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1. ee ee N 3S S warning When writing this piece we started with a Clean Firefox and ended with eight extensions installed As you can see in the final screenshot Wizz RSS there s not much room left to see what s going on in the web page which rather loses site of Firefox s main goal Don t let the same happen to you choose a few extensions but be warned that they use up screen space and slow down your browsing experience gt Wizz RSS tells you when news happens rather than you having to check every hour That means more time for games right Linux starter pack 25 15 4 08 11 45 34 lt P Email Email and more with Evolution Youre all installed and you re on the web so what next Email of course It s time to use Linux to stay in touch pm he web is only one small part of your digital life If you re like most people you will have at least one email account often more you ll have a list of 8 contacts for people you want to keep in touch with you ll have a calendar to keep track of special events and you may even keep a to do list to help stay organised in an increasingly hectic world Rather than adding to your already complex daily life Linux makes things easy by bundling all these tasks into a single program called Evolution In the Windows world you might say that Evolution is roughly equivalent to Microsoft Outlook but if you ve never used that befor
2. THE BEGINNER S GUIDE TO ALL THINGS OPEN SOURCE DVD INSIDE eo Want to dump Windows but don t know how Here s your complete guide to using Linux Iesu oed JOPeS XNUFI OUL ETSAX T amp uone p oM amp Sdde uzu 5 O Q nN vn 5 amp y J nN an 5 E n 5 amp ae gt r 5 o z O 5 4 U ke Lam D re o N r n w e J o OUI zuezsuj JUALI oyseqno1y Hurbess Iv Supo 725 0 p u noA ISSUETHIRTEEN 9 99 I MLINUXET dienes nser oe AN mM Ni EDITORIAL Editor Paul Hudson Disc editor Mike Saunders Contributing editor Graham Morrison Operations editor Andrew Gregory Art editor Efrain Hernandez Mendoza Art assistance Stacey Black Nick Cox Neil Freestone Martin Parfitt MANAGERIAL amp MARKETING Marketing product manager Jennifer Wagner Acquisitions product manager James Greenwood Publishing director Stuart Anderton Managing director Robert Price DISTRIBUTION amp CIRCULATION Production coordinator Craig Broadbridge Trade marketing executive Kate Robson Distributed by Seymour Distribution Ltd 2 East Poultry Avenue London EC1A 9PT Tel 020 7429 4000 Overseas distribution by Future Publishing Ltd Tel 44 0 1225 442244 LICENSING Head of international licensing Tim Hudson thudson futurenet co uk Tel 44 0 1225 788253 Copyright No part of this publication may be repr
3. aie ool The last step is to choose the time zone you live in The map is small but when you click it you ll get a Zoomed in view and can click again LXFS13 email 29 CLE i i a ces ewe peeps of be ee tet Ps ee eee me Jim h mi A a E i y Ak bE e k jjpioel i bh ohi i jis ET P bire m ee Terem r ee e E h j re bo ee ej i 3 On this screen you can tell Evolution how to handle your email Chances are you want to check the box asking it to check for emails automatically but the rest is pretty forgettable ee me hie fo al be le ee ee a ly oo Be Boe oe a b he Be ee h n eee a A A E T 2 ae ee N shl bimp bo Now that your account has almost been created you need to give it a memorable name Of course if you have no other email accounts you can call this one what you like Linux starter pack 29 14 4 08 20 03 09 J SP ki OpenOffice org writer Getting started The word processor is where most users spend much of their time luckily this important application is also the easiest to use ord processors haven t changed that much in the last We years or so At least not on the surface OpenOffice org s word processor snappily dubbed Writer is no exception and that is definitely a good thing It means that if you ve used a mainstream word processor in the last decade you re going to feel right at home with Writer Just launch the
4. E viens Y Connect to Server r Saarch for Ales From the desktop click on the Places menu at the top of the screen then click on CD DVD Creator in the menu 80 Linux starter pack LXFS13 discburn 80 When it s done you ll find Brasero in the Applications menu under the Sound amp Video category Brasero initially displays a window letting you choose the type of disc to create in our case we want a Data Project disc so click on that button You can then drag files into the Brasero window change the type of disc with the bottom left button and click on Burn to start the disc writing process Brasero lets you add files on to existing CD RW DVD RW discs and shows a useful bar chart of how much disc space is remaining so it s a good alternative to the standard Linux tools Date project 4 _ File een ee eT al Mh copie Fe ie ip be 1 mT Fim i F mami Li gt mmahhHkEk a cath fae hter Happy Eya B k E a CEFE Ek ia Li Poy wei ad te If you find the file manager based system too limiting Brasero provides a more featureful disc burning tool Bs Be ie Ge Beh ie teat E ae a im R eee This window will open it s a blank file manager window into which you can drag and drop files to be copied to the disc 14 4 08 19 48 38 E pu ee E Ea be B E a La Hee Cla Besh T E iL en l aini T E ton Sie ibe 11 NE Now open another file browser window
5. Sending an email The easiest way to get photos out into the wide world is to attach them to an email F Spotcan even help with this if you use the Evolution email client Select the photos you want to send and click on Send Mail in the File menu A smaller Working with photos EErEE FFF r ee ee ee Wns ta a z LR els ee jl A T AH E pep ee pS Eei p b mme ee jn bere mE j e iad Pease See eo ie orn i window will appear and from here you should scale the photos you want to send people who still use dial up modems won t appreciate anything larger than small Click on Create Mail and Evolution will open from which you can send the images If you attach more than a couple of images an email will quickly get a little unwieldy as well as difficult to read The answer is to bundle up your images into a single file a process known as zipping Do this by exporting your images to a folder in much the same way we did to generate a website But this time select Save Files Only so that the website isn t generated and resize to something sensible like 800 When the process has completed you need to navigate to the location where the folder was saved Iry clicking on the Home folder from the Places menu When you locate your gallery right click on the folder and select Create Archive From the window that appears choose zip from the drop down format list and click on Creat
6. Username andrew Change Password Personal Info Work fax Mobile Instant Messaging jabber 96 Linux starter pack LXFS13 security 96 yahoo Almfichat Groupwise Change your password Tb change pour passord enter your currant peseword in the held below aed check Awhent r ate Star pou hava authenticated artar YOU Pew pasari retype for venkiton end click Change password authenticate current password oor gt Enter your current password and click the Authenticate button guess and quite frankly if you ve used it then you deserve to have your system hacked into and trashed Another common password choice is the name of a spouse or child again if the would be hacker knows you then it s not a bad guess to try the first names of all your relatives that they know in an attempt to gain access to your system So what is a good choice of password Well it s time to learn avery simple method of creating a good password that is also easy to remember a common problem in our password oriented lives First of all think of a phrase that you know well It could be something as simple as Every Good Boy Deserves Football a phrase we learned while being taught to play the piano Take the first character of each of the words to give you egbdf seemingly gibberish but easy to remember if you re a musical person Because passwords are case sensitive we re
7. gt Whenever there are security fixes or other patches available for your software Ubuntu will let you know Click the orange icon to start the update process Linux starter pack 103 15 4 08 15 56 04 INT SiS PST 20 top apps The best of software This book is full of exceptional open source software but that s just the tip of a large iceberg Here are some highlights awaiting the open source adventurer espite this book being full to the brim with open source software there are still plenty of applications we haven t mentioned This is our opportunity to cover just a few we think are the most useful But this doesn t mean we ve exhausted all the tools we re interested in either One of the best things about Linux is choice and there is just so much software to choose from If you take a look at the Synaptic package manager the tool used for installing extra stuff you ll find it The tool to use when you want to edit your own movies for YouTube and even DVD gt After you ve imported your videos the timeline is the place where you can edit their order j 6 S0 us Ip Fjerne Perig ole i Meye l das ST ee APLIS EO Ae os FF Pe a See i pyi ocd Oe a BM et EH record movies as well as take photos video editing is a prerequisite for a desktop computer Both Apple s OS X and Microsoft s Windows bundle video editing applications and this has helped make video e
8. net for PHP Once you are on there search for bugs like yours to make sure someone hasn t submitted it already If you pass that final test submit your bug Let the developers know iain what software and pamm hardware you are using what you tried to do what you expected to happen what actually happened and which other people if any have verified the bug Be sure to include your email address so that the developers can get in touch with you if needed ee of Summa k Epi laptop to your local LUG and ask them to have a look we can almost guarantee that they will be happy to help solve your problem right there Many towns and cities in the world have their own LUG the UK alone has more than 80 at LXFS13 helps Sec2 127 49 or some Search tormi Ane Page Search existing bug blue and tape browsers uana ee Window pra W logo im the tori oF the gt If you can t write documentation or code you can still help out by submitting helpful bug reports the time of writing see Linux Format for locations and you can find a good list at www linux org groups If you re based in the UK there s a better list of UK LUGs available at www lug org uk gt Each issue of Linux Format prints a full list of Linux user groups Linux starter pack 127 15 4 08 11 45 12 ESSENTIAL READING FOR EVERY ISSUE OF LINUX FORMAT BRINGS YOU A DVD packed with the best softw
9. And the great thing about Linux games is that the overwhelming majority of them are free Over the course of the next few pages we re going to give you a brief tour covering some of the best Linux games Give yourself a couple of hours then click on the Applications gt Games menu to start the fun gt Suzanne Vega wrote a song called Solitaire about the addiction many people suffer for card games such as Klondike course on the desktop all the monotonous card management is done automatically and all you have to worry about is building the four columns for Freecell plays like Solitaire but is considered a more skilful game as success is less reliant on the random order in which the cards appear in the shuffled deck 15 4 08 11 58 02 GCompris Compris is a suite of games designed to educate children assign what the child can and cannot between the ages of 2 and 10 play Click on the filter button and Each game is amass of colour and there restrict the range to your child s ability are over 80 activities for your children to One two or three stars should suit 2 6 play split into various categories There year olds while games adorned with the are games that let players assemble more complex star patterns are famous paintings games that teach designed for those aged 6 10 them how to use a mouse by playing a You will be able to come back to the dot to dot and games that involve administration reports on the fol
10. As we Said previously using a package manager to install your software 15 4 08 15 56 03 means that it can also keep track of software updates and prompt you to install patches as they become available On Ubuntu this is done using Update Manager from the System gt Administration menu When run this will scan all the software you have installed and compare it to the latest versions that are available for install and then let you know if any updates are available If there are updates they are selected for you by default so all you need to do is click Install Updates to have Ubuntu download and patch all applicable programs on your computer As you might imagine given its advanced user target Synaptic can also upgrade packages In fact just next to the Refresh button that you click when repositories are enabled or disabled is the Mark All Upgrades button which does exactly the same thing as Update Manager does click that then click Apply to have Synaptic update all your software to the latest available versions Automatic updates After you ve spent a few weeks using Ubuntu you will almost certainly encounter the automatic update notification system Behind the scenes Ubuntu checks the internet for new software every day and if it finds any updates are available it will pop up a balloon in the top right of your desktop to encourage you to update This might seem a bit annoying particularly if the balloon appears w
11. Restart your PC and at the very first screen that comes up the BIOS screen look for a message that tells you which key to press for the Setup or BIOS screen Normally this is Del Esc F1 or F2 try pressing them if you don t see a message If nothing happens consult your PC s manual When you reach the BIOS settings screen look for the option to change the boot order so that you can tell your PC to start from the DVD drive rather than the hard drive Then save your settings and restart 14 4 08 20 03 18 Insert the DVD supplied with this magazine into your DVD drive then restart your PC You should see the screen shown above If not see the Problems Booting box on the opposite page prp a Ermi o He hiik hpa Line f B niara oe Hite ede re Pais The installer window will appear Make sure you read the text at every step You can select your language via the panel on the left hand side a waar ors et Him le ee ee ole eee E fe mi hbr kya T i p ja ee a erg a Am Lhi ee ee R a a a Be E Ea rErg a cess ae ery ede a hmar Bijke cet PS be a ed Ps rae a iL eel gop be ede eee ee ee ee vee Bm hee et eee toed ee ple Bulla pda a pe ee a r ai Lt Prt ie es then click Forward to continue Egyh iri aiL Sial ba cio cae ho pea pled b siu ba Eg ELAT Mea E E E kmri i ee rrii Tirei ep kms liT skih hers Pir bea TULE ie he rh a a a ere Leek fe
12. Ubuntu will even let you share printers among a number of workstations allowing you to set up a printer once and connect to it easily from other clients In this walkthrough you ll see how Ubuntu can automatically detect and configure your printer We ll also cover some of the other printer related options that you can set using the tools supplied with Ubuntu Contigure Ubuntu has detected and installed the correct drivers for the newly connected printer It is now available for printing So you can go ahead and start using it Sometimes you might need to change some of the defaults so click the Configure button to open up the Printer Configuration tool 15 4 08 18 03 01 Paul Hudson ie J Spplcation Places Syrtern a mezi ee E Ga Hii ii mal r hie imie ae Fi tithes GMs ie bebeah qr Fare airm Peg Pala Acie Coke Pde Cee ed bere rerep Cemmis eB phar Pay eta bee ome ee ig aabaki h Ae EEE iida HY OD Timas mieh airi er a m ee a ere thaws ara Lae 1 Ee Tae Enim bia delmi prim spi Hu Paisai jes pam inha pee E imi eet Epp Sewell basikal Ah the beauty of open source Ubuntu s printer configuration tool is derived from system config printer which is a tool created for Fedora another Linux distro In the opening screen you can change the Printer Description and also print a test page to check the configuration g Spplcation Placar Syrte 7 Paul Hudson ie a We 23
13. abe mira l Sake hhii kie ikae 2 Pirpana ff Hir t TEE mi The Gee CEET Bek Dyba a ich Dyke Pal tock Leben Mek Dig bm Tek Di L kibi iig Premeu hia eat E Bersted oo The fared Od pa he ii ie ii J E ert ee ale sie i By default RhythmBox shows the Browse view which allows you to quickly isolate tracks based on artist and or album The number in brackets after the each artist or album is the number of tracks that are assigned to that specific entry J 4pplewion Hace Seem a G iF ca a ln os gece cll i m F m Bas LL Ei a myjni ery p TELE a n J ae ti Dau Hedon g mira 1 gt W iki irsi D ewe 2 me p17 _ One of the more useful features of RhythmBox is its ability to create automatic playlists found under Music gt Playlist gt New Automatic Playlist With this you can specify a number of criteria and RhythmBox will create a playlist that contains all the qualifying tracks 15 4 08 12 44 52 LXFS13 media 79 P QJ weiss fies Sym Paul Hudson Sy O E ah we 25 me uaz em Soom ft Aren jai ippa gee jj on Breer iam Aam E MER EE pe a La s Terep a ey era Fo maa a Opi kiaii iE a Carey EEE Go i 5 ri kie EaD TS eres haky a a E hmi bee Eel Tel M ohi he Eri hia bia j ar Hehe af Tiere i ig oe E Hg ee eg Banabes Music Play hanke orp so Flay andr tee Pow SE bowl ba Wak al hee nel ee lcd le ad i Eyr pr
14. an alternative media player for KDE Apache The most popular web server on the internet behind nearly 70 of all web domains The name comes from its original moniker A Patchy Web Server so named because it was built up from a number of modifications Appletalk A common file and print sharing protocol used by older Macintosh computers On Linux you can allow Macs to connect to your machine with Appletalk support by using the Netatalk library APT Advanced Packaging Tool a Suite of utilities authored by the Debian team that handles package installation and maintenance Bash The Bourne Again SHellis the predominant command line interpreter for Linux It is based on the original Bourne Shell created by Stephen Bourne for AT amp T and includes job control scripting and aliases Boot A general term for starting your computer Rebooting means to restart and the boot process is the initial set of procedures through which Linux starts BSD Berkeley Software Distribution a variant of Unix and close relation 120 Linux starter pack LXFS13 glossary Sec1 120 of Linux that is both free software and freely licensed using the BSD licence The BSD licence allows inclusion of code into proprietary software without the release of modifications Command line The most common name for the text only teletype input system for Linux The command line interpreter of choice on Linux is traditionally Bash Compile The
15. and choose Properties This brings up the Panel Properties window shown above which has several cool options Orientation This is set to Bottom for the task panel but you can make it stick to any of the four edges of your screen Size The height of the panel Most things will scale neatly if you increase this so feel free to make it as large as you need it to be Expand This causes the panel to stretch to fit the size of the screen even if there is nothing there to fill it Turning this off can save a lot of screen real estate Autohide With this turned on the panel will automatically duck off the screen when you re not using it Show Hide Buttons This allows you to get the panel off the screen when you don t need it just by clicking one of the hide button directions Background The default background is plain grey but you can go for a transparent colour or even a background image if you want to Linux starter pack 19 15 4 08 11 57 53 PST Linux desktop Your filesystem Ready to delve right into the core of your new Linux system The Nautilus file explorer is here to help Windows or Finder on Mac OS X it lets you N autilus is the Linux equivalent of Explorer on browse your filesystem create new files and directories and work with all your files Before you jump in first you need to know a little bit about how the Linux filesystem is laid out Get to know the Nautilus file browser The root of the fil
16. easy to use online photo presence then choosing one of these options is likely to be the best option You can choose to keep photos private share them with your friends or family as well as making them publicly visible Flickr Picasa and SmugMug Each service works in roughly the same way The first step is to create an account with the host of your choice This account information is needed by F Spotso that it can automatically communicate with the remote site while sending your photos With Flickr for example when you select the export module from F Spot you need to click on the large Authorise button This will load the Flickr site into a web browser and from here you ll need to log in to your Flickr account before heading back to F Spot and clicking on the Continue Authorisation button This will then update both Flickr and F Spot with the details they need to talk to one another With the export gt You can export your photos directly from F Spot to many of the more popular online photo repositories Edit View Find Tags Help Import iri a es gt imps i Ed T tight Browse Edit Image Fullscre 2007 jel Print Ctrl P Export to Picasaweb Send Mail Export to SmugMug Export to 23hq Suit Ctr Q ry Export ta Web Gallery _ Export to Folder Export to CD 54 Linux starter pack ae fh gee yy Gainer ok pee g Ae eT ieee mr gt Many internet provide
17. just click on CD DVD creator from the same Places menu and drag the albums you want to burn into the new window insert a blank disc and click on Write To Disc 15 4 08 11 58 23 Collection management Dont get bogged down in photos get yourself organised N wn Ke VA Working with photos N You can import your photos into F Spot without going through GThumb first Connect your camera and select Import from F Spot s File menu Click on the Select Folder icon and you will see your camera in the drop down list Choose this and you ll be able to add your photos directly F Step by step Organise a large collection Places More Seerch 2 Christies Gh Racerthy ured graham F Spot There s nothing wrong with G7humb but it just so happens that there s a better application in Ubuntu for managing your photos It s called F Spot and it s better suited to larger collections This is because you can organise your photos into albums send them to the printers or export them as a website from within a single application F Spotcan be started from the Applications gt Graphics menu and the first window you see will ask you for the location of any photos you might already have If you ve just imported photos from your camera click twice on the Select Folder button This will open another window from where you can point F Spotat the folder that contains your images You should then click o
18. on the New button in the toolbar to create a new archive file It looks for a file extension so enter something like archive zip for File Roller to use ZIP compression Click the New button to return to the main File Roller window and click on the Add Files or Add Folder button to add individual files or all files under a folder to your archive A The answer to this one is most definitely yes By default if The choice is yours I d like to install some more software but don t know what is out there What s the best way for me to browse what s on offer Synaptic found under System gt Administration gt Synaptic Package Manager which allows you to browse through all the available packages for Ubuntu Helpfully it breaks down the packages into groups according to their function allowing you to browse each group separately By selecting a package you ll get a helpful summary of what the package is and what additional software might be needed You can also click on the Search button in Synaptic to enter specific keywords these will be checked against all the package names and their descriptions and any that match will be shown N Ubuntu offers a graphical package management tool called Latest ertian Dia crpt E 2 35 vsa The insidious Eig Brother Database T 1 3 2ubartul a fast Bayesan spam titer Idn L 1 5 duburtus alag Bayodion aparmi titer Berkok LL H o fast Esreman earn fiber teorenih LL0 5 Lubuntul2 eacus mal parva
19. on with Sudoko is launched from the Game menu and If you are one of the few who have never played it before the matrix of numbers that greets you may seem a little intimidating The idea of the game is that you have to work out what numbers should be in the blank spaces These need to be a number between 1 and 9 but you can only have one of each digit in each row and column The other rule is that each smaller nine segment square will also contain the numbers 1 9 Between those two rules you should be able to work out which number goes where The best place to start is by looking at the nine square segment with the most filled squares Work out which numbers are missing and then work through the blank LXFS13 games 59 sub category with symbols representing each category listed down the left hand side of the screen Each game icon features one or more of the star icons we used to filter difficulty The categories include puzzles mathematics strategy reading discovery computing amusement and experimentation squares to see if any of the numbers will fit remembering to make sure that the Same number doesn t appear again in the row or column attached to the square When you think you ve found the number double click on the square to select the digit from the pop up menu It s easier than it sounds at least to begin with The game starts in beginner s mode so you should be able to crack it This version of Sudoku a
20. problems Try to create a direct route to each machine VolP ports to the machine you want to run Ekiga on example or replace a codeword with a long address 88 Linux starter pack LXFS13 chat 88 D 15 4 08 11 57 10 Instant messaging VoIP and video conferencing sometimes typing text just isn t enough Linux has several messaging clients that can manage voice and video he most popular voice and video conferencing application for Linux is called Ekiga and it can be found hidden in the Applications gt Internet menu When first launched Ekiga will ask you for your name as well as a username and password that will be used to create an account on ekiga net which is the portal through which people connect and disconnect Ekiga net is run by volunteers and is entirely free to use Other users of Ekiga need to do the same and it s through this portal you ll be able to make calls to other people If you already use an alternative SIP service you can configure Ekiga to use this instead Alternatives include users of Microsoft s video conferencing software which Ekiga can be configured to work with in which case ignore the request for a username and password Setup After the Ekiga account setup the configuration assistant will try to detect your NAT type This sounds technical but all it s really doing is trying to work out how to reach your computer from the internet If you have several machines sharing the same intern
21. z pey fa q T ce To P i re en i u l l ee ee i You can install hundreds of other effects by searching for LADSPA plugin in the Synaptic package manager These are compatible with all Linux audio applications and cover everything from chorus effects to reverb ee soe R Save output Compression differs from normalisation because it only boosts the quiet parts of the signal When you re happy with the results save the louder file Linux starter pack 105 14 4 08 20 02 43 N ZIN 20 top apps Blender 3D modelling and rendering environments normally cost a fortune Blenderis free and can compete on quality and specification he story behind Blenders open source renaissance is a l good one It started life as a proprietary piece of software designed to compete with the likes of Softimage LightWave and 3D Studio The company that developed Blender went bankrupt in 2002 but the creditors agreed to release the source code in return for 100 000 In mid July of that year a campaign was started asking people to donate funds to free Blender Two months later Blender was saved and the source code was released under the terms of the GPL free for all to use and modify Since then Blender has gone from strength to strength Thanks to its open licence many people now contribute to its development and the massive community flocks to blender org with each ne
22. 15 18 l E n E z Save table When your table is saved you can just close the design window to get back to the main Impress window from earlier Except now you ll see your CDs table listed under the Tables pane Double click that to open it up for editing Save value Now try entering Fizz for the rating for this CD Once you press Enter to save the value Base will automatically change that Fizz to be O This is because we told Base to accept a Tiny Integer value which means it only accepts numbers 127 to 127 not text Table editing view This is the table editing view which lets you type data into your CDs table You can resize the columns at the top to make them bigger and easier to work with which is particularly helpful if you want to type a lot into your fields Enter more data Go ahead and type a few more fields in there so that we have something to work with Make sure you have at least two CDs with the same rating because we ll be using that shortly Remember the ID number takes care of itself you only need to fill in the Name Artist and Rating fields New row Type Mind Bomb into the Name field for the first row then The The into Artist Notice that Base has lt AutoField gt in the ID row because that takes care of itself You ll also notice that it automatically creates a new row for you so you can add more fields easily Sort
23. 4h eee eee E APEC ey tao eee ae ee Wihkihs Fema barby Me Lay kan GEE nec E ool damn cpap eee Tee eT ee EN Select the Burn button from the tab at the top of the lower panel and the disc burning window will pop up You could just go with the defaults but if you select the Create Image option you ll create the image on your hard drive first which may be useful if the burn fails and you have to try again Linux starter pack 83 15 4 08 18 02 48 lt N Make a compilation CD E Ee o See fie amii Ba piam peb pore pig gE IT ia E Eee 7s ii amp a in cao eet ie l abs ki a Sim jog Wate kamirka EHe T Tee ieee a Ba pt mi os bee he dlri rock lapiepiod ter ime ee oe ih eed hci cee Lip a a i ee eT i a ibai ohe b i imbfikle i o trackliot kii mace merili eed rock lanio i l Now we have a list of the tracks in K3b but how do we extract that Well you can either just type it in again which is a pain or you can do something a bit tricky K3b doesn t have a plugin to export track listings but there is a simple console script we can type in to get this information If you re feeling brave and there s really nothing to be scared of open a terminal and type for x 1 x lt dcop k3b K3bProject 0 trackCount x do echo x dcop k3b K3bProject 0 trackArtist x tracklist txt done dcop k3b
24. Ep bet nae ig emin jena ipaa weezer cue Ea Erpri Boe Fin en erry i Bai oe e a GT Amia Jahapp LELT aiae 0 ire J Tee i laa 1 jf Bmp lbie Tari cerry ap MY dary eee ee LL T lp i Pies Sage Phe pe ioe F CE Tee grad Boe Crab ean Seely lis TR fT ein ate oe 2 ie gt Not only does the latest version of Scribus serve as a versatile professional design tool it s also a great Linux based tool for making PDFs ip ewers Faces ren a A mh Ha LLa ie pR Je jar Fan aih he ascii ET Hiii sack AH ae ne Eee a eon a tha PN Tea Se l A H Beh is orth a lfc lcd teats Bien ia ii i Te i ya 1 E R a PL EM Li jk El ar a Tei iza m iiil WE ew Rew Eir a Tj L a i Ag i eee pl dw i a lad A et i F E Ph ee eke de Laa E Eih miata bn sn ab acd ree hr Now choose the calligraphy tool it looks like a pen In the tool bar set the width to 15 and tremor to 0 4 Now squiggle over the rectangle trying to cover it but not completely The gaps will give our grungy effect 14 4 08 20 03 29 N oe HES Desktop publishing ZNI S TL I T M a L ttl I et OC E AE COELOTES m Am e pan iea fet Wago Aitea ijih Ba ba gie jami ini i Bei Grepa whet ee p amp aSe H Paana r eg Gwi zj VTH amp a2 422 A aanp aa Oe AN FTES 2 EET OE Hpi Gesn iisa i
25. F Spoteven has a built in function In the Image Edit window use the mouse to select the area directly around the eye this is so that other areas of red within the photograph aren t processed With the area selected click on the Red Eye Removal button in the toolbar This looks something like a blue arrow hitting a red circle The result should be that the redness in the eye dissolves leaving a far less Supernatural pose You can repeat the process to remove more and more of the red colour If this isn t successful or the process leaves too many side effects then you ll have to use a more serious image editing tool such as Gimp 15 4 08 11 58 27 Working with photos N lt N LIS oe T zT Sy R x 7 Join panoramic photos Stitch a sweeping view together to create a large panoramic view from multiple Many digital cameras come with a panorama function This is normally used to take several panoramic shots of the horizon sweeping the camera from left to right for example With panoramic mode enabled each photo will have the same image settings making it easier to stitch each one together again on a computer Many cameras even come with software to help but stitching the images together can still be an arduous process You need to find sections of each adjoining image that are common to both before lining them up manually and moving on to the next image Over the last year or two the software that can help find th
26. Is strange really given how little of it we have So if you re feeling the need to check just how much rain we re going to get tomorrow ForecastFox is for you tell it where you live and it will tell you the latest weather forecasts for your area When it s first installed it will say you re in Forecast Location 00000 ignore that and click Find Code When the Location Search dialog appears enter the name of your town or city and click Search then choose the best match from the list that appears and click OK then Apply your weather forecasts will now appear at the bottom of the Firefox window and will update automatically Magic Firefox s status bar doesn t do much so put it to good use with ForecastFox never get caught out by the weather again 15 4 08 11 45 30 a a E D 1 om m e ee MEE ee SS ed ee oe es ie ee ee ee ee ee m ii TER PT a z mu gt Foxy Tunes streams music from last fm so you can let other people do the DJing while you get busy surfing the web FoxyTunes Running a separate program for music is so 2004 all the cool kids are using last fm and so it s natural that Firefox has an extension for connecting to last fm and playing music it s called FoxyTunes Of course if last fm isn t your thing then Foxy Tunes can connect to a wide variety of traditional media players or other online services and can even stream music from your Xbox if you have one Greas
27. K3bProject 0 trackTitle x gt gt mare Glare Geer eee Seapets Parer Fla eet ee ee Oy fares poide Togo The perl They imiy Sieg et tl Os Tiari Try ie Meee Af B i h mne Fale Luy m n hirme Grueis Hima In i Gathelie Seple mutha lt Iri mk i Ma Ae Fe half ee oie Eee t Fim Ha hii L aliar iail Ha Oia a i feels jape lemi cha A Pia Gea PPR E ee i ew EFFE jin i aA iaa kT jana wina Baye ee a E l om i Fi DE If you missed out the script part earlier on you can skip on to the next stage here as well We have the text in a file but it can be tricky to import a text file correctly into Inkscape on Ubuntu The next best thing is to copy and paste it from some other application Select Applications gt Accessories gt Text Editor to run a simple text editor When the program runs Click on the Open button and select the tracklist txt file from the file requestor The text should load in as shown in the picture giving us a perfect track listing for the CD To get it into Inkscape we just have to copy and paste it Select all the text Control A and then copy it Control C The text is now in the clipboard ready to be placed into Inkscape 84 Linux starter pack LXFS13 inlays 84 ee ees Lo ee pja TE Mek Fi ih ps jee Gp Ph Be are Haani jah 6a ne gt toaa ak ee bs Crt 0690 DTS 22 PTAS aa 2223 Pi PR i ale an HEA T
28. Microsoft Windows certainly has the lead in terms of market share by a large margin it certainly isn t the best operating system out there After all if popularity alone made something good McDonalds would be the best food on the planet Not only does Linux match Windows feature for feature it also has much lower system requirements As anyone who has run Vista on 1GB of RAM or less will tell you Windows can be pretty SS See ee ee ee ae m oul i E EE mum ee a amp oi EN E i me SS Ss a om m memory intensive Linux on the other hand runs comfortably on 512MB or even less there are even special versions of Linux designed to run on 32MB of RAM using CPUs that haven t been considered top of the line since the late 90s Of course if you want the very best that Linux has to offer you should consider 512MB of RAM and an 800MHz CPU the minimum With that you should be able to enable all the features and have a great computing experience Linux has lots of software ready for you to try Sometimes the hardest part of switching to a different operating system is figuring out which programs to use For example Microsoft Office runs just fine on Windows but Microsoft doesn t make a version for Linux hardly a surprise aS you can imagine The same goes for Microsoft s Internet Explorer web browser When you switch to Linux you can choose either to leave those programs behind and use their Linux equivalen
29. Qwerty or Dvorak minor changes such as getting the Euro key to work correctly are made under the Layout Options tab The last tab in the keyboard preferences window is great for people who get sore wrists when they type because it enforces a typing break at intervals you can set The default is to allow you to work for 60 minutes then have a three minute break this ought to be fine unless you have very serious RSI in which case you should knock down the work period as needed Make sure you enable the Allow postponing of breaks option otherwise you may have computer access cut off at a critical point LXFS13 desktop 17 E oiia p l es ed ME _ gt You can change the repeat rate choose a new keyboard layout and even enforce typing breaks the keyboard preferences window has it all Linux starter pack 17 15 4 08 11 57 50 hy 18 Linux starter pack LXFS13 desktop 18 k gt Linux desktop Managing your programs If you took the opportunity to click around earlier you ll have noticed there are lots of apps to try It s best to keep them arranged neatly menu lives at the top the task pane often called the panel lives at the bottom and all the programs you run live between the two The task pane is very simple it just tracks the programs you re running so that you can switch between them and also hosts the trash can icon so you can delete files easily And of course th
30. You ll be prompted for your password so enter it to take you to the main window Simply tick the enable box next to the driver that you need and Ubuntu will ask for confirmation before installing and enabling the driver In order to make full use of the new driver it s necessary to restart your computer something that Ubuntu N The simple answer to this is to say that graphics card 112 Linux starter pack LXFS13 answers 112 will ask you to do once it has successfully installed the driver Data transfer I m considering moving full time to Linux but am a little worried about the masses of documents and photos that have stored under Windows Will be able to access these in Ubuntu or do I need to keep hold of Windows to make sure can still work with all my data available for Ubuntu that will handle pretty much any type of graphic file be it JPEG TIFF or Windows Bitmap plus a few you may not have heard of Other productivity packages such as OpenOffice org are very good at handling Word documents and Excel spreadsheets with little or no fuss The best course of action A Well first and foremost there are several packages Mo proprietary deteers are in wpe on this syyte Proprietary dieas do not hava public source code thet Ubuntu developers ara free to modiy Thay rapresant a riak ta All accelerated graphie drive Tiia diver te required to fully atia the SD potential of ATI Waphics cards aswell a
31. a master slide pictures transitions and animations and even exported it to Flash format That s not bad going for the work of 30 minutes but there s lots more you can do with this presentation if you want to learn through a little exploration here are some ideas to get you started Edit the master slide to make it more interesting A plain dark blue background gets no one excited why not try some of the drawing shapes see the toolbar at the bottom to see if you can add a few dark boxes to break up the background a little Add some other media to your slides We ve only looked at pictures here but mpress can handle movies and sounds just as well In fact you can even add sounds to your animations but the effect is usually quite off putting Impress gives your slides numbers for their names by default it can be hard to remember which slide is which But if you right click on a slide you can rename it This is useful when you re in the middle of a presentation you can right click on the screen and jump to a slide by its name Made a slide you re particularly happy with See if you can figure out how to duplicate it then modify the duplicate Make your slideshow automated so that it changes slide every 10 seconds In our examples all the transitions and animations happened through a mouse click but if you were looking carefully through the options you would have LXFS13 impress_start
32. a little easier by allowing the player to restart at the same position There are over 70 levels in total split by difficulty though only a master will be able to complete them all You can choose which set to play at the beginning of the game If you ever get bored with those supplied with the game then you can create your own with the level editor or download dozens more from the Trackballs website gt Pingus bears more than a passing resemblance to that Amiga classic Lemmings and you can enjoy it for free on your Linux box Linux starter pack 61 15 4 08 11 58 06 a Battle for Wesnoth sbefits a title in this genre Battle ALA for Wesnothis an epic Its dis aia colossal size is matched only by the quality of its graphics and the quality of gameplay Its developers describe it as a turn based strategy game with a fantasy theme and as soon as you start a new campaign it s easy to see what they mean You can choose from several different scenarios from a quest to destroy a troublesome black mage to a Herculean battle across the lands of Wesnoth to wrestle control of the evil empire from the clutches of the Lich Lord Jevyan Which is nice As gameplay is turn based you have plenty of time to make each move and if you ve played a game like Settlers you ll now how it works You start each campaign with several units These could be simple peasant spearmen horsemen or perhaps knights Each unit has
33. a similar process for the other levels You can find what each role does by holding the LXFS13 games 61 gt Trackballs is a little like those old wooden marble rolling games that Victorian children used to play with Except the landscape is 3D and you roll the ball rather than tilt the box small gaps as well as avoiding the occasional enemy Fall off any of the edges and your game is over The game starts relatively easily with a level that features a big drop some spongy surfaces and a section of sharpened pencils that try to push you off Later levels feature bowls of acid and icy surfaces at strange angles challenging even the most dexterous player Along the way save position mouse over the icon Gameplay always involves a bit of trial and error to begin with For instance in the second tutorial level the penguins jump of a large cliff and it s only when they start dying that you realise you need to give each one the ability to fly Fortunately Floater is the only role available for that level and applying this to the in game penguins saves the day Progression from one level to the next is across a map that outlines the main area of the game and even adds alittle background story This element is sometimes more like Super Mario World than Lemmings but it adds to the enjoyment of a game that s quickly approaching its 20th anniversary aN an AZ Games markers help make the task
34. al Fij it on han I Err ne mN Pig mmli dam uige Te Li aiis rma Bidh 217 50 EA MnS Seg lita S E lies pie jide Bl m a f ey CRCR ELOLE C Go to Applications gt Graphics and choose Inkscape from the list The program will open up and create a default document which will be A4 sized We could just draw on the bit we want but it s much better to make the document the correct size to begin with From the menu choose File gt Document properties Now we can tap in the size that we want If you have some pre made inlays the size may vary you can always measure your CD case The most common size is 1175mm squared so enter these numbers and make sure to select millimetres from the pop up menu of unit types in the right of the box ofl bh ge jbs bp Deh Ei fics aaan ee bw ale AG se 099 D088 A8 UTES 2 2264 USAR ari ase eS rh PA rr Perr ge Bleep E ones pp i eas FR ee ewes e ie aT a ps a ae ee t DUOC T om e Cm ote eo It would be nice to have some sort of background to the image Use the square tool and drag out an area slightly bigger than the document It will just be filled with the default options so most likely it will come out black You can play around with this easily though Press Control Shift F to bring up the Filland Stroke settings Under Fill you can choose a gradient fill and edit the settings to create a nice swooshy shade of your choice You could al
35. and is finding its way into everything from mobile phones to billion dollar your desktop ought to be a cinch gt Linus Torvalds creator of Linux What a guy n 5 K Linux starter pack 9 14 4 08 19 49 07 N A S gt Ubuntu Linux is simple to install just follow our step by step guide and you ll be Linuxing in no time at all Linux installing instructions Start Your voyage to the land of Linux begins here we ll show you how to install it on to your PC and take your first steps ou re just minutes away from a new journey in the world of computing You ve probably heard of Linux before picking up this magazine and you may have heard some naysayers describe it as difficult to use Far from it Linux is simply a different operating system to Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X with its own way of doing things and enormous benefits Linux is free You don t have to pay any money for it and you can download it free of charge from the internet in various flavours called distributions You can share it with friends family and colleagues Linux is reliable Google uses Linux on thousands of computers a testament to its rock solid foundations It won t randomly crash on you or get confused with bugs and glitches Linux is secure Forget spyware viruses and pop up adverts your Linux PC will be safe from hackers This is one of the reasons why it powers millions of server
36. are real working web browsers that are being actively developed which means you can try them all and find the one that works best for you Of course the problem with all this choice is that your software itself plus any configuration files documentation etc These packages are traditionally managed by a package manager which has the advantage that all your programs are available from one central place meaning that they can be easily installed and easily updated that they can be removed in the same way they were installed and that they are guaranteed to work What s on the menu Go to Applications gt Add Remove to bring up the Add gt Using a package manager means that you can install nearly everything that Ubuntu has to offer with one simple program menu bars can get very cluttered which is why Ubuntu ships with one application per task you get one web browser one text editor one spreadsheet and so on If you ve tried these apps and find they don t work for you it s time to stretch beyond the Ubuntu sandbox and see what the rest of the free software world has to offer you it s time to install some new software One last word before we get started software on Linux is bundled into what we call a package that s the Remove Applications dialog This is split into four main parts at the top you can search for applications down the left is a list of categories by which you can filter too middle
37. close to hand Compiz desktop effects LXFS13 contents 5 How to get help s Linux starter pack 5 15 4 08 18 25 59 F by Welcome to Linux Welcome to Linux Step 1 Buy this magazine Step 2 Step 3 Profit Now let s see if can give you a little more detail about step 2 j a j 2 al ii gt Looking for special effects Linux is just what you re after 6 Linux starter pack LXFS13 linux 6 fs A a tt witching to Linux doesn t have to be hard In fact we want to make sure it s as easy for you as possible and you ll be glad to hear that you ve already completed one of the hardest steps just by obtaining this magazine I m sure you have lots of questions but before we get to them first want to tell you a little bit about Linux Linux is free That s right Linux is completely free You can take the DVD that came with this magazine copy it a thousand times and give it to everyone you meet if you want to You can even pop your own logo on the front and sell it if you really want to because everything really is completely free Linux looks and works a lot like Windows Scaremongers like to say that Linux is really hard that your Windows skills will be useless that you ll get stuck and won t be able to find any help or that Linux just doesn t have the same features as something like Windows Vista But can assure you they are wrong while
38. control over which elements you want to be auto corrected and which you d rather leave These settings along with hundreds of others can be found in the AutoCorrect window This is opened from the Tools menu and when first opened it will default to the replace window This lists a series of characters on a panel on the left with a series of longer words or special characters that will replace them on the right For example the first entry replaces C with the copyright symbol and there are hundreds of other predefined replacements including common typographical errors like yoiu for you and correcting insurence with insurance For corrections that are most likely to annoy simply switch to the Options page to stop automatic list formatting or hyphen replacement Writer and its OpenOffice org companions are able to produce documents comparable to commercial office apps and are compatible with Microsoft Office too Writer The toolbar at a glance 7 Ele Edt wow insert Format Table Took window belp ENTRE pam i BS PPOPPODOD TOP KEP PEP oror m p Hep Heo gpbMDDo DOTT A i Ee ee ee ee ee Ee Se LO EL LA p ee Ce eee a a fd a EJ New document iZ Copy and Paste text formatting 2 Open Help documentation B Open document I9 B Undo and Redo 2 Style and Formatting list EJ Save current document Insert a web link E Font selection iE Create a table IE Show drawing toolb
39. default is to synchronise calendars once a day but you can override that as needed by going to Actions gt Publish Calendar Information If you want to collect other people s calendar information it s even easier Click the arrow next to the New button and choose Calendar then change the Type option to be On The enabled or for more advanced users a web server with Web Give it a name eg whose calendar is this and a unique WebDAV enabled Evolution can help you share your calendar colour then type the full path to the calendar in the URL box If you haven t got any of them then you re rather stuck Unless it s stored in a secure location you won t need a If you just want a quick calendar sharing system public FTP username and a 30 minute refresh time ought to be more is the easiest to use specify the name of the server and the than enough so just click OK to have the calendar downloaded filename you want to give your calendar including the in Evolution immediately i i ed ee ee F l oe eee eee H es Le F rin So es es E Eimi E E ee n a Le tT F 1 pp h PSEri De ed ee 2 eed LE a qa te m ee E I a When Evolution first runs you need to fill in its setup assistant wizard As with all these wizards you can go forward and back as you please until you get it right If you ve used Evolution before and have a backup of your settings here s your chance to use them The rest of us should just click Next C pom
40. e Se PZ Samim bremer E Eg borne p Maes LO sl aa Welcome t te Kab The c CD wnd OD Kreator jan LUT oh fT K3bi IS scene the best all round disc burning software for Linux It can handle a variety of different formats supports plugins for adding extra functionality or filetype support and perhaps most importantly of all it is pretty easy to use See p100 to learn how to get K3b with Synaptic Be Eee Geers ei Ieee oe waa Aso a ees T ree Z i He A 1a Bir Og vires emna T i se E Burke ET ot Pape Tem ia rca E Hael py Then Hiya kte fat Arep ta ad as Bi Tit Mt en Lonh dire Bees Pe la ar E piyi mni jip inks H iT 1 E ariy H Thn Bee mia P Jia apii E ee Pa ep rd T faten Baa brr a fir TL ae L E ki Chas Srii Tor Hirsi ere Chaat Se Ss ee eme e m T T pem Pipra EF Hege hu miT iri ieee h k m Eo ty Ce je Aire Gii Tiis Lo Thri T aon jimme z l Bummi Fipa Pipes il feelers ee E Wim ELET lets E eh oe ga Lara fects Pees fee Tage Ti ee feo ee OO bo Tie yee Stet eet m r Lid To en ianrhhy iil Pe ee ee ae To add the music tracks to your burn list click on them and drag them down to the lower half of the window When you release the button over the lower part of the window there will be a short pause as the files are scanned and the tag data is extracted BA Ss iE eel fed eee in Pan Gee foe eee ee rasa
41. ed ee ed L WET at iii ae S nafea Tiin Hiri bull What s on your desktop As with Windows and OS X your desktop is a directory on your filesystem just like any other By default it starts nice and clean if the Ubuntu install disc is still in your drive you ll see it ready to use on the desktop Otherwise your desktop will be completely clean If you re like us your nice clean desktop will soon get really messy and end up being swept into a single Old folder before the process repeats itself and you end up with files strewn everywhere A better solution is to be tidier and if you look at the bottom right of your screen you ll see a little rubbish bin where you can drag files you no longer want These aren t deleted just yet which means you can pull them back out if you change your mind later Of course if you re particularly short on disk Space you ll want to delete them straight away right click on the icon and choose Empty The Deleted Items Folder As with the Ubuntu install disc any other media that gets plugged into your computer will appear as an icon on your desktop that includes audio CDs DVDs or camera flash cards with photos on In fact you can plug your camera directly into your computer and import images into a photo album it s much more convenient than copying files across by hand Restarting and shutting down Before you dive into the rest of the desktop it s important that you kn
42. entire conversations grouped together rather than having to scroll through dates to find replies to messages To enable threaded mode press Ctrl T pressing it again exits threaded mode Tracking your life If you want to keep track of daily meetings as well as special events Evolution s calendar will surely come in handy To try it out click the Calendars button near the bottom left corner of the window then choose View gt Current View gt Month View to get a better overview of the days ahead Now to create a new event double click on a date try choosing today and a window will appear prompting you to enter a summary of the event as well as what time it s at Enter whatever you want here because we re only testing it right now When you re done click Save and the event will appear in your calendar Now part of the magic of Linux is that this event has been shared with the rest of your desktop so if you click the clock in PB ee he al bas lt bmm l i gd B Dal i m g eT Sse omer o hm oe LXFS13 email 27 Time saving tips If you have lots of emails and struggle to remember what you ve dealt with and what you haven t go to the View menu and enable Hide Read Messages If you re more used to an Outlook 2003 style layout for your mail go to View gt Preview and choose Vertical View If someone sends you an email that you need to act on at a later date right click on the message an
