Issue 4: Home Theater
This month we bring you more great tools for the Ubuntu environment. You’ll learn how to set up a home entertainment center with Mythbuntu and how to record your favorite programs with Freevo. We also introduce your to Canonical’s new CEO.
Table of Contents
News
- Welcome to Ubuntu User: Our new senior editor, Marcel Gagné, remembers the fun.
- Who We All Are: Jono talks about improvements in the upcoming Lucid Lynx release.
- Ubuntu-Women Project: Project leader Amber Graner reports on the Ubuntu Women project.
- Jane Silber: Meet Canonicals’s new CEO.
- UDS Lucid Lynx:Ubuntu users and developers gather in Dallas to talk about the next release.
- 100 Paper Cuts: Ubuntu’s innovative 100 Paper Cuts project has an eye on usability. We interview chief paper cutter David Siegel.
Features
- Ubuntu User DVD: Learn more about the free DVD enclosed with this issue.
- What’s New in Wine: Karmic Koala includes some improvements that make it easer to run Windows apps with the Wine API.
- Mythbuntu: Mix the MythTV media center with Ubuntu and you get Mythbuntu.
- Freevo: Looking for a DVR without the DRM? This open source home theater app keeps your favorite programs in focus.
- Video Editors: Linux multimedia expert Dave Phillips rounds up some of Ubuntu’s best video editors.
- Netbook Distros: Several Ubuntu-based distros bring Linux to the netbook.
Know-How
- Webgen: This powerful tool lets you build whole websites in half the time.
- Aria2: One tool helps you manage downloads from several protocols.
- Scribus: Create your own newsletters, brochures, and magazines with this powerful publishing tool.
- Upstart: Learn why your new Ubuntu system starts processes more efficiently.
- Answerbuntu: Get answers for your Ubuntu configuration questions.
Desktop
- Writer’s Cafe: This nifty desktop app will help you write a novel or play.
- Machinarium: Journey to a space-age junkyard with this weird adventure game.
- Microblogging: Check out these open source social networking tools for the desktop.
- Amarok: Get your groove on with KDE’s excellent music player.
- Gedit: Plenty of plugins make Gedit much more than just a text editor.
- The Battle of Wesnoth: Why is this multi-player strategy game so popular?
Discovery Guide
Ease into Ubuntu with our updated Discovery Guide:
- Secure Browsing
- Configuring with Tweak
- Terminal Time
- Scripting
On the DVD
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Ubuntu 9.10 Megapack: 7 *buntus on one DVD!
Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu, Linbuntu, Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu Netbook Remix
Sample Articles
LINUX LUCIDITY |
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Among the many improvements in the works for the Lucid Lynx release is the humble task of simplifying the system tray. |
006-006_jono.pdf 1.83 MB |
ABUNDANCE OF *BUNTUS |
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This month’s DVD comes with 7 stupendous Ubuntu variants… INFO Special Extras |
015-015_DVD.pdf 304.62 kB |
BOOT UP |
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Give your old Os the boot and try one of these distributions designed specifically for netbooks. Windows Bootin’ |
038-042_netbooks_KORR.pdf 4.19 MB |
ANSWERBUNTU |
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060-063_Answers.pdf 2.12 MB |
Secure Browsing DISCOVERY GUIDE |
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Keeping Services Safe |
084-087_security.pdf 3.14 MB |
Welcome to Ubuntu User |
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Your Ubuntu 9.10 DVD |
003-003_dvd_KORR.pdf 305.79 kB |
RECORD HDTV CONTENT WITH FREEVO |
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Feed broadcast and cable signals into your personal video recorder and feast later with the Freevo home theater application. |
024-027_freevo.pdf 3.49 MB |