How to get Open Office

Get open office for your office production. Open Office is multiplatform and multilangual office suite and an open-source project.

These is the relate product of Open Office with Microsoft Office product.

Writer ---> Ms Word
Impress ---> Ms Powerpoint
Calc ---> Ms Excel
Base ---> Ms Access

To get and download Open Office please go to http://download.openoffice.org/index.html

Go to http://www.openoffice.org/ for detail. Thats all

Some Links for Open Source Game.

There are some links for open source game:

1. http://www.bzflag.org (action game)
   
2. http://www.glest.org/en/index.html (Real time strategy)

or you can visit the open source game list at http://osswin.sourceforge.net/games.html


Happy gaming ^_^

How to know your Linux version?

Hi, do you know what version exactly you use? This is the step:

Easy way.

1. On consonle just type cat /etc/issue.net and enter.
2. Its will promt something like picture below. Easy!

Others way:
For Ubuntu:
cat /etc/lsb-release

For Redhat:
cat /etc/redhat-release

For SuSE:
cat /etc/SuSE-release

This line will be displayed something like below (like Ubuntu):

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=6.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=edgy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 6.10"

How to install GNOME desktop on console (CentOs 5)

To install GNOME desktop on console, just type this command:

1. Login as root
   
2. Type 'yum install groupinstall gnome-desktop' without ' '.
3. Wait until it finish download and installed.

Thats it. How easy is it?

How to start GUI from console

To start GUI from console is easy:

1. Make sure you login as a 'root'. To login type 'su -' without ''. It will promt the login. Type 'root' without ' ' and enter. Then it will promt you password. Type your password.
   
2. Right now you are in root system. Type "startx" without "" and enter for example :~#startx
   

Make sure the GUI desktop are already installed such as GNOME, KDE and etc. That's all.

How to get OpenCD

OpenCD disc

OpenCD is a collection of high quality Free and Open Source Software. The programs run in Windows and cover the most common tasks such as word processing, presentations, e-mail, web browsing, web design, and image manipulation. OpenCD include only the highest quality programs which have been carefully tested for stability, and which we consider appropriate for a wide audience.

Check the latest series:
http://www.theopencd.org/

To download:
http://www.theopencd.org/download

To purchase:
http://www.theopencd.org/purchase

That's all. Enjoy!