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Issue #6 - October 2007 INTERVIEW :JOHN PHILIPS FROM THEOPEN FONT LIBRARY

THE INDEPENDENT MAGAZINE FOR THE UBUNTU COMMUNITYfull circle

UBUNTU 7.10HOW TO :PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS IN GIMPLEARNING SCRIBUS PART 6SETTING UP SAMBA

INSTALL :UBUNTU UPGRADE - HOW TOMORPH GRACEFULLY FROM AFAWN TO A GIBBONTHE GIBBON IS OUT OF ITS CAGE!

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News p.04Flavor of the Month

Ubuntu Upgrade p.06How-To

Photoshop > GIMP p.08Samba Setup p.11Learning Scribus - Pt.6 p.14

Interview - John Philips p.19Poll - Window Managers p.22My Story - My Transition p.23Ubuntu Youth p.24Letters p.25Q&A p.27Website of the Month p.28My Desktop p.29The Top 5 Racing Games p.30How to Contribute p.32

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The big news this month is, of course, the release of Ubuntu 7.10 - GutsyGibbon. I have done a fresh install of the Release Candidate of Gutsy and as Iwrite this the last of the major updates are complete and it is now final. Since I

run Kubuntu the one big disappointment is that Compiz Fusion is not enabled bydefault nor does it have a simple tick box to activate said desktop effects. I am nowofficially waiting until KDE4 for my fancy window decoration.

By the time you read this we will be announcing who will be producing the officialFull Circle Podcast. I am looking forward to this as I firmly believe the Ubuntu worldneeds a podcast which will be informative, light hearted and family friendly. As soon aswe have a release date for episode one it will be announced on our web site and also inFull Circle.

Brian DeLacey has written an excellent article about Gutsy over on the O'ReillyONLamp.com site - http://url.fullcirclemagazine.org/f35910 - which mentions this verypublication. Have a read over the article and don't forget to give it a "digg." The articlediscusses 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 informativearticles for future issues of Full Circle. Remember: our audience is mainly beginner tointermediate Ubuntu users so you don't have to be a rocket scientist to write for FullCircle. For article ideas and information have a read through our Ubuntu wiki page athttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuMagazine.All the best,RonnieEditor, Full Circle Magazineronnie@fullcirclemagazine.org

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UBUNTU SERVER MANAGERUbuntu Server Manager is a web based GUI which allows the user to easily - andgraphically - set up an Ubuntu server. It is also designed to run on previous versions ofubuntu. Some of the features planned for Ubuntu Server Manager are:*Profiles export and import yourserver setup, set up your serverexport the settings and import tocreate an identical server.

*Plugin based system , allows theserver to be enhanced with extrafeatures.

*Ease of use, the interface is beingdesigned to allow easyadministration and setup.

*One-click installation of newservices.

*GUI can optionally be used all thetime or just for inital setup.

This project is still in developmentand is looking for volunteer testersand server experts. Also python,bash, xhtml, css and javascriptskills. Translators are also required.If you would like to help out with this project, please contact oly@digitaloctave.com orregiester with the Ubuntu Server Manager project at Launchpad :https://launchpad.net/usm or join the IRC channel #ubuntusm on irc. freenode.net

The primarymission ofRadioAmarok is topromoteAmarok andthepropagationof free music.Therefore our mandate is to play asmuch free music as possible 24 hoursa day, 7 days a week. Further goals areto provide live informational "talkshows" to enlighten users of recentdevelopments with Amarok and indeedthe KDE project as a whole.Our target audience is Amarok users,KDE users, and future/prospectiveusers of both projects. We aim to havea minimum of two live "talk shows" perweek. Emphasis will vary between"tech talks" with developers, or end-user information sessions with Amarokor KDE publicists.Last but not least, our goal is toachieve all this using Free Software,utilizing projects such as Icecast/Icesand IDJC. We hope that our use of thissoftware will increase awareness ofthese projects and further theirdevelopment.If you have anything to offer: sponsors,artists, DJs, web developers anddesigners, and at some point we’ll belooking for a sysadmin. Contact via IRC(irc.freenode.net #amarok.radio) oremail: mez@radioamarok.com

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BBC Quietly Announces iPlayerfor Mac and LinuxAfter many complaints from Mac andLinux users it seems that the BBC willrelease it's iPlayer for Mac and Linux.

"The BBC has also confirmed that usersof Apple Mac and Linux machines will beable to use its TV catch-up service fromthe end of the year.

The broadcaster has signed a deal withAdobe to provide Flash video for thewhole of the BBC's video services,including a streaming version of itsiPlayer.

Currently only Windows XP users canuse iPlayer, downloading programmeson to their PC and keeping them for upto 30 days. "

Source:http://url.fullcirclemagazine.org/34632b

Supplying UK With Ubuntu PCsA few people on the Ubuntu-UK mailing listhave noticed that UK retailler Tesco's havebegun supplying PCs with Ubuntu pre-installed on them.While they may not be top of the range PCsthey are priced affordably (withoutmonitors) at £190 for the eSys AMD 3600and £140 for the eSys Intel Celeron.Intel PC:http://url.fullcirclemagazine.org/0042dcAMD PC:http://url.fullcirclemagazine.org/8d3da2

Nokia excites with GPS, Wi‐Fiinternet tablet

Nokia hasintroduceda newpocket-sizedinternetand GPStabletthat's

designed to complement rather thanreplace your mobile.The N810 connects to 82.11b/g Wi-Fi ifit's available or it can connect to theweb via your mobile using Bluetooth (abit like the doomed Palm Foleo). Nokiahas signed deals with Wi-Fi hotspotproviders including the UK's The Cloudfor access.In addition to a 4.13-inch 800 x 480resolution wide display, the model alsoboasts a fold-out full Qwerty keyboard.There's an integrated GPS receiver aswell, which allows you to pinpoint yourposition and find a wide variety ofpoints-of-interests using the pre-loadedmaps.Naturally, the Linux-based N810 is alsointended as a music player with 2GB ofinternal memory plus an optional 10GBmemory card. And there's support for awide range of formats including iTunes'AAC.Source:http://url.fullcirclemagazine.org/3fce9e

