One Giant Leap | LAS | s22e03
Posted on: June 10, 2012
Posted in: Featured, Linux Action Show, Video

Microsoft has embraced SUSE and Ubuntu, and more open source developers are going full time. Is this the dawn of a new era rising over open source? Or desperate moves to stay profitable? We debate!
Plus: Chris makes a big announcement, and a super easy way to install custom fonts you find online, in Linux!
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Runs Linux:
Android Pick:
- AnkiDroid Flashcards – Android Apps on Google Play
- Android Picks so far thanks to Madjo in the IRC Chat room!
Universal Pick:
- The Jupiter Signal
- ChatZilla Add-on for Firefox
- Thanks to nathangnu on Reddit!
Distro Pick:
Linux Action Show Subreddit
News:
- Samsung Joins Linux Foundation as Platinum Member
- Almost 10,000 Humble Bundles Sold on Ubuntu In 72 Hours
- Canonical Touts Its New Microsoft Partnership
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Now Available on Windows Azure
- Microsoft Hosts: GNOME & Mono Festival of Love
- Holyspirit, Free and Open Source Diablo Like Action RPG for Linux
- Summoning Wars
- Valve’s Gabe Says “Yes” To Steam Linux This Year
- Independent software developers go full time with open source
Matt’s Howto:
Install cool and creepy fonts for fun and profit!
GUI/Newbie Friendly
1) Download to Downloads
https://www.dafont.com/pr-uncial-creepy.font
2) Unzip the folder.
3) Terminal,
gksu nautilus /usr/share/fonts/truetypegksu nautilus /usr/share/fonts/truetype
4) Copy pr_uncial_creepy folder into the truetype folder
5) Close both folders.
6) In terminal,
sudo fc-cache -f -v
7) Open Writer, font to pr-uncial-creepy
8) Type something creepy
or
CLI/Intermediate method
1) Download to Downloads
https://www.dafont.com/pr-uncial-creepy.font
2) Open terminal, change directory to downloads folder.
cd ~/Downloads
3) In the terminal,
sudo unzip -o pr_uncial_creepy.zip -d /usr/share/fonts/truetype/pr_uncial_creepy
4) In terminal,
sudo fc-cache -f -v