Article originally appeared as SMART Tools: Preventing Drive Failures (Linux Lab by Charles McColm, Full Circle Magazine issue 82, Feb 2014) At our local computer refurbishing project, the top sources of hardware failure that we see are power supplies, CMOS batteries, RAM, and hard drives. The first three failures can cause systems not to POST … Continue reading
Full Circle Magazine is proud to present Issue 85. Including an article by some hack called Robin Catling! This month: Command & Conquer How-To : Python, LibreOffice, and GRUB2 Pt.1. Graphics : Blender and Inkscape. Review: Ubuntu 14.04 Security Q&A What Is: CryptoCurrency Open Source Design NEW! – Arduino
Full Circle Magazine #81 escapes into the Wild! This month: Command & Conquer How-To : Python, LibreOffice, and Improve Security with Lynis . Graphics : JPG>PDF, and Inkscape. Review: LXLE Linux Book Review: Super Scratch (Updated Edition) NEW! Security Q&A plus: Linux Labs, Ask The New Guy, My Story, Ubuntu Games, and soooo much more! … Continue reading
Full Circle #80 is released into the Wild That’s right folks. The last issue (of 2013) is OUT! This month: * Command & Conquer * How-To : Python, LibreOffice, and Use VLM. * Graphics : JPG>PDF, and Inkscape. * Review: USB Microscope plus: Q&A, Linux Labs, Software Showdown, Ask The New Guy, My Story, and … Continue reading
It’s a common enough task, trying to convert multiple jpg files into one pdf, particularly when I don’t need these to be converted with such high quality, I just want the black and white text readable. I can scan, crop, and monochrome in a graphics program but compiling them into a single PDF booklet was … Continue reading
Full Circle #79 – The HDDisaster Issue is out NOW! This month: Command & Conquer How-To : Python, LibreOffice, and Use BOINC. Graphics : Blender, and Inkscape. Book Review: Mind Mapping With Freemind plus: Q&A, Linux Labs, Ask The New Guy, My Story, and so much more!
Full Circle – the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community is proud to announce the release of our seventy-eighth issue. This month: * Ubuntu News * Command & Conquer * How-To : Python, LibreOffice, and Install Linux via PXE. * Graphics : Blender, and Inkscape. * Review: Google Music All Access plus: Q&A, Linux … Continue reading
Podcast Season 1 Episode 1: All ends with beginnings A very British podcast from ex-Linux Format / TuxRadar geeks “In this episode: A famous Linux magazine has some staffing issues. GNU celebrates its 30th anniversary and Valve has announced a nifty controller for SteamOS. There’s also some things we found out in a week, a … Continue reading
Full Circle Magazine #77 has Arrived Full Circle – the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community is proud to announce the release of our seventy-seventh issue. This month:
Article by Copil Yáňez originally appeared in regular column Ask the New Guy in Full Circle Magazine issue 76. Q: I’ve been hearing a lot about the Ubuntu Edge. Is that something that can help me with my golf game? A: No, the Ubuntu Edge isn’t something you get when you chug a can of … Continue reading
REVIEW OUYA Console, guest post by Ronnie Tucker, originally appeared in Full Circle Magazine issue 75. It all began in July 2012 with a Kickstarter fund for the creation of the Ouya, an independent gaming console based on the Android operating system. They asked for nearly $1m. In the end, they received almost $9m with … Continue reading