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Full CircleISSUE #44 - December 2010

QUAKE LIVE - ONE YEAR ON

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Full Circle

Link Shortening p.13

Write For Full Circle p.14

Backup With Wubi p.10

Program In Python Pt1 p.07

Ubuntu Women p.24

Ubuntu Games p.25

Command & Conquer p.05

Top 5 p.31

Team Interviews p.21 Linux Lab p.15

Review - Unetbootin p.20 Letters p.22

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EEDDIITTOORRIIAALL

Welcome to the last issue of Full Circle.

All the best for 2011, and keep in touch!

Full Circle Podcast

Hosts:

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Here's the FinalNumbers on theHumble Indie Bundle #2

Source

LLIINNUUXX NNEEWWSS

Russia's latest five-year plan calls forswitch to Linux

Source

Full Circle Notifier - Beta Release!

Full Circle Notifier

http://goo.gl/4Ob4

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#!/bin/bash

updateChecker=`apt-get -supgrade|grep upgraded,|cut --delimiter=" " -f1`

echo "$updateChecker";

apt-get -s upgrade

${fontDejaVuSans:bold:size=8}Updates:$font ${execi 300/path/to/script}

chmod +x /path/to/script

CCOOMMMMAANNDD && CCOONNQQUUEERRWritten by Lucas Westermann

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Lucas

COMMAND & CONQUER

Further Scripting

Full Circle Podcast

ReviewNews

Gaming

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HHOOWW--TTOOWritten by Greg Walters PPrrooggrraamm IInn PPyytthhoonn -- PPaarrtt 1188

[0][0] | [0][1] | [0][2][1][0] | [1][1] | [1][2][2][0] | [2][1] | [2][2]

# The next three lines arenew...

self.player = 1

self.gameboard = [['-','-','-'],['-','-','-'],['-','-

','-']]

self.run()

if self.processingloop:if cmd == 'Start':self.InitGameBoard()self.PrintGameBoard(1)

if cmd[:4] == 'Move':print "MOVE COMMAND"position = cmd[5:]if position[0] == 'A':

row = 0elif position[0] == 'B':

row = 1

elif position[0] == 'C':row = 2

else:self.cli.send('Invalid

position')return

col = int(position[1])-1

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PROGRAM IN PYTHON - PART 18

if row < 0 or row > 2:

self.cli.send('Invalidposition')

return

if self.gameboard[row][col]

== '-':

if self.player == 1:

self.gameboard[row][col] = "X"

else:

self.gameboard[row][col] = "O"

self.PrintGameBoard(0)

def InitGameBoard(self):

self.gameboard = [['-','-','-'],['-','-','-'],['-','-','-']]

def PrintGameBoard(self,firsttime):#Print the header rowoutp = (' 1 2 3') + chr(13) + chr(10)outp += (" A {0} | {1} | {2}".format(self.gameboard[0][0],self.gameboard[0][1],self.gameboard[0][2])) + chr(13)+chr(10)outp += (' ------------')+ chr(13)+chr(10)outp += (" B {0} | {1} | {2}".format(self.gameboard[1][0],self.gameboard[1][1],self.gameboard[1][2]))+ chr(13)+chr(10)outp += (' ------------')+ chr(13)+chr(10)outp += (" C {0} | {1} | {2}".format(self.gameboard[2][0],self.gameboard[2][1],self.gameboard[2][2]))+ chr(13)+chr(10)outp += (' ------------')+ chr(13)+chr(10)

if firsttime == 0:if self.player == 1:

ret = self.checkwin("X")else:

ret = self.checkwin("O")if ret == True:

if self.player == 1:

outp += "Player 1 WINS!"else:outp += "Player 2 WINS!"

else:if self.player == 1:

self.player = 2else:

self.player = 1outp += ('Enter move for player %s' %

self.player)self.cli.send(outp)

PROGR P O P R 8

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PROGRAM IN PYTHON - PART 18

Greg Walters

The Client

if __name__ == '__main__':conn =

CmdLine('localhost')conn.makeConnection()conn.sendCmd('Start')conn.getResults()conn.sendCmd('Move A3')conn.getResults()r = raw_input("Press

Enter")conn.sendCmd('Move B2')conn.getResults()r = raw_input("Press

Enter")

Moving Forward

Next time, we'll modify ourserver to actually play the other

player.

