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- | Hello again, loyal readers! I’m sorry to have missed a couple of months, but a major system crash and a bout of pneumonia will sometimes do that to you. | + | **Hello again, loyal readers! I’m sorry to have missed a couple of months, but a major system crash and a bout of pneumonia will sometimes do that to you. |
This month, we’re going to take a look back at Chrubuntu, including a look at the KDE interface from back in the day. It has been said that any sufficiently advanced science will appear to be magic, and Chrubuntu almost qualifies. As much as computers can make our lives easier in ways sublime and mundane, profound and superficial, | This month, we’re going to take a look back at Chrubuntu, including a look at the KDE interface from back in the day. It has been said that any sufficiently advanced science will appear to be magic, and Chrubuntu almost qualifies. As much as computers can make our lives easier in ways sublime and mundane, profound and superficial, | ||
- | For the record, probably one of the most spectacular things I ever saw a computer do was while I was in training to support Visio at Microsoft, back in the early 2000’s. The version of Visio then current could actually map an entire ethernet network, including pictograms appropriate to the hardware on the network, with a simple Visio command from an attached workstation. Work that would have taken days or weeks to do manually was done accurately and almost effortlessly, | + | For the record, probably one of the most spectacular things I ever saw a computer do was while I was in training to support Visio at Microsoft, back in the early 2000’s. The version of Visio then current could actually map an entire ethernet network, including pictograms appropriate to the hardware on the network, with a simple Visio command from an attached workstation. Work that would have taken days or weeks to do manually was done accurately and almost effortlessly, |
- | But, as is often the case, Linux also had its point of pride back in the day, with Chrubuntu Linux. With Chrubuntu, one would buy an inexpensive Chromebook (I went with the Acer 720p), shift it into Developer Mode while connected to the internet, open a terminal, type in a rather lengthy command, hit Enter, then come back in about 30-45 minutes to a fully functional, stunningly complete Linux laptop with a great assortment of preloaded software like OpenOffice, all ready to go. Absolutely mind-blowing! | + | Bonjour à nouveau, mes lecteurs fidèles ! Je regrette d’avoir dû manquer deux ou trois mois, mais un plantage majeur de mon système et un épisode de pneumonie causent parfois des choses comme ça. |
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+ | Ce mois-ci, nous allons regarder en arrière vers Chrubuntu et aussi examiner l’interface KDE à cette époque-là. On a déjà affirmé que toute science très avancée sera aperçue comme de la magie et Chrubuntu y est qualifié ou presque. Autant les ordinateurs peuvent rendre nos vies plus faciles de façons sublimes et banales, profondes et superficielles, | ||
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+ | **But, as is often the case, Linux also had its point of pride back in the day, with Chrubuntu Linux. With Chrubuntu, one would buy an inexpensive Chromebook (I went with the Acer 720p), shift it into Developer Mode while connected to the internet, open a terminal, type in a rather lengthy command, hit Enter, then come back in about 30-45 minutes to a fully functional, stunningly complete Linux laptop with a great assortment of preloaded software like OpenOffice, all ready to go. Absolutely mind-blowing! | ||
Chrubuntu, Kubuntu | Chrubuntu, Kubuntu | ||
- | As most readers are well aware, there are many variants to Ubuntu and an array of desktop environments that can be run. Back in the day, I wanted to run KDE, because its interface was similar to Windows, which I was familiar with and comfortable with. I didn’t care for Unity’s minimalist approach to the desktop (it still boggles my mind that both Unity and GNOME fail to provide the ability to create desktop shortcuts out of box). Once you installed a standard Ubuntu distribution using Unity, you were greeted with a desktop with just a couple of shortcuts, without even a Start Menu or something similar. I didn’t know the Dash very well at the time (and I still think it’s a weak user interface). Consequently, | + | As most readers are well aware, there are many variants to Ubuntu and an array of desktop environments that can be run. Back in the day, I wanted to run KDE, because its interface was similar to Windows, which I was familiar with and comfortable with. I didn’t care for Unity’s minimalist approach to the desktop (it still boggles my mind that both Unity and GNOME fail to provide the ability to create desktop shortcuts out of box). Once you installed a standard Ubuntu distribution using Unity, you were greeted with a desktop with just a couple of shortcuts, without even a Start Menu or something similar. I didn’t know the Dash very well at the time (and I still think it’s a weak user interface). Consequently, |