Driver Update Can CauseVista Deactivation"...I've finally had it confirmedby Microsoft Australia and USA— something as small asswapping the video card or updating adevice driver can trigger a total Vistadeactivation. Put simply, your copy ofWindows will stop working with very littlenotice (three days) and your PC will go into"reduced functionality" mode, where youcan't do anything but use the web browserfor half an hour."Source:http://apcmag.com/vista_activation

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FFLLAAVVOORR OOFF TTHHEE MMOONNTTHHWritten by Robert Clipsham

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.

update

1Make sure you haveanything valuablebacked up! it is probable

that everything will runsmoothly, but just in case youshould back up anythingimportant.2Update and upgrade all your

packages. You can do thisvia the Update Manager

(System > Administration >Update Manager), or by runningsudo aptitude update && sudo

aptitude upgrade

in a terminal.3The Update Manager shouldnow say "New distributionrelease '7.10' is available" (if

not you can run gksu "update-manager -c" in a terminal or usingthe run application dialog box -

alt+f2), with an Upgrade button nextto it. Click it to begin the upgradeprocess. 4It is likely you will see a

message aboutapplications no longer

being supported by Canonical.You can safely ignore this, justclick Close.

5When the 'DistributionUpgrade' has finished itspreparations it will confirm

that you want to start the

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upgrade. Make sure you havesaved and closed all openapplications/documents at thispoint before you click "StartUpgrade." I would alsorecommend closing anyapplications using third partyrepositories eg. Compiz-Fusion(you can close it via the systemmonitor, System > Administration> System Monitor). You canenable it again after the upgrade.Once you are sure you haveclosed anything that couldinterfere with the upgradeprocess, click "Start Upgrade."

6It will begin to download thenew packages for theupgrade, then once it is

complete it will start installing thepackages. At some point during

the upgrade it will probably remindyou of those packages it mentionedearlier. You can choose to removethe packages or leave them there. I'drecommend removing them to makesure the upgrade goes as smooth aspossible, so unless there is anabsolute need to keep them, clickRemove.

7When it has finishedinstalling the packages thecomputer will request to

be restarted. Wave goodbye tothe Feisty Fawn, then clickRestart Now.

8Once restarted you will beleft with your new up-to-date Ubuntu - 7.10.

These steps are subject tochange as this guide was writtenwith the Release Candidate ofUbuntu 7.10. Should you haveany problems with upgrading,you can get help in theinstallation and upgrades sectionof Ubuntu Forums -http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=140.

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HHOOWW--TTOOWritten by Luca De Marini

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 softwareeveryone loves and uses when they have to apply any sort of mutation/transformation to its images, or when they have to createoutstanding graphics with the help of well projected plugins. For Photoshop there are hundreds of plugins around. Is this a problem forThe Gimp? Not at all.

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Many of you may not knowit, but GIMP supports alarge number of

photoshop plugins, both in theWindows and Linux versions,thanks to this wonderful toolcalled PSPI. Now, let’s see how touse it and what we can do withour new toy; paying nothing, ofcourse!Getting Started

First we need to install WINE onour Linux box (In Ubuntu, look forthe WINE package in Synaptic),then we’ll need GIMP and PSPI, ofcourse. We also need at least onePhotoshop plugin. To get startedand I downloaded two plugins,one commercial and onefreeware. The first one is DesignerSextet from the company Flaming

Pear and for the second plugin, thefreeware one, I’ve chosenCaravaggio from Xero Graphics.Installing PSPI andPhotoshop plugins

Now it is time to install PSPI onyour GIMP. The following is an extractfrom the PSPI site:'The Linux packages include three

files: README. linux pspi, a smallshell script pspi. exe. so, the binarythat wine runs'

Copy pspi and pspi.exe.so to yourpersonal GIMP plug-ins folder,typically ~/.gimp-2.2/plug-ins .

When you run GIMP it will issue awarning “wire_read(): error” aspspi. exe. so can’t be started directly.(The pspi script can, though, and is

from GIMP’s point of view a GIMPplug-in.) This warning isharmless (GIMP just ignores thatfile then), but if you want toavoid it, move pspi.exe.sosomewhere else and modify thepspi script to point to its newlocation instead.

After starting GIMP, go to theXtns:Photoshop Plug-in Settingsand enter the folder where youare going to keep the 3rd-partyPhotoshop plug-ins (.8bf files)that you want to use in GIMP.

Preferably you should use anempty folder for this, and theninstall (copy) Photoshop plug-insthere one by one, verifying thateach works. It isn’t really usefulto rush and install a great deal ofPhotoshop plug-ins at once and

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assume they all will work underpspi.

So I did what they wrote in theinstructions and also copied myfreshly downloaded PS Plugins toa folder in my home that I called~/.gimp-2.2/psplugins.

Remember that this GIMP folderwe are referring to is a hiddenfolder, therefore, you’ll have toset your file browser so that itshows hidden files. In my case, Iuse GNOME and Nautilus. I cansee hidden files by using theNautilus menu View > Showhidden files.Setting The GIMP UP

As the guide says, I start GIMPand it hangs up for some seconds

analyzing the newly installed plugin:But once

GIMP isloaded I getno errormessage asexpected(The PSPIguidesuggested

that an error may have occurred but Ididn’t see any). All works fine fornow. Proceeding with the settings, Iopen the GIMP Menu Xtns >Photoshop Plug-in Settings and thiswindow shows up:

Hit the New button (In myscreenshot it is the white sheet ofpaper with an orange star over it, onthe upper left corner of the abovescreenshot) and choose the pathwhere you put your Photoshop

plugins. In my case we saw thatit is /home/darkmaster/.gimp-2.2/psplugins.

