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Welcome to another issue of Full Circle!
There are several notable things happening this month. First, and most important, is that we're four! Each April issue marks another milestone in the history of FCM, and this is now the fourth year of FCM. As I do every year (and hopefully every month), I want to thank all the people who help me put together FCM each month. You'll find their names at the end of this (and every) issue of FCM. Another important thing this month is 11.04. I'm sure, by the time you read this, many of you will have upgraded to Natty Narwhal. The last major thing of note, which you can read more about in the Linux News page, is that Canonical have announced the end of ShipIt. This means that people won't be able to request a free Ubuntu CD. I'm sure most of the world has broadband Internet, but I know many of our readers do not. I hope the removal of ShipIt doesn't stop people from getting Ubuntu.
Since it's our fourth birthday, I've added a fourth HowTo article about developing a circuit using the Arduino board. I'm hoping that, from this issue onwards, I can keep four HowTo's each month. Daniel Holbach has kindly offered to write a series of articles on developing for Ubuntu. The first article describes the development process of Ubuntu itself, and then moves on, in later parts, to how you can help develop Ubuntu with fixes and bug reports. It's very insightful, and it'll start next month. This month, however, we have more Python, the third piece on LibreOffice, and a piece on finding ebooks for free. If you're fed up with reinstalling Ubuntu, putting your desktop back to the way you like it, and reinstalling all your applications, then you might want to take a look at Art's review (and HowTo, all in one handy dandy article) of Remastersys. It lets you take a new Ubuntu install, and remaster it to become your own customized Live CD.
I hope you enjoy the issue, and I'll see you all next month.
All the best, and keep in touch. Ronnie ronnie@fullcirclemagazine.org