43. flexibility and complexity For example with even the most straightforward editing functions you will need to get your head around layers and how editing an image in one layer will effect the final result This might seem overly complex if all you want to do is add some text to your photos but the addition of layers means you can easily add drop shadows and bevel effects What are layers Layers are like the onion skin paper that animators used to use to create cartoons Before CGI took over the world an artist would draw an image of a face perhaps Mickey Mouse and animate a dozen expressions on to that single face by simply drawing the expressions on top of a new layer of onion skin The viewer would never know they were really looking at a smile drawn on top of a transparent layer with the static face drawn behind It meant the artist didn t need to laboriously draw a new face each time an expression changed or when the gt New text is always placed in its own layer This means it can move freely and as long as you haven t flattened the layer it can even be edited irebers Gere igi Pim j pii om laws Cia E om a T H p pii jis pe ee Le Ga h i keL Pa ee mo ee ee ee ee 56 Linux starter pack gt Drop shadows and effects make good use of layers in Gimp The shadow is one layer while the effect is another character needed to speak While layers in Gimp aren t primarily designed for animation
44. fo sieere dg ey ree os A rp Phase Gage ey mp eg eee eee eee een pee eee pe ee ee ig ee ee m eee aa eo T E o ee L arm pmp Tmi ee E ieee ae or pe ee ee ae SE ree cee ee feel pee IRC is a good place to find experts waiting to help with your questions but it s best to go online after 5 pm New York time so that everyone is awake and talking it isn t possible in which case you ve saved everyone s time or if it is possible at least you can show some effort on your behalf when asking the question 4 Don t force people to prise information out of you like a clam Let them know your problem what software you re using what hardware you re using what you expect to happen and what has actually happened If you re running an unusual Linux distro or a very old computer say so If the problem only appears now and then say so No one can help you if you simply 5 Be grateful when they help and grateful if they can t If you re writing an email to a mailing list thanks in advance goes a long way to showing that you re a polite person FJ If you get an answer you don t understand go back to Step 1 by looking up the parts that confuse you both in the manual pages and on Google Usually you ll be fine but if not it s OK to ask for clarification as long as you can show that you have done your homework If you don t get an answer the people you are asking may not know it In this case it s po
45. games Alien Arena Frets on Fire 58 Linux starter pack LXFS13 games 58 Games e ll get the bad news out of the way first If you re an ardent PC gamer you won t be able to play many of your favourite AAA titles on your new Linux desktop Most games publishers don t feel that there s a big enough Linux market to warrant the extra time it would take to convert their titles to Linux As a result most of the big game releases you see on the Windows platform won t make it to Linux But if games are your thing you shouldn t be disheartened There are still some commercial game publishers porting their games to Linux but more importantly there s a thriving W Solitaire he first game most people want to play when they fire up their new operating system is a card game and Linux has plenty You can find these without installing anything from the Applications gt Game menu and the two most popular are Klondike more commonly known as Solitaire and Freecell Both of these games existed before computers and both could be played alone with a pack of cards With Klondike 28 of the cards are laid face down in seven columns of increasing numbers The top card on each column is turned over and the rest Freecell reecellis similar to Solitaire except that all the cards are visible at the start of the game and are stacked into seven columns You can move cards around these columns using the same stacking rules used for S
46. going to capitalise the first and last character to make EgbdF Just to make it more difficult to guess we re going to add 123 to the end of it to end up with EgbdF123 giving us an eight character password with some complexity capital letters and numbers Make it more complicated The other classic example is using a modified phrase for example This is a good choice of password would give us tiagcop You could then capitalise the t and the p use an exclamation mark in place of the and use a zero in place of the o leaving us with T agcOP giving us the added complexity of using punctuation as well as capitalisation and numbers Obviously the longer the password the better especially if you include capitalisation punctuation and numbers Creating a single password is not the sole answer though in order to keep it as secure as possible you need to change it on a regular basis such as every couple of months or so Ubuntu makes this process easy to do and you can get started by going to System gt Preferences gt About Me You re asked to authenticate yourself first of all by entering your existing password and clicking on the Authenticate button When you ve done this the additional two fields below the Current Password field become active allowing you to enter 15 4 08 15 55 28 your new password in and re type it in case you made a mistake Ubuntu will keep you on the straight and narrow letting you know if the two
47. gt Preview then change all the Local Files Only options to Never Notes Allows you type text to associate with a particular directory Emblems Shows a list of icons you can attach to files and folders to visually mark them as private important etc We think you ll find the emblems system particularly useful as you can drag and drop icons wherever you need to so that you can see at a glance what each folder does Tweaking to your tastes Nautilus is designed to be quick and clean by default but it s ripe for customisation if you want to get a little more out of it To take a look for yourself go to the Edit gt Preferences menu the particularly relevant parts of this are the second and third tabs Behaviour and Display because these affect the core parts of Nautilus For example the Behaviour tab has at least three interesting items Double Click To Open Items This is set to be the default but if you hate double clicking everything just set it to single click mode Always Open In Browser Windows The Nautilus view you re used to menu bar two toolbars and location bar is known as the browser view because of the up back and forward buttons Disabling this option will give you an even Slimmer less cluttered Nautilus view give it a try and see what you think Include A Delete Command By default deleted items go into the trash can where they can be recovered later but enabling this option means you ca
48. have stayed the same than the things that have changed It s because of all these changes that lots of people install Linux with the best intentions only to find themselves frustrated and upset two weeks later ready to reformat their hard disks install Windows and pretend it was all just a bad dream We don t want that to happen naturally Linux is as easy as Windows once you get over the initial differences and as long as you know where to find help we think you ll be a pro in no time Because Linux is a much larger and more complex system than Windows if you want to learn all of it the key to understanding lies not in knowing it all yourself but knowing where to look If you have a question work your way through this list of possible resources trying each one until you get the answer you need Good luck Help need somebody Linux is packed with documentation of all types you just have to know where to look for it Help files can be broadly split into two types command line and GUI but there is some crossover between them The most basic help system is the manual page usually called man page which is a plain text system designed for command line use To try this out open up a terminal window and type man Is to bring up the manual page for the s command You might think that s is quite a simple command but as you will see from the manual page it includes many options that enable you to format and filter t
49. inlay Use the combined power of Linux apps to add some life to your party mixes ven though you may have a lot of music on your computer tucked away on your iPod or elsewhere there are still times when it is useful to have them in the universal format of the audio compact disc Maybe you are going to the beach and would rather take a semi disposable ghetto blaster than risk getting sand in your sleek MP3 player or maybe you need a CD for a long car Exploring the K3b interface Tools for converting and creating different discs Directory tree panel Sn coe Ja Die Brojoct Davie osis gattings pisip isi 3 PE t rene eviinicktunes HBON Co moOM tt 77 ERUN OO meun Filter Ta Puhar Aache Edt agy Tarz Ca D1 Tasna B Ses k tog 03 Top of The Wortd oga pe Cece ure E amplas T FI wovdly Hoad agg e een Gauhaus_Beia Lugow s Daad 01 E pamucne Quckstar Gastocoo Fibu p i E i b Shower grer Artist D Tent Saint Etienne Click the Burn button when you are ready to iccl toast a disc Pusher tRadio Editi Shapeshitters whee Shonen Krave The Only Ones Goldirapp Teenage Ditthag Top OF The Word dnother Girl another Phere Lowey Haar Track listings with tag info if available The status bar shows how much of the disc you have filled MusicBrainz data 82 Linux starter pack LXFS13 inlays 82 1 04 Athor Gurl Aothiat Phar
50. input used for each track from the mixer window From the Windows menu select Show Mixer This window mimics the functionality of a hardware mixing console typically found in recording studios From the mixer view you can change the volume of each track as well as add effects and route the audio from one track to another To change the input source for each of your new tracks click on the small input button underneath the track name The popup menu will let you choose your sound card s other inputs Go back to the main Ardour window To record the sound coming into your sound card record enable each track you want to use by clicking on the red circle in each track before pressing the large red button at the top of the window If you need a click track press the Click button and adjust the tempo of the project by double clicking on the Tempo strip As you record Ardour will generate blocks of waveform data that correspond to each track If you d rather use pre recorded music than record your own you can import music by right clicking in the track and selecting Insert Existing Audio oo ee ee ee a ee ee Ardour is capable of recording and mixing dozens of tracks at once which is a far cry from the simple days of four track recording ee td sr ee Ais for auto Automation is the ability to Drag the fader Select Fader from the Draw a curve You can automate almost record mixer slider movements as well as automati
51. is impossible to calculate a working value Usually this sort of error is just that In the scheme of things you are unlikely to intentionally create a circular reference and when you do It s usually because you are trying to do something you didn t really mean to do or at least didn t really mean to do in that particular spot so fixing the error moving the data somewhere else shouldn t be so hard In most spreadsheets data flows from one part through loads of functions to the end possibly a chart It very rarely flows in two directions just as you don t often see a river flowing backwards Using ranges Some functions require a range of values to work rather than a single cell For example the function Average returns the average of a list of numbers This can be alist of literal values 1 2 3 4 or cell references or more usefully a cell range A Range is defined by the start and end cell references separated by a colon So A1 A7 is the range of values contained in the seven cells at the top of column A A range doesn t have to be a single column or row it could include a number of either So A1 C3 is a range of nine cells A1 A2 A3 B1 B2 B3 C1 C2 C3 You should be careful with ranges though as some functions require a range to be in a single column You may also sometimes see values in ranges with a dollar sign in front like this A 1 This signifies that the reference is an absolute reference and should always li
52. mise m n i pi j le Ter er te beige hr me b ee HM jom a ed ee Le ee ELE JN ii Ei ts Te ee ee re on oe E mpi A ir ke pe eg i Ebh HHE lt pei brir ne perie perl gt iie ml Alon tocol lel O a ee et SE mim a Eey L Era eh g bm ibimo p ee Biag 0G ee ji a ee TEBE E Be Ri her SP Emm ee re On this screen you need to enter the name and email address you are setting up the account for These will be used when sending emails so people can see where they have come from There are lots of options for receiving emails it s really down to what your ISP sys admin has told you Chances are it s either POP or IMAP but you need to find out for sure 28 Linux starter pack LXFS13 email 28 D 14 4 08 20 03 07 a ht Li E E Mh PSE et m a a pe j Hii ep pll aa Bl k i oe beme bem be ei e q epera Once you choose you ll be asked to enter the name of the server and your account on that server Leave the authentication type as Password as that s nearly always the right choice nE E h feed Gee ees oe re sadaf EIT ELAI F E Mirna ii li ma p a m SS OEE ee et hin a lE Hie eel be EE E Sas a D E E a a mss hee i LEH bee Wii i Now you need to tell Evolution how to send email Our server required authentication to send emails but that s quite rare try clicking Check For Supported Types before continuing
53. music from CDs as well as some of the programs that are available to help you manage your virtual library of music We ll also take a look at creating your own CDs from tracks that you ve ripped helping you to build your own personalised Greatest Hits album jet Games JAS Graphics a Rhythmbox Music Player Cd Serpentine Audio CD Creator oe ad gt pli Lie rt pa T 5 o ie Gls Gh e J Spplcation Piacra Serer 7 You ll also learn a little about the different codecs audio formats on offer as well as how to add support for the MP3 format to Ubuntu If you are planning on doing a wholesale rip of all your CDs in your collection you re going to want to have as much hardware resources as possible First and foremost you should have a CD drive with a decent read speed somewhere in the A8x 52x area is ideal in order to rip the CD as quickly as possible You ll never see that speed while you re ripping with Sound Juicer as it also needs to be able to encode the audio information into what ever format you ve chosen In order to ensure that this happens as quickly and as efficiently as possible it s best to use a pretty beefy machine While writing this article we used a Pentium 4 3 4 GHz computer with a 48x speed CD drive the fastest we could rip at was 17 18 times the speed of the audio track which takes around 3 minutes for standard 70 minute audio CD With a more modern computer such as
54. need to install suitable codecs to play media files Do you want to search for a codec that supports the selected file The search will also include software which is not officially supported Search di gt Sidebar BIEVES x T P 03 Musica Florea 03 Kol C M If you have an internet connection getting MP3 playback support is just a few mouse clicks away LXFS13 codecs 75 Linux starter pack 75 15 4 08 11 57 26 x AV 4 LN Rip your CDs Ripping your You ll learn how to import your CD collection into Ubuntu by following this tutorial re you plagued by a seemingly endless library of music CDs Perhaps that mission to buy every single album by U2 has pushed your CD collection up into the several hundred mark Ever stuck for what to listen to If the answer Is yes to any of these it s probably a good idea to spend time ripping all of your CDs into a virtual library one that will help you manage and search through your myriad of CDs and albums Doing this with Ubuntu is a breeze mainly thanks to its Support for audio formats and the tools supplied out of the box to get you started Not only that but you can even create your own compilation CDs for those long car journeys It s likely that you ve already experimented with extracting music from your CDs more commonly known as ripping but haven t done much with the end result We ll take a look at the tools you can use to extract the
55. nicely The default theme is known as Background and screensaver Human but a popular alternative is called Clearlooks clickon If you ve gone with a non brown theme you may find that it to give it a try As soon as you click any theme it will take Ubuntu s default brown wallpaper suddenly starts to clash effect so if you find you don t like it just click back to Human to quite badly Fortunately it couldn t be easier to change your revert to the original settings desktop background to something a bit nicer To do this either If you find you like some bits of one theme and some bits of right click on the desktop and choose Change Desktop another you need to click on the Customise button This lets Background or you can go to System gt Preferences gt gave fen jee 2 Fok e E po aami tae gt Along with themes backgrounds and screensavers you SS can also enable Tere Bekgerd lest me amp Ubuntu s visual effects system for Bere Breuning 2 preps some seriously gt TEREA cool looking graphics see page 68 for more Frm g Pa eda ay el information i pikal laima E E l deme es oll a Te ET Palas fae ore ae ees Peery ej j al He oe i of iv iiinis o i SF 16 Linux starter pack LXFS13 desktop 16 D 15 4 08 11 57 49 5 peo Ae rit aie Et ji i ere rege i kiyik rEmE a PE Tpk H E mr E biG ccm at baem he p LUGE LTES i Fii mieia ole B H erir Haun Pila
56. number of new and downloaded videos that area ready to watch BitTorrent Clicking on one of the channels will open the list of videos currently available Along with the title there s normally a brief synopsis on what the video is about If you find one that interests you click on the blue down arrow near the video thumbnail This will add the video to the download queue The clever thing about Miro is that it uses the BitTorrent protocol to download the files This is a great way to share the burden of hosting and downloading files and is partly the reason why Miro and its content is free When you download a file you re actually downloading the data from other Miro users grabbing pieces from people who already have the same file The Miro n a world where online entertainment is increasingly roe ipii at eh fori ky Tres Tank ie y Da eri oe ee AN leali hieme dines Tip ee ee qa ed ee r rah Cag lee ee ee eo eel Category Enviroment Pojale Today just Acktod Ud laam p bivsi bars Pep ae i hissa Pam ioe er sahi g 1 pa Aiki f cor ail eal E THe ey i EENE II ee ae gt Miro is the gateway to a world of online entertainment There s even a programme guide with reviews of popular downloads LXFS13 bestof 109 client is also uploading chunks of the file to other users without the same bits as you It s a process known as peer to peer downloading because the other Miro users you
57. of these are essential for the desktop to function correctly but you can disable Print Queue if you don t use a printer Power Manager if you re on a desktop machine and have no interest in power saving and Evolution Alarm Notifier if you don t plan to run the Evolution mail client Disabling these will soeed up your boot time by a few seconds Desktop Via the Desktop Icon subcategory you can add Computer Home and Trash icons to the desktop You ll already have noticed that Ubuntu Linux s desktop is empty by default So if you prefer to have these regulars around as in Windows then you can enable them here The icons will take a few seconds to appear after you ve clicked the checkboxes System This is all about power management If you re on a laptop you can customise CPU Policy that is how fast your processor runs when you re on battery or mains power You can also disable Hibernation and Suspend here if they ve been giving you problems Extras Uhuntni Tweak Deskop boon settings H Show deskon inorm Show Computer ion on d sktop E computer b GM stup MB oep Hail cestor Metacty E orice E e Pistis ka Fa Srem A Show Heni iooni on dadktop C Renee the Home icon DSPs Trash loom an ches ket dp Show ewok konon desktop ii Shea Meaunted Vokenes on desktop OF rover nae m O Use Horne Feldar asthe desktop lead Lagaut E sey ar ihon Security These options are for
58. process of turning source code human readable programming language into a binary executable a program that can be run by Linux is known as compilation Console Another term for the command line Debian Popular Linux distro with an emphasis on software freedom and Stability named after its founder lan Murdock and his then girlfriend Deborah The Debian Project is known for its very long release cycles Display manager A session manager for X that handles user login and choosing your preferred desktop The original desktop manager is xdm the X Display Manager but Gnome and KDE have produced gdm and kdm respectively Distro Short for distribution which is a custom release of the Linux kernel plus a selection of packages and additional scripts and programs Fedora Mandriva Linux Mepis Debian and Ubuntu are all popular Linux distros Ekiga Video conferencing tool for Gnome that uses the H 323 protocol and tunnelling to provide high speed chats between attendees Formerly known as GnomeMeeting Emacs At its core this is merely a text editor the name comes from Editing Macros but Emacs has many extensions and add ons that allow you to compile and debug code read your email play games and more Several clones of Emacs exist including the innovative XEmacs Evolution Gnome based personal information manager that handles email calendaring and contacts For KDE the equivalent is Kontact ext3 The s
59. re connected to are your peers You may have heard of BitTorrent in reference to illegal software but this is purely because the same protocol is used by people who share files they don t have permission to share With Miro all the content is perfectly legal and BitTorrent is a legitimate and highly efficient method of getting the data to everyone Channel hopping Depending on the speed of your internet connection you may need to wait a short while for your selected videos to download You can check on their progress from the Downloading channel on the left When each download completes it will be placed in the New folder and a green digit will show how many new videos there are to watch as well as which channel the video originated from Clicking on either of these green numbers will open the video list for that channel and from there you can play your downloaded movie The best part about Miro is that it can download videos according to your criteria and do so automatically If you find a channel or RSS feed you like for instance you can download all videos posted to that channel automatically From the blue Auto Download bar at the top of the channel list just select New Get Only New Videos and Miro will do the downloading for you in the background This is great if you want to leave Miro running overnight because it means you ll have everything ready to view when you log in to your machine in the mor
60. reason once you have finished downloading the file you are one of the people in the swarm with a 100 pristine copy of the download which means you re able to help any other download get pieces they are missing People with 100 of files are Known as seeders whereas people with less than 100 are leechers leaving your download active when you re a seeder won t chew up any download bandwidth but it will let you contribute something back to everyone else in the swarm so that the download is propagated elsewhere Think about it the only reason you were able to download the file in the first place is because someone else left their download active and seeded the file for you so it s only fair for you to do the same for other people And that s it you re all clued up on the power and magic of BitTorrent Next stop finding some cool stuff to download BitTorrent and the law Some people will tell you that BitTorrent is illegal but that s not true BitTorrent has lots of legal uses of which downloading distros is arguably the most popular But BitTorrent is used a great deal for trading copyrighted software music and movies and that is illegal so you ought to be very careful with what kind of files you download Even though the BitTorrent protocol seems rather random and complex it s all traceable which means if you try downloading movies illegally you may be caught and fined or worse 14 4 08 19 49 2
61. ripped CD for a new one and click have access to them meaning that you ll have music where ever on Extract again to carry on ripping The only boring bit is getting you have a computer in your household Just bear in mind that all your CDs into your virtual library which can also include sharing your ripped music files with other people can constitute assigning the CDs to a genre to aid your music management It s piracy Why not consider heading on over to www jamendo org worthwhile getting it right from the start otherwise you re going to and downloading some music licensed under a sharing friendly have to go back and make retrospective changes Once you ve license such as the Creative Commons licence That way you can done it though your entire CD collection will be on tap via Ubuntu share your music with whoever you like subject to the terms of the and you will be able to master your own music CDs using the specific licence used by the artist And of course if you like the Serpentine recording software music why not donate a small amount of money to say thanks G Spplcation Placar Syrien 3 Cail Hedton a E ap me 25 Mar 171I BRA bia a Spplcstion Places Syrie Baul Hudson y aP Tue 23 Mar L212 PM n E Disc Edt Help Titla Graabest Hita 196 0 e idet il ohn wWiligrns Soundtrack Dairedion 0005 Teeth Tele Star Wars Man Tie and March E T Fheirea Thane aramean Mar Thie Pelana pres and the Taree of Dadia Para
62. save the options you ll be asked for your password unless you entered one into the password field and you will find that you connect to and while you don t have to be quite so zealous a small message can be useful if someone is waiting to contact you Google Talk be m ee ae bm cee Le E EH Le AD Ba em So EH Esn da E Bii 5g gt Google Talk works well with Pidgin you just have to connect to the server manually Google Talk without further hassle One thing to be wary of is that if you log messages in GMail these will still be logged even if you re using Pidgin Linux starter pack 87 15 4 08 11 57 07 Se Instant messaging Customising Pidgin Now that you ve got Pidgin working it s time to make it feel more like home here is a lot you can do to customise the Pidgin environment but the first thing you should do is create an avatar for yourself An avatar is an online Buddy Pounce found in representation of someone s real world character the tool menu will send These are seldom serious and most people change them a often to reflect their mood adding some much needed ome Fr a ees online character to a world of text It s easy to create your own First rr le wre find an image you want to use it needs to be square and you pacer ae might want to trim it slightly as Pidgin offers no scaling eer options other than resizing When you ve found an image click Hiara hl on the small ic
63. search and group music together In common with RhythmBox you can create smart playlists allowing you to easily group multiple tracks into a playlist according to your criteria J Spplcation Paces Sven 7 Paul Hedon 4 E a mezim ee ips ij rir pmpa eei FE reie aH Ubuntu includes a dedicated Audio CD creator called Serpentine found under Applications gt Sound amp Video There are other CD burning apps but we d recommend that you use Serpentine mainly because it shows you exactly how full your CD will be as you add music files Paul Hudson oy O E ap wezme 1217 ee anri fin WFe ribireg Audo Dier The aude a ara ers bi erie E Ser The ere eee rala kag ima bipi ph ie ie w ee ee eee Ce Be Bn Mn ge red eel eee eee Pe eer pram oH You can drag and drop the tracks to re arrange the order in which they will appear on the disc Once you re happy with your tracklist you can click the Write To Disc button in the toolbar to commence burning your music to an audio CD Linux starter pack 79 15 4 08 12 44 57 PS Disc burning Burning Want to back up your documents or copy files for a friend Here are the simple steps you need to follow aking regular backups is something we all intend to do but sometimes we forget or we re simply too busy with other things However it s still a wise idea to keep crucial documents safely stored on CD Rs or DVD Rs for emergencies in case something g
64. short description Clicking on the enable box will start the time of day your contacts are online so that it can estimate plugin Here are a few of our favourites when they re likely to be available This is great for people in your contacts list who are in a different time zone or people Auto accept f someone sends you a file you normally have who only connect to the internet at certain times of the day to switch to the message window and accept the request This plugin does it for you downloading the file automatically History This is an essential tool if you ve got a lot of without you having to do anything You don t need to worry contacts It shows the end of your previous conversation about getting soammed with files as only your contacts can when you start a new one so you can remember what you send them were both talking about Even if you haven t chatted to your buddy in weeks the greyed out section IM troubleshooting te conversation wil show you your Le Most instant messaging and VoIP problems are caused by firewalls blocking the ports necessary for one client to talk to another This is because file transfers and chat use different ports Opening the correct ports on your firewall isn t always an easy job If you re not using a firewall you should have no problem but if you are you need to open ports on the firewall for the protocols you re having problems with MSN uses TCP port 1863 but if you use the HTTP
65. slide have text and a picture on 4 r i _ Hae kll biah j e l e cay rl r wil Preview your slideshow As you selected all the slides before applying a transition that transition gets used for all the slides If you press F5 mpress will launch your slideshow so you can see how it works click your mouse to advance through slides This picture was caught half way through the fade transition Wipe direction The default wipe animation is set to From Bottom meaning that the wipe moves from bottom to top Click the button to the right of that selection box and a new window will appear where you can customise the animation 40 Linux starter pack LXFS13 impress_started Sec1 40 Transitions That s the basic presentation made so let s make the slides blend together smoothly to result in the presentation looking a bit nicer To do that click the first slide hold down Shift then click the last slide this selects them all Now click the Slide Transition arrow on the bottom right of the window Adding animation Now let s add some animations to individual elements Again you need to keep your Tack Alert set to maximum no one likes tacky presentations so keep it simple Select something you want to animate then click the Custom Animation arrow in the right pane Now click Add 2 Text animation options From this window change the direction to be From Left then go to the Text Animation tab an
66. speaker connections such as the output jack from your computer as well as any power connections to your speakers Once you re happy that everything is plugged in and the speakers appear to have power right click on the speaker icon in the top task panel and select Open Volume Control Check the various sliders to ensure that they are not turned all the way down and also check the small speaker icons below each set of Sliders to see if there is a red cross through any of the output ones If there is a red cross through either the Master or the PCM channels it means that those channels are muted Simply click on the red cross to clear it and try playing your music again N Don t panic it s highly unlikely that your sound card just flat Games My Ubuntu installation seems to be just fine except for when try to play games like PlanetPenguin Racer or Oolite Every time one of these games loads the graphics become really slow and jerky making the games unplayable What s even more frustrating is that know have a good graphics card and it should be able to handle these games without breaking a sweat What am doing wrong drivers tend to be proprietary and aren t included with Ubuntu by default That s not to say that you can t install and use them as Ubuntu provides the excellent Restricted Drivers Manager found under System gt Administration gt Restricted Drivers Manager to make installing proprietary drivers a breeze
67. starter pack LXFS13 answers 110 Too much software When first installed Ubuntu spent a lot of time downloading different servers and software to try them out Now I m worried that I ve got too much installed and that this may be slowing down my system What should do variety of software your system should still be running well A Don t worry on the whole even if you have installed a wide The only risk that you might have is that having more software on your system invariably increases your software profile which might leave you open to attack from the outside through some unknown security vulnerability For this reason it s wise to make sure you switch off any services that aren t in use The best way of doing this with Ubuntu is to use Boot Up Manager shortened to the Slightly unfortunate Bum a simple editor that allows you to enable and disable services It s pretty straightforward to use there Is a long list of services and their descriptions Simply either tick or clear the box to the left of the service to enable or disable it and click the Apply button to put File Services Help Activate Description E laptop mode m acpl support Ubuntu tends to have only the essential services enabled by default so don t tinker too much your changes into effect On the whole Ubuntu tends to have only the essential services enabled by default so don t be tempted to tinker too muc
68. support doing these key shortcuts There are a am small handful that don t provide clipboard support in this way but Ubuntu has quite a nifty feature to get around this Simply select and highlight the text that you wish to copy Then go to the application or window where you wish to place the text and press the Left and Right mouse buttons simultaneously This will transfer what you have selected You might find that it s actually a lot quicker for you to copy and paste using this method What root folder I m a bit confused by the naming conventions in Ubuntu People keep referring to the root directory a but every time try to access it get an error telling me that don t have the correct permissions What gives A By and large the answer is yes pretty much all the Gnome pi Abiword Word Processor Pep a mna j a ee na LF o d Programming b E Evolution We can understand your confusion In Ubuntu there are bp coun ical 3 Fa Gnumeric Spreadsheet actually two directories that are known as root The first one commonly shown as just is the root directory which a Op anriice org Dat eer is the root of your filesystem or rather the top most directory of Add Remove i your filesystem Under the root directory are all the many directories and files that make up your system Your confusion isn t helped by the fact that there is a root sub directory
69. the 3D desktop This incorporates the desktop cube effects wobbly windows drop shadows and dozens of other effects The technology that drives all of this is called Compiz This is because these type of effects are knows as compositing using hardware graphics acceleration on a modern graphics card to put all the pieces together and render them to the desktop But we before we go any further a mild warning Compiz is considered cutting edge and while most of us have been using it without problems for over a year many users report a few stability issues Compiz is a little like an elaborate hack still being worked into most Linux distros and it can t be considered stable If you need to use your Linux machine in a production environment Compiz will be sure to crash at the worst possible time For this reason we can t recommend tt if you rely on your machine to pay the mortgage Installation Now that we ve got that out the way we can concentrate on installing some serious eye candy Compiz effects can easily compete with Microsoft Vista s tame Aero Glass effect and while Apple recently added the desktop cube effect to OS X 10 5 it didn t add anything else Compiz uses plugins to add each separate effect and with over two dozen plugins to choose from it s a melting pot of ideas some more successful than others But all require the same thing to be able to work harii nibs f ae Bian bha these WoW i aome sin pee ha a
70. the former bringing you back to where you are now and the latter taking you to a Windows My Computer style location from where you can navigate to your hard drive or any devices attached to your computer These buttons work in just the same way as the web browsers they re inherited from use Back and Forward to navigate to previous directories and Up to go to the parent directory Click on this button to bring up the path as editable text that you can easily modify This is the task pane currently set to the Places view so that it s easy to navigate to all the most important places on my filesystem All the files and folders held by the current directory will be shown here along with some summary information in the bottom left corner of the window 20 Linux starter pack LXFS13 desktop 20 any of the buttons to move to that directory Poot AN This location bar provides little breadcrumbs leading from your current location to the root of the filesystem click These buttons adjust the magnification level a higher zoom means more detail will be shown about files foe dogo Lie miki 15 4 08 11 57 54 T Spy aon igen Ser age eo Cee N eee be HES iA SF ets chek ji ee E Dees pik te pers feo f ees ee Foner ghir Poo FHns BE cui fe hiss Se Pay fe eel phe ee Lae ad bd de Sy gel d aed ots bore Heb Mirai Pc i Cie W Erh hrie papi
71. the functions in question are usually related to very niche uses of a spreadsheet so the chances that they will cause a problem to you are slim The other problem is embedded macros As a rule you can t expect Excel macros to run properly under OOo because they use VisualBasic which obviously isn t a part of the OOo suite You can make a lot of them run with some modifications though and SUSE s reworking of OpenOffice org has much better support for this 15 4 08 11 15 44 OpenOffice org Calc OpenOffice org Calc guide to the interface SHiGiah sheers Sheet 1 3 Menus typical function locations File operations Load Save and Save As EJ Export as PDF see p94 for more details EJ Spellcheck activates a spell check or the Check As You Type feature Cut Copy and Paste applied to cells or ranges of cells J Undo and Redo buttons for when you make mistakes Sort text or numerical ranges in ascending or descending order J Navigation common OOotools including Zoom and Help Text Formatting choose a font and style for selected text W Justification numbers and text can be justified in common ways M Number formats common formats for your numbers currency decimal 10540 Range Selection type in a range or use the menu for previous selections Function wizard guides you through creating a function Cell contents the cell on the main sheet shows values but this area wil
72. the image shows a letter open an existing one an arrow shooting out of a folder save your current document or email it to a contact Two of the most common special elements you may want to include in a document are tables and lists It s for this reason they both feature prominently in the main toolbars but you don t even need to resort to the user interface to create lists Starting a new line with an alphanumeric character followed by a full stop or starting a line with a hyphen and helpful Writer guesses you re creating a list and switches mode accordingly Not only will the Bullets and Numbering toolbar open but your text will be reformatted and tabbed further into the document Welcome to Writers auto correcting function OpenOffice org Quick tip Select a section of text and drag it around by left clicking with your mouse Auto correction You will find Auto correction either incredibly useful or a real pain to deal with it all depends on how you like to format your documents If you d rather just type and let the word processor correct spelling mistakes create lists and bullets hyphenate words and swap certain keywords with one another then the default settings will suit your style If you d rather leave formatting and word replacement to a later read through of the text or if you d rather format your lists differently then auto correction is going to drive you mad Fortunately there s also a fine degree of
73. they benefit from the same advantages as the old artist had drawing on onion skin Images on each layer are entirely independent of those beneath them unless you choose to lock them to a lower layer and transparent areas in higher layers will let image data through from the lower layers For example you might draw a brick wall in a lower layer and a square window in a higher layer The window will be superimposed on the brick wall Similarly you could take two photos taken from the same location and use the best bits of both to construct a new image You can also process the image data in a lower layer with the image data in a higher layer using this to lighten or darken lower pixels according to the data in the higher pixels You could use this effect to trace a shadow of a higher image on to the pixel data of a lower image There are more than 20 different layer filters many of which are geared to fixing damaged photographs Text with shadows The best way to get your head around layers is to use them We re going to show you how to put text on top of a photo and generate a drop shadow from the text using layers Open Gimp and load an image that will suit overlaid text perhaps a design for a birthday or Christmas card Adding text is as simple as clicking on the A symbol in the tool palette and clicking on the approximate position in the image you need the text A text editing window will appear and you can use this to enter t
74. to be prompted for your password prior to Ubuntu downloading and installing the games Be aware that some games such as Vega Strike and Open Arena have some very large downloads so be patient while they re downloading Ubuntu will keep you up to date with how it s doing and give you an ETA for finishing the download Photography I ve just bought a digital camera Will Ubuntu allow me to me import my photographs and help me manage my photo collection or not Mass storage is when a computer treats a camera or USB key like just another disk which is automatically mounted and made available for Ubuntu If your camera does support this then you can simply link it up using the USB interface A It depends on whether your camera Supports mass storage Bk Edi view Find Tags Hlp impet Rotate Laft Rotate Fight Exposure hone CeCe Data option under the Cameras tab F Spotis pretty easy to use and you ll be able to perform some minor editing with it You can even export your photographs to Picasa Web or Flickr i Pulis Shiai Dih Dae 1578 Photos 1 selected gt F Spot takes the pain out of organising your photos Using the terminal Hang around any number of Linux geeks and it won t be long before they descend into a weird world of uttering words without meaning Things like cd or Is or even the more exotic sounding grep may mean nothing to you now but t
75. top tips for giving the best presentations In the middle of a presentation right click on the screen and jump to the slide of your choice eee es ee HF EET Hjh Bp Linux starter pack 41 15 4 08 11 16 23 237 OpenOffice org Base Get started with Storing data is easy but searching it always used to be hard However now you ve got OpenOffice org Base on your side veryone has lots of information to keep E track of phone numbers on your mobile phone addresses in a notebook events in a diary shopping lists on paper stuck to your fridge and so on wouldn t it be nice to have all that information in one place Wouldn t be it be nice to make it searchable so that you can type in a few key words and pull up matching information Well that s what Base offers to do for you it s a database program that stores information and makes it easy to find In this tutorial you ll learn how to create a CD database using Base which means you ll learn what databases and tables are how to create them to fit your needs and how to enter data As you follow this tutorial customise it to fit your needs if you collect DVDs stamps spoons or whatever just change CDs for your type of collection Before we start there are a few basic things you need to know EJ Databases have lots of jargon that can be a bit confusing at first If this is your first time using a database don t worry i
76. total eclipse in the UK unfold before your eyes Only this time the weather doesn t get in the way 14 4 08 20 02 49 Miro 20 top apps PST If you have broadband Miro lets you choose from hundreds of free online TV channels and download and store your videos in one place commercialised and locked down Miro is a breath of fresh air It s an open source media player But what makes Miro so different from most other media players is that it s hardwired to the internet In technical terms Miro uses the same RSS feeds you use to keep up to date with the news but instead of news Miro subscribes to content tuned for video If you ve ever subscribed to a podcast in Apple s iTunes software you ll already be familiar with the technology Miro does the same for video Miro needs to be installed through Synaptic after which you can find tucked away in the Applications gt Sound amp Video menu When first launched Miro downloads the latest RSS feeds for all the channels its subscribed to by default The front page that you see is the Miro Guide an edited front end to many of the new channels It constantly updates with news from the Miro world the internet TV equivalent to the electronic programme guide you find on many modern televisions You can see each channel listed on the left panel sorted into categories The blue number to the right of each channel is the number of new videos posted on that channel Green numbers are the
77. user preferences for the Gnome desktop and its applications and you will find there are options that can be set in GConf that cannot be set in the applications Gentoo The most popular source based Linux distro A source based distro downloads all its packages as compressed source code then extracts and compiles it according to your system preferences Because of this Gentoo is highly customisable Gimp The GNU Image Manipulation Program is the most prevalent and powerful image editor on Linux Although modelled loosely on the user interface of Adobe Photoshop Gimp is harder to use and lacks some more advanced features such as high quality colour matching 15 4 08 11 15 55 q e Gil IES He pre Heb espa emer PA 2 Be awratl paa L gpaiky ee _ n Wade Normal crush cree i1 bb Presaure seretity a Fade gut oO increments g Use coker from gred Gnome The GNU Network Object Model Environment was created as an alternative graphical desktop to KDE back when the Qt graphical library used by KDE wasn t available under the GPL Gnome s primary focus Is on usability eschewing features that have long been incorporated into KDE GNU The GNU Project was founded in 1984 to develop a complete free Unix like operating system Every Linux distro depends heavily on the work of the GNU project for everything from basic command line programs to the compilers and the Gnome desktop enviro
78. with Linux Linux isn t all serious stuff we ve got games galore too Friends family and random strangers can all use your Linux box but only if you want them to Yes yes Linux can make your desktop into a spinning cube with fire effects and more The point You tell us but we love it anyway Flash Check Java Check DVDs Ditto But not by default because they re nasty proprietary things But if you want them turn here Ditch your CD collection and go all digital like the cool kids It s like media ripping but in reverse turn your digital data into discs to pass around or sell for fun and profit and if you ve just followed the disc burning tutorial on p80 you can now learn how to make smart disc inlays to finish the product Chat to your friends or even cold call random strangers if you want but whatever you do instant messaging is great fun Get files the fast way and build a community at the same time Take Apache further with techniques for hosting pages for other users set bandwidth and request limits and rewrite URLs Linux is secure but that s no reason to rest easy There are thousands of packages available if you want them so get hooked up to the internet and get downloading With so much great software to choose from how do you know what to try We make it easier by picking out the best just for you All the technical Linuxy terms under the sun laid bare and explained keep this
79. your home computer but Linux is able to handle that just as well One thing to remember is that you as the first user to be created automatically have full rights over the system You can give lower privileges to other users you create if you want to or you can give them the same level as you but be careful if you give them administrator access to the computer they will be able to install and remove software change hardware configurations and much more which may break your Linux install If you give them normal user privileges this simply can t happen Login options By default Ubuntu prompts you for your username and password when logging in but you ll notice there s a little button marked Options in the bottom left corner of the screen This is most commonly used to shut down or suspend the computer without you having to log out first which is a real time saver There are also two other options of interest here Select Session This allows you to choose a specific desktop environment to be logged into The standard Ubuntu includes just Gnome but we ve included a version of Ubuntu on your disc that includes other desktops too General Local Remote Ancensibilty Sauny usere Enable Automadic Login Laer hudala r Enable Timed Logn Security Login iry datay ix i escande anima lic T E Allow local sytem sdmnskra or dogm O Emile debug messsges to sperta bg ny TP sonmnections to Sserver B ol
80. 2 Ss H ge eee fees er a gt i TG i Bee e ee e PSH i e iador Podors Por fou Latall Heriss Fann Dnqenap i Aa Find something to download BitTorrent works at its best with very large files So we ve gone right to the top a nice big Linux distribution But there are lots of other things around to download sites like www publicdomaintorrents com are full of great content a ee ie a Soo i B eee a Pk a e 5 i 0 i TH i E Puderu Geaktop Live Media Cg m pp a E ee g a a o i Choose a location BitTorrentwill start up and ask you where you want to save the download Keep in mind that some torrents are made up of many files so you probably want to save your torrent in a subdirectory somewhere ree a i ee ee eee os ae GRA oe pg ee E a fea Lae pede Fedor Deekiee Live Piria SS SS r Cap your uploads For any given torrent you can set upload caps These are disabled by default meaning that Bit Torrent will upload as much as it can without sacrificing too much download speed LXFS13 torrents 91 BitTorrent s leii el Piki HE A ke H E E h C E i h tie o mr o ee ee ee mp bim mm i p E m shan maidon BA BW ot mam Ee bee mrp a bes bej ji ammm ne ppp yem E iee BE d ikr E PTEE E ee irm Tis uig en ey ms iam Dd Fedora Teeskreg Livin Pedi ee A h E a d d E F Open the torrent When you click on a Firefox link for a Torrent file you Il be asked whether y
81. 8 11 57 04 E ie i eels es 2 Instant messaging IN a a F gt Changing your status is a nice way to keep your contacts up to date with what you re up to without getting drawn in to a time consuming conversation All you need to do to initiate a chat is double click on one of your contacts After doing so the messenger window will open and it s from here that you can chat and see your contact s messages If you ve used an instant messenger client before this should feel familiar and there really isn t all that much to it You type in the lower area and the message history scrolls through the top area You can add smiley characters to your conversation known as emoticons using either the insert button or the key combination if you happen to know it Pidgin will also interpret emoticons used by your buddy and you ll see the images for those embedded within the conversation window When you receive a message the window will flash as a notification as will the tiny Pidgin icon in your toolbar If you ve got speakers connected to your Linux gt You can change which set of emoticons are used from the Preferences window and Pidgin can also download your contact s custom emoticons when they use them add buddies you need to know their messenger ID for the protocol you re both using If you d like to see which protocol everyone is connected to all the time just select Protocol Icons from the File
82. A i oe mph Te ra TE Pe e Ti Peake Cee be ee ea iel a eed al wercigkreg ae appi ey ee gee ge ee amau m tl FEREN HEERE ae om ii hi DaHa i i ery uA gt Konqueror uses the same HTML rendering engine as Mac OS X s Safari Kopete Instant messaging tool for KDE that works with MSN Messenger Yahoo AIM ICQ and Yahoo networks LGPL The GNU Lesser General Public License This is a variant of the GPL that allows programs using so licensed code to be distributed as part of proprietary software without the need to license that software specially Lilo The L nux LOader a bootloader that enables you to select which operating system you want to start each time your computer is turned on Many distros allow you to use Grub for this instead Login Linux requires that a user with a valid password validate themselves to the system before using it This process logging in requires you to enter your username and password at a login prompt Mandriva Linux One of the most popular Linux distros around with a strong emphasis on usability and new features Mandriva is largely funded by the community through subscriptions to its Mandriva Club programme MCC Mandriva Control Center the heart of the system configuration system on Mandriva Linux All options to install and uninstall software set up your hardware and configure your network access are stored here Mount To mount a device is to
83. AM configured Evolutioncan check O hears eS pah E h eee and manage multiple mail boxes all Frome Chris ders E at once each box is treated eaS Tee gmdkinghaiia arg amang aai ae Subject Fe Raku koai decggnectad for ro reason sauis wee gonna van separately in this pane E E Mail a NE Dates Tue 25 Mir 2008 L660 00m Wed cane Gur aq carne Bowe forget to menion oy nares derkiightraweger uin nn Tiia Miar 25 2008 at 455 A Chri Edens lt ulpsies edens geared corm wrote l taandar Bubu Gees disconmected for no reason Age wae gone an EF empi i a o IHEC 165 iis Evolution is split into five views selectable using these buttons on the left Changing the view here changes what is shown in the panes on the right When you select an email Evolution will show message header information here This includes who the message is from who it was sent to when it was sent and more This is the email preview window shown when you select a message in the message list pane above If you double click a message it will be Shown in its own separate window 26 Linux starter pack LXFS13 email 26 14 4 08 20 03 05 Managing your emails virtually The first time you run Evolution you have to follow a fairly long wizard process to configure your initial email account This has a lot of options to set and might put you off so we suggest you follow our step by step walkthrough over the p
84. Applications are the most common places to find it or you can run it manually by entering the command khelpcenter This contains links to all the help files inside KDE along with shortcuts to the Unix man and info pages Reading treeware Although there are thousands of documentation writers out there help files generally serve as reference guides for a given program they aren t very easy to use if you want to learn something from scratch If this is your goal your best bet is to either read Search Welcome to Mozilla Firefox Help To display information about Mozilla Firefox in this window click topics in the Contents sidebar Click the plus icon next to a topic to see its subtopics You can also use the Search bar to find specific information within Firefox Help For more information on using Mozilla Firefox Help see Using the Help Window If you can t find what you need in built in Firefox Help you can find more help and support options online at Firefox Help oy 09 july 2005 Copyright 2003 2005 Contributors to the Mozilla Help Viewer Project gt The Firefox help system is hugely comprehensive and contains hints and tips about every aspect of the program If you don t find what you re looking for here search the web 15 4 08 11 45 04 magazines or buy books This special edition of Linux Format contains 100 pages or so of tutorial content on a wide variety of topics but we print a magazi
