OpenOffice.org announces the release of version 2.4 with 9 new chart features, 5 PDF export enhancements, text to columns in Calc, rectangular selection in Writer, bug fixes, performance improvements, improvements supporting the growing library of extensions such as 3D OpenGL transitions in Impress, and much more.
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Putrajaya, 19th March 2008 - The Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management
Planning Unit (MAMPU), today officially adopts a policy to migrate to the OpenOffice.org
open source productivity suite. This is in line with the Malaysian Public Sector Open
Source Master Plan, which calls for government agencies to reduce costs, increase freedom
of choice and interoperability.
From April 1st, MAMPU will start adopting the OpenDocument Format (ODF), standard for all
new documents created. ODF the ISO open standard for electronic documents is also the
default format for OpenOffice.org. The agency …

Shuttle today announced that the newly launched $199 KPC will feature the Foresight Linux operating system. With an intuitive interface and user focused design, Foresight does away with the need for users to be familiar with Linux.
A host of the latest software is packaged with the operating system, giving users convenient and enjoyable access to music, photos, videos, documents, and the Internet. Even keeping up-to-date with the latest features and fixes is a simple process with the user friendly update button.
Foresight uses the revolutionary Conary® Package Manager developed by rPath …

SUSE (pronounced /ˈsuːsə/[1], German: IPA: [ˈzuːzə]) is a major retail Linux distribution, produced in Germany and owned by Novell, Inc. SUSE is also a founding member of the Desktop Linux Consortium.
As of version 10.2 Alpha 3, the distribution is officially named openSUSE.
History
The SUSE Linux distribution was originally a German translation of Slackware Linux. The Slackware distribution (maintained by Patrick Volkerding) was initially based largely on SLS. In mid-1992, Softlanding Linux System (SLS) was founded by Peter MacDonald, and was the first comprehensive distribution to contain elements such as X …

Everex, whose $199 gOS-based gPC desktop sold out at Wal-Mart in record time late last year, has now introduced a gOS-based 2lb ultra-mobile laptop that it plans to sell at Wal-Mart for $399 starting January 25. It includes Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google News, Google Maps, YouTube, Firefox, Skype, Facebook and OpenOffice 2.3…
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What is Linux?
Simply put, Linux is a computer operating system like the Mac OS X or Microsoft Windows. The difference is that Linux is open source; anyone can view, modify, and redistribute the underlying code. Further, while OS X is designed to run only on Apple hardware, and while Windows runs primarily on x86 processors from Intel and AMD, there are many distributions or flavors of Linux, compiled to run on a wide array of hardware, everything from high-end corporate servers and mainframes, to home PC’s, to cell phones.
Linux began …

Linux merupakan OS yang mempunyai perisian aplikasi yang agak banyak. Aplikasi produktiviti seperti Applixware dan StarOffice serta yang terbaru OpenOffice telah digunakan dengan meluas dibawah platform Linux.Aplikasi windows juga dapat dilarikan pada sistem Linux dengan mengggunakan emulator seperti Dosemu ataupun yang terbaru menggunakan WINE. Pakej perisian seperti ini bukan sahaja berkuasa malah tidak mahal dan ada pula boleh didapati secara percuma.
a-Applixware
Perisian ini adalah sama sahaja seperti MS. Office. Antara perisian yang termasuk …

Perisian Linux boleh dibahagikan kepada beberapa kategori sama seperti Windows iaitu permainan, aplikasi rumah dan pejabat, Internet dan rangkaian, Multimedia dan rekabentuk, pengaturcaraan, serta utiliti dan pengurusan komputer.
Permainan
Doom,Freeciv,Pingus,PySol,Rasteroids,Space Racer,XshipWars…
Aplikasi rumah dan pejabat
Applixware Office Suite, StarOffice, OpenOffice,Kalendar,Moneydance,Word Perfect…
Internet dan rangkaian
Adobe acrobat reader,Apache,GFTP,GnomeICU,LICQ,Netscape,NICQ,XISP…
Multimedia …