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The Linux Desktop - The View from LinuxCon

By David Lane 

I have just finished up three days at LinuxCon in Portland, put on by the Linux Foundation. As you might expect from such an event, there were discussions on a wide range of topics, some to get you thinking, some to excite you and some to challenge your notions. more>>

OpenOffice.org: Cross-References Revisited

By Bruce Byfield 

Four years ago, I wrote an article about OpenOffice.org writer called "Fielding Questions, Part 2 - Cross References and User-Defined Fields." I regularly receive mail about it, but these days I have to preface each reply by explaining that the article is obsolete. Repeating the explanation gets old quickly, so I decided that an update is necessary. more>>

OpenOffice.org Calc: The Mysteries of DataPilots Revealed

By Bruce Byfield 

If you're coming fresh from Microsoft Excel, you might wonder where the Pivot tables are in OpenOffice.org Calc. The problem is, they're masquerading under the name of DataPilots. But, under any name, DataPilots are Calc's way of allowing you to quickly reorganize information in a range of cells so that you can gain a new insight into them. more>>

Fast Is Hot

By Doc Searls 

Last month, we reported here about Splashtop, which starts a laptop in only a few seconds. Since then, Splashtop reportedly has found its way into the Lenovo IdeaPad S10e and the ASUS Eee PC. more>>

Excerpt from Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux (Versions 8.10 and 8.04), A, 2nd Edition.

By Mark Sobell 

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Creating Reports in OpenOffice.org Base

By Bruce Byfield 

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OpenOffice.org Base: Editing Information in a Database

By Bruce Byfield 

Once you have a database set up, sooner or later you will want to edit its tables or add a new record. You have four ways to do so. more>>

Fast App Launching with GNOME Do

By Kyle Rankin 
When your panel is littered with application shortcuts or you press Alt-F2 every few minutes to launch a new program, check out a better, faster way to launch your programs—GNOME Do. more>>

Xfce: the Third Man

By Federico Kereki 
If you thought the only desktop options were KDE and GNOME, think again. Xfce provides a full-featured desktop that's lightweight enough to run on old hardware. more>>

Cooking with Linux - The Evolution of the Desktop—How Far from the Pinnacle?

By Marcel Gagné 
Rumor has it that 2009 is the year of the Linux desktop. With KDE 4.2, the next step in the evolution of the popular desktop environment, it may well be. more>>
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Browser Battles: Opera, CrossOver Chromium and Flock

By James Gray 
Firefox is the wunderkind of Linux browsers, but is it right for you? We take a look at three competing browsers—Opera, CrossOver Chromium and Flock—that may just give you more Webvergnuegen. more>>

OpenOffice.org Base: Creating basic databases and tables

By Bruce Byfield 

When databases became available for the personal computer in the mid-1980s, they quickly gained a mystique as the ultimate productivity applications. Despite their widespread use, in some ways they have never lost that mystique -- so much so that many desktop users will stretch the use of spreadsheets to cumbersome lengths rather than consider setting up a database. more>>

OpenOffice.org Impress: Preparing a Slide Show

By Bruce Byfield 

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OpenOffice.org: The many views of Impress

By Bruce Byfield 

Presentation software isn't complicated compared to a word processor or spreadsheet. It doesn't need to be. Maybe that's why OpenOffice.org's Impress offers a variety of views of your work. more>>

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