85. B mikal ee pi a i ee ee j aiki bed en we ee Coe rah iya ae Party gt Tomboy lets you write notes using text and pictures then link them together just like you have your own wiki LXFS13 desktop 19 CQ Autohide O Show hide buttons gt By adjust their properties you can force panels to autohide orient themselves to a different edge of the screen or use an image for their background Now choose Gimp Image Editor and click Add You can actually add whole submenus as launchers if you want to just choose the category you want then click Add When you click that launcher the list of programs in that category will be shown for you to choose from The task panel So far we ve only looked at the top panel but the bottom panel works in much the same way you can add whatever you want there and you can even merge the two panels together if you re desperate to save space By default the bottom panel contains three things a Show Desktop icon the window list and the trash can for deleted files The window list is really just a holding area rather than a specific thing on the panel because windows will be added to it automatically when they are opened As in Microsoft Windows you can then click on a window in the window list to have it brought to the foreground If you re the kind of person who likes to conserve space at all costs you should right click on the bottom panel or indeed any panel you create
86. Bock Tis i ii han Hl ETH i Fem U ai al ae Fama Speed EEA E i don i ll Emm Shared Erme fs Daul Hedon g 2 Pr a T a we 25 Mer pri PM Halt sae EEE sieer jE Emeni abe rE l Tiegh hiii kir uae 2 Fimpa arrg j Hir Ls iaa LEN Tir jen DEET Bah iph bel ik rhe mL Wek rhe Pe ek ig a Tek Di L ae Lis Pompe nnd Fs LaNg Hi re Bersted m Me pep oe he Ar Oe i The quicker way to find the music you want is to enter keywords in the search box RhythmBox will automatically filter the track list according to your search terms making it an easy way to narrow down a long track list to what you want to listen to 78 Linux starter pack LXFS13 media 78 horem pa ee Pid ee ergy be rra haa Lilie ari Git aes ahi aie li Bie npr freed e Coa Saul Hedon g EO Ey PF NFF ia oot mee T aie a lamin Lamers keki l J E eh we 25 oe irira When ripping CDs you will need to edit some of RhythmBox s preferences so go to Edit gt Preferences and click on the Music tab Tick the Watch my library for new files check box and select your preferred format clicking close to return to RhythmBox application Places Syrie a _ ied Eih E apy L ar jE Bmw uie E hesi id ai Bock ti ii Peirin if Hamis himii if Sharda eee 25E Fam Spal EEE CE don Gin ol Cipy Beers fered 4 Eme isa Daul Hedon g Fi a iar E a A ET Eneti
87. Help need somebody need more help Where can I turn to help me with my problems Well it depends what kind of problem you have If it s a Linux based one why not try our forums at www linuxformat co uk forums our readers are a helpful bunch and you re likely to get an answer there If not then why not try the hugely popular Ubuntu Forums found at http ubuntuforums org where you ll have access not only to the Ubuntu community at large but also sometimes the actual developers who are involved in creating Ubuntu Code it P A few years ago started to learn to program but didn t get very far and I d like to give it another go tf What programming tools are available for Ubuntu and which languages can learn I ve got good news for you Ubuntu offers you the opportunity to learn a wide variety of programming Alanguages The choice can be somewhat overwhelming as there are loads to choose from For example you could start off with some simple shell scripting and then maybe move toward Perl or you might prefer to go down the Object Oriented route and learn Java or C Not only that but if you need to learn Net Ubuntu allows you access to Mono a free and open source implementation of the Net technologies Moving on to the web you can program in PHP JavaScript or even learn simple HTML The possibilities are endless Keep an eye out for programming tutorials in regular issues of Linux Formatto l
88. L ee le Sei eel ee ee ee a MBL tir TGP Pare See he ee eee ee oe ee ee i i eo ee Pat ri he ae ol le care ree cep Fig re ee ee coed Fk oe te ee ee ee co ee Le ae ee i pe fee ee ae ee ees ee en eee Pia RHEN FEST eT ee E A CEA mmi a map ee en od a eee ee reap ae g ee pari ara F pa h If you choose to partition your hard drive manually we recommend this Now create a login account for Linux Enter your full name then a for advanced users only create a minimum 10GB root partition username and password Do not forget these as you ll need them very with ext3 format and a swap virtual memory partition of around 512MB soon Click on Forward when you re finished here Bayo n iar ee ope seers ol ee bee oe ihg eer re ire ee hi ee ee Mee E ea ire Hs kan Ba Fa gee ce loons Papae nmin bis tullig Sot ie asf sad e TEN i bie herea kpg b nea mi i a jaia iis Installing System ee te baba ee ome et a Te ae ee de ey ey pee bee eed ay De ee a t a E Ma hiera get ee a gee es ha ered piti eel Janim Pikes Dte oe a a a capji ti If you re installing on a PC that already has Windows you ll be given the Ubuntu Linux will be copied to your hard drive Depending on the speed option of transferring some settings over to Linux Otherwise you ll go of your machine this can take between 10 minutes and an hour so grab straight to this screen check the settings and click on Install a cuppa w
89. LXFS13 web 25 Browse the web ORT gt The more you tell StumbleUpon about your interests the more likely it is to be able to serve up pages of interest ThumbStrips As the web becomes increasingly media rich add ons like ThumbStrips likewise become popular As you surf the web ThumbStrips takes a graphical snapshot of the pages you visit and shows them to you in a line across the bottom of your screen When you want to go back to a previous page it s easy to spot it among all the pictures and a single click sends you back If pictures don t work for you quite so well try searching for any word in the search box if the site contained that word anywhere on the page it will appear in the filter results cS ee E d b meom E OS ee T g i e i re 1 ae Hee i gt One of the fancier add ons for Firefox ThumbStrips makes it even easier to find your way to your favourite sites Wizz RSS Wizz RSS brings the news to life in a Firefox sidebar that can hook up to live news feeds from across the globe to deliver breaking headlines to your desktop To get the best view make sure you click the Open Close Wizz RSS Sidebar button so that the sidebar is visible You can add your own feeds to the list by browsing to the site that has a news feed clicking Feed Search then dragging any discovered feeds into the sidebar under whichever category you want Easy ih Er ae a E E I f Se e ee oe
90. Mear Me 7 Laal Contacts EEA iE Meare Search Results Lime To 100 Entries i ry Choe Ei Personal Mitho Amean E Hanita irl RAVES a ip A S Skype the phone call replacement service owned by eBay is a popular alternative to Ekiga It s a proprietary piece of software but it s free to use You only pay to connect to landlines and mobile phones There s also a Linux client available from the Skype website www skype com gt The Ekiga White Pages is an online directory to find other users of Ekiga You can also call anyone else with a SIP compatible client or phone E o temo reM Comment Fiame Geos fou Seercr Geate Maw river Crepe WR Graduate Stuck in Comy Sorthad lowes Elana aor Taran Namecontains 2 chan l Pr ie Pee j MET Found 101 dare ih Ekiga wiris Pagas fara total of 254 ier Linux starter pack 89 15 4 08 11 57 12 N x AWV PS BitTorrent Downloading Get files the fast way and help build a community at the same time gt The official BitTorrent site www bittorrent com has lots of legal downloads of movies TV shows and music and even has free stuff he dl NOW PLAYENG ith record companies suing their customers all too regularly file sharing has gotten a bit of a bad name But it s not all illegal content in fact there s a lot of great content you can get through BitTorrent particularly if you re interested i
91. Mer tir Pee ee Eit ee zi 4 H res a L ay Lab ed a a ll Cpe eae Law Aereere TH age ba EE ibah a en ea Mca faa OA aed itha tg ee pe ee Des pe jn egy seer ey irim bid Lo be ail Access Control allows you to specify users who can or cannot use the printer In our example we re keeping the printer to ourselves and not letting the rest of LXF Towers have access to it This could come in useful if you want to prevent your kids from wasting valuable colour ink cartridges Paul Hudson at application Places Sartam a a We 23 Mer pir PaM a bt Hai a i j HE nH er had ly oes iin bel aa bara 7 Lied Peet Cae jei Pee ahd bhir sje Plies See cere Peed eed eee ees fol ed keh tS ed oe ie es ee ee ee ie ee eee Pela thee peer added dep pra emi aid a briha gee rm rmm am hydina J is i a kn EET Ces sam miman F yg Bom a nm eH hh hee rea iigibow o at eh Job Options is the place where you can choose exactly how each submitted print job is handled Here you can choose to print multiple copies or change the margins of the print out Bear in mind that these options will override any that have been chosen when a user prints to that printer LXFS13 printing 93 application Placa ate A G Paul Hudson Be ES H i m mu ieee ete ele a aiia Jms isss phil freer berena Made Eb m Hi coed Pde ai bell phiri 7 airm i Dirbk Br ELES E b W Pachpi ng paii af Peo LECI miaka S ard
92. Nights or old role playing games then you should be able to get a lot of enjoyment out of this game despite its silly name 15 4 08 11 58 08 Alien Arena his isn t exactly the kind of game you might want to play at a children s party But get a few people together and a few Linux machines and you won t have had as much fun since you got that Raleigh Chopper for your eighth birthday Alien Arena is a first person shooter That means you see through the eyes of the player and you need to shoot at anything that moves Games are played online either by hosting your own server that everybody joins or by joining a public online game where people are already playing There are usually plenty of servers running So you re only ever 30 seconds away from a game Each level is a confined map and there are various game modes from deathmatch killing everything to capture the flag stealing your opponent s flag and bringing it back to your base It s very similar to another Linux classic Unreal Tournament Alien Arena even has a similar array of weapons You start with a humble Blaster This fires a Frets on Fire either the Playstation 2 or Xbox 360 games consoles you re missing out on something Fortunately you can redeem your social standing by running Frets on Fire on your Linux machine instead Like Guitar Hero Frets on Fire will turn your humble computer and keyboard into an instrument of rock and the only th
93. Pi aa BB ifef tiik yi ope aoe Saar sERE Emra bere Fai al na Bam ri Under the Policies tab you can quickly disable access to a printer should you need to carry out any maintenance on it Also of use especially in a corporate environment are the starting and ending banners which allow you to add additional pages before and after the main print job C sppicationns Piacon Syren A G Daul Hudson g E oe nehy 2212 em i Es fee Pt a a oll mere ele CO Likija Des ine kbgh fre Gere Eiri PH H eE Be 7 lao amn a Sirih Mri ELE E se oe sill 5 a a nH ong ral ee dean Cans be il iF Fida ele 4 Dede Sek Siete i T Pibhisid Piali i ee i et H ge cel ey Br He Printer Options lets you set page size quality and whether or not you use double sided printing Note that resolution quality ink type etc is controlled by the Printout Mode drop down box so if you choose High Quality your printer will automatically choose a higher resolution Printing resources on the web gt Where to go for more information There may be occasions when Ubuntu just flat out refuses to recognise your printer In these rare cases your first step should be to Google the model of the printer along with the word Ubuntu or Ubuntu 7 10 It s actually quite an effective way of finding information quickly and allows you to benefit from the experience of other people who may have been in the same situation as you If that provides no
94. SN point your browser at https accountservices passport net ppnetworkhome srf For AOL point your browser at https my screenname aol com gt Pidgin can communicate with nearly every other messaging protocol bringing all your contacts from these services into one place the Buddies List T iepikibons Praca 86 Linux starter pack LXFS13 chat 86 wim p ith more of us staying online for longer and persistent always on internet connections becoming increasingly common instant messaging and online personal communication has become an essential desktop tool Fortunately Linux is well catered for by messaging software especially if you re used to the advertisement crippled costly and unfriendly messenger clients you typically find on Microsoft Windows You ll find that you can do everything you re used to with the Linux versions of the software you re used to And you ll find that you can still chat to people who choose to keep to their old operating system ways bridging the divide between open source and proprietary software Pidgin The default instant messaging client for the Ubuntu desktop is called Pidgin It s better than it sounds Pidgin is capable of communicating with all the main messaging services at the same time This means that if you ve got an account to use AOL Instant Messenger and an account to use Microsoft MSN messenger you ll be able to use both from the same client transpa
95. Specific abilities as well as a set range across different types of terrain It s your job to survey the local area and move your units strategically so that you re in Egoboo yy here s a long tradition of adventure games running on Linux and Unix systems This is epitomised by a particular game called NetHack NetHack is called a Rogue like game because It Is itself based on a game called Rogue which was originally released in 1980 Rogue like games share some of the same elements There s usually a degree of randomness and a player s strengths and weaknesses are based on random attributes These attributes can be improved by gaining experience either by finding objects or by destroying the enemy And all Rogue like games are set in a dungeon Egoboo is one such game But instead of the text based graphics of NetHack Egoboo has transformed this idea into three dimensions And you re no longer alone in the dungeon Depending on the module you choose to play you will be accompanied by other characters Each module is a separate adventure The quest is different each time but you always play in a dungeon One tasks is to clear the dungeon of 62 Linux starter pack LXFS13 games Sec1 62 the best possible position for any confrontation Knights are more powerful than the other characters but they don t have the range of the Spearmen and there s a similar trade off with the other unit types It might sound complicate
96. Te a W iraan E EeppF nee Mend hi Le Linux desktop RS 38 S Himes bul ba siii i kami itd meres aoe mam Ee Pee Ges b i Fin i i d oom Pif ip ruer pete gH ir Trep deha a Ce R ee Cmr hoe ll Lory sheen os dee Taer ai aja a E qi ieee pete Ee lbf Besieged 0 ee Appearance then choose the Background tab from the window that appears The default selection of desktop backgrounds is quite thin but that s easily fixed if you download another picture from the internet or from a camera you can add it to the list by dragging it directly on to the window Alternatively if you have a whole directory of pictures you d like to choose from click the Add button The screensavers are far more plentiful than the desktop backgrounds but they are found in a different window look under System gt Preferences gt Screensaver Here you change which screensaver will be used how long the system should wait until activating it and whether the screen should be locked as soon as the screensaver is active That last option is particularly useful because it means that you can walk away from your desk and the system will be locked down as soon as the screensaver activates anyone returning will have to enter your password to unlock the computer If you re a real tweaker the promise of setting your own keyboard shortcuts is hard to resist and Linux won t fail you here For example if you have a lapto
97. a Core 2 Duo we d expect this speed to increase slightly in line with the performance enhancement gained from the new processor Paul Hudson g E a we 25 er tir ee Cec Edt Help Tiie Greatest Hts 1555 1895 fier 1 Anini kinm Aiia Genres Soumi neck Duration 6375 Wack Title Ba Sterware Mae fF z ET Hang Theme TAE Sapamnan Han Title i 4 indians jones and the temple of Doorn Parade of the Glave Chid Ers Suganand Exprasa Therma m A by ee Sound Recorder By default Ubuntu comes with Sound Juicer a neat GUI tool that allows you to quickly rip the music from your CDs To get started go to Applications gt Sound amp Video and choose Sound Juicer CD Extractor 76 Linux starter pack LXFS13 media 76 A quicker way to get to Sound Juicer is to simply insert an audio CD into your CD DVD drive Ubuntu will start Sound Juicer when it detects the presence of a music CD In any case Sound Juicer will automatically try to retrieve the CD information from MusicBrainz a free music database 15 4 08 12 44 42 WS o TT Rip your CDs L N sD 5 The need for speed gt Tweak your setting to make the job much faster In order to speed things up a little you might want to set Sound Another thing that you can do is to place all your music files on Juicer to automatically eject the disc when it has completed That a network drive and allow all your client machines in your home to way you can simply switch the
98. a i 7 China crisi The fast Sanga Of Eh Select a track and click to check for journey In any case it is not so difficult to mix up your favourite audio on to a CD using Linux In this tutorial we will be taking it a step further by showing you how to also create an inlay card for a CD case and using some clever tricks we can even generate the track listing automatically You will need to have Inkscape and K3b installed for this tutorial Filter the files in the current Current directory click directory by type for history AB set 25 Mar 5 12 Pm Ogg varbis Sound Aisig AN Files Samd Filar ava Sound Ales MPI Sound Files fetes es Sn Pee MPEG vickeo Filas a d Rogquiatoers To Pink Who Built Armaria 05 pig Acre OB Dort Fos ices Hiat kise Single bhair With Yon _ Tea a O7 Shower Soa Current Propects D Gery Odds Lengih pisdi 73 06 10 nanan pysia 03 02 18 03 47 15 Drie l f E Soa Mable l 19 rhin ot TADA rin Mabo CO tracks J5Tame 46687500 3b 1 0 3 Listing of the available audio files 15 4 08 18 02 47 Eomma Ai tinola vague Malt with wu Teena E Craven E Os Sudie dadie O C Pepa fmt hea File Pierre We re going to start with the OGG files that you ve ripped on to your machine Most people agree it reproduces a better sound and the file sizes are much smaller than mp3 files If
99. about config into the Location bar you ll see a huge list of Firefox options many of which can t be set in the preferences dialog because most people don t care about them For example HTTP pipelining is a technology that can drastically boost the speed that web pages download but is traditionally left disabled by many web browsers because a tiny minority of web servers have issues with it and by save your changes Firefox pushes the idea of bookmarks even further using its Live Bookmarks system which is a blend of RSS feeds and bookmarks you can put them into the bookmarks toolbar and they will appear as a menu that can be clicked to show tiny we mean we can almost guarantee you will never find one Using about config more information But the magic of Live Bookmarks is that the you can enable HTTP pipelining and enjoy a free speed boost more information part is an RSS feed of news from any source you want and clicking on any of the headlines will load In fact there are lots of settings like this that you might want to change the full story in the browser To give this feature a try first find an RSS feed that interests you If you haven t tried RSS before Setting SA What it does go to http news bbc co uk then look down the left hand menu bar until you see News Feeds When the page loads you ll see a long list of available news feeds down the right browser startup page choose any one of them a
100. ace But Linux is a big world of software and while some of it looks and works just like the Windows or Mac software youre used to a lot of it will also be new and that s where this guide comes in we ve written it to be a comprehensive pack for new starters to Linux with the goal of helping you to get the most from your computer with the least reading You ll also find a DVD bundled with this magazine that includes a complete installable version of Linux for you to use Yes it s true that there are lots of versions of Linux out there but we ve written this guide to accompany the software on that DVD so if you want to get the most from all the tutorials we ve provided for you we recommend you use that disc to get started Now it s time for the adventure to begin If you want to dive in straight away turn to p10 for our install guide If youd like to read a bit more about Linux first and I d recommend it turn to p6 Have fun Paul Hudson Editor paul hudson futurenet co uk N SOURCE THE BEGINNER S GUIDE TO ALL THINGS OPE THE LINUX ut don t know how ae to using Linux ndows Wi Want to dump lete gui Here s your comp g SSKA o 1771747495008 D 15 4 08 18 03 16 LINUX FORMAT Ready to master Linux Start your engines and pick your topic Install guide Disc in hand and ready to go start here Solve it Got some problems with Linux Want to p
101. age Once you finish the configuration you may need to start Evolution again so that it takes your settings on board but when it s all done you should be sitting in front of your inbox ready to start work We re not going to spend any time explaining how Evolution s email system works because It s just the same as every other email client out there with two exceptions the first is Evolution s system known as search folders that let you save searches as virtual mail folders When you click on one of these virtual folders Evolution runs the search on all your mail and places any matching messages into the folder so you can browse through them The messages haven t really moved of course that s why this is a virtual folder rather than a real folder But having multiple saved search folders enables you to create custom views of your inbox without having to move things by hand Evolution takes care of all the work for you To create a saved search folder go to Search gt Create Search Folder From Scratch then add all the criteria you want to search by Give it a descriptive name like Messages from clients that haven t replied to and set it going Alternatively select a message that fits a criterion you want to filter on then choose Message gt Create Rule and choose one of the Search Folder From options The second helpful feature in Evolution is its ability to group emails by thread so that you can see
102. ails together and send them en masse either once a day or once a week depending on how popular the list is You should be aware that many lists particularly the general user lists are extremely popular and may receive thousands of messages each day Many mailing lists actually have archives of their emails stored online which you can search for questions similar to yours Unless you re encountering a real corner case that no one has come across before the chances are that somebody somewhere will have already solved a similar problem Face to face help Everything covered so far has been possible without leaving your computer chair You can subscribe to Linux Format you can buy books from Amazon send email all without really lifting a finger Now it s time to go outside and greet the wider world by visiting a Linux user group LUG These are independent groups of 15 4 08 11 45 08 Report a bug No software is perfect even if it is open source Sometimes a coding error can cause problems or sometimes you manage to find something the developers hadn t thought of that causes a program to crash But we cannot say enough times that the chances of you finding a legitimate bug are exceedingly small some of the Linux software has been in continuous development for more than 20 years tested by time and hundreds of thousands of people again and again until any bugs that remain are exceedingly obscure That said if y
103. ake the time to learn about the terminal and you too can harness the power of the command line At its most basic the command line is a way to enter one or more commands that will interact in a low level with the Linux operating system You can access the terminal or command line by one of two ways you can go to Applications gt Accessories gt Terminal to open up a terminal as part of your desktop or you can press Ctrl Alt plus any key from F1 to F6 to access one of six different terminal windows If you do it the Ctrl Alt way then you ll need to login with your username and password and if you need to return to your desktop just press Alt F7 Don t worry about logging in multiple times Ubuntu allows this and it can come in handy if you need to run a command in the background while you re working on something else The first command you ll learn is s which lists the contents of the current directory If you want to see more information you can use the command like So ls al which will give you a more detailed listing of all the files and directories including the hidden ones that are located in the current directory But how do you know which directory you re currently in Look at LXFS13 answers 117 the following example andrew teletran Documents The first part before the sign tells me that am logged on as the user andrew The name of the machine is teletran the part after the sign and am currently wo
104. aki HH ec see ik just Arieli Brya sae A Free Bovini EHR Poke Fao ra Piivioa Riescl Cer Blog y EE Wilet i Blii Ermar A Channels Now Playing Tiis Sh eet bee Arisal E The Derk ji PEE Diiin ikki With Piere Daar cd Ea Terra rics ss rare The i ib Pull tour 90 Linux starter pack LXFS13 torrents 90 Torrent file you downloaded If you didn t download a Torrent you need to go back to the website where you originally started the download and click the download again When Bit Torrent starts up it will recognise that you ve partially downloaded the file and will ask you whether you want to resume or start from scratch To set caps on your upload bandwidth click the Upload tab for any one of your downloads You can set a cap on the total bandwidth used for uploads the number of individual users you want to upload to or both In practice the user cap isn t very important because if you want to restrict bandwidth by capping uploads to 10 user those 10 users might have Super fast connections in which case your upload speed will effectively be uncapped Instead stick to the bandwidth cap the default of 2OkB s a second is quite generous and should be more than enough to satisfy any tit for tat users Leave it running The second thing is that the BitTorrent window will stay open even after you have finished downloading a file This is the same leave it running principle but for a different
105. alc the spreadsheet Impress the presentation tool and Draw the vector art tool Package A discrete application container that can be installed into a Linux distro There are several types of package but the most common are RPM for Fedora SUSE and Mandriva Linux and APT for Debian Ubuntu and Knoppix Package manager Application that tracks which packages are installed allows you to install or configure more packages and also cleans up the system when a package is uninstalled Pan Advanced Usenet newsreader for Gnome with features like article header cacheing filtering multiple connections and easy binary decoding Partition One slice of your hard disk that is functionally separate from the rest A hard disk may contain just one partition where everything is stored but in Linux it is common to create multiple partitions one for the OS one for personal files one for swap Space and so on This allows you to reformat the OS partition leaving your personal files intact Per Practical Extraction and Reporting Language or Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister depending on whom you talk to is a difficult but rewarding scripting language for Linux and other platforms Permissions Access rights for files and devices on your system Normal users have permissions to read programs but not to write to them whereas the root user is able to read and write over programs PHP Recursive acron
106. aner Location opionall Hurmenr reedelde kertoon mich ae Lebo ipata Office mesh canes aant Next up is the screen that allows you to provide some descriptive naming for the printer in question This will help you if you have to share the printer with other people as it provides a way to identify it We d recommend filling all three of these fields as they may come in use in future The location is a must in a large corporate environment J applicatio Pacar Sarem E G Paul Hodson 4 er ee a eo ee ee gt EE m E h a 2 a Tie z T iiil EIE krey Pm a T i ee pih am o BaH ace hmp m maraa Paras m e stdin Leal Pees Digi ara rab Ad ele igen Lote lipnia Cee rl Lee E 2 Lees et i iii opi er bd bore coe m H Loe Dipa i Heii i al H mia Siaa mi a Cah iad Thm li e a eee rrj hiim egr Ope Provided you ve got the Show printers shared by other systems box ticked on the printer Server Settings of the client that you want to share the printer with you should see something similar to the above screenshot where a Remote Printers section appears and the printer that was shared is shown as an entry Linux starter pack 95 15 4 08 18 03 08 N PST security secure your distro Linux is inherently a secure operating system but it s not all done for you gt The About Me utility can be used to change your password Once it s open simply click the Chang
107. annels based on common interests and discuss argue flame long evenings away Despite the invention and ultimate rise to supremacy of the web IRC lives on and ChatZilla is an excellent add on for extension that builds IRC support directly into your web browser Once installed start ChatZilla by going to Tools gt ChatZilla When it loads some text will appear saying Available networks are dalnet efnet webbnet Click on 5 sa ew ee en E E Peas Le a a o a E p aa a TE at Ml se p ok ai o m a b iddl l ola ee a Bn i lia o es oma EEEE E E E ini mmama m m lile soe hn r i gt AdBlock Plus lets you build your own advertiser filters or subscribe to someone else s which is much simpler the freenode link to connect to that server network then when the connection is complete type join ubuntu to join the official Ubuntu support channel Have fun chatting deyk a F Ban T Ie a2 wpe PEEL aanl Shee eres ee MD LEA ee EAE ee eer fl Es iai T Lee aoia mE Bio Mie NEn pN En A ae LE LOF a tHE Pie t ae Pa fl ba E iiir the maras ee ee ieee eh ek mi pal op ee pee ae Tesi fda ested 2 pee bee ee coi 0 i eee Bs I ee Pe a ih ieee A a ee gt IRC is full of people to talk to but make sure you keep your identity private not everyone can be trusted ForecastFox British people have a natural obsession with the weather which
108. ant edit or delete an existing item you need to right click on it and choose the appropriate option But beware once it s gone the only way to retrieve a menu item is to click the Revert button at the bottom of the editing window and that undoes all your changes Going places Adjacent to the Applications menu is the Places menu which contains a series of shortcuts to common directories on your computer network connections file search and a list of recently opened documents As with the desktop any removable media that gets plugged into your computer will be listed here for easy access but you ll also find any active network connections here Speaking of connections you can connect to another computer by is choosing Places gt Connect To Server It doesn t matter whether you want to use Windows Networking FTP WebDAV or even super secure SSH the Connect To Server dialog can do it all You will need to provide the address of the server eg www example com or an IP address like 192 168 0 1 and may also need to provide a username and password if the connection is secure but otherwise this is very easy Extending the panel At the top right of the screen is the Panel which by default contains a quick logout button a clock and other helpful little things On the left of the panel you ll see your username that s the fast user switching system if you have more than one user you can click there and it ll log them i
109. application to see what we mean You get a text editing window taking up the main part of the window a ruler down the left and a scroll bar down the right and in the ancient tradition of computerised word processing a series of buttons toolbars and font selector crowning the editing area at the top From the visual point of view Writer could be almost any word processor and that s the idea If something works there s no point messing around with the formula and if you ve worked with virtually any modern word processors before you will already be able to rustle up most documents with Writer Just click on various parts of the user interface exactly as you would with an alternative eat HG ee m St DE ES ke ee kga IH a E Fi EE IEEE ECE E k m ee g a r a E ia E F E i ims F Pe _ gt If you find that Writer is changing the meaning of your words then the AutoCorrect function is the most likely culprit change the options to better suit your way of working 30 Linux starter pack LXFS13 writer_started 30 Quick tip When Writer fills ina word you re typing press Enter to leave the word intact Vive La Diff rence But there are differences And you re likely to come up against these whenever you want to try something slightly more interesting You will see that the menu system feels totally unfamiliar with a mass of options hidden away behind each menu Th
110. ar 2 Find and replace words AY Jump to parts of your document Insert clip art into your document Merge other data sources ZA Show non printing characters EJ Set zoom level EY Font size 3 EA ES Bold Italics and Underline EA ES E9 EY Text justification options EJ E9 Enable bulleted and numbered lists 21 FA Decrease and increase indentation 2 Font colour Section highlighting 2 Background colour EJ Email document using default email client Edit read only documents IJ Export document as a PDF Send to printer EJ Preview the printed pages K Manual spellcheck M Automatic spellcheck I 5 Cut Copy and Paste Linux starter pack 31 LXFS13 writer_started 31 15 4 08 11 16 42 lay OpenOffice org writer 7 7 Writer Create a List Enter the data Select relevant text EJ Numbers or bullets Writer can create bullet lists and numeric lists The next step is to select the exact section of the Finally select either the Bullet List icon or the automatically First type each list item onto a document that you want to be used as a list You Number List icon from the main toolbar the latter separate line in the main document window Each can do this either by dragging the mouse cursor has Roman numerals Your highlighted text will be line will be used as a Separate list item when Writer over the text or by jumping to the start of the list indented and either a number or a bullet is placed is in
111. are Detailed expert advice Wide ranging tutorials for all ability levels In depth reviews News and comment from the community gt Open source features guu LXFS13 Ixfhad 128 15 4 08 17 07 58 En p pane E JP ir EN ada De a AN a p lands Y i Take mi a ees AS gPL3 i Eme paymon at quad ne i a ns g2 Breet ath oper ygn in fe fe a ot work oot p wed 5 fe tap ha ae be ko pat aia P psia a i K J i PTF Wa _ i x 7 eeeeoeeeeeeeeee ee d dc dceoeedodeoeeoeeoeeeodeoeeoeeoeeeeeoee eee ee een ym www linuxformat co uk anil Linux Format isn t just a magazine you ll find us online too at www linuxformat co uk Join us at one of the friendliest Linux websites on the net for TEE LINUX Forums tips help and discussion from other readers Exclusive newsletters wiki and LXF Team blog meee PREREMAS charms asics le Ria riaa CEE Mek drapar ie ayari i 7 mef iiirmgF BESTEN Magazine archives download LXF articles and tutorials aE emea Ty DEE ener Te Mertens SUSCRIBE TT etme E pal all a Lies mT a ENY 1 i m b i ny l i LEII LLLI TTI Bem d m e E p LUR a aa Was Pia iu m lt lt oo om J PER His EOT Pia FP a iong L ml i Lita canan oraa T PaF IA il Tam pie p ae Lm LPEE Pewee kyy U E Corns iy TERG E hiihii a fo Lar a ha mmia payi Ree nary ey ee eee ee LaF
112. as part of my job will be able to open these under Ubuntu and even create new archives Be pie piaga Sting Hob F wi lay Mark al Lipgrades Reload Cae Ohi Cewekpmiant universe C 3 bbdb Rocumentabon E bogotiter Cescutrertation imuran bogotiter bdb Documentation universe bogoliter commer Edbtors Editors multiverse Eddtors untearse Cvekornent Package C0 dovetet teriiman O lt devecot mand O dovecot popad enigmail O 7 ra m om Aectrories irmuknerse Aactronice ures Erral driukiweraa AER V Emai lirmer Eribeaddad Dewcws uriw oi a M Sechons 62 packages bsted 1344 installed o broken Oto rataslupgrade 0 to remove LXFS13 answers 113 27 March 2008 instabad varmon 1 1 5 fuburbuz L 1 5 Juburtul L 1 5 2uburktud Answers you download a ZIP file and double click on it you will open up File Roller a program that handles archiving as part of Ubuntu Not only does it support ZIP formats but also a number of Unix Linux specific formats such as TAR and GZIP You ll need to add File Roller to the menu by right clicking on the Applications menu and selecting Edit Menu In the window that appears select Accessories in the left hand pane and tick the box next to Archive Manager in the right hand pane Finally click Close and File Roller will be added to Applications gt Accessories Open it up and click
113. ast get straight to designing your tables click the changes just in case Base works alittle differently option is for advanced users who want to connect Create Tables Using Table Wizard option first We ll to Access to servers just click Next for now just go with the first option click Finish 42 Linux starter pack LXFS13 base started 42 D 15 4 08 11 15 16 OpenOffice org Base LAS E OpenDocument format EJ Start work GH lgnore wizard All databases in Base are actually just files so they And now you re in Base has created the database n the Table tab there are three links at the top need to be stored somewhere on your computer In and you re ready to start working Along the side that are important Create Table In Design View common with the other OpenOffice org are the four main views Tables Queries Forms and Use Wizard to Create Table Create View The applications Base uses OpenDocument format by Reports Tables are where all your data is stored so second option might sound easier but it s a bit default Save your database as edcollection in your click that tab now long winded just click Create Table In Design documents folder View for now D Table design views First four fields EJ Set Integer This is the table design view It s split into three Type these names into the first four fields ID Click the field type for ID and set it to Integer columns the name of y
114. at 89 Cink eee eS eer yee aT jpa The dataciin of pour HAT bye i fied a od Ege epee Bert Bgereiged il tiga La eee are pr Hs et ope pred k d Errai dps ree pigi pet US fe Hi E Coa GPs ge gt NAT problems account for most connection difficulties but things have improved with the inclusion of the Stun package hres 2 BET barman A good place to start is the echo test Dial 500 and you ll be connected to a computer that will echo everything it hears This is a good way to make sure everything is working as it should be For others to dial you they can use your username followed by ekiga net If you know the SIP address of the person you want to contact you enter this directly into the top field of Ekiga You can also use the Ekiga White Pages directory to find other Ekiga users This is opened from the Tools menu and with a total of over a1 4 million registered Ekiga users you need to use the Find field to search for your contact Video and voice calls will work automatically and you can fine tune the sound and video by switching tabs in the lower half of the screen The Audio tab shows the volume for incoming and outgoing sound so that you can be sure the person on the other end is getting the data and the video tab lets you change the brightness contrast and colour of the incoming image J Applicabons Prac System Pad Huden 5 He Contant kamote Contacts GJ Ege White Pages Go mentacts
115. at error messages you see what you ve tried what hardware you have etc Consider all options Even if someone suggests a fix that sounds unusual it s worth trying For instance someone may recommend unplugging your printer before booting which will actually help if Linux is having trouble recognising it Be patient It s frustrating when things don t work but bear in mind that the users on these forums are all doing it for the love of Linux and the community They re not being paid to help so if you don t get an immediate response or someone asks questions don t get into flame wars k fw IPE a ie or amp e asan en F E j A ay mee ey ee eo a emi imi 9 eee ee ey E M phem a M a aiaia 1 m h H mam ie ineesete sre oa ahem eR al SS YS eS e aa gai ye ee i ki amm i ie trip rk esis bare Pd ha lm fr Sane Sl E mm a a Extras on your DVD As you ve seen the DVD accompanying this magazine boots and installs Ubuntu Linux and this is ideal for taking your first steps with Linux We ve included a couple of extras though so as you become more familiar with the operating system you can make use of them The first of these found in the Extras folder on the DVD is a 64 bit ISO image of Ubuntu Linux 7 10 You can burn this to a CD R and use it to install on 64 bit machines ie PCs with AMD64 or Intel Core 2 processors if you want a small performance boost Note that there s not a huge gain though and
116. ated with the same name as the user and they Daul Huon 3 Aue wo POET nes Basic Settings Group name andrew Group ID 1000 Group Members Ei Andrew Hudson rost gt The Permissions tab under Home gt Properties is the place to be to define who can do what to your files Linux starter pack 97 15 4 08 15 55 35 security Q A 7 also share the same numeric ID although they are for the User ID UID and Group ID GID Your home directory is automatically set to allow you full access as a user and to allow read access only to members of your group This isn t particularly secure so to start off with we d suggest changing the permissions on your home directory so that access is denied to Others To do this go to Places gt Computer and navigate into the Home directory Right click on your user home directory and select properties In the window that appears click the Permissions tab and change the Folder Access drop down menu for Others so that it reads None Then click the Apply permissions to enclosed files to ensure that they are locked down Once you ve done this click the Close button to make sure that your home directory is protected from the snooping eyes of other users local to your machine ee _ Seren SP D mue ziMa Iriri Network device setup Dieaae raci your tenw commected rebi device trom the dropdown bet of valeble dere Firgstarter can share our interred conre
117. ave to be patient if you re on a slow connection When it s done you can enter a movie DVD and close Totem if it automatically appears Then click on the Applications menu and go to Sound amp Video gt VLC Media Player Click the Play button at the top which will open a dialog box to choose the movie you want to play Click on the Disc tab at the top of the window then click on OK All being well you ll now be able to watch your film Any time you want to watch a movie in future follow the same process launch VLC click the Play button open the disc and you re off Also note that VLC is capable of playing many other types of video file so if you have problems loading anything in Totem give it a go 15 4 08 11 57 21 a foe aj Mae am ib ete ed Cage ese sen 5 Laj la i ums od Hiren i hjier Ral E T aie ae j ami EF c Md Y iar iaa EE fal oe ell i Srna D aan iii fr J Esm r Lae WEEET GR pin iai a P hid onl Oe OP get ii Vk LE nie hmi tipa Packages Click the System menu then Administration and Synaptic Package manager You may be prompted to enter your password Installing software Tha mark d changed are naw being applied This can tobe somes trie Pharis wist Preparing to contigure Tashpligin canines g Autornaticadly clone alter the changea have been succerstuly applied P Details Download The Adobe Flash Player will be downloaded from the internet and installed the
118. basaki SEN biie maili i iris a Tripi oes aaz i i i e PUNT tr iad L iene I an a TS ag ink ie a a a f Pies need Eam f P a i a A T nm a 7 E EL C EIT 2 _ Tr Carpe SPR E tee a ee 1 arr Le phe t aT ei haria aen OU Laie Par tits i i Pas mm z z T a a E Liri Ean MLL de h an 0 E 9 CS get aie The SP en wel os LT Sry awik DPA iray Yb ee spite ey ie e Se Em per e prH rR p SS e 15 4 08 17 08 06 LXFS13 Ixfhad 129 The light speed guide to learning Linux Hate Vista Bored with XP Linux is the future it s faster has more features and is completely free Step by step walkthroughs Installation Web and email OpenOffice org Photo editing Instant messaging Games Watching DVDs Troubleshooting and more DVD INSIDE PN EYE amp
119. because certain commands accept many parameters the output from this can be quite long For example Is help lists all the ways you can use the s command which happens to be about three screens of information To solve this problem pipe the output through the ess A gt SA E print Contents How to Use Help Finding the Topic You Want Search Tips Welcome to Mozilla Firefox Help Using Mozilla Firefox Navigating Web Pages Searching improving Speed and Efficiency Using the Download Manager What is the Download Manager What can do with the Downloa Download Manager Preferences Customisation Can Customise My Toolbars How Do Customise The Toolba Themes Extensions Preferences Controlling Popups Managing Cookies Tabbed Browsing Keyboard Shorteuts Mouse Shortcuts Menu Reference 1 Help for Internet Explorer Lisers command by using less eg Is help less or cd help less The pipe key is usually Shift but this depends on what type of keybiard you re using For graphical user interface programs which account for the majority of programs on Linux there is usually a Help menu where you can get started More often than not pressing F1 on your keyboard will bring up the program help If not or if there is no Help menu for some reason you can try looking in the KDE Help Centre This is usually on the K menu somewhere Documentation or More Applications gt More
120. bet harii Phea aiaa a pa ji pR disie E piema y be peper i es ll gr ip pee E eee af ail ergy mjia je H dee peed accelerated graphics hardware with a corresponding Linux driver Graphics cards that use chipsets by Intel Nvidia or ATI should work though the only way to see for sure is to try and the first step is to install the driver If your graphics card is Intel based then Ubuntu has already installed the best driver for your device Both ATI and Nvidia hardware needs a proprietary driver as only this will provide the necessary grunt Proprietary drivers are installed by selecting the Restricted Drivers Manager from Ubuntu s Administration menu You ll need to enter your password which will bring up a window listing all the hardware on your machine for which there s a proprietary driver with the usual suspects being wireless and graphics If the option list is blank Ubuntu hasn t been able to find a proprietary driver for your device It s worth trying Compiz anyway but you may run into problems Otherwise enable the accelerated graphics driver for your device by clicking on the tick box and wait for the driver to install You ll also need to restart your machine but after which your graphics driver will be updated and ready for Compiz Configuration Now that your graphics hardware is accelerated and working you can easily get a rudimentary Compiz configuration working Open the Preferences gt Appearance window an
121. ble If you want to expand your horizons a little try changing this option to All Open Source applications Note that this option includes lots of apps that are not officially supported by Ubuntu but that only means you re not guaranteed to have updates issued you almost certainly will get patches and updates because that s the nature of free software but you re not guaranteed them Now let s get down to the business of installing software Let s say you ve decided that OpenOffice org is too slow for your needs and want something a little faster You would normally use the search box to look for terms such as word processor but here l m just going to give you a tip off the very first item in the list AbiWord is a screamingly fast word processor with lots of features and along with the Gnumeric spreadsheet makes a great replacement for OpenOffice org So select the check box to the left of AbiWord then click on the Apply Changes button at the bottom of the window You ll now be prompted to confirm the list of changes to be made this is because you can add and remove lots of programs all at once and also because sometimes installing one program requires that another be removed because they clash Read through the list of changes that will be made in this case AbiWord will be added then click Apply The AbiWord packages will be downloaded and installed in a matter of minutes and when it s finished you ll se
122. called root under the root directory which is actually the second of the two directories This belongs to the root user and contains their system files and preferences This directory is only accessible while working as the root user or by using the sudo command ta OpenOffice org Presentation a OpenOffice org Spreadsheet a OpenOffice org Word Processor Disappearing menus mouse button and you ll breathe a sigh of relief as the Acrobat Reader don t know what I ve done but my menus seem to Applications Places and System menus reappear Do the same for S oa have disappeared from my desktop and I can t access the Clock applet but this time drag it to the top right corner of the i nn ner oOe any of my programs or even log out of my system Help top panel You ll also want to include the Notification Area applet so any new events will be displayed where you can see them and You may have deleted the top panel that contains the you ll probably also want the Volume Control applet While you re J treen menus as well as some notification icons andthe here you can add application shortcuts to Firefox Evolution and clock This sounds much worse than it is and it s fairly easy any other entries in the Applications menu by clicking the to get them back First of all right click on the bottom taskbar and Application Launcher button and selecting from the list select New Panel to create a blank panel across the top Right click o
123. ce other cells are the key to making the spreadsheet display complicated and useful calculations Tu E OTET ET 36 Linux starter pack LXFS13 calc_started 36 b opas Fe a tei A RETRE Amda es El All about cells A cell is the smallest element in a spreadsheet document the smallest building block if you like The purpose of a cell is to hold one specific piece of information a single blob of data Now in the world of spreadsheets that could be a simple literal value such as a number or a piece of text These are the simplest pieces of data managed by a spreadsheet because they do not depend on anything else anywhere else They are unchangeable except of course if you want to edit them to say something different It is not quite true to say that numbers and text are the same things either A number has a value and if you enter a number Calc knows deep inside that something can be done with this number it can be added multiplied or subjected to all sorts of other things By default it will also be formatted as a number there will be no leading Os for example Usually if you enter a number it is because ultimately you may want to actually do something with it and so this is a good behaviour for Calc But sometimes numbers are just text A membership number for example might be O00013 In this case you would want to keep the number with the leading Os You probably wouldn t want to be able to add it o
124. ch from day to night without difficulty Apart from displaying the view from your garden Stellarium can also display many of the objects you d typically find in a telescope To find Saturn for example click on the magnifying glass in the toolbar In the window that appears type saturn The display will then rotate and zoom into the yellow giant The location of Saturn s rings and moons are correct and you can zoom in and out with the middle mouse button You can also see the current phase of the moon in the same way as well as all the other planets in the night sky with images for them all Stellarium features accurate images of many nebulae most of them freely provided by the Faulkes telescopes in Hawaii and Australia Try a search for the Pleiades or M110 to see some great examples Not only is Stellarium a great tool for discovering the night sky from your desktop it s also the perfect tool for planning a night s viewing just remember a blanket in case it s chilly out Set the date To show off alittle of Stellarium s power set your location to Plymouth on 11 September 1999 at 9 00 am and switch back to the main view 108 Linux starter pack LXFS13 bestof 108 Zoom in Centre in on the moon using the search function Click on the moon and press space to keep it centred and zoom just enough to see both celestial bodies at once Forget the clouds Gradually move the time forward and watch the last
125. comatose detional policy Ba a Gack The final screen prompts you to save your options and start the firewall If for some reason you don t wish to start the firewall at this point un tick the Start Firewall Now check box and click the Save button 15 4 08 15 55 38 Grewal Edt Events Policy Help be X Cl Preferences Lock Arewal Stop Frears Staus Events Policy Frew all tia hore isk erie Tues Babe amli Arihitr eto Efievet MES he Fi NME TTJJ FEHN thlL Bheri 0 HE J 0 AB J DEE oF Acier connections Source Cetnehon Pot Senace Propam L92 1608 0 F Lez 188 0 200 2005 wh Firestarter has now activated the firewall you can see in the Active Connections area that there is a current connection from the local machine to a remote NFS server Firestarter also keeps track of the amount of data that has been sent and received as well as the current data transfer rate aelel piue dopesutieve ceils Allow service Mame DHCP T Port 67 68 When the source is w Anyone O IP host or network Comment You can either select from the list of services using the drop down menu or you can manually enter the port number Firestarter does a lookup against the etc services file to give the port its related service name You are also able to define exactly who can access that particular port LXFS13 security 99 security I Grewal Edt Eya
126. computers around the globe Accompanying this magazine you ll find a DVD containing Ubuntu Linux 710 the most popular version of Linux Let s get ready to install it Preparation Chances are that your PC is currently running Microsoft Windows If it isn t or you re happy to devote your entire PC to Linux you can skip this bit Fortunately Linux will happily co exist with Windows on your machine so you can choose which operating system to boot when you start your PC However there s one vital step before we get going BACK UP 2 6 Gr Hee pale on a Tmi a E vile 10 Linux starter pack LXFS13 install 10 T Dead ig ae Te EE Tg ope cad og Beha Ei Spr ay te ee a ehen ie EE E g e d Fi i ih ri Duje deren EEEH beng ym ii Ale Pami Paqrea Free ips System requirements At a minimum your PC needs 800MHz Pentium compatible CPU 300MB of RAM 10GB hard drive space YOUR DATA FIRST It s unlikely that you ll encounter any problems but it s better to be safe than sorry Linux needs some space on your hard drive so if your drive is currently full or heading towards that point you ll need to clear some room At a minimum we recommend giving Linux 10GB but the more the merrier especially when you start using it to store videos and music So if your drive is nearly at bursting point remove old applications and files to free up at least 10GB of space We also recommend
