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Lucida Grande – The Font
Lucida Grande on Wikipedia
It’s been around for a while, and almost everyone using Mac OS knows about it. It’s the default font used in Mac OS, as well as Safari browser for Windows. However, it’s not available for Linux. A little searching on the Internet reveals the location of the font files needed to bring Lucida Grande to Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop.
In this article, I will not show how to install the fonts (there are many available already). Instead, I’ll show some screenshots of my Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop after the installation and configuration is complete.
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Part I: The Basics
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The project servers consider the folder htdocs in a different “space” and hence you don’t get to write to this folder, or it’s subfolders. However, in the project directory (/home/groups/P/PR/PROJECTNAME) you have a folder called persistent. This folder consists of writable space, that you can use to install Drupal.
Part II: UNIX & Symbolic Links
The ln command in Unix is used to create a symbolic link, which is very close to what we call “shortcuts” in Windows. So the approach to be followed here is to mirror all writable folders in the htdocs folder into the persistent folder mentioned above. You don’t need to copy/recreate all folders, just the writable ones would do.
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Part I: About SourceForge.net
SourceForge.net Website
SourceForge.net is a great platform for Open Source Programmers to host and share their work with the rest of the world. SourceForge provides developers with server space, CVS services, file mirroring services and logging of project related data. It also provides web hosting service to the projects hosted by SourceForge.
The public folder on the server space provided by SourceForge is non-writable by the website, which often confuses developers and dissuades them from installing complex websites, built upon systems such as Drupal & Joomla!. However, a little understanding of the hosting system ensures that you can freely install any system on the hosting server, provided you abide by the conditions laid down by SourceForge.