A few days ago the media exploded with astonishing news that OpenOffice.org developers created fully independent The Document Foundation and developed new fork of OpenOffice.org suite — LibreOffice. Moreover Mark Shuttleworth said that “Office productivity software is a critical component of the free software desktop, and the Ubuntu Project will be pleased to ship LibreOffice from The Document Foundation in future releases of Ubuntu”. So it’s time to see how LibreOffice looks like and get it installed on your Ubuntu!
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Posted on September 30th, 2010 by kate.p in Applications, HOWTOs | 13 commentsCommunicate Skype and Facebook using Pidgin
Posted on September 16th, 2010 by kate.p in Applications | 4 comments
Pidgin is multi-platform and multi-protocol chat client software that makes it possible to keep all contacts in one place and talk to GTalk, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ etc. buddies using one application. Honestly speaking I found it literally the best application for my IM communication purposes and my choice was just double-confirmed as now Pidgin allows to add also Skype and Facebook contacts and communicate with them! See below how to enable this under Ubuntu (no matter Lucid or Maverick).
Run Cisco Packet Tracer in Ubuntu
Posted on July 26th, 2010 by kate.p in Quick Tips | 18 comments
Cisco Systems corporation names Packet Tracer as a powerful tool for network simulation program allowing network academy students to analyze network behavior gaining learning experience. As a holder of CCNA status and Ubuntu enthusiast I completely agree with above description. See below how to install and run Packet Tracer in your Ubuntu.
Online Internet Radio players for Ubuntu
Posted on July 9th, 2010 by kate.p in Quick Tips | 4 comments
I would like to tell you about two absolutely different Internet radio players for Ubuntu: steamtuner2 (do not mix with streamtuner from apt repository) and radiotray. Both of these applications were developed for listening to online radio but streamtuner2 is targeted to geeks while radiotray — to minimalists. See more info below in this post.
Install new software in Ubuntu easy
Posted on July 4th, 2010 by kate.p in HOWTOs | 6 comments
Thankfully to community developers there are at least four ways to install software in Ubuntu. In this post I will describe the easiest ways to get some new application installed: using Synaptic Package Manager, Ubuntu Software Center, Gdebi and aptitude way (command line).