127. ct Connection Teves Print into POF He LPT Windows Pontes SAMBA ApesiockatiHe jatCirect intemet Ponting Phora ipp LPCALPR Host or Prirter Location of the metynck prites Hoare _ 182 168 0 100 Other Orms il Eoraard If you re setting up a network printer we d recommend assigning static IP addresses make sure and consult your printer documentation for more information on how to do this Meanwhile click Forward to continue g Applica Pacan SVE Der 7 Paul Hodson sg a ye 2 Maer Lit ee Models Seat LY oficeet Pro 1150C Sfioeet Pro LLTOC Graet Pre 1 LFSC Oiceat Pro R550 Oficeet Pro e850 Officejet Pro E5300 Gifirejel Pro esa aicsin Pro LT aa Ofeejet Pro LM dicaji pro Lee Officejet Pro LTCS Airaa Puls Now you ve chosen the manufacturer it s time to choose the specific model of printer that you have You may see a couple of drivers available for a particular printer we d strongly suggest sticking with the recommendation unless you have a specific reason to use another one Once you ve selected your printer model and driver click Next to continue J Spploation Places vere 3 B Paul Hudson g P mezia ira e E tae ml 7 e LEa Pree iplis mH p amm remeg 7 el bepa sari ESPJ UNS oP BLP ee ee r HEH yH Th i Phea pode pee epee is rha pee ika iri Po ee ete kr po le pp es crepe gmap peir impi pk Hier i lit Ie nies be ee Te oe We want to share this printe
128. ction first Suppose we were to function 2 6 into a cell The cell would display the value 12 but if we select the cell we will see the text 2 6 in the edit area just above the spreadsheet itself Note that a function always begins with so that Calc knows there is something to calculate This is a very simple function because it is also a literal value sure Calc has to do some maths to work out the answer but once it is done the value will never change That s all very well but a load of functions that just calculate Static results isn t going to achieve much Spreadsheets really come in handy when the results of one calculation are passed into another one This is done by referring to a different cell and the text you use to do that is called a reference As you have probably noticed by now the spreadsheet is arranged in rows and columns of cells so each cell can easily be identified by its coordinates on that grid by referring to the column and row that it is in quite similar to grid references on a map Columns are labelled with letters and the rows with numbers and it has become the standard to use the column reference first So the reference for the first cell in the soreadsheet is Al Now assume that we have the value 6 already entered into cell Al We can now enter the following function in cell A2 Al 2 When the spreadsheet comes to evaluate this function it sees the reference and goes off to calculate
129. ction wih the computers on your loca network using 8 ungi publ Faites and a method called Meteork Address Taraki 3 i Enable internat connaction sharing Tk no te eden the dedice nane is libsh poo Peo hre a Cable madam ara L al area Meteor dence DSL tenrecin cies eth Coe pope Fa bes poe ooh oe Ged pera apes the PRRaE prance LEthanwt dedca ath Erpin the DHCP furmection CI Start the firewall on d it W Fadren p amiy wis CHIP op Back a Eora ro ea ae You re probably using a router to connect to the internet so you won t need to enable connection sharing However if you are using your computer as the gateway to the internet you should enable this setting and choose the network device that is connected to the local network You can also choose to use DHCP to assign addresses dynamically to the local network but you will need to have installed the dhcp3 server package prior After a brief introductory screen you should click Forward to move to the Network Device setup In the Detected Devices drop down box select the network interface that is connected to the internet this is commonly ethO If you know that your IP address is assigned dynamically by your internet router then check the IP address is assigned by DHCP box Click Forward to continue Password hacking gt How outsiders get your passwords In Ubuntu the user details are usually stored in etc passwd along with the numeric User ID and Grou
130. d Texture Type select Stucci The texture preview will fill with a texture that looks a little like the surface of the moon through a telescope You can change the colour of the texture by switching to the Colors tab and pressing on the Colorband button Press F12 again and you ll see this texture mapped onto the surface of the cube There are hundreds of texture combinations and you can layer one on top of another If you re after something realistic try the Image texture type and use your own photos You can also find texture libraries online so that you don t need to recreate everything by hand If all this seems a little overwhelming don t worry if you re able to persevere the end results can be stunning 14 4 08 20 02 46 YL Mey 20 top apps RY Ardour Turn your Linux box into a multi track recording studio rdour is a multi track recording application that s more Choose the audio file you want from the file requester and Av up to the task of recording live performances Ardour will automatically add it to your project and insert it Development of Ardour is part sponsored by the SAE into the current position in the selected track Institute one of the largest educators of audio engineers in the If you want to add effects to your audio make sure you ve world As a result Ardour can be considered a professional installed the LADSPA plugin packages from Synaptic then grade solution and is capable of recording and
131. d but thanks to excellent introduction and tutorial campaigns it doesn t take long to get up to speed with the game mechanics and it s worth the effort Battle for Wesnoth is a wonderful game where you can spend hours tuning your strategy and building alliances There s also an excellent multiplayer component where you can either join an official server play with a friend across the internet or even take turns to make moves on a single machine This is really where Wesnoth is at its most fun grub bugs while in another you need to rescue a group of faeries and guide them to a faerie ring Control is entirely through the use of the mouse and keyboard you need to press the Aand S keys to perform actions on things while the middle mouse button will cause your character to jump Combat is mild as you use the right mouse button to take a swipe at any baddies in range While the graphics Battle for Wesnoth is a turn based strategy game It feels a little like a cross between Ultima and the Settlers series YEE gt Thanks to the excellent 3D graphics Egopoo look and feels much more like a modern game than those that inspired it could never be described as cutting edge the cartoon style and the smooth gameplay adds a new dimension to the Rogue like style of play The game is a little rough at the edges but that s because it s still being actively developed If you enjoy games like Neverwinter
132. d switch to the Desktop Effects tab From here you need to enable Extra Effects Rudimentary in this sense means that you ll get some drop shadow on windows and little else This is Ei ii delet mr eere eee i sew C TN P cee ee Se lll ATA re pert eres yes ell core ak ee inii piein imane M a i Daens TE Ss a ari mi rj be pha jnre penra dbp ibi iail di twd fe w Ee ie S Les Driver manager he Restricted Driver Manager needs to be launched from the Administration menu you ll need your password handy to be able to run the application 68 Linux starter pack LXFS13 compiz 68 Enable Driver Each restricted driver is listed in the window and you can enable the one you need by clicking the tick box A confirmation window will open the drivers will download and you ll need to restart your machine Reboot check After a reboot your restricted drivers should be enabled You re now ready to play 3D games as well as play with Compiz effects Get them working from the Preferences gt Appearance menu 15 4 08 11 57 32 gt Pressing cursor down within the Desktop Cube will lay out each virtual desktop horizontally and you can scroll between them using cursor right and left the polite side to Compiz a seriously crippled version that doesn t look too scary and shouldn t make your machine unstable It s also a good indication that everything is working as it should I
133. d choose By 1st Level Paragraphs for the Group Text option This should make the text appear on screen one bullet at a time Live preview Clicking an effect shows a live preview of how it will look Here s where most people go wrong once you see the list of slide animations people seem to love making every slide have a different transition making ugly presentations Keep it simple scroll down the list of options and choose Fade Smoothly The Star Wars style wipe The default option Appear is dull in the extreme so change it to Wipe As with slide transitions Impress automatically previews object animations so you can see how they will look this is how the Wipe animation looks part way through Click OK to add the animation Precise adjustment When you click OK to save the changed effect you should see the single animation break into multiple smaller ones in the Custom Animation pane one bullet for each line in your text box This lets you be more precise if you need it 15 4 08 11 16 16 Text preview Now that your presentation is done you can preview all the text at once by switching to the Outline tab These tabs are just above the slide layout and you ll be in Normal by default The outline view lets you see your slides at a glance as well as make changes if you want to e ve only scratched the surface of OOo Gol furt W Impress in this short primer but you ve managed to make a slide show using
134. d choose Convert To Task Evolution s spam filters try to learn what is and what is not spam based on what you tell them For example if a message arrives and is junk mail right click on it and choose Mark As gt Junk so that the spam filter will learn Similarly if the spam filter incorrectly identifies a message as being spam make sure you go to Mark As gt Not Junk otherwise it might learn to throw away legitimate emails If you want to work offline right click on your remote mail folder choose Properties then check the box marked Copy Folder Content Locally and click OK If you have an event that recurs eg weekly every third Tuesday etc then bring the event up in Evolution and click the Recurrence button to define exactly when it recurs If you need to assign more detail to asks other than done not done click the Status Details toolbar button while a task is open This lets you set a custom status complete percentage priority and even attach a URL with more information the top right corner of your desktop you ll see a little Appointments area has appeared and if you click the arrow next to it you ll see your appointment in there as a reminder This same functionality is also available for to do list items known in Evolution as Tasks Again this is a view all of its own just like Mail and Calendars so click Tasks from the bottom left corner of the Evolution window To create a new task c
135. d write access That last option is great for making shared folders that everyone can read and save files to but that s the opposite of what we want here so choose None and click OK That s it this folder is now accessible only to you If you want to make all your files private what you need to do is go to Places gt Home Folder then look in the Nautilus toolbar for where it says the name of your home directory To the left of that is a small arrow pointing left click that and a home button will appear and if you click that you ll see your home directory appear as an icon inside Nautilus Now you can right click on that go to Properties gt Permissions and change the permissions as if it were any other folder save user data beyond a simple username and password The default access permissions for directories like this one is Access Files which means that users can see all the filesin All about you the directory and read their contents but they can t write back Once your users all have their own accounts you should quickly show them how to fill in a little bit of information about te E jA I Ss a J The default login screen is like the rest of Ubuntu done in shades of brown But it s also configurable you can change the theme choose which users to show and even provide a Login Window themselves this is particularly important if they are outside of your home and you need to
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137. der or over exposed photographs taken in less than ideal conditions can be complicated But there are a few simple adjustments you can make that can make a world of difference and these can be accomplished from the Adjust Colour window Open the Adjust Colour window from the Edit Image view either from the Edit menu or by clicking on the three colour circles in the toolbar The array of Sliders laid out beneath a colourful histogram may look technical but it s really quite straightforward The histogram is a graph that illustrates the dynamic range of each colour within the image For best results your image s histogram should touch all four sides of this window maximising the dynamic range of the image Increase the contrast slightly and you ll see your image become more polarised and the histogram stretches slightly If your image is a little dull try adding more saturation and if it was taken under electric light you can correct an artificial hue by altering the Temp and Tint sliders Red eye Red eye is the blight of many flash photographs involving people It s caused by the flash being too close to the lens and the light from the flash is reflected directly off the retina back into the lens The red colour is a result of the light being filtered by a blood rich part of the inner eye and while this often adds a demonic appearance to the photo the saturated red colour helps to make the red eye effect easy to remove
138. dges of the image You can also drag the image through your document The image toolbar will appear too and this can be used to fine tune the image ep Writer Create labels Label it Sticky labels save labour and make things more legible generally Writer has hundreds of label templates built in for things like envelopes and CD cases just start anew document of the type Labels by holding down the New button in the toolbar LXFS13 writer_started 33 Select a type It s an address above but it could be anything you want labels for Select the type of label that you want to make from the drop down Type list in the bottom right of the Labels window then enter the text for the label in the area on the top right EJ Adobe PDF creation Writer can export a document as a PDF Adobe s widely used format Either use the PDF button on the toolbar or select Export from the file menu and PDF as the file format You can check the quality of the output using Adobe Acrobat Reader mo Sf B Ree 2 PL deed Se mae mno En a e EJ Attractive layout To get text to flow around images right click on the image and select Optimal Page Wrap from the Wrap menu to position text If the image uses a white background try the Contour option to wrap the text around the details within the image EJ Generate automatically Click New Document the template governs how many labels are created useful if you want to print a few pa
139. direction so try resizing it to a smaller square shape iene Rare Setter a i mmi a B eee ee hammam m ad ee nasi ah ELC E pH ee ee ert pi pi gts ieee ph oe 0860 Dee ve FTAL lt 2 Sees aa BD a bled iFinien apra Jem ja 4 dpe Pe HE T H Te np Pi R o PE i o a ERT be eee F PE AG he qj 7 E Mr a t bard hiis Lig ia i eT a MEE EB y a a i kipa F ia Stabe Chere aii Le ie Beram vea tard A Sarip ieiki Li C pi URGE N j PE tee Pr a z DE ie See Tl Papas Leave the object for now Let s create the text for our stamp Choose the text tool from the left hand panel then click on the page and type Use the palette along the bottom to select a good colour for your texture Now choose Object gt Pattern gt Objects to Pattern to create a new pattern from this shape aves fen eee Y mih BOL ee Apaspiemipr brwnaee epi qamri ape E pE s je pani a i h aie pp sau 0 a8 GAA oe 28 FTO Xb ARRS rel aiaa A ii E Se E AoT E E TE bo EA a Pas aT a PT PF pE F q7 aP P i PET bey atian ALG pi i eE BUDD H O F tas rp a Faya Ei et LAs Speck firem E SE ieee caer 2 URGENT iF y P P i Ls A M Hir Hl al Ze T j i E blieii jiii H i E 4 i B aipa f With the object selected choose Object gt Fill And Stroke Under the Fill tab choose the Pattern Fil
140. diting technology mainstream Websites like YouTube and MySpace wouldn t be half as popular if you couldn t watch something Kino is the Linux equivalent to the video editing applications you find bundled with other operating systems It attempts to be easy enough for the beginner to use while still being powerful enough to create professional results ie to digital cameras usually having the ability to After installation Kino can be found lurking in the Sound amp Video menu The first thing you need to do is get video into the application Kino s native format is DV Cle the raw stream of video that many digital video recorders generate You can import your video directly from your FireWire device by switching to the Capture page and pressing record Most la a aT ye 104 Linux starter pack LXFS13 bestof 104 contains thousands of tools utilities applications and games You could spend weeks trawling through them all But there are many more projects than those with official recognition from Ubuntu If you look at a site such as Sourceforge net a hub for open source projects you ll find over 173 000 registered projects most of which will work with Linux There s no quality control but it just goes to show how active the open source community is and why Linux is a portal to a whole new way of thinking Importing videos One of the main problems you re likely to encounter while dealing with aud
141. doesn t come with a firewall enabled by default because it relies on not listening on any ports This doesn t mean that there isn t a firewall installed as otables is present on every Ubuntu installation What it does mean is that the firewall does not control any of the traffic coming into or out of the system So we need to find some way of configuring and activating this If you need to share information with another user then you can add them to your group by going to System gt Administration gt Users and Groups In the tool that appears click the Manage Groups button on the right hand side and scroll down until you see the group that corresponds to your username Double click this group to edit the properties and select the users that you want to become members of this group Click on the OK button to apply the changes and give read only access to your home directory Auser can be a member of many different groups and you may find it more useful to create specialist groups rather than using the groups created as part of the user account creation process The only exception to all of this is the root user who has access to anything on the system at any time By default Ubuntu disables the root account instead relying on the sudo command to carry out administration tasks As the primary user you have access to the root user powers and can activate this at the terminal by issuing the command sudo i You ll be prompted for your pa
142. e Get Ubuntu Add Ons link is very similar but offers a much smaller selection of add ons because it only allows you to install add ons that Ubuntu Supports as opposed to everything available to Firefox users When you re on the Firefox Add Ons site you can search for add ons by name then click on the Add To Firefox button to install the ones that interest you Before the add on is installed you ll be asked to confirm you want it just click Install Now then restart Firefox when installation has finished so that the add on can be initialised AdBlock Plus Designed to block every advert under the sun to leave the web a content only place AdBlock Plus ABP is both a blessing and a curse It s a blessing because let s face it some of the adverts out there are downright annoying with flashing colours silly animations and worse But it s a curse because the vast majority of websites out there are funded through advertising so if everyone blocked all their adverts then they would simply cease to exist When you install ABP you ll be prompted to choose a set of advertiser filters either choose the one nearest to you or if you re not sure just choose the first item on the list then click Subscribe And that s it you re safe from adverts and can go on browsing the web now with a little less bandwidth wastage ChatzZilla Before the web there was Internet Relay Chat an interactive text system where people joined ch
143. e This will create a zip file you can attach to an email A ss Z d gt If you have a Flickr account you need to authorise F Spot to be able to use it With other online sites you just need to enter your username and password Understanding resolution Many people are scared of the term image resolution But when you re trying to publish your photos either online or on to real paper there s no avoiding it Digital images are made up of coloured pixels These are the squares you see when you look closely at a digital image or use the zoom feature of a graphics editor Your screen s display is drawn using pixels with a common screen resolution being 1024x768 for example This means there are 1024 pixels across the screen and 768 down If you want to know the total number of pixels on the screen then you need to multiply those two numbers together 1 024x768 786 432 Digital camera resolutions are often described by counting the total number of pixels with the term megapixel used as shorthand for a million pixels Our screen resolution would therefore be 0 78 megapixels MP If your camera has a resolution of 3MP an image from the camera would be roughly four times the size of the screen Another common way of expressing pixel resolution is by pixels per inch or dots per inch DPI These both refer to the number of horizontal pixels that fit into an inch of length and they normally apply to pri
144. e field so that we categorised CDs as pop hip hop rock etc that would be a good grouping level But for now just click Next 2 And finally That s it your report is done You ll see that it pulls your data straight from your table then reformats it using your report style so that it looks more attractive You can now print the report out and relax your CD collection is perfectly organised 2J Order order This next screen is important it lets you choose how the CDs in your report should be ordered As with the table sorts this doesn t actually change the order of your rows but it makes your report a lot more useful Tell Base to sort by Name then click Next Linux starter pack 45 Ke AVS tm 15 4 08 11 15 28 Sk Desktop publishing c reating documents with Inkscape and Scribus What s better than a great design application Two great design applications f you need to create documents for any reason Linux comes with some top rate applications for you to use Inkscape is a vector illustration package Because it draws objects as shapes rather than pixels the pictures you create with it can be resized and used as big or small as you want them with no loss of quality unlike a raster graphics application such as Gimp or Photoshop It is a very capable drawing package with features to match some of the very best commercial software on any platform and it uses the Scalable Vector Graph
145. e Ubuntu is designed to be very easy to use Fedora is designed for power users Gentoo is designed for people who want maximum speed and so on Each one will come with a different selection of software so when you choose your distro you will usually pick the one that has the software you want as standard although of course you can always change the software selection after installation Please don t think that all this choice leads to a very fragmented Linux desktop because it doesn t they all share the same Linux kernel the same programming tools the same desktop choices and the same filesystem structure As a result much of what you learn about one distro applies to any other distro out there because they are all building from the same common ground Linux starter pack 7 14 4 08 19 48 56 oe Welcome to Linux gt Evolution is the standard email and calendaring system for Linux turn to gt Everyone has to work with digital photos on their computer sometimes p26 to learn how to use it so you might as well use the best p50 gets you started with The Gimp cube windows can wobble you can zoom in to get a closer look at things switching programs will give you a live preview of what each window displays and much more In short it looks absolutely fabulous and is compatible with nearly all modern video cards What s in this magazine This is a magazine aimed at helping you get things done with yo
146. e Password button and a new window will pop up o matter what type of computing environment you re in it takes only a minor slip to allow potential hackers access to your system Fortunately Ubuntu is a fairly secure system benefiting from swift security updates and bugfixes where necessary to ensure that your system remains in a safe and secure state While some would argue that security is best implemented with a myriad of tools it s also fair to say that security is also a State of mind a way of thinking about how you work that enhances the security available to you In this tutorial we ll take a look at some of the ways in which you can minimise any security risks by doing some very simple things Password protection One of the simplest yet most common forms of security is the common password You will have been asked to create one when you installed Ubuntu and it s likely that you haven t changed it since However is your password secure Let s take a look at some of the more common pitfalls that passwords can encounter First of all there is the mistake of choosing something too Simplistic like the infamous password which is simply password Believe it or not but there are people many people out there who choose this word as their password because it s easy to remember The trouble is it s also easy to Me OMO ENW PIU ST Contact Address E mail Work Home Telephone work Home
147. e a list of the new programs that were installed Because AbiWord is an office program it will appear under the Applications gt Office Submitting statistics The Add Remove Applications dialog gets its popularity information from a program known as Popcon which is short for popularity contest This program scans your system to see which packages you have installed then uploads it to the central Ubuntu server so that they can figure out which packages people use and which they don t using that to guide their decisions as to which software people really want to see supported By default Popcon is installed but not enabled which means the packages you choose won t have any effect on the overall popularity of all the Ubuntu packages but if you want to take part all you have to do is go to the Software Sources window choose the last tab Statistics and check the box marked Submit Statistical Information LXFS13 software 101 ial N eet te Eder Sl Le arr Se peng p ow T hp imp ij Ham E pets iim E m Pp eet og i _ z Y erar 2 Grantee Kent the f ihi T Bomis i O Diga aima br amg ia i m Tt i er Se ea as Baki T Mipira i teed toe gt ata Teall ation tae Life E amp j TETS Faes ot per i eS liasta Abbi ee Pee eingi mh n da Fr ee oe eee ee a Tki Once you ve selected what you want and clicked Apply Changes Ubuntu will ask you to confirm the cha
148. e big gap in the middle for your own programs is also easy to understand because you choose what goes there The menu bar is a little more complicated however because it s split into several subsections of its own Y our Linux desktop is split into three parts the main Finding your applications The most important entry on the menu bar is Applications because this stores a link to all the programs you have installed as well as an option to add more When you click it you ll notice that Linux groups its programs into categories based on what they do rather than the Windows method of who made them The default categories are likely to be Accessories Games Graphics Internet Office and Sound amp Video each will contain several programs that you can run As you install more programs they will automatically be placed into the right categories for you and new categories will be created as needed such as Education and Programming If this default menu layout doesn t work for you right click on the Applications menu and choose Edit Menus On this window you ll see the menu list down the left hand side and the programs list down the right To show or hide a program just deselect it in the appropriate menu You can also add a link to an unlisted program by clicking the New Item button and giving ita name and a command to run To change the icon for the new item click on the picture button to the left of the Type field If you w
149. e just generated ie a Plisi ae A e E ee m La ib i T tana AO 3 sA AGG DGA aa EE s l Ses g E p taa jan g bear agi Hri revels ET PEET ee ee ee irc int AAF DE ha piri iia ple e s W000 f ow a bo om che gp Eh a Ir f A Hs E Fp _ m maa ir Pred ligt Cag L chk ahini Bai ATA Hahi Maiara i Dr Ea Eapro ee ee iam iT i hi We can create some vectors in nkscape that we can save in SVG format and import directly into Scribus for a better result You can create complex objects but Scribus will not handle gradients blur transparency or patterns nth i lll ska 2 lt amp BEM c s Oma TIE WE a ee i ea e e Once your regular objects are set up as you would like you can save them to the Scribus scrapbook This feature allows you to save common graphics and create a handy library Right click on an object and choose Send To Scrapbook Desktop publishing The stamp looks a little unrealistic when it s not a little jiggly Position the box and press F2 to get the Properties window In the Geometry section apply a small amount of rotation say 5 degrees to get a good angle Boe ee ie Soa be me ie ime ee soa p ta amp MAGNO Fs beeen ie ee y ae a 5 kip hiiia ra S p i Once you have imported a vector object into Scribus you can change it Apply shadow effects or gradient colours in Sc
150. e main window is create accounts for each protocol if you don t already have one With MSN for instance you can only add your login details you can t create a new account The only way around this problem is to either use the native version of the messenger protocol you want to use to create a new account or use the website of the messenger protocol if it has the facility to create an account Both AOL and MSN offer this as an option Getting started When you have the data you need which is normally just a username and passsword enter those details into the Add Account window In Pidgin terminology screen name is the username you use to log in to your account while the alias is the name you want your contacts to see after you ve connected After clicking OK Pidgin will attempt to make a connection to your account provider A few moments later you should see your list of contacts appear in the main window and you re ready to chat If you don t see any of your contacts in the Buddy List window you either haven t made any friends yet or none of your friends are online By default the Buddy List will only show friends that are currently connected to the network hiding your offline contacts from view If you want to make sure your contacts are registered enable Show Offline Buddies in the Buddies menu That menu can also help you change the order of your buddies if you have too many to be easily manageable 15 4 0
151. e object falls on either fish it will perish Both fish have slightly different attributes The larger one can move steel objects for example where the small one would get crushed The first level is a good example Both fish are located on either side of a table and two chairs with a Steel bar positioned in the middle of the table The exit for both fish is on the far right but you need to move the right hand chair to be able to squeeze through the gap The big fish is too large to be able to get into the space to push the chair so you need to use the big fish to push the steel bar across the table so that the little fish can swim across to the other side You can then use the little fish to move the chair making enough room for both of the fish to swim out through the exit to the right and both fish move on the next level You can undo any mistakes that you might make with the key and you can restart the level by pressing Escape There are over 70 levels in total and most of these are quite challenging which makes Fish Fillets NG the perfect brain trainer when you find yourself with ten minutes to spare Crack Attack rack Attack is an altogether more manic game than most Coloured blocks appear at the bottom moving slowly up You play by swapping pairs around using the cursor keys and the space bar so that lines of three or more blocks of the same colour are created When this happens the blocks disappear
152. e them a bit more interesting All you ll need to follow along are some pictures of your own any will do even the wallpapers you use for your computer s desktop are good enough for testing Although we re not about to go into the niceties of design there are a few quick tips you should know before creating a photo slideshow EJ Let the pictures do the talking You don t need lots of words on the screen restrict it to a place name or the names of people in the photograph at the most FJ Use your pictures at the largest size you can They are the most important thing in this presentation after all EJ Don t use a garish theme Darker more subtle tones are less likely to clash with the colours of your pictures The exception to this is if your pictures share a common colour tone eg blue if 7 Impress Create a photo slideshow Create a presentation When you start OOo Impress for the first time the Presentation Wizard launches The default option is to create an empty presentation but it d be beneficial to have mpress do some of the groundwork for us at this time So change the selected option to From Template then click Next 38 Linux starter pack LXFS13 impress_started Sec1 38 Appearance choices On the second screen of the wizard you can choose how you want your slides to appear The selection of themes available is pretty weak by default so just leave it as Dark Blue with Orange However you shou
153. e then your best bet is to follow the annotated picture below and just dive on in Exploring the Evolution interface This is the list of emails in the selected folder You can sort by any one of the fields by clicking the field name at the top of the list This is a live search system as you type Evolutionwill filter your messages to show only those that match your text Click here to create a new item in the program clicking the New button directly will create a new item for whatever view you re in currently mail calendar etc but if you click the arrow next to it then ST Nie Edi view Folder Messiga Seah Halip a wr be Send Receive Fa piky Hudzila A Wisa 1Mar E as ff cy bor ard Print Croke ei jurik Pisat Cancel Preskar bead Reply to All Pot park you ll see a list of all the items you Ei Ri T32 umwa LITI bate Shia F1 birime Saargh fa ine a aaa T o currant Fucker k can create dn This Compuner SS amea meeen Di E inbox f1 26 Mar 12 55 AM O J D Dekcad tarr a if wa i a probbonn with yous aita 2b Mar iiri AM 4 26 Mar 2 22 PM Mink Mya aunt 27 Mar 3107 aRd 5 Eanlist 27 Mor 9 27 AN utka hai 28 Mar 9 11 apd re A 7 sii TABGATH el coi Sky noies amd bad aaa I0 Mar E10 P In the Mail view this shows the F A Error with Dock HA Mar wle PM 4 different mailboxes you have anime in Omama id aol com marie a bug 20 Maw 5251
154. earn more Because it s aimed at making Linux accessible Ubuntu has some of the friendliest most useful forums out there 15 4 08 12 22 16 Answers A Get gaming I m bored with playing Same Gnome Mines and Chess Are there any other decent games available for Ubuntu that is commonly supplied with every camera Ubuntu will automatically acknowledge the presence of a camera and attempt to import the pictures into GThumb which is a picture handling utility within Ubuntu However there is a better option called F Spot found under Applications gt Graphics that allows you to import pictures into a library ordered by time You ll need to disable GThumb s automatic import though by going to System gt Preferences gt Removable Drives And Media and unticking the default installation but these are by no means the limit A Yes Ubuntu includes a handful of simple games with the Other games that you can access through Ubuntu include Battle for Wesnoth a turn based strategy game set in a fantasy world SuperTuxKart a game similar to Super Mario Kart Vega Strike a space trading game and our personal favourite Crack Attack You can add these by going to Applications gt Add Remove and choosing to see all available applications Then click on the Games group on the left hand side and you ll see a big long list of i games that you can choose from Simply select one or more and click on the Apply Changes button
155. econds you ll have a s package on your desktop Simply double click on the package and Ubuntu will ask gt Use the Add To Panel dialog to create shortcuts and add monitors to your panels you whether you want to install the es Desktop be Winclowns Ciebet ad amra bee k Screen Linux starter pack 115 LXFS13 answers 115 D 15 4 08 12 22 15 S gt Crack Attack can become an addiction you have been warned er ATTA AKP Answers package Click the Install Package button to start the installation process at which point Ubuntu will ask you for your password Enter this and after about 20 seconds or so Acrobat Reader will be installed and available under Applications gt Office Joystick jiggling have a joystick that I d like to use to play games P with on Ubuntu Is it safe to use and will Ubuntu recognise it Yes your joystick should be safe to use Before the days of A USB ports joysticks used a 15 pin port that was commonly found on sound cards However with the advent of USB these ports are no longer included on sound cards and joysticks have moved to using a USB interface That said if your sound card has a 15 pin socket and your joystick can plug into it it should work with Ubuntu If your joystick does have a USB interface simply plug it into a spare USB port and Ubuntu should recognise it You ll find that individual games will have specific options that relate to all the butto
156. ed Sec1 41 i ee el es fy i l ee ee Sa Te ee Pe EE harim soley E E Pear Save your presentation And now you re done it s time to save your presentation so that it s safe on your hard disk Click File gt Save then enter a filename Remember if you re using OpenDocument Presentation file format odp files Microsoft PowerPoint users won t be able to view your work er noticed that mpress lets you activate transitions after a set time passes The Color Grayscale option under the Edit menu lets you preview selected slides in either colour the default grayscale or plain black and white Can you think of when this would be useful Experiment with style options As with Writer Impress has its own range of styles to choose from 24 Convert to Adobe Flash Impress can save your presentation as an Adobe Flash file it doesn t save any of the transitions but it does store all your text and pictures which makes it perfect for distribution to other people To save as Flash click File gt Export then choose Flash from the list of supported formats These affect the way the text appears but also how indented it is on the screen ie how important it is Choose carefully So that s you all up to speed with OOo Impress but if you want to push your presentation skills further there s more to come read on to see how Impress can help you with business presentations and also read our
157. ee FE ee a ie feet gt Select either kubuntu desktop or xubuntu desktop to sample the other variants of Ubuntu What desktop tried doing what you suggested installing kubuntu desktop and xubuntu desktop and now I m a bit confused When boot up see a Kubuntu logo until get to the login screen where see the Xubuntu login window then when login then end up in Ubuntu What gives Does my computer have multiple personality disorder desktop packages have installed differing loading and login screens Let s deal with the login screen first In Ubuntu go to System gt Administration gt Login Window You may be prompted for your password as you are going to be making system wide changes Once the Login Window Preferences dialog has opened up simply click on the Local tab and select the Human theme from the list of theme options available to you Click the Close button to return to your desktop Now for the loading screen this is a little more involved At the command line enter the command sudo update alternatives config usplash artwork so You ll then see a list of options If you want to revert to the default Ubuntu artwork enter the number 1 and press the Enter key Ubuntu will then rewrite the configuration file accordingly However there s one final step to take and that is to rebuild the initial RAM disk which may still reference the alternative artwork We need to do this by using the command s
158. emonkey Have you ever been to a web page that was excellent but held back by one or two niggles that actually drive you away If so Greasemonkey is the perfect extension for you because it allows you to run little scripts that modify pages to your liking so that whenever you visit them Greasemonkey makes them work just as you want Making your own scripts isn t for the faint hearted but that s OK because when you search for greasemonkey on the Firefox add ons site it will also return lots of prewritten scripts for Greasemonkey that spiff up common sites look out for titles like Better Gmail or Better You Tube and install them to Firefox to power up your web experience me BLH U gt Writing your own Greasemonkey scripts is tedious so do the smart thing take what other people have made StumbleUpon Whether you have five minutes or five hours to kill the web seems like the ideal place to while away your time But surprisingly it can be rather hard to find cool or unique content to spark your interest and that s where StumbleUpon comes to the rescue you tell SU what you re interested in and when enough users on the SU network mark a page in that category as cool or interesting it will be added to the list of things that might interest you Then when you re bored just click Start Stumbling and it will take you to the first site that fits your criteria Get ready to watch the hours fly by
159. er the web using the Add Remove Applications window Linux is secure by default Unlike on Windows where installing programs can lead to DLL Hell and it s easy for your five year old to delete important system files just using Explorer Linux was designed from the beginning for security As a result no one can install software if they don t have the administrator password No one can delete files that don t belong to them No one can spread spyware across the system just by surfing the web In fact unless you switch to the administrator account and go crazy it s pretty darn hard to break a Linux machine Linux is smart by default If you get hit by a power cut and your computer shuts down unexpectedly Linux is smart enough to auto recover your files just where you left off there s no need to run checkdsk on Linux Similarly Linux is clever enough to re arrange the files on your hard disk as you use them so that file fragmentation is a thing of the past The open nature of Linux also means that anyone anywhere can join the development effort and help make things better for everyone which means that you ll find your software has been translated into hundreds upon hundreds of different languages most of which aren t supported by Microsoft simply because it isn t commercially viable D Linux is growing Every year more and more people are realising there s no point paying for software when there are free programs t
160. ery Pe iai Er ee er dg g ia pee i PEE a leis cere oe paas eed Le Disabling file previews One common criticism of Nautilus is that it isn t very fast and that s true but only because it s providing lots of features behind the scenes For example whenever you open a directory in Nautilus it will scan all the directories and count how many files they contain then scan all the files to generate previews for the icons If for instance a file is a picture Nautilus will generate a thumbnail of that picture for the icon so that you can see exactly what it is All this work can chew up a lot of CPU time so if you want to streamline Nautilus gt Don t like how Nautilus works Change it until you re happy The second toolbar is a bit more interesting because it contains a location bar and viewing options The location bar is mostly hidden by default in fact you ll probably only see a pencil and paper icon a button with a left arrow on and another button with your username on it This location bar is designed to make it easy to browse to directories above the current one because as you move around the directories will all be listed there To get started click on the left facing arrow button to make it show all the parent directories the first one will be a picture of a hard disk symbolising the root directory the second one will be home which is where all user directories live and t
161. es Tanig E E E EGE On Cebhiima Aoa e een made berii eh Fus Beare resia pele ee ee ee hery ee er a fe Ped dad daa be a PPa afc Toh fa ag a La a d bares lije Pipe dee eel ee Pe hee ei Pe Semen One of the other popular music players for Ubuntu is Banshee which is not installed by default To get Banshee go to Applications gt Add Remove and search for Banshee Add Remove Applications will also automatically install any other software that Banshee requires ze all IT Pe LE Van pE miiia a Grimethorpe 7 Mi s si P oe Copy CD Eject CD a urimetnorpe 7 Grimethorpe To rip your CDs using Banshee you ll need to set your encoding preferences by going to Edit gt Preferences and choosing your preferred codec Once you re ready you can right click the CD icon in the left hand pane and choose the Import option mailed S O ewe 2s Mer Eira EEL Eiji TE a ee Ta ey Bi cay oe ai oF Click on the Add button to open up the file manager and navigate to your first music file to add to your new CD Select one or more files to add and click the Open button to add them to your track listing Serpentine will show you the amount of time you have remaining on your CD yw Gaul Hedon op ewe rms itis 7a HID Hs i l ma nm m F i eii lie ee Banshee is a lightweight music player that allows you to use the metadata embedded in your ripped files to
162. es it off completely you can even pull out the power cable if you want to When your computer hibernates it saves all its RAM to the hard disk so that when it starts up next time it can reload the RAM as if nothing had happened to it Restart This reboots your computer You may need to do this if you have run a system update Shut down This is the only option that actually turns off your computer the traditional way Linux starter pack 15 15 4 08 11 57 49 IS Linux desktop Look and feel Part of the fun of using a computer is making it work just as you want it to whether that means neutral earth tones or garish neon pinks ow do you feel about brown Doubtless you ll have e H noticed by now that Ubuntu has discovered more Sounds r ight shades of brown than Dulux going from dark chocolate through to creamy orange and if you like this Apart from the rather grating default login and logout sounds sort of thing then this is the sort of thing you ll thing you ll the default Linux desktop is a pretty quiet affair but it doesn t like Faint praise Well yes but don t worry if the brown have to be You can add sounds to message boxes button clicks a menu items and more all from the Sound Preferences window looks a little too drab for your tastes it s easy to change under System gt Preferences gt Sound The other cool thing and while changing that we ll also show you how to cha
163. es or documents and drag them over into the CD DVD Creator window they will be copied not moved so you don t have to worry about losing the contents a CODD Creator File Browser He Edt Wew Go Bookrmaika Hip E7 Pakaa Hote Campute Wiriting files te DVD The selected Hes we beng aniten ta DaD This operation may take long time depang of data dae and write ged Pridie pelted conkaring 0 tenn Your files will be copied to the CD DVD this may take a while if you re copying many hundreds of megabytes this is the appropriate time to put the kettle on When it s finished you can eject the disc fie Ede Yew Go Bookmarke Heip _ ft i E ppenwih Archie Manager Bark ip Hore Opanwih Other application El a oi mikaduda Q iiih a ot fi Copy T hi ppan with COIMW0 Creator Paces i 3 mikeduda Meke Link A Desktop Dasktop natai H Systran Hopp Erwe E Dekted t ma gt Moye tothe Deleted kama fnykder oy BE _ te Pictures Public mT E Documents Birit i Pictures heh Personal Data Mar_ Videos 21 2008 n0 om Extract Hera i D Prapertier White disc wage te acor Geb dac You ll then be prompted to enter a filename for the disc image Later when you have a CD DVD to hand you can right click on the ISO file in the file manager and select Write To Disc Linux starter pack 31 14 4 08 19 48 43 Make a compilation CD Burn an audio CD and make a track
164. ese points within an image has improved dramatically making the process almost automatic Hugin is one of those pieces of software It s so successful at attaching panoramic images together that the process has become largely automatic Hugin quickstart Hugin is launched from the Applications gt Graphics menu and uses a wizard based interface to step you through the stitching process The first step is to click on the Load Images button This will open a file requester from which you will need to select every photo that s part of the panorama Don t worry about the order Hugincan work this out for itself After you ve clicked on Open Hugin will try to determine the field of T maass lii BE EF Beis i mgA T a P Ee oe ld eh ee ee eee eee i r eee prer ee ee li al a m oum o a l a a ooo gt Hugins preview window lets you make a few changes and check that the alignment is correct LXFS13 photos 53 view from the first image This can normally be extracted from the metadata that your camera embeds in the photo but if Hugin can t find the data you ll need to enter it manually Don t worry For most cameras just enter a number for the focal length multiplier that brings the HFOV to somewhere around 50 degrees After this a text window will appear and Hugin will begin processing each image to see if it can find any anchor points to pinpoint the same location in two or mo
165. ession Each user accessing a graphical desktop on your Linux box has a session which stores information about the user and what they are doing You can log out of your desktop terminating your session or you can switch off the computer terminating everyone s Sessions Shade The default action in many distros for when you double click the title bar of a window Is to shade the window This hides the contents of the window showing only its title bar Semcon Edt Wiew Geckinarks Siling Help oo if Shel gonsde E Commandine To unshade a window just double click on the bar again Shel Another term for the command line SSH Secure SHell This allows you to log in to a remote Unix server and gain full command line access to your account It also adds very strong encryption and compression so that no one can spy on your movements Superuser The root user account in Unix sometimes called the administrator account Tab completion The name for the filename completion offered on the command line when you press the Tab key Press Tab twice to see a list of all matches Tarball Common name for a gzip compressed tar file Tarballs usually end with the file extension tar gz but you may also come across tgz Telnet An early internet protocol for logging in to remote Unix machines Largely superseded by SSH Terminal Another term for the command line This is the last one we promise Ubuntu Relati
166. est features Hold down the left mouse button and drag the cursor across the map The Stellarium display in the background will update immediately with the local view It s S tellarium is a desktop planetarium It s the virtual Stellarium is the best way of learning what all the constellations are without getting either frostbite or insomnia fascinating to watch the sunlight and stars shift location as your mouse shuttles across the surface of the globe It s worth putting in your coordinates as any error in your location will be translated to time differences in the main view It s full of stars Close the configuration window to return to the main view Depending in the time of day you ll either see a beautifully lit field with very few stars or the night sky with strange silhouettes on the horizon Stellarium uses a real image to draw the ground as well as atmospheric effects that approximate overhead visibility You can turn both of these features off from the bottom left toolbar by clicking on the icon of the sky labelled atmosphere and a similar icon with an additional tree labelled ground Similarly you can enable and disable other features from the same toolbar including constellation lines and images as well as labels for most objects in the night sky The small toolbar in the bottom right of the window accelerates time This makes it easy to see the passage of time on the night sky as well as swit
167. estof 106 gt The Blender user interface is bewildering for beginners and experts alike so don t let that put you off using it the cube is selected by looking for the pink coloured frame If it isn t make sure Object Mode is selected on the toolbar in the middle of the screen and right click on the cube If you look closely at the cube in the middle of the window you should be able to see three coloured arrows pointing in different directions These arrows point in one of the three planes green for the Y axis blue for the Z axis and red for the X axis You can move the cube in any of these axes by left clicking the corresponding arrow and dragging your mouse You can also move the cube freely in the visible axes with a right click and a drag of the mouse Press S to scale the cube press R to rotate it The axis of rotation is dependent on the current view If you switch to the side view press 3 on the number pad for example you can rotate the cube around the X axis Switch to the top view 7 on the number pad and you can rotate it around the Z axis Textures If you don t like the grey colour our cube currently has switch to the material view with the F5 key Find three colour sliders in the middle panel and you should be able to dial a more appropriate colour from here Using textures you can change how the surface of objects With the cube selected press F6 to open the Textures panel Under the drop down menu labelle
168. esystem the equivalent of C on Windows is called 7 All files folders and devices come off that 7 Normal user programs are in bin and usr bin Administrator programs are in sbin and usr sbin Software settings live in etc Log files are stored in var log System devices are represented as files in dev you can usually ignore these User home directories are in home Your desktop is actually a subdirectory of your home directory eg home bob Desktop Most users can only write files to their home directory this is what makes Linux so secure Your home directory is the best place to start as that s where you ll be storing your files and the easiest way to bring it up in Nautilus is to use the Places menu Each of the shortcuts in the Places menu will launch in Nautilus so click the first one Home Folder Navigating around The default Nautilus window is split into three parts along the top are the menu and toolbars along the left is the task pane and the rest of the window is there to show the list of files and folders in the current location You probably won t use the menu bar too much so instead focus on the two toolbars one contains Back Forward Up Stop and Refresh buttons just like a web browser and they work just like a web browser too meaning that you can navigate between your most commonly used folders using just these buttons The Home and Computer toolbar buttons are quick links with
169. et connection and therefore the same IP address the NAT type will be different from the type used by a direct connection If your firewall is restrictive you ll also be asked to enable Stun support After that you ll be asked for your sound configuration If you re using a microphone you need to make sure the correct input is selected Click on the Test Settings button on page 7 to open a window that shows the signal coming in from the selected audio input If your microphone is working you ll see the volume meter bounce up and down and hear the output in your headphones or speakers If you don t see anything you need to select a different input on your sound card If you see something but don t hear anything you need to select a different output for your speakers or headphone output and check the volume settings Most of the time the default settings should be fine Ekiga will then try to detect your webcam Any Linux compatible webcam will work and you shouldn t need to change any of the default values Beil THES ee he ee Piip oi Ma ala iii ee et el mi E Bema de pja iio ee ag an lia ol pl maka ORE toc D i a iy T pe ride a epee fa eet hiar ee ee t pea E TT eee ee Sas Bebai mi jibh i ce ih are brewers be J gt It s essential you get audio working correctly from within Pidgin As long as you can see both audio meters bouncing you can be sure your configuration is working LXFS13 ch
