNAME sudo testparm

UBUNTU 7.10 ‐ GUTSY GIBBON IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD

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HOW-TO
Written by Ronnie Tucker

PART 6
This month we're going to discuss Templates. Templates are crucial to a good layout. Your Template

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will lie behind your content and auto-generate page numbers. It is essential to plan your layout carefully because all your pages
need to work together to form a single magazine, not look like they've all come from different magazines.

irst of all, let's add a page to


our current page. On the
main menu, click Page >
Insert

Here is
where you
can insert a
single, or
several,
pages and
insert them
before or So now we have three pages, but This is where the settings for
after a wouldn't it be better if we had them the entire document are stored,
certain page or just insert them at side by side like having a real from the items down the left side
the end. Here, I'm choosing to magazine lying open? Well, we can of the window you can fill in
insert two pages at the end. Don't but just remember that page one is author information, set guides,
worry about the Master Pages bit, the cover and will always be by itself default fonts and all that other
we're going to create those but pages two and three will be side fun stuff. For now though, choose
Master Pages soon enough. Size by side. Double Sided in the Document
and orientation usually never Layout box and below that the
need to be touched unless you're In the main menu, click File > drop down menu should say that
creating a publication with Document Setup First Page is : Right Side, this
different sized pages. means that page one will be on

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the right side so page two will be The what happens when we return to
a left page and page three will be extra little normal content editing mode. To
a right side page, in other words: window return to content editing simply
what most left to right readers will that close the Edit Master Pages
be used to. Now click OK. popped up window.
is your list
of Master
Pages
(aka:
Templates). For now you only have
the one, called Normal, so we'll edit
that for now. Now this is important:
you are not editing any text or
images of content. You're only
editing things that are going to
decorate the page which are not
content, you'll see what I mean in a
I've zoomed out in the above moment. For now let's just add some
screen but you can see that page shapes, fade them and see what As expected, the Normal
one is the cover, the magazine happens. Master Page applies to all page
sitting closed, and pages two and in the publication so if you try
three are side by side just like a and move those shapes around,
magazine being opened. Why? you'll see you can't, they're
Because your template can have locked in place and only editable
a left page and a right page so in the Master Pages section of
you can make a nice layout that Scribus. Nifty!
could span across two pages.
Let's create left and right
But let's get to making template Master Pages to show you how
pages. In the main menu, click to apply them. Again, we click
Edit > Master Pages. Edit > Master Pages, now in the
So I've created some shapes and Master Pages window click the
made them transparent. So let's see top left button, looks like a single

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sheet of paper, this will create a Notice at the top of the
new Master Page layout. window is where we choose a
Master Page to apply, I'll apply
my left page here and if my
document had many pages then
I could choose to apply it to all
even
pages,
since my
Although the page has gone blank, left page
I'm calling mine My Left Page, don't panic. If you click the My Left here is
and in the drop down menu below Page you'll see that your left page is page
the name it says Left Page. Make indeed still there, safe and sound. So two, an
sure this matches what your I'll create my right page now. even
creating, otherwise the left page page.
you create will end up on the right And again close the Edit Master And click
pages. If that happens just edit Pages window to go back to content OK.
that drop down menu to fix things. editing mode.

So I've created a large shape for To apply a Master Page to a


my left page layout, for my right, I document page, simply right click on
just create another Master Page the page and choose Apply Master
but this time: Page

I make sure that my drop down


menu says Right Page.

Job done! Do the same for


page three and we're almost
there. Now remember: you can
be as elaborate as you like with
your layout. I've only used a
single simple shape per page but

