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Is sue # 11 - March 2008LENOVO 3000 C200 LAPTOP

ANDREA VERI

TH E IND EPEND ENT MAGAZ INE FO R TH E UBUNTU CO MMUNITYfull circle

LINUX M INT vs UBUNTUTRUECRYPT ON UBUNTUIPOD CLASSIC AND AMARO KINTRODUCTION TO LATEXCREATE YOUR OW N SERVER 3

LINUX MINT vs UBUNTU - W H ICH D ISTRO SUITS YOU BETTER?

W H ICH IS RIGH T FOR YOU?

Full Circle m agazine is not affiliate d w ith or e ndors e d by Canonical Ltd.

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Linux Mint vs Ubuntu p.06

True Crypt on Ubuntu p.08Ipod Class ic and Am arok p.12Introduction to LaTe X p.16Se rve r Se rie s - Part 3 p.18

: Le novo 3000 C200 p.20 : You Us e Ubuntu p.23

:A Kid's Story p.24

: Andre a Ve ri p.25p.27

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W e lcom e to anoth e r is sue of .

I h ope you've liste ne d to th e . Episode 1 is available from our w e bs ite (w w w.fullcircle m agazine .org). Initial com m e nts h ave be e n pos itive and I'm sure ove r tim e it w ill e volve into a fine podcast. Eve n w asn't pe rfe ct on it's first outing! Spe ak ing of w h ich :

April is our first annive rsary is sue . Th at's righ t, is a w h ole 12 m onth s old! I am in th e proce s s of gath e ring link s and inform ation about th e birth of , and som e statistics on h ow ofte n th e m agazine is dow nloade d and from w h e re . And, due to public de m and, w e w ill be starting a s e rie s of article s on us ing GIMP.

Last m onth , w e s h ow e d you h ow to com pile source code . Th is m onth I discuss h ow I got m y w ork ing w ith by com piling th e library. Ne xt m onth Andre w Min w ill talk about th e re sulting .de b file s and h ow be st to distribute th e m .

I h ope you e njoy th is m onth 's is sue and re m e m be r, w e 're only an e m ail aw ay. O r vis it us at UbuntuForum s .org > 3rd Party Proje cts .

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Th is m agazine w as cre ate d us ing :

Ubuntu is a com ple te ope rating syste m th at is pe rfe ct for laptops, de s k tops and s e rve rs . W h e th e r at h om e , sch ool or w ork Ubuntu contains all th e applications you'll e ve r ne e d including w ord proce s sor, e m ail application and w e b brow s e r.

You do not pay any lice ns ing fe e s . You can dow nload, us e and s h are Ubuntu w ith your frie nds , fam ily, sch ool or bus ine s s for absolute ly noth ing.O nce installe d, your syste m is re ady to us e w ith a full se t of productivity, inte rne t, draw ing and graph ics applications , and gam e s .

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Ubuntu 8.10 Intre pid Ibe xH ardy is now past fe ature -fre e ze and it's tim e to start planning fe ature s th at are be ing line d

up for inclus ion afte r Ubuntu 8.04 LTS is re le as e d in April. Th e re le as e , w h ich is planne d for O ctobe r 2008, w ill be nam e d "Intre pid Ibe x", and w ill m ost lik e ly be ve rs ion 8.10.Th e de s k top w ill once again be a focal point as th e te am w ork s to re -e ngine e r th e us e r's inte raction m ode l so th at Ubuntu w ork s as w e ll on a h igh -e nd w ork station as w e ll as it doe s on a sub-note book . A particular focus w ill be pe rvas ive inte rne t acce s s - th e ability to tap into bandw idth w h e ne ve r and w h e re ve r you h appe n to be . Th e ability to m ove from th e office , to th e train, and h om e , staying conne cte d all th e w ay, w ill be a top priority. Ubuntu 8.10 w ill be th e ninth re le as e , and th e fourth annive rsary of th e first re le as e - 4.10.

Ubuntu W e e k ly Ne w s # 79h ttps ://w ik i.ubuntu.com /UbuntuW e e k lyNe w sle tte r

Linux Clie nt for Savage 2: A Torture d Soul

Inde pe nde nt gam e de ve lope r S2 Gam e s today announce d th e re le as e of th e

h igh ly anticipate d Linux clie nt for . Linux

gam e rs can dow nload th e clie nt and s ign-up for a fre e account at w w w.s2gam e s .com .Th e original Savage : A Battle for Ne w e rth w on Inde pe nde nt Gam e of th e Ye ar in 2004. Savage 2 builds on e le m e nts de fine d in th e first gam e to introduce a w h ole ne w type of gam e th at de fie s ge nre .

said Marc D e Fore st, co-founde r and le ad de s igne r of S2 Gam e s .

Bus ine s sW ireh ttp://w w w.bus ine s sw ire .com

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Be ta Re le as eTh e Ubuntu te am is ple as e d to announce th e be ta re le as e of Ubuntu 8.04 LT (Long-Te rm Support) on de s k top and s e rve r. Ubuntu 8.04 LTS De s k top Edition fe ature s incre m e ntal im prove m e nts to fam iliar applications , w ith an e m ph as is on stability for th is s e cond Ubuntu long-te rm support re le as e . Ubuntu 8.04 LTS s e rve r follow s in th e footste ps of Ubuntu 7.10 w ith e ve n m ore virtualization support and s e curity e nh ance m e nts - e nabling AppArm or for m ore applications by de fault, im proving prote ction of k e rne l m e m ory against attack s , and supporting KVM and iSCSI te ch nologie s out of th e box. Kubuntu, Xubuntu, UbuntuStudio, and Myth buntu are also available in Be ta.Kubuntu 8.04 w ill cons ist of tw o diffe re nt re le as e s , th e com m e rcially supporte d one fe aturing th e stable KDE 3.5.9 de s k top and a re m ix fe aturing th e late st re le as e of KDE 4.0.H ardy H e ron w ill be re le as e d on 24th April 2008

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Full Circle Gam e ath on!So h e re ’s th e plan:• Nam e a s e le ction of fre e and ope n source gam e s (m ust be online ) th at w e could play.• Afte r a s h ort tim e w e ’ll post a poll for voting th e w inning gam e . O nce w e h ave a gam e , w e ’ll h ost a Full Circle tournam e nt.• W e ’ll se t up a le ade rboard, and w e com pe te for th e title of

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Linux in H e alth care – Elde rly ProductsA com pany calle d Blue H e ron Ne tw ork is look ing tow ards a Linux bas e d de vice to alle viate som e of th is burde n. Th e y are look ing to cre ate a ne w opportunity for Linux in th e ne xt-ge ne ration h e alth de vice m ark e t w ith a de vice calle d Re s ide @ H OME Monitor.Th e de vice is a "ligh tw e igh t Inte rne t de s k top e nvironm e nt" th at's able to inte grate a varie ty of s e rvice s . It is adm iniste re d re m ote ly by th e care give rs , w h ich could be th e care re cipie nts fam ily or a profe s s ional s e rvice s com pany. W h e n it com e s to ass isting th e e lde rly w ith th e ir dim inis h ing h e alth , th e m onitor com e s w ith a full se t of tools to coach th e care re ce ive r th rough th e ir e ve ryday activitie s . W h at m ak e s th is inte re sting is th at th e de vice is running Ubuntu Linux.Th e first ge ne ration prototype w as de ve lope d on a W indow s -bas e d .NET stack but th e n ch ange d to be ing Linux-bas e d and built upon fre e softw are .

: Linux W orldh ttp://w w w.linuxw orld.com

M ore Com pe tition for th e EEE PCManufacture r ECS Elite group is focus ing on a subnote book th at e ntice s custom e rs w ith strong pe rform ance functions and

a large s e le ction of ports . Alth ough w e w ill still h ave to w ait for price s and re le as e date s .ECS h as also s e ttle d on Inte l’s D iam ondville CPU, in com bination w ith th e inte grate d 9 45 GSE graph ic ch ip. Th e scre e n s ize s are planne d to som e w h at outdo th e Ee e : A large variant s h ould offe r 10.2 inch e s , w h ile th e sm alle r m ode l’s s ize w as first give n at 8.9 but th e n ch ange d to 8.2 inch e s . No inform ation w as give n re garding th e scre e n re solution. O ne h as th e ch oice be tw e e n W indow s XP and Linux w ith th e ope rating syste m s and a m axim um of 2 gigabyte s RAM. Th e inte grate d w e bcam h as a 1.3 m e gapixe l re solution. W h ile th e com pute r’s e xte rior m e asure m e nts h ave be e n put at 259 x 180 x 28.5 m illim e tre s , inform ation about th e w e igh t re m ains unk now n.

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Follow ing on from last m onth 's flavor of th e m onth , th is m onth w e w ill be com paring Linux Mint w ith Ubuntu. Since Linux Mint is a de rivative of Ubuntu, can it be be tte r th an Ubuntu? W e inve stigate .