Push the OK button and amessage will appear warningyou that the new plugins will beloaded next time you restart TheGIMP.Testing the new PS Plugins

To complete the operation Iclose and then reopen The GIMP.Even now I don’t get any errormessage. I then load an imagefrom my HDD and then click onthe Filters menu. The plugins areat the bottom of the menu.

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Let’s test them! Will they work?I start with Flaming Pear >Aetherize and… wow it works!Here’s a screenshot!

Now it’s Caravaggio’s turn andwow, it works too! Anotherscreenshot for the press:

This is the result of applying theCaravaggio filter (right)

Now doesn’t that look like a realpainting? This Caravaggio pluginis excellent and it’s freeware.

Conclusions

So I tested two random Photoshopplugins from around the net and twoof two worked. Guess there’s a veryhigh compatibility thanks to Winegetting better and better with eachrelease.. What can I say now? Enjoy,and say goodbye to one of the mostdeprecated defects of GIMP, the lackof good and professional plugins! Ifyou have the money, you can buyand use serious plugins like thosefrom Alien Skin in Linux with TheGIMP and PSPI now!

Rating and Credits

Ok, it's not a review but nonethe less I rate this PSPI extensionfor GIMP as a 5 out of 5, it doeswhat it promises to do and itadds vital functionalities to TheGIMP.

A big thank you goes to theWINE project, PSPI team and toGIMP creators.

For more PSPI info:http://url.fullcirclemagazine.org/1fa7e2

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HHOOWW--TTOO SSAAMMBBAA SSEETTUUPPWritten by Clinton Messer

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

Basically, you need to do thefollowing:

* Install Samba packages* Create your smb password foryour account* Create/Modify the smbusers file* Modify the smb.conf file to enterthe information for your users andthe shared drives they will access.* Start the Samba Server

The process is really simple; it'sjust somewhat tedious.

First off, install your sambapackages using Adept, Synaptic orapt-get. Kubuntu 6.10 comes withthe package “samba-common”installed by default, but SAMBA isneither fully installed nor set up,so you need to grab the packages.

Installing the packages

sambasamba-doc

(samba-doc means you can learnthe finer points of tuning a SAMBAsetup)

These additional packages may ormay not be needed, but I installedthem anyway:komba2smb4kswatCreate/Set the smb password

Then, you need to set your user'ssmb password to be the samebetween windows and linux by

performing the followingcommand at the command line(Terminal window)sudo smbpasswd -a bob

Then, enter your password.In the example above, bob is

the person logged in andentering the command on themachine called bob-samba.

By running the commandabove, bob will get prompted tocreate a password for a usernamed bob. This usernameshould be the same login nameyou use to access your Windowsand Linux boxes.Create/Modify the

smbusers file

Once you've set the smb

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password, you need to eithermodify or create the smbusers filesudo nano /etc/samba/smbusers

Then, enter your password.In the smbusers file, modify/add

the following line:USERNAME = "network username"

USERNAME = the name you aregoing to use to log into themachine with. Using bob as anexample, it would look like:bob = "network username"

Save the file in your text editorand exit the editor.

Modify the smb.configuration filesudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf

Then, enter your password.You can use whatever editor. I

use nano since it's present in bothKubuntu and Ubuntu.

In the smb.conf file, make thefollowing additions:

Locate the section titled[global]

If the following entries do not exist,add them. If they do exist and are setto something else, modify them toread:workgroup = MSHOME

Enter your workgroup's name herein place of MSHOME.netbios name = bob-samba

Enter the HostName here of your*buntu box.

Scroll down to locate the followingentry:; security = user

Remove the semi-colon ( ; ) fromthe entry above and add thefollowing line directly below itusername map =

/etc/samba/smbusers

Scroll down to the section==== Share Definitions ===

in that section, locate theentry labeled[printers]

After the last entry for printers,enter the information for yourshares.

I place my shared drive entriesafter the printer section becauseit works for me but you can putthem anywhere in the ShareDefinitions section

I named each of my shares inthe smb.conf file to match thename of the drive as it appearsin the /media/ folder. Irecommend using this methodfor the sake of simplicity.

You can copy and paste thefollowing entries if you want. Justbe sure to modify them to reflectyour drive names and usernames# My Shared Folders

[DRIVE1]

path = /media/DRIVE1/

browseable = yes

read only = no

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guest ok = no

create mask = 0644

directory mask = 0755

force user = USERNAME

force group = USERNAME

[DRIVE2]

path = /media/DRIVE2/

browseable = yes

read only = no

guest ok = no

create mask = 0644

directory mask = 0755

force user = USERNAME

force group = USERNAME

In place of the "USERNAME" entriesabove, make sure USERNAME is setto the same username you use to loginto the system on both Windowsand Linux

The group name should be set tothe groupname your Linux loginname is set to.

Once all these steps are complete,you can try starting up Samba andaccessing the shares.sudo testparm

Then, enter your password.Then restart Samba

sudo /etc/init.d/samba

restart

Then, enter your password.You should now be able to

browse the network from yourwindows machines andsee/access/read/write to yourshared Linux Drives.

UBUNTU 7.10 ‐ GUTSY GIBBON IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD

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This month we're going to discuss Templates. Templates are crucial to a good layout. Your Templatewill lie behind your content and auto-generate page numbers. It is essential to plan your layout carefully because all your pagesneed to work together to form a single magazine, not look like they've all come from different magazines.

HHOOWW--TTOOWritten by Ronnie Tucker

PART 6

First of all, let's add a page toour current page. On themain menu, click Page >

InsertHere is

where youcan insert asingle, orseveral,pages andinsert thembefore orafter a

certain page or just insert them atthe end. Here, I'm choosing toinsert two pages at the end. Don'tworry about the Master Pages bit,we're going to create thoseMaster Pages soon enough. Sizeand orientation usually neverneed to be touched unless you'recreating a publication withdifferent sized pages.

