When you write a letter, term paper or newspaper column, you'll probably use Microsoft Word. Buffing up a balance sheet? You'll probably use Microsoft Excel. Nodding off during a mind-numbing presentation? You're a victim of Microsoft Powerpoint... Today, however, some powerful challengers are chipping away at the Office edifice...
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WiFi in Xfce: How to Setup?
Wifi-radar is a tool intended to configure easily your interface wifi, and will allow you to connect to your wifi network. Wifi-radar is available in the menu Xfce, in the Network submenu.
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What is Compiz?
Compiz is a window manager, that means it takes care of all the basic needs to interact with the windows on your desktop - like moving, minimizing and resizing.
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Installing Ubuntu Or Fedora From A Windows Or Linux System With UNetbootin
UNetbootin is a tool that allows you to install various Linux distributions (Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva, OpenSuSE, Debian, ArchLinux) from a Windows or a Linux desktop over the internet (i.e., you don't need to burn the Ubuntu, Fedora, ... CDs). Unlike the Ubuntu installation with Wubi, real partitions are created during the installation.
Read more »OpenOffice.org Docs In Fx Part 2
"A little over a week ago I posted a tweak which would allow you to View OpenOffice.org Docs in Fx. Based on some of the feedback from comments and e-mails I’ve gotten on this, a lot of people didn’t understand what this tweak did or it wasn’t working. I had got it to work when I opened an OpenOffice.org document from my local system.
Read more »Why Django?
"Someone asked me recently what I thought about about Django. I really like it, but I didn’t have an answer ready and completely bombed at answering that question. I ended up muttering a very profound, “Django is cool”. I truthfully stumbled upon Django, played with it a while, and spent the next 10 months writing a web app.
Read more »Sweet Symphony is out of tune with OOo
Last month, just one week after IBM announced it would help with OpenOffice.org's development, the company released Lotus Symphony, an office suite based on OpenOffice.org code. I found a lot of slick features in Lotus Symphony, but I worry that Symphony could affect the OpenOffice.org community adversely.
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Summarizing the JSON and XML data interchange format debate
"One of my coworkers recently expressed some displeasure with debates that are fundamentally fueled by industry experts. The discussions are typically inflated with bias, academic tripe, and are of little use to the every day working (wo)man. I could not disagree. In the spirit of redemption, I present to you a more humble view of JSON and XML."
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Requesting Ubuntu 7.10 CDs from ShipIt
Ubuntu is available free of charge and we can send you CDs of the latest version (7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)) with no extra cost, but the delivery may take up to ten weeks, so you should consider downloading the CD images if you have a fast Internet connection.
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Basic Linux Tips and Tricks, Part 1
A simple introduction to the command line. Read it if you want to break through your fear of the command line!
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NTP Server and Client Configuration in debian
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a protocol for synchronizing the clocks of computer systems over packet-switched, variable-latency data networks. NTP uses UDP port 123 as its transport layer. It is designed particularly to resist the effects of variable latency (Jitter).
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WebAppers - Only the Best and Free Resources for Web Application Developers
Daily updated blog with a lot of high quality open-source resources for web developers.
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Howto make Ubuntu to read feeds for you
Akregator is a KDE application for reading online news feeds... [and] ...Festival is a general multi-lingual speech syntheses system and it offers a full text to speech system with various APIs, as well an environment for development and research of speech synthesis techniques.
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Nokia details Linux tablet WiMAX plans
Nokia plans to ship WiMAX-enabled Internet tablets next year. The as-yet unnamed model or models in Nokia's Linux-powered "N-series" Internet Tablet line will use Intel "Baxter Peak" WiMAX chips and will support Sprint's "Xohm" WiMAX service, the top phone-maker has revealed.
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Installing Debian Etch From A Windows System With "Debian-Installer Loader"
Debian-Installer Loader is a Debian Etch installer for Windows which adds an entry to the boot menu that allows you to start the Debian installation. Unlike the Ubuntu installation with Wubi, real Debian partitions are created during the installation. In the end, you have a dual-boot system (Windows/Debian).
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