To be gin w ith , w e w ill look at th e s im ilaritie s be tw e e n th e tw o. Ubuntu (above ) and

Mint (righ t) us e th e sam e re pos itorie s and s h are a lot of softw are . Th is m e ans th at any pack age you h ave on Ubuntu w ill alm ost ce rtainly w ork w ith Mint. Th e y both us e th e de fault GNOME de s k top e nvironm e nt and look re asonably s im ilar. If you pre fe r,

th e y both offe r th e KDE and XFCE pack age s as s e parate dow nloads . Mint also offe rs Fluxbox (available in th e Ubuntu re pos itorie s , but not e nable d by de fault).

Th e re are , h ow e ve r, a lot of diffe re nce s be tw e e n Ubuntu and Mint. For e xam ple , Mint only supports th e x86 arch ite cture (32-bit), so you w on't be able to tak e advantage of 64-bit applications . Ubuntu offe rs 64-bit as a s e parate dow nload, allow ing you to tak e advantage of 64-bit applications . Non ope n-source m ultim e dia code cs are installe d by de fault in Mint, but m ust be installe d s e parate ly in Ubuntu. W h ile such de fault installations are inde e d conve nie nt, th e y m ay be ille gal in som e countrie s .

Som e of th e k e y fe ature s of Mint are its s e t of de s k top applications to

s im plify th e us e r's e xpe rie nce . Mint include s applications such as MintD is k for m ounting NTFS partitions in re ad/w rite m ode autom atically (as doe s Ubuntu) and MintW ifi, w h ich give s you an e asy w ay to configure your w ire le s s card, e ve n w ith out an inte rne t conne ction. If you h ave a ne tw ork w ith PCs running W indow s , th e n MintDe s k top w ill be a w e lcom e application th at

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w ill autom atically configure your syste m to brow s e s h are d folde rs on W indow s w ith out first ne e ding to s e t up Sam ba. Mint also include s MintConfig (above ) and

MintMe nu (far righ t), w h ich allow you to e as ily configure Mint's m e nu and de s k top, along w ith oth e r GNOME s e ttings .

If you ne e d an e ffortle ss distribution th at h andle s m ultim e dia

and w ire le s s out of th e box, th e n Mint is th e distribution for you. If, h ow e ve r, you ne e d 64 bit, or w ant a h uge ne tw ork of com m unity support, th e n Ubuntu is th e be tte r of th e tw o.

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HH OO WW -- TTOOW ritte n by Joe Be rry

At le ast once a m onth w e re ad in th e ne w spape r about anoth e r im portant laptop be ing stole n. W e th e n find out th at th is laptop containe d th e nam e s of 20,000 e m ploye e s or custom e rs , including social-s e curity num be rs , bank -account num be rs and oth e r private inform ation. W e sm ile to ours e lve s th ink ing th at w e ce rtainly w ouldn't do anyth ing so stupid as to le ave pe rsonal, private inform ation available for any m iscre ant to h arve st. Righ t? Maybe not. Is your laptop re ally prote cte d in a w ay th at, if it's stole n, no pe rsonal inform ation w ould be gle ane d?

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M y ow n laptop contains all m y h om e financial re cords , including account

num be rs , passw ord-acce s s inform ation, e tc. I also h ave passw ord inform ation for oth e r online accounts . In addition, I save copie s of pe rsonal le tte rs I h ave m aile d out in th e past. All of th is inform ation is ve ry private , and I ce rtainly do not w ant it in th e h ands of a bad guy. So h ow doe s one prote ct th is inform ation w ith out inve sting s ignificant e ffort and tim e ?

Th e answ e r, of cours e , is a softw are pack age calle d True Crypt. Th e follow ing e xplanation com e s from th e True Crypt Us e r Guide introduction:

W h e n you s e t up a True Crypt volum e , you are e s s e ntially de fining and cre ating a file (calle d a containe r in True Crypt te rm inology) w h ich w ill be m ounte d as a file syste m . You acce s s (i.e . m ount) th e file syste m by e nte ring th e corre ct passw ord. From th at point on, you can acce s s any file in th e file syste m /containe r as

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you w ould any file in any oth e r file syste m . Th e softw are doe s far m ore th an th is; it h as m any additional fe ature s w h ich are be yond th e scope of th is article . O ne inte re sting fe ature w orth noting is th e “ h idde n volum e ” . Le t's say you are be ing force d to unlock your containe r (som e one h as a gun pointe d at you). Th e h idde n volum e fe ature allow s you to unlock your containe r and s h ow th e pe rpe trator th e unlock e d volum e w ith out re ve aling th at th e re is re ally a s e cond volum e (w ith all th e re al data in it) h idde n unde r th e cove rs . W ith out k now ing of its e xiste nce , you w ould ne ve r be able to de duce th at it e xists . It's w orth w h ile spe nding som e tim e re ading th e 9 2-page us e r m anual th at com e s w ith th e softw are .

True Crypt is available on Linux as w e ll as W indow s , both in binary and source . To install True Crypt on Ubuntu, you ne e d to go to th e True Crypt dow nload w e b s ite : h ttp://w w w.true crypt.org/dow nloads .ph p. Go to th e Linux tab and ch oos e "Ubuntu (x86)". You w ill e nd up dow nloading file true crypt-

5.0-ubuntu-x86.tar.gz. To m ak e life s im ple , save th e file to your de s k top. O nce save d, double click on th e file icon; th e Gnom e arch ive m anage r, File Rolle r, w ill ope n up a w indow s h ow ing th e conte nts of th is tar.gz file . O ne of th e file s you w ill s e e is true crypt_5.0-0_i386.de b. Drag th is file to th e de s k top and double -click on th e file icon. Th e pack age installe r w ill appe ar. Click on th e “ Install Pack age ” button and s it back for a fe w m om e nts w h ile True Crypt installs its e lf.

Now th at True Crypt is installe d, le t's cre ate a True Crypt containe r. Re m e m be r, th is containe r w ill, w h e n prope rly s e tup, look lik e a file syste m w h e n m ounte d. Start True Crypt by first ope ning a com m and s h e ll (Applications > Acce s sorie s > Te rm inal). Ente r th e com m and:

truecrypt

Th e dialog box (be low le ft) w ill appe ar.

From th e m e nu, s e le ct Volum e s > Cre ate Ne w Volum e . A s e cond dialog box w ill appe ar:

Se le ct Ne xt. Th e th ird dialog box appe ars . H e re you e nte r th e nam e of th e file th at you w ant to cre ate for h olding th e e ncrypte d file syste m . Th e n h it th e Ne xt button.

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You w ill th e n be as k e d h ow large to m ak e th is file /containe r. I h ave ch os e n 1GB.

Th e ne xt dialog box allow s you to spe cify w h ich k ind of e ncryption algorith m to us e w h e n e ncrypting th e conte nts of th e containe r. You can re ad about th e various options in th e True Crypt Us e r's Guide . Le ave th e de faults as th e y are and h it th e Ne xt button.

In th is dialog, you spe cify th e passw ord you w ill us e to ope n and allow acce s s to th e conte nts of th e e ncrypte d containe r. Re ad th e te xt accom panying th e dialog box for advice on ch oos ing a good passw ord. O nce s e le cte d, h it th e Ne xt button.

Th e follow ing dialog box as k s you for th e file syste m type to us e . Th e only available option is FAT. Just h it th e Ne xt button again.

At th is point, True Crypt h as all th e inform ation it ne e ds to cre ate th e

volum e . Again, you s h ould re ad th e instructions th at appe ar in th e ne w dialog box. Es s e ntially, you s h ould w iggle th e m ous e ins ide th e dialog box to h e lp cre ate random digits th at True Crypt us e s to cre ate th e e ncrypte d volum e .

Th e last dialog box is only a progre s s m e te r th at s h ow s True Crypt form atting th e volum e . O nce com ple te , you can tak e a look at th e file th at w as cre ate d. Note h ow w e can “ m ount” our ne w file syste m w ith th e com m and ' ' in our s h e ll.

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W h e n th e above true crypt com m and is e xe cute d to m ount th e file syste m , a dialog pops up re q ue sting th at you e nte r th e passw ord th at you de fine d e arlie r. Note th at w e are m ounting th e volum e on dire ctory /joe 0. For th is to w ork , th e dire ctory m ust h ave be e n pre viously cre ate d. If you do not spe cify a dire ctory, a de fault dire ctory is us e d.

Alte rnative ly, you can us e th e GUI (th e first dialog box th at cam e up w h e n you e nte re d ' ') to m ount th e file as a file syste m . I did notice one “ gotch a” w ith th is ne w ve rs ion of True Crypt. O nce you e xit out of th e graph ical inte rface , you w ould th ink th at th e program , true crypt, w ould te rm inate . It doe sn't. A Ctrl-C in th e te rm inal is ne e de d to k ill true crypt.

To unm ount th e file syste m (be sure you h ave no ope n file s in th e file syste m th at are be ing acce s s e d) e xe cute th e follow ing com m and:

truecrypt -d /joe0

or w h ich e ve r dire ctory you m ounte d th e True Crypt containe r onto.