- | Kubuntu – Gesundheit! | + | Mais, comme c’est souvent le cas, Linux avait aussi son point d’orgue à l' |
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+ | Chrubuntu, Kubuntu | ||
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+ | Comme la plupart des lecteurs le savent, il y a beaucoup de variantes d’Ubuntu et toute une gamme d’environnements de bureau qui peuvent être lancés. À cette époque, je voulais exécuter KDE, parce que son interface était similaire à Windows, que je connaissais et avec lequel j’étais à l’aise. Je n’aimais pas l’approche minimaliste du bureau d’Unity (je trouve toujours ahurissant que, et Unity, et GNOME, ne fournissent pas la capacité de créer des raccourcis sur le bureau dès l’installation). Une fois que vous avez installé une distribution standard d’Ubuntu avec Unity, un bureau s’affichait, | ||
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+ | **Kubuntu – Gesundheit! | ||
Now, some readers probably look at a desktop like this as overly busy, preferring a ‘cleaner’ interface. But, in practical terms, this desktop has almost everything I used on even a semi-regular basis right at hand. Move the mouse once, double-click, | Now, some readers probably look at a desktop like this as overly busy, preferring a ‘cleaner’ interface. But, in practical terms, this desktop has almost everything I used on even a semi-regular basis right at hand. Move the mouse once, double-click, | ||
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Here’s the KDE desktop with the K menu invoked: | Here’s the KDE desktop with the K menu invoked: | ||
- | There are also a lot of handy widgets available, some of which I have installed here, although I could never get the Daily Comics widget to work properly. This meant that I did not get Calvin and Hobbes delivered automatically to my desktop every day, a significant justification to even own a computer, I’m sure you’ll agree. | + | There are also a lot of handy widgets available, some of which I have installed here, although I could never get the Daily Comics widget to work properly. This meant that I did not get Calvin and Hobbes delivered automatically to my desktop every day, a significant justification to even own a computer, I’m sure you’ll agree.** |
- | A Very Capable Distribution and Interface | + | Kubuntu – Gesundheit ! |
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+ | Bon. Certains lecteurs pensent probablement qu’un bureau comme celui-ci est trop encombré, car ils préfèrent une interface qui soit plus « propre ». Cela dit, en termes pratiques, ce bureau met à portée de main presque tout ce que j’utilise, | ||
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+ | Voici un bureau KDE où le menu K a été appelé : | ||
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+ | Il y a aussi une foule de widgets utiles disponibles, | ||
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+ | **A Very Capable Distribution and Interface | ||
Even though this Kubuntu distribution is, relatively speaking, ANCIENT, it was still a VERY capable desktop environment and is still pretty legit today. I installed this Chrubuntu/ | Even though this Kubuntu distribution is, relatively speaking, ANCIENT, it was still a VERY capable desktop environment and is still pretty legit today. I installed this Chrubuntu/ | ||
The Office suites I had installed were Open Office, the more mature and reliable of the two most popular suites, and Calligra Office, which was packed with features and a number of applications that Open Office carried no analogue to when compared to Microsoft Office, such as Kontact to replace Outlook and Kivio to replace Visio. Being a big Visio user since the early 1990’s, that was a big deal for me. I don’t recall if both were installed by default, but I know at least Open Office was, meaning your initial Chrubuntu desktop on first look was already very useful. Here’s the Calligra Words interface. Happily, all the Calligra applications shared a lot of similarities across their interfaces, making them easier to learn. | The Office suites I had installed were Open Office, the more mature and reliable of the two most popular suites, and Calligra Office, which was packed with features and a number of applications that Open Office carried no analogue to when compared to Microsoft Office, such as Kontact to replace Outlook and Kivio to replace Visio. Being a big Visio user since the early 1990’s, that was a big deal for me. I don’t recall if both were installed by default, but I know at least Open Office was, meaning your initial Chrubuntu desktop on first look was already very useful. Here’s the Calligra Words interface. Happily, all the Calligra applications shared a lot of similarities across their interfaces, making them easier to learn. | ||
