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*How to dev for GTK+ - Carlos Pereira - Basic development, how to build the development environment, how to program with or without an IDE (NetBeans), basic stuff to build a complete program, and how to use GLADE. First part available for April.

HowTos

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Please email your How-To article to : articles@fullcirclemagazine.org


Published How-tos

ISSUE 1

Install of Ubuntu 7.04 (Flavour of the month)

Robert Clipsham

p.08

Directory Structure

Ronnie Tucker

p.14

Myth TV

Ubuntu Myth TV Team

p.16

Scribus Part.1 Install/Page setup

Ronnie Tucker

p.19

Add/Remove Apps

Robert Clipsham

p.26

ISSUE 2

Ubuntu on the Mac Mini

Dark master3

p.09

Ubuntu for Grandma

Knightwise

p.12

Virtual Private Networking

Mark (aka Mouseclone)

p.16

Scribus - Part 2 Adding Images

Ronnie Tucker

p.17

ISSUE 3

Stunning Ubuntu Desktop

Matt Hoy

p.07

Ubuntu for Ph otography

Shay Stephens

p.09

Scribus - Part 3 Formatting/Styles

Ronnie Tucker

p.12

ISSUE 4

Hosting Code on Launch pad

Chris Rowson

p.06

Keeping Kids Safe in Linux

Peter Durril

p.08

Scribus - Part 4 Colors

Ronnie Tucker

p.13

ISSUE 5

Report Bugs w / Launch pad

Matthew Revell

p.08

Edubuntu Glows

Chris Rowson

p.11

From VMware to VirtualBox

Luca De Marini

p.15

Learning Scribus - Part 5 Layers

Ronnie Tucker

p.20

ISSUE 6

Ubuntu Upgrade 7.04 to 7.10 (Flavour of the month)

Robert Clipsham

p.6

Photoshop plugins in GIMP

Luca De Marini

p.08

Samba Setup

Clinton Messer

p.11

Learning Scribus - Pt.6 Templates

Ronnie Tucker

p.14

ISSUE 7

Install Ubuntu Studio (Flavour of the month)

Robert Clipsham

p.6

Simply Install SSH

Rob Kerfia

p.08

Terminal On Your Desktop

Dimitar Boichev

p.10

Convert From Windows

Todd Millecam

p.11

Learning Scribus - Part 7 Links

Ronnie Tucker

p.13

ISSUE 8

Install Mythbuntu (Flavour of the month)

Robert Clipsham

p.6

Install Wubi

Jason Pratt

p.09

Christmas On Your Desktop

Andrew Min

p.11

Multi Boot Linux

LinuxLoop.com

p.13

Learning Scribus - Part 8 Export to PDF

Ronnie Tucker

p.16

ISSUE 9

Install OpenGEU (Flavour of the month)

Luca De Marini

p.6

Directory Server

Jesus Arteche

p.10

Ubuntu on an iBook

Stephen Bant

p.16

Installing OpenTTD

Jonny McCullagh

p.20

Server Series - Part.1

Daniel Lamb

p.22

ISSUE 10

Install Linux Mint (Flavour of the month)

Robert Clipsham

p.6

Compile from Source

Lojjik Braughler

p.08

Install and Use Tuxpaint

Niamh McCullagh

p.09

Rip a DVD with AcidRip

Jonny McCullagh

p.11

Server Series - Part 2

Daniel Lamb

p.13

ISSUE 11

Linux Mint vs Ubuntu (Flavour of the month)