As a final touch , le t's autom ate our tas k of m ounting th e True Crypt file syste m . W e ce rtainly don't w ant to h ave to ope n a te rm inal w indow and e xe cute th e true crypt com m and e ach tim e w e w ant to acce s s our file syste m . W e just w ant to double -click on an icon. W ith your m ous e ove r a blank are a on th e Gnom e de s k top, righ t-click and s e le ct “ Cre ate Launch e r...” . A dialog w ill

appe ar (s e e th e illustration be low ). For “ Com m and ” , e nte r th e follow ing true crypt com m and:

/usr/bin/truecrypt /home/joe/tmp/test-truecrypt/MySecretVol /joe0

W h e n you click on th is icon, a te rm inal w indow w ill te m porarily appe ar, follow e d by our dialog box re q ue sting th at th e passw ord for th is containe r be e nte re d. O nce th e passw ord h as be e n e nte re d th e w indow w ill close . In a s im ilar m anne r, you can cre ate a launch e r for unm ounting th e file syste m .

Th at's all th e re is to it. Practice by cre ating a sm all True Crypt containe r - until you fe e l com fortable w ith th e inte rface , and k now th at th e data is safe , ye t acce s s ible .

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HH OO WW -- TTOOW ritte n by Ronnie Tuck e r IIPPOO DD CCLLAASSSSIICC AANNDD AAMM AARROO KK

Forgive m e , Rich ard Stallm an! I w as te m pte d by value for m one y. I w as in ne e d of a

ne w MP3 playe r and saw an 80GB Black iPod Class ic for £160 (~ $300). Th e only snag w as th at it w as a 6th Ge ne ration iPod, and Apple alte re d 6G iPods to w ork only w ith iTune s (lock ing out us Linux us e rs). But fe ar not! Th e late st update to libgpod allow s th e iPod and Am arok to s h are som e MP3 love .

Ne xt proble m is th at it is ne ce s sary to com pile libgpod from source , w h ich is som e th ing I h ad ne ve r done be fore . But w ith th e h e lp of a fe w th re ads from Ubuntu Forum s, I w as able to ge t m y iPod Class ic w ork ing fantastically w e ll w ith Am arok .

Th e first ste p w as to plug th e iPod into th e USB port to m ak e sure Kubuntu could de te ct it (m ost distributions s h ould). I copie d across som e MP3 file s but

th e iPod still displaye d th at it h ad no m us ic loade d. Nice try; no go. W e now ne e d to dow nload and un-TAR th e libgpod source (from Source forge .ne t) w h ich can be found at:

h ttp://url.fullcircle m agazine .org/1a57cd

Ne xt, I h ad to install a ton of de ve lope r stuff by ope ning a console (lik e Konsole or Te rm inal) and typing:

sudo apt-get install build-essential libglib2.0-dev libgtk2.0-dev ligaguitils1-dev checkinstall

Th at installe d q uite a fe w file s . I th e n h ad to run:

sudo apt-get build-dep libgpod2

Now , tim e to actually com pile ! In th e console 'cd' into th e dire ctory w h e re you un-tar'd th e source (e .g. cd /h om e /ronnie /D e s k top/libgpod/ ) and th e n run th e com m and:

./configure

Th is did absolute ly noth ing for m e . Afte r a bit of re s e arch , I re alize d th at I ne e de d to tick th e 'e xe cutable ’ box for th e ‘configure ’ file in th e un-tar’d libgpod folde r (you can also just run ch m od + x configure ). Now it w ill run.

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Ne xt, still in th e console , type :

make

Scre e n afte r scre e n of inform ation appe are d; none of it m ade any s e ns e to m e . Not th at I saw th at m any scre e ns - I w as too busy w ith m y e ye s close d praying to th e Linux Gods .

Now th e com m and is :

sudo checkinstall

A w arning com e s up but, according to th e tutorial I re ad on Ubuntu Forum s, you just pre s s Ente r, th e n e nte r a de scriptive nam e , som e th ing lik e 'com pile d libgpod2-0.6.0'. Unfortunate ly it said:

0.6.0 - Warning Debian policy complaint one

I re ally w asn't sure w h at th at m e ant but it turns out it didn't lik e th e '0.6.0', so I playe d it safe and just h it Ente r and h ope d for th e be st.

Now a te xt m e nu scre e n appe ars in th e console w ith 11 options :

I ch os e option 3 first and e nte re d '0.6.0' to m ak e it look lik e th e scre e n s h ow n above (from th e Ubuntu Forum s post), th e n option 2, e nte re d 'libgpod2', pre s s e d Ente r and th e n praye d som e m ore .

Now w e h ave to link librarie s . In th e console , type :

sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/libgpod.so.3 /usr/lib/libgpod.so.2

Your libgpod.so.2 alre ady e xists? Sam e w ith m e . Le t's de le te it, th e n:

sudo rm /usr/lib/libgpod.so.2

Try again:

sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/libgpod.so.3 /usr/lib/libgpod.so.2

Now link th e s e cond library:

sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/libgpod.so.3 /usr/lib/libgpod.so.3

Ne xt, w e ne e d to find w h e re in th e /de v/ structure th e iPod is , so e nte r th e com m and:

df

w h ich (for m e ) lists :

/dev/sda1 /media/IPOD

W ith th at inform ation, w e h ave to run th e libgpod script to copy an XML file to th e iPod w h ich h as to do w ith th e ne w iPod de vice ID/s e rial num be r in console e nte r:

you m ay h ave to re place /de v/sda1 w ith th e location of your iPod w h ich w as re porte d afte r is suing th e 'df' com m and.

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ipod-read-sysinfo-extended /dev/sda1 /media/IPOD

W h ich gave m e th e re sult:

Command not found.

More re s e arch told m e th at th e re w as a ste p m is s ing in th e tutorial I re ad, so now I h ave to run:

sudo make install

w h ich did display a fe w e rrors , but also cre ate d th e

script th at w e ne e d. So, again I try:

ipod-read-sysinfo-extended /dev/sda1 /media/IPOD

No re ply. But, in th e Linux w orld, no ne w s is good ne w s .

Th at is bas ically it!

Th e tutorial I re ad said to uninstall Am arok and re install it, but I h ave to adm it th at I'm too lazy to do th at, and de cide d to continue on none th e le s s . I loade d up Am arok and plugge d in th e iPod. Am arok re cognize s th at

som e th ing h as be e n plugge d in to /de v/sda1 but isn't q uite convince d it's an iPod:

I h ad to ope n th e iPod in Dolph in/Konq ue ror (KDE) and ge t a file list of th e iPod; th is convince s Am arok th at it is inde e d an iPod.

Click th e D e vice s tab and, at th e top of th e scre e n, th e re 's an iPod button - I click th at and from th e m e nu I ch oos e m y Black 80GB iPod Class ic.

From m y Colle ction tab, I s e le ct a fe w album s by righ t click ing on an album title and ch oos ing 'Transfe r to Me dia D e vice '.

It look s lik e noth ing h as h appe ne d, but all th e songs in th e ch os e n album are adde d to a transfe r q ue ue . Click th e D e vice s tab again and at th e bottom le ft of th e scre e n you'll se e th e transfe r q ue ue .

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To start th e transfe r, you click th e 'Transfe r' button at th e top of th e scre e n.

It m ay tak e a w h ile for th e file s to copy across and for th e iPod to stop saying 'Synch ronizing'. W h e n done (still in th e D e vice s tab), I click th e D isconne ct button (at th e top of th e scre e n, be s ide th e Transfe r button), and I ge t an e rror m e s sage saying it's not disconne cte d prope rly.

So I safe ly 'e je ct' it from th e icon on m y de s k top, and th e n unplug th e iPod.

Done ! And e ve ryth ing w ork s pe rfe ctly: m y MP3 songs play, I can flip th rough th e album artw ork , and I can also us e th e

podcast dow nload and transfe r facilitie s of Am arok w ith th e iPod. All good!

Unfortunate ly, afte r you log out and in again, or re boot, Am arok s e e m s to ignore th e libgpod th at w e 've just built and re sorts to us ing an olde r ve rs ion. Th e only w ay I h ave found of re solving th is is to m ak e sure your iPod is unm ounte d, e xit Am arok , now bring up a te rm inal and type :

sudo rm /usr/lib/libgpod.so.2

sudo rm /usr/lib/libgpod.so.3

th e n type :

sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/libgpod.so.3 /usr/lib/libgpod.so.2

sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/libgpod.so.3 /usr/lib/libgpod.so.3

Now load up Am arok and it w ill prope rly de te ct your iPod again.

If you h ave any q ue stions , article s , or sugge stions , for

, vis it our forum (h oste d by UbuntuForum s .org) and put up a post.

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HH OO WW -- TTOO IINNTTRROO DD UUCCTTIIOO NN TTOO LLAATTEEXXW ritte n by Matth e w H olde r

LaTe X is a type s e tting syste m th at doe s not follow th e 'norm al' W YSIW YG (W h at You

Se e Is W h at You Ge t) approach of th e w ord proce s sors th at m ost of us are us e d to. Th e pow e r of LaTe X is due to th e fact th at it follow s a list of type s e tting rule s m uch lik e th os e carrie d out be fore th e us e of w ord proce s sors . Docum e nts cre ate d us ing LaTe X w ill look lik e a profe s s ionally type s e t docum e nt.

