Full Circle
Issue #60

Full Circle – the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community are proud to announce the release of our sixtieth issue.
It’s our birthday! Five years and going strong.

This month:

* Command and Conquer.
* How-To : Beginning Python – Part 32, LibreOffice – Part 14, and Prey.
* NEW! Graphics : GIMP – The Beanstalk Part 1, and Inkscape – An Introduction to the SVG file format.
* Linux Lab – Serial Port.
* Review – Desura.
* I Think – Will You Upgrade To 12.04?
* Closing Windows – Sound Settings
plus: Ubuntu Games, My Desktop, My Opinion, My Story, and much much more!

Google Currents Edition:
http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAownNvjAQ/full_circle_magazine_60_lite

Get it while it’s hot. PDF and EPUB Editions!
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-60/

Please help spread the word about Full Circle by:

• clicking the Google +1 button at the top right of the FCM site (http://fullcirclemagazine.org/)
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• click the share buttons below posts/issues
• even more importantly: share the word by mentioning us to geek/tech blogs such as Digg/Slashdot/what ever you read.

Not only will you help expand the readership of (and possible input to) FCM, spread the word about Linux, but you’ll also feel all warm and fuzzy inside*.

* disclaimer: warm fuzziness not guaranteed!

Google+ user Kevin Lynch has made a quick script (updated by David Mawdsley) to download multiple issues:

—-

#!/bin/bash
echo -n "What is the issue number of the first Full Circle Magazine to
download? "
read firstissue

echo ""
echo -n "What is the issue number of the last Full Circle Magazine to
download? ( > or = the previous number) "
read lastissue

cd ~/Desktop  # ~ brings you to the home directory of the user and from
there I wanted to use my folder 'Desktop'

for a in `seq $firstissue $lastissue`
    do
        wget -U Mozilla "http://dl.fullcirclemagazine.org/issue"$a"_en.pdf"
    done

echo ""
echo "Complete!"

Google Currents is now available pretty much around the world. Install the app first then click the links below on your device and the editions will be auto-magically delivered to your app.

Full Circle Magazine Lite editions on Google Currents:

http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAow7dpE/full_circle_magazine_55_lite
http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAowkLxE/full_circle_magazine_56_lite
http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAowvZtX/full_circle_magazine_57_lite
http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAowgc1a/full_circle_magazine_58_lite
http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAownNt7/full_circle_magazine_59_lite

This month:

* Command and Conquer.
* How-To : Beginning Python – Part 31, LibreOffice – Part 13, Portable Linux, Resizing Your VirtualBox Drive, and Create Your Own Greeting Card.
* Linux Lab – Foremost for data recovery.
* Review – Bodhi Linux
* I Think – What turns to/from a distro?
* Closing Windows – Task Manager
plus: more Ubuntu Games, My Desktop, My Opinion, My Story, and much much more!

This month:

* Command and Conquer.
* How-To : Beginning Python – Part 30, LibreOffice – Part 12, Backup Strategy – Part 6, Screencast Your Desktop, and The Paperless Office.
* Linux Lab – Useful Investigative Tools.
* Review – Linux Mint 12
* I Think – Which Mobile OS.
* Closing Windows – Formatting a USB Device
plus: more Ubuntu Games, My Desktop, My Opinion, My Story, and much much more!

Get it while it’s hot!

http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-58/

FCM reader Brian has pulled together my Scribus tutorials from the early issues of FCM and even added updated screenshots to it. So, if you’re thinking of creating a publication of any kind, you might want to check out this special edition.

http://fullcirclemagazine.org/scribus-special-edition/

FCM#57

Full Circle – the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community are proud to announce the release of our fifty-seventh issue.

This month:
* Command and Conquer.
* How-To : Try Enlightenment, LibreOffice – Part 11, Backup Strategy – Part 5, Encrypted USB Stick, and Varnish Web Cache.
* Linux Lab – Mana World Server.
* Review – OpenArtist: 5th Incarnation
* I Think – SpiderOak Questionnaire.
* Closing Windows – Wireless Networking
plus: more Ubuntu Games, My Desktop (and another extra!), My Opinion, My Story, and much much more!

Google Currents edition: http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAowvZtX/full_circle_magazine_57_lite

EPUB/MOBI coming soon.

Get it while it’s hot!
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-57/

I know we’ve spoke about a mobile/epub version of Full Circle before, but I have good news! Our latest team member, Jens, is working on an epub edition of FCM which I previewed on our Facebook and Google+ pages. It’s looking good so far, and I hope to have more to show you on that next week some  time.

In the mean time, think of Full Circle Magazine Lite as a quick beta test edition of FCM to read on tablets and mobile phones. The first edition (FCM#56) is available through Google Currents, and app that you can download either from the Android Market*, or the Apple App Store.

Don’t expect any images, the idea of this edition is to keep things to a bare minimum, fast to download, and something to keep your going until you get your PDF fix. If you think I should definitely put images in it, let me know. It’s something I may do, but I don’t want this to turn bloated and slow down your device.

All the articles from FCM#56 are there, minus My Desktop. I didn’t include it as without the images the text is pretty pointless! In future Lite editions I’ll maybe include some images, we’ll see how you folks respond to it. And please do respond, I need to know whether you folks like it or not. I don’t want to waste my time outputting an edition no one likes, or uses.

* PLEASE NOTE: Google Currents is available only in the US, as I write this, but using a bit of Google skills you might be able to find an APK of it that will work outside of the US [hint hint].

Surprise! Since everything is in place there’s no point in holding back the issue until next week. You lucky devils get FCM#56 almost a week early!

This month:
* Command and Conquer.
* How-To : Make 11.10 Look ‘Classic’, LibreOffice – Part 10, Backup Strategy – Part 4, Persistent USB Stick, and Connect To IRC.
* Linux Lab – Xbox Media Centre.
* Review – Puppy Linux.
* I Think – Would you attend a monthly FCM meeting on IRC?
* Closing Windows – Moving, copying & deleting files
plus: more Ubuntu Games, My Desktop (and an extra!), My Opinion, My Story, and much much more!

Get it while it’s hot!

http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-56/