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- SolutionBase: Gnumeric and KSpread offer spreadsheet application alternatives for Linux users
- In the word of general office spreadsheet needs, Microsoft Excel and OpenOffice.org Calc are probably considered the big guns, but the possibilities don't end with those two tools -- at least not when you're using Linux. Two alternative spreadsheet applications in particular stand out: a piece of the KOffice suite...
- Tags: Gnumeric, KSpread, Processor, Linux, Author, KOffice, Spreadsheet, Tool, Spreadsheet Application, KSpread KSpread, Figure G, Script Edit Function, Gnumeric Let, Productivity, Jack Wallen
- Technical articles 2007-11-07
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- SolutionBase: Gnumeric and KSpread offer spreadsheet application alternatives for Linux users
- Jack Wallen takes cursory looks at two alternative spreadsheet programs for Linux. by Jack Wallen
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Jack Wallen, Productivity, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, spreadsheet, office
- Image galleries 2007-11-07
- EditGrid Sync (exe)
- EditGrid Sync is a desktop application to automatically syncronize your online spreadsheets stored on EditGrid to your desktop computer with features include: Automatic scheduled backups of Spreadsheet from EditGrid, with versioning; Easy uploading of spreadsheets to EditGrid; Supports Microsoft Excel and Gnumeric file formats.
- Tags: Team, Spreadsheet, EditGrid Sync, Productivity, Desktops, Team Management, Hardware, Management
- Software downloads 2006-10-28
- Is GNOME ready for the corporate desktop?
- Can GNOME develop into something that could bump Microsoft Windows off corporate desktops? Read this Daily Drill Down to find out what Bryan Pfaffenberger thinks.In case you haven't been keeping up with GNOME—a GPL-licensed desktop environment for Linux and other UNIX-like operating systems—project leader Miguel de Icaza recently quit his...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, GNOME 1.2, desktop, Bryan Pfaffenberger, GNOME, Helix Code
- Technical articles 2000-12-08
- Think KDE is ahead of GNOME? Try Helix Code, and think again
- Helix Code's GNOME release finally lives up to GNOME's promise. In this Daily Feature, Bryan Pfaffenberger explains that you may very well be looking at the future of computing.Don't count GNOME out just yet. Sure, GNOME faces stiff competition from the K Desktop Environment. With a two-year start on GNOME,...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Bryan Pfaffenberger, Helix Code, GNOME, KDE
- Technical articles 2000-10-13
- Open Office migration
- Hi folks, have read a couple of discussions re open office. We are currently running Office 2000 and are planning to migrate to Office XP - however, Open Office has come into my line of thought and wondered if those of you who use it within Windows, were happy...
- Tags: marcia204, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, migration, OOo, open office, OpenOffice, OpenOffice.org, programming, spreadsheet
- Discussion threads 2005-06-28
- Linux in the real world
- Linux in the real worldOk everyone. We talk about getting Linux into the mainstream. However,there are so many distributions and so many options the shear weight of all the decisions swamps all but the most dedicated techie. Most of the "average" users want to write a letter, use...
- Tags: applications, development, hardware, James Scanlan, Linux, Raven2, windows
- Discussion threads 2005-08-08
- Think inside the box with Blackbox
- If you're tired of your Linux desktop taking up all your system resources, there's a simple and amazingly fast answer...Blackbox! Jack Wallen, Jr. explains how to install, configure, and use this tiny Linux window manager.Got the KDE or GNOME blues? Tired of desktop environments with huge overhead? If you're using...
- Tags: Linux, Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Jack Wallen, Jr., Installing Blackbox, BlackBox, desktop
- Technical articles 2001-08-03
- SolutionBase: Getting to know GNOME
- Linux has come a long way from the early, oft-crashing days. GNOME is now one of the primary desktops for the Linux operating system; not only is it highly customizable, but it is amazingly stable. Jack Wallen explains why Linux -- running GNOME -- is a viable desktop alternative. ...
- Tags: Desktop, Panel, Linux, Application, Window, Author, GNOME, Layout, Panel Properties Window, Figure C, WindowList Applet, Application Launcher, Nautilus, Open Source, Jack Wallen
- Technical articles 2007-10-23
- DOWNLOAD: Windows Server 2003 services that can be disabled
- One of the most effective ways to secure Windows Server 2003 is to turn off unnecessary services. This detailed Excel spreadsheet lists 102 Windows Server 2003 services, describes each service's function, specifies whether you can safely disable the service, and outlines the ramifications of doing so. The spreadsheet also lists...
- Tags: Adobe PDF, Bill Detwiler - TechRepublic, download, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, security, server, spreadsheet, windows, windows server 2003, XLS
- Discussion threads 2005-06-28
- Four routes to Lin-Win desktops
- Switching to Linux doesn't have to mean giving up Microsoft Office. Here are four products that take a different tack, letting you run Windows apps under Linux. Will one of them work for you?By Todd VolzIn the decade since its introduction, Linux has sparked sporadic episodes of fervor over its...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, desktop, ZDNet , Linux, Microsoft Windows, VMware Inc., Microsoft Office, Windows-apps, Microsoft Corp.
- Technical articles 2002-05-14
- The StarOffice font deuglification project, part 3: Implementing TrueType fonts for StarOffice
- Bryan Pfaffenberger explains how to get TrueType fonts to work with StarOffice, how to convert TrueType fonts to Type 1 printer fonts so StarOffice can display and print them, and how to convert TrueType fonts to Type 1 fonts that any X server can display.If you've migrated users to StarOffice,...
- Tags: Bryan Pfaffenberger, TrueType, StarOffice, TrueType font, font
- Technical articles 2000-01-26
- GNOME-Development, deployment, desktop
- On Jan. 4, 2000, Miguel di Icaza, the creator of the GNOME desktop environment, answered your GNOME questions and discussed GNOME development. This transcript is full of inside information and links to resources.On Jan. 4, 2000, Miguel di Icaza, the creator of the GNOME desktop environment, answered your GNOME questions...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, desktop, Miguel di lcaza, GNOME, Miguel, Icaza, Jack Wallen Jr.
- Technical articles 2000-01-11
- Red Hat 6.2: The big beta boogie, part 2
- In part 1 of this two-part series, Jack Wallen, Jr. looked at the unofficial method of upgrading to Red Hat Linux 6.2. In this Daily Drill Down, Jack examines more conventional methods and digs deeper into the upgrade.In “Red Hat 6.2: The big beta boogie, part 1,”I took a look...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Jack Wallen, Jr., Red Hat Linux 6.2, Red Hat Inc., GNOME
- Technical articles 2000-09-26
- Chasing Roswell (or Getting wowed by Red Hat 7.2)
- Jack Wallen, Jr., has found the truth: Red Hat Linux will soon release the best Linux distribution ever, which includes the ext3 journaling filesystem and KDE 2.2. Find out what Jack thinks of the beta for the yet-to-be-released 7.2.It seems that the red hats from Durham, NC, can't do any...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Jack Wallen, Jr., Red Hat Inc., KDE, Konqueror, Linux, Grub, Web browser
- Technical articles 2001-10-16
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