I us e LaTe X to ge ne rate le tte rs , docum e nts and pre s e ntations; and I e ve n us e d it to cre ate a large poste r at w ork . Th is softw are is ve ry popular in unive rs itie s due to its e nh ance d e q uation and cross -re fe re ncing abilitie s .

Th is article w ill contain only a ve ry bas ic taste of w h at th is type s e tting syste m can be us e d for, and w ill cove r th e follow ing:

W e w ill us e th e 'pdflate x' com m and to ge ne rate a PDF dire ctly from our 'source code '. First, to install LaTe X, us e your pack age m anage r to install '

'.

Be low is a list of com m ands us e d to cre ate th e conte nt in th e docum e nt. Ente r th e follow ing brow n colore d code into a te xt file .

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}\usepackage{graphicx}\usepackage{multicol}

\title{LaTeX Primer}\author{TUX}

\begin{document}\maketitle\clearpage\tableofcontents\clearpage\listoftables\clearpage\listoffigures\clearpage

\section{Equations}

I will begin by adding a famous equation to the document, and referencing the equation in the text.

Einstein published important papers in 1905, and one of them was Special Relativity, popularly known as \ref{eqn1}.

\begin{equation}\label{eqn1}E = mc^2\end{equation}

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where, E represents energy, m the mass of the object, and c the speed of light.

\section{Table}

Now we will insert a table containing a fictional list of names and ages. Table \ref{table1} contains...

\begin{table}[!h]\caption{A table to contain ages and names}\label{table1}\begin{center}\begin{tabular}{|c|c|}\hlineName & Ages\\\hlineBob & 24\\Dave & 13\\Lucy & 27\\Claire&12\\\hline\end{tabular}\end{center}\end{table}

\section{Columns}

It is very easy to add multiple columns to the

document:

\begin{multicols}{2}LOTS OF CONTENT LOTS OF CONTENT LOTS OF CONTENT LOTS OF CONTENT LOTS OF CONTENT LOTS OF CONTENT LOTS OF CONTENT LOTS OF CONTENT LOTS OF CONTENT LOTS OF CONTENT LOTS OF CONTENT LOTS OF CONTENT LOTS OF CONTENT LOTS OF\end{multicols}

\section{Image}

\begin{figure}[!h]\caption{Image}\label{image1}\begin{center}\includegraphics[width=3in]{tux.png}\end{center}\end{figure}

\end{document}

Le ft: th e 'tux.png' as us e d in th e code above .

O nce th is is com ple te , save th e file to a k now n

place , ope n a te rm inal and navigate to th e dire ctory w h e re th e file is save d.

O nce th e re e nte r:

pdflatex fullcircle.tex

To ge ne rate cross -re fe re nce s , th e above com m and m ust be e nte re d tw ice . I h ave bare ly scratch e d th e surface in th is tutorial, and I re com m e nd '

' - h ttp://w w w.ctan.org/te x-arch ive /info/lsh ort/e nglis h /ls h ort.pdf.

Above : th e re sulting PDF file as s e e n in KPDF.

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HH OO WW -- TTOOW ritte n by Danie l Lam b

CCRREEAATTEE YYOO UURR OO WW NN SSEERRVVEERR -- PPaarrtt 33

W e now h ave a w ork ing s e rve r w ith th e bas e syste m , Sam ba, SSH ,

Xubuntu de s k top and W e bm in all installe d; w e w ill now install DH CP, and configure D H CP and Sam ba.

W e 'll start off w ith D H CP.

Log into W e bm in by going to h ttps ://localh ost:10000

Go to “ Se rve rs ” , th e n “ D H CP” . Click on "Add a ne w subne t", and fill in th e de scription of th e subne t. For ne tw ork addre s s , us e th e sam e IP as th e inte rnal addre s s , but us e 0 as th e e nding octe t; for e xam ple , if your inte rnal NIC is 19 2.168.1.1, th e n us e 19 2.168.1.0 for your ne tw ork addre s s . For addre s s range s , us e th e range of addre s s e s to be as s igne d by D H CP. For ne tm as k , us e th e sam e as your subne t; m ost are 255.255.255.0. Click "Cre ate ".

O nce cre ate d, click th e ne w icon th at w as just cre ate d (w ith th e ne tw ork addre s s you ch oos e unde r it). Scroll dow n to th e bottom , and click "Edit Clie nt O ptions". Fill in th e Subne t m as k w ith th e subne t; th e D e fault route rs and DNS s e rve rs w ith your inte rnal IP; and th e Broadcast addre s s w ith th e inte rnal IP - but w ith 255 at th e e nd. Click "Save " th e n start th e s e rve r.

Now to configure Sam ba file s h are s .

First of all, cre ate a folde r on your s e rve r. I w ould norm ally cre ate one w ith in a standard us e r's h om e folde r, so th e dire ctory listing w ould be /H om e //s h are -nam e . Le t's start by calling one “ Sh are d ” ; brow s e to th e m ain H om e folde r, and th e n dow n to th e folde r nam e d w ith your e xisting us e rnam e ; righ t click , and ch oos e “ Cre ate Folde r” . Nam e th e ne w folde r “ Sh are d ” , and e nsure th at th e

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pe rm is s ions of th e ne w folde r allow re ad and w rite acce s s by all us e rs - as s h ow n be low.

Now go back to W e bm in, go to “ Se rve rs ” , and th e n “ Sam ba W indow s File s h aring ” . Se le ct “ Cre ate a ne w file Sh are ” ; nam e th e file s h are “ Sh are d ” and s e le ct th e dire ctory you w is h to s h are .

Fill in a Sh are Com m e nt if you w is h , and click “ Cre ate ” .

Sam ba w ill now h ave a s h are d folde r th at you can brow s e to. H ow e ve r, you w ill not be able to acce s s it until you click on th e s h are , s e le ct Se curity and Acce s s control, ch ange th e s h are to W ritable , e nable Gue st acce s s , and th e n click "Save ".

Now click on File pe rm is s ions , and ch ange th e Ne w Unix file m ode to 777 and th e Ne w Unix dire ctory m ode to 777. Click "Save ".

Re start Sam ba, and you s h ould now be able to w rite to your s h are .

NEXT M ONTH :SSPPEECCIIAALL BBIIRRTTHH DD AAYY IISSSSUUEE!!

w h e re w e discuss th e birth of , h ow w e m anage d to ove r com e som e of our bigge st h urdle s in cre ating and organizing FCM and som e ge e k y dow nload stats .

- Th e GIMP. include s cre ating a ne w im age , dpi and th e m ost im portant tools ne e de d for our future GIMP s e s s ions .

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RREEVVIIEEWWW ritte n by Joe Be rry

I am a s e nior softw are de ve lope r for a large corporation. My m ain com pute r is a h igh -e nd D e ll laptop

th at I us e for softw are de s ign and de ve lopm e nt as w e ll as oth e r bus ine s s -re late d activitie s . Since th is com pute r accom panie s m e w h e th e r I w ork from h om e or th e office , I also us e it for pe rsonal th ings such as m anaging m y ch e ck ing account, re cording inte rne t radio, m onitoring th e stock m ark e t, e tc. O nce , I h ad som e s e rious proble m s w ith th e W indow s 2000 syste m running on th e laptop, w h ich re sulte d in our IT de partm e nt “ re im aging ” m y dis k . Ye s , I h ad a back up of e ve ryth ing so th e re w as no loss . Ne ve rth e le s s , th is re inforce d m y pe rce ption th at I s h ouldn't be running pe rsonal applications on m y w ork laptop.

Th e re fore , w h e n I found an ad at Buy.com for a re furbis h e d Le novo 3000 C200 laptop for $389 , I de cide d th is w as m y opportunity to ge t a re al pe rsonal-only laptop. I orde re d th e laptop and w h e n it arrive d, I

LLEENNOO VVOO 33000000 CC220000

:

Ce le ron M420 1.6 GH z CPU

512 MB RAM

40 GB H ard Drive

CDRW /DVD

15 inch LCD

W ire le s s 802.11g

W indow s XP H om e

im m e diate ly turne d it on and sat back w h ile W indow s XP autom atically install its e lf. I h ad de cide d I w ould install Ubuntu (h aving playe d w ith th e CD ve rs ion on m y bus ine s s laptop) but w ante d to le t th e XP install continue to com ple tion. Th e purpos e of th at e xe rcis e w as to asce rtain th at e ve ryth ing w as O K w ith th e m ach ine in cas e I h ad to re turn it. If th e re w as a proble m , I w ante d Le novo to fix it w ith out h aving to e xplain w h y I w as not running th e ir ope rating syste m . And inde e d th e re w as a proble m . Th e built-in w ire le s s adapte r w ouldn't stay conne cte d to m y ne tw ork for m ore th an a fe w m inute s at a tim e be fore disconne cting. I s e arch e d on th e inte rne t and found s im ilar com plaints about th e w ire le s s fe ature and W indow s . I w e igh e d m y options and de cide d to continue w ith th e Linux installation. Note th at th is w as not going to be a dual-boot

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syste m . I w ante d Linux and I w as pre pare d to pay th e price for w h ate ve r w ould h appe n.