So now we have three pages, butwouldn't it be better if we had themside by side like having a realmagazine lying open? Well, we canbut just remember that page one isthe cover and will always be by itselfbut pages two and three will be sideby side.

In the main menu, click File >Document Setup

This is where the settings forthe entire document are stored,from the items down the left sideof the window you can fill inauthor information, set guides,default fonts and all that otherfun stuff. For now though, chooseDouble Sided in the DocumentLayout box and below that thedrop down menu should say thatFirst Page is : Right Side, thismeans that page one will be on

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the right side so page two will bea left page and page three will bea right side page, in other words:what most left to right readers willbe used to. Now click OK.

I've zoomed out in the abovescreen but you can see that pageone is the cover, the magazinesitting closed, and pages two andthree are side by side just like amagazine being opened. Why?Because your template can havea left page and a right page soyou can make a nice layout thatcould span across two pages.

But let's get to making templatepages. In the main menu, clickEdit > Master Pages.

Theextra littlewindowthatpopped upis your listof MasterPages(aka:

Templates). For now you only havethe one, called Normal, so we'll editthat for now. Now this is important:you are not editing any text orimages of content. You're onlyediting things that are going todecorate the page which are notcontent, you'll see what I mean in amoment. For now let's just add someshapes, fade them and see whathappens.

So I've created some shapes andmade them transparent. So let's see

what happens when we return tonormal content editing mode. Toreturn to content editing simplyclose the Edit Master Pageswindow.

As expected, the NormalMaster Page applies to all pagein the publication so if you tryand move those shapes around,you'll see you can't, they'relocked in place and only editablein the Master Pages section ofScribus. Nifty!

Let's create left and rightMaster Pages to show you howto apply them. Again, we clickEdit > Master Pages, now in theMaster Pages window click thetop left button, looks like a single

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sheet of paper, this will create anew Master Page layout.

I'm calling mine My Left Page,and in the drop down menu belowthe name it says Left Page. Makesure this matches what yourcreating, otherwise the left pageyou create will end up on the rightpages. If that happens just editthat drop down menu to fix things.

So I've created a large shape formy left page layout, for my right, Ijust create another Master Pagebut this time:

I make sure that my drop downmenu says Right Page.

Although the page has gone blank,don't panic. If you click the My LeftPage you'll see that your left page isindeed still there, safe and sound. SoI'll create my right page now.

And again close the Edit MasterPages window to go back to contentediting mode.

To apply a Master Page to adocument page, simply right click onthe page and choose Apply MasterPage

Notice at the top of thewindow is where we choose aMaster Page to apply, I'll applymy left page here and if mydocument had many pages thenI could choose to apply it to all

evenpages,since myleft pagehere ispagetwo, anevenpage.And clickOK.

Job done! Do the same forpage three and we're almostthere. Now remember: you canbe as elaborate as you like withyour layout. I've only used asingle simple shape per page but

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you can have faded images onthere, nice colorful boxes andwhat not so be creative. Justremember that your text will haveto go on top of this template somake sure you won't have blacktext on a dark piece ofbackground, there's nothingworse!

One more thing your MasterPages will need is guides.Guidelines essentially. These canchange from Master Page toMaster Page but it's usually bestto choose one versatile guide setup and stick with it. If you want todo this it's best that you put yourguides on one Master Page thenduplicate the Master Page, byclicking the little button that lookslike two sheets of paper, then addyour left and right designs. HereI'll add some guides to my leftpage. First we go back in to Edit >Master Pages then right click onthe page and choose ManageGuides.

Here we set up guidelines whichwe can snap to which can help usalign text, images and otherthings. I'll set up a three column

page, like we do with Full Circle.In the

bottomhalf ofthewindow Iclick tohavethreecolumns,then Itick

Column Gap and have a value of 30in there. So I could use that for mytext, but I'd like a horizontal lineacross the page, roughly a third ofthe way down for my header stuff.Easy done, we just click Add where itsays Horizontal Guides, give it avalue of 200 and we're almost done.

Onelast thingto dothough isto tickthe boxon theright toLockGuidesand, if

need be, Apply To All Pages. I'mdone, so I click OK.

But where are my guides? Wellsometimes they are turned off.Simply go to the main menu andclick View > Show Guides. If youwant your items to snap, or jumpand align to, your guides thenclick Page > Snap To Guides.

Now, lastly, the all importantpage numbers. This is easy. Goin to Edit Master Pages againand click on which page you'dlike to have a number. I'll putone on my left page. Click theInsert Text Frame button – just asthough you were putting contenton a page – and again as we didbefore, double click the text box

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to add text but, rather than typein text, go to the main menu andclick Insert > Character > PageNumber and you'll see a hashsymbol (#) appear in your textbox. That's fine.

TIP: If you intend to have ten ormore pages then make sure youdo that insert piece twice to gettwo hash (#) symbols.

Don't forget to format the pagenumber too, give it color and size.Now close the Edit Master Pageswindow. Scroll down and thereyou have it, one page number.Wherever that Master Page is

used it will auto-generate the pagenumber. Put one on your right pageand you'll see.

Be creative with your Master Pagesbut also be aware that when peopleview a PDF they can usually over rideyour double page setting and viewthe document page by page so don'trely on a double page layout to makeyour magazine look flashy, a lot oftimes the user will view page bypage, certainly on slower machines.

Next month we'll move on tolinking where you can linkinternally, where a user couldclick on an item in the contentspage of your document and jumpto that page, or external links,where the person could click ona link and be taken to a webpage.

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The single rule for an article is; it mustsomehow be linked to Ubuntu or one ofthe many derivatives of Ubuntu(Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu etc).Please follow these rules :* Write your article in whichever

software you choose, I wouldrecommend OpenOffice, but mostimportantly - PLEASE SPELL ANDGRAMMAR CHECK IT!