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you can have faded images on page, like we do with Full Circle. need be, Apply To All Pages. I'm
there, nice colorful boxes and done, so I click OK.
what not so be creative. Just In the
remember that your text will have bottom But where are my guides? Well
to go on top of this template so half of sometimes they are turned off.
make sure you won't have black the Simply go to the main menu and
text on a dark piece of window I click View > Show Guides. If you
background, there's nothing click to want your items to snap, or jump
worse! have and align to, your guides then
three click Page > Snap To Guides.
One more thing your Master columns,
Pages will need is guides. then I
Guidelines essentially. These can tick
change from Master Page to Column Gap and have a value of 30
Master Page but it's usually best in there. So I could use that for my
to choose one versatile guide set text, but I'd like a horizontal line
up and stick with it. If you want to across the page, roughly a third of
do this it's best that you put your the way down for my header stuff.
guides on one Master Page then Easy done, we just click Add where it
duplicate the Master Page, by says Horizontal Guides, give it a
clicking the little button that looks value of 200 and we're almost done.
like two sheets of paper, then add
your left and right designs. Here One
I'll add some guides to my left last thing Now, lastly, the all important
page. First we go back in to Edit > to do page numbers. This is easy. Go
Master Pages then right click on though is in to Edit Master Pages again
the page and choose Manage to tick and click on which page you'd
Guides. the box like to have a number. I'll put
on the one on my left page. Click the
Here we set up guidelines which right to Insert Text Frame button – just as
we can snap to which can help us Lock though you were putting content
align text, images and other Guides on a page – and again as we did
things. I'll set up a three column and, if before, double click the text box

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to add text but, rather than type used it will auto-generate the page FULL CIRCLE
in text, go to the main menu and number. Put one on your right page MAGAZINE
click Insert > Character > Page and you'll see. NEEDS ARTICLES!
Number and you'll see a hash
symbol (#) appear in your text Be creative with your Master Pages
box. That's fine. but also be aware that when people Guidelines
view a PDF they can usually over ride
The single rule for an article is; it must
your double page setting and view somehow be linked to Ubuntu or one of
the document page by page so don't the many derivatives of Ubuntu
TIP: If you intend to have ten or rely on a double page layout to make (Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu etc).
more pages then make sure you your magazine look flashy, a lot of Please follow these rules :
do that insert piece twice to get times the user will view page by
two hash (#) symbols. page, certainly on slower machines. * Write your article in whichever
software you choose, I would
recommend OpenOffice , but most
importantly - PLEASE SPELL AND
Don't forget to format the page
GRAMMAR CHECK IT!
number too, give it color and size. * In your article, please indicate where
Now close the Edit Master Pages Next month we'll move on to you would like a particular image to be
placed. Please do NOT embed images
window. Scroll down and there linking where you can link in your ODT (Open Office) file.
you have it, one page number. internally, where a user could
* Images should be either JPG or PNG.
Wherever that Master Page is click on an item in the contents If you must use JPG please use very
page of your document and jump little compression.
to that page, or external links, * Regarding image sizes; if in doubt,
where the person could click on send a full size screengrab and we will
a link and be taken to a web crop the image before publication.
page. * For a more detailed list of the style
rules and common pitfalls please refer
to: /Style
When you are ready to submit your
article please email it to:
articles@fullcirclemagazine.org

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INTERVIEW JOHN PHILIPS
Written by Shirish Aharwal
OPEN FONT LIBRARY
The Open Font Library is a sister project of the Open Clip Art Library. The goal of this project is to collect public domain fonts
so that they may be used freely.

What inspired you to start communities desire, so the entire a project like this.
the Open Font Library (OFL)? operation is transparent and open.
There is the SIL Open Font License What goals do you have
My previous work on Inkscape and CC Public Domain declaration in for the OFL?
and Open Clip Art Library place to help free fonts for use, re-
(openclipart.org) and a desire to use and remix. Also, the software is I want to make this a super-
help build out communities where completely free software and using dynamic community that lowers
none exist. I'm interested in Creative Commons' open source the barrier for participation in
bridging the various free and project, ccHost creating fonts, which is a hard
open graphics communities and (http://creativecommons.org/projects/ endeavor to do! I'm particularly
the fonts-domain is a super weak cchost) interested in developing a
area. The thinking is that by friendly culture that makes
focusing a community of What do you hope to achieve lovely international fonts and
designers around fonts, the through OFL? also as being a place for free and
quality of fonts around the open fonts to be pushed
desktop will increase similar to We hope to improve the overall upstream. If one looks at the font
how Inkscape has helped improve quality of fonts on the free and open packages in various distros, it's
overall design of the free desktop. desktop. We want to have totally a mess! Also, there are
completely brilliant, free and super some fonts where the licensing
What advantages does the high quality fonts for anyone to use and/or agreement for usage is
OFL have over other sites on the free desktop. If that happens dubious.
offering free fonts? to solve needs for the larger world,
then so be it! But, we have found Can Windows or Mac users
It is focused on what the free focusing on a specific area is vital to use OFL fonts?
and open software/content