As it w as , th e installation of Ubuntu 7.04 w e nt flaw le ssly. W e ll, alm ost flaw le ssly. Inde e d, m y built-in w ire le s s adapte r did not w ork , nor did th e audio. In orde r to update m y laptop w ith any fixe s I m igh t ne e d, I ne e de d inte rne t conne ctivity. So, I conne cte d an Eth e rne t cable to th e laptop (I h ave both w ire d and w ire le s s com pute rs on m y ne tw ork at h om e ). Ubuntu autom atically configure d th at inte rface w ith D H CP and, alm ost im m e diate ly th e re afte r, I w as on th e air.

I s e arch e d th e Inte rne t for “ Le novo 3000 C200 Ubuntu w ire le s s ” . W ith th os e k e y w ords , I im m e diate ly found a s ite th at e xplaine d h ow to ge t th e built-in w ire le s s adapte r to w ork . From th is w e bs ite , I unfortunate ly discove re d th at th e re w e re variations to m y laptop (I'm still not sure w h at th e y re ally are ) and th at th e e xplanation be ing offe re d w as not for m y variant laptop. Afte r care fully follow ing th e

instructions s e ve ral tim e s , I still could not ge t m y w ire le s s adapte r to w ork . So, w h at w as I to do? I re ally w ante d w ire le s s conne ctivity. Sim ple . I gave up and found a spare PCMCIA w ire le s s card. I cycle d th e pow e r on m y laptop and starte d th e com pute r w ith th e card plugge d in. In no tim e , w ith no inte rve ntion (oth e r th an to e nte r m y W PA passw ord), I w as conne cte d via m y w ire le s s card.

My solution m ay not be as “ pe rfe ct” as som e of you w ould w ant, but it w ork s for m e . I could h ave continue d to figh t th e battle of th e w ire le s s , but it w asn't w orth it for m e .

Ne xt cam e th e audio proble m . Back to th e Inte rne t. Th is tim e I s e arch e d for “ Le novo 3000 C200 Ubuntu audio” . Again, I found a s ite s h ow ing h ow to ge t th is spe cific laptop to w ork . It re q uire d th at I dow nload th e ALSA 1.0.14rc3 source code plus a spe cial patch . Th e instructions w e re ve ry e xact and I follow e d th e m to th e le tte r. I also found a m ore ge ne ral audio de bugging w e bs ite at Ubuntu th at h e lpe d m e te st th e ch ange s I m ade . H appily, e ve ryth ing w ork e d pe rfe ctly.

I h ad audio! Now I w as re ally h appy.

I ne xt de cide d to te st out m ultim e dia. I w e nt to YouTube and it w ork e d fine . I loade d som e MP3 file s and th e y too w ork e d fine . O n W indow s I h ad be e n us ing W inam p to liste n to m y m us ic colle ction. But w h at to us e on Ubuntu? I notice d s e ve ral poss ible m us ic-playe r applications , afte r playing w ith a num be r of th e m I ch os e Rh yth m box as it look e d som e w h at lik e W inam p and h ad s im ilar functionality.

I th e n ins e rte d a DVD and ran into a ne w proble m . I e njoy w atch ing old tim e TV s h ow s and m ovie s th at can be purch as e d for a dollar in m any store s in th e US. W h e n I ins e rte d one of th e s e DVDs, Tote m Movie Playe r autom atically starte d. It s h ow e d th e 30-s e cond h e ade r in th e m ovie but noth ing e lse . I couldn't m ak e it go past th is h e ade r. I didn't e ve n try w atch ing one of th e m ore m ode rn m ovie s . I w ante d m y oldie s .

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O bviously, th e proble m w as Tote m . Maybe it could be m ade to w ork , but, out of th e box, for m e and m y laptop, it didn't. I w e nt to th e Ubuntu w e bs ite and s e arch e d th e ir docum e ntation. I found e xactly w h at I ne e de d at h ttps ://h e lp.ubuntu.com /7.10/m us icvide oph otos/C/vide o.h tm l# vide o-badform ats

I care fully installe d th e applications th e y sugge ste d and th e n starte d up gxine . Now , m y m ovie s w e re all playing just lik e th e y h ad be e n on m y W indow s laptop. Eve ryth ing w as w ork ing and I w as a h appy cam pe r. I e njoye d th e s e nsation for a m onth or tw o. And th e n cam e th e announce m e nt th at Ubuntu 7.10 w as out. I th ough t about it for a w e e k or so. Sh ould I stick w ith 7.04, w h ich w as w ork ing fine , or s h ould I go for all th e ne w goodie s in 7.10? In particular, I w ante d to ch e ck out th e ne w printe r fe ature s -- I didn't lik e th e w ay 7.04 printe d; it w as a configuration is sue , but I w as h aving proble m s figuring it out. I as sum e d th at th e audio w ouldn't w ork again -- but I k ne w h ow to

fix it! So, I upgrade d to 7.10.

W ire le s s w ork e d pe rfe ctly w ith m y PCMCIA card (I w asn't e ve n going to try m y built-in w ire le s s adapte r). And th e audio? Inde e d, it did not w ork . I h ad, of cours e , k e pt m y instructions and th e source code , so I re built and re installe d th e ALSA sound syste m . Th e only proble m w as th at th e audio still didn't w ork afte r m y re -installation. Now , I w as a little w orrie d. I de cide d to go to th e ALSA w e bs ite to s e e if th e y h ad any inform ation about m y laptop. Th e first th ing I notice d w as th at th e ir ve rs ion of th e softw are w as ne w e r th an m ine . So, I dow nloade d th e softw are , built it, and installe d it. No patch e s w e re us e d, just th e original, late st ve rs ion of ALSA. H appily, th is ve rs ion of th e softw are w ork e d pe rfe ctly.

Ubuntu w ill le t you k now w h e n s e curity update s are ne e de d. O n occas ion, th e update s include ch ange s to th e Linux k e rne l. H ow doe s one re cognize th at a ch ange h as be e n installe d? W h e n th e audio stops w ork ing. Th is h as h appe ne d to m e a couple of tim e s . Th e fix is e asy and only tak e s s e ve ral m inute s to

im ple m e nt.

Ce rtainly, m y e xpe rie nce s w ith Ubuntu m igh t be cons ide re d a bit ove rw h e lm ing for som e pe ople . I be lie ve it is ve ry im portant to tak e advantage of th e Live -CD ve rs ion of Ubuntu and te st any prospe ctive com pute r for com patibility be fore purch as ing it. I h ope one day th e Linux w orld w ill also e njoy th e ple th ora of h ardw are th at e xists on W indow s . W h ile inve stigating both th e w ire le s s and audio proble m s I face d, I h ad th e opportunity to re ad m any UbuntuForum .org postings on th e s e subje cts . I w as m ost im pre s s e d by th e e xch ange of inform ation. I could h e ar th e frustration of th e poste rs . Th e re sponde rs alw ays s e e m e d to be calm , patie nt, and m ore th an w illing to go ste p-by-ste p th rough w h ate ve r proce s s th e y w e re trying to e xplain. Th is is h ow th e Ubuntu folk s w ill w in ove r conve rts to Linux and to Ubuntu in particular: one q ue stion and answ e r at a tim e .

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MM YY OO PPIINNIIOO NNW ritte n by Vince nt

YYOO UU UUSSEE UUBBUUNNTTUU,, NNOO TT LLIINNUUXX

For a w h ile I've be e n m e aning to w rite th is , and th e article "th e re 's m ore to Linux th an

Ubuntu" [1] finally m ade m e do it.

You k e e p raving on about th e gre atne s s of th at m yste rious alte rnative ope rating syste m calle d "Linux", m otivating som e one to find out m ore . Th at som e one Google s "linux", e nds up at linux.org, click s "Dow nload" and is th e n pre s e nte d w ith an e xpans ive te xt be ginning w ith :

...and doe sn't k now w h at to do.

W h e n e vange lizing, don't us e th e te rm "Linux", us e th e nam e of w h ate ve r distribution you're us ing.

You k now th os e pe ople w h o k e e p on w h ining about you h aving to us e "GNU/Linux" inste ad of "Linux"? W e ll, th e y're crazy. It's not lik e by us ing "GNU/Linux" you've nam e d e ach and e ve ry com pone nt of your ope rating syste m . H e ck , if you w ante d to do th at, you'd e nd up w ith nam e s lik e GNU/Linux/Xfce /Abiw ord/Gnum e ric/ Fire fox!

H ow e ve r, by us ing th e nam e of your distribution, you point to e xactly th at com bination of pack age s , softw are availability, and com m unity support th at you so appre ciate .

For e xam ple , I h one stly cannot say th at I th ink all Linux distributions are good. I can say, h ow e ve r, h ow m uch I appre ciate th e fact th at all Linux distributions are ope n source . H ow e ve r, if I w e re to e vange lize th at, I w ould us e th e te rm "ope n source ".

