Ceci est une ancienne révision du document !
You Want Game Reviews?
Just thought I'd inform you of a book/presentation I have been working on for the past couple of years as a side hobby. It covers roughly 400 games found in USC and Synaptic PM (none of the fatties, just the usual suspects).
Couldn't publish it as an epub because it didn't fit formatting rules (over 800 pages and in PDF instead of docx or odf), so I packed it off to lulu.com as a cheap $1.50 book. In addition, due to included screenshots, it came in at over 15MB.
There are about 550 games in USC, but some don't work or are actually old hangers on that have been given new names and posted elsewhere. I hit maybe about 60% of the games out there. Oh, and I should clarify that I did it via LibreOffice Impress, so it's one page containing a screenshot and one page with the URL, general info, and USC rating, if any.
Lulu address for the book is: http://www.lulu.com/author/content_revise.php?fCID=12986866
Art Schreckengost
Quick DVD Backup
May I suggest a trick that delivers a properly installed and clean Ubuntu – otherwise it could contain a lot of waste after repeated program installs and uninstalls.
After installing an Ubuntu distribution with all necessary components and cleaning the surplus ones, I use the remastersys program to make a system backup ISO file, and burn it to a rewritable disk to make a Live DVD with username and password, but without personal data.
This Live DVD could be used for experimental program installations, while using the same system as the one installed to the HDD. With 4 GB RAM, some 1.7 GB to 1.9 GB additional free space could be made available.
This way, I can run tests without any risk of leaving any waste on my installed system since, after rebooting with the Live DVD, I have a clean system again. Based on the results of the tests, I can then be confident that the tested programs will also install and run correctly on the HDD system.
Using this approach, I can successfully try some Amateur Radio programs, both .deb extension Linux and .exe extension Windows ones (among them SSTV, PSK31, etc.).
Moreover, I can surf the Internet without any risk of infection since the DVD is write protected and the RAM memory will be empty after shutting down the computer. If I download any file then it can be saved directly to a pen-drive or to an external HDD after checking it with the “Clamav” anti-virus program already installed on my Ubuntu operating system (and refreshing its database from the Internet).
I was using an older computer without a built-in HDD, and the computer was used exclusively with a Ubuntu Live-CD and with a broadband internet connection. This was the less expensive computer I had!
András Szabó
My Bad! Sort Of…
I have to apologize for not sending in those reviews I promised, here’s the reason why. After I built my new pc system – moving from an AMD cpu to an Intel Ivy Bridge – I then installed 12.04 LTS, and, long story short, it was a complete disaster. Robin reported 12.04 instabilities on his blog a few weeks ago, at the time I was on a AMD 64-bit build and had no problems. The moment I switched to an Intel system it was problems galore with random freezes, crashes, etc from nautilus to firefox, chrome, gwibber – even the software center would crash! You can read more about it here (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/993187). So, for a few weeks I could do nothing more than browse the web trying to figure out what was wrong before the system went crazy – and I had already given away the AMD system. Please post the solution to this (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/993187/comments/91) for people who may be experiencing the same problems with the latest Intel architecture. Meanwhile, I will get started on those reviews I promised.
Dougn Redhammer
Unity, Mint and Tablets. Oh my!
I have been using Linux Ubuntu for about 4 years and do not use a Windows dual boot. I do have a Windows machine for a couple of programs, but have “almost” managed to eliminate this necessity with Wine.
I was using Ubuntu up to version 11.10 with the Classic login. The Classic login works on Laptops/Desktops, but you are stuck with Unity if you have a net-book. I have an Asus Netbook with 2GB RAM and a 250GB hard disk. I use this a lot while on the move, and got enticed to Linux Mint 12 from articles in other Linux magazines. I installed Mint on my netbook and it even recognized the extra touch-pad button to turn it on and off. Ubuntu did not recognize this button. I also installed Mint on two other high spec laptops and… so far so good.
Now on to the Unity-Windows 8-Tablet debacle, so clearly described in the FCM60 article by Art Schreckengost. I can understand why Canonical is going the Unity route as this is the way Windows 8 is heading. It is aimed at tablets, touch-screen computers and TVs. I have an HTC Android mobile phone, which is great and very convenient, with its touch screen, but I cannot see myself swiping the screen of a laptop. On several trips to computer and mobile phone shops, I have checked out the non-Apple tablets on the market. The tablets on sale are very confusing as some have a USB port, some don't. Some have Bluetooth and some don't. They all have a reduced storage capacity and memory. Some are cheap but in general they are very expensive. As someone who is somewhat of a gadget freak, the tablet is one piece of technology that I have not rushed out to buy. Why buy a tablet, with reduced characteristics, when you can get a high spec netbook at a better price. My netbook does all that my laptops do, with the addition of an external DVD drive. In my opinion the tablet is not going to last in the market.
Allan Hambidge