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Yes, there shouldn't be any I used to be anti-website engine in me. I try to structure out a road
problems. We are focusing on favor of pure html, php, and css. But, map for our community of
collecting both the source and have converted to building most of contributors, and then we all
output of font files. George from my projects with Wordpress. When I (ideally) lend a hand.
Fontforge is an active community first started working for Creative
member and has worked to make Commons, I was tasked with building How long did it take you to
this a nice reality. We have the up the engine behind the big music create the first version of the
good folks in the larger free and remix community, ccMixter OFL site?
open font community helping to (http://ccmixter.org). The engine that
make sure the site is useful. powers that site is called ccHost Half-day at best, because I'm
(http://creativecommons.org/projects/ an expert at installing ccHost. It
Is OFL the first site you've cchost) and there was a decision still looks quite similar to Open
worked on? made at some point that this engine Clip Art Library, but that is just
is the best way forward for building because we wanted to get the
Hopefully it doesn't look that Open Clip Art Library and Open Font core functionality solid before
way! No, I've been working in the Library. It is totally great to develop fixing the site's decorations ;)
field for like 14+ years now. I've on this engine and is underscored
been building websites and that Creative Commons has a full
If somebody made free
projects for ages. I started in free time developer hacking on it in
fonts which license should
and open source with Inkscape addition to other community
they put them under?
and have worked at various contributors, of which I am one now,
companies doing open site design That is a tricky question and I
since I have transitioned to being the recommend anyone [who's
and project building. Inkscape Business + Community Manager for
work transitioned into Open Clip interested] to talk to a lawyer
Creative Commons. about [it]. There are some
Art Library
(http://openclipart.org), which problems at least in the USA with
Anyway, in terms of tools I use:
always is in need of other how fonts work with copyright.
vim, ssh, evolution (for lots of
developers! I also have built large With the project we have taken
coordination), pidgin (for lots of chat)
projects for my present employer, the approach of both allowing for
and epiphany web browser for wiki
Creative Commons. no license (public domain) and
editing and testing.
the SIL Open Font License
How did you create the site? Note, that this project is a large because that license has been
(software, language, etc) collaborative project, so it's not just sussed out by SIL for free-ness

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and potential legality issues. So, I project is an open book, so its open Any suggestions for
can't really recommend what to you to change it! upstream free software font
license to use, but you can use tools to make font designers
Open Font Library as a great place Do you use free software to feel more at home?
for free and open fonts. make free fonts or do you feel
the need for using commercial If you aren't on our list and
I would say however that source software to achieve the same? talking with us, please do so! We
code licenses are not tailored for want to make the healthiest font
content, such as GPL and LGPL. I've used both [types of] apps. ecosystem possible!
The SIL Open Font License is George's FontForge is a great tool
tailored for fonts. that now has the ability to save fonts What advice would you
directly to the Open Font Library, give to anyone thinking of
How much time and how which is quite cool! starting a similar site?
many steps are there in
making a font? A brief list of software, what Make a solid plan and double
are your comments on the ones any estimates for how long you
Sadly enough, I don't directly which are in use for free font think tasks will take. Also, it is
make fonts. I'm the community- development: nice to have a plan for keeping
building guy on the project and afloat financially.
rely heavily on Dave Crossland, FontForge - The number one app at
George Williams and others to the time! Go George! It would be
handle this aspect of the project. great to get a GTK-based interface
They are great to talk to about for this and would open the door for
building fonts. In the times I've more developers, but that's been on
worked on fonts, back when I did the table for a while.
design, it is a time intensive task! John had plenty more to say on
Inkscape - Of course Inkscape is the subject of Apple, RedHat
Any specific suggestions for the best vector editor in the world! and the GPL. To read the entire
interview head over to our web
the free software community site :
so font designers feel more at Gimp - Gimp is useful for
home here? converting old typefaces, etc... http://www.fullcirclemagazine.org
always brilliant.
Yes, jump into helping out at
http://openfontlibrary.org The scribus-font-preview - Awesome!