Bottom line : te ll pe ople , w h o are ne w to ope n source , about th e

distribution you'd re com m e nd to th e m , so as to pre ve nt th e m ge tting confus e d. You could cons ide r th is as dum bing dow n th e m ass e s . H ow e ve r, ne w us e rs ge t a lot of inform ation th row n at th e m , and th e m ost im portant th ing at th e be ginning is to ge t th e m starte d. Th e y can le arn about oth e r distributions late r, w h e n th e y are re ady to put som e e ffort into finding th e distribution th at fits th e m . You cannot, h ow e ve r, e xpe ct th e m to be able to find th at out im m e diate ly.

[1] - h ttp://w w w.th e te ch andce nts .com /2007/12/th e re s -m ore -to-linux-th an-ubuntu.h tm l

Above Le ft: Tux th e Linux m asot.Above Righ t: Th e Ubuntu logo.

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MM YY SSTTOO RRYY AA KK IIDD ''SS SSTTOO RRYYW ritte n by Sam Roge rs

M y nam e is Sam . I am 12 ye ars old, and a re ce nt Linux conve rt. I can

program PH P, and I'm le arning SQL, Ruby, Pyth on, and C. For m y age , I'm com pute r savvy. Th at's not to say I am “ totally root” . In fact, I w as a W indow s us e r until about a m onth and a h alf ago.

I h ad be e n us ing th e Live CD of Ubuntu Fe isty for a fe w w e e k s . I absolute ly love d it and loath e d anyth ing Microsoft. Exce pt w h e n printing (as m y printe r still isn't supporte d, but w e 're ge tting a ne w one ), I just boote d into th e Live CD and brow s e d th e w e b and did m y oth e r stuff. Finally, I convince d m y dad to allow m e to dual-boot Kubuntu Fe isty and W indow s XP.

So, afte r a painstak ing five -h our stint on th e w e b on dual-boot guide s , I w as confide nt it w ould w ork -- Kubuntu, at le ast. In GRUB, I s e le cte d W indow s XP and

h ope d for th e be st. O ops! Yup, I did it. I brok e W indow s -- not th at m uch of a loss .

Utte rly surpris e d at m y dad's indiffe re nce tow ards th e loss (w e didn't back up), I s h ie d from th e com pute r for a couple of days . Now afte r a fe w w e e k s our e ntire fam ily is com ple te ly h appy w ith it. Th is w as w h at I k ne w w ould h appe n.

W e h ave re scue d th e W indow s th ings w e ne e de d, and are us ing W INE (h ttp://w w w.w ine h q .org/) for a fe w program s . Be yond th at, w e 've found re place m e nts . O nce w e ge t a supporte d printe r, w e w ill be full-on Linux and ne ve r look back .

My fam ily is e xtre m e ly ple as e d w ith Linux, th e program s available , th e com m unity, th e fre e dom . Eve ryth ing about th is O S is gre at. Plus our boot tim e is lite rally 11 m inute s faste r. W e 've got our syste m custom ize d. I've got GNOME, m y dad's got KDE, and m y m om 's got a

w e b brow s e r.

Th ank s to Linux, w e are now fre e of virus e s , spyw are , unne ce s sarily long boot tim e s and a s h ady lock -in tactic (not to m e ntion ille gal activity by a ce rtain com pany w e w on't m e ntion). It also re surre cte d our old com pute r. So, if you're re ading , and th ink ing of sw itch ing, I've got only th is to say: do it! But re m e m be r your back ups .

Above : W INE running Microsoft W ord, Exce l and Pow e rpoint.

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MM OO TTUU IINNTTEERRVVIIEEWW AANNDD RREEAA VVEERRIITak e n from

Be h ind MOTU is a s ite w h ich fe ature s inte rvie w s w ith th os e w h o are k now n as 'Maste rs of th e Unive rs e ' (MOTU). Th e y are th e volunte e r arm y of pack age m aintaine rs th at look afte r th e Unive rs e and Multive rs e softw are re pos itorie s .

Andre a Ve rih ttps ://launch pad.ne t/~ blue k uja

Age : 18Location: Udine , ItalyIRC Nick : blue k uja

I starte d us ing Linux at th e e nd of 2005 us ing Re d H at and Fe dora distros , contributing on w riting s e ve ral page s for Fe dora docum e ntation (m ostly s e rve r docs) but m ainly w ork ing on som e pack aging-re late d activitie s

(introducing ctorre nt, gtorre nt-vie w e r and v2strip pack age s ins ide Fe dora) for m ore th an 3 m onth s - until th e be ginning of March 2006 w h e n I de cide d to m ove de finite ly to Ubuntu afte r discove ring it at a frie nd’s party. It w as love at first s igh t th at m ade m e le ave e ve ry Fe dora plan and proje ct to cre ate m y first pe rsonal w ik i page on w ik i.ubuntu.com som e days late r.

In fact, I starte d us ing Ubuntu at th e be ginning of 2006, firstly ge tting involve d ins ide th e Edubuntu fam ily - m ak ing re al th e poss ibility to h ave an Edubuntu Italian support and w e bs ite are a ins ide th e curre nt Italian LoCo Te am .

Righ t afte r joining th e Ubuntu brigade , I starte d ch e ck ing out MOTU docum e ntation, m ainly pack aging guide plus D e bian ne w m aintaine r’s guide , trying to unde rstand e ve ry s ingle ne w w ord, and applying dire ctly to a source pack age e ve ry le s son le arne d during de ve lope r’s w orld “ trave l” . Afte r ge tting introduce d, and fascinate d by an active com m unity, I h ad to le ave th e proje ct for a w h ile for som e sm all proble m s , re starting e ve ryth ing in May 2007 w ith m y first sponsore d upload ins ide th e arch ive . My pack aging pass ion incre as e d righ t afte r m e e ting Ale xande r Sack ins ide # ubuntu-m ozillate am irc ch anne l som e days late r, de ciding to w ork dire ctly w ith h im as m y m e ntor for both D e bian and Ubuntu distributions .

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I starte d w ith D e bian Ne w Maintaine r’s guide and Ubuntu’s pack aging guide - m oving th e n to pack age m y first applications , le arning from alre ady-pack age d softw are , and as k ing Ale xande r w h e n ne ce s sary - m e anw h ile im proving and le arning e ve ry tim e from h im or from oth e r de ve lope rs a ne w Ubuntu Te am le sson.

Introducing a fix and m ak ing tons of us e rs h appy is one of th e be st th ings I appre ciate from be ing a MOTU. Me ntoring, sponsoring, h e lping out ne w contributors or stude nts is som e th ing spe cial as w e ll.

I alw ays sugge st to start w ith a pack age th at a ne w contributor care s about pe rsonally; th at’s us e ful to im prove /fix th e pack age

its e lf during its m ainte nance . Re ading MOTU and D e bian docum e ntation is a gre at starting point as w e ll - to avoid any strange q ue stion on our MOTU irc ch anne l.

I’m curre ntly w ork ing on a vast are a of pack age s , but I’ll try to focus on p2p (Pe e r-2-Pe e r) applications both for Unive rs e and Main. I planne d to cre ate a MOTU-p2p te am re ally soon, including it ins ide th e e xisting MOTU-torre nt te am , but it w ill tak e som e m onth s to organize e ve ryth ing; contributors (te ste rs/pack age rs) are curre ntly m is s ing.

I’ll k e e p w ork ing on a large num be r of pack age s , but as I said be fore , I w ould lik e to focus on h aving an update d s ituation of p2p applications , introducing libtorre nt-raste rbar and its re late d clie nts lik e btg or link age . Cre ating a w ork ing te am w ith inte re ste d contributors and de ve lope rs w ill be th e first ste p to w ork on.

“ As for m e , all I k now is th at I k now noth ing.” — Socrate s

I love going around w ith m y m otorbik e , liste ning to good m us ic, playing bas k e tball, and m e e ting up w ith frie nds around th e city ce nte r.

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UUBBUUNNTTUU WW OO MM EENNW ritte n by Em m a Jane H ogbin

Last m onth , w e cre ate d a vis ion of w h at succe s s look s lik e . From th is vis ion w e

de ve lope d goals for our proje ct. Th is m onth w e w ill bre ak our goals into th e “ action ite m s ” w e ne e d to ach ie ve succe s s .

For e ach of th e goals you ide ntifie d last m onth , w rite out a

list of all th e ste ps you w ould ne e d to accom plis h to ach ie ve th at goal. You m ay h ave som e goals th at h ave s im ilar tas k s . Th e s e can be com bine d into proje cts w ith th e ir ow n list of action ite m s . Sort th e ite m s so th at tas k s th at can be starte d im m e diate ly are at th e top of th e list. You m ay w is h to track th e s e tas k s

in a proje ct W ik i. A q uick W e b s e arch w ill re ve al m any diffe re nt tas k -track ing utilitie s - from com m and line utilitie s to full W e b applications . Th e trick w ith e ach of th e s e tools is to bre ak your lists into tas k s you can com ple te in le s s th an tw o h ours . If th e tas k s are too large th e y w ill ne ve r ge t done .