First, we will check each Row for a horizontal win:def checkwin(self,player):

#loop through rows and columnsfor c in range(0,3):#check for horizontal line

if self.gameboard[c][0] == player andself.gameboard[c][1] == player and self.gameboard[c][2] ==player:

print "*********\n\n%s wins\n\n*********" %

player playerwin = Truereturn playerwin

Next, we check each Column for a win:#check for vertical lineelif self.gameboard[0][c] == player and

self.gameboard[1][c] == player and self.gameboard[2][c] ==player:

print "** %s wins **" % playerplayerwin = Truereturn playerwin

Now we check for the diagonal win from left to right...#check for diagonal win (left to right)elif self.gameboard[0][0] == player and

self.gameboard[1][1] == player and self.gameboard[2][2] ==player:

print "** %s wins **" % playerplayerwin = Truereturn playerwin

Then from right to left...#check for diagonal win (right to left)elif self.gameboard[0][2] == player and

self.gameboard[1][1] == player and self.gameboard[2][0] ==player:

print "** %s wins **" % playerplayerwin = Truereturn playerwin

Finally, if there is no win, we return false:else:

playerwin = Falsereturn playerwin

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HHOOWW--TTOOWritten by Chris Binnie BBaacckkuupp WWiitthh WWuubbii

Fear not virtualization fans,

Lucas's series will continue

from next month.

BACKUP WITH WUBI

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BACKUP WITH WUBI

mount -o loop myloop.disk/mnt

BACKUP WITH WUBI

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Ideas & WritersWanted

please be specific with your

idea!

if you cant get the

article written within several

weeks (a month at most) that

you reopen the question

for ideas

for writers

BACKUP WITH WUBI

# Change the filename totoday's date and time

filename="`date +%d.%m.%y-%H.%M`"

# Mount the second hard

drive, and don't give errorsif it's already mounted

sudo mount /dev/sdb2/media/SECOND > /dev/null2>&1

# Copy the ubuntu directoryto the second drive

sudo cp -R /host/ubuntu/media/SECOND/Wubi/ubuntu_$fi

lename# Make sure the user chriscan drag and drop thesefiles and not just root

sudo chown -R chris:chris/media/SECOND/Wubi/ubuntu_$filename

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HHOOWW--TTOOWritten by Robin Catling LLiinnkk SShhoorrtteenniinngg

Why Link Shortening?

Phurl Features

Other Link shortenersare available...

Trouble is...

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HHOOWW--TTOOWritten by Ronnie Tucker WWrriittee FFoorr FFuullll CCiirrccllee MMaaggaazziinnee

Guidelines

it must

somehow be linked to

Ubuntu or one of the

many derivatives of Ubuntu

PLEASE SPELL AND GRAMMAR

CHECK IT!

Writing

Images

Non-English Writers

REVIEWS

Games/Applications

When reviewing games/applications please state clearly:

HardwareWhen reviewing hardware please state clearly:

You don't need to be an expert to write anarticle - write about the games, applicationsand hardware that you use every day.

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LLIINNUUXX LLAABBWritten by Nikos Karagiannakis

Wireless

USB Wireless Adapter (TL-WN620G)

Note

ConclusionNext Target

Laptop :Compaq Armada 100S

Distro :Slitaz 2.0

slitaz-loram.iso

http://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/slitaz/packages/cooking/http://mirror.slitaz.org/iso/2.0/flavors/http://goo.gl/gl3mU

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MMYY SSTTOORRYYWritten by Praveen Kumar Singh

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MMYY SSTTOORRYYWritten by Jan Mussche

MY STORY

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MY STORY

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RREEVVIIEEWWWritten by Robin Catling

The good, the bad and

the downright ugly

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Age:

Location:

IRC Nick:

How long have you used Linux,

and what was your first distro?

How long have you been using

Ubuntu?

When did you get involved with

the MOTU team and how?

What helped you learn packaging

and how Ubuntu teams work?

Whats your favorite part of

working with the MOTU?

Any advice for people wanting to

help out MOTU?

Are you involved with any local

Linux/Ubuntu groups?

What are you

going to focus on

in Lucid?

What do you do in your other

spare time?

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LLEETTTTEERRSSEvery month we like to publish some of the emails we receive. If you would like tosubmit a letter for publication, compliment or complaint, please email it to:

.

Correction

Gerardo Jimenez Delgado

MORE CLI!

