Apr
9
How To Get .docx Working in Linux
April 9, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 5 Comments
Posted in Applications, How To
Occasionally I receive a file in .docx format, which for me was useless; and I’ve had to ask the sender to give me the document in .doc format instead. However, there’s a better solution for those of us who encounter the .docx format. It does take a couple of minutes to set up, but is [...]
Apr
7
Switching From XP to Linux – Should You?
April 7, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 9 Comments
Posted in Applications, Editorials, How To
A question from John.P in Texas: “…About the poll called “Are you considering a switch from Windows to Linux?” I see that almost 47% of visitors say “Yes” (so did I). I am an XP user and was wondering if you can post a short note for advice about switching to Linux?…” What’s surprising, is [...]
Mar
29
Creating an Opensource Network Gateway in Linux Ubuntu – Part 1
March 29, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 1 Comment
Posted in Hands On, How To
I was reading a story on Digg this morning, about an 11 year old child who was functioning as the network manager for some private school’s network. Within the comments was a post that referred to “Untangle” and why the school chose not to use it. The commenter suggested that the individual probably didn’t know [...]
Mar
26
Create Flash Content in Linux – A Missing Link for Developers?
March 26, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 1 Comment
Posted in Applications, Editorials
Last month we posted “Top 100 of the Best (Useful) OpenSource Applications”, which listed some really good open source applications. One of the things missing was a good OpenSource, Flash content creation tool. It seems there’s a new application in town! On March 25, 2008 the “Salasaga” site announced a snapshot release of their developing [...]
Mar
9
Cool Ubuntu Projects on Launchpad.
March 9, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 1 Comment
Posted in Applications, Editorials
For those not familiar, “Launchpad is a free software hosting and development website. We make it easy to collaborate across multiple projects.” More information about Launchpad is here: Collaboration, project management and code hosting for free software https://launchpad.net/+about One thing I like about services such as these, is that I often find interesting (and usable) [...]