170. et your preferences click on the Close button to return to By default Sound Juicer saves all your ripped files into sub directories of Sound Juicer You re now ready to start extracting the music so click the Music directory They re grouped according to artist and then the Extract button to begin this process Depending on the speed of your grouped by album name Don t worry too much about this as we re going to drive this can take up to fifteen minutes to complete be using a program to manage your music based on its metadata Linux starter pack 77 LXFS13 media 77 D 15 4 08 12 44 48 Ee wg ie tuna fied Syrie 2 a Gaul Hedon g EAP The default music player supplied with Ubuntu is RhythmBox which is more than capable of playing back your music RhythmBox can also import your CDs although it acts as a wrapper to Sound Juicer meaning that it uses Sound Juicer to import the CDs into your library hed Recently Added Recently Played Devices Greatest Hits 1969 TAAAtdimn ah l Copy to library Fi a A Hi 1 i Ha H Ma To start the import of your CD simply right click on the CD in the devices section of the left hand pane and select Copy to Library RhythmBox will then start importing your CD into the music directory and will automatically add the new tracks to its music database Gj applicaties Placar Syrio Gj praa iE oF Lar 18 ee hE pesi oid ii if ig a
171. extremes Use your bat to bounce balls inst a wall notes the beautiful sound of your guitar function key frets and your right over the anaes will sing out over the music Hit any dud carriage return Frets on Fire is the A little like Trackballs notes however and the twang of perfect party game because it involves only this time you embarrassment will be heard by all And the game can get very hard Pretty soon your fretboard will be full of notes as you rock music and keyboard posturing a combination that our inner rockers think is a real winner control the box the ball rolls around in rather than the ball Linux starter pack 63 15 4 08 11 58 09 x RAVES PS Multiple accounts Working with Linux is designed to work just as well whether you have one user on your machine or one hundred users it s easy gt Enabling automatic login is only safe if you re the only person using your computer and not even then if it s a laptop 64 Linux starter pack LXFS13 multi 64 ack when you installed Ubuntu you were asked to create your first user and that s what you ve been using exclusively since then But Linux was designed to mimic the older Unix operating system which was built to run on mainframes where hundreds if not thousands of users were logged in and working simultaneously Unless you re running your own internet cafe it s unlikely you ll need more than a handful of users on
172. f your graphics hardware isn t working for example the only option you ll have in the window is None The restricted driver installation may have even taken the liberty of enabling the extra effects automatically But for real Compiz power you need to install the grass roots Compiz configuration tool and for that we need to open Synaptic from the Administration menu After you ve got Synaptic running you need to search for a package called compizconfig In the list of packages that present themselves select the top option compizconfig settings manager You ll be asked for permission to install a related Python package after which you should click on Apply Synaptic will then grab the required packages and install them on to your system automatically You will now find an extra configuration panel hidden in the Preferences menu labelled Advanced Desktop Effects Settings This is the fabled Compiz configuration manager we ve been after Compiz Configuration Manager The Compiz Configuration Manager is awkward to use The main problem is that there are just too many options You can change almost anything about anything from which corner of the screen you use to launch an effect to the number of virtual desktops you want to use All settings are broken down into categories which you can see listed on the left of the main window Clicking on a category will list all the available options in the main window to the right wit
173. for most users we recommend sticking with the standard 32 bit version as bootable from our DVD which runs happily on 64 bit PCs Also the bootable version includes software such as Inkscape and Scribus covered in later tutorials which you d otherwise have to download separately Our second distro is called SuperUbuntu which is also in the Extras section This is a special version of Ubuntu Linux 7 10 that includes a vast range of additional software such as the KDE desktop and development tools It s overkill for your first forays into Linux but later on when you want to install Linux on other machines and minimise the amount of downloading required burn it to a DVD R and boot from it to install LXFS13 install 13 eS 2 eee ee i 7 ss oe lH Bas een alt TAR Sia a ee a E a E ee ee a ihih bit H Fipe Tl et Aak ir eT e PeT i a ee L ee Hk ee T rekri ri bhi mri bhirlinn e iei p ai is EO Bape g gt Our special beefed up version of Ubuntu with extra programs and development tools will be useful when you re more familiar with Linux and want to take it further Se gt www ubuntu forums org is the best place to get help on Ubuntu Linux with thousands of fellow users ready to assist Linux starter pack 13 14 4 08 20 03 22 N a oe elcome to your Linux desktop Linux can be scary at first simply because it s different Let s look around he f
174. frame engines can alter the appearance of your desktop The truglass engine for instance gives the impression of a reflective see through desktop while Oxygen is what you should choose if you want a theme that looks a little like Microsoft s Aero theme Emerald like everything else in Ubuntu is installed through the Synaptic package manager You need to look for and install the following packages emerald gnome compiz manager and subversion he last one is a developer s tool we re going to use to download themes You also need to make sure the Compiz Windows Decorations plugin is enabled LXFS13 compiz 71 You will now see a new addition to the System gt Preferences menu Click on Emeraldto launch the application By default there are no themes and before we can get them we need to add the repositories security certificate Open a Terminal and type the command at the bottom of the Theme Settings gt Repositories page Press P to add the certificate permanently The options that load below the Frame Engine menu are particular to each engine but most themes will let you change the colour of the theme as well as the gradients used to fill in the window border As you move each slider the effects can be seen on your desktop in real time so you can quickly tell whether you like the modification or not Switch to the Frame Shadow tab in the Edit Themes window and you can change some of the more gene
175. ften called the superuser has full access to the system and can even destroy all data on the hard drive with a single command It is not recommended that you log in or run as root beyond what you need to do Root directory The top level in your Linux filesystem is called the root directory or It is from this root directory that other subdirectories such as etc and home are mounted RPM The Red Hat Package Manager was one of the earliest attempts to ease the burden of installing maintaining and uninstalling packages Created by Red Hat RPM 15 4 08 11 15 58 is now the core of both SUSE and Mandriva Linux as well as many other distros The leading alternative to RPM is Debian s APT Runlevel Linux has different modes or levels of operation which are defined by runlevels Runlevel O for example is a halted system runlevel 1 is single user mode runlevel 3 is multi user mode runlevel 5 is multi user with graphical interface and so on Each runlevel defines a list of services and programs that should be run as part of the runlevel Samba A free software suite in development since 1992 that provides access to Microsoft file and print sharing using the SMB CIFS protocol SaX2 The SUSE X Windows configuration application Scribus Desktop publishing DTP application with support for PDF export Python scripting separation previews and right to left typography for languages like Hebrew and Arabic S
176. fun with Linux Enjoy The Philosophy of Free Linux is free of charge which is more than enough to convince a lot of people to switch But Linux is also free in the meaning of freedom that s why you can see the computer programming code behind it modify it and even sell it if you want to We call this Free Software note those capital letters and many Linux users consider it even more important than Linux s lack of a price tag 7 SS The history bit I m a big believer in empowering people to do new things not weighing them down with history After all you don t need to know where Linux came from to get the most from it But for the curious here s a little bit of background A long long time ago in a galaxy not too dissimilar from our own most people who used computers were geeks And they didn t have their own computers either they shared one known as a mainframe because back then computers were far too expensive bulky and unreliable to actually be personal Back then the primary operating system was known as Unix and people passed around the source code freely because it hadn t even occurred to them that selling such software might be big business But sooner or later the inevitable happened some suits came along and decided to monetise Unix It split into various different brands known as forks because they all forked off the main Unix road all compet
177. ges are correct got a lot shorter Linux starter pack 65 LXFS13 multi 65 D 15 4 08 16 02 31 N PS Multiple accounts gt The About Me window lets you around a family where it s quite common to say oh you can get that file from me it s in my home directory under Photos If users didn t share permission to read files it would be very hard to copy files between users Of course if you want your own files to be private from other users this arrangement is no good so let s take a look at how you can create files and folders that can be read only by you First fire up Nautilus by clicking Places gt Home Folder from the top menu bar Right click somewhere in the window that appears and choose Create Folder name it Secret Now like the rest of your home directory this is visible to everyone else on the system but we don t want that do we So right click on the new directory and choose Properties then activate the Permissions tab This has quite a few options on it but the one we re interested in is about two thirds of the way down under Others Here you can set what privileges other users ie not you should have for this directory any changes they make Clicking the Folder Access selection box will reveal the other options These are None deny all access List Files Only show the names of files but don t allow the contents to be read and Create And Delete Files allows full read an
178. ges of return addresses You can even use a database of addresses and merge those into the document from the previous window Linux starter pack 33 15 4 08 11 16 55 ale Gy OpenOffice org Calc Getting started with Working with numbers has never been easier OOo Calc has all the tools you need to make sense of all kinds of figures B io a Seo TEF Fie Ede iow reart Fornat Toole Date Hole F u Ai a TE Eru ou E girs 2 Tonal mn T mie MAA I Bee nnna lh l PJESE EJET as a H GF 2 gt If you ve ever used Microsoft Excel before you ll have no problems getting to grips with OpenOffice org Calc Acco utite a aii Jw 12 a Si A Six In 1405 at Jw Salad B any Baw Ep Gi Feima ampel El astei Eisis B recs mini yl ey be ein a umbers make the world go round Quite literally actually N if you think in terms of the Keppler equations But no matter who you are and what your interest in office software it is almost a certainty that you will have some use for Calc Whether it is for keeping track of club finances exactly what types of beer you spent your student loan on sales of your widgets or just the local football team s chances of promotion at the end of the season numbers and things to crunch them are always useful OOo Calc should be pretty easy to use if you are familiar with any sort of spreadsheet and you can probably skip the first part of
179. get in touch with them In Ubuntu user information is all set through the About Me window found under System gt Preferences gt About Me this lets you enter your email address phone numbers and instant messaging account information as well as your physical home and work address if you want to More importantly it also lets you change your password click the button at the top right of the window and set your own user picture click the person to the left of your username Incidentally all the options under the System gt Preferences menu are individual to each user which means they can have their own themes sounds menus screensavers and even their own screen resolution all without affecting other users One cool thing about Linux is that it lets multiple users log into one machine at the same time which is a great way to cut down on energy use while also ensuring you get the most value from your investment If you want to stay logged in when custom welcome message This is all done under the Login Window Preferences dialog under System gt Administration gt You makes your choice his is how the Circles theme looks in full screen notice how it makes the Language and Session options easier to reach on the bottom and also makes the login prompt a little easier to understand Text themes The plain theme category offers simpler login windows than the graphical themes so the scope for customisation is sma
180. gih A ehi mS ie ee aba A E a en Ale 3 mh i Se et S ewean Bapa P Pi a a ae i vn APPR a jag Eas P s apuman aria Mra P a raa Phoa Meci r Ma M MA l ki x i ji Gi peses mk a r ay a 4 oE gE ey E HE ij a I Er A Fi p a i E z1 ka E i i a J i ee ee Ee So ee a ee a a a a l Leaving your scribbles selected choose Path gt Simplify from the menu Use Control A to select all the objects then choose Path gt or use Control L This will round off the edges of the scribbles a bit Intersection This merges the paths of these two shapes together Feel free to do it more than once to get a smoother more natural effect so now you have one object a black rectangle with bits missing oe ot 5 Fe ee Eines Aen Speers i o MEERE Be gh lew hare Diei pi pa Gags webi ie E ga a i miu pei bga wiii jAi sack A gt a 040 DUR 48 FTE 3 bana Srami oS eo Dae Er GTGb lt 0 ifn ag PT wires sie teu es fm 2394 i ig bid pen oreo es alea ae w Or A a e E e R R a aE a dE n iis ae See ee Re De re i eee R E a a m J Oo ee ke ery abe y aj j E bese ag ite iia eee ee iB ete a ce age E gh oie pP we a Ba E a i a i Hage hiti Ag rig i eeatligy vote ras bons ns E a t LiH ijd a 7 Ba a S Citi el py _______ ores yy Click on the object and drag the corners to resize it We don t want huge chunks out of our design and it will probably look better if the holes are squashed a little in one
181. gt Show menu Status messages You can see your current status in the drop down list at the bottom of the buddies window Most of the time it s Available but you an also change this from the same list Invisible is a useful choice for example because it enables you to see which contacts are online without them seeing you Another important aspect to status messages is leaving your computer unattended By default Pidgin will wait a set period of time configured in preferences when there s no activity on your box you ll also hear a jingle and sound options can be changed from the Preferences window by switching to the Sounds tab Tyop alert While typing your replies misspelt words have a red underscore and you can see the suggested correction by right clicking on the offending work With most protocols you can also format your conversation using the font button You can change your font by selecting the Font Face option but you can also change the appearance of general text by selecting bold italics underline or strikethrough as well as change the colour If you re connected to more than one account at the same time contacts for each account are silently added to the buddies list Pidgin keeps the protocol each contact Is using hidden simply to keep the user interface clear It shouldn t make any difference to conversations as most of the major protocols share the same core functionality
182. h each option accompanied by an enabling check box With the exception of the General category every other option represents a separate plugin from the desktop cube to the mouse cursor flames It also means that everything needs to be enabled explicitly by scrolling through the plugin list and enabling them one at a time To add to the fun you can also double click on any of the plugins to find a few more pages of configuration options You should already find a few plugins enabled These are the rudimentary desktop effects we enabled earlier But by way of a brief introduction into the Compiz configuration framework we ll step through the procedure for enabling the desktop cube The desktop cube can be used to quickly switch between each virtual desktop which are each pasted onto the sides of the cube If you have more than four desktops the effect isn t actually a cube as it has as many sides as you have desktops The main plugin is called Desktop Cube and this can be found under the Desktop category When you enable it you ll see the following warning Plugin Desktop Wall provides LXFS13 compiz 69 Desktop effects I gt The desktop cube looks great but it s also a useful and functional usability add on letting you visualise which desktop you re on feature largedesktop which is also provided by Desktop Cube This message means that a feature of the plugin you re attempting to enable is already prov
183. h or you may get some unexpected results X K Ubuntu I ve read on the internet that there are some other Ubuntu variants one called Kubuntu and another called Xubuntu I d like to try them out do need to re install using a different disc standalone CDs but you don t necessarily need to download and burn these images to a CD in order to try them out All you need to do is install the kubuntu desktop or xubuntu desktop packages within Synaptic they act as meta packages which basically mean that by selecting one of these packages all the necessary packages that form part of either Kubuntu or Xubuntu are automatically installed as a result You won t lose any data as a result of doing this and it gives you an easy way to try different window managers N Yes there are other variants on Ubuntu available as AUTO enabiles laptop mode wnen FUNNING on partTeries For laptops does power management and enables hotkeys Scripts for initializing and shutting down the system stop bootlogd single Stops saving boot messages to a log file stop bootlogd Saves messages at boot to a log file bootlogd Scripts for initializir bootclean z hdparm g and shutting down the system Tunes hard disk parameters for high performance 15 4 08 12 22 03 J reper Sears Sed ca n La ee i kumaro Arik jop ms ere m i BS eee ee ed Pp p ja ee ier ipsini yee m mie eres the pie Fp a ee Se B
184. hat are just as good and often better This is particularly noticeable in big companies where converting 1 000 computers from Windows to Linux saves a huge amount of money but it s also important for home users who would rather save their money and buy a new computer or are perhaps just sick of Microsoft software Linux has something for everyone Whether you re a programmer a writer a designer a parent looking for something for their children or just someone looking to get the most from their computer you ll find Linux has lots of software ready for you to use Forget shareware if you want to do LXFS13 linux 7 Welcome to Linux Press CTRL or MOUSEL to pin wteem Press ENTER or MOISES lu enter ie tte a Wee ES for hapen i PETAR DTP if you want to burn DVDs if you want to scan for viruses if you want to touch up your photos if you want to rip music to MP3 or if you want to do any number of other things you ll find that Linux already has some great software ready to try Don t be afraid to click through the various programs that come installed by default they are all safe to try and it s a great way to find your feet EJ Linux looks great If you think Vista looks hot Linux is about to blow you away As with Windows you can customise the look and feel of your desktop changing fonts colours screensavers and the like But if you have the right hardware and it doesn t take much you can also e
185. hat can be used to fade from one clip to another Just select the transition from the drop down menu followed by the start and end point in your movie for the transition and click Render When you finish editing your masterpiece the Export window can send your movie to your digital video recorder a raw DV file or an MPEG that can be burned on to a DVD 14 4 08 20 02 42 Audacity Professional grade audio editing on your Linux desktop ou may have come across Audacity before It s an Y audio file editor that s as adept at trimming your latest podcast as it is adding fade outs to an MP3 Like its proprietary counterparts it can be used to add real time effects mix audio record from your soundcard s inputs and analyse audio It s a tool box for audio editing and it should be the first app you try if you need to do anything with sound files Audacity is launched from the Applications gt Sound amp Video menu By default Audacity will configure itself to use your sound card for input and output This means you can make a recording by pressing the large red record button and Audacity will record whatever is connected to your sound card If you need to change the input switching from line in to a microphone for instance this can be changed from the Edit gt Preferences gt Audio I O window If there is sound entering Audacity the level meters above the small microphone icon will start to bounce and it s thi
186. he last one will remain as your username to show that you re currently looking at your home directory If you want to see the location bar as a real path press Ctrl L the buttons will disappear and be replaced with home yourusername You can then type directly into there to change directory Or if you re particularly lazy just typing will bring up that path information allowing you type a full path On the right of the location bar are buttons to adjust the zoom level great if you have a small screen or if you prefer your icons nice and chunky and a drop down selection box that alters the way the files are shown The default is View As Icons but you can change that to View As List to get a tree view of your files showing size information and more Going places On the left of the Nautilus window is the task pane which is set to show the most popular places by default This is just like the Places menu but if you look carefully you ll see a small arrow next to the word Places at the top of the pane if you click that you ll see that you can change what that area shows so it s a bit more useful than just repeating the Places menu Information Shows information for selected items Tree Shows the directory structure for your computer similar to Windows Explorer History Remembers the directories you ve visited recently so you can snap back to them quickly LXFS13 desktop 21 go to Edit gt Preferences
187. he output You can also view manual pages using Konqueror the KDE web browser by typing man in the location bar followed by the manual page you re interested in For example loading man Is would bring up the same s manual page as before but this time it would be formatted nicely for viewing in a graphical environment A step up from man pages are info pages which are man pages with hyperlinks inside This is useful for complex topics such as how to use Bash Accessing an info page is much the 124 Linux starter pack LXFS13 helps Sec2 124 Same as accessing a man page just type info yourtopic at the command line and you will load up the index page If your documentation has more than one page use the cursor keys to highlight a link to jump to and press Enter to browse to it You can also use the N key to flip to the next page the P key to flip back to the previous page and U to go up a level As with man pages you can view info pages inside Konqueror by using the protocol info For example info bash would load the Bash info page nicely formatted inside Konqueror This has the added benefit that you can just click links to read topics rather than having to memorise a load of tricky keypresses If there s a particular command you re interested in chances are it will have a special help switch that prints out usage information This is nearly always just a list of all the parameters you can use with a command but
188. he text you want to overlay on to the image As you type the text will show up on the background You can change the size of the font using the window beneath the toolbar palette 15 4 08 11 58 36 ae LURA ee y Hig Hf o 1 Chor aw ap ees oS ee ET k EE A Fr medic ber op lhe ad Fi ons W Abii Gretel Pde i gt Most effects in Gimp have a real time preview In this case you can even warp the preview with your mouse This window is used to display any options associated with your current editing tool With text entry those extra options include size as well as choice of font colour and paragraph formatting Close the text editor when you ve finished adding text If you need to edit the text further you can always select the Text Tool and double click on the text to open the editor again You may also need to fine tune its position which you can do with the Move tool If you take a look at the Layer window you will now see two layers The background contains your original image while an additional layer will hold your text This is why you can move the text freely above the image For example if you choose one of the filter effects while your text layer is selected only the text will be affected Try the Warp filter found under Filters gt Distorts This effect opens a window from where you can drag Gimp s toolbar Working with photos CIS Removing blemishes The secret tool for magically removing blemis
189. hes is the Clone Tool This looks a little like a rubber stamp and that s because a rubber stamp loosely describes how it works It copies one area of an image to another area But it does this in such a way that you can t see the edges For the process to be successful you need to find an area within the image or in another image that you can use to replace the blemish This usually means finding a place where the image is repeated This could be a similar area of sky grass or wall for example After selecting the Clone tool hold the mouse over this replacement area press Ctrl and click on the mouse to set the source of the clone operation When you now click on the blemish the area under the mouse will be replaced with the image at the source location If you hold the mouse down you can copy an entire area useful for windows in a wall for instance If the wall is at an angle try the perspective clone tool instead gt We ve cloned the background over the bike s pedal here and distort parts of the current layer When you click on OK it s only this layer that s processed After messing around with the filters and your text try Drop Shadow and Bevel from the Filters gt Light And Shadow menu This will generate an extra layer that contains a shadow for the text as well as adding a Slight bevel to the text area You can then select the shadow layer and move it around It will keep above your original photo and be
190. hile the installer does its job el eS Pl ATT buutapilss instalation me completes Turnesi to tbat the computer nm ddar to use the few instalation Yu can cartra ta use thre lee CG atha ary changes you make or documents you aave wilet be presarsod Ba sure to ranta the Cahen rastatigtho computer ahere t val start back up veing thes le CD nether then tho feted ratal seater Continue wang the lee CO When the installer has finished you ll be prompted to reboot Click on After your PC has rebooted Ubuntu will load or give you the choice to the Restart button and eject the DVD otherwise your PC will boot back start Windows if you also have that installed Log in with the username up from the DVD again and password you provided in step 8 and start exploring 12 Linux starter pack LXFS13 install 12 D 14 4 08 20 03 21 Linux installing instructions How to get help Hopefully the installation process went smoothly but if not there s plenty of help to hand if you know where to look f everything went swimmingly by now you should be exploring the Linux desktop trying out the included programs and getting familiar with the new environment It s very much self explanatory you can click on Applications at the top left to start programs click on System to change preferences and set up your hardware and click the red button in the top right to reboot or shut down your computer If you ve encountered a pr
191. hile you re trying to work but trust us it s all for a good cause You see it doesn t matter how fast Ubuntu gets out security patches if you don t know about them and don t install them they are useless Having the balloon pop up to prompt you means that you can get yourself patched as soon as problems are fixed ensuring that your system remains as Safe as possible This whole auto update system is configured through the Software Sources window from Synaptic although you can get straight to it by going to System gt Administration gt Software Sources From this window click on the third tab Updates and you ll see that Ubuntu is configured to provide access to security and non security updates and will notify you when they become available You would be wise not to alter the top options the proposed and unsupported updates may cause problems with your otherwise pristine system and so are best Synaptic s menu options Rather than just a simple install or don t install Synaptic gives you more control over what it does with packages When you click a check box next to a package you can choose from the following options gt Unmark If this file was selected for change deselect it Mark for Installation Add this package to the list to be installed Mark for Reinstallation Take a fresh copy of this application and its configuration files and use them to overwrite the existing data grea
192. hnical support However some distros offer a few months of telephone support and business targeted distros such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux Mandriva Corporate Server and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server come with at least one year of technical support Commercial support is the fastest easiest and most precise way to get answers to your questions If you are looking to deploy Linux on mission critical systems purchasing a maintenance contract Is a vital addition you can get four hour priority turnaround level 3 support where the kernel developers themselves are assigned to fixing your problem easy maintenance and more by using an enterprise distro LXFS13 helps Sec2 125 Help and resources SND gt For mastering Emacs and many other esoteric topics O Reilly books are best O Reilly mainly sells highly technical books on niche topics such as how to build your own compiler how to master Emacs and how to program PHP If you want accurate well written books on a single Linux topic O Reilly simply cannot be beaten www oreilly com Sams sells books primarily aimed at newcomers to Linux It prints the Fedora Unleashed and the Teach Yourself series as well as more complex books such as Advanced Unix Programming f you re looking to move from absolute beginner to intermediate level look for Sams books www samspublishing com lt Q aN 38 next door the son in law or someone else stereotypically well tra
193. home with the way F Spot manages photos By default every image in your collection is listed in the large thumbnail view A date strip at the top of the window draws small bars that represent the number of photos you have from a certain time frame and you can scroll through the time frame by dragging the cursor across the date strip The key to organising your collection in F Spot is the tag system At any point you can double click on the icon in the tag panel to filter your collection into photos that only have that tag marked against them This makes it easy to see all photos of your family for example or those you ve taken on holiday As long as you ve gone to the trouble of tagging your photos as you import them this added tag dimension makes your collection much easier to manage If you double click on a tag you can change the icon it uses Tags also have a hierarchy where they inherit the same tag as their parent for example you might want to create a Family tag and make the People tag its parent You will then see Family photos whenever you click on either the People tag as Family is a member of this group or the Family tag Linux starter pack 51 15 4 08 11 58 25 N 2l AVAS ZIN Working with photos Image processing E If you make a mistake and want to revert to the original image you can select the photo and click on File gt Version gt Original You can also make your own
194. how much space you have on your camera you might not always want to import every image This window lets you pick and choose the images that you want to import To select photos individually hold down the left Ctrl key and click on the thumbnails of the images you want to import You can also press Ctrl and A together to select everything When you re happy with your selection give this collection a name in the Film field You should also click on the small button to the right of the Categories field From here you can add tags to your images making them much easier to search through when your collection grows View as thumbnails Depending on the number of photos you re importing and the speed of your USB connection you may need to wait a few minutes for your photos to copy over to your machine When this has completed your photos will be displayed in a program called GThumb GThumb is Ubuntu s default photo browser and you should be able to see your entire album as a Series of thumbnails Double clicking on any of these will open a single window containing the image and you can skip from one photo to another using the Page Up and Page Down keys Photos are saved into the Pictures directory which you can open directly from the Places menu Each folder will be given the name of the roll you used when you imported the photos and it s easy to copy the photos from these folders on to a USB stick or even on to a blank CD
195. i Fk L O Me eer bail n P O COF EEEE ai r oo a a e remite m ia iia ae r es ie yoo i ad Ma Pera ome i i bei eee oll on ie User privileges he second tab in this No place like home The default home Done Click OK to save all the changes and window shows the default settings for user directory for a new user starts with home your new user will be created When this is privileges you ll note that they are allowed to do and ends with their username but you can change done you ll be back at the User Settings window everything except Administer The System If you that in the third tab of this window which should show the new user want them to be admins just select that box too k Applications Macar System i g jon 8 GP keyring Manager _ Network Took tering ME syatern Log E Syrer Morstor E H t red Support i tbou cuore Ea About bumii J ubuntu ut BD update inser Understanding groups Click the Manage Log in If you log out from your current Check privileges We didn t give our test Groups button to see what user groups you account you ll be returned to the login user access to system administration tasks have Groups let you grant filesystem permissions screen where you can try using your new user This and this can be confirmed by going to System gt easily is highly recommended to ensure the password Administration you should notice that the list has and privile
196. ics file format a standard for vector graphics on the web Scribus is a desktop publishing program in other words a word processor with plenty of extras You can use it to produce everything from flyers for the school disco to proper magazines see Linux Formatissue 96 Scribus has plenty of tools for creating stunning documents but drawing complex graphics is easier in Inkscape The object of this tutorial is to show you how to use them together to create a library of great graphics for whatever you need First we will create a rubber stamp effect in Inkscape then import it into Scribus and look at the Scrapbook feature Open up Scribus and Inkscape from the Applications gt Graphics menu and get ready to create great graphics ggo mms O E ga m ee eee Haj 4258 HG sA 090 Dh ER PTAL e a mainat aay Ta aaa Pon ap EDA nad a i miid A t T re ie ee Fire up Inkscape from the Applications gt Graphics menu To start with we want to create a texture for our stamp effect and all great textures start with a rectangle Use the shape tool to drag out a big black box at the top of the page 46 Linux starter pack LXFS13 stationery 46 Pies eee eT i al ee ee Crd T pie E m rj jii H amp a ET ire EI pje erties 3 3 L2evn piera T Ghi Ej MF HEEE Eijk pis Ej WEP Hai Hha EN A TE Bal par os A iy 7 Pee T a j pi r l M E Le pE ore
197. ided by a currently active plugin And both plugins are mutually exclusive In this case Desktop Wall is enabled and this also offers large desktop functionality the ability to switch between virtual desktops This causes a conflict with the Desktop Cube which does exactly the same This is why the warning window is asking you to enable one and disable the other which it will do automatically when you select Disable Desktop Wall Desktop cube Now that the cube is enabled you might think that s all there is to it But Compiz has taken plugin modularity to extremes You can t do anything useful with the cube without enabling the Rotate Cube plugin As its name implies Rotate Cube is responsible for turning the cube around and making it useful Double clicking on the plugin will let you change the keys or shortcuts you use for switching desktops but the default choices are good Ctrl Alt and the left and right arrow keys will switch desktops to the left or right Using cursor down instead will flatten the cube so that you can see each desktop in a line and you then use cursor left and right again to choose the desktop from that view You can even use the middle mouse button to click and drag on the desktop background to freely spin the cube in all three axes Welcome to Compiz Bree pat piip ep Hy Hamad biga Elija repel mE us betaam herey rir L Eea aea eye Ss Bih ghil POETE OOgceo n ia i
198. ietary drivers and Software restricted by copyright With these selected click Close and Synaptic will warn you that the repository selection has changed which means you need to click the Refresh button to download all the software available in that repository Once the software selection information has been downloaded you ll see lots of categories down the left You can use these if you want to but we generally find that having i Package Gething Help Pairk All ipade Propeerti es Search E Fprkage Installed Version a 0 A 1 12 Foe i aidi EEA p reae BI E 605 41 E 605d E EDSA Fi aptistretpeetenn nN 7 chess fo X11 Sections Lairig Tou can natal 1 update Software updates correct errory slrminate Ae Uy ula abies and provide naw feacure _ tadata dre care ened daylight weving time d data Pram varman 208 bumi 7 1000 bo 20a buni 7 10 Soe 23d Eel Dowdoad uze KB P Description of update gt Ubuntu s Update Manager automatically selects all the available updates so all you need to do to stay up to date is to click that button marked Install Updates Synaptic search for you is a faster and easier option press Ctrl F make sure Look in is changed to Description and Name then type in something you d like to install eg 3D game With all the repositories enabled it may take a few seconds for the search to complete but when it does you ll be able to scroll thro
199. iian r ihi Imra lec Gel H rari pal l E anpha E mnpm pia Fe eae 2 E ec hna ber nee rl net ie i Termi Preemia Porre i gre E E RA i iai Irig A s E pearl prom a peters emery west at J i ns i Pere oe i jetta waT bog mre FF gpi PE mpm niee Lia sat rreh t ppi 4 Rabies Eyrie h F me i a Baiiia Hagi 7 p a Viasat p T img Dier PTER ii a iag au EERE apasati E e Pea iagd Boe el eer are fe ape kook Before we go any further we penal save this file as an Inkscape SVG file Inkscape supports many different formats but some of them may lose data or make the file hard to change if we want to edit it later 48 Linux starter pack LXFS13 stationery 48 primae Meri Spe ppn s i DELET mT e e Fs ee aes oe ga foe ee an el i higi wikal tent saze 7S tar QQA Dae 4 FTOR na ie eret ee Pe Ff PR PPa H URG i Open the Object gt Fill And Stroke panel again This time click on the Stroke tab and again choose a pattern fill Stroke is the name given to the edge of an object and as a line only has edges this is where we need to set its options D E ilp i Pe Pe Be ee m e bama ad Sar Gea AB 28 TGS s ETTE iR ae a Mai P pat i IHF aE os Pin mAP Tae FE ba p gE Z ao 1 Before we do anything else delete the original pattern box and press Shift Control D Now click on the F
200. ined in the secrets of computers It s ashame as the forums that have grown up around the open source community is a great place to get answers to your questions But it s important to remember that these people in the community aren t paid to help they aren t trained to help and they aren t related to you any help they offer comes from goodwill so it s important you do your best to be nice to them If you want to ask a question follow these seven simple guidelines and you ll give yourself the best chance of it being answered If you ve read all you can and are still drawing a blank it s time to reach out to the community and ask for help Wiley sells a mix of intermediate and very technical books primarily aimed at existing users who want to know more Wiley publishes the Bible series aimed at more experienced users and the Dummies series which is aimed at people who have little experience with computers whatever the operating system www wiley com The cost of an average small Linux book that covers a single topic is usually around 15 from an online book store and that rises to about 25 for a cover everything book that can teach you a lot more What you choose really depends on how much you want to learn and most people find a mix of books and magazines satisfies their craving for knowledge Getting in touch If you ve read the documentation checked with magazines and books and are stil
201. ing it will cost you is your dignity To play the game choose a piece of music and a difficulty level from the menu screen The next view you see is a fretboard stretching into the infinite distance As the music starts coloured squares will start to drift down the fretboard indicating which fret you need to play As each square hits the bottom of the screen you need to hold down the function key on your keyboard that corresponds to the fret you need to play F1 F6 At the same time press the carriage return key to pluck the strings Only then will the notes sound and only then will you have taken your first step on the road to rock greatness f you ve not played Guitar Hero on LXFS13 games Sec1 63 gt If you miss some of the great first person shooters for the Windows platform Alien Arena will bring a bolt of plasma that doesn t harm the i smile to your face enemy all that much which is why it s imperative that you quickly move on to something a little more destructive such as the Alien Disruptor This shoots a powerful beam that s difficult to target but effective if you hit your mark Right clicking the mouse will use the alternative fire and with the Alien Disruptor this is a sniper scope making enemies easier to hit if you can convince them to stay still If you get close switch weapons to the Flamethrower You can use the middle mouse button or the function keys to switch weapons The Flame
202. ing with each other on features and price Soon the various different Unixes Unices Unixen became incompatible in different places and the whole software community became fragmented F i LXFS13 linux 9 Into this software melee stepped Microsoft bringing with it the promise of one platform Windows from one vendor Microsoft for one server rooms Google Amazon Yahoo and many other big internet companies rely on Linux every day and if it can handle their computing needs then price not cheap The fragmented Unixes never really stood a chance because each of the vendors tried to fight Microsoft in their own way rather than banding together Eventually Windows was dominant and things settled down again Linux started life as the pet project of Linus Torvalds a university student in Helsinki It was designed to copy the fundamentals of Unix but had one special difference it was licensed under the GNU General Public License This is a special software licence that says if you take this software you re welcome to redistribute it change it and sell it if you want to as long as you give the changes back to the creator As a result big computer companies such as IBM Intel HP and SGI were able to band together around a common platform they could contribute features to the common pool without having to compete with each other Linux today is worked on by thousands of people from around the world
203. intless to ask again and again until someone responds with an angry comment instead take your question elsewhere Now you know how to ask questions it s time to look at where to ask them There are three places you can usually find help message boards mailing lists and IRC Amateur experts Message boards often called forums are websites where you post questions for others to respond Usually you will be asked to register first primarily to discourage troublemakers If you are using a laptop and have a question the best thing you can do is take it to your local Linux user group Say KDE crashes they need to know whether you compiled KDE yourself what made it crash whether it crashes by itself or whether you clicked a button and so on It s also very helpful if you can tell people what manual pages you have read and what search results you got when you tried looking up your problem on Google If you ve tried the forums tried IRC called your commercial support line searched the web read the manual bought the O Reilly book and still have problems clearly it s something quite serious When you get to this dire state there is still one option left open to you write in to Linux Format Each issue we print and solve the trickiest of reader questions to guide readers through installation configuration and maintenance of their Linux computers Our team of experts tackle all sorts of question
204. io and video files within Linux is compatibility You may find that files you pull on to your machine from other systems don t work Windows Media is the main culprit but Apple s QuickTime can also cause problems as can any of the plethora of formats commonly used online Even MP3 playback can cause problems This is because all these formats are proprietary and decoding them so that they work on Linux is a legal grey area in some parts of the world You can avoid these problems by using open formats such as Ogg Vorbis for audio and Ogg Theora for video but sooner or later you ll need to work with a proprietary format For video the answer is to install a package called FFMPEG from the Synaptic package manager Applications such as Kino will then be able to convert most of your files to an open format when you open them This is the next best thing to a native solution devices will work If you d rather import your movies by hand you can add video content from the File gt Open requester after which all imported video will appear in the timeline window This is where you can re order each sequence placing clips into the correct order If you need to edit larger segments then the Trim window can be used to create cut points putting new clips back into the timeline You can also add effects in the FX window examples include blurring video or forcing a sepia colour on everything The FX window is also where you find transitions t
205. ion that you can use as a drop box to transfer files across Another alternative is to use a USB key which are becoming increasingly cheap and offer increasingly larger storage capacities As a side note it was only recently that Ubuntu included support for NTFS the filesystem used by Windows XP and Windows Vista You are able to read and write to NTFS volumes but unfortunately Windows XP and Vista cannot access ext3 volumes the file system used by Ubuntu A The simple answer is to create a folder on your Windows What s compilation Occasionally when I m looking for Linux software on the internet come across instructions asking me to compile things What does that mean and do really have to do it blocks the source code and letting the computer build the program for you using some automated tools However for new users this isn t really recommended as it can cause problems if your new program depends on a newer version of some library file than the one you currently have Instead you may actually find a pre compiled version of the program commonly known as a binary package within Synaptic Ubuntu has access to over 23 000 packages so the chances are quite good that you ll find A In short compiling a program means taking the building 114 Linux starter pack LXFS13 answers 114 D what you re looking for In the event that you absolutely need to compile something from source then here is what you ll need
206. irst and foremost open up Ubuntu s printer configuration tool by going to System gt Administration and choosing Printing 94 Linux starter pack LXFS13 printing 94 F Restricted Drivers Managel__ Screens and Graphics configuration tool you ll find it very similar to what we covered earlier Just click the Add Printer button siasi on the front page to begin all the questions you are Ee a roren a er asked are the same as the ones that we covered earlier with the only real difference being that CUPS begins by asking you to name the printer right at the start rather than at the end as with the printer configuration tool As CUPS is integrated with the printer configuration tool any changes you i make within CUPS will be reflected in the printer configuration tool and vice versa gt The CUPS web based configuration tool is at http localhost 631 Sees i ee i el a ii DE eT M ki Bijma eii ge Bee peie ced ky afa ee j es ue A Aio ji aini T o gemy eemi p y Bpa le rea ae F o eae pan Ee a dibi aeh bi ee ag new printers that it might have missed If it doesn t find one then you ll be asked for the connection type You ll see the blank printer config window to get started click the New Printer button in the toolbar Ubuntu will automatically try to search for 15 4 08 18 03 05 LXFS13 printing 95 Paul Hodson es T spplcation Parar Syrte 7 E a memi iira Sele
207. irst thing you ll notice about your new Linux The best way to find your feet in Linux is just to use desktop is that it looks almost identical to the your mouse and have a click around Don t worry Linux one you were able to use when the whole thing won t let you damage your system by accident In fact ran from CD In fact the only real difference Linux won t let you do anything even remotely dangerous between the two is that things will run much faster once without first asking you to re enter your password as a Ubuntu is installed because your hard drive is a lot faster security measure Use the big annotation below to help than your DVD drive you get started Get to know your Ubuntu desktop These are quick start menu icons for Firefox Evolution and At the top right is the system tray where all sorts of helpful the system help See our guide on p18 to add your own icons live along with the clock which if you click it folds out to show a calendar and any upcoming events too The Applications menu ESN _ stores links to all the Se a ee programs you have _ 1 eee installed and will automatically be updated as you add new programs W iiau E Canh Pu hal Pp ii me i ii jio Di Liai ir W j oo a Heri FE chi F seul B Sie irii O EELE n A The Places and System ee Dn Se ieee oe menus help you navigate L Ai P d K A and configure your system AEETI en You ll be asked to enter pe at m i your password fo
208. is a great way to get started managing the software on your computer but more experienced users favour a program known as Synaptic This is less pretty less streamlined and more feature heavy but feature heavy is a good thing for power users because it means we can get exactly what we want without having to struggle around for esoteric options You ll find Synaptic hidden under the System gt Administration gt Synaptic Package Manager menu item At first glance you ll notice it s not entirely dissimilar to the Add Remove Applications window there are few icons sure but it retains the category filters for apps as well as the description pane that shows more information about programs when you click on them Advanced package selection Now that you re straying into advanced user territory this is a good time for you to check out the incredible amount of software available to you Go to Settings gt Repositories which is where the list of all software sources is kept Ubuntu breaks its package choices up into repositories so that people can choose what kind of software they want as with the Add Remove Applications window these choice are whether you want Ubuntu supported packages third party packages and so on For now we re going to enable everything so make sure the top four check boxes are checked in the Software Sources window that appears That is Canonical supported Community maintained Propr
209. is is the most intimidating part of Writer and OpenOffice org in general the layout of the various menus and options windows take a little learning But don t let that put you off It just means that Writer and its companions are capable of almost anything you might expect of the best commercial office applications even if it takes a little effort to find the function you re looking for This is a good moment to mention the online help for Writer as this is often the easiest way to find what you re looking for Press either the F1 key or select Openoffice org Help from the Help menu and the well written user manual will appear The best way to use this is to type something you re interested in into the Search Term box Try dictionary for example and the subject list is automatically populated with pages that can help you use the function you re looking for You can also use the What s This option in the help menu to switch to the info cursor If you now hold your pointer over any of the buttons in Writer a small yellow panel will provide further information on the functions behind the cursor Options The first place to start is with a few simple user options that you will need for every document you work with Open the Options window by selecting it from the bottom of the Tools menu This Options windows is used across the entire suite of OpenOffice org applications so don t be too scared by the number of options A good thing t
210. is the list of applications that match the filters and bottom middle is a description of the currently selected package You ll notice that each application has a check box to its left and a star rating to its right if it is installed currently the check box is checked and the star rating shows how many people have that particular program installed You ll find that all the packages that are installed by default in Ubuntu eg Gimp image editor all get five stars for popularity but there are quite a few others with five stars too these are the ones that are worth investigating From the top bar of the window first make sure that the Show option is set to Supported applications There are five possible options that can be set to Search San Li Ar es ores F Show Supported applications Application E jf Abihord Word Processor OF abtitord iWerd Ward Preman ddbock wetansidn for Aretak danaa Gores The GI Bbich eatengion aide to Arafo naes a r Adept Manager Graphics i i Aanege intake and walahi mothers Do mema vi hs SigkePiot Sobhadre T Pigs mary diferent snare gime i bem a mk Popolarty titt i Education All available applications Shows everything All open source applications Shows everything that is free software as opposed to proprietary software Supported applications Programs that the team behind Ubuntu provide official support for Third party applications Program