H e re is an e xam ple of h ow to bre ak your goals into tas k s : one of th e goals of th e Ubuntu W om e n te am is to e ncourage w om e n to participate in core Ubuntu proje cts . O ur list of th ings to do include s :

• com pile a list of core proje cts in Ubuntu;

• ide ntify contact pe ople for e ach core proje ct;

• ide ntify h ow m any w om e n are curre ntly active in e ach group.

You can vie w th e full list at h ttp://w ik i.ubuntu-w om e n.org/ToDo.

Tim e to turn your dre am s into tas k s ! Ch e ck back ne xt m onth to s e e h ow w e de al w ith th e (ove rw h e lm ing) list of tas k s you h ave cre ate d.

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UUBBUUNNTTUU YYOO UUTTHHW ritte n by Andre w from w w w.Te e nsO nLinux.org

Th e future of ope n source is in th e young pe ople of today; th at's w h y th is corne r of th e m agazine is for young pe ople or s im ply th os e w h o are young at h e art.

K ids and te e ns today are attach e d to, nay, conjoine d w ith , th e ir m obile ph one s . If

you look around your classroom and fail to spot at le ast five pe ople te xting e ach oth e r during th e te ach e r's h our-long le cture , th e n you s h ould sch e dule an appointm e nt w ith your e ye doctor!

Unfortunate ly, m ost of th e s e ph one s run proprie tary firm w are de ve lope d spe cifically for e ach m ode l. W ouldn't it be cool to h ave

a ph one th at runs w h at you w ant it to, and not w h at big com panie s s itting on m ountains of cas h w ant? Ente r Android, O pe nMok o (righ t), and of cours e , Ubuntu Mobile ! (le ft)

Late ly, th e re s e e m s to be a strong m ove m e nt tow ard ope n-source te le ph ony. Th is le ads

to m ore ch oice , m ore fre e dom , and m ore apps on your ph one th at m ak e your frie nds e nvious . Th is is gre at for te e ns be caus e now th e y can de cide w h at th e y h ave on th e ir ph one s .

Don't w ant th at fre e trial of Pac-Man or th e bow ling gam e th at doe sn't w ork ? Re m ove it! W ant a fancy ringtone w ith out h aving to buy it from your m obile provide r? Mak e your ow n! Se e n a s e rious bug in th e softw are and w ant to h e lp th e

com m unity by fixing it? Th e n do so! It's all in your h ands . It is your ph one , and you can do w ith it w h at you w ill.

As th e y say in th e O pe nMok o com m unity,

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LLEETTTTEERRSS Eve ry m onth w e lik e to publis h som e of th e e m ails w e re ce ive . If you w ould lik e to subm it a le tte r for publication, com plim e nt or com plaint, ple as e e m ail it to: le tte rs@ fullcircle m agazine .org. PLEASE NOTE: som e le tte rs m ay be e dite d for space re asons.

LETTER OF TH E M ONTH W rite r of Le tte r of th e Month w ins tw o m e tal Ubuntu cas e badge s!R e garding your article about

installing Linux Mint (FCM # 10), I trie d to install it on

m y de s k top PC w h ich h as a SATA H D (w ith Ubuntu 7.10 on it and noth ing e lse ) and it didn't w ork . I trie d in Virtual Box and as a Live CD and still no go.

I s h ould add th at D e bian Etch doe s not install e ith e r. O n th e oth e r h and, Mint installs fine on m y laptop (w ith IDE H D). Is th e re a w ork around?

Ed:

I re ad your article about ch e s s gam e s , and e ve n th ough it look e d nice , I th ink th e us e s of

Dre am Ch e s s , Poute dCh e s s and BrutalCh e s s are ve ry fe w , due to th e sm all num be r of options .

Give n th e large num be r of m ore

I w ould lik e to sugge st a subje ct for a future e dition: vide o code cs . I've found th is a re al

proble m in Ubuntu. Is it be st to install Re al Playe r to liste n to BBC radio? O r us e e m be dde d MPlaye r? Th e various Gstre am e r program s in Ubuntu also h ave an e ffe ct on w h at w ork s .

Also, to tune in to w w w.talk radio.ne t w h ich us e s W indow s Me dia Playe r th e re are no cle ar instructions in Ubuntu as to w h at program to dow nload in Synaptic - ch oos ing one program affe cts oth e rs and w h e th e r th e BBC w ill continue to w ork !

A gre ate r proble m I've found is trying to vie w US te le vis ion e g: w w w.w w itv.com as th e q uick tim e link s , e ve n us ing VLC, don't w ork .

Installing one s e t of code cs in Ubuntu s e e m s to autom atically

uninstall oth e rs - th e w h ole proce s s of ge tting sound and vide o w ork ing in Ubuntu is a h it and m is s affair - do you k now of a good source of inform ation to solve th is ple as e ?

I also find th e Tote m m ovie playe r doe s not h ave as good a re solution for w atch ing a m ovie as W indow s Me dia Playe r.

As you probably gath e re d, I live outs ide of th e UK and re ly on m y PC for online te le vis ion program m e s and at pre s e nt h ave to us e Microsoft but I'd rath e r us e Ubuntu so a dual boot is ne e de d. If th e above proble m s are sorte d I'd sw itch ove r to Ubuntu com ple te ly.

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m ode rn and fe ature d ch e s s gam e s : -h ttp://pych e s s .google page s .com /,

- h ttp://tagua-proje ct.org/ and - h ttp://csboard.be rlios .de / th e s e m igh t be w orth a m e ntion as w e ll.

Ed:

Firstly, I just w ant to say h ow m uch I e njoy re ading Full Circle Magazine e ach tim e it

is re le as e d. I found FCM at is sue 2 and h ave be e n an avid re ade r e ve r s ince . I norm ally print it out as soon as I ge t th e e m ail te lling m e it is re ady for dow nload and th e n re ad it on th e train on th e w ay h om e from m y Microsoft e nforce d 8 to 10 h our day. My trip is around 40 m ins and it fits in ve ry w e ll w ith th is trip and w h e n I ge t h om e I th e n jum p onto m y PC to ch e ck out som e of th e tips and h ints e tc. I am also look ing forw ard to th e full se rve r s e ction you are curre ntly doing.

O ne com m e nt th at I w ant to m ak e in re gard to th e pre vious is sue (FCM # 10) is th e ne w s ite m on page 4 'Microsoft H its Ne w Low '. I strongly be lie ve th at as th is is a Linux m agazine th at any story in re gard to Microsoft is not w arrante d in th is m agazine . I pe rsonally h ave m ajor is sue s w ith Microsoft, but I ne e d to w ork w ith th e ir products on a day to day bas is (it k e e ps m y k ids in sch ool). I w ould lik e to s e e FCM cove ring pos itive storie s on Linux and not ne gative storie s on oth e r ope rating syste m s , softw are or any oth e r products . Ple as e do not s e e th is as an accusation, be caus e you are doing an e xce lle nt job w ith th e m agazine . I just w ant to give pos itive fe e dback .

Kind re gards and k e e p up th e good w ork .

Ed: ,

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I am trying to ge t a localis e d group for s e lf-h e lp w ith Ubuntu, and its oth e r

de rivative s in th e Finch le y are a of London.

Sh ould you live in London N2 (East Finch le y), N3 (Finch le y) or N12 (North Finch le y) I w ould be grate ful if you could e m ail m e at: am pe rs@ gm ail.com .

Th e ge ne ral ide a is to m e e t up and pe rh aps not only h e lp pe ople h e re , but h ope fully prom ote Ubuntu w h ilst w e are doing so.

Aw e som e m agazine , k e e p it up!

Th e be st part is th at th e m agazine h as brough t m e th e m ost pow e rful com m ands of all:

sudo apt-ge t re m ove W indow ssudo apt-ge t install Ubuntu

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QQ && AAW ritte n by Robe rt Clips h am

If you h ave Ubuntu-re late d q ue stions , e m ail th e m to: q ue stions@ fullcircle m agazine .org, and Robe rt w ill answ e r th e m in a future is sue .