* In your article, please indicate whereyou would like a particular image to beplaced. Please do NOT embed imagesin your ODT (Open Office) file.* Images should be either JPG or PNG.

If you must use JPG please use verylittle compression.* Regarding image sizes; if in doubt,

send a full size screengrab and we willcrop the image before publication.* For a more detailed list of the style

rules and common pitfalls please referto: /StyleWhen you are ready to submit yourarticle please email it to:articles@fullcirclemagazine.org

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IINNTTEERRVVIIEEWWWritten by Shirish Aharwal

The Open Font Library is a sister project of the Open Clip Art Library. The goal of this project is to collect public domain fontsso that they may be used freely.

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What inspired you to startthe Open Font Library (OFL)?

My previous work on Inkscapeand Open Clip Art Library(openclipart.org) and a desire tohelp build out communities wherenone exist. I'm interested inbridging the various free andopen graphics communities andthe fonts-domain is a super weakarea. The thinking is that byfocusing a community ofdesigners around fonts, thequality of fonts around thedesktop will increase similar tohow Inkscape has helped improveoverall design of the free desktop.What advantages does the

OFL have over other sitesoffering free fonts?

It is focused on what the freeand open software/content

communities desire, so the entireoperation is transparent and open.There is the SIL Open Font Licenseand CC Public Domain declaration inplace to help free fonts for use, re-use and remix. Also, the software iscompletely free software and usingCreative Commons' open sourceproject, ccHost(http://creativecommons.org/projects/cchost)What do you hope to achieve

through OFL?

We hope to improve the overallquality of fonts on the free and opendesktop. We want to havecompletely brilliant, free and superhigh quality fonts for anyone to useon the free desktop. If that happensto solve needs for the larger world,then so be it! But, we have foundfocusing on a specific area is vital to

a project like this.What goals do you have

for the OFL?

I want to make this a super-dynamic community that lowersthe barrier for participation increating fonts, which is a hardendeavor to do! I'm particularlyinterested in developing afriendly culture that makeslovely international fonts andalso as being a place for free andopen fonts to be pushedupstream. If one looks at the fontpackages in various distros, it'stotally a mess! Also, there aresome fonts where the licensingand/or agreement for usage isdubious.Can Windows or Mac users

use OFL fonts?

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Yes, there shouldn't be anyproblems. We are focusing oncollecting both the source andoutput of font files. George fromFontforge is an active communitymember and has worked to makethis a nice reality. We have thegood folks in the larger free andopen font community helping tomake sure the site is useful.Is OFL the first site you've

worked on?

Hopefully it doesn't look thatway! No, I've been working in thefield for like 14+ years now. I'vebeen building websites andprojects for ages. I started in freeand open source with Inkscapeand have worked at variouscompanies doing open site designand project building. Inkscapework transitioned into Open ClipArt Library(http://openclipart.org), whichalways is in need of otherdevelopers! I also have built largeprojects for my present employer,Creative Commons.How did you create the site?

(software, language, etc)

I used to be anti-website engine infavor of pure html, php, and css. But,have converted to building most ofmy projects with Wordpress. When Ifirst started working for CreativeCommons, I was tasked with buildingup the engine behind the big musicremix community, ccMixter(http://ccmixter.org). The engine thatpowers that site is called ccHost(http://creativecommons.org/projects/cchost) and there was a decisionmade at some point that this engineis the best way forward for buildingOpen Clip Art Library and Open FontLibrary. It is totally great to developon this engine and is underscoredthat Creative Commons has a fulltime developer hacking on it inaddition to other communitycontributors, of which I am one now,since I have transitioned to being theBusiness + Community Manager forCreative Commons.

Anyway, in terms of tools I use:vim, ssh, evolution (for lots ofcoordination), pidgin (for lots of chat)and epiphany web browser for wikiediting and testing.

Note, that this project is a largecollaborative project, so it's not just

me. I try to structure out a roadmap for our community ofcontributors, and then we all(ideally) lend a hand.How long did it take you to

create the first version of theOFL site?

Half-day at best, because I'man expert at installing ccHost. Itstill looks quite similar to OpenClip Art Library, but that is justbecause we wanted to get thecore functionality solid beforefixing the site's decorations ;)If somebody made free

fonts which license shouldthey put them under?

That is a tricky question and Irecommend anyone [who'sinterested] to talk to a lawyerabout [it]. There are someproblems at least in the USA withhow fonts work with copyright.With the project we have takenthe approach of both allowing forno license (public domain) andthe SIL Open Font Licensebecause that license has beensussed out by SIL for free-ness

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and potential legality issues. So, Ican't really recommend whatlicense to use, but you can useOpen Font Library as a great placefor free and open fonts.

I would say however that sourcecode licenses are not tailored forcontent, such as GPL and LGPL.The SIL Open Font License istailored for fonts.How much time and how

many steps are there inmaking a font?

Sadly enough, I don't directlymake fonts. I'm the community-building guy on the project andrely heavily on Dave Crossland,George Williams and others tohandle this aspect of the project.They are great to talk to aboutbuilding fonts. In the times I'veworked on fonts, back when I diddesign, it is a time intensive task!Any specific suggestions for

the free software communityso font designers feel more athome here?

Yes, jump into helping out athttp://openfontlibrary.org The

project is an open book, so its opento you to change it!Do you use free software to

make free fonts or do you feelthe need for using commercialsoftware to achieve the same?

I've used both [types of] apps.George's FontForge is a great toolthat now has the ability to save fontsdirectly to the Open Font Library,which is quite cool!A brief list of software, what

are your comments on the oneswhich are in use for free fontdevelopment:

FontForge - The number one app atthe time! Go George! It would begreat to get a GTK-based interfacefor this and would open the door formore developers, but that's been onthe table for a while.

Inkscape - Of course Inkscape isthe best vector editor in the world!