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- | HELP! I Need Somebody…. | + | La distribution et l’interface sont tous les deux très efficaces |
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+ | Bien que cette distribution de Kubuntu soit comparativement ANCIENNE, elle était quand même un environnement de bureau TRÈS efficient et reste, aujourd’hui, | ||
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+ | La suite bureautique que j’ai installée était Open Office, la plus mûre et fiable des deux suites les plus populaires, et Calligra Office, qui était rempli de fonctionnalités et de nombreuses applications alors qu’Open Office n'en avait pas autant que celles de Microsoft Office, tel que Kontact pour remplacer Outlook et Kivio pour remplacer Visio. Étant grand utilisateur de Visio depuis le début des années 1990, cela était très important pour moi. Je ne me rappelle plus si les deux été installés par défaut, mais je sais que Open Office, au moins, l’était, ce qui signifie que le bureau Chrubuntu était déjà très utile. Voici l’interface de Calligra Words. Heureusement, | ||
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+ | **HELP! I Need Somebody…. | ||
I always felt like KDE was much more helpful to the novice user than Unity or GNOME. There’s a really nice help application for KDE that is suitable for both lookups and browsing through as a tutorial (and of course, for the purist, there’s always MAN pages): | I always felt like KDE was much more helpful to the novice user than Unity or GNOME. There’s a really nice help application for KDE that is suitable for both lookups and browsing through as a tutorial (and of course, for the purist, there’s always MAN pages): | ||
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Comics in Comix | Comics in Comix | ||
- | The Comix application allows me access to the thousands of comics I have scanned so I don’t have to get into storage to dig out the originals. I’m not a geek, YOU’RE a geek! Here’s the cover and splash page from the hilarious and incisive satire comic ‘Howard the Duck’, drawn by the inimitable and much-missed Gene Colan: | + | The Comix application allows me access to the thousands of comics I have scanned so I don’t have to get into storage to dig out the originals. I’m not a geek, YOU’RE a geek! Here’s the cover and splash page from the hilarious and incisive satire comic ‘Howard the Duck’, drawn by the inimitable and much-missed Gene Colan:** |
- | Drawing in Chrubuntu | + | À l’aide ! J’ai besoin de quelqu’un… |
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+ | J’ai toujours eu l’impression que KDE était beaucoup plus pratique pour l’utilisateur débutant que Unity ou GNOME. KDE a une application d’aide très sympa qui convient à la fois aux recherches et à la lecture comme un tutoriel (bien entendu, pour le puriste il y a toujours les pages MAN) : | ||
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+ | Comics dans Comix | ||
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+ | L’application Comix me permet d’accéder aux milliers de B.D. que j’ai scannés, ce qui signifie que je ne suis pas obligé d’aller dans le grenier trouver les originaux. Je ne suis pas geek, C’EST VOUS ! Voici la couverture et la page de garde de la B.D. incisive, hilarante et satirique « Howard the Duck », dessinée par l’inimitable et regretté Gene Colan : | ||
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+ | **Drawing in Chrubuntu | ||
Longtime Full Circle readers have no doubt seen the exhaustive series that’s been running for years in these pages for Inkscape. There are also drawing programs in both major Office suites (multiple ones for Calligra), along with the classic, the GIMP. All these are available even in this almost cuneiform-aged Chrubuntu distribution. | Longtime Full Circle readers have no doubt seen the exhaustive series that’s been running for years in these pages for Inkscape. There are also drawing programs in both major Office suites (multiple ones for Calligra), along with the classic, the GIMP. All these are available even in this almost cuneiform-aged Chrubuntu distribution. | ||