Jaap Woldringh

More Backup Ideas,Less Excuses

LETTERS

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John McGinnis

John Jaarsveld

Grep Or Not To Grep

ls | grep .*zip

ls *.zip

Gautham Pai

Business Proposal ForYou

Mr. Khaldoon Khalifa

another

LETTERS

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UUBBUUNNTTUU WWOOMMEENNWritten by Silvia Bindelli and Flavia Weisghizzi

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UUBBUUNNTTUU GGAAMMEESSWritten by Edward Hewitt

News

BEEP

Atom Zombie Smasher

Braid,

Cortex Command,

Machinarium, Osmos

Revenge Of The Titan

Trine Trine

2

QQuuaakkee LLiivvee:: OOnnee YYeeaarr OOnn

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UBUNTU GAMES

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QQ&&AACompiled by Gord Campbell

If you have Ubuntu-related questions, email them to:, and Gord will answer them in a future

issue.

QI have a printer

attached to another

computer on my

network running

Ubuntu. I've "shared" the printer,but I can't see it over the

network.

QHow can I minimize the

number of updates I

need to apply after

installing Ubuntu?

QWhen the computer

wakes up from sleep, I

don't want it to ask for

a password.

QHow can I find a

wireless-n adapter that

works in Ubuntu?

QI recently installed 64-

bit Ubuntu Maverick. I

have been trying to

mount my HDX-1000

media server, but I keep getting

"mount.nfs access denied by

server while mounting ...".

xeddog

HDX-Server1:/share/media/HDX-Server1 nfsrw,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,intr,nfsvers=3

QI would like to upgrade

to Ubuntu 10.10, but the

release notes say, "the

new Xorg 1.9 available

in Maverick is not compatible

with nVidia based chipsets that

use the (nvidia-96) and (nvidia-

173) drivers."

ppa:dajhorn/nvidia-96

QI just installed 10.04 on

a three-year-oldcomputer to use as a

media streamer for a

new 60" flat panel. It displays

nicely but comes up off-center to

the left.

QCan I close my laptop

but still keep it running?

Q & A

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Q

QWhen I try to adjust

the volume on my

computer, using the

volume control on the

panel, or the volume buttons on

my keyboard, it changes the

quality of the sound but not the

volume.

gksudo gedit/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base

options snd-hda-intelmodel=gateway-m4

QMy webcam worked in

10.04, but, when I

upgraded to 10.10, the

kernel modules changed

and the driver no longer worked.

make

sudo make install

QI have Ubuntu 10.10,

but cannot access an XP

workgroup or machine. I

can ping in both

directions from Ubuntu to XP and

vice versa. When I try to open the

Windows Workgroup I get the

following error:

Unable to mount location.

Failed to retrieve share list fromserver.

QI just put 10.10 on my

friend's laptop. During

the install, I by-passed

the bit where one might

add a log-in password during

bootup because I just wanted her

to try it out as easily as possible.

Now she is loving it, I think itmight be sensible to add a log in

screen to the boot up. How?

QI have an external USB

hard disk. I erase

several gigabytes from

it, but clicking over the

properties option from the HD,

the available space doesn't

appear. I did a manual erase from

recycle and System Volume

Information directories, but the

problem is still there.

QWith Ubuntu 10.10, I

can't play DVDs.

sudo/usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh

QHow can I play .swf

files in Firefox?

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MMYY DDEESSKKTTOOPP

Andrew Bida

Your chance to show the world your desktop or PC. Email your screenshots andphotos to: and include a brief paragraph aboutyour desktop, your PC's specs and any other interesting tidbits about your setup.

Christoph Roesch

MY DESKTOP

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Athailah

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TTOOPP 55Written by Andrew Min

Transmission

transmission

Deluge

deluge

BBiittTToorrrreenntt CClliieennttss

TOP 5 - BITTORRENT CLIENTS

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KTorrent

ktorrent

qBittorrent

qbittorrent

TOP 5 - BITTORRENT CLIENTS

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rTorrent

rtorrent

is presented by members of theUnited Kingdoms Ubuntu Linux community.

We aim is to provide current, topical information about, andfor, Ubuntu Linux users the world over. We cover all aspectsof Ubuntu Linux and Free Software, and appeal to everyonefrom the newest user to the oldest coder, from thecommand line to the latest GUI.

Because the show is produced by the Ubuntu UK

community, the podcast is covered by the Ubuntu Code ofConduct and is therefore suitable for all ages.

,

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HHOOWW TTOO CCOONNTTRRIIBBUUTTEE

Thorsten Wilms

Deadline for Issue #45:

Sunday 09th January 2011.

Release date for issue #45:

Friday 28th January 2011.FULL CIRCLE NEEDS YOU!

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