I’ve created a Full Circle project, and a Full Circle team, on LaunchPad. The idea being that non-writers can go to the project page, click ‘Answers‘ at the top of the page, and leave your article ideas, but please be specific with your idea! Don’t just put ‘server article’, please specify what the server should do!

Readers who fancy writing an article, but aren’t sure what to write about, can register on the Full Circle team page then assign article ideas to themselves and get writing! I would ask that if you can’t get the article written within several weeks (a month at most) that you reopen the question to let someone else grab the idea.

I hope that this will let you good folks participate more!  :)

That’s right, Full Circle issue 39 is out!  We’ve got a review of the iRobot iPad Android tablet, talk about virtualizing Fedora, virtual memory, new interviews, and more! (Oh, and we seem to have the recurring theme of ’13′ in our articles.)

This month:

• Command and Conquer.
• How-To : Program in Python – Part 13, Virtualize – Fedora 13, and Understand Virtual Memory.
• Review – iRobot iPad.
• Top 5 – Documentation Sites.
• plus: MOTU Interview, Ubuntu Games, My Opinion, My Story, and now with all new LoCo and Translation Team interviews!

Download it here, as always.

(P.S. We just overhauled the back end of the site.  If you’ve made an account or comment within the last 36 hours, it may have disappeared.  Plus, f anything seems awry to you, please, let us know!  Thanks!)

In this issue, a review of Ubuntu 10.04, a new series on virtualization, and much, much more. Also, don’t forget to listen to the companion Full Circle Podcast for some good insight into the Ubuntu world.

This month:

• Command and Conquer.
• How-To : Program in Python – Part 12, a NEW SERIES: Virtualization, and Browser Blogging.
• Review – Ubuntu 10.04.
• Top 5 – Favourite Applications.
• plus: MOTU Interview, Ubuntu Games, My Opinion, My Story, and all the usual goodness!

Download issue #38 here!

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.

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Show Notes

02.02 | Welcome and Intro

| Since last Episode…

09.28| MadJam Promotional Trailer
The Ubuntu Global Jam is an incredible opportunity for the Ubuntu community to unite around the weekend of the 26th to the 28th of March 2010, to work together to improve Ubuntu.
This year, for Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx, Manchester is throwing its own Ubuntu Jam in Manchester city centre, at Manchester Digital Laboratory, better known as MadLab! This event will be taking place both Saturday the 27th March, and Sunday the 28th March between 10am and 4pm.
For bugs, testing, upgrading, documentation, packaing and translations,
go see the event listing at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ManchesterJam10-04

10.36 | Preview of Full Circle Issue #35
From about 26th March: www.fullcirclemagazine.org

12.35 |NEWS
* New Live CD Startup (http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/03/ubuntu-1004-live-cd-installer-gets.html)
* Software Center has a new UI and Support for Paid Software (http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/03/preview-new-installation-slides-for.html)
* New Install slides (http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/03/preview-new-installation-slides-for.html)
* Light Themes:
Radiance and Ambient available for Lucid and Karmic
(http://www.webupd8.org/2010/03/ubuntu-lucid-light-themes-radiance-and.html)
Wallpaper from Gnome-look
(http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Lucid+Lynx+Wallpaper?content=121138)
Ambience theme for Google Chrome
(https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/elnmibmpefhmfgphdphdncoogpbfmlbp)
* Quick web-find (after OMGUbuntu): UbuntuHQ (http://www.ubuntuhq.com/)

21.22 | Trailer

23.08 | Opinion: The Linux Tech Survey
a Linux Survey, which quite a few of “youtubers” are answering. Posted by Waqar M, alias “knowmorecomp” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqoEHgITqQw)
Questions are in the Ubuntu Forums, Full Circle thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1435128

Also considering the Ubuntu Manual: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-manual
Draft copy (PDF format): http://ubuntu-manual.org/builds/ubuntu-manual.pdf

40.00 | GAMING
Dave: Dragon Age: Origins
WineHQ – AppDB: http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=10457
Wine Tricks: http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks

Ed: Enemy Territory Quake Wars and Doom 3
http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/etqw/
http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/doom/

48.31 | OGG-Camp Promotional Trailer
OggCamp is a free software / free culture unconference organised by the presenters of the Ubuntu UK Podcast and Linux Outlaws. This year’s OggCamp will take place at The Black-E in Liverpool on the 1st and 2nd of May: http://oggcamp.org/

49.41 | FEEDBACK

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Creative Commons Music Tracks

• Opening: ‘Achilles’ by Kevin Macleod
• Main Theme: ‘Revolve’ by His Boy Elroy
• Incidental: ‘Dance Zone’ by Unknown
• Incidental: ‘On the Run’ by Unknown
• Incidental: ‘Iron Man’ by Unknown
• Trailer: Star Trek theme by Jerry Goldsmith, performed by Gordon Hudson, reproduced under fair use.

This month, we’ve got a double whammy for you!  Not only do we have FCM #35 (with a review of the Motorola Droid/Milestone), but we also have a new episode of the Full Circle podcast coming at you in a few minutes.

