My daughter’s school requires her to use one of two microsoft fonts (office 2007) called ‘APA’ or ‘Turabian’. I wish to print a list fonts used by OpenOffice by name in their respective fonts. This will allow my daughter’s teacher to select the font that she will accept. I could do this in mc-Word but can not find a similar process in oo-Word.
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How to make your application appear in the Add/Remove tool (gnome-app-install)
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In order to make your application appear in the Add/Remove tool (gnome-app-install), there are two steps to make: * add a “X-AppInstall-Package” line to your .desktop * and run “update-app-install” to update the database
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How Shiny is Chrome? Part 2, The Chromium Edition
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Last week, I mentioned my disappointment concerning Google's Chrome beta for Windows. Mainly that it was an open source browser for Windows only.
Knowing the source is available, It was only a matter of time before we had a Linux and Mac version. Enter Crossover Chromium from Codeweavers 7 days later.
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Adobe AIR for Linux Beta
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Building applications that work across multiple platforms is always a challenge, but the web has provided a solution for some of those problems, by inherently being a cross-platform medium.
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On the road with Funambol 7
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Funambol, the open source mobile device synchronization and push email provider, released version 7.0 of its server and client software in August. We took a look at what it offers, then took it for a test drive on mobile devices and the Linux desktop.
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IEs4Linux lets you install Internet Explorer under Linux
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Because a large portion of end user machines attached to the Internet are Windows machines, Web developers have no choice but to develop Web applications that, while they don't necessarily rely on Microsoft technology, do have to work properly with Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. That usually means developers require a Windows installation at their disposal.
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Breaking News: Googlephone to Debut on September 23
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It's official. Telecom giant T-Mobile will hold a press conference in New York this September 23 to announce the very first Android-powered mobile phone, the HTC Dream. The highly anticipated phone is expected to be in the hands of consumers this October.
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Bill Gate’s Last Day at Microsoft - Not Just For Fun?
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I am sure everyone has seen the new Microsoft ads and the old last day at Microsoft video, but have you thought about them together?
First look at the CES Bill Gates Last Day at Microsoft video:
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The Open Source Home Business Model - Beyond Installfests
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Matt Hartley at Datamation recently suggested promoting open source adoption -- using a very different venue. He suggests mall kiosks as a potentially effective way to spread the word about open source software, and how it can work for the average computer user.
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Updated: Meet 120 Companies Running Ubuntu Linux
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We’re striving to identify 1,000 businesses and organizations across the globe that run Ubuntu on servers, desktops, laptops or mobile devices.
Read more »Found: The World’s Hottest Ubuntu Linux Deployment
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The VAR Guy is blushing. Earlier this evening he was researching companies that run Ubuntu Linux on servers and desktops. Soon, he stumbled across an intriguing Ubuntu case study involving a company called T & A Lingerie. That’s when the fun started…
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Shuttleworth man heads to Mozilla
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The Shuttleworth Foundation’s open philanthropy fellow, Mark Surman, will be moving to the Mozilla Foundation where he has been appointed executive director and will continue his work in open sourcing philanthropy.
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6 CommentsCan Ubuntu Overcome The Status Quo?
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People often say certain software is “not ready for prime time.” But in reality, those people actually have a fear of the unfamiliar. Take my wife. for instance. When I started using Ubuntu, she was dead-set against me installing it as the lone system on our laptop.
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Debian update for OpenSSH denial of service bug - heise online UK
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The OpenSSH package in the Debian 4.0 "Etch" Linux distribution has been found to still have a vulnerability which may lead to a deliberate or accidental denial of service. Debian has released an update to its OpenSSH packages to remedy the issue.
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Linux Doesn't Need Slick Marketing
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Remember Apple's famous 1984 commercial? That is one of the most brilliant TV commercials of all time, which isn't surprising- Ridley Scott directed it, and Chiat/Day produced it. It is a superb piece of filmmaking that still gives me chills, even in the lo-fi YouTube version.
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