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MY OPINION WINDOW MANAGERS
Written by James Savage

We ran a poll in Ubuntu Forums asking: What window manager do you use? Although not many people voted there were some
surprising choices and comments.

mrmonday pluviosity - I use a combination


Currently an of GNOME, KDE, and Compiz
OpenBox-GNOME Fusion, with KDE being my most
user. I switch used window manager
between window
managers
though. I'd be
using Compiz Hardly a surprise, but it seems
Fusion, but I've that GNOME out ranks both KDE
got over the and Compiz by almost 5 to 1.
graphical effects, Surprsingly, Beryl seemed less
and it uses 50%+ used than Compiz and poor Xfce
of my CPU since gained only one vote. Fluxbox
the last update - seems to be the light-weight
no update since window manager of choice these
and re-installing days.
yabadabbadont - Fluxbox built didn't help. GNOME with OpenBox is
from SVN. a great combination imo, mixing
beautiful low resource borders and a
saxonjf - I use GNOME right now, simple to use panel
If you would like to post a poll for a
but if it's easy enough to use, I future issue of Full Circle, please post
your poll in our Ubuntu Forums > 3rd
may very well go to Compiz nathangrubb - Fluxbox Party Forums section:
Fusion. http://url.fullcirclemagazine.org/c7bd6f

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MY STORY FEELING SECURE
Written by Mike B

I must admit, the first time I installed a Linux distribution I had that strange feeling of something missing. It took me a few
minutes to identify it since I had so many things to discover and understand with this new experience. Then, suddenly, a

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shocking cold wave passed through my body. A firewall, an anti-virus …fast…fast. Desperate, panicked I’ve started a two fast
two furious search using Google, for a Linux firewall and an anti-virus.

oogle is good, but not when for days and days, without booting but that feeling was still there a
you’re really sweating cold. into my Windows installation. But month later. I’d see myself
still, even though I knew that I was opening new search pages in the
working in a possibly secure middle of other tasks, searching
“Let’s be calm. There is no environment, I still had that feeling again and again on the same
hurry. No need to do damage by of something missing, and in some arguments almost unconsciously.
using something you don’t know.” cases, especially when reading all
Yeah, I was kind of right, but Linux that news about security and holes Then one day I discovered two
was such a thrill. I felt that I had and bugs and, and... I had a feeling packages that finally brought me
discovered something new, really of insecurity too. The calm of the peace: Firestarter is just a
big, I was entering in a whole new KDE desktop... no Zone Alarm or frontend for Iptables, the built in
world. Kasperksy alerts, no daily anti-virus firewall, which allows you to
updates, it was a stress I couldn't apply some rules easier and
I used Google, calmly this time, handle. “The syndrome of the watch your traffic. It has also
and the first thing I noticed is that desktop calm”, that’s what I called it. some alerts, and a red flashing
there were a lot of people with Maybe I had invented a new mental light, my saviour. And then
responses of the type: “an anti- problem, whatever it was. I was Clamav so I could scan ports!
virus for Linux? Nah, I don’t use suffering from it. Even friends more Even if there was no real-time
one. A firewall for Linux? There's experienced than I was admitted to protection. What did these
already one built in”. experiencing it as well. Was there no packages offer me? Not much.
cure for it. But seeing those small icons was
Since this experience with the what my mind wanted. t was a
new OS to enjoy, I’ve used Linux I was conscious that I was secure, fake feeling, but it was my cure!

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The future of Open Source is in the Young People of today; that's
UBUNTU YOUTH why this corner of the magazine is for young people or simply
Written by Andrew those who are young at heart.

This drove me mad, but I thought Ubuntu is an excellent OS for


it was the only way. In fact, I don't teens. It's easy to install things,
think I had a single bit of Free/Open so whenever you need
Source software on my computer. It something like a music
was all proprietary software that organizer, a word processor, or
came from those boxes at Best Buy. even a game or two, you can
find it in Add/Remove Programs
Now what about this: you get a on the Ubuntu menu. All those
new computer with Windows Vista. royalties and license fees are a
The next day, your teacher gives you thing of the past.

