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This article was written on July 27, 2007 by CyberNet.

I don’t know how, but I missed the release of Full Circle Magazine issue #2 which was available a month ago. So I thought today I would write a combined post that covers issue #2 as well as #3 which was just released.

Full Circle Magazine is a user-created magazine designed for Ubuntu Linux users. It normally includes how-to’s, guides, and a look at what you can expect from Ubuntu (and some of its siblings like Kubuntu). So let’s see what the two newest issues bring to the table:

–Full Circle Issue #2 (JPEG / PDF)–

One of the cool things that I learned from this issues is that there is an Ubuntu Home Server in the works which aims to compete with Windows Home Server.

I’ve converted this issue into a JPEG image for those of you who don’t want to download the PDF. Here’s a quick overview of what issue #2 has in it:

• Flavour of the Month – Kubuntu
• How-To
• Ubuntu on the Intel Mac Mini
• Virtual Private Networking
• Learning Scribus Part 2
• Ubuntu for your Grandma!
• Review – System 76 Darter
• Top 5 – Widgets
• MyDesktop, MyPC and more!

–Full Circle Issue #3 (JPEG / PDF)–

This issue previews a few of the new Compiz Fusion effects (this is the result of Beryl and Compiz merging together). There wasn’t as much news on this as I would have liked to see, so I thought I would throw in this video to demonstrate what Compiz Fusion can do:

I’ve converted this issue as well into a JPEG image for those of you who don’t want to download the PDF. Here’s a quick overview of what issue #3 has in it:

• Xubuntu install step-by-step – Alternative Disc
• How-To
• Get a Stunning Ubuntu Desktop
• Learning Scribus part 3
• Ubuntu in Photography
• Review of Ubuntu on a Macbook
• Preview of several new Compiz Fusion effects
• Letters, Q&A, MyDesktop, MyPC, Top5 and more!

Overall it looks like the magazine is doing really well, and the last few releases have met their deadlines perfectly. I can’t wait to see what issue #4 has in store for us on August 31st!

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This article was written on April 13, 2007 by CyberNet.

There has been a lot of things going on in the Linux world these past few weeks, and so I thought I would throw it into a single article that sums it all up.

Ubuntu 7.10

Ubuntu 7.10 (code-named Gusty Gibbon) is going to take priority soon since Ubuntu 7.04 should be released next week. Mark Shuttleworth announced that Ubuntu 7.10 will actually be coming in two forms, the normal one that we’re all used to and an “ultra-light” version that doesn’t have any drivers, images, sound or applications included.

Mark also had this to say about the Compiz/Beryl progress:

On a personal note, the monkey on my back has been composite-by-default, which I had hoped would happen in Edgy, then Feisty. I’m nervous to predict it now for Gutsy, for fear of a third strike, but I’m told that great work is being done in the Compiz/Beryl community and upstream in X. There’s a reasonable chance that Gutsy will deliver where those others have not. I remain convinced that malleable, transparent and extra-dimensional GUI’s are a real opportunity for the free software community to take a lead in the field of desktop innovation, and am keen to see the underlying technologies land in Ubuntu, but we have to balance that enthusiasm with the Technical Board’s judgement of the stability and maturity of those fundamental layers.

Ubuntu 7.10 is slated for an October 18th release date which keeps them right on track for their 6–month milestone release schedule.

Now it makes you wonder what their next code-name is going to be? They are going in alphabetical order so both words would start with an “H”…maybe Happy Hippo?

Freespire 2.0

The next milestone for Freespire, version 2, is making its rounds through their alpha stages right now. This distribution of Linux has always caught by attention because of the free Click-N-Run (CNR). With CNR you are able to install both freeware and shareware of the applications you are looking for without having to do any of the work yourself. Just click a button and CNR will do the rest.

Another one of the big features is that Freespire automatically installs Nvidia and ATI graphics card drivers. However, the latest alpha release will not automatically install these drivers for you, so you may want to hold off until a more stable release is available that corrects the problem.

One of the higher priorities is for Freespire to include XGL that will provide a 3D desktop experience. This feature should make the final release as long as they get all of the bugs worked out in time.

Both the Beta and Release Candidate (RC) builds are expected later this month, and then the final release is slated for the second quarter of 2007 (which is between now and July).

Thanks for the tip Jack of all Trades!

OpenSUSE 10.3

OpenSUSE just releases version 10.3 Alpha 3 for anyone who feels the need to test the latest software. Probably the most talked about feature in this release is that people running the 64–bit version will benefit from having the 64–bit package of Firefox as well. More on what’s new in each of the pre-releases can be found here.

OpenSUSE 10.3 is expected to hit final form around September, which puts it about 10 months after their last milestone.

There are some big months ahead for the Linux community, and it will be really interesting to see how the 3D desktop evolves.

