full circle magazine #65
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Compiled by Gord Campbell
If you have Ubuntu-related questions, email the m to:
, and Gord will answer them in a future
issue.
Q
Is there a way to have
more choice of
wallpapers than the ones
included in Ubuntu
12.04?
A
Yes! My favorite web
sites for getting
interesting wallpaper
are National Geographic
and Flightaware.
Let's say you have downloaded
lions.jpg into your Pictures folder.
Right-click on an empty area of
your desktop, and select "Change
Desktop Background." A window
will pop up with wallpaper
thumbnails on the right side. Click
on "+" below the thumbnails. A
file-manager window will appear,
click on "Pictures" on the left side
of the window. Find "lions.jpg" in
the list, select it and click on
"Open." Close the "Appearance"
window and you are done.
Q
Ubuntu 12.04 is perfect
as long as I can access the
Synaptic Package
Manager more easily.
A
Open Synaptic , and ,
after entering the
password, the icon will
appear in the launcher.
Right-click the icon and select lock
to launcher.
Q
Am having some issues
with LibreOffice Present.
Working in a corporate
environment, the users
on the LAN can open my
presentation on their Windows 7
machines running Office (I assume
2010), but can't read the slides.
The backgrounds come through
but no text. Am saving a .pptx.
A
Save as .ppt
Q
I need to figure out
where some files are.
A
See this guide:
https://help.ubuntu.com
/community/find. Here's
an example: I know I
have some files which begin with
"qa" in my Documents folder or
sub-folders. I open Terminal and
enter this command:
find Documents -name 'qa*'
Q
New HP p7-1108p with
Windows 7 already
installed. Setting up Dual
Boot w/Ubuntu 12.04.
Initially it worked fine. After
getting most everything tweaked, I
made the mistake of using the
Computer Janitor. After reboot, I
get: error: invalid arch
independent ELF magic . gru b
rescue
A
(Thanks to Oldfred in
the Ubuntu Forums) See:
https://help.ubuntu.com
/community/Boot-Repair
Q
I have installed
OpenClipArt from
Ubuntu Software Center,
but how to use it, and
where are they?
A
They are in subfolders
of
/usr/share/openclipart.
To use them, run
LibreOffice Writer and click on
Tools/Gallery. The various
contributors appear on the left,
select one to see the clipart that
person has contributed.
Q
How can I make my
laptop run cooler?
A
One approach is to
install Jupiter. Se e :
http://www.ubuntubuzz.
com/2012/04/fix-laptop-
overheating-problem-in.html. The
page doesn't tell you that you
should log out and back in again
after installing Jupiter. Then you
can select "power saving mode".
On my laptop, the difference is 8