Download Open Office from HERE. What you get is a tar.gz file Extract the file with this command tar xzvf OOo_3.2.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz If you wish you can remove the existing version with this command. sudo apt-get remove openoffice*.* Assuming you extracted the file to your desktop run the following two commands. sudo dpkg -i ~/Desktop/OOO320_m12_native_packed-1_en-US.9483/DEBS/*.deb sudo [...]
You can do it simply from your terminal window. sudo shutdown now to shutdown your machine NOW.sudo shutdown hh:mm where hh:mm is the time on 24hr clock to shutdown at 7:50 you need to type sudo shutdown 7:50.sudo shutdown +m where m is the minutes. If you type sudo shutdown +120 the machine will shutdown [...]
Are you tired of the slow loading time every time you visit a folder in Windows 7? The loading is usually slow and takes long time if you have a folder with large collection music, videos, documents, or photos. How to speed up windows 7 folder loading time
A really neat tool I was introduced to a few days back is wkhtmltopdf, a freely distributed tool that allows you to convert HTML pages into PDF documents. This is not something I’ve found a lot of use for too often, but when I’ve needed it it’s been a life saver. Let’s take a look [...]
Lucid may not be getting a new GTK theme but it will still be getting an entirely new look.Ubuntu’s Ayatana team (most famed for creating those awesome ‘new’ notification balloons that came in Jaunty) are currently testing a super-duper enhanced version of GTK+ that adds RGBA support (think Windows Aero) and client side window decoration. [...]