Robert Clipsham

p.6

True Crypt on Ubuntu

Joe Berry

p.08

Ipod Classic and Amarok

Ronnie Tucker

p.12

Introduction to LaTeX

Matthew Holder

p.16

Server Series - Part 3

Daniel Lamb

p.18

ISSUE 12

- Deb Files

Andrew Min

p.08

- Server Series Pt 4

Daniel Lamb

p.11

- Ubuntu Disk Usage

Jonny McCullagh

p.13

- NEW Series - GIMP Part 1

Ronnie Tucker

p.16

ISSUE 13

Organise an Ubuntu Demo Day

Dianne Reuby

p.08

Nepalese Hardy Heron Party

Bibek Shrestha, Bikal KC, Jwalanta Shre

p.11

Server Series - Part 5: backups and webmin

Daniel Lamb

p.14

GIMP - Part 2: color correction

Ronnie Tucker

p.16

TV Feast For Ubuntu

Johnny McCullagh

p.20

Automatic Backup via Email

Stephen Bant

p.22

ISSUE 14

Create a Plug 'n' Play Zone

Roger Wheatley

p.08

Server Series - Part 6: Imap and SMTP

Daniel Lamb

p.12

GIMP - Part 3: Selection Tools

Ronnie Tucker

p.14

Put Photos On Your iPod

Jonny McCullagh

p.17

ISSUE 15

Separate Home Partition

Robin Catling

p.08

Server Series - Part 7: eGroupware

Daniel Lamb

p.13

GIMP - Part 4: Layers

Ronnie Tucker

p.15

GRUB 101: master boot records

Damon Rios

p.18

ISSUE 16

Create Your Own Ubuntu

Laszlo Noficzer

p.08

Server Series - Part 8: eGroupware Server

Daniel Lamb

p.12

GIMP - Part 5: Cropping

Ronnie Tucker

p.15

GNOME-Look Guide

David D Lowe

p.18

ISSUE 17

Program In C - Part 1

Elie De Brauwer

p.08

Connect To IRC

Chris Lucier

p.12

GIMP - Part 5: Cloning and Healing

Ronnie Tucker

p.16

Scan And Convert To PDF

Irv Rausch

p.19

Ideas for How-To's

If you want to reserve an article; put your name next to it and move it to the in progress section below.

Developers:

* How to Dev for Qt

* Perl series


How-To's:

* install .deb/source

* BASH scripts

* Install/Configure Mythbuntu

* Id3 tagging

* Use SSH

* Remote Desktops

* File/Print/Home server

* Network Windows and Ubuntu

* Video editing series

* Audio creation (recording studio) series

* Photo management

* Networking

* Connect Ubuntu to devices such as mobile phone/ipod

* OpenOffice series

* VirtualBox (in depth)

* Editing video camera footage (possible series?)

* Parental controls

* (if there is such a thing:) Linux equiv to Visual Basic series

* Inkscape series

* Remote audio (series?)

* *buntu installs on EEE PC's etc...

* How does recovery mode work?

* use IDE/code libraries (series?)


Misc:

* Windows > Ubuntu (where Windows things are (closest equivalent) in Ubuntu)

* How to be an Ubuntu Developer

* How to be a software Developer

* Linux/Ubuntu in academic/scientific work?

* How good/bad do KDE apps function in Gnome

* Are game companies interested in releasing for Linux? One person makes up a Q&A email then emails it to game companies asking about their thoughts on Linux, what games they have native to Linux, which are coming to Linux etc...


Review:

* XBMC

* Wine

* Amarok

* OpenOffice / other home/small business apps

* CAD applications

* Comparisons (Firefox - Opera, Skype - Ekiga - Gizmo, Evolution - Thunderbird - Kmail)

* Backup apps - do comparison?

* Security apps - do comparison?

* Windows games in Wine

* Photo management apps - do comparison?

* Video editing apps - do comparison?

* Task scheduling - do comparison?

* Audio apps (recording studio/creation) - do comparison?

* Linux native games


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How-To's in Progress

* *buntu installs on EEE PC's etc. - Ronnie - I'll be installing CrunchEEE on a 701 EEE PC.

* Install MAME in Ubuntu - Ronnie - I'll be creating a boot-to-MAME box using Ubuntu, SDLMAME and WahCade.

* Set up a Web server series - Lucas - Going to cover installing and setting up LAMP with a good control panel webpage, etc. Will also cover using dyndns to host a site.

* Java/Javascript series - Lucas - I can cover the Java, go over the usefulness of Eclipse or Netbeans IDEs, the basics, and the advanced parts. Someone else can do the javascript if they want?

*Python series - Timmy Macdonald - I can have Part One done for the March issue. I'll probably cover the basics pretty thoroughly, and only touch on the advanced bits.

*How to dev for GTK+ - Carlos Pereira - Basic development, how to build the development environment, how to program with or without an IDE (NetBeans), basic stuff to build a complete program, and how to use GLADE. First part available for April.

UbuntuMagazine/HowTo (last edited 2013-08-17 09:40:02 by ronnietucker)