Gimp - Gimp is useful forconverting old typefaces, etc...always brilliant.

scribus-font-preview - Awesome!

Any suggestions forupstream free software fonttools to make font designersfeel more at home?

If you aren't on our list andtalking with us, please do so! Wewant to make the healthiest fontecosystem possible!What advice would you

give to anyone thinking ofstarting a similar site?

Make a solid plan and doubleany estimates for how long youthink tasks will take. Also, it isnice to have a plan for keepingafloat financially.

John had plenty more to say onthe subject of Apple, RedHatand the GPL. To read the entireinterview head over to our website :http://www.fullcirclemagazine.org

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MMYY OOPPIINNIIOONNWritten by James Savage

WWIINNDDOOWW MMAANNAAGGEERRSS

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

mrmondayCurrently anOpenBox-GNOMEuser. I switchbetween windowmanagersthough. I'd beusing CompizFusion, but I'vegot over thegraphical effects,and it uses 50%+of my CPU sincethe last update -no update sinceand re-installing

didn't help. GNOME with OpenBox isa great combination imo, mixingbeautiful low resource borders and asimple to use panelnathangrubb - Fluxbox

yabadabbadont - Fluxbox builtfrom SVN.saxonjf - I use GNOME right now,but if it's easy enough to use, Imay very well go to CompizFusion.

pluviosity - I use a combinationof GNOME, KDE, and CompizFusion, with KDE being my mostused window manager

Hardly a surprise, but it seemsthat GNOME out ranks both KDEand Compiz by almost 5 to 1.Surprsingly, Beryl seemed lessused than Compiz and poor Xfcegained only one vote. Fluxboxseems to be the light-weightwindow manager of choice thesedays.

If you would like to post a poll for afuture issue of Full Circle, please postyour poll in our Ubuntu Forums > 3rdParty Forums section:http://url.fullcirclemagazine.org/c7bd6f

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MMYY SSTTOORRYY FFEEEELLIINNGG SSEECCUURREEWritten 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 fewminutes to identify it since I had so many things to discover and understand with this new experience. Then, suddenly, ashocking cold wave passed through my body. A firewall, an anti-virus …fast…fast. Desperate, panicked I’ve started a two fasttwo furious search using Google, for a Linux firewall and an anti-virus.Google is good, but not when

you’re really sweating cold.

“Let’s be calm. There is nohurry. No need to do damage byusing something you don’t know.”Yeah, I was kind of right, but Linuxwas such a thrill. I felt that I haddiscovered something new, reallybig, I was entering in a whole newworld.

I used Google, calmly this time,and the first thing I noticed is thatthere were a lot of people withresponses of the type: “an anti-virus for Linux? Nah, I don’t useone. A firewall for Linux? There'salready one built in”.

Since this experience with thenew OS to enjoy, I’ve used Linux

for days and days, without bootinginto my Windows installation. Butstill, even though I knew that I wasworking in a possibly secureenvironment, I still had that feelingof something missing, and in somecases, especially when reading allthat news about security and holesand bugs and, and... I had a feelingof insecurity too. The calm of theKDE desktop... no Zone Alarm orKasperksy alerts, no daily anti-virusupdates, it was a stress I couldn'thandle. “The syndrome of thedesktop calm”, that’s what I called it.Maybe I had invented a new mentalproblem, whatever it was. I wassuffering from it. Even friends moreexperienced than I was admitted toexperiencing it as well. Was there nocure for it.

I was conscious that I was secure,

but that feeling was still there amonth later. I’d see myselfopening new search pages in themiddle of other tasks, searchingagain and again on the samearguments almost unconsciously.

Then one day I discovered twopackages that finally brought mepeace: Firestarter is just afrontend for Iptables, the built infirewall, which allows you toapply some rules easier andwatch your traffic. It has alsosome alerts, and a red flashinglight, my saviour. And thenClamav so I could scan ports!Even if there was no real-timeprotection. What did thesepackages offer me? Not much.But seeing those small icons waswhat my mind wanted. t was afake feeling, but it was my cure!

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UUBBUUNNTTUU YYOOUUTTHHWritten by Andrew

The future of Open Source is in the Young People of today; that'swhy this corner of the magazine is for young people or simplythose who are young at heart.

I used to really be into the “BoxTheory.” When you needsomething, there is a box at

your local computer store to coverit. Inside the box was a CD, smallpamphlet telling you what youcan't do with the software on theCD, and maybe a coupon or two.Do you need a word processor?$200 and up will get you one ofmany colorful boxes at Best Buy.Have some viruses? There areboxes for that too. There wereboxes for everything.

This drove me mad, but I thoughtit was the only way. In fact, I don'tthink I had a single bit of Free/OpenSource software on my computer. Itwas all proprietary software thatcame from those boxes at Best Buy.

Now what about this: you get anew computer with Windows Vista.The next day, your teacher gives youa writing assignment. You still haveyet to get Microsoft Word, and youhave never heard of FOSS (and let'spretend for a moment that theWindows build of OpenOffice doesn'texist). There is no time to go to thecomputer store, and this paper isdue tomorrow.

That's why I think that Ubuntu isthe perfect OS for teens. You need aword processor? There's onepreinstalled. Virus protection? Thevery fact that you're using Ubuntu isvirus protection! What if yourteacher wants some pictures withthat paper? No problem! Just go toAdd/Remove and find what you need.

Ubuntu is an excellent OS forteens. It's easy to install things,so whenever you needsomething like a musicorganizer, a word processor, oreven a game or two, you canfind it in Add/Remove Programson the Ubuntu menu. All thoseroyalties and license fees are athing of the past.

Not only that, but it's fun tolearn something new. I cannoteven begin to tell you all thethings I have learned in the pastyear or so that I've been runningUbuntu Linux.

