Last 11 February 2010, The OpenOffice.org has released the new OpenOffice.org Office Suite 3.2. This new version is amazingly very fast to load than their predecessors. To download a copy, visit their website at http://download.openoffice.org.

Faster start up times

OpenOffice.org 3.2 Calc and Writer have both reduced 'cold start' time by 46% since version 3.0 was released just over a year ago, according to test by our developers (results will vary on different operation systems and hardware.

Open Document Format (ODF Support)

Open Document Format (ODF) standards, as promulgated by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS), set international compatibility criteria for the electronic/digital storage of documents.

These standards recognize the importance of interoperability and intelligent information exchange and seek, for example, to ensure that office documents created today on any given computer system will be readable by other computer systems everywhere, including the technology of tomorrow.

OpenOffice.org 3.2 has made further strides in compliance with ODF 1.2, including closer conformance to OASIS ODFF/OpenFormula specifications.

• As OpenOffice.org 3.2 currently requires a superset of the ODF 1.2 specification, the software now warns users when ODF 1.2 Extended features have been used.
• The document integrity check now proves whether an ODF document conforms to the ODF specification (this mainly affects ODF 1.2 documents). If an inconsistency is found, the document is treated as a broken one, and OpenOffice.org offers to repair the document

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1. To begin with you need to install the build-essential package by typing the command:

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential

2. After build-essential has been installed and configured, download the file ‘foo2zjs.tar.gz’ located at http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com or just follow the command below on your command line:

$ wget -O foo2zjs.tar.gz http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/foo2zjs.tar.gz

3. Uncompressed the file foo2zjs.tar.gz that has been downloaded by typing the command below:

$ tar -zxvf foo2zjs.tar.gz

4. Change directory to the uncompressed file to ‘foo2zjs’ folder by typing the command below:

$ cd foo2zjs

Last December 2009, Google Chrome for Linux goes beta. Like the Windows and Mac version, it's fast, secure, stable, simple, extensible and embraces open standards like HTML5. This Linux version was released with the help of open source community. More than 50 open source contributors have worked on Chromium project. And also, At Google, most engineers use Linux machines, so we can say that how much they wanted Google Chrome for Linux.

Google Chrome for Linux includes tight integration with native GTK themes, updates that are managed by the standard system packaged manager, and many other features that fit in natively with the operating system where possible.

Google Chrome for Linux comes with themes that you select and apply to your browser. There are 2 categories that you can choice: Themes by Artist and Themes by Google. If you need this themes just visit their website at https://tools.google.com/chrome/intl/en/themes/index.html.

For those Linux Users try now! Download and install Google Chrome in your Linux box! http://www.google.com/chrome?platform=linux

Reference: http://chrome.blogspot.com/2009/12/google-chrome-for-holidays-mac-linux.html

The Mozilla has released the new version of their web browser “Firefox 3.6” last January 21^st, 2010. Firefox 3.6 is built on Mozilla's Gecko 1.9.2 web rendering platform, and contains many improvements for web developers, add-on developers, and users. This version is also faster and more responsive that previousversions and has been optimized to run on small device operating system such as Maemo.

One that I love with the new version of Firefox is the theme called Personas, which allow users to change Firefox's appearance with a single click.

The Ubuntu Netbook Remix "karmic koala" 9.10 comes with variety of options regarding "Login" that you can choice. In the installation process, there are options to select whether to Login Automatically or Who Will Login with username and password.

Option 1: (In the installation process)
Select "Login Automatically", the computer will starts up without asking the username and password. It will automatically display your desktop.

Option 2: (In the installation process)
Select "Login with username and password", the computer will starts up asking the username and password before the desktop will display.

Now, if you select options 1 or 2 during the installation process and realize that you need to change the configuration. You can do the following steps listed below:

What is Ubuntu Netbook Remix?
Ubuntu Netbook Remix is optimized to run on a new category of affordable Internet-centric devices called netbooks. It includes a new consumer-friendly interface that allows users to quickly and easily get on-line and use their favorite applications. This interface is optimized for a retail sales environment. Canonical has collaborated with Intel and is working with a number of OEM's to deliver Ubuntu on netbooks in retail. In keeping with the philosophy of our best work being available to everyone, the core remix product is available to all through the Canonical repositories. This version is free to download and modify by any user. (http://www.canonical.com/projects/ubuntu/unr)

This is my desktop with Ubuntu Netbook Remix