Wow! I can’t believe it’s been three years. The release of issue 36 (and Lucid Lynx!) marks the 3rd anniversary of FCM. We’ve gone far from those first posts in the Ubuntu Forums and we have you — all of our supporters and readers — to thank for it. (Also, big props to our Full Circle Podcast hosts! If you haven’t go listen to the latest episode once you finish reading the magazine.) Here’s to many more years and issues!

This month:

• Some thoughts on year three of FCM.
• Command and Conquer.
• How To: Program in Python – Part 10, Retouching in GIMP – Part 3, and Use Google Effectively.
• Book Review – Automating Linux and Unix System Administration.
• MOTU Interview – Jo Shields.
• Top 5 – Scanning Applications.
• Plus: Ubuntu Women, Ubuntu Games, My Opinion, My Story, and all the usual goodness!

Download issue 36 here.

(Oh, and we’ve finally got that redesign up!)

Full Circle Podcast #5: Manual Dexterity

FCM Podcast #5 - MP3 [ 42:49 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (5355)

FCM Podcast #5 - OGG Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1849)

The podcast is in MP3 and OGG formats. You can either play the podcast in-browser if you have Flash and/or Java, or you can download the podcast with the link underneath the player.

Your Hosts:

• Robin Catling (blog at http://catlingmindswipe.blogspot.com/)
• Ed Hewitt (blog at http://www.edhewitt.co.uk/)
• …Dave Wilkins is away.

Additional audio by Victoria Pritchard and Philippa Hammond

And we have the feeds for both MP3 and OGG:

RSS feed, MP3: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/category/podcast/feed

RSS feed, OGG: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/category/podcast/feed/atom

Show notes after the jump.

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Full Circle Podcast #4: Its Everyone Else’s Fault

FCM Podcast #4 - MP3 [ 56:13 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (5158)

FCM Podcast #4 - OGG [ 56:13 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1628)

We’re back, a little late, with a broken mike AND a vacuum cleaner in back!

The podcast is in MP3 and OGG formats. You can either play the podcast in-browser if you have Flash and/or Java, or you can download the podcast with the link underneath the player.

Your Hosts:

• Robin Catling (blog at http://catlingmindswipe.blogspot.com/)
• Ed Hewitt (blog at http://www.edhewitt.co.uk/)
• Dave Wilkins

Additional audio by Victoria Pritchard

Runtime: 56 minutes 12 seconds

And we have the feeds for both MP3 and OGG:

RSS feed, MP3: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/category/podcast/feed

RSS feed, OGG: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/category/podcast/feed/atom

View the full blog post to read the show notes.

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