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Ubuntu-BR @ FISL 11
Aug 21st
I should have written it before… But, finally I will write about what we did as Ubuntu-BR at FISL 11 (Free Software International Forum) in July, 2010.
FISL 11 was very good, altough some technical issues. The picture below was taken at the first day, when the stands’ area was closed, yet “under construction”:
On the second day everything was stabilized and many laptops came to our “island” to be installed or to have something configured, like webcams, 3g modems…
Unfortunately many ubunteros couldn’t go, but a very good team was there, most of Sao Paulo regional team of Ubuntu-BR. A special thanks to: Kemel Zaidan, Marcos Amorim (Mosca), Alexsandro Carvalho (Muambeiro), Diego Rodrigues, Thiago Bellini, (Aspira), Kretcheu (and someone else I may forgot the name) and André Gondim, who organized many things and made the main contacts.
Kemel Zaidan, Leonardo Amaral, Andre Noel (me) and André Gondim
Also we had a nice help from Fuctura (a brazilian Canonical partner), who gave us the banner and some gifts to share. Look the pictures below when the gifts was being raffled:
5º Ubuntu Brazil National Meeting
At the last day we had the 5º Ubuntu Brazil National Meeting, where we could talk about our community, how to participate and help. It was cool, because there were people from many places and we talked especially about Ubuntu-BR Regional Teams.
Also it was nice to find/meet some persons we only talked virtually and discover that they really exists… 
Install Fest
Fortunately today the Linux install is very easy and we don’t need so much install fests, but many machines was installed there (I don’t know the number). Many people liked to see this MacBook Air running Ubuntu:
Lastly, FISL 11 was very good. We met more ubunteros we could imagine. Also many others user groups was there and it was nice to talk with them. Other distros also made a nice job there.
Now, let’s go to the Latinoware, FISL 12, and many others…
Starting Linux through Windows XP boot list (boot.ini)
Jul 22nd
Last week I had to recover the grub in a notebook after a Windows reinstall. The easiest way would be running an Ubuntu live cd and run the grub program. But I hadn’t a cd and tried with a bootable usb stick and… nothing. That notebook doesn’t boot by usb. I tried also with a sd card, but had the same problem…
The solution: Burn a CD? No. Let’s do something more criative…
Well, we know that Windows XP also has his boot list (boot.ini), so why not to put Linux on the list?
Unfortunately, it’s not so easy as edit the grub menu, but it’s still easy.
First, you have to create an image from the master sector of a HD which has the grub installed (I used my notebook). Open terminal and type:
sudo dd if=/dev/sda1 of=bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
Maybe you have to change /dev/sda1 for other device, depending on your HD.
This command creates the bootsect.lnx file. Put it on c:\ on Windows. After that we will edit the boot.ini on Windows.
There’s two ways to do this: you can edit the c:\boot.ini directly (it may be hidden and read-only) or you can right click on “My Computer”, go to “Preferences”, “Advanced” tab, and click the button to edit boot preferences. So the boot.ini is opened on notepad.
On boot.ini, paste the following line at the end of the file:
c:\bootsect.lnx="Linux"
Save, close and reboot.
Now your Windows asks you if you want to start Windows or Linux.
And voi là.
(I think it’s the biggest post I wrote in English, so forgive me for the mistakes)
How to open PDFs inside Firefox on Linux
Jul 19th
I was thinking about how to open a PDF file inside Firefox on Ubuntu, like the Acrobat plugin do on Windows, but using Evince.
So I “googled” about Evince and Firefox and found it quickly in the Lâmpada Azul site. Altought it has many steps, I used only the first and it worked very well. You have only to install the mozplugger package:
sudo aptitude install mozplugger
Alright. It may works now.
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