Q

A It ce rtainly is . You ne e d virtualization softw are (m ach ine e m ulator) to

cre ate a virtual m ach ine . A virtual m ach ine is an e m ulate d m ach ine th at runs w ith in your prim ary (h ost) ope rating syste m , e .g. Ubuntu, in w h ich you can install and run oth e r ope rating syste m s . Th e re are lots of applications you can us e for th is; s e e th e link be low for a list. Also s e e Luca D e Marini's article in Is sue 5 about us ing th e ope n source VirtualBox.h ttp://ubuntuforum s .org/s h ow th re ad.ph p?t=582729

Q

A You can us e rm "file -nam e -w ith -*-in" to do th is . Us ing spe e ch m ark s also allow s you

to de le te file s w ith space s in th e ir nam e s w ith out us ing \.h ttp://ubuntuforum s .org/s h ow th re ad.ph p?t=713033

Q

A In Nautilus, go to Edit -> Pre fe re nce s , th e n, on th e pre vie w tab, ch ange th e value

for 'O nly file s sm alle r th an'. If you still h ave proble m s , de le te your ~ /.th um bnails/ dire ctory, and Nautilus w ill be force d to re cre ate th e m .h ttp://ubuntuforum s .org/s h ow th re ad.ph p?t=662304

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A In a te rm inal, run th e com m and:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg -phigh

th e n, re start X (by pre s s ing Ctrl + Alt + Back space ). If you still don't ge t th e corre ct re solution, and can't e nable th e corre ct one in th e scre e n re solution pre fe re nce s , th e n you w ill ne e d to follow th e instructions at h ttp://ubuntuforum s .org/s h ow th re ad.ph p?t=69 0760.

h ttp://ubuntuforum s .org/s h ow th re ad.php?t=69 69 10

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MM YY DD EESSKK TTOO PP

W ith a lot of tw e ak ing and playing around, I got m y ASUS laptop - 1.8 GH z CPU, 80 GB H DD and 1 GB of RAM, w h ich I got it for Ch ristm as -- to run Ubuntu and got it look ing and fe e ling ve ry m ode rn. Us ing th e original H um an th e m e for Me tacity, I h ave configure d m y de s k top to give it an orange fe e l. By pe rfe cting th e w indow th e m e , colorizing th e de s k top w allpape r to th e pe rfe ct colors, and s e tting th e GNOME pane l to transpare nt, I h ave acq uire d a ge nuine look for m y Ubuntu de s k top. H ow e ve r, th at isn't th e e nd of th e tw e ak ing; e ve n th e s e ttings in Nautilus e xplore r and th e plugins for Com piz are arrange d diffe re ntly from th e de fault s e ttings provide d.

Your ch ance to s h ow th e w orld your de s k top or PC. Em ail your scre e ns h ots and ph otos to: m isc@ fullcircle m agazine .org and include a brie f paragraph about your de s k top, your PC's spe cs and any oth e r inte re sting tidbits about your s e tup.

Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10 w ith Com piz Fus ion, Scre e nle ts , AW N Dock , and VirtualBox Running W indow s XP Profe s s ional.

: Moom e x (h ttp://url.fullcircle m agazine .org/cf7db2) : Fire fox (h ttp://url.fullcircle m agazine .org/d79 a5b)

: Nuove XT (h ttp://url.fullcircle m agazine .org/766501): Custom Built by Cybe rpow e r PCs (and m odifie d by m ys e lf

ove r tim e ), AMD 64 X2 4200+ , 4 GB of DDR Ram , 2 TB h ard drive , Nvidia 512m b 7600, Be nq 22" @ 1680 x 1050I h ave to say th at I've be e n w ork ing w ith Ubuntu for th e past ye ar and a h alf, slow ly e xploring it on various old m ach ine s in m y h ous e , and I h ave re ally e njoye d th e e xpe rie nce . I'm pre tty m uch a full tim e Ubuntu us e r righ t now , only going into W indow s w h e n I de spe rate ly ne e d to acce s s som e proprie tary softw are or a gam e . I can't w ait to s e e w h at Ubuntu h as in store for th e future !

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TTOO PP55 PPLLAATTFFOO RRMM GGAAMM EESSW ritte n by Andre w Min

H om e page : h ttp://supe rtux.le th argik .org/

If you've ne ve r playe d Supe rTux, you h ave no ide a w h at you're m is s ing. Bas ically, Tux's girlfrie nd Pe nny h as be e n k idnappe d by som e th ing (I've ne ve r be e n q uite ce rtain w h at). You m ust battle snow balls, ice block s , and spik e s , us ing only Tux (and a fe w supe rpow e rs). It's a class ic Mario-lik e jum p-'n'-bum p gam e th at e ve ryone s h ould play.

To install Supe rTux, you can e ith e r install th e or pack age (th e first is

ne w e r but m igh t contain bugs w h ile th e oth e r is olde r but contains alm ost no bugs). Both are in th e Unive rs e re pos itorie s . For som e re ason, is only 0.3.0. Th e late st ve rs ion is 0.3.1, w h ich you can ge t at h ttp://supe rtux.le th argik .org/w ik i/Dow nload/Unstable (us e th e D e bian Pack age ).

Your m onth ly list of Linux gam e s or applications from th e de pth s of th e Inte rne t. If you h ave an ide a for a list, ple as e e m ail: m isc@ fullcircle m agazine .org

H om e page : h ttp://w w w.s e cre tm aryo.org/

Th is is de finite ly not one th at Ninte ndo's jum ping up and dow n about. Be lie ve it or not, SMC is not a clone of Supe r Mario (th ough th e y did originally us e th e Mario-lik e sprite s). Th e gam e play is pre tty s im ilar th ough . Lik e in Supe r Mario (and Supe r Tux), Maryo runs around jum ping on turtle s , and oth e r strange cre ature s th at you usually don't s e e running around.

To install Se cre t Maryo, grab th e pack age from th e Unive rs e re pos itory (Gutsy us e rs s h ould h ave th e Back ports re pos itory e nable d to ge t th e late st and gre ate st ve rs ion).

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H om e page : h ttp://abe .source forge .ne t/

If you're tire d of jum p-'n'-bum p gam e s , try out Abe . It's a clone of th at old Com m odore 64 gam e . You run around a pyram id, avoiding crabs , colle cting k e ys and ope ning doors . It m ay not h ave th e gre ate st graph ics , but it's a lot of fun, e spe cially if you're one of th os e re tro gam e rs w h o m is s e s your 64.Abe is curre ntly slate d for inclus ion in th e Unive rs e re pos itorie s . Unfortunate ly, th at w on't com e until 8.04 H ardy, sch e dule d for April 2008. In th e m e antim e , you can ge t it from

at h ttp://w w w.ge tde b.ne t/app/Abe 's Am azing Adve nture .

H om e page : h ttp://w w w.w orm ux.org/w ik i/e n/inde x.ph p

Most of us h ave playe d th e class ic 19 9 5 gam e W orm s . It w as an old s ide -scrolle r w h e re you m ak e w orm s blow e ach oth e r up w ith rifle s , bazook as , gre nade s , s h otguns , Uzis , and Price le s s Ming Vase s . W e ll, alth ough it still e xists as a com m e rcial s e rie s , a GPL spinoff k now n as W orm ux h as be e n re le as e d. Inste ad of w orm s , you figh t w ith O SS m ascots --Tux and Mozilla are tw o e xam ple s . But don't w orry, th e H oly H and Gre nade is still th e re .To install th e late st stable ve rs ion of W orm ux, grab th e pack age in th e Unive rs e re pos itory. You can also install th e late st be ta from at h ttp://w w w.ge tde b.ne t/app/W orm ux.

H om e page : h ttp://w w w.te e w ars .com /

W ik ipe dia de fine s Te e w ars as a cross be tw e e n a class ic s h oot-e m -up arcade gam e and a m ode rn first-pe rson s h oote r. I gue s s th at's as close as you'll ge t to a de scription of Te e w ars . It's bas ically a re al-tim e ve rs ion of W orm ux, w ith pistols, s h otguns , rock e t launch e rs , w oode n m alle ts and grappling h ook s . O ne dow ns ide is th at it's m ultiplaye r only (so if you don't h ave an inte rne t conne ction, you're out of luck ); th e good ne w s is th at th e re 's a w onde rful lobby to h e lp you conne ct to e xisting gam e s .Sadly, Te e w ars isn't in th e Ubuntu re pos itorie s ye t. But, as usual,

h as a pack age at h ttp://w w w.ge tde b.ne t/app/Te e W ars .

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HH OO WW TTOO CCOO NNTTRRIIBBUUTTEE

W e are alw ays look ing for ne w article s to include in Full Circle . For article guide line s , ide as , and for is sue translation, ple as e s e e our w ik i: h ttp://w ik i.ubuntu.com /UbuntuMagazinePle as e e m ail your article s to: article s@ fullcircle m agazine .org

Full Circle Te am - Ronnie Tuck e r

ronnie @ fullcircle m agazine .org - Rob Ke rfia

adm in@ fullcircle m agazine .org - Robe rt Clips h am

m rm onday@ fullcircle m agazine .org - Matth e w Ross i

podcast@ fullcircle m agazine .org

Sam ue l Barratt Robe rt Clips h amDanie l Coh e n Ph ilipp H öh nAndre w Min Vid Aye r

Adam H e ck le r Andy Bis h opDavid Dam pie r Andre w MinRyan H artlage Matth e w H olde rDavid Maino Jam e s Bark lowCh ris Burk e Ch ris OlofsonDam on Rios Dan Ph e lanDarre n Minifie David H aasDavid Cam pillo David SuttonGary Rich m ond Iain Mck e andJason Maguire Le o AriasMatth e w Jane s k i NateMich ae l Ke nne dy Rom m e l BaligodRich ard Gue nth e r Robe rtSonny Ch auvin Ste ad H alste adTom m y Alse m ge e stTh om as Cuth be rt

And our th ank s go out to , th e

and th e m any translation te am s around th e w orld.

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