If you know of other release dates for Linux distributions feel free to send us a tip or drop it in the comments below!

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This article was written on May 09, 2008 by CyberNet.

Fun Friday

A couple of weeks ago I got an email forwarded to me and it was a list of rules that Bill Gates gave in a speech at a High School. When he gave the speech, he said they were not things that would be learned in school, and he talked about how “feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real word.” I read through the rules (view here) and they were extremely interesting and gave me the idea to try and find other bits of advice that people in the tech industry have given.

In the process of finding more advice, I learned that these “rules” weren’t actually written by Bill Gates, rather they were written by a man named Charles Sykes in a book called “Dumbing Down America.” This was one of those situations where whoever started the email didn’t exactly get their facts straight, but they were still interesting bits of advice nonetheless. Keeping with the theme, I figured I’d seek out some of the best actually given by Bill Gates, and add to it with advice from Steve Jobs, and Mark Shuttleworth (known for his leadership of the Ubuntux Linux distribution). At least one of these men has played an extremely important role in the computer experience you have, and so we thought it would be worth seeing what kinds of advice they’ve given.

Bill Gates

The bits of advice/words of wisdom/questions to think about from Bill Gates come from a commencement address that he gave in 2007 at Harvard University.

• Humanity’s greatest advances are not in its discovers – but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity.
• The barrier to change is not too little caring; it is too much complexity.
• From those to whom much is given, much is expected
• Take on an issue – a complex problem, a deep inequity, and become a specialist on it
• Don’t let complexity stop you
• Be activists
• Should the world’s most privileged people learn about the lives of the world’s least privileged?
• Should our best minds be dedicated to solving our biggest problems?
• For every person in the world who has access to technology, five people don’t…

Steve Jobs

The bits of advice/words of wisdom from Steve Jobs come from a commencement address that he gave in 2005 at Stanford University.

• Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith…
• You’ve got to find what you love.
• The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
• Don’t settle.
• Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.
• There is no reason not to follow your heart
• Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life
• Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition
• You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future…

Mark Shuttleworth

The bits of advice from Mark Shuttleworth come from the following sources: Dist rowatch.com , Freesoftwaremagazine.com, Phoronix

• A small group of passionate people is all it takes to change the world. In fact, if you look through the history of humanity, they are the only ones who have ever changed anything.
• When is the best time to plant a tree? Twenty years ago. When is the second best time? Now.
• I think we are all driven to push ourselves in one way or another – to explore some idea or activity that’s interesting
• Before launching Ubuntu, I asked myself: where do I want to be? Do I want to be on the sidelines, reading about these changes, or do I want to jump straight into the action and help shape the future?
• You need to look into the future and see what is really interesting and then pursue it. That doesn’t necessarily mean you have to be successful as nothing in life means you’re going to be successful
• Know very clearly what it is that you are excited about. Partly that means reading widely and know what is going on in the world and just being honest about what you really enjoy, and doing that because you will be a hell of a lot better at it then if you follow someone else…
• In the technology game, you need to pick things that are inspiring, challenging, and interesting

The best advice is…

With that, we wanted to throw the question out to you and find out what the best piece of advice is that you have received?

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Canonical’s still one month away from letting Natty Narwhal (also known as Ubuntu 11.04) out of the cage, but it’s already teasing us with another OS flaunting an alliterative mammalian monicker. Like the Narwhal before it, Oneiric Ocelot (or Ubuntu 11.10), due out this October, will offer a 2D OpenGL-based Unity interface to support older computers, as well as Qt — you know, the framework Nokia loved and left hanging. You can also expect Ubuntu to scale back on the number of cloud services with the Ocelot, as it gears up for the release of the as-of-yet unnamed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (long term support). For now, that’s all she wrote, but if you’re dying to find out how they come up with those adorable Animalia appellatives, check out the source link below.

Canonical christens Ubuntu 11.10 ‘Oneiric Ocelot’ originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Mar 2011 06:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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System 76 has been doing open source right for quite some time now, and it’s just unleashed what it claims is the “most powerfull Ubuntu laptop in the world” — so powerful it needs that extra L. It’s the Serval Professional, offering your choice of Intel Core i7 processors ranging from the 2GHz 2630QM to the 2.5GHz 2920XM. Graphics are handled by a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M GPU that pumps 1080p worth of pixel dust to a 15.6-inch, LED-backlit display. Prices for that machine start at $1,379 but you’re only a few mouse clicks away from three times that. On the slightly lower-end scale is the Gazelle Professional, with a more limited range of processors and graphics options, but the same 15.6-inch display and a price that starts at $1,239. Both come with any operating system you like — so long as it’s Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat.

System 76 brings Sandy Bridge to Ubuntu with Gazelle and Serval laptops originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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