Andrew is thefounder ofTeens on

Linux whichfeaturedrecently in the

UK magazine Linux Formathttp://www.teensonlinux.org

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LLEETTTTEERRSS Every month we like to publish some of the emails we receive. If you would like tosubmit a letter for publication, even if it's a compliment or complaint, please email itto: letters@fullcirclemagazine.org. PLEASE NOTE: some letters may be edited for spaceFirst off, the bad news: I think

you misplaced a screenshotor two in the Top 5 category

this month. Unless I'm badlymistaken, the screenshot shownfor "Glest" is actually a screenshotfrom the wonderful game "BattleFor Wesnoth".

Thank you very much for theexcellent VirtualBox article. I hadtried recently to install VirtualBoxon Feisty, but I had had problemswith user groups. This articleclears up all my problems!Stephen Nabholz

Ed: Yep, sorry about that, therewas indeed a bit of a mix upbetween a couple of the Top5screens. Glad to be of help withthe VirtualBox article. Quite a fewpeople have emailed us to saythat they enjoyed it. Big pat onthe back goes to writer Luca DeMarini who's written several goodarticles for us.

I also have had a problem with.mkv files and anything above1280x1024. I've found that

mplayer is the software to use forthese files. It's the only packagethat decodes the video files in a waythat's not resource intensive. Pleasepass that info on to Walter for me.Thanks!Anthony Stellato

Ed: Several people wrote insuggesting Mplayer as the best videoplayer for large MKV files, some alsosuggested you install the restrictedvideo drivers Walter. Do let us knowhow it goes.Iwas recently introduced to Full

Circle (Issue #5 is my firstexperience), and my wife and I

are quite impressed. The entireissue comes across as professional,and the editing quality is very good.

We both enjoyed the article aboutCoLoCo (kudos to those guys forputting on what must have been an

absolutely stellar presentation!)and we look forward to similartypes of articles. In addition tothat fabulous article, I thinkmany new users would beparticularly interested in theconcise "My Desktop" article. Ifanything, this article should beexpanded to a minimum of twopages. Having a spotlight onsoftware (such as the Top 5Stragegy Games) is a wonderfulidea that can help new and evenveteran users become aware ofthe best of the softwareavailable. I wasn't aware of 4out of 5 of those games youlisted!

So, thank you guys very muchfor putting so much effort intothis publication. I look forwardto the next edition and I will bedownloading the first 4 issuesright away!Mike Ireland

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I absolutely love Ubuntu Linux. Ilove it so much that I reallywant to contribute. But the

thing is, I can't program. Are thereany tips you could give me onwhere to learn?Tommy Alsemgeest

Ed: No comment! I'm throwing this

one out to the programmers! Guys,

what's the best language to learn for

helping out in the Ubuntu

community?

My question is about LinuxCertification and inparticular Ubuntu

Certification.Could you explain a little more

about the Ubuntu Certification?Where can I get the literature?What are the "must have" studybooks? Are there any online toolsto prepare for exams? Thanks a lotAkall

Ed: As far as I'm aware the Ubuntu

Certification hasn't begun as yet but

I'm sure the good folks at Canonical

can answer this one?

For those who are not aware ofthe details of this car, it wasdebuted at the Mozilla 24

"Firefox Rock Festival" in Tokyo onSept. 15th. It will go on to compete inthe largest all-Japan custom car showin Nagoya later in September.Gen Kanai (Flickr.com user)MaximumPC magazines June

issue promoted going toLinux and Ubuntu was the

distro focused on.I setup a Dual Boot with Ubuntu /

XP and I could not be happier!* Linux is Fast* Everything is free* All the information you couldpossibly need is out there. I became

a forum member for the firsttime.* The graphics improved withouthaving to buy a new video card(Windows would need one to dothe same thing!)* I can keep this computer (AMD2200 Sempron) for another 3years easy with Linux!* No viruses, etc.

I missed the command lineand batch files but after 2 weeksof Scripts / Sudo / Anacron I havecontrol over everything. It'smore 'raw' but that's the fun part- total control.

I am truly enjoying using mycomputer again like I did duringthe '90's. But instead of buyinghardware so frequently I canenjoy the free Distro's!William Covington

Ed: <memories> Ah the 90's, Iremember them well. My AtariST being sold off to get thatAmiga A500. My friend showingoff his flashy 486 PC with Doomin a small window. Them werethe days! </memories>

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QQ&&AAWritten by Robert Clipsham

If you have an Ubuntu related question which needs answering, email it to us hereat questions@fullcirclemagazine.org, and we'll pass them to Robert for answeringin a future issue.

How can I get 'UbuntuUser' and 'LinuxRegistered User titles?

QI have seen that somepeople have 'Ubuntu User'or 'Linux Registered User' in

their signatures. How can I getone?ASimply visit

http://counter.li.org to becounted as a linux user, or

http://ubuntucounter.geekosophical.net for an Ubuntu User.http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=290323QIs it possible to use a file

browser to view files overssh?AYes. Go to 'Places >Connect to Server', select'SSH' in the 'Service Type'

Menu. You can then enter yourdetails and choose your options.You can use this method for othertypes of connections too.http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=558293

QHow can I get the trash iconon my desktop?

ASimply press alt+f2, thenenter 'gconf-editor' in the boxthat appears. Navigate to

/apps/nautilus/desktop, and checkthe 'trash_icon_visible' box. You canalso add other icons in the samesection. Close the window whenyou're done, and you will have thetrash icon on your desktop.http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=390429

QI'm new to Ubuntu, and I'mnot ready to use it as mydefault operating system yet.

How can I make Windows the default?

ATo do this you need to edityour menu.lst. First back itup in case you make a

mistake - cp /boot/grub/menu.lst/boot/grub/menu.lst.backup.Then you can edit it with 'gksudogedit /boot/grub/menu.lst'. Youneed to change the 'default'value to the number windows ison the list. Each 'title' counts asone. For more information seehttp://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#default, orthe post mentioned below.http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=574789

QHow can I upgrade to theGutsy Gibbon?