211. it A box appears around the text to show some text in the company name and presentation remarkably ugly presentation and inserted some _ it s selected Click and drag over the text so it s subject fields then click Next The Further Ideas basic text for us It s a long long way from looking selected then look for a toolbar button with anA box is rather pointless so you can safely ignore it good but that s OK we can fix that pretty quickly underlined in salmon colour Click the down arrow next to that and click the white colour palette Changes to the master slide Setting defaults Type in your title text If you try deleting the lines at the bottom you ll While you re here you might as well set the default This first slide is going to hold a bit of text about notice you can t modify them That s because they title colour to be white use the same procedure this presentation so click on the default text it s are in the master slide so that they automatically from Step 6 If you want to change the background Linux Format for me and type in some text of appear in all the slides you create To delete them colour click Format gt Page then choose the your own When you press Enter mpress creates a click View gt Master gt Slide Master then click the Background tab and select a colour you prefer new bullet point automatically lines with your mouse and press the Delete key When you re done click the f
212. it Page To Selection button to re scale the document to just the bits we want remas Rgn mmi BE rts Lia pP Pemesdiacct ner qeg hide gan aiB a A ins lar i Eea aa Baca AD an see O60 Dae 28 VIG xe Ss TAAA wy ih ee nein wel i anwa i a 1 Pa nd ot I Tl ia oe a i Be p ee phim pn r W Ajea Fine ime fE wae ante gE yailecde Tlen Beeni Gimi c EN trate me 2 E Bpi Gi b aa pnan ai yy E Ce ip 3 a OOOO OO HE E E isaiah la ee B E PE tees A E a i 7 ll mi i i aa R 7 a Ler Because of the use of patterns we can t imoni the vector illustration into Scribus The next best thing is to export a bitmap Choose File gt Export Bitmap In the window that opens set the resolution to 350dpi which is good enough for any sort of printing you may want to do 14 4 08 20 03 33 LXFS13 stationery 49 mih Ee fen tien j i Ten E _ an a ii one be Pe ipe ss ee j EE a sl T a Rl ee ee ee a ees 0 Let i i oh a a a z GE JN i mil a eee ES ee THis oe ei ee si oy el al al iF iii r gH oer rire pii hmmm formin ee p erg i R a en d ea i PH A ee pm ieee ELp la ck ae my T it rt oe iP 2 ee ee i Ba s 3 2 ij oe ee Open Scribus and create a picture box third icon along on the tool bar Select the box and press Control D to import a graphic Use the file requester to find the image file w
213. it out Once you ve added all your data select the Name field do this by clicking the title Name above the first row then click the toolbar button that shows an A over a Z with a down pointing arrow This sorts the table alphabetically by the name of the CD Bae od Bl Be AutoFilter Now try clicking on one of the ratings For example gave Moby s Play album 4 5 so would click on the 4 in his row Now click the toolbar icon marked with a funnel and a magic wand this is the AutoFilter button This filters by the current selection so you ll only see CDs with a 4 5 rating 44 Linux starter pack LXFS13 base_started 44 Hidden rows Don t worry the other rows are just hidden rather than being deleted If you want to get back to the original view of your table which means removing any filter or sorting you can click the button that shows a picture of a filter with across over it 2 Deleting forever careful If there s a row you don t want you can delete it by right clicking on the grey bar on its left and choosing Delete Rows Remember deleting a row is permanent once it s deleted it s gone forever 15 4 08 11 15 23 OpenOffice org Base S N 38 Back to main When you re done editing your table close the window and you ll be back to the main Base window To the right of the table list you ll see the word None click the arrow next to it then choose D
214. ive it a try precise right click on the icon choose Preferences then go to the Location tab and find the nearest city to you You ll also find lots of little utilities in there that are particularly helpful for laptop users including a battery charge monitor volume controls screen brightness and more These little panel apps are great because they nearly always solve just one task they solve it really well and they take up hardly any screen space when you aren t using them Application launchers At the top of the Add To Panel window are two buttons that are particularly useful Application Launcher and Custom Application Launcher Ubuntu creates three application launchers for you by default they sit just next to the System menu and link to Firefox Evolution and the system help You can create more by using these two special panel items the Application Launcher option creates a shortcut to a program that already exists in your Applications menu and the Custom Application Launcher lets you create a shortcut to anything you want on your system As an example let s take the Gimp image editing app Right click on the panel and choose Add To Panel When the Add To Panel window appears click on Application Launcher You ll be shown a list of available programs Open up the Graphics category 3 w Bi Eis rera irienn h mrar oom ia ee ee Se E be e m ol m i a a ia Time e Pom oia e ee oe ee mf u bik
215. joy then try some of the following sites www openprinting org Part of the Linux Foundation you ll find a comprehensive list of printers along with a breakdown of the level of compatibility that you can expect from Linux http hplip sourceforge net The official HP website dedicated to the HP laserjet and inkjet range of printers You can find techical documentation FAQs and other information that may be of help to you if you have an HP printer www canon europe com Support software linux An official Linux driver download area for a limited number of Canon Pixma printers However these are unsupported by Canon themselves If you have a Canon printer and would like to register your interest in getting a Linux driver then click the Other Printer Users hyperlink and let them know Linux starter pack 93 15 4 08 18 03 02 N LAIS a ZIN Printing o that s the initial plug and play installation of a printer as well as some of the configuration options that you can set In this next section we re going to show you how to set up a printer that uses a network interface something which is becoming more and more common We ll also take a look at sharing printers with other computers after all what s the use of a printer if only one computer out of several can access it Finishing off this tutorial we ll examine how you can use the CUPS web interface to configure your printers neatly bypassing the GUI printer configuration So yo
216. l drawing a blank it s time to reach out to other members of the open source community and ask for help Very few people are naturally good at asking for help online most of us ask the teenage kid Read the manuals first and if that fails search the web If your question has a very obvious answer that you could have found in the man page or by running the most basic query on Google you can expect the rather abrupt answers RTFM Read The Fine Manual or STFW Search The Flipping Web These are meant to be a little insulting as the person clearly thinks you haven t actually tried to answer the question yourself Keep in mind that a lot of these people are naturally very blunt spoken and don t mean to hurt your feelings 2 Don t ask to ask your question just ask That is rather than saying Is this the right place to ask a question about Perl just go ahead and ask the question If you re in the wrong place you will be told EJ if your question starts with can it s probably best you don t continue If you want to know whether something is possible the answer is try it If it doesn t work then either y Linux starter pack 125 15 4 08 11 45 05 2 N gt Help and resources jere EE jpet Gee pee j Hai Gar i a e j L ee pbs iri m hea T eee T 5 E LEIJE pii EBak EE Tiu a y x Tiape para pam a a jar deo Sees eee foe e em e Bis fe ed ee nR ar eee r eet dager ae TE
217. l option As you have only one pattern it will be automatically selected and applied If it doesn t look right tweak the original pattern object and repeat from step 5 out your word Select all the text and choose Text gt Text And Font from the menu Choose a nice font and size for your object Linux starter pack 47 LXFS13 stationery 47 14 4 08 20 03 31 F Desktop publishing sd A Sates Bem ees j d Eg ad miij b na Hiie ee ee irn eet ld et ge sitaioari pA fale A gt 4 QQA Dat Ai TOL 2 i M A E ee ee E E qi A r Or p et We A A al a o F hyre e E a a Now use the Line tool from the left hand panel and draw a bar across the top of the text Click once to start then hold down the Control key to lock the angle Draw a straight line over the top of the text F pi e ba jar ee ee face 0 A caf QQA Dat am PTEN a2 EEE E Ha Eep E ee ie i i magm ULE ELL ee be a a i s PF ie Pa F E ad i E kd i i GE i FE i A E 7 Duplicate the line by pressing the Control and D keys The new line will appear on top of the first Now just use the Down arrow key to nudge it down until it is a suitable distance under the text E Fen i U 4 mam i ha kimie les ns E p eee zi T ieee hfe E i F peH P a ee al T 7 mei ot en We Rents uaa ee rT EF E i L Bak Pombo el Hi mios ord PERRETE E l ak
218. l show you the function entered in that cell and you can edit it directly here Columns labels start at A and go on to IV i Rows are numbered Drag the dividers to get larger row heights Cells on the grid show their value and may have different styles depending on their properties eg could be formatted to turn red when negative Charts can be embedded or standalone and can refresh to show current values EE Notes individual cells can have non printing notes attached indicated by a small dot in the Fall io ae Mt F E L T E es E _ _ Ce i ey 8 a Pa EF eC T ae Ahri HH HHHH Ii 2 BB i i e Ls Rn Rn m Fn Fn Rn Rn Rn Rn Rn Rn Rn a l TEE T T wn E S lo ni isis Is is month top right corner of the cell Hold the mouse over them to see the note 2 Hyperlink all sorts of objects can be embedded into a spreadsheet This is a working hyperlink which will also work when exported to PDF Embedded graphic an imported OLE object in this case a graphic that was created in Ooo Draw EA Sheet tabs by default there are three sheets to each document Right click to add more or rename existing sheets to something more meaningful Status bar includes a handy timesaver the right hand area contains a current sum and average for the selected area of cells J Ce Linux starter pack 35 LXFS13 calc_started 35 15 4 08 11 15 46 gt Functions that referen
219. ld change the output medium option to the way you intend to show your presentation we chose screen because this will be shown on a computer Click Next they are pictures from a sailing holiday In this situation a nice blue slide theme would complement the pictures Finally if you are already an experienced PowerPoint user don t just skip over this introduction you might find a few hints and tips in here that will help you migrate to OOo Impress The techniques shown here are common to all Impress presentations you ll learn how to create Slides assemble text and pictures add animations and build up a finished presentation from scratch which are the real fundamentals of OOo Impress With that out of the way let s get started EJ Animation effects If you want to set a default slide animation effect you can do that now But we d recommend you leave it off it s best to add effects as needed rather than as a rule However if you ever want to create an automated slideshow that moves from Slide to slide without your input you can set that here For now just click Next 15 4 08 11 16 04 EJ The opening slide Wizard results Colour changing OOo Impress can create a very basic opening slide OK the OOo Impress presentation wizard has To change the title colour from salmon to white for us just as a Starting point To utilise that enter finished and has magicked up this simple but click on
220. lick New give it a brief summary then click Save to dismiss the window This will immediately appear in the reminder list for the Ubuntu clock you can even mark it as done by clicking the small checkbox next to its name and you don t even have to run Evolution Free or busy Once you start using Evolution to store your calendar events it s a small step to go from there to sharing your calendar with your colleagues so that everyone can see whether you are ee Pt l B w ian i me Lina a Bi Dal mi ee g o E a hh ime UE E lt gt Make an appointment left and have it appear in the Gnome clock automatically right P mag ee hn g Sy 1 i i 4 E rsa EH E E Linux starter pack 27 14 4 08 20 03 07 free or busy on a particular date To try this out go to Edit gt Preferences gt Calendar And Tasks then choose the Calendar Publishing tab and click on Add to create a new publishing location In the new window that appears choose Publishing Location Here s where it gets a bit more complicated in order for everyone to be able to read your calendar information you need to send it to a shared location If you have an FTP server a Windows server with a shared folder a Linux server with SSH directory and you re done Back in the Calendar tab you need to choose which calendar you want to synchronise to the server then click OK when you have finished The
221. ll need to tell the client If you re both on the same network you can find your IP address from the System gt Administration gt Fish Fillets NG is a re creation of a puzzle game that was popular in the 90s and eventually released as freeware in 2002 orn on D Crack Attack only really comes alive when you can find someone to play it with Crack Attack soon becomes a manic attempt to keep on top of things Network Tools window by selecting Ethernet Interface or wireless from the drop down Network device list It s worth the trouble because two player Crack Attack games are about as much fun as you can have with your Linux box The gameplay is exactly the same as with single player except that when you get more than a single line those lines are added to your rival s screen This leads to a mental tug o war as the two players try to push the other off the top of the screen Great fun 15 4 08 11 58 04 Trackballs Marble Madness back in the 1980s then you ll understand exactly what you have to do in Trackballs It s a modern interpretation of the marble rolling game replacing the two dimensional isometric graphics with a real three dimensional environment You have to roll a steel ball bearing across varying surfaces and past terrifying hazards in a quest to get the ball from one end of the map to the other You can use either the mouse or the cursor keys but the mouse gives you a fine
222. ller change the odd colour show a logo if you want to but generally plain means plain Graphical themes These have attractive pictures in the background often with a face browser 66 Linux starter pack 15 4 08 16 02 36 LXFS13 multi 66 D gt The System Monitor can tell you which programs are taking up your CPU time and makes it easy for you to terminate them another person comes to use the computer just click System gt Preferences gt Quit and choose Switch User This will put you back to the main login screen where the other person can log in as normal when they are done just log in as yourself again and everything will be where you left it Of course the problem with this is that sometimes you leave a user logged in then wonder why things are going a bit Slow for your own programs chances are that other user has left something running in the background that s chewing up a lot of CPU time If you find this happens to you go to System gt Administration gt System Monitor and choose the Processes tab By default this shows the programs you are running but if you go to View gt Active Processes it will only show you the programs that are running right now For example if you find out that one user is running the a particularly large program that s taking up too much CPU time you can kill that program by selecting it and choosing End Process Easy uF The Login Window Prefe
223. loating Close Master View button to go back to the first Slide Add a second slide i Title tweaking Removing text boxes There s only so much you can do witha single slide Change the title to be a one line description of your If you look carefully you ll see a thin grey box so let s add a second one right click in the Slides first picture then click the Centre button from the around your picture that s the text box behind it pane on the left of the Impress window and choose toolbar Now drag a picture from your computer As we re just showing a picture here that text box New Slide from the menu that appears This will into the mpress window and it will appear in the isn t needed so you can either delete it by selecting have the basic layout from the master slide so it ll Slide You can drag around the green boxes on the it and hitting the Delete key or you can just click the be dark blue with a title and some text edges to resize the picture Title Only slide layout from the right it s the first one on the third row of layouts Linux starter pack 39 LXFS13 impress_started Sec1 39 D 15 4 08 11 16 08 LWS ME A q OpenOffice org Impress The more slides the merrier Now go ahead and add a few more slides giving each one its own title and its own picture Don t be afraid to try some of the other layouts from the Layout pane because it adds some variation For example why not try making every third
224. lowing simple arithmetic spelling and even page to see how well your child is going algebra All feature beautiful after they ve some time playing games With so many activities to choose from GCompris should presentation including spoken The main application can be found inthe keep your children entertained for hours instructions for many and everything Games menu under Educational suite should be clear enough that your child GCompris A few moments later you will can play unattended be presented with the Home screen It s Before you get started with the from here that you or your child can age range of the games you need to create an account launch any games they may want to children whe are for your child so that their progress can play Each game can be found under a going to play to the Boards view From here you can gt You can fine tune GCompris to the be monitored and the games list tuned to their ability The administration window is launched from the Education menu From here you can even configure GCompris for classes of children For individual players just click on the Profiles button followed by Add Click on OK to make the changes then switch Sudoku here can be few people who haven t discovered the joys of Sudoku in the newspaper on the train journey home With Linux it s also possible to play when you get home although that might not always be a good thing if you ve got a life to get
225. lso has a couple of features that can make your life easier You can make notes in the corners of the blank squares by double clicking in either the top or bottom half and typing your note These are commonly used to write down numbers that can potentially be used within the square The highlighter button can also help to read across the current column and row Clicking on Hint will fill the note field with a list of possible values for the selected square and as a last resort you can click on Fill to automatically add the correct number to the current square But where would be the fun in that Perhaps Sudoku s popularity is a direct result of the terrible train service we endure in the UK If it weren t for constant delays none of us would have the time to play it Linux starter pack 59 15 4 08 11 58 03 IS Games Fish Fillets NG t first glance Fish Fillets NG A might not look like the average puzzle game For a start the two main characters are fish and the cartoon graphics don t look all that challenging But from the first level you ll be hooked sorry The objective is to get both fish out of the level and you can control either the large fish or the small fish by switching between them with the Space bar using the cursor keys to move them around You spend most of your time pushing objects around each level nudging them with your fishy nose And this is where danger lurks If th
226. lthough it only handles text it can colour code what you type if you re programming run scripts handle projects and it even embeds a command line into the window K3b The standard CD and DVD writing tool for KDE K3b is generally acknowledged to be the easiest way to write to optical media and you can use it to take backups and write ISO files to disc KDE The K Desktop Environment was originally known as the Kool Desktop Environment KDE uses the Qt toolkit for drawing its interfaces and the two teams work very closely together KDE is known for having a strong focus on features although increasingly developers are choosing to focus on its usability KDE Wallet The KDE standard way for storing user passwords and personal information needed by KDE applications Kernel The core of any operating Fs tea kumpi pee Bee De fee Lele n d G EN KEET Boeri yig ee HELL etry ee i eh bm mks eee T Ft resi bms err m no ey PE a4 reel onk Mar i erat bgt a p t EE i ek ee E l Ca fe Di a aera mic an pare fr Sl eee oer pers Glossary IST S system is known as the kernel and it s this part that handles running programs allocating resources monitoring devices and receiving user input Technically speaking Linux is only the kernel of the operating system everything else is taken from other projects Kicker The long control bar that by default runs along the bottom of
227. ly works Over the next few sections we will be looking at more advanced features of the spreadsheet and how to perform simple and complex tasks En FH ji SS Ee e j BN le rE Pe p m af es ae ee E e a amp isg s Fit BSS kt D oS A E es a amp E a E Ee S Calc ZN F gt Some functions need a range of values to work properly so get used to working with them gt Cutting and pasting functions automatically updates relative cell references unless you use the before the column or row or both as H SE F Linux starter pack 37 15 4 08 11 15 49 7x7 OpenOffice org Impress Get started with Impress Learn how to make a slideshow of your photos using OpenOffice org s presentation tool very proud parent or intrepid traveller loves E to share their pictures with their friends family and just about everyone who stands still long enough But the age of the plastic photo album is long gone if people are going to sit through 200 slides of your trip to Bognor Regis they at least want to see them in vibrant colour with some explanation of what s going on This is the perfect use for OOo Impress because it s a presentation tool at heart and has lots of clever ways to make your slides be more exciting In this tutorial you ll learn how to create a photo Slideshow using mpress and also how to add text and animations to the effects to mak
228. mixing large right click on the black space above the channel in the mixer projects as well satisfying modest home studio requirements view Select New Plugin from the pop up menu and you ll be If you want to see what it s capable of why not invite your old presented with the list of plugins From here you can add any bandmates over and give it a go plugin with one click and you ll be returned to the mixer view If you ve ever used an application such as Cubase or Logic Double click on the plugin to open the editing window and Ardours main window should look familiar Audio tracks can click on Bypass to enable it You can change effect be added to the empty section with the audio for each track parameters as the audio plays but you might want to click on stretching as blocks to the right By default there s only one S in the track view as this solos the track muting the others track which is labelled master This track represents the When you re happy with your mix the final step is the output on your sound card To add further tracks right click on mixdown This is selected from the File gt Export menu and it the light grey border to the left and below the master track will generate a final audio file that includes all the effects as and select Stereo or Mono as a channel configuration If you well as your mix settings Share this file to become famous have a sound card with more than one input you can change the
229. n as virtual desktops Each desktop can have its own windows icons and wallpaper to distinguish it and you can move windows between desktops by right clicking on their title bar VNC Virtual Network Computing Is a simple remote control system for GUls In some distros it has been superseded by NX but you will usually be able to install it Widget A graphical user interface item such as a button a text entry box or a scrollbar Glossary gt j Window decorations he graphical elements that surround the title bar of a window Window decorations can be customised to look like the Minimize Maximize and Close buttons unique to Windows Window manager Lightweight graphical component that controls the look and behaviour of windows and manages user input to those windows Wine Recursive acronym for Wine Is Not an Emulator Wine is a port of various Windows libraries to Linux so that native Windows applications can run on Linux without modification There are two forks of Wine known as WinexX for DirectX based games and CrossOver Office for Microsoft Office and Photoshop x86 x86 64 x86 is the standard PC architecture made popular by Intel From the 386 onwards x86 chips have been capable of 32 bit processing but newer chips use the x86 64 architecture invented by AMD to provide 64 bit computing with backwards compatibility X11 The standard graphical desktop system for Linux and many other operating system
230. n ber ee pehe era Temp Pew a lje rae gt To install the Compiz dees configuration iaia manager you pumn Pia need to search for compizconfig in Synaptic Ta ppr epar Dogg eee i dee paa ee ie eee r missili Ee e ee teihea moi es ea raiik piina h g PLE Ma Seer ee jha arp pery Pr ee igari Bam iy pm hugen misi jOE mpjpiad ieee lirema a M Linux starter pack 69 15 4 08 11 57 36 N A SND Desktop effects gt Many plugins are useful including this one the Ring Switcher It lets you switch between running applications using a preview of the running window 70 Linux starter pack LXFS13 compiz 70 ur favourite Compiz plugins With so many plugins to choose from we thought we d save you some time by highlighting a few we cant do without here are dozens of Compiz plugins and thanks to the rather dubious naming conventions used by the Compiz Configuration Manager it s not at all easy to divine what they re supposed to do It s made worse by their inaccurate categorisation with things like a plugin for adding caps onto the desktop cube found in the Utility category But don t despair Here s a selection of the plugins we think you should take a look at Eye candy If you wondered why all our screenshots had a subtle reflection on the floor of the rotating desktop cube wonder no longer It s the Cube Reflection effect and this can be found under the Effects categ
231. n force an item to be permanently deleted immediately which is a smart move if the document is confidential Over in the Display tab you can choose what information is shown about your files By default Nautilus will only show the file size and only then if you zoom in enough but using these options you can have it show the file type modification date owner permissions and more Linux starter pack 21 15 4 08 11 57 55 Browse the web Get on More speed more features and more safety than any other web browser around get started using Firefox Firefox is a simple and fast web browser at its core but those who want more features have a lot to explore in Firefox s add ons see p24 22 Linux starter pack LXFS13 web 22 lot of people take the world wide web for granted but then a lot of people haven t tried Firefox it s a relatively young project that aims to revolutionise the way we use the internet and has already attracted millions of users There are lots of things you could attribute Firefox s success to It supports web standards very well much better than Internet Explorer for example It was built for strong security so problems are not often found and major problems ie ones that can be exploited remotely are very rare indeed It comes with lots of powerful functionality as standard including tabbed browsing an integrated search box and even search predictions It has a po
232. n getting more open source software Downloading files is of course what BitTorrent was designed to do but when you re downloading a file there are a few other things you should know about First you can pause BitTorrent downloads then later on pick up where you left off Unlike downloads from the web this isn t a hit and miss affair as long as someone somewhere is still active on that download swarm you will always be able to pick up where you left off This works because the BitTorrent protocol is designed to take very large files even 4GB distro sized files and split them up into 4MB chunks that are then passed around the swarm So If you pause your download BitTorrent knows how many of those chunks you already have and can just pick up from there when you resume magic If you pause a download then reboot your computer you need to take one of two steps to pick up your download from where you left off If you downloaded the Torrent file rather than selecting Open With BitTorrent the best thing for you to do is to run BitTorrent directly and ask it to use the Torrent file to resume By default BitTorrent doesn t appear in the Ubuntu menu so right click on Applications choose Edit Menus select the Internet category and ensure the BitTorrent menu item is selected Now you can go to Applications gt Internet gt BitTorrent when it asks you for a meta file just select the Torrent AVP ES TY MUHE n a Pirrua W
233. n straight away But if you right click just to the left of that username a menu will appear that starts with Add To Panel This is where you get to add all sorts of weird and wonderful things to your panel for example Address Book Search Need to look up contacts regularly Don t bother opening up a dedicated program because this lets you search for someone right from your desktop Fish Puts an animated fish into your panel As if that weren t great enough you can click the fish to get some sage words of advice and occasional random comedy What s the difference between a dead dog in the middle of the road anda dead lawyer in the middle of the road There are skid marks in front of the dog Eyes People who occasionally manage to lose their mouse on the screen need never worry again this pair of eyes will follow your every move Weather report This will download the latest weather predictions for your approximate area To make it more gt Right click on a spare part of a panel then choose Add To Panel there are lots of things you can try here but don t go overboard 15 4 08 11 57 52 Tomboy and you One of the coolest panel apps is called Tomboy it s like having your own personal wiki because you can create links out of any text which in turn become their own sticky notes that you can write to Tomboy also understands basic formatting emails pictures and other rich media g
234. n the Pictures folder and click on Open F Spot will now scan the folder for your images showing the results as thumbnails in the main few When this has completed click on Import to add them to F Spot If you need to find your photos in the filesystem F Spot uses Photos by default this is a different location to the one used by GThumb but this can be changed from the Preferences window NEEN a l LXFS13 photos 51 rawang Ten TT Site SSG Lad pare P27 D00 omer Comments The first thing you might want to do is add comments for the photos you ve just imported Comments are the 21st century equivalent of writing on the back of the photo and while it may seem slightly tedious to begin with you ll soon be grateful you took the time to write a line or two about what s going on in the photo To add a comment double click on the thumbnail to open the photo and use the Comment field just below the main window You can quickly skip through the album using the cursor keys adding acomment to each new image Comments like these are attached directly to the photo so you don t need to worry about saving your changes to a file Similarly you can add tags by dragging their icons from the left hand panel on to the photos you want to label Right click in the label panel to create your own and don t forget your photos can have more than one comment Organising f you ve ever used Apple s iPhoto you ll feel right at
235. n this new panel and select Add To Panel A window will open up Perfect PDFs that will allow you to choose from a range of applets Scroll down Under Windows had Adobe Acrobat Reader to help to the bottom and look for the Menu Bar entry left clicking and me work with PDFs but can t seem to find anything dragging it to the top left corner of the top panel Let go of the like it under Ubuntu really like Acrobat and would prefer to use it over the software that s supplied with Ubuntu because I m more familiar with Acrobat Selection tem t add te the panel orn i youn can alee direct drag and drop ierni orto tha panei aiii of Application Lanehar 9 Custom application Laurchar The PDF viewing tool that comes Au Ubuntu Evince is a little basic compared with Adobe Acrobat F E g LA tj so the simple solution is to just go to Address Book Deskbar Dictionary Look up Fish www adobe com and download Acrobat S yourself The default download for Linux is ae E Bp L anRPM file which is typically used by iii ii TEA iae aida Fedora and OpenSUSE but not much good for Ubuntu To get a package that s suitable for Ubuntu just click on the Different Language Or Operating System link select Linux x86 deb from the Installer drop down menu and click Continue Acrobat will then start to download choose to save it to your local disk in the pop up window that appears jain thi and after a few s
236. nable a true 3D environment that puts your desktop on a gt Games Yes Linux isn t just for serious people there s lots to do when you want to relax Most people refer to Linux to mean their entire computing desktop the word processors the games the MP3 players and well everything But technically Linux is actually just the core part of the system it looks after your hardware runs programs but generally stays out of the way This is known as the kernel because it really does sit at the centre of everything Now above Linux is just about everything else you ll be using OpenOffice org Firefox and such But remember the principle of Free Software is that anyone can take some programming code modify it as they see fit and release their own version In fact it s very rare for Linux to have just one program for a particular need For example OpenOffice org is a great office suite but you could also use AbiWord Gnumeric KWord or any number of other similar products And yes they are all free so you can try them and find which one solves your problem the best This need to be able to choose exactly what you run extends even further with the What is Linux What is a distro concept of a distribution usually abbreviated to distro There are hundreds perhaps even thousands of different Linux distros and each one has something unique or unusual about it For exampl
237. nd another page will load that looks quite different to the normal BBC News home page At the top Allows Firefoxto make tabs smaller you ll see a message saying Subscribe To This Feed Using browser tabs tabhinWidth 5 when you have lots of them open and a selection box where Live Bookmarks is the default rather than making you scroll around Click Subscribe Now and you ll be asked where you want to Ue E create the bookmark Leave the default selected and click OK and you re done When you open Firefox it will pick up where you left off Forces Firefoxto auto complete URLs from your history as youtype i browser urlbar autoFill true iheimraher trenyuh h Oph Blocking malware Down to select one One of the core things that Firefox does very well Is protect you fides ineereenarrowatineendc from web nasties aggressive advertising phishing websites browser urlbar hideGoButton true the Location bar let s face it no that masquerade as sites you trust and cookies that store one uses it unwanted information about you On the advertising front it used to be common practice to layout spellcheckDefault be swamped by adverts when visiting certain websites Worse these adverts were usually pop up style which means they Forces Firefoxto spellcheck text in single line text boxes as well as multi line text boxes network Httemacpersistent Allows your client to connect to appeared over what you were tr
238. ne every month that usually contains 20 or more pages of tutorials to help you get more from Linux along with subject introductions interviews product and distro reviews and features The advantage to reading the monthly editions is that you can slowly build up your collection following tutorial series that interest you and over time you ll find yourself the master of your new Linux box Aside from Linux Format several other magazines regularly print Linux tutorials guides and news stories that the fledgling Linux user is likely to find interesting PC Plus prints at least one Linux tutorial each month along with a great selection of news and reviews For a less experienced audience PC Answers prints beginners tutorials as does PC Format magazine If you re looking for more immediate coverage of a specific topic it s time to invest in a book or two Four major publishers sell books on Linux Apress sells technical books for technical readers that cover a wide range of highly niche topics This is not necessarily a bad thing in fact Apress has made quite a name for itself in finding new markets Unless you re already a well seasoned veteran Apress books probably aren t the best choice www apress com If you buy your copy of Linux you may be entitled to technical support from the distro maker Most versions of Linux are free or cost only a little to pay for media and shipping and therefore don t come with tec
239. neath the text because of the ordering of the layers You can change this order from the layer window by dragging each layer up and down Unfortunately unless you save your image using Gimp s native image format called XCF this layer information will be lost Saving your file as a JPEG or BMP for instance will flatten the image This means that each layer is merged into a single layer It will look exactly the same but you will no longer be able to process each layer separately Gimp has all the tools you d expect from a professional quality image processing app Here s a run down of what s on offer Selects rectangular regions Selects a hand drawn region Select regions by colour Foreground select tool Colour picker Measure angles and distances Align object and layers Rotate the layer or selection Shear the layer or selection Flip axis of layer or selection Create text for a new layer Fill area with colour or pattern oe Fill with colour gradient Pencil drawing tool hard edges Erase to background colour edges Draw in ink with brush shape Heal image irregularities Blur or sharpen Dodge or burn strokes Linux starter pack 57 LXFS13 photos 57 15 4 08 11 58 37 Me AIR a R mae Card games Solitaire Freecell Educational GCompris Sudoku Puzzle games Fish Fillets NG Crack Attack Arcade games Trackballs Pingus Adventure Battle for Wesnoth Egoboo Party
240. ng company you might want to consider hosting your own photos This obviously requires a little more technical ability but exporting an album is still an easy task If you ve got your own web space and you re using the PHP application Gallery F Spot can export images and create the necessary web pages automatically For this option select Export To Web Gallery from the Export menu In the window that appears press the large Add button and enter the details for your website including the full URL a username and password F Spot will then create a new album each time you export your images If you d rather do things by hand you can also export an HTML 15 4 08 11 58 33 kenge parnbz far J raai E b cviii gt Sometimes it s easier to export the files manually zip them into a single file and attach this to an email album that you can just place on a web browser F Spot does all the hard work for you Just select Folder as the export option and make sure you select Create Standalone Web Gallery You might also want to resize the images to something more manageable Clicking on OK will generate the website and place it in your home directory by default If you navigate to this folder and double click on the index html file you ll be able to see the website in the Firefox web browser When you re sure everything is correct just upload the folder to your web space to create an online album
241. nge under this dialog is the System Beep tab because here you can all sorts of other things to get Linux your way enable the Visual System Beep If you re working in a quiet environment or generally prefer having your system sounds Bye bye brown turned off the visual system beep option means that a window Choose System gt Preferences gt Appearance and a new will flash if it needs your attention or if you try to do something window will appear that lets you customise the theme that the program can t do background fonts and more all from one place The Theme tab is the best place to start because your Theme controls lots of things how buttons scrollbars and such these are knownas you take one theme as a base then change individual parts of controls are drawn what colours are used for windows and it to suit your own tastes So if you like the Human colours but other objects how the window is drawn the colouring as well prefer the Clearlooks icons just start with Human click on as the buttons used for minimising maximising and closing Customise then choose the Clearlooks icons from the list of and which icons are used for folders and other things on your available icon types We think you ll agree that it s very easy to filesystem There are several theme packs installed for you and make Linux look just how you want it to choosing any one of them will set all the theme options at once so that they go together
242. nges before it makes them Moj pe he et baa Fs bs ee Pls be crisi Be ay es ed LE r Baa ition d iaaa bikes I LE plen il paas arli oma l r areca fer rli TE pe eae ad ae pf he a eH rere Lhd persis hebras y ppi gee gee hy epg bet OMA Sa PL the ee Se ee ee or ee i a Ubuntu downloads its software from the internet so it will take a few seconds to download and install the packages you chose O ee S oh mark I few ed Eee l iw E Bgl a jo ob ih ae Dy eee aj Ph npr hag ee or ee k mma J ES Tii eid mirman mi e Petia omens Ei area i i whe g Hth j toporem z SELE a E E TEN TE Pe kiha pCR ha Benen Hatata piri th Po LLa a mts eds ee Jie h l Mari hi Wid worl oe Saba nh Hiis pad Ud fed lee pasatceet mm LLL pak et Wi ra pp ay aaa Mad dba a a er hiber ien breer rinpa ra P ia m raphi Get gates C P Ubuntu will show you a list of all the programs that have been installed Double click any of them to run them Linux starter pack 101 15 4 08 15 55 58 x AVD IN Get more software gt Synaptic gives you more control over package installation but menu but you can just double click on AbiWord in the New takes a little longer to learn application has been installed box to start it immediately If you ever want to remove a program just reverse the method uncheck the box and click Apply Using the Add Remove Applications system
243. ning By default videos will be removed automatically after ten days If you want to keep a video press on the Keep button on the video strip after it has been downloaded The video will then be appended to your Library and you can also add any other video files you may have on your hard drive and use Miroas an all encompassing media player aba seca pele ae mg ee Se a aa PLE ii a E ee a A a L a eee eee ee i n a r Fasit E TEREE E ae oO E qj og a om dokeel jE Biad abet H E lii errs p pmi E brri mit eriei eee A perir Seed briri ereh BBI Fa bim ikii Bibi ki Ha id es et MiL g Sl ee es ae ee a Be 1 iF it mi fi E A Biip deb phi Miad eieh allo j e eile HT a W e il ii Bo See fee beget me Fee Pri Faba Bere mirt bakai kir EZ Z EE 5 i fal i Eint BEJE BHAE _ Ea ee ee ne ee ee ee ee ee ee ee iai Z meee a aE E F BIj gesi TE Ee a E ETLI i Ain h Bprirrparla FD F aar ridan Pil bE Sbir m E eee l ed Fa TE heer eee r Tef FF eH ala Fallot ii gt You can search and download movies from YouTube as well as many other online video sites Linux starter pack 109 14 4 08 20 02 51 FIX Ans wers Answers Because of the community that s grown up around Linux there are loads of places to get help with any problems you might have including right here gt The unfortunately named Bum allows you to configure which services should and shouldn t be running 110 Linux
244. nk to that cell What s the point of that Well it becomes useful when copying and pasting functions or cell references Say you have a column A with prices in and you want to have another column with prices plus VAT In B1 you would enter the function A1 1 175 That s all simple enough But now say your column in A contains 100 prices It would take ages to manually enter the formulae for each element LXFS13 calc_started 37 new data x Function_type GROWTH FS F19 D8 D19 _ Function result Err 511 Calculates points on the exponential regression function new data Xloptional The array of X data for recalculating the values data_Y data_X Result in column B So you can simply copy and paste them select B1 and then hit Ctrl C to copy the contents Now click and drag to select all of the range B2 to B100 Now Press Ctrl V to paste the function in If you click on a cell in the B column say B13 you will see it contains the function A13 1 175 By default in pasting operations Calc will use relative references So if you copy something from B1 and put it in B4 all the cell references are adjusted by the same amount Sometimes you don t want this to happen and in those cases you should insert the symbol before the column or the row or both to lock it When you paste such values the exact reference is always maintained Now you know a little bit about how the spreadsheet actual
245. nment GnuCash Open source accounting system for the Gnome desktop environment It can import Quicken files create balance sheet reports manage your income and even print out cheques GPL GNU General Public License This is the foundation of free software allowing programmers to access modify redistribute and even sell source code with this licence under the condition that they grant others the same rights Unlike the BSD licence any program that uses GPL code must itself be licensed under the GPL or compatible licence Grub GRand Unified Bootloader Grub is similar to the Lilo bootloader in that they both allow you to choose which operating system you would like to boot However Grub has many more features than Lilo including the ability to edit the menu as the machine boots LXFS13 glossary Sec1 121 ai t yew rege Layer pols fla gie gals Ba Wap PF cu Scrpt Fu Fite F Fu gt Gimp is the only real choice for professional graphics development on Linux GTK The Gimp Toolkit This is a set of GUI controls that enable developers to build advanced user interfaces quickly and easily As you can guess by the full name GTK made its debut as part of Gimp development but it has since outgrown that program to be used as the general GUI toolkit for the Gnome environment GU Graphical user interface also known by the phrase Windows Icons Menus and Pointing devices WIMP A GUI repre
246. ns on your joystick check each game for more details Free updates I ve had a message appear on my desktop telling me P that there s a new version of Ubuntu something Xp called 8 04LTS What should do This is Ubuntu s way of telling you that development has finished on a new version of Ubuntu in this case version 4 8 04LTS The clever thing about Ubuntu is that it allows you a seamless upgrade path between different versions meaning that you can upgrade easily to the very latest version of Ubuntu In this case the only thing that you need to bear in mind is that it will take a fair amount of time to download and install all the software taf due ea 116 Linux starter pack LXFS13 answers 116 necessary to upgrade your system to the very latest set of packages so you should allow a few hours to do this depending on the speed of your internet connection Ubuntu itself provides 18 months support for each release with the exception of the LTS Long Term Support releases In these cases Ubuntu provides support for a total of three years for the desktop version and five years for the server version You should also be aware that Ubuntu only supports version by version upgrading so if you want to upgrade to 8 O4LTS you must first be running the previous version 710 Skipping a release is not allowed so you can t go from 7 04 to 8 04LTS you d have to first upgrade to 710 before moving to 8 04LTS
247. nting and scanning If your screen is 17 inches wide for instance it s working at 6ODPI 1024 17 If you scan a five inch photo at 600DPI it will be 3 000 pixels wide 6 multiplied by 600 and be about three times the width of your screen This means that if you want to send the image to someone with a similar screen to your own you need to reduce the image by at least 66 gt A 5 megapixel camera will generate images that are well over four times the size of a 1024x768 display P ri i gb Pra LXFS13 photos 55 _ y Linux starter pack 55 15 4 08 11 58 34 LXFS13 photos 56 N ZIN Working with photos Advanced photo editing with Gimp If no other tool can do the work you need it s time to get acquainted with Gimp It s the closest Linux users get to a native version of Adobe s Photoshop Linux developers aren t that good at coming up with good names for their work Gimp is possibly the worst example of this because the functionality that hides behind that ridiculous name makes Gimp a serious competitor to the likes of Adobe s Photoshop On the Linux desktop Gimp is the last word in image editing and photo manipulation If you need to fix something this is what you need to finish the task The only problem is that like its Adobe sibling this amount of flexibility brings complexity Gimp isn t easy to use and there s something of a learning curve This is a consequence of the trade off between
248. nts manually if you wish but most of the time Hugins automatic settings can t be beaten Hugin can also be used to alter and remove perspective from photos perfect for cityscapes and buildings y he end result is a seamless panorama Linux starter pack 53 15 4 08 11 58 29 LXFS13 photos 54 N ZIN Working with photos Sharing your photos Now that you ve got your photos organised and edited it s time to share them There s no point going to all this trouble with your photo collection if you re never going to let other people see them And in the age of the internet that means sharing your photos with people online There are as many different methods for uploading as there are websites from sharing a few images privately with family and friends to turning your camera lens into a window on your life for the whole internet to see it s up to you F Spot the application we ve been using for managing and editing our photos can export your images to many of the more popular photo websites as well as your own if you run one You can see which sites are supported by opening the File gt Export menu The list includes names like Flickr Picasa Web Albums and SmugMug Each of these is an online photo repository The first two offer a free hosting service for your own photos while all three offer commercial packages that are tuned for the more serious photographer If you want an informal
249. o do is add your name to the User Data panel under the top option This information will then be embedded into every application you work with making your changes easier to trace The next thing you should check is the default language This can be found under the Language Settings menu on the right side of the Options window The Language Settings panel is where as you might expect you can 15 4 08 11 16 41 change the default language used by Writer and all the other applications You can also change the language used by the user interface and for the text content in documents and it s Writer where the effect of this setting will be felt the most as the dictionaries and word replacements you use while editing documents are all affected by the dictionary you re using But the most obvious place where you ll see the effects of the language you choose is in spell checking Essential information Like nearly all word processors of the last 10 years as well as presenting your text ina WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get fashion Writer uses a toolbar to provide quick access to all the most common options for a quick reference to what action each item on the tool bar represents see the Writer the toolbar at a glance box at the bottom of this page The small toolbar icons might not look familiar but the functions behind them will be For example the first four icons on the top left of the display will let you create a new document
250. o that it plays all the media you use every day Playing video DVDs As mentioned before DVD playback support is hindered on Ubuntu Linux straight after installation There are various issues with copyright and software patents surrounding the technology to decode encrypted video DVDs that is nigh on every video DVD around so the Ubuntu Linux team errs on the side of caution and doesn t include it However if you want Bei fi ie nave ij Settings Audio Video Navigation Help Wi d to add support to play back DVDs here s what you need to do internet connection required First open a command line window by clicking Applications Accessories and Terminal Don t worry we re not going to do anything complicated In fact it s easiest this way instead of faffing around in the Synaptic package manager Enter this command exactly it s case sensitive sudo apt get install libdvdread3 You will be prompted to enter your password then the libdvdread3 package which provides access to encrypted DVDs will be downloaded and installed The whole process will take a minute or two Next we need to enter a second command to activate the decoder sudo usr share doc libdvdread3 install css sh Lastly we want to install the VLC media player an excellent program that s much better than the default Totem media player for watching DVDs Enter sudo apt get install vlc This will download about 7MB of files so you ll h
251. oblem however don t panic One of the most common problems relates to video card recognition the operating system tries to detect the hardware in your machine can t recognise it and leaves you in text mode If this happens to you reset your PC and choose the second option from the Ubuntu Linux boot menu the one that says safe graphics mode Now the operating system will use a failsafe video driver one that isn t as powerful as the normal drivers but will still get you up and running Getting help If you re unsure about anything during the installation process or if you ve come across a problem that you re not sure how to solve you can get help at various places online Because of the millions of combinations of PC hardware out there it s impossible to provide a definitive list of fixes for any operating system so you need to state your problem clearly www ubuntuforums org is one of the busiest Linux forums on the internet with over 500 000 users helping one another out when problems arise These forums are separated into distinct sections at this stage you should post your message in the Installation amp Upgrades section Ubuntu s forums are very friendly and you re likely to get a quick response but there are a few guidelines to take note of before you post anything Be specific The more information the better but stay on topic Just saying It won t boot gets you nowhere people need to know wh
252. ocument This gives you a quick preview of the data in the selected table Create report Now let s create a way to print off your CD collection quickly This is best done using a report which is a neatly formatted version of your table So click the Reports tab then look for the button at the top marked Use Wizard to Create Report Rate my CDs From the window that appears choose the Name Artist and Rating fields from your CDs table then click the gt button This adds all the fields to the report meaning that you want them all be shown If you want to add all the fields just click gt gt Z Now it s personal The next screen lets you choose how the fields are named in the report For example you might want your Rating field to be marked as My Personal Rating This is more important if you have field names like LineManagerName that look bad when printed out e m s x i s a a em cs m E Grand designs Now you get to choose how your report ought to look The default layouts aren t great but that s OK having a complicated design for a report just makes the information look cluttered Choose something simple then click Finish LXFS13 base_started 45 23 Grouping levels When you click Next you can add grouping levels to your report which is helpful if you have categories in your table For example if we had a Typ