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Watching Videos | Watching Videos | ||
- | If I could go back in time, one task I would be sure to perform would be to load up a modern vintage laptop (maybe even something like this Chrubuntu Chromebook) with movies to watch and drop it into the lap of teenaged me back in the 1970’s. Just what you could get on this machine’s fairly modest 320 GB rotational drive would have BLOWN MY MIND back in the day, and it’s still worth appreciating the magic that routinely exists at our fingertips these days. Below is the absolutely amazing VLC video player, with an image suitable to scaring your children if they’re misbehaving:. | + | If I could go back in time, one task I would be sure to perform would be to load up a modern vintage laptop (maybe even something like this Chrubuntu Chromebook) with movies to watch and drop it into the lap of teenaged me back in the 1970’s. Just what you could get on this machine’s fairly modest 320 GB rotational drive would have BLOWN MY MIND back in the day, and it’s still worth appreciating the magic that routinely exists at our fingertips these days. Below is the absolutely amazing VLC video player, with an image suitable to scaring your children if they’re misbehaving.** |
- | EBooks | + | Dessiner dans Chrubuntu |
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+ | Les lecteurs de toujours du magazine Full Circle ont sans doute vu la série très détaillée concernant Inkscape qui est publiée depuis des années dans ces pages. Des programmes de dessin existent aussi dans les deux suites bureautiques majeures (plusieurs pour Calligra), ainsi que le classique GIMP. Tous sont disponibles même dans cette distribution Chrubuntu de l’âge des cunéiformes. | ||
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+ | Regarder des vidéos | ||
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+ | Si je pouvais retourner dans le temps, une chose que je suis certain de faire serait de charger plein de films à regarder sur un portable vintage moderne (peut-être même quelque chose comme ce Chrubuntu Chromebook) et de le mettre sur les genoux du moi adolescent dans les années 1970. Ce que vous pouviez mettre sur le disque rotatif assez modeste (320 Go) de cette machine, m’aurait vraiment bluffé il y a toutes ces années et ça vaut le coup d’apprécier la magie qui existe couramment au bout de nos doigts aujourd' | ||
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Finally, this distribution of Chrubuntu already came with plenty of readers built-in to open HTML, TXT, or PDF version Ebooks, something else teenaged me would have dearly loved, and middle-aged me can still appreciate. | Finally, this distribution of Chrubuntu already came with plenty of readers built-in to open HTML, TXT, or PDF version Ebooks, something else teenaged me would have dearly loved, and middle-aged me can still appreciate. | ||
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Project Gutenberg has enough free classical literature to keep a reader invested and engaged for years. I can’t recommend ‘The Three Musketeers’ or any of its sequels highly enough, they are fantastic reading. | Project Gutenberg has enough free classical literature to keep a reader invested and engaged for years. I can’t recommend ‘The Three Musketeers’ or any of its sequels highly enough, they are fantastic reading. | ||
- | So, that’s a fairly representative, | + | So, that’s a fairly representative, |
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+ | Ebooks | ||
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+ | Enfin, cette distribution de Chrubuntu était déjà livrée avec une foule de lecteurs pour ouvrir des versions HTML, TXT ou PDF de livres électroniques, | ||
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+ | Project Gutenberg contient assez de littérature classique gratuite pour engager un lecteur pendant des années. Je ne pourrais jamais vous recommander assez « Les trois Mousquetaires » ou ses suites ; ces livres sont extraordinaires. [Ndt : | ||
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+ | Bon. Voilà une assez bonne, mais pas exhaustive, idée de ce que Chrubuntu vous permettait de faire avec un Chromebook peu cher, après une processus d’installation qui était presque entièrement automatisé. Malheureusement le projet Chrubuntu est abandonné, mais dans le prochain numéro, j’explorerai les possibilités d’Ubuntu pour un Chromebook plus en détail. | ||
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