AHave a look on page 6(this issue's Flavor of theMonth) for how to upgrade.

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WWEEBBSSIITTEE OOFF TTHHEE MMOONNTTHHWritten 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 generalcuriosity). I will sum up the good and the bad points of the website, and -- with any luck -- the website owner will read the article andthen rectify any problems mentioned!

Ubuntu Tutorialshttp://ubuntu-tutorials.com/

This month's website issomewhat different than theprevious websites. But that

isn't a bad thing. Ubuntu-tutorialsis a blog done by someone whichgives daily tips or how-tos.

So each day you get a new tip onhow to do something. Much of thetime it won't be needed by you, butoften you can find little tweaks thatcan save time or just generallyimprove your Ubuntu experience.

Blogs that use various tools onlineto make them all have a familiarlayout, and this site is no exception.To accompany the nice layout is agood neutral theme which is easy onthe eyes and makes everything lookvery clear.

Entries are organized on the left-hand side in various categorieswhich allows you to find old poststhat are in categories relevant toyou. It also sorts them out intomonthly archives and has the latestten on that side as to make it easyfor you to find them instead ofhaving to scroll down for a long time.

The best part about thiswebsite is that there is an RSSfeed. I won't go over what it isbut I will say that it is whatmakes this website so good.Even with all of the organizedcategories and archives, it wouldstill be a pain to go thereeveryday to check up that day'show-to, only to are notinterested and have just wastedyour time. With the RSS feed itconveniently allows you to haveit alongside all of your otherdaily feeds (Slashdot, Sky, BBCetc.), and so can see theheadline of the latest tip withouthaving to use your browser.

Even if you only get aninteresting article every fewweeks – because there is so littleeffort needed to use theseresources, you may as well.

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MMYY DDEESSKKTTOOPPWritten by Martin Topping

MMYY DDEESSKKTTOOPPWritten by Steve Barcomb

This is your chance to show the world your fancy desktop or PC. Please email your screenshots andphotos to: misc@fullcirclemagazine.org and include a brief paragraph about your desktop, yourPC's specifications and any other interesting tidbits about your setup.

My box is nothing special at all - Pentium 4 1.7 GHz, 256 MB RAM, 20 GBHDD - which is split evenly between Windows XP Pro and Feisty Fawn. Iwasn'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 canalways uninstall. So I fired up the box, fed it my Feisty Live CD, and clicked oninstall, and I haven't looked back!

The video card is a NVidia TNT2, which is good enough for what I do. I watchmovie DVDs on my box, and play Alien Arena 2006, and it all looks okay. I don'thave the fancy desktop effects, but I found some nice graphics and I like the waymy desktop looks.

I thought I would share my brand new install of Ubuntu7.10 and my simple customizations with the desktopssection. 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 bysearching USP Ubuntu on Google.

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

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TTOOPP55 RRAACCIINNGG GGAAMMEESSWritten by Andrew Min

TORCS

Homepage: http://torcs.sourceforge.net/If you want a powerful racing game, look nofurther than TORCS, The Open Racing CarSimulator. It's gone from a 1997 2D soapbox

derby simulator to a powerful 3D racing game withchampionships, tons of tracks, a thrivingcommunity, and all the third party tracks and carsyou can download. There are even two onlinechampionships: TORCS Driving Championship andThe TORCS Racing Board.

To install TORCS, just use your favorite packagemanager(apt,aptitude,Synaptic,Adept, etc)to installthe 'torcs'packagefrom theuniverserepository.

Your monthly Top5 list of obscure Linux games orapplications from the depths of the Internet. If you have anidea for a list, please email: misc@fullcirclemagazine.org

VDrift

Homepage: http://vdrift.net/Want realistic racing? Then you need to tryVDrift. First released in 2005 by Joe Venzonand inspired by Gran Turismo, Venzon

created a simple racing game powered by the VamosAutomotive Simulator. Two years, three programmers,and a ton of code later, it's got extremely realisticphysics, 28 cars, 19 tracks, AI players, networking,and great looking graphics.

VDrift hasn't (yet) made it into the Ubunturepositories(though thedata packagemade it in.Odd). Luckily,GetDeb.netincludes anUbuntupackage for it.

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Trigger

Homepage:http://sourceforge.net/projects/trigger-rally/If arcade-style racing is your style,

give Trigger a try. It's simple: theygive you a car, and you have to

navigate a tricky path full of off-roadterrain with an extremely tippy car.Go too fast, and you risk flipping offof the road. But move too slowly, andyou risk being dominated by yourcunning AI opponents. Disclaimer:Full Circle Magazine is not held liablewhen your boss fires you forspending five hours straight trying tobeat Trigger during that importantmeeting with the client.To install, just use your favorite packagemanager to grab the 'trigger' package inthe universe repository.

SuperTuxKart

Homepage:http://supertuxkart.sourceforge.net/If you're tired of realistic racing,

try SuperTuxKart. It was based onTux Kart, a game where users

race around a track and throwpower-ups at each other. For awhile, Tux Kart did well. But itstagnated for several months. InDecember, a Happypenguin usernamed grumbel decided to fork aversion called SuperTuxKart. So in2006, SuperTuxKart was releasedwith better AI, more characters,more power-ups, more tracks, bettergraphics, and tons of bug fixes.By the time you read this, the latestversion should be available via thepackage 'supertuxkart' in the universerepositories.

Extreme Tux Racer

Homepage:http://www.extremetuxracer.com/In 2001 the company

developing Tux Racerannounced they were going

commercial. Tux Racer neversaw another release after thatannouncement. Luckily,PlanetPenguinRacer had starteda fork. Although it was popular, ittoo was abandoned by 2006. Butin March 2007 another group ofprogrammers decided to revivethe project renaming it toExtreme Tux Racer because oflicensing issues.To install, use the .deb provided byHamish or to follow the Building anUbuntu Package instructions at theproject wiki.

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