This month:

• Command and Conquer.
• How-To : Program in Python – Part 9, Digitally Retouching a Photo in GIMP – Part 2, and Installing Google SketchUp using Wine.
• Review – Motorola Milestone/Droid.
• MOTU Interview – Pedro Fragoso.
• Top 5 – Android Applications.
• Ubuntu Women, Ubuntu Games, My Opinion, My Story, and all the usual goodness!

Grab the download here!

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.  To read the show notes, click over to the full post.

The audio mix is getting better (really), stay with us…

File Sizes:
OGG 23.4Mb
mp3 27.7Mb

Runtime: 48 minutes 29 seconds

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

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

2.04 | Welcome and Intro

Ubuntu 64-bit Edition on trial (http://releases.ubuntu.com/karmic/)

Ubuntu Lucid Lynx Alpha-3 on trial
(http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/lucid/alpha-3/)

Gnome-DO (http://groups.google.com/group/gnome-do)

6.34 | Review of Full Circle Issue #34
Game reviews:
* Uplink vs. * Singularity

10.30 | Revisit of Exaile Media Player from Issue #33

11.06 |NEWS
1. All new Ubuntu Branding! (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Brand)

2. Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 3 is out!
(http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/ubuntu-1004-alpha-3-released-later.html)

3. Ubuntu One Music Store Sneak Peek
(http://popey.com/blog/2010/02/19/ubuntu-one-music-store-sneak-peek/)

4. New Theme For Ubuntu 10.04 – Human Theme Dropped
(http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/new-theme-for-ubuntu-1004-human-is-no.html)

5. Updates to the Lucid Software Store
(http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/lucid-software-centre-adds-featured.html)

6. Missing icons in Lucid Menu
(http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/missing-menu-icons-what-are-gnome.htm)

7. UDS for Ubuntu 10.10 to be held in Belgium
(http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/03/next-ubuntu-developer-summit-to-be-held.html)

8. Chuck Norris Botnet Affects Linux Routers – malware story
(http://ubuntu-user.com/Online/News/Chuck-Norris-Botnet-Affects-Linux-Ruters)

9. Virtual Revolution TV show released as podcast on BBC World Service
(Site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/documentaries/2010/02/100128_the_virtual_revolution_part_one.shtml)
(Episode #1 on-line)

10. Xbox syndrome – concerning black eyes – the “and finally” story
(Sunday Times 21/02/10 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/expert_advice/article7034283.ece)

26.30 | Trailer

27.32 | Opinion: default applications in Lucid Lynx

32.38 | GAMING
Sauerbraten on the Cube-2 engine (http://sauerbraten.org/)
Heads-up on review of Enemy Territory: Quake Wars in Issue #35
(http://quakewars.filefront.com/)

42.45 | FEEDBACK

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Creative Commons Music Tracks

• Opening: ‘Achilles’ by Kevin Macleod
• Main Theme: ‘Revolve’ by His Boy Elroy
• Incidental: ‘Dance Zone’ by Unknown
• Incidental: ‘On the Run’ by Unknown
• Trailer: ‘Dangerous’ by Kevin Macleod
• Incidental: ‘Iron Man’ by Unknown
• Trailer: ‘News Theme’ by Kevin Macleod from the Album ‘Utility’

In the magazine:

• Command and Conquer.
• How-To : Program in Python – Part 8, Digitally Retouching a Photo in GIMP, and The Perfect Server – Part 4.
• My Story – a Linux User, and Powerpets.
• Review – Acer UL30-A laptop.
• MOTU Interview – Roderick Greening.
• Top 5 – Reference Tools.
• Ubuntu Women, Ubuntu Games, My Opinion, and all the usual goodness!

Download it here!

• Command and Conquer.
• How-To : Program in Python – Part 7, Create A Media Center with a Revo, Ubuntu and Boxee, and The Perfect Server – Part 3.
• My Story – Ubuntu in Public Education, and Why I Use Linux.
• Review – Exaile.
• MOTU Interview – Didier Roche.
• Top 5 – Synchronization Clients.
• Ubuntu Women, Ubuntu Games and all the usual goodness!

Grab it through the Downloads link or here.

That being said, what better way to start off a new year than with a new issue of Full Circle?

This month:

• Command and Conquer.
• How-To: Program in Python – Part 6, The Perfect Server – Part 2, Installing Chromium (browser) and Offline Package Install.
• My Story – Classroom Experiences, and How I Became An Ubuntu Woman.
• My Opinion – Time To Review The Release Schedule? and Will Linux Ever Get It Right?
• Review – Music Player Daemon.
• MOTU Interview – Roderick Greening.
• Top 5 – Media Centers.
• Ubuntu Women, Ubuntu Games and all the usual goodness!

You can download it from the download tab above in our navigation bar, or from here.  Enjoy!
note: if some readers got duplicate announcement emails, our apologies. the mailing list software had a few hiccups.

The long answer: for a little bit, we’re going to be trying an ad trade with Ubuntu User magazine.  We’re getting a full-page ad in their print magazine, they’re getting an ad in FCM, and we’re trading site links.  Rest assured, FCM is not taking bought-for ads.