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a writing assignment. You still have
yet to get Microsoft Word, and you Not only that, but it's fun to
have never heard of FOSS (and let's learn something new. I cannot
used to really be into the “Box pretend for a moment that the even begin to tell you all the
Theory.” When you need Windows build of OpenOffice doesn't things I have learned in the past
something, there is a box at exist). There is no time to go to the year or so that I've been running
your local computer store to cover computer store, and this paper is Ubuntu Linux.
it. Inside the box was a CD, small due tomorrow.
pamphlet telling you what you
That's why I think that Ubuntu is
can't do with the software on the Andrew is the
the perfect OS for teens. You need a
CD, and maybe a coupon or two. founder of
word processor? There's one
Do you need a word processor?
preinstalled. Virus protection? The Teens on
$200 and up will get you one of Linux which
very fact that you're using Ubuntu is
many colorful boxes at Best Buy. featured
virus protection! What if your
Have some viruses? There are recently in the
teacher wants some pictures with
boxes for that too. There were UK magazine Linux Format
that paper? No problem! Just go to
boxes for everything. http://www.teensonlinux.org
Add/Remove and find what you need.

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LETTERS Every month we like to publish some of the emails we receive. If you would like to

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submit a letter for publication, even if it's a compliment or complaint, please email it
to: letters@fullcirclemagazine.org. PLEASE NOTE: some letters may be edited for space

irst off, the bad news: I think also have had a problem with absolutely stellar presentation!)
you misplaced a screenshot .mkv files and anything above and we look forward to similar
or two in the Top 5 category 1280x1024. I've found that types of articles. In addition to
this month. Unless I'm badly mplayer is the software to use for that fabulous article, I think
mistaken, the screenshot shown these files. It's the only package many new users would be
for "Glest" is actually a screenshot that decodes the video files in a way particularly interested in the
from the wonderful game "Battle that's not resource intensive. Please concise "My Desktop" article. If
For Wesnoth". pass that info on to Walter for me. anything, this article should be
Thanks! expanded to a minimum of two
Thank you very much for the pages. Having a spotlight on
excellent VirtualBox article. I had Anthony Stellato software (such as the Top 5
tried recently to install VirtualBox Stragegy Games) is a wonderful
on Feisty, but I had had problems Ed: Several people wrote in idea that can help new and even
with user groups. This article suggesting Mplayer as the best video veteran users become aware of
clears up all my problems! player for large MKV files, some also the best of the software

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suggested you install the restricted available. I wasn't aware of 4
Stephen Nabholz video drivers Walter. Do let us know out of 5 of those games you
how it goes. listed!
Ed: Yep, sorry about that, there
was indeed a bit of a mix up was recently introduced to Full So, thank you guys very much
between a couple of the Top5 Circle (Issue #5 is my first for putting so much effort into
screens. Glad to be of help with experience), and my wife and I this publication. I look forward
the VirtualBox article. Quite a few are quite impressed. The entire to the next edition and I will be
people have emailed us to say issue comes across as professional, downloading the first 4 issues
that they enjoyed it. Big pat on and the editing quality is very good. right away!
the back goes to writer Luca De
Marini who's written several good We both enjoyed the article about Mike Ireland
articles for us. CoLoCo (kudos to those guys for
putting on what must have been an

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I
absolutely love Ubuntu Linux. I a forum member for the first
love it so much that I really time.
want to contribute. But the * The graphics improved without
thing is, I can't program. Are there having to buy a new video card
any tips you could give me on (Windows would need one to do
where to learn? the same thing!)
* I can keep this computer (AMD
Tommy Alsemgeest 2200 Sempron) for another 3
years easy with Linux!

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Ed: No comment! I'm throwing this * No viruses, etc.
one out to the programmers! Guys,
what's the best language to learn for I missed the command line
or those who are not aware of and batch files but after 2 weeks

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helping out in the Ubuntu
community? the details of this car, it was of Scripts / Sudo / Anacron I have
debuted at the Mozilla 24 control over everything. It's
"Firefox Rock Festival" in Tokyo on more 'raw' but that's the fun part
y question is about Linux Sept. 15th. It will go on to compete in - total control.
Certification and in the largest all-Japan custom car show
particular Ubuntu in Nagoya later in September. I am truly enjoying using my