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254. oes wrong with your hard drive or your laptop is stolen With the right backups you can get back on your feet quickly and easily financial hassles aside Of course disc burning isn t just limited to backups Often you ll want to make a CD R or DVD R of files to give to a friend or colleague such as work related documents or family photos Ubuntu Linux makes this easy disc burning support is built right into the system so you don t have to splash out on expensive third party software or wrestle with time limited shareware tools On page 76 s guide you ve seen how to burn discs for media files here we ll show you how to back up any kind of data Naturally your PC will need some form of disc burner internal or external if you re going to follow this guide Going further The disc burning software supplied with Ubuntu Linux as explained in these steps is very straightforward and light on features If you want more versatility and power though we recommend installing a program called Brasero which is available via Ubuntu Linux s online package repositories Click on System Menu gt Administration gt Synaptic Package Manager then search for brasero and install it The package will be downloaded from the internet and installed on to your system With a fast ADSL internet connection this shouldn t take more than a couple of minutes E Sy i i A sai Homa Fadar z A Cesktop oe Cenc uric Ss Pubic E Piciu
255. olitaire You have to shuffle the columns around to free the cards you need starting with the aces which need to be placed in the four cells top right building the suits just as you do in Solitaire There s more strategy involved as you attempt to free the cards you need by moving cards across columns and into the freecells Linux games Games might not be the main reason why you ve tried Linux but it s likely to be one of the main reasons you don t look back What we look at of the pack laid down to the side a pile known as the stock The idea of the game is to build four piles for each suit starting with the ace and working up to the king You can move cards across the columns as long they form a descending sequence of alternating colours The top card of each column must always be turned over and when you can do no more shuffling around with the columns the top card from the stock is turned over and you can choose to take this If you re more used to the three card deal from the stock you can enable this option from the Klondike menu Of 1 ie d rt at W 1 Gi i i M 7 homebrew DIY games community This means that while many Linux games won t have quite the same production values that you may be used to with a commercial release they more than make up for this with their creativity and innovation It s a little like how gaming used to be before consoles made it big business
256. on in the bottom right of the buddies list This on oe will open a file requester from where you can navigate to your AOE Ik iiim ml image After it s selected Pidgin will resize the image Most ee tc tea amaes ia aie protocols only use small images of 64x64 pixels so your oa image needs to be easy to see You can see it has replaced the original icon in the bottom right of the buddies list and it s this image that people will see when they chat to you i gt There are loads of plugins to choose from our favourite Plugins translates one language to another in real time The best way to add things to Pidgin is through its wonderful plugin system If you ve not come across plugins before Buddy ticker If the vertical Buddies List takes up too much they re separate modules that can be enabled to add room try the Buddy Ticker It creates a sideways scrolling functionality to an application They re left optional so that equivalent that takes up less room your contacts slide users can pick and choose which ones they prefer It s a little across a narrow window on your screen and you can use this like adding extensions to Firefox for instance The plugins list exactly like the normal window for starting conversations window is opened by selecting Plugins from the Tools menu This window lists each plugin with an enable box to the left ofa Contact availability This is a clever plugin It monitors what
257. on menu A track will appear for everything Iry adding an effects plugin to other parameters directly into your project the fader data Select Write from the top right the track and select a parameter from the Automation options appear when you click ona button and any fader moves you make inthe mixer automation pop up menu Use manual mode track s A button will be recorded to draw automation by hand Linux starter pack 107 LXFS13 bestof 107 D 14 4 08 20 02 47 PN 20 top apps Stellarium Thanks to Linux you can gaze at the stars even without windows If you don t know your longitude and latitude many websites now offer a Google Maps modification that give you the details you need when you simply click on a map equivalent of one of those domed theatres where the stars and constellations are projected on to the internal Surface of the dome Like the theatre Stellarium is a projection of the night sky but instead of using a dome it uses your screen When you start Stellarium from the Applications gt Education menu the first thing you have to do is set your current location After the application has loaded and you ve been suitably impressed by the super realistic view click on the small spanner icon in the bottom left toolbar This is the configuration panel and you need to click on the Location tab The window will now show a map of the world so you can locate your nearest city This window hides one of Stellarium s b
258. on the Borders toolbar toolbars will also open automatically when you Clicking on the More button will let you limit the icon lets you choose between several Border styles select a table you re already working on parts of the table affected by the AutoFormat style Experiment with the other icons for other styles 32 Linux starter pack LXFS13 writer_started 32 15 4 08 11 16 44 he OpenOffice org oe 2 Writer Microsoft Office and PDF Output Compatibility You can save your documents in a format that can be opened by Microsoft s Office apps All your formatting tables and lists are preserved You can also load most Office documents Select Save As from the File menu to get to the Save requester B Microsoft Word compatible By default OOo uses an open format ODT For best MS compatibility choose Microsoft Word 97 2000 XP doc for your document in the Save As Type drop down list You can then send this file to people using Word without any problems S 7 Writer Insert images pnz ss g Blom TL id Bee A See es a Ta Er ee r Adding graphics You often need to insert pictures or clip art into your documents and this can be done by selecting Picture gt From File from the Insert menu There are plenty of other formats that you can insert too but images are the most common Size and position After the image has loaded and been inserted into your document resize it by dragging the e
259. option in Pidgin it will use port 80 This is the same port that web browsers use so it should definitely work AIM uses TCP and UDP port 5190 Ekiga uses Se es Text replacement This plugin will many different ports and installing Stun as requested replace certain strings you type in the by the install wizard solves most connection gt Many firewalls feature predefined rules for letting message window with those you want problems Most firewalls will have the option to enable VolP and instant messaging through l f them replaced with This is useful for common VolP SIP Video Conferencing ports and you l long words or even for automatically Psychic mode Pidgin knows when a contact starts to type a message to you With this plugin enabled it will open the message window before the message is even sent You can tell when someone is typing because a small keyboard icon appears in the top right of the chat window This is essential when you re both in full flow im m m E Se im i E lt mo m Ei Fimi ees should do this if you re having problems you want to use by creating static IP addresses and l l l If your machine is connected to the internet routes from one connection to the next If your router correcting common mistakes You might through more than one router this can also cause NAT has the facility use NAT on your router to forward all want to replace youve with you ve for
260. or your password This is a fairly hefty download 34MB so if you re on a dial up connection you ll need to leave it for a few hours After the download has finished you ll be prompted to view the licence so read through it and press Tab then Enter to proceed You ll then be asked to confirm your choice press the left cursor key and Enter again Once the installation has completed you can purge the downloaded packages by entering sudo apt get clean Now start Firefox and browse to a site with Java such as www javatester org and check that the installation works For RealPlayer open a terminal again and enter sudo apt get install mozilla helix player This download is approximately 4MB After installation you should be able to restart Firefox and view RealMedia content on websites or you can run a standalone player by clicking Applications gt Sound amp Video gt Helix Player If you re wondering about the name Helix is an open source project from RealNetworks Fi File Play view Tools FialLe la yor Tweaking your Ubuntu Linux system No doubt you ve already explored the System menu on your Ubuntu Linux installation and have discovered the various settings and options you can change However there are other aspects of the desktop and operating system that you can fine tune these aren t accessible to normal users by default but with an extra download they become available Open a terminal window and en
261. ory Opening the configuration window for the effect will let you change the colour of the ground near and far as well as the amount of reflection There are also several different reflection modes you can choose Another effect is Wobbly Windows You re either going to love it or hate it and if you suffer from any kind of motion sickness you d best avoid the enable button The Wobbly Window effect does just what it says turning your windows into jelly When you drag them across the desktop inertia and friction play a part in how they re drawn It either looks really cool or totally unusable but you can tame the distortion a little by increasing the friction and reducing the spring from the plugin s options page You should also look at the Minimize plugin This gives you the option of changing the way a window is reduced to the icon in your taskbar and it features some excellent transitions T rm Has a Te 5 mn a es IHi gt Many plugins have a bewildering array of options but Rotate Cube is the worst offender There are several other effects that are fun for a while but you ll want to turn them off to get some work done The Motion Blur plugin makes window movement look a little like an F1 Grand Prix and it also takes a serious toll on your graphics card Cube Gears places some cogs into the middle of the desktop cube Water Effect and Paint Fire on the screen add a crude app
262. ou think you have found a bug you should do the right thing and try to report it hopefully someone will look into it and be able to fix it for others If it is determined that the bug isn t real at least you tried The first thing to do if you think you ve found a bug is to figure out how to reproduce it as simply as possible If you can get Firefox to crash ona given site every single time that s great if you need to go to several sites in Sequence press a certain key combination hold down Ctrl Alt Shift and sing the part of Susanna from the Marriage of Figaro the chances are the developers won t be able to help you Once you have a reproducible test case discuss it with others on IRC mailing lists message boards or wherever you feel appropriate It is important that others be able to verify the bug so that you Lar Linux users that meet up in universities and pubs across the world to chat about open source software offer training and exchange ideas If you are using a laptop and have a question the best thing you can do is take that Spira r oy iog charted know it s not a problem with your configuration Finally once others have verified your bug and you have made the test case as simple as possible it s time to submit it to the developers Most open source projects have an obvious way to submit bugs such as http bugzilla mozilla org for Mozilla and Firefox and http bugs php
263. ou want to open it with Bit Torrent or save it to disk Chances are you want to open it straight away so just click OK es Pei i lii HE A a SS pl EE a t i mF o fachora Pedara Por Yii eJl jep ia immtai b kass Se m g jaia a jiji bie Prb b Ea a IE EE oo hi i ia Eei iii mi me Wep Bey l E B Feiora Geesknegs Liun Padi m A Le ee a e F Check your progress This is the download screen and the one you ll be seeing most of the time It shows you how much data has been transferred and how much time is remaining until the download completes Note the Stop button that s for pausing downloads a ee ee aP E P g ee rerna p ree eh ee ee rate q Ferinra n ge i ee eerie SP es ee ee Bee What s going on The Events tab is important for times when your download isn t working if the tracker goes down or if your network connection suffers problems you ll read about it here Linux starter pack 91 14 4 08 19 49 29 N ZN Printing Setting up Getting your printer to work with Ubuntu is simple just follow this tutorial to get the inside information on how to do it The easiest way to set up a printer is simply to plug it into your computer If Ubuntu detects that a printer has been connected you ll see a Small icon appear in the taskbar with a magnifying glass indicating that Ubuntu is searching for information and drivers about the prin
264. our fields the type of data Name Artist and Rating By default Base will set INTEGER This holds whole numbers such as 3 9 they hold and their description you can ignore these to have the TEXT VARCHAR data type and 349083439 Change Rating to be Tiny Integer that last one Field names are things like First which means it holds variable length text That is INTEGER This holds whole numbers up to 127 Name Address etc Name could hold Hello or Supercalifragilistic expialidocious Unique numbering Primary key Name your table That ID field will hold a number that s unique to Every table should have a primary key which is a That s your table design done so click the little disk every CD we add to this collection so we don t unique value that identifies a row For example if in the toolbar to save your work This prompts you really want to be entering it ourselves So click that you have two versions of the same album the to give your table aname within the database so field then look at the boxes of the bottom change primary key lets you specify exactly which one you enter CDs then click OK Note this is not a the AutoValue value from No to Yes mean Fortunately our ID value is exactly this so filename it s just internal to your database right click on the green triangle next to the ID field and click Primary Key Linux starter pack 43 LXFS13 base_started 43 D 15 4 08 11
265. ow how to turn the computer off particularly if you re on atrain or if your dinner is ready To see the various options go to System gt Quit from the menu at the top and you ll see seven options Log Out This logs you out of the system but leaves the LXFS13 desktop 15 ke ee ky ee ee ee FESE eT eee oe ed ee rere eines eral Ly ai e T hi i ay Dra he ee ee ee Bi REE Th Tee ee St eine ee ee ee ers ue be hama eo eee ea ad ee ee ee es i L L pad e ts E a ee ee ee ee a LE jaw j ek pii me al i tel i eT ite Lae heehee epee Lipi jrn ao Cuien computer switched on If you have multiple users in your household and the computer is left on all the time this is the one you ll use Lock Screen This leaves you logged in but stops anyone else from using the computer without first typing your password Switch User This leaves you logged in but allows another user to log into their account at the same time Once they are done they can log out and you can log back in to your account and pick up where you left off Suspend This is like a sleep mode for your computer All the work you were doing is saved and the computer shuts most of its internal systems off to save power including the hard drive the screen the CPU the networking etc To come out of Suspend mode press any key on the keyboard Hibernate This is like a deep sleep mode for your computer that actually switch
266. p ID The actual password is not stored here instead you ll see a small x when looking at this file which denotes that there is a password present The actual passwords are stored in an encrypted format within etc shadow which will look like gibberish if you try to view it and will not resemble your true password However if an outsider manages to get a hold of this file then they can use a number of freely available tools to try to extract this password 98 Linux starter pack LXFS13 security 98 information Usually these tools rely on what are known as dictionary based tools in that they have a large collection of dictionary words that they use to try and unlock your password information The tools will literally cycle through all the words available as well as common mis spellings in an attempt to match one of them with your password By using the technique that we showed you to create a strong password you will minimise the risk of any dictionary based attack as your password will not be based ona dictionary word to starting the Firestarter configuration i Applicators Paran Syrto e PaulHudson 0 E a ue 27 Mer Err Pi Ready to start your firewall The wizard jy now ready bo start your firewall Presa the so butbon to combine or the beck bother to renia aor chines E Start firewall now Tip F you ara conracting ts the firewall hert rermenteby yta migri wark ba dafar si rtirigihe ramal urii yru hrs
267. p or special keyboard with shortcut keys you can tell Linux what you want to happen when the volume keys are pressed or Play Pause Stop There are lots of other basic actions that are pre defined such as Logout Ctrl Alt L and Show Desktop Ctrl Alt D and many more that have no keys assigned to them by default Tweak your keys To get started customising your keys go to System gt Preferences gt Keyboard Shortcuts You can change any shortcut by clicking on it then pressing the keys you want to use If you want to use a letter or number ie A Z or 0 9 you need to hold down the modifiers first That is if you want Ctrl Shift M to launch the media player you can t press M then Shift then Control you need to hold down Control and Shift together then press M while holding down the other two Keep in mind that a fair few key combinations are already assigned for you if you try using the same keys for a different shortcut the old one will stop working Getting your keyboard to work If you find that appears when you wanted Linux probably thinks you have a different keyboard to the one you actually have This is easily solved and at the same time you get a whole raft of new options to play with To change your keyboard settings go to System gt Preferences gt Keyboard You can change your keyboard type under the Layouts tab but this is generally used for major changes such as the country or style such as
268. passwords don t match After entering your new password twice you ll be prompted to click the Change password button to formally change your password so do so Finish off by clicking the Close button Perimeter security Of course passwords aren t the be all and end all for security in Ubuntu In fact by default Ubuntu doesn t listen on any network ports at all meaning that if a remote user tries to access your system they won t be able to see it on the network This is a good thing but you shouldn t get it confused with having a firewall in place as a firewall does something Slightly different The only issue with not listening on ports is that when you install services that use network ports for access these ports then become active For instance if you install Apache the web server for Ubuntu it automatically starts to listen on port 80 which is the standard port for HTTP traffic Therefore your computer is now open to attack on port 80 something that you need to be aware of The same holds true if you install any other services such as SSH or FTP servers This is where a firewall comes in especially if you only want to have local access to these services while you re learning about them But first and foremost it s a simple rule only install software that you actually are going to use Keeping software on a system and leaving network ports open is never a good idea So to the firewall then First the good news Ubuntu
269. ply connect the vast majority of cameras to your machine to access your photos Nearly all will use a USB connection with a small plug on one end known as mini USB and a larger one on the other that connects to a USB port on your PC As soon as you ve made the connection both your Linux desktop and the camera should spring into life If all has gone well a small window will appear to tell you that your camera has been detected Click on Import to launch the Import Photos window fle Edt Yew Ge Gookrnarke image Took Hale a g Ho E ty 4 Folders Catalogs Aibirodn Side shes Ssa Comment Catagones Michmas 50 Linux starter pack LXFS13 photos 50 ou might think that an entire section dedicated to the delicate art of working with photos is a little ambitious But it s not Digital photography is booming and Linux is a great choice for working with photos From sending a few images with an email or printing a birthday card with your favourite photo to touching up professional images and creating websites Linux is amore than up to the task Thanks to apps like Gimp and F Spot application names aren t Linux s strong point you don t need to be an expert either Using a few simple tools you ll soon be able to import photos from your camera send them to the printers and process them to remove red eye and blemishes J ieee mpi ee ee ee ong at li hs ee HA Importing photos Depending on
270. prepare it for reading and writing For example you need to mount a CD before you can use it Some distros use a technique known as 122 Linux starter pack LXFS13 glossary Sec1 122 Supermounting to automatically mount devices such as CDs and USB sticks as they are inserted Mozilla Cross platform open source web browser and email client based on the open source release of the Netscape Communicator suite The Mozilla HTML rendering system Gecko has since been incorporated into Firefox Epiphany Galeon and several other web browsers Nautilus The Gnome equivalent of Konqueror with more emphasis on managing files and less on web browsing Nautilus uses spatial mode navigation which means that each folder has its own Nautilus window and it will remember the position and size of that window NFS The Network Filesystem is a fairly primitive way for Unix machines to share drive space with other Unix machines It is insecure slow and inefficient and so best avoided NTFS New Technology Filesystem developed by Microsoft for Windows NT then extended in Windows 2000 and Windows XP Linux has some support for NTFS but it is limited GNU is a recursive acronym for GNU s Not Unix and is pronounced Guh noo because Microsoft has not revealed the exact data structures OpenOffice org The most powerful office suite available on Linux consists of Writer the word processor Math the mathematics package C
271. r Le egos BP iha el De be hd repi herriri dpa en epee ee ee ie oe eee barje ieee Now you can choose your keyboard layout Select the language on the left and then the exact layout on the right You can test your selection in the box at the bottom before you click on Forward LXFS13 install 11 Applications Places System x Examples Cy pa Install Linux will boot up and you will see the desktop You can now try out the supplied programs it s all running from the DVD Double click on Install on the desktop to start the installation process iiher aoa pis SR a Op eeu ue ee eee be cee cee a eed a EEE Le FE ee ae mE ee eee oe ee eel m ir mii Next you ll be asked to set your time zone Click on the appropriate area of the world map to zoom in then click on the dot for your nearest city When you re done click on Forward Sep bee Dei pole ee eae ee ee ee ee I E LEIES S Wil El pA F ee ee ee H PB amne H b nran baa jka l ee AE bisaa Next up is hard drive partitioning making room for Linux You can use your whole drive or resize an existing Windows partition and skip to step 8 If you choose to partition manually see step 7 Linux starter pack 11 14 4 08 20 03 19 Are mre peril PrE ii eee ree Praca partitione Drun bpm pima p Peeve Tig mN Hiini ik i Wa shi s Pe HHEN ee HA i i Coe Me Pe Se pe i ppm Dar i pee cell ee Yai coe et ee ee es C
272. r degree of control If you do use the cursor keys the Shift key will add acceleration You often find yourself having to compensate for too much speed either because you ve just rolled down a large hill or accelerated off a ramp To slow down you need to roll the ball in the opposite direction to where the ball is travelling effectively reversing the direction of travel You can also jump by pressing either the left mouse button or the space bar and you need to get used to this for traversing f you ever played the arcade classic Pingus arble Madness the game that Trackballs imitates was successfully converted to the Commodore Amiga computer in the 1980s and you ll find many similar conversions for Linux One of the better ones is Pingus a game inspired by the Amiga classic Lemmings This being Linux the lemmings have been replaced by tiny penguins but the idea is the same To complete each level you have to save a certain number of penguins from destruction You do this by assigning a role to certain penguins and using these to help the progress of the remaining penguins in some way The roles appear as icons on the left hand border of the screen Choosing Digger for example and clicking on a penguin in the main display will cause the selected penguin to start digging into the ground directly beneath its feet In the first level this tunnel helps all the other penguins to escape to the exit and it s
273. r multiply it with another number you wouldn t want it to be counted as part of a summing function and indeed you may want to manipulate it as text To force a cell value to be text rather than a number you simply start it with a single quote mark Alternatively you can change the format of the cell beforehand to be text If you have already entered numbers you can t later convert them to text fields so be careful Functions One step up from a literal value is a function often also called a formula There are hundreds of built in functions covering everything from generating random numbers to calculating the compound interest on a loan A function may depend on a single value several discrete values a range of values or any combination of these When you enter a function into a cell the cell displays the result of that function not the function itself To edit the function when fe Ss BS et Fee Tae Oe SS eS ae Moll eat se mem ll os og ehi l l EE eS mE N T i i E f I m T a j i TE P it is in effect a tiny program all on its own 4 i E pa ey Hee 1 ff a RE Pop aoe oo OO STS G a f gt You can use the text formatting controls to make the spreadsheet easier to read or just to look nicer you select the cell you need to edit the function definition in the text area just above the main window To begin with let s consider a simple fun
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275. r that supports m 1 1 0 5 luburtud 2 secure PAP garpar thet praras ro 1 1 0 5 luburcu2 2 ee apanta 20 95 0 Gubuntud Enigerad GAS support tor rhis 4 67 Skadid eat peat hee fo onsa Exim MTEI Li a aN s gt If you want to take a stroll through the packages that are available in Ubuntu you can t go wrong with Synaptic N he VA 3S S Linux starter pack 113 15 4 08 12 22 12 gt No longer a a closed book you ee can read and write File Edit View Go Bookmarks Help to your Windows partition while you s use Ubuntu Lp andrew i Desktop a File System agfsid cbe79ba0g8 1877b8c443492 Audio Disc O Deleted Items uw Documents Ewe timec uo Music ral oper _ Q Comput er Search A 100 amp View as Icons sf Config Msi Documents and Settings Program Files RECYCLER System Volume Information a a Pictures boot ini hiberfil sys NTCETECT COM E videos E gt Screenshots pagetile sys 14 items Free space 66 9 GB Dual booting My system dual boots between Windows and Ubuntu Under Ubuntu can see my Windows hard drive and all the files on it though when boot into Windows can t see the same information for my Ubuntu hard drive I d like to be able to transfer files back and forth between the two systems but it only seems possible to do this while using Ubuntu What do you recommend do partit
276. r with other systems so we need to tick the Share Published printers check box Don t tick the Allow Printing From The Internet box as this may leave your system open to possible attack from outside Make sure to click the Apply button to make the changes Printing J Spplcation Places vere a Daui Hudson ly E a mezia pirami D Salt Printer From Cabarte The toomet ponter daiabess contend waren mamac er pmaded Post Scnpt Ponter Cacr PPO filet and akio can oererate PPO Ales for a larga ramniber of non PestScnpt priem Bat negeneral manufacturer prewded PPD Ales proevade berber aiceas to the aparit features of the printer Pl piles Hemdherg Hitachi ap gt Ponade PPD fle Postoenpt Pnoter Deecophon PPO Res can olen found on the dreerdok that comes wth the prer For PoskScnpt porters they are often part ofthe Windows diver Siek rea apoart The next screen that is shown allows you to select a Printer Manufacturer in order to filter the sheer number of printers available Scroll through the list and select the correct manufacturer for your printer and click the Forward button GQ Application Piacan Iarba j 3 7 Paul Hodson a E a a me 74 Maer Lr Pe Printer Name May contain ay printable characters except 5 S5 and ipate Name must be unique en the keal machine ofice i Gesrripion optional Huma raataa demcription such as HP Lasenet wth Duphar Officejet Pro 5400 wth Gupl
277. ral options attached to a theme The most obvious is the shadow By default most themes keep the shadow effect at a subtle distance But changing the opacity as well as the radius of the shadow can make it more obvious in quite a pleasing way You can also alter the X and Y axes to change the direction in which the shadow falls relative to the window Save your theme Most importantly you need to remember to save your changes You can do this from any of the Edit Themes pages by typing a name into the bottom field and clicking the Save button This will add your new theme with your own modifications to the Themes list on the first page and change the theme description This is accomplished from the Theme page from where you can add yourself as the author as well as give your theme a name and a version number You can also attach a screenshot of your theme that s used to preview its appearance in the Themes page Ee ri E T a ml so Pn pi Be bel Fa ee le a n will find them listed in the T can enable them with a dou gt The combination of Compiz and Emerald gives Linux an unbeatable desktop With the connection to the theme repository authenticated we can now download some themes From the Repositories page click on both the Fetch buttons to download the latest themes into the manager When this has completed you hemes tab and you ble click After which you should have a shiny ne
278. re images Depending on the complexity size and number of images this could take anything from a few seconds to a few minutes Stitch that When the analysis has completed Hugin will display a rough approximation of what it s calculated the panorama to be This is nearly always correct but you can edit the centre point of the image as well as flatten the horizon using the buttons in the toolbar Clicking on Auto will update the display with your changes The sliders at the bottom and side of the image will crop the edges removing the distortion introduced as Hugin flattens the effect of the camera lens on each shot If you close the preview window you can see that the main Hugin interface is now full of useful information derived from the analysis Click on the Control Points icon for instance and you can see exactly which features in each image Hugin is using to anchor one image to the next If there are any errors you can drag and move any of these points manually When you ve finished messing around you need to generate the final image Open the Stitcher tab and click on Stitch Now a file requester will open asking where you d like to save the final photo Like the analysis the stitching can take some time running through a progress bar before opening another text window But when it s finished you ll find yourself with a perfect rendering of the stitched panorama gt You can choose to edit the anchor poi
279. rences dialog can also be used to enable and configure remote login which is where another Linux computer can graphically log into your machine and Multiple accounts Taree Lore eens Baiiian harip aay Era ery aioe fer Test ies F i ee ja he ee eet oe ee pe LOTTEN Fine ramme J prima bie pazmrha have access to its files and programs as If it were actually the real machine 3S gt If any of your users needs helping logging in just enable the accessible login option Enable remote login Choose the Remote tab from the Login Window Preferences dialog and you ll see that the Style option is set to Remote login disabled Change that option to be Same as local LXFS13 multi 67 Same as local This option means that whatever login theme you chose for local logins will be used for remote logins as well which means your system will look nearly identical wherever you log in from Using XDMCP The remoting system is known as XDMCP and you ll usually find it hidden away on your login screen somewhere Clicking this will scan the network for machines that can be logged into Linux starter pack 67 15 4 08 16 02 39 N Fa F Desktop effects Compiz Chances are that if you ve seen any Linux screenshots over the last year or two they ll have shown a really cool spinning cube Welcome to the world of Compiz ne of the best features on a modern Linux installation is
280. rences that we referred to earlier on the opening screen you can choose the default session that you want to use When you ve decided what you want to do click on the Close button and your settings will be saved so the next time you log in you ll be taken to your new choice of desktop environment A You re not doing anything wrong Ubuntu is defaulting to Sound of silence don t hear any sound when log in to Ubuntu or when try to play a game or listen to music What s happened and can it be fixed gt Make the switch to an alternative desktop environment with the Login Manager preferences tool Show visual feedback asterisks in the password entry W Use circles instead of asterisks in the password entry Disable multiple logins for a single user Default session Run Xclient script O GtkRc file GNOME Use 24 Clock Failsafe GNOME Failsafe Terminal Linux starter pack 111 15 4 08 12 22 09 a Fw Answers 38 S gt Audio troubles are nearly e always resolved uT rey by checking File Edit Help connections and the volume control Playback PEM Line in hone PC Speaker out refuses to work with Ubuntu It s true that some sound cards aren t 100 supported under Linux but this tends to be certain specialist features such as 3D sound However the vast majority of sound cards will provide simple playback functionality First things first check your
281. rently You can t do that with either of those clients on the Windows platform and Pidgin can communicate with plenty of other protocols too including ICQ Yahoo Google Talk Bonjour and IRC all concurrently It manages this because the developers behind Pidgin worked out how each client talks to one another and have created their own library that brings all this functionality into one place As a result the Pidgin library is now used by several other high profile instant messenger applications on both Microsoft Windows and Apple s OS X As Pidgin is open source there s nothing to stop any other open source developers using this library freely Pad tHudes ghee Mer 12 17 Pe FAF Baiddian ccein hela bel Work Peal wi vere E rae Ti cy Peter Santander Antares Sort ig mlale G a a gt You ll need to create an account for AOL s instant messenger and MSN Live using another client or the web interface You can t do it from within Pidgin Start Pidgin from the Applications gt Internet menu The first time you do this you ll be guided through a simple wizard that will get you up and running Click on the Add button to add a new account To Pidgin each messenger protocol is a new account If you want to use MSN and AOL at the same time you ll need to create two accounts Just choose the account you want to add from the drop down protocol list The one thing that Pidgin can t do reliably from th
282. ribus and you can still enjoy the flexibility of vectors Meee ee oie fee a awe be ee foe dee ee oe _ aba PP a a Ff BI hulia PAEL E LO EEA mmi F bi a pe irak i _ Cpe ee et ee k eri ee ee im le rh ole be ee Tir ieee Mees eee rere Bee er es che omy er E P ae pimes hari Far he fir me ai ai B m ee ae ee et a fe gern ie ee se el hl ee ed ee ed ee ee ee a eee gee bhai i mi ed ee ee eee ee ee pcm cel yeti bem r pees ee eee ee bhl rer ee eed ahr ey ee een tig Th amaa feel ee ae m a a ee eer Now with the scrapbook open you can just drag elements from its window on to the page you re working on Create a big library of graphics and you ll save yourself a lot of time There s plenty of fun to be had with Inkscape and Scribus Linux starter pack 49 tm 14 4 08 20 03 36 SN Working with photos Work with photos Now that cameras are cheaper than ever we ve all become photographers Linux is the perfect partner but first you need to get your photos on to your machine Learn how to Import your photos Manage your collection Edit and process images Join panorama shots Sharing your photos Advance to the Gimp Thar are photos on the carver Wedd y lka to edd these pictures te your album ajaaa parton this atian Plug and play Digital camera support in Linux is excellent This means you will be able to sim
283. rking in the Documents directory which is a sub directory of my home directory denoted by the tilde character As you move through the file system using the terminal the bit after the colon in the prompt will tell you exactly where you are Wading around Moving to and fro within your filesystem is pretty easy to do and relies on the cd change directory command Just typing it by itself and pressing the Enter key will automatically move you back to your home directory The same effect can be had by entering the command cd The cd command is relatively simple to use and relies on you entering the details of the directory that you want to move into For example cd Music would move me into the Music directory under my home directory If you wanted to move up a directory then you could enter the command cd and Ubuntu would understand this A single period stands for the current directory while a double period stands for the immediate parent directory It s not inconceivable that you might one day enter a command like this one ole ee that would move you up four levels in your directory hierarchy Putting it together One of the strengths of the command line is the ability to string several commands together in order to accomplish multiple tasks Here at LXF Towers we like to use the command line as it can be quicker and a good example of this is when we update our Ubuntu installation To do this
284. roximation of those classical elements to your desktop Useful add ons Not all Compiz plugins are superficial There are some that can help your productivity Top of our list is the Enhanced Zoom Desktop plugin found under Accessibility When enabled this gives you the ability to zoom into and out of any point on the screen by holding down a certain key combination By default you hold down the Windows key on your keyboard and use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out of the screen but this can be changed from the plugin options page This is a plugin that you ll wonder how you ever managed without Snapping Windows is another found in Window Management This pulls on the edges of windows slightly to make them stick to the side of the screen or to other window It Keeps your windows aligned and makes better use of your screen real estate The Shift Switcher found in the same category rotates through the applications you re running and shows you a preview of each window Ring Switcher does a similar thing and they re both useful if you ve lost track of something on a desktop If you already know where the application is hiding Window Previews in the Extras category will show you what s in the window when it s minimised Finally for plugins that are both functional and look good Try ADD Helper Accessibility which fades windows you re not using into the background and Opacify which lets
285. rs give you web space as part of an online package and you can use this to host your web albums windows for both Google Picasa and SmugMug you need to click on the green plus symbol in the Export window and add your username and password for the remote site These details will be remembered by F Spot so that you don t need to enter them again But before you export any images it s worth spending some time writing comments for them and giving them titles All this information is used by the online hosting site Flickr will even use any tags you ve assigned to the image making a search your own photos and anyone else s much easier Any photos you select will be exported and you can select individual thumbnails by holding down the Ctrl key If none are selected all the photos in the current view or album will be included by default After choosing your export profile you may want to resize the images before they re uploaded Both the free user accounts on Flickr and Picasa place a restriction on the size of the images you upload and restricting your exported images to a resolution such as 1024x768 is a great way to get extra space This is big enough for most web users and small enough that the file size isn t prohibitively large To enable this feature make sure Resize Is enabled and set the size to 1024 pixels this will be the scaled length of the longest side Host your own If you d rather not be limited by the hosti
286. rts Palky Help T val ahd Finke apphy Policy Status Events Policy Editing nbad traffic policy blow connactions from hoit Ajos aanko Dart For To define our firewall policy click the Policy tab in the Firestarter window You can either allow all traffic for a specified network address or address range or you can allow specific services We d recommend allowing specific services where necessary as this minimises the chances of attack from a local machine Firewall Edt Events Policy Help ela al add Fule Appl Policy Statua Events Polos Editing nbaured traffic paly n Alos connections trom host Allow senke Pom For The last step is to apply the new policy which you do by clicking the Apply Policy button in the toolbar Firestarter will restart the firewall and you will now be able to connect to your machine on that port Linux starter pack 99 D 15 4 08 15 55 42 x AVD ay Get more software Add new The default selection of Ubuntu software is useful enough but there are actually thousands more waiting to be installed We show you how f you ve made it this far in the magazine you ll have learnt by now that Linux offers you a great deal of choice for what program you want for a given task Take web browsers for example on Linux you can get Firefox Opera Konqueror Epiphany Lynx Links Amaya Mozilla Kazehakase Galeon Dillo Chimera and more To be clear all those
287. running the Windows Disk Defragmenter tool to ensure that your hard drive is neatly organised Partitioning Your hard drive is split into sections called partitions If you re running Windows it will most likely reside in a single large partition occupying the entire hard drive Linux needs its own chunk of the drive its own partition to run in and the installer helps us out with this When you re installing you can choose to resize your Windows partition and make room for Linux or if you don t want Linux at all let Linux occupy the entire hard drive You ll see this during the installation process step 6 If you want to keep Windows you can drag the slider across to free up room and then the installer will create Linux partitions in the free space Again it s best to give Linux at least 10GB of free space If your hard drive is almost full you won t be able to drag the slider very far so make space in Windows first Right with those two things covered we re ready to go Follow the steps and get ready to become a Linux user Problems booting The DVD supplied with this magazine is bootable that is you can start your PC with the disc in your drive and Linux will load up Don t worry it won t touch your hard drive until you choose to install it so you can play around with Linux freely However if your PC doesn t boot Linux but instead starts Windows as per usual you will need to change some settings
288. s X11 s enduring popularity is largely down to its flexibility it does not dictate how windows should look that s left to the window manager or how applications should look that s left to the GUI toolkit X org The standard Linux implementation of the X11 X Window System Some older distros use XFreeS6 an earlier and less popular implementation of X Yast Yet Another Setup Tool is the standard installation and configuration system for SUSE It is largely equivalent to Mandriva Linux s Control Center Yum Yellow dog Updater Modified is a recent addition to the world of package managers and works as a cross between APT and URPMI At the time of writing Yum is only available through Fedora and Yellow Dog Linux Zip Standard method for compressing files into a single archive made popular via Phil Katz s PK Zip suite Linux starter pack 123 15 4 08 11 15 59 N z AWS ZIN Help and resources Help and resources Switching to another operating system is no easy task but before you shout Heeeeeeeeeeelp read this or most people the hardest part of F installing Linux is stepping out of their comfort zone and trying new things If it were just a matter of learning a new office suite the problem would be small enough to cope with but Linux gives you a new web browser a new desktop environment a new filesystem and a new configuration panel in short it s faster to count the things that
289. s such as how to install modems how to configure your mail server and how to set up a Secure virtual private network to communicate from home to office If you have a general Linux question drop us a line at Ixf answers futurenet co uk 126 Linux starter pack LXFS13 helps Sec2 126 More often than not you will get responses back from several people sometimes providing complementary answers but sometimes offering different solutions to your problem The Linux Format forums at www linuxformat co uk are full of people who are capable of answering questions of all types including real beginner problems Another great If your question is specifically about system administrations databases web servers and so on email sysadminqa rackspace co uk to ask your question direct to our on hand expert from Rackspace All the same tips for asking aa questions on IRC and message board apply here the more information you provide the more easily we can help you solve your problem site is www linuxquestions org which also has a number of people ready and willing to help at all difficulty levels Usually it takes about a day to get sufficient response to your question that you ll be able to do what you want but if you want a more immediate answer you can try Internet Relay Chat IRC This is an interactive text chat environment where you can join channels of users who focus on specific topics ask questions and ge
290. s The effect used to boost audio is called compression Select this from the Effect menu move the threshold to 20dB and click on OK need to select a region of the file to edit Just left click and drag your mouse across the area you want to edit If you want to trim the beginning of an audio file for example left click and drag the mouse across the area you want to trim and select Cut from the edit menu You can add effects to any selected region from the Effects menu If you want to mix two files together add a stereo track from the Tracks gt Add New menu and use Import from the File menu to add a new audio file to those tracks Pressing Play now will mix all the tracks together and you can save a copy of the mix from the File gt Export menu Finally if you want to change the volume of your audio file over time use the Envelope Tool from the toolbar This lets you draw a curve across the waveform that will be used to either amplify or decrease the volume of the audio at that point When you ve finished editing save your audio file into your favourite format aad ost de fot Au am tau Leas ta ibd rietan vho he iwa mkoa Bi tii PE FE E n ST ik ene a bed gaa i Tan oo n IO T ia a Ly M2 528 L G d ilea bee Naek ae at 1 5 DE la anaana es ee i a E r Laa Audacity can run on Windows and OS X and is the best free tool you can find for audio editing lt e ae _ Se ae 1 E
291. s as you type based on what other people have searched for All you have to do is make sure Suggestions are enabled by right clicking on the search box and ensuring Show Suggestions is selected then just type a few letters into the search box and wait a microsecond or two for your suggestions to appear If one of the suggestions match what you wanted just use the Up and Down keys to select it then press Enter The bookmark bar With the web being so big it s no surprise that bookmarks or favourites in nternet Explorer parlance have been around since its inception But while other browsers have a menu for your bookmarks Firefox also has a toolbar so that you can 15 4 08 11 45 23 Browse the web LS 5 SRL a gt ea 8 E ti z ia oe ee EAH E jE g ubuntu a a ah at Mem Poli Party Wo eel anenai EE NN E ee eee moh pelin ina sean tea Pepa m ee Pee Pe Ea ee j eee Poa ee gt Sometimes Google won t have the best results for a search so gt Firefox springs into action when it spots sites trying to open try changing the search provider to something more suitable strange windows left or impersonating other sites right reach your favourites in a single click You can even right click similar aggressive advertising In fact Firefox s blocking on a blank space in the toolbar and open all your bookmarks system is so powerful that it may occasionally block windows at once easily the fastest way to get up
292. s from anyone outside of the free software community Installed applications The programs you have installed currently generally used when you want to uninstall something jg Office a Other i AbiWord Word Processor er Shay word processor eased on GTK2NCHME tE Ahaoe the bret appleation of a comet open source hie sate The Upstream source inthedes cross plattorn support tor Wks Beos and GHY se well a GTE on Liew This peckeg contains the brword binary buit wth GTREKSMoMeEZ programing BD tanda video System Thok ie Unrversal Arcen Canonical Lid provides bechnical support end secunt updates dyr AbiWord werd Precesaar d bmwond word Prececanr inbearates wellintoth Ubuntu desktop trl Hap SY Preferences erel As you can see the Supported Applications category is the best for new users because all the applications in that 100 Linux starter pack LXFS13 software 100 15 4 08 15 55 52 Be DH Be p ee ee su Hatan PF Ff HERE ae oo ao l ie amp madam p beset oni be aijee cd bf aa AbiWord provides all the pawer of OpenOffice org but it s faster lighter on memory and disk space and even easier to use What s mot to like gt If you re looking for an alternative word processor to OpenOffice org s Writer AbiWord is an excellent choice category are officially supported by the Ubuntu team that means they will issue patches and upgrades for you as they become availa
293. s sound that will be recorded Audacity can load WAV AIFF MPEG Ogg Vorbis and Flac file formats from the File gt Open requester and you can load more than one at the same time by using the Ctrl key to select those you want to load Each file will load into a separate instance of the editor Close to the edit The main area of the Audacity editor displays an amplitude waveform for the current section of audio This is exactly the same as many other audio editors The peaks and troughs in the image represent high and low amplitude in the audio with the two tracks representing the left and right channel of a stereo recording If your audio is mono you ll only see a single track Press the green Play button in the toolbar to hear the sound your audio makes The level meters above the tiny speaker icon in the toolbar will start to bounce and a cursor will scroll across the waveform view to show you which part of the image is creating the sound you can hear You can zoom into and out of the waveform using the magnifying glass in the toolbar and when you want to stop playback either hit the Space bar or press the stop button To do any editing you first 7 Pap je meee ee ee a moll ee i eee ee ee eet i i Select waveform Load the audio file you want to boost and select the entire file either by double clicking on the waveform or pressing Ctrl A on your keyboard LXFS13 bestof 105 Squeeze the sound
294. sents your programs and documents using high colour graphics and icons on screen Home directory Each user on a Linux system has a home directory usually contained in home For example a user called Richard will have home richard and user Ralph will have home ralph Most distributions automatically create a home directory for each user but some do not HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol is used as the primary method for requesting and sending web pages and their content An HTTP client usually a web browser requests an item from a Server using a Uniform Resource Locator URL and the server sends the content back IEEE 1394 The technical name for the FireWire technology for connecting devices together Sometimes known as iLINK on many Sony devices FireWire has roughly the same bandwidth as USB 2 0 however it is faster for transferring large files IRC Internet Relay Chat is an interactive discussion protocol to handle groups of people chatting in virtual rooms Known as channels IRC is often quite a seedy place to visit and is a hive of illegal software hacks and sci fi fans Java Cross platform language and graphical toolkit developed by Sun Microsystems to power smart devices Java powers over 650 million PCs and 750 million smartcards as well as everything from cars to set top boxes Kate The KDE Advanced Text Editor is the most feature rich GUI text editor you ll find on any platform A
295. so use File gt Import to import a bitmap graphic or photograph to use as the background image The colours may be a bit strong for the tracklist to show through but we will fix that in the next step 15 4 08 18 02 51 nr Qaa Sau Zz PTAS sa ari a m a le ee che j onl ail se OOOO If we want to have black text for our track listings it would be better to have a light background We can do this with a semi transparent overlay in Inkscape Drag out another smaller square In our example we have rounded the corners You can do this by dragging the circle in the top right of the box you drew or entering values in the Rx and Ry boxes in the toolbar With the rounded square selected we can go back to the Fill and Stroke settings This time we will make both solid white R G and B values of 255 but set the A value to 120 This makes the whole object semi transparent You could set the Stroke value to a higher number to give a border effect E ey EE EEPE E iab amame h a ii dale fies Hp ee Di jr Pee PSHE w a ee T iitid Mi ii Mii Libis iry Pmi jE PREE ETa O Mya Thik iyak Ha Feed beet hegi rede par miha pai l J F ee ee Now choose the text tool from the right hand panel and drag out another rectangle inside the panel you just created This will hold the text from our track listing If you copied it from the text editor earlier you can just do Control V to paste it in otherwise you will need to t
