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THE MONTHLY MAGAZINE

FOR THE GNU GENERATION

Libre

System

recovery

super-test

Tame

Python

O i c e 4.0

Ubuntu

13 . 0 4

reviewed

ways to

optimise

your office

Test it on

the disc

DVD missing? Ask your newsagent

Network

Tested this issue:

GNOME 3.8 • Zeven

Mageia • PinguyOS

Bodhi • Elementary

Network

Dual

deployment

explained

Boot

Install Fedora on

an entire network

with Windows 8

ALSO INSIDE

» The making of X

» Manage your network

» Make your own IM app

How to master UEFI and beat Secure Boot

ISSUE 127

Welcome

to issue 127 of Linux User & Developer

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This issue

Richard Hillesley writes about art,

music, digital rights, Linux and

free software for a variety of

publications and is a previous editor

of Linux User . As well as his regular

monthly free software column

(page 11), Richard tells the 30-year

story of X and its forthcoming

replacements (page 36).

» Ubuntu 13.04 reviewed

» Optimise LibreOfﬁ ce 4.0

» Dual boot with Windows 8

» Master network deployment

Michael Reed is a technology writer and has

been hacking away at Linux for

over 15 years. Michael specialises

in desktop Linux solutions. This

month he demonstrates network

deployment by installing Fedora

across a LAN. Get started on page

24 (if you’re feeling brave)…

Welcome to the latest edition of Linux User &

Developer, the UK and America’s favourite high-end

open source and Linux magazine.

We’ve got two super-sized cover features for you

this issue and both tackle areas that affect a large

percentage of us home and business users.

The ﬁ rst is our look at The Document Foundation’s

latest release, LibreOfﬁ ce 4.0. As Michael Reed states in the

intro to his eight-page special (starting on page 42), Linux

is now the most ﬂ exible, powerful and economic way of

deploying ofﬁ ce workstations. This being the case, it needs an

ofﬁ ce suite that can deliver on this promise and the current

jewel in the crown is LibreOfﬁ ce. As well as revealing its latest

features and a quick-ﬁ re comparison with Microsoft’s Ofﬁ ce,

you’ll learn 25 ways you can optimise your workﬂ ow to make it

even better.

The other pressing matter we cover this issue is dual

booting – speciﬁ cally with Windows 8. If you’ve bought a

computer in the last six months or so it’s very likely to come

bundled with Microsoft’s latest OS, which brings with it

Secure Boot. A quick hop over to page 16 will show you how to

wrangle UEFI and overcome freedom’s latest adversary.

Liam Fraser is the creator of the hugely popular

RaspberryPiTutorials YouTube

series and is a Linux server admin

for the Raspberry Pi Foundation.

This month Liam shows us how to

write an instant messaging client

and server in Python. You can find

his guide on pages 56-61.

Joey Bernard has been using Linux at home

for almost 20 years and he’s

now getting paid for it as

a computational research

consultant with ACEnet. In this

issue Joey shows you how to set

up your wireless network using

wicd instead of Network Manager

(pages 32-35).

Rory MacDonald is our resident open

source reporter with a keen nose for

a story and a good eye for detail. You

can find his latest stories starting

on page 6, including news of the

BeagleBone Black release (we’re

reviewing it next issue) and the fact

Google has recently released its

code for Google Glass.

Rob Zwetsloot studied aerospace engineering

at university, using Python to

model complex simulations in

class while configuring Linux

HTPCs at home. Among other things

this issue Rob shows us the best

system recovery live CD (page 68)

and brings us another code listing

for a classic Python game (page 50).

Russell Barnes, Editor

Get in touch with the team:

linuxuser@imagine-publishing.co.uk

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Visit us online for more news, opinion, tutorials and reviews:

www. linuxuser .co.uk

Issue 127

Contents

Reviews

Optimise

LibreOffice

64 ZevenOS 3.0

The successor to BeOS

LibreOffice

42. Get the most out of

the latest version

66 Ubuntu 13.04

We play spot the difference

74 Zorin OS 6.3

Windows by any other name

76 Mageia 3 RC

Delayed at the ﬁ nal hurdle

78 GNOME 3.8

We pick through 36,000

contributions one by one

Open Source

Tutorials

24 Deploy Fedora over a network

80 Bodhi Linux

We check in with this

06 News

lightweight Ubuntu spin

The biggest stories from the

open source world

Master the art of network deployment

82 Elementary OS Luna

28 Make remote access secure with

(beta 2)

10 Opinions

The latest from your favourite

free software columnists

a virtual private network

Is it simplicity itself?

Forgot those SSH vulnerabilities…

84 Toshiba AT300SE

32 Wireless networking with wicd

Can this Android tablet

94 Letters

Get to grips with wicd - the ﬂ exible

beat Google’s Nexus?

Your views on the magazine

and the open source scene

alternative to Network Manager

Developer tutorials

Features

16 Dual boot with

50 Python for beginners: Hangman

Rob walks you through the process of coding

Windows 8

another classic game with the full code listing

Get to grips with UEFI and

56 Instant messaging with Python

Program your own IM client and server

beat Secure Boot!

36 Replacing X

with our expert advice

We tell the story of X and its

On your free disc

imminent replacements

42 Customise

LibreOffice 4

Find out what’s new and

how to improve workﬂ ow

68 System rescue

super-test

Which is the best live CD

solution for your needs?

88 Q & A

Your problems solved!

96 Cover disc

The very latest distros on one DVD!

SystemRescueCD

Ubuntu 13.04

Mageia 3

Lubuntu

today!

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on the shop price.

US customers

can subscribe via

page 86

16 Dual boot with Windows 8

This month Rob breaks down the process

of dual booting using modern PC systems

that utilise UEFI. Join us as we beat Secure

Boot and win the war on Windows 8!

Join us online for more Linux news, opinion and reviews www. linuxuser .co.uk

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