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Certification. computer again like I did during
Gen Kanai (Flickr.com user) the '90's. But instead of buying
Could you explain a little more hardware so frequently I can
about the Ubuntu Certification? aximumPC magazines June enjoy the free Distro's!
Where can I get the literature? issue promoted going to
What are the "must have" study Linux and Ubuntu was the William Covington
books? Are there any online tools distro focused on.
to prepare for exams? Thanks a lot Ed: <memories> Ah the 90's, I
I setup a Dual Boot with Ubuntu / remember them well. My Atari
Akall XP and I could not be happier! ST being sold off to get that
Amiga A500. My friend showing
Ed: As far as I'm aware the Ubuntu * Linux is Fast off his flashy 486 PC with Doom
Certification hasn't begun as yet but * Everything is free in a small window. Them were
I'm sure the good folks at Canonical * All the information you could the days! </memories>
can answer this one? possibly need is out there. I became

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Q&A If you have an Ubuntu related question which needs answering, email it to us here
at questions@fullcirclemagazine.org, and we'll pass them to Robert for answering
Written by Robert Clipsham

A
in a future issue.

Q I have seen that some


Q How can I get the trash icon To do this you need to edit

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people have 'Ubuntu User' on my desktop? your menu.lst. First back it
or 'Linux Registered User' in up in case you make a

A
their signatures. How can I get mistake - cp /boot/grub/menu.lst
one? Simply press alt+f2, then /boot/grub/menu.lst.backup.
enter 'gconf-editor' in the box Then you can edit it with 'gksudo
Simply visit that appears. Navigate to gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst'. You
http://counter.li.org to be /apps/nautilus/desktop, and check need to change the 'default'
counted as a linux user, or the 'trash_icon_visible' box. You can value to the number windows is
http://ubuntucounter.geekosophica also add other icons in the same on the list. Each 'title' counts as
l.net for an Ubuntu User. section. Close the window when one. For more information see
you're done, and you will have the

Q
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub
trash icon on your desktop. /manual/grub.html#default, or
?t=290323
the post mentioned below.
Is it possible to use a file http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=

A Q
390429
browser to view files over http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.ph

Q
ssh? p?t=574789

I'm new to Ubuntu, and I'm


Yes. Go to 'Places >
not ready to use it as my How can I upgrade to the

A
Connect to Server', select
default operating system yet. Gutsy Gibbon?
'SSH' in the 'Service Type'
How can I make Windows the default?
Menu. You can then enter your
details and choose your options.
You can use this method for other Have a look on page 6
How can I get 'Ubuntu (this issue's Flavor of the
types of connections too. User' and 'Linux Month) for how to upgrade.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php Registered User titles?
?t=558293

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WEBSITE OF THE MONTH
Written by Daniel Cohen

The aim of this section is to find decent and relatively unknown websites that will help you with your daily Ubuntu needs (and general
curiosity). I will sum up the good and the bad points of the website, and -- with any luck -- the website owner will read the article and
then rectify any problems mentioned!

So each day you get a new tip on The best part about this
how to do something. Much of the website is that there is an RSS
time it won't be needed by you, but feed. I won't go over what it is
often you can find little tweaks that but I will say that it is what
can save time or just generally makes this website so good.
improve your Ubuntu experience. Even with all of the organized
categories and archives, it would
Blogs that use various tools online still be a pain to go there
to make them all have a familiar everyday to check up that day's
layout, and this site is no exception. how-to, only to are not
To accompany the nice layout is a interested and have just wasted
good neutral theme which is easy on your time. With the RSS feed it
the eyes and makes everything look conveniently allows you to have
Ubuntu Tutorials very clear.
http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/ it alongside all of your other

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daily feeds (Slashdot, Sky, BBC
Entries are organized on the left-
etc.), and so can see the
hand side in various categories
headline of the latest tip without
his month's website is which allows you to find old posts
having to use your browser.
somewhat different than the that are in categories relevant to
previous websites. But that you. It also sorts them out into Even if you only get an
isn't a bad thing. Ubuntu-tutorials monthly archives and has the latest interesting article every few
is a blog done by someone which ten on that side as to make it easy weeks – because there is so little
gives daily tips or how-tos. for you to find them instead of effort needed to use these
having to scroll down for a long time. resources, you may as well.

