openoffice Archive

  • LibreOffice is a fork of OpenOffice. That requires a bit of explanation for those not familiar with open source slang. A decade ago, Sun Microsystems donated the code for their office program, StarOffice, to the open source community as the Open Office office suite. They contintued to develop proprietary components for OpenOffice, while OO took on a life of its own under the terms...

    LibreOffice Beta for Windows and Linux

    Posted on November 30, 2010 | No Comments
    LibreOffice is a fork of OpenOffice. That requires a bit of explanation for those not familiar with open source slang. A decade ago, Sun Microsystems donated the code for their office program, StarOffice, to the open source community as the Open Office office suite. They contintued to develop proprietary components for OpenOffice, while OO took on a life of its own under the terms...

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  • Here’s a quick tour of the default Debian desktop. This is the Debian 4 v 5 desktop, but I looked at some screenshots of Debian 5, which just came out, and it doesn’t seem to have changed much. This is not a HOWTO. It’s the highlights of WHATIS. For a detailed description of the contents of Debian, you can go here. If you have...

    Debian Linux Desktop Tour

    Posted on February 26, 2009 | 1 Comment
    Here’s a quick tour of the default Debian desktop. This is the Debian 4 v 5 desktop, but I looked at some screenshots of Debian 5, which just came out, and it doesn’t seem to have changed much. This is not a HOWTO. It’s the highlights of WHATIS. For a detailed description of the contents of Debian, you can go here. If you have...

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  • There are a number of really good open source software packages for Windows. Here are some of my favorites and where to get them:

    Open Source–It’s for Windows Too.

    Posted on February 2, 2009 | No Comments
    There are a number of really good open source software packages for Windows. Here are some of my favorites and where to get them:

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  • The original article on the station:WKOW – ‘Woman blames Dell for missing online classes’. Maybe an antagonizing title as it brought many Dell and Ubuntu users online to blast the TV station and the woman. And why did Ubuntu users do this? Well – this person wanted Windows instead of Ubuntu. The story starts out where the Abbie wanted a laptop for her studies....

    When Ubuntu Users Go Rogue: One Woman’s Story of Predjudice.

    Posted on January 28, 2009 | 1 Comment
    The original article on the station:WKOW – ‘Woman blames Dell for missing online classes’. Maybe an antagonizing title as it brought many Dell and Ubuntu users online to blast the TV station and the woman. And why did Ubuntu users do this? Well – this person wanted Windows instead of Ubuntu. The story starts out where the Abbie wanted a laptop for her studies....

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  • Brought to you by Citrix’ GotoMeeting – Free 30 day trial – No CC needed: GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts. You’ve been working at your job for years. You’ve made lots of money for the company and are the most loyal employee they know of. Yet, tough times are ahead and the company decides you are one of the 10% they have to let go to stay afloat....

    Will Customer Service Suffer from Layoffs?

    Posted on January 22, 2009 | No Comments
    Brought to you by Citrix’ GotoMeeting – Free 30 day trial – No CC needed: GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts. You’ve been working at your job for years. You’ve made lots of money for the company and are the most loyal employee they know of. Yet, tough times are ahead and the company decides you are one of the 10% they have to let go to stay afloat....

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  • iTunes Finally Cleaning House? – Interviews with Jamie Miller and Bryce Whitty: Win $25 Gift certificate – Paythefan – Sponsor for CES – Aunt Passing At the end of the Podcast, we play a special song called “Legend on the Internet”, a song produced by local musicans and friends and written by @Sunspot_Mike of the Local Band: SunSpot Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days...

    Podcast Ep #55 10-15-08 – Legend on the Internet

    Posted on October 14, 2008 | No Comments
    iTunes Finally Cleaning House? – Interviews with Jamie Miller and Bryce Whitty: Win $25 Gift certificate – Paythefan – Sponsor for CES – Aunt Passing At the end of the Podcast, we play a special song called “Legend on the Internet”, a song produced by local musicans and friends and written by @Sunspot_Mike of the Local Band: SunSpot Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days...

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  • Upgrading Cable – Live Show Monday 7PM EST – Upgrading Website – Win Zune or iPod – Firefox 3 On this day: Artificial Skin (1981), IE 2.0 Mac (1996), Dark Side of the Moon after 741 weeks finally left charts (1988) Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days atGoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts. No credit card needed. Proud Member of techpodcasts. Visit http://www.techpodcasts.com/. Call the Hotline – 608-205-4378 geekazine...

    Episode 30 – 4-23-08 – Weekly Podcast

    Posted on April 22, 2008 | No Comments
    Upgrading Cable – Live Show Monday 7PM EST – Upgrading Website – Win Zune or iPod – Firefox 3 On this day: Artificial Skin (1981), IE 2.0 Mac (1996), Dark Side of the Moon after 741 weeks finally left charts (1988) Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days atGoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts. No credit card needed. Proud Member of techpodcasts. Visit http://www.techpodcasts.com/. Call the Hotline – 608-205-4378 geekazine...

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  • I remember back in 1999 I resolved to give up Mountain Dew for a year (which I was addicted to) and reduce the amount of caffeine I drank. I also resolved to drink more water, and switch to a diet soft drink (which I couldn’t stand to drink before that). At the beggining of the new year, I finished my last Dew and went on the...

    Use Tech to Help with Your Resolution

    Posted on December 23, 2007 | 3 Comments
    I remember back in 1999 I resolved to give up Mountain Dew for a year (which I was addicted to) and reduce the amount of caffeine I drank. I also resolved to drink more water, and switch to a diet soft drink (which I couldn’t stand to drink before that). At the beggining of the new year, I finished my last Dew and went on the...

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