296. ssword and once you ve entered this the prompt will change to a hash mark to denote the fact that you are working as root From here you can navigate through the entire system if you want or you can fire up a file manager window by entering the command nautilus amp Be very careful when working as root you have the absolute power to destroy everything and Ubuntu won t stop you LXFS13 security 97 J appiccate Parar Sten E O Security I D Sess fee ft 2 i e Se 2S ee LEL eee eee Bi Ln Ika Wehbe ob a E y meg ees mil i 2 he colli ome eee eee ee ii m firewall and to do this we re going to install a package called Firestarter Head on over to System gt Administration gt Synaptic Package Manager and search for and install the package named firestarter Once this has completed you ll find it under Applications gt Internet gt Firestarter User security Another security feature that Ubuntu offers is the ability to restrict access to files and directories depending on permissions A full discussion on file and directory permissions is outside the scope of this tutorial but we can look at some of the basic principles to get you familiar with the concept Every user on the system has a numeric user ID Ubuntu starts these at 1000 and for every new user this number is incremented by 1 Each user can also belong to one or more groups depending on how you manage them By default a group is cre
297. structed to format yout list text pressing Shift and jumping to the end at the beginning of each line 7 Writer Create a Table Size IS important Enter the information EJ Cell formatting Click and hold down the mouse button onthe table The table will be inserted into wherever the cursor Select a cell row or column and then use one of the icon to open a small matrix representing the size of is positioned in the current document Selecteach text formatting tools Try and add foreground and the table you want to create eg if you want a 3x3 cell and enter the information you need pressing background colours using their icons in the toolbar sized table drag the cursor until the size you want tab to move from one cell to the next Select the You can also drag the cell borders to stretch the is highlighted and then let go of the mouse button entire table by clicking on its border size of the cells to the size you need 7 7 Writer Format your table Advanced options B Automatic formatting EJ Appearance tweaks An advanced range of options for formatting your The AutoFormat icon lets you scan through alistof After changing the colours and text styles you can table can be accessed from the table toolbar which predefined table formats you can apply to your change the borders that separate the cells Holding is opened from the View menu This and other own table as well as add your own modifications the mouse button down
298. such as Places Menu gt Home Folder and resize the windows so that you can drag files over m CONDO Creator File Browser Hs Edt wow Ge Bobras Help LEB i Write dic fo CD Rotd riii Dist gare Persons Date Mar aL m08 at Desktop Batam GNE He Sytem Floppy Erw Blank DYHR Cam E Dolted bons l Wie Options Oe acer pea ibla cance wre Documents Mitac Pichores x videos ubl salmia Coontaring 0 Eem Insert a blank CD DVD then Click on the Write To Disc button in the top right of the CD DVD Creator window and this dialog will appear You can select the write speed at the bottom CEAD Creanor Fila Brown He Ede ew Go Booknake Help in feest ipn NELE SO Write dae to File mage Places ikek H Desktop File Satan Aappy Ore Gekted tami Cata Hrs ES E Weie Options es Wte maad cr c Dooment a Mine CES D Pichures D Adanet 2 tara If you don t have a blank CD DVD to hand you can make an ISO image a file representing a disc for later burning Click on Write To Disc and choose File image in the Write Disc To list LXFS13 discburn 81 Poe a FMi Geode oe ja a Qe Disc burning SN E mml i im gt niarit mi umanman ml ly ieee CETE T Perg imi Tabii G DTi HiH R ia T Dede fig driers Fane Lire O Mhiri o urea gt Pii fered IEpEE Select fil
299. such as sharing files and the use of emoticons The only way you can tell which protocol each contact Is using is by holding the mouse over your buddy and reading the information from the window that pops up If you want to LXFS13 chat 87 computer and change your status to Away Your contacts will then see this as your current status and most messenger clients will also fade out your name in the contact list But you can be more imaginative and change your away message to something else Many people like to say what they re doing If you use Google s email service GMail you will have come across Google Talk It s the integrated messaging client you can use from your browser while you re checking email But it s also possible to connect to the Google Talk network with Pidgin The only problem is that some of the settings in the default Google Talk configuration are wrong To get it working open the Accounts window Accounts gt Add Edit menu click on Add and select the Google Talk protocol from the drop down list In the Screen Name field enter your GMail username without the gmail com or googlemail com part For the domain field enter the gmail com or googlemail com part of your username and switch to the Advanced tab On this page you need to enable the top option Force old port 5223 SSL and change the port to 5223 for good measure The connect server field should also contain talk google com When you
300. system administrators who want to lock down a machine If you re installing Linux for someone else and don t want them to accidentally run random programs or print out 999 copies of a web page by mistake you can disable various features here Helix Player lets you view RealMedia content either embedded into web pages or as standalone streams EN Adding MP3 WMV support Ubuntu Linux enables you to add l support for MP3 playback almost a automatically Find an MP3 file in the file manager and double click it Totem will open up explain that it can t find the right codec to play it and offer to search for one So click Search and Linux will do a quick search of the internet for the relevant codecs It will then pop up a dialog box offering you a list of packages to install you need the one called GStreamer extra plugins but you can install others as well eg the ffmpeg plugin to play Windows Media files Click the checkboxes next to the packages you want and then the Install button You may be prompted to enter your password as a security measure The installation process will take around a minute and when it s done you will now be able to play MP3s and Windows Media files if you chose to Time iji 03 Musica Florea 03 Koncert c 1 Fdur Allegro Movie Edit wiew Go Sound Help Playlist Search for suitable codec X The required software to play this file is not installed You
301. t if you break a program Mark for Upgrade Download and install the latest version of this package Mark for Removal Removes the programs that come with this package Mark for Complete Removal Removes the programs that come with this package along with any associated configuration files LXFS13 software 103 Get more software avoided But you can change the lower option what do you want Ubuntu to do when it finds security updates are available If you have your computer on 24 7 you ll probably find it better to choose the middle option which causes Ubuntu to download any available updates without actually installing them One last thing Ubuntu makes it very easy for you to upgrade from one version of the distro to a newer version You see Ubuntu works on a six month lifecycle every six months anew version is released and that new version updates all the software to the very latest version Although these kinds of software updates always bring lots of great new features and often also some new programs to try it s important that you remember that this magazine was written to accompany the exact Ubuntu version provided on the included disc If you upgrade to a newer version of Ubuntu some things may have changed so you re on your own Ji GR ee One ee gt Confused by all the options in Synaptic The Preferences window lets you customise the colours for easier reading N ss as gt A 3S
302. t immediate answers However getting the best answers from IRC requires a bit of thought as to which IRC network to connect to there are several and usually have overlapping channel content and also the time of your connection IRC networks are large groups of interconnected servers that allow people to connect to a chat server near them There are also several different network groups such as Dalnet Efnet Freenode Undernet and more Of them all Efnet is usually the best place to check for general questions but it s also one of the hardest networks to connect to because its servers frequently go down Freenode hosts a number of official IRC channels for various Linux projects such as KDE Gnome WineHQ and Bash but with all of these networks your best bet is just to take a guess at the name of the channel such as linux linuxhelp or php The last place to look is on mailing lists These are project specific group emails where you can email your question to the group and have them answer it Mailing lists are somewhat tricky to use because they invariably have very rigid guidelines be sure that you re not sending your email in HTML format and you often need to subscribe to the mailing list to get an answer back Subscribing is usually easy but it means you can expect to receive everyone else s questions and answers along with your own If there is a Digest option we recommend you use it This will group all the em
303. t will all make sense When working with a database sometimes your changes are saved automatically This is very important think changes through before you make SS er eee ee ek ee eee a Lie Bi keim b eee ie l eee fee irin Spee ie err eere eee ne rei py m a E pi beie ii j hi h ee ee Ba ia E N ee A E G eal FES Rell ee a gg WM MGR aff Mat OP P lil them because the Undo might not help you much Berasap ere ier aliens Hiren ppa peeeeel i EJ One database in Base can hold many tables as ee ap a r aTe well as user interfaces to read from them and reports to make them print nicely To give all these to someone else you just need to give them one file EJ Base is capable of connecting to bigger more complicated databases that run on servers though this is beyond the scope of this beginners tutorial If you have some experience with Microsoft Database wizard J Table design Access much of Base will look familiar to you but d still advi otak ti h When you start Base the database wizard will This screen is pretty superfluous for beginners if we 7 eee a A ia ener automatically run This lets you create a new local this is your first time running Base just click Finish following through this tutorial At the very least database the default option open one you However if you have used Base before and want to take a backup of your database before making any created before or connect to a database That l
304. tandard Linux filesystem Its journalling capability allows your system to recover safely from an unexpected shutdown or other mishap You do not need to defragment ext3 disks Fedora Popular Linux distro sponsored and primarily developed Emacs text editor operating system or something much more powerful It has legions of fans arguing that it s a way of life you decide by Red Hat The Fedora Project aims to release a new Core update twice a year and the distro is well known for incorporating cutting edge features ahead of the pack Firefox Successful open source web browser produced as a spin off from Mozilla Firefox uses the same HTML rendering system as Mozilla known as Gecko but wraps it inside an intuitive and well designed user interface You can also try Konqueror Mozilla or the proprietary but free to download Opera FSF The Free Software Foundation was founded in 1985 as a non profit organisation dedicated to promoting the freedom of software The group is still the primary sponsor of the GNU Project FTP The File Transfer Protocol is a client server architecture that enables users to upload and download files quickly and efficiently FTP has long been preferred to HT TP for file distribution in this manner as it allows easy authentication quota management and download resumption GConf The closest that Linux gets to an equivalent of the Windows registry It is designed to store
305. targeted special interes magazines for people who share a passion We aim to satisfy hat passion by creating titles offering value for money eliable information smart buying advice and which area pleasure to read Today we publish more than 150 magazines in the UK US France and Italy Over 100 international editions of our magazines are also published in 30 other countries across the world Future plc is a public company quoted on the London Stock Exchange symbol FUTR Non executive chairman Roger Parry Chief executive Stevie Spring Group finance director John Bowman Tel 44 0 1225 442244 www futureplic com ATLANTA BATH s LONDON MILAN NEW YORK PARIS SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO LXFS13 welcome 3 Introduction Welcome gt If you ve made it this far you re clearly among the growing number of people who are curious about Linux I m not sure what has led you here perhaps youre sick of installing security updates every other day perhaps your re tired of rebooting when your computer runs Slowly or maybe you ve just had enough of the Blue Screen of Death but whatever it was that brought you here l m glad to welcome you to the family of Linux users and hope you ll find that there s a whole new world of computing here that can really put the fun back into it all again This magazine is a one off publication aimed at newcomers to Linux That s you which means you ve come to the right pl
306. ter 92 Linux starter pack LXFS13 printing 92 aving access to a printer is a crucial part of your desktop environment especially in the age of digital photography with many people purchasing printers for the sole use of printing out their photographs However whether you are producing simple epistles or high quality newsletters that are distributed to a wide number of recipients it s important that you can successfully connect and configure your printer to get the best results Ubuntu makes this whole process incredibly easy and you should be up and running next to no time If you haven t yet purchased your printer it might be a good idea to do some preliminary research before you go out and buy one Not only should you be interested in the quality and speed of printing but also whether or not it is supported by Linux Don t worry too much as a huge number of printers are either directly supported or supported through a generic driver If in doubt head on over to http openprinting org to search their database As a rough rule try to stick to printer only models multi function machines scanners fax machines etc can prove tricky to configure and get working Ubuntu supports a range of connection methods so you may want to consider buying a network enabled printer that will allow you to use it without it having to be tethered to a computer Also included is USB support and the older parallel port connectivity
307. ter wget http ubuntu tweak googlecode com files ubuntu tweak_ 0 2 6 1 ppal_all deb This downloads the Ubuntu Tweak program from the project s website If you receive an error it means that a newer version of the program is available in which case you should open Firefox browse to http ubuntu tweak googlecode com and grab the latest Deb package for Ubuntu 710 Gutsy Save the Deb file into your home directory Then enter sudo dpkg i ubuntu tweak_0 2 6 1 ppal_all deb If you downloaded a newer version change the filename accordingly Once it is installed click Applications gt System Tools gt Ubuntu Tweak to start it up You ll notice a tree Structure of icons down the left hand side separating the customisations you can make into categories Click on the triangles next to the icons to expand these categories into Sub categories F Favorites Help i SSI Elu 0 00 000 15 4 08 11 57 25 Note that many of these options make significant changes to the way your operating system work so if you have any doubts or confusion about any of the options just steer clear of them Here s a list of things to look at Computer This just provides information on your machine there s nothing you can change here However it s useful if you re having problems and want to provide plenty of feedback in a forum post Startup In the Auto Start section you can disable programs from running when the GUI starts loading Some
308. the list directly beneath it indeed every time until you disable this this user Sharing files Surprising as this might sound the default particularly important if your computer is a If you re sure that automatic login is what fifth tab Security The first item on that tab will be a check box labelled Enable Automatic Next time you restart your computer and option you ll automatically be signed in as setting in Ubuntu allows any user to read the files of any other user This is done because most multi user machines today are shared 15 4 08 16 02 29 Multiple accounts RS Logn name Horna directory ca add Liner pene i root P Hidzila Fudzils shitrefPascdz ila E rags coupe Go to admin mode Click System gt The user setting panel This shows you Create a new user From the User Settings Administration gt Users And Groups from the the list of all accessible users on your window click the Add User button and this top menu bar This will ask you for your personal system The root user is generally not used in screen will appear You need to fill in the User password before it lets you go any further because Ubuntu but you should also see your normal user Name Real Name and Password fields Don t click changing user information is for admins only account in there OK just yet o 7 i Lagi Horse deecrey op getty ee bee oll Pee ee Be eds ed eee 3 a Dr
309. this section which covers dealing with cells and simple functions Those of you who have not worked with a spreadsheet before shouldn t worry although the world of OOo Calc can get very very complicated if you have large amounts of data to deal with it can also be very very simple A spreadsheet Is a versatile tool that helps you do things with numbers and data from the very simple to the very complex The spreadsheet is also like some sort of modern day forge where the raw materials of information say the results from an As a rule you can t expect Excel macros to run properly under OOo without some modifications 34 Linux starter pack LXFS13 calc_started 34 Overall ooo lt A experiment or your monthly sales figures are transformed into something more useful like a pie chart or a short Summary of profit and loss The beauty of it is you can change the machinery in this particular workshop without too much effort Keyboard shortcuts On the face of it OOo Calc is functionally identical to MS Office But that is not quite the full story For example Excel has many more defined functions than OOo Calc This is not really a limitation as pretty much all of the functions can be made by stringing together several of the existing ones but it obviously does have an impact on compatibility if you try to import an Office spreadsheet that uses them Fortunately
310. thrower will cover anything in front of you with a wall of flame and the longer you keep them burning the more damage you ll inflict But our favourite weapon is the Rocket Launcher This is because you can use it from a distance and it also destructive within a set radius of the explosion A good tip is to fire rockets at the feet of your enemies so that even if they jump you ll still inflict a little pain gt The maps gameplay and guns of Alien Arena are all eN reminiscent of that Linux classic Unreal Tournament Frozen Bubble Fantastic split screen gt Turn your puzzle game based on keyboard skills into legendary guitar axe grinding and embarrass yourself in the process With a little practice you learn to anticipate the notes you need to play holding down the function keys before the notes need to sound just pressing return at the last moment As you hit the desperately try to work out which key combination to press The instructions even recommend holding your computer keyboard as you would a real guitar with your left hand over the Puzzle Bobble Adonthell Japanese style role playing game with a small intricate plot and autonomous players NetHack The classic turn based adventure game that never gets tired Spawned a generation of imitations Enemy Territory First person online shooter based around storming the beaches of WWII LBreakout The classic pong game takes to
311. to do First of all you ll need to install the build essential package which automatically installs a suite of tools that are used during the compilation process Then you ll need to decompress the source code which has more than likely arrived in the shape of what s known as a tarball or a TAR archive To do this execute the following command tar zxvf nameoftarball tar gz Next cd into the directory cd nameoftarball Now read the README file as this may contain important information that you may want to be aware of before you start the compilation process You might also notice an INSTALL file present if So make sure to read this too Forewarned is fore armed To read either the README file or the INSTALL file enter the command less README or less INSTALL Once you ve checked these files if available you re ready to being the compilation process This is a straightforward command like So sudo configure amp amp sudo make amp amp sudo make install You need to use the sudo command as Ubuntu requires administrative rights in order to complete the compilation The amp amp symbols link these commands together so that as one finishes the next one starts ensuring that they are all done one after the other Copy and paste I m used to copying and pasting in Windows by using the Ctrl C and Ctrl V keyboard shortcuts Can use these with Ubuntu 15 4 08 12 22 13 We amp Answers I ae System jt i application
312. to prods 20 acceleration of The Restricted Drivers Manager allows you access to the proprietary 3D graphics card drivers for your card 15 4 08 12 22 10 Archie Edit w w belp W ie fe bai Open Extract Pe sas de es ee TE Location Tepe FLAC audio FLAC ado FLAC audio FLAC auitho FLAC audio FGEC audi FLAC muda FLAC autho aize Hae 24 9 ME Det Modified 27 March 2008 Hare F 01 Beaumont Aar Maathe Flag flac Crusaders fac i Dakero Ha Wictarous Aar Hoge Carme Daan tee lt The Seartot perme flae aa Alderete Wibbeec hy tidal fia Staphetord Citsecbel flac 27 March 2088 i 24 1 ME 27 March 2008 135 ME 27 March 2008 15 7 ME 27 March 2008 112 ME 27 March 2088 21 1 ME 27 March 2008 0 216 ME 27 March mona FLAC audio 27 March 2008 FLAC audio FLAC audu 15 7 ME 13 0 ME 152 ME 2 March 2088 0 G objects 211 8 Me gt Creating and working with archive files is easy with Ubuntu s File Roller application is to copy a broad sample of your documents to your new Ubuntu computer and try opening them If you re happy that they ll work then you can make the switch Alternatively you might want to consider saving them in a different format for instance you can save Word documents in RTF Rich Text Format which will open natively within OpenOffice org Zip it up send and receive a lot of ZIP files
313. to speed in the that you want so by default Firefox will notify you when it morning blocks a popup window so that you can choose to show it if To get started visit any page that you want to bookmark you want to When this happens a small yellow bar will appear and look to the left of the URL you ll see a small icon there at the top of the page to notify you that the site s action was Many websites have a custom logo there but if your site hasn t blocked clicking the Preferences button on the top right chosen one then you ll see a blank page of paper next to the gives you an Allow popups for this site option which allows URL Now click that icon and drag it over the bookmark you to selectively trust sites toolbar that s the one with Getting Started on Let go of your mouse and a new button will appear on the toolbar using the title of the web page That probably isn t too good because a page s title is rarely short enough to fit onto the button and often doesn t even say what the site is To fix that right click Are you the kind of person who loves to fiddle with things just to see what happens If so on your new bookmark button and choose Properties enter Firefox will provide hours of tweaking through its special about config configuration some more descriptive text in the Name field then click OK to screen All the major user facing options for Firefox can be changed using the Preferences dialog but if you type
314. ts or you can try to run them using a special Windows compatibility layer known as Wine If were you wouldn t worry too much about Wine for now because there are tens of thousands of programs available on Linux and nearly all of them are completely free just like the rest of Linux What s more you may be familiar with some of them already because they run on Windows as well as Linux Firefox OpenOffice org Thunderbird Gimp and many more run on Windows and Linux and if you ve used them before you ll find that they work just the same on Linux The best bit about all this is that all this software lives in a software repository that you can access from your Linux desktop It will Show you all the software you can install and you just choose the applications and packages you want to have them automatically downloaded for you spears Bess trem A el Se a ae TS owe LL i asa bh m Lasi Ridin a mirsi mr he ri 0 Hiren od HE Pee TEINT AM ETHE TE hEm T Arkia omgie i a a ee a oe Seu LD La ee EF L B mpm Linux is designed to have security at the very centre of the system which is why it s so popular for servers 14 4 08 19 48 51 Tu paia En iha mehele br mipi inama p ar D cha popar F eT Hai E are Dae ae mei a hwi SE a i ME ee Oe ae bey bee et ee Dims ri Pane a id pee Tal ee ed aa a beeen ha sheers hrrg mE vores aod ee bee ee gt You can download and install new software ov
315. u re in the position where you need to add a network printer to your Ubuntu installation By a network printer we mean any printer that is accessed via an Ethernet interface either directly connected to a network or connected via a network print server In this tutorial we ll assume that you are using an HP JetDirect card these are the most common S printers found in corporate environments but you can tailor the instructions to your specific circumstances The CUPS way gt Doing it over the Web Earlier we mentioned CUPS the Common Unix Printing System which forms a major part of the whole printing environment for Linux not to mention Apple OS X and other Unix based operating systems CUPS is present on Ubuntu although you tend to use the printer configuration tool to write the information that CUPS needs It actually has a web based interface that you can use if you want to which is accessible by opening up your web browser and entering the address http localhost 631 Port 631 is the port that CUPS listens on for any requests So when you enter this you ll see the CUPS welcome page Because it is the foundation for the printer z j ir 7 z e ag Prefer Fai Administration Q7 Keyring Manager Language Support e Login Window ences j 7 Help and Support About GNOME t Network G About Ubuntu L Network Tools Quit g Services p Shared Folders C F
316. udo update initramfs u Depending on your own preference you might choose to have several different themes alternating between then every so often All you have to do is repeat these two commands each time you want to switch A No you re quite safe All that has happened is that the two LXFS13 answers 111 Me Answers lt A Go home Gnome Now that I ve got Kubuntu Xubuntu installed how can access the different environments Every time log in it takes me straight to the Gnome desktop What am doing wrong the Gnome desktop because that s its standard In order to access either Kubuntu KDE or Xubuntu Xfce you need to explicitly choose them There are two main ways of doing this within Ubuntu The first and by far the simplest is to click the Options button in the bottom left hand corner of the login screen and choose Select Session You ll see a window pop up where you can select which window manager you would like to run To use KDE make sure the radio button is selected and click on the Change Session button When you log in you ll be asked whether you want to make your choice the new default or to just use it for this session as a one off If you want to experiment we d suggest choosing Just For This Session Keep doing this until you ve made your mind up about the alternative environment at which point you can choose to make it the default The other way to change this is to use the Login Window Prefe
317. ugh the list of results to find software to install Dependencies As with Add Remove Applications there is a check box next to each package that allows you to mark it for installation but it s a little more complicated than that when you click it a menu will appear that lets you choose exactly what you want to do with the package As it s not currently installed the only option available to you will be Mark for installation so choose that Whenever you choose a package that has dependencies other pieces of software that are needed for it to run Synaptic will ask you to confirm you want to Wa Hitri beste Quinn ween t continue with those t dependencies As you become more Gescoptin ap chess for 11 Standalore 30 first pars Game data Hes for Alia dabuggirea syribaks tar a Dedicated wearer for Ali dabugoires syrnbob tor a adimena Chess game fore 1Re Thors are three boardi stacked wartiodh G6 pesara which Or aire ngi Players Los packages listed 1171 installed O broken Pte instalupgred O t remo 102 Linux starter pack LXFS13 software 102 most are the tradtional chess peces wh jus a couple of additions 26 poenble directions in which to iw The 8 ant wondertul but presides a challenging enough game to al but the mest highly ckiked accustomed to Linux you ll find this particularly useful because it ensures you know exactly what s going on to your computer
318. ur computer Yes we re focusing on Linux but we don t think you really care what you use because what you really want is a computer that s fast featureful and full of cool things to try the fact that it s Linux that provides all those things and more is probably secondary As a result we ve tried to focus on helping you get more from your computer So in this magazine you ll find THE BEGINNER S GUIDE TO ALL THINGS ee THE LINUX 4 Want to dump Windows but don t know how Heres your complete guide to using Linux gt By buying this magazine you ve actually already done the hardest thing when switching to Linux LINUR Linace Format Sppectal 8 Linux starter pack LXFS13 linux 8 D E How to install Linux DB How to find your way around EJ How to customise system settings to get things just the way you want them Z How to find common programs such as web browsers email clients and more How to create brochures spreadsheets and simple databases J How to touch up your photos and create original artwork FJ How to play games and chat to your friends And there s even a special troubleshooting section starting on p110 which can guide you through all the most common problems newcomers experience on Linux In short this is magazine dedicated to helping you succeed with Linux we ve written it to help you learn to help you avoid problems and to help you get the most from your comp
319. ush your Skills a little further but don t know how Upgrade your inner Linux master the easy way 4 Linux starter pack LXFS13 contents 4 THE TTF il Along with plain vanilla Ubuntu you ll find a 64 bit version and a super sized version with lots more mip spi ubuntu sap Ru Ins SUT traight S Ly anil Ipi i iiss arid if shall OpenOFFfice Org sssssssssssscenssscessses Your complete new suite of productivity apps D 15 4 08 18 25 56 Read this first to get the most from your magazine Make this your first stop before you put the disc in the drive Who What When How We explain the basics of Linux use Surf the web with Firefox and do even more with its add ons Make to do lists create calendars store your contacts and more If you re looking for a capable word processor that looks and works much like Microsoft Word this is the place to go Spreadsheets might look dull from a distance but OOo Calc at least ensures they re easy to create and play with Learn how to make presentations for business but only if you promise never to use letter by letter animated fly ins Get your CD collection organised the geeky way enter it sort it print it then maybe finally get around to listening to it too Make some clipart then turn it into a letterhead fast Got a digital camera and some photos you want to tart up Get the knowledge you need to make them perfect
320. uter What isn t in this magazine Now you know what is in this magazine let me tell you what isn t in here Boring theory B Useless facts o Pi rower ee eo ee i tition die face qp IE simh eed mw Ces titan Se Byer ee oe at a Se Ca ret E i i MNA gt Why pay for a DVD burner when you get one free with Linux 14 4 08 19 48 58 Linux m Er innin iE Games m E IPA TE See Se plm m n p eee a A poe z m m a oe oe mm Soutairt gt Have fun with Linux there are hundreds of games to install for free many of which are suitable for young children EJ Scary programming Command line horrors _ S A f gt The Brasero CD burner is an advanced disc creation system great for people who want more power You see all those things work to confuse and misdirect first timers with Linux so we want to steer well clear of them In fact you ll barely see any mention at all of the command line that Linux is so famous for because we re less interested in explaining what things are than actually explaining what you can do with them Where to go from here This is the end of my short introduction so the next step for you is to dive on into Linux by turning over the page and following our step by step install guide If you have more questions relax we ll try to answer them as you go The important thing is that in your hands is all you need to get started and have
321. vely new Debian based distro that has become exceedingly popular due to its focus on freedom and vibrant user community Founded and sponsored by South African millionaire Mark Shuttleworth Unmount The process of removing a device or media from your computer Temra 2 Promo gt Type commands directly to the computer by using the command line LXFS13 glossary Sec1 123 ISE Linux 10 0 Eybi ee ee iat eh ey ee eu gt SUSE is just one of many popular Linux distributions each with its own mission to achieve Distros with supermount will unmount devices for you as you remove them URPMI User Red Hat Package Manager Install the standard Mandriva Linux tool for installing RPM files on to your system URPMI also intelligently handles RPM dependencies and uninstallation User An account on your Linux box Each user has a username and a password VESA Video Electronics Standards Association also the X graphics driver that works as the lowest common denominator no matter what graphics card you have in your machine On the downside the VESA driver is very slow and not capable of 3D acceleration Vim The Vi Improved text editor is the most widespread Linux text editor and despite being quite unlike most other text editors in the world is quite easy to learn Some systems use the command vi to launch Vim Virtual desktop Linux allows you to have multiple logical views of your graphical desktop know
322. versions of snapshots for editing later for example by clicking on File gt Create New Version It s great fun to mess around with your images after you ve taken them oA 2 by Basic i oee editing Crop and rotate Two of the more common problems with photos can be easily solved with F Spot The first is the need to crop an image cutting the edges around a photo to make some detail larger In F Spot double click on the image you want to edit so that it now occupies the whole window Now use the mouse to drag a selection square across the image that includes the area of the photo you want to keep You might have noticed a small toolbar at the bottom we need the one that looks a little like a scalpel Clicking on this will remove everything in the image except the area you selected If you need to straighten up your photo you can use another icon on the toolbar the one that looks like a red arrow coming out of an envelope Click on this and a smaller window appears with a single draggable slider This Slider changes the angle of the image which will update in real time as you drag it from one side to the other When you re happy with the new angle click on Apply to make the change permanent re Fesin Pe Fil ae ps Peg ae Erem Pime Fini Like BESA LEi a Ceo Ei OL lie i IMM napa WG Lee ee 52 Linux starter pack LXFS13 photos 52 rt Se ae ree rian rik aa Colour saiietment Compensating for un
323. w release Blender has many advanced functions for the CGI artist including Nurbs Bezier curves metaballs particles and digital sculpting The ray tracing element responsible for generating the final image can be replaced and many people use the photo realistic Yafray as a substitute The images that can be produced are breathtaking My first render But there is a cost and that s complexity Blender has one of the most convoluted and complex user interfaces we ve ever come across This is a real shame because you don t necessarily need to be a CGI expert to get usable results It just takes a little effort to learn the basics When you first launch Blender from the Applications gt Graphics menu the window that appears Is confusing The main view is split into two with the top area showing a top down view of the scene and the lower area dedicated to buttons and panels Things become clearer if you select Camera from the View menu This will switch the main display to the view from the in scene camera and by default it s looking at a cuboid in the centre of the scene Press F12 and the scene is rendered A window will appear with a properly lit rendition of the scene Close the render and return to the main window Make sure gt This frame is taken from an animated short film called Elephants Dream a movie created almost entirely using Blender and other open source software 106 Linux starter pack LXFS13 b
324. w desktop theme Linux starter pack 71 15 4 08 11 57 38 Extras Codecs Convert your Linux installation into a multimedia powerhouse and add extras for a better internet experience gt VLC is arguably the best media player in the world and it handles DVDs with ease File view E E 72 Linux starter pack LXFS13 codecs 72 ut of the box Ubuntu Linux provides a fine computing experience for general internet and office jobs However it s missing a handful of features to make it an all round desktop OS but we can soon fix that Why is it missing these Well Ubuntu Linux Is a free operating system built with components that anybody can modify and share Consequently it doesn t include software packages which are non redistributable or commercially limited such as Adobe Flash Player This is a bit annoying at first as you ll have seen if you ve tried to go You Tubing but it doesn t take long to rectify Another aspect to this is multimedia playback Unfortunately many of the codecs file format reading programs which we use on a day to day basis are encumbered with copyright and software patent issues To avoid getting on the wrong side of media companies Ubuntu Linux and the DVD with this magazine doesn t include MP3 and DVD playback as standard but again these facilities are just a few mouse clicks and commands away Over the next few pages we ll show you how to spruce up your Linux machine s
325. ward button Alt Home Goes to your home page Alt Enter Opens a URL in a new tab use it rather than pressing Enter when typing a URL Of those CtrI L Ctrl K and Ctri T are easily the most useful so give them a try and watch them speed your browsing Another little shortcut is the key which enables quick find mode For example if you type Zhello Firefox will find the first instance of the word hello on the current page If you are specifically looking for link text try using instead eg hello that will find the first link with the text hello The search is on Firefox has a search box in the top right hand corner of its user interface meaning that you can get access to your favourite search engine very easily By default Google is used as the search engine but you can change that very easily by clicking the small G button next to the search box Firefox will bring up a list of alternative search providers including Amazon eBay Creative Commons Yahoo and even Microsoft Live Search If you particularly want one of these providers then feel free to choose them but using Google has one big advantage search suggestions Sometimes searching for things can be frustrating you have only a vague idea of what you re looking for you need to try several times to get it right and sometimes you don t find it at all Well when Firefox uses Google as its search engine it can help suggest search term
326. we enter the command sudo apt get update amp amp sudo apt get upgrade y amp amp sudo apt get dist upgrade y which will update the software repository information install any upgrades and also install any more complicated upgrades All we will have to do is enter our password in once as we have chained the commands together using the two amp amp signs An alternative to this using the s command might look like this Is al less Instead of simply running the commands in order this actually sends the output of the Is al command to the less command allowing you to easily scroll up and down using the cursor keys to see your directory contents When you re finished tap the Q key to return to the command line Linux starter pack 117 15 4 08 12 22 18 le AS Glossary Glossary Get to grips with all the Linux lingo used by the open source community ACP Advanced Configuration amp Power Interface Allows Linux to control power management on laptops and desktop machines If ACPI is properly configured Linux can power off your machine for you when shutting it down ALSA Advanced Linux Sound Architecture This library provides support for a number of soundcards enabling a Linux system to give multimedia feedback Amarok The preferred KDE media player Amarok can locate and manage your songs playlists album art and song lyrics and of course play music Most distros also come with Juk
327. werful add ons system that can build in some impressive extra functionality It was designed with ease of use in mind which means it s very easy for first time users to find their way around Of course It s more likely that Firefox is popular for all those reasons and more but while it s easy to master the basics yourself with a few minutes of learning you can get a lot more out of the world s most popular web browser Keyboard shortcuts There s lots to read on the web and any serious web user wants to make most of the time they have to surf So here are a few sneaky little keyboard shortcuts that you can use to streamline your Firefox experience Shortcut Ctri H Opens the History sidebar Ctri J Opens the Download Manager so you can see how your downloads are doing Ctri K Focuses the search box so you can type a query Ctrl L Focuses the location bar so you can type a URL Ctril R Reloads the current page Ctri T Opens a new tab Ctri Z Copy URL from previous tab use it when you ve just pressed Ctrl T for a new tab Ctrl Increases the font size Ctri Decreases the font size Ctri O Returns font size to default Ctrl Enter Adds www and com to a URL so typing intel then pressing Ctrl Enter will load the page www intel com Alt Left Goes to the previous page you were looking at equivalent to the Back button Alt Right Goes to the next page in your history equivalent to the For
328. whatever is in cell A1 then substitutes that result into the function and in this case would come up with the answer 12 The real power of this is that now if you change the value entered into Al say to the number 5 then without doing anything else the value in A2 will change to be 10 The spreadsheet is like a very customiseable calculator and with a combination of functions and references you can build up a very complicated computing engine Circular references are something you need to beware of because they can be rather tricky to track down What is a circular reference Well say you assigned the value of 3 to cell Al Now you assign B1 to be Al Then you assign C1 to be B1 2 Now you go back to Al and assign it to be equal to C1 1 What happens All the cells you entered will now show the text name 15 4 08 11 15 48 Function Wizard Functi ens Structure GROWTH Category Array Function FREQUENCY LINEST MDETERM MINVERSE MMULT MUNIT SUMFRODUCT SUMX2MY2 SUMXZPY2 SUMXMYZ TRANSPOSE TREND Formula w Array which is shorthand for don t know what s going on but I can t resolve the contents of this cell Whenever you enter data on the spreadsheet and it references another cell that cell is recalculated In this case when Calc tried to work out the value for C1 it eventually worked its way back to Al whose value was indeterminate the cells are trying to reference each other so it
329. while those around them fall down to fill the space If this leads to the completion of further coloured lines you get a bonus combination score The more line completions you can string together the higher your score A good strategy is to get five blocks together You can often find two groups of two in the same vertical column and working a single block of the same colour into the middle section joining the two blocks together is the best way to improve your score as well as giving you a good chance of a combo As time passes you will start to get horizontal blocks appearing at the top of coloured blocks To remove these you need get a line of three blocks or more adjacent to the horizontal block which will then turn 60 Linux starter pack LXFS13 games 60 into ordinary pieces that rain on to the top of the playing area The longer you play the more of these blocks appear as the game starts to speed up As a result Crack Attack soon becomes a manic attempt to keep on top of things But for the ultimate gameplay experience you have to try it with two players Crack Attack can connect to anyone on the local network or even across the internet One person needs to use their machine as the server with the other being the client The client needs to enter the IP address of the server machine to be able to connect On the internet you can find your IP address by visiting http whatsmyip org and this is the number you
330. whole process taking around a minute on a fast DSL connection LXFS13 codecs 73 Extras ZNZ 38 re Search Package Installed Version Latest 2veard snad Search Click on Search at the top then look for the package called flashplayer nonfree It will appear in the main window list click the checkbox next to it then Apply at the top Fe Bi e rr Geha peh jjs b Beeg Laen PEL enir D m ijai a Ty o E ee bem paitinn jimi i pr oo THA Wf s Ahe This Veo Ta dopp mkmga adi porte barr Devil ted hipon op paced mma combi nid eee eS gt Sore Fro malebu tan Rer pa Ti kiiri iso Ae Bay h Toan dd a ramm igih TEE ree pel j han Bakr Seri ire iy Lilie i iya Ue rmm Ld l 3 y a me peg teers gee p Pee Finish And you re done Start Firefox and hop over to You Tube to confirm that the installation has worked you should be able to view Flash content around the web now Linux starter pack 73 15 4 08 11 57 23 Helix Player lets you view RealMedia content either embedded into web pages or as standalone streams 74 Linux starter pack LXFS13 codecs 74 Java and RealPlayer These programs are very easy to install Click Applications gt Accessories gt Terminal and enter the following command to get the Java plugin for Firefox so you can view Java applets on websites sudo apt get install sun java6 plugin You may be prompted f
331. y slow tegn Eiumer ans ther home directory Perries ore rly allow login Fusers hore directory pennissions are terura E Allow login if group wits permissions on users home directory Slow login if alerta pamidangan users hone diractory Configure y Sarver cians Be ji gia pP geile p Pua gram mem mm Lan a pE i evi hi Pania alii CHD bed eerie Pies batten ast ew Shiv Emmm a Bie erg bis ee Miia Dihi ee kami ham eer oe eT ae arepe eee ta gt See and change user permissions for any file that belongs to you make something private or open for anyone Remote Login via XDMCP This is an advanced option that lets you log into another machine as if you were actually the you get the remote desktop and all your remote files Automatic login If you re the only user of your computer you might prefer to have Ubuntu skip past all the login nonsense and log you in re automatically But before you enable that option you need to be aware that enabling auto login is a security risk because anyone who gets physical access to your computer can read all your files without having to authenticate themselves This is laptop you want go to System gt Administration gt Login Window then enter your password when prompted The Login Window Preferences window will appear and it has quite a few options you need to click the Login Select that box then choose your username from
332. ying to do Some were even connections p rsern r the same server multiple times for pop under which meant they would appear below your ae SNES browser and you would only see them when you were done Enables multiple files to be sent network http pipelining true These unrequested web irritants used to plague the web but down one HTTP connection Firefox took the lead and started blocking them and other Linux starter pack 23 LXFS13 web 23 D 15 4 08 11 45 27 IN Browse the web 24 Linux starter pack LXFS13 web 24 E p eS ee gt The about config screen is full of options to change so type something in the filter box to slim down the list a little Add ons Without a doubt add ons are the most impressive thing about Firefox because it has been designed to be open to its very core the add ons that people create can modify any part of the browser and there are some incredibly powerful ones around To help get you started here s our list of the best add ons out there But be warned you should only install these from the Firefox homepage because the fact that the add ons can modify Firefox means that it s possible to install malicious add ons if you don t get them from a trusted source Firefox does take this very seriously so if you try to install an add on from an untrusted source expect to be warned again To install an add on go to Tools gt Add Ons then choose Get Extensions Note that th
333. ym that stands for PHP Hypertext Preprocessor PHP is a web scripting language with tight links to databases and powerful XML processing PowerPC CPU architecture used by IBM and Freescale as part of their primary desktop line of chips IBM has extended PowerPC to servers and even supercomputers Prompt Another term for the command line There are many of these terms Proxy server Proxy servers cache web server responses locally so that a given website loads faster the next time you or someone else with access to the proxy loads it The most popular proxy server on Linux is Squid Python Flexible object oriented programming language for Linux that is often used to create agile scripts in the minimum of time Qt Graphical user interface toolkit produced by Norway based Trolltech Q s most popular use is behind the scenes of KDE but it is also available on Mac OS X and Windows Red Hat Arguably the most successful Linux company in the world Red Hat s main product is Red Hat Enterprise Linux Its consumer level product Red Hat Linux was spun off in 2003 with the launch of Fedora ReiserFS Advanced journalling filesystem created by Hans Reiser and others Its development has been sponsored by SUSE Linspire and also the American Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA It is commonly thought to be the fastest Linux filesystem available Root The administrator user in Linux The root user o
334. you alter the translucency of entire windows 15 4 08 11 57 37 Desktop effects PS Emerald theme manager Access dozens of separate themes using Emerald f you think that Compiz is overburdened with possibility with a wealth of options that make it hard to get your desktop you want then Emerald is the answer It is a Simple interface to changing the appearance of your desktop There s no talk of plugins and categories in Emerald just click on the preview you like and the display changes accordingly Themes have been created to ape many popular desktops but they re easy enough to edit and create your own All of this is achieved through the manager There s a little hoop jumping to get everything installed and you need to type a single line on the command line to be able to install the most useful themes but it s definitely worth the effort Create your own After installing the themes see our walkthrough you ll find a preview for each listed in the Themes tab when you first launch the Emerald Theme Manager from the System gt Preferences menu Clicking on any of them will apply the theme to the windows on your desktop Compiz is being used in the background to add transparency reflections blur effects refraction and the shadows These effects are handled by something called a frame engine and you can see which one each theme is using by switching to the Edit Themes tab Just switching between
335. you do have mp3s use the OgegConvert tool to translate them into OGG files fe phat fee Ta eee jji aa A 2 er EH bE Ee m f Diiira le ef 77 Wik cron c a E SLri Cac a ad i tice Mints Ls lian T JLFAbA RERE HN a i E mhi E cra bai Thi 0 A eee ee T a a 3 TT 4 es ae ThE TARTEA ie Fa E Pasi Riad Pca i E i ade T mirig Ot The ee or E Fiki i il i AE SUT The vee EO TH PFN a Ta mms Adding tracks to your disc is pretty easy The top half of the K3b window is split into two parts On the left is a directory tree with folders from your local filesystem The contents of the currently selected directory appears in the larger area of the window Pran fees eee fee EEF jaa A A G 13 akami iiH a ee P3 pi Py 73 p ie A FED bom ia 7 haw Semin T pa iiie E rjali dibe e A Um nta of il aT haa oo ales BO Seo ie ee BA Lidge G Sed wert Gers 1 Papel hs am peer H ne os i ii Fi ene tone TETE nL When you add tracks the status bar along the bottom will start to fill with green This indicates the amount of space on the CD you are using if it goes red you have added too much music and you will have to remove some K3bis smart enough to make allowances for gt 650MB discs if you have them though old CD players may have trouble with them LXFS13 inlays 83 AN G Make a compilation CD P Boat Daes DFi Bire ie ai dao Bee zi ea TT iim niba
336. your KDE desktop The Kicker is an incredibly powerful tool that can hold quick launch icons program lists and RSS feeds Right click on the Kicker to start learning KOffice The KDE based office suite that comprises a generous group of applications KWord the word processor KSpread the spreadsheet KPresenter the presentation program Kivio the technical drawing package Karbon 4 the vector art application Krita the pixel based art tool like Gimp Kugar the report generator KPlato the project manager and Kexi the database management system KOffice applications are smaller faster but less functional than their OpenOffice org equivalents Konqueror The default web browser and file management system for KDE Konqueror like Windows Explorer works as a browser a file manager and a file preview tool that can view many file types Konqueror uses the same rendering engine as Apple s Safari Kontact Integrated personal information manager similar to Outlook for KDE Also consider Evolution DL Km ee a le ae ee a as i mesti baraba L iia re min en a dili E p Pybe ajg hji d mpra MC A ee es sia Enpe ge iiai par aar eal ee ee ar arrn imaij pps gree bol of mga EME eel bey PEATE ELE cy eee E seer opty ere eel eee ee ee ee gt KDE s advanced text editor Kate has a plethora of options Linux starter pack 121 15 4 08 11 15 57 N g AS o oe Glossary ian et bert eel jrin a
337. ype it out Don t worry about the font and size until you have entered it all When you re done click on the T icon in the top toolbar This opens up the window for changing text choose a font and size you like or go crazy and use different fonts for each line if you like When you are done press Control S to save the file and then choose File gt Print to print it out Exploring the Inkscape interface Use these buttons to open and save files The pointer tool is used for selecting moving and resizing objects He EAE abou HS S Inf A k a eee ork Pe Hy ry o a SE o eae ta eet The text tool adds a text area object to your drawing LXFS13 inlays 85 A appijationa Plapar sentem ec st 29 er en a E E ee GQ 0HE Change Popp Come 5 f Spake rais a Tali Pounded aR Pareden ili La rims SE CS EE SO aa You can use layers to organise complicated objects The magnify buttons quickly switch between zoom levels The Font and Style button is used to change text styles aa FT Ob lt 2 E 4 Li i Ss ET im 7 Click here to pick a colour for the object F E n Linux starter pack 35 15 4 08 18 02 54 IN Instant messaging Instant messaging Communication is an integral part of the computer desktop and Linux has some of the best applications in this class to choose from For M

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