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This is your chance to show the world your fancy desktop or PC. Please email your screenshots and
MY DESKTOP

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photos to: misc@fullcirclemagazine.org and include a brief paragraph about your desktop, your
Written by Martin Topping PC's specifications and any other interesting tidbits about your setup.

y box is nothing special at all - Pentium 4 1.7 GHz, 256 MB RAM, 20 GB


HDD - which is split evenly between Windows XP Pro and Feisty Fawn. I
wasn't sure if Feisty would run on this computer, I also had a Dapper CD
and nearly made do with that. But then I figured if it can't handle Feisty I can
always uninstall. So I fired up the box, fed it my Feisty Live CD, and clicked on
install, and I haven't looked back!

The video card is a NVidia TNT2, which is good enough for what I do. I watch
movie DVDs on my box, and play Alien Arena 2006, and it all looks okay. I don't
have the fancy desktop effects, but I found some nice graphics and I like the way
my desktop looks.

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MY DESKTOP
Written by Steve Barcomb

thought I would share my brand new install of Ubuntu


7.10 and my simple customizations with the desktops
section. I suppose it's not much compared to others,
but it's easy on the eyes and works well for me.

Everything was done with Gutsy settings except for the


Ubuntu System Panel applet, the applet can be found by
searching USP Ubuntu on Google.

The panel and task bar auto hide but, I froze them for
this shot. The second shows the desktop when idle.
Background is a personal shot of Beaver Lake Nature
Center in CNY. Gutsy has been great.

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Your monthly Top5 list of obscure Linux games or
TOP5 RACING GAMES applications from the depths of the Internet. If you have an
idea for a list, please email: misc@fullcirclemagazine.org
Written by Andrew Min

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TORCS VDrift
Homepage: http://torcs.sourceforge.net/ Homepage: http://vdrift.net/
f you want a powerful racing game, look no
ant realistic racing? Then you need to try
further than TORCS, The Open Racing Car
VDrift. First released in 2005 by Joe Venzon
Simulator. It's gone from a 1997 2D soapbox
and inspired by Gran Turismo, Venzon
derby simulator to a powerful 3D racing game with
created a simple racing game powered by the Vamos
championships, tons of tracks, a thriving
Automotive Simulator. Two years, three programmers,
community, and all the third party tracks and cars
and a ton of code later, it's got extremely realistic
you can download. There are even two online
physics, 28 cars, 19 tracks, AI players, networking,
championships: TORCS Driving Championship and
and great looking graphics.
The TORCS Racing Board.

To install TORCS, just use your favorite package VDrift hasn't (yet) made it into the Ubuntu
manager repositories
(apt, (though the
aptitude, data package
Synaptic, made it in.
Adept, etc) Odd). Luckily,
to install GetDeb.net
the 'torcs' includes an
package Ubuntu
from the package for it.
universe
repository.

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Trigger SuperTuxKart Extreme Tux Racer

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Homepage: Homepage: Homepage:

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http://sourceforge.net/projects/trigger http://supertuxkart.sourceforge.net/ http://www.extremetuxracer.com/
-rally/
f you're tired of realistic racing, n 2001 the company
f arcade-style racing is your style, try SuperTuxKart. It was based on developing Tux Racer
give Trigger a try. It's simple: they Tux Kart, a game where users announced they were going
give you a car, and you have to race around a track and throw commercial. Tux Racer never
navigate a tricky path full of off-road power-ups at each other. For a saw another release after that
terrain with an extremely tippy car. while, Tux Kart did well. But it announcement. Luckily,
Go too fast, and you risk flipping off stagnated for several months. In PlanetPenguinRacer had started
of the road. But move too slowly, and December, a Happypenguin user a fork. Although it was popular, it
you risk being dominated by your named grumbel decided to fork a too was abandoned by 2006. But
cunning AI opponents. Disclaimer: version called SuperTuxKart. So in in March 2007 another group of
Full Circle Magazine is not held liable 2006, SuperTuxKart was released programmers decided to revive
when your boss fires you for with better AI, more characters, the project renaming it to
spending five hours straight trying to more power-ups, more tracks, better Extreme Tux Racer because of
beat Trigger during that important graphics, and tons of bug fixes. licensing issues.
meeting with the client.
By the time you read this, the latest To install, use the .deb provided by
To install, just use your favorite package version should be available via the Hamish or to follow the Building an
manager to grab the 'trigger' package in package 'supertuxkart' in the universe Ubuntu Package instructions at the
the universe repository. repositories. project wiki.

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