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Libre/Open Office
Lately I have committed myself to studying Libre/Open Office because I am giving support to clients, and I have to know a little bit about Office, so this tutorial came at the perfect time for me.
I hope that you will do this series as a general Office guide, and wouldn't stick with features from just LibreOffice. In other words, I would like to study the inner workings of LibreOffice and how to use them.
Hanan
Elmer says: Everything I have covered so far will work in both OpenOffice and LibreOffice. I haven't seriously used Microsoft Word in over a decade (for anything other than reading documents on computers I have no control over the programs running on them). I'm pretty sure Word has a way to create things like paragraph styles, but I wouldn't know how to go about it. The purpose of the series is the use of LibreOffice. I will be covering spreadsheets, presentations, and so on at some point. The best way to learn office programs is to learn how the different features work so you can put them together to create well formatted documents. I am open to suggestions and ideas.
My Desktop
I read your magazine and I thank you for the quality of the articles. I love the section custom desktops, but I think it would be more interesting if published how to make this custom desktop.
Rubén Darío Alvarado
Ronnie says: We'd love to give you full info on how to recreate some of the desktops featured in FCM, but most users don't supply enough information regarding their desktop.
Downloading
Every month I receive your notification of a new edition having been released. I can never find the right URL or attached file to get/read it.
Could you please draw a big sign on the website, or just directly send your PDF file to my mail box?
Hsien-Hung
Ronnie says: We seem to get a lot of email from people who can't find the PDF's. There is a menu at the top of the page (on the FCM site) which clearly says 'Download'. Click that link and you'll see links to all issues of FCM. It really is as simple as that!
Roy's Rant
Your editorial in FCM#48 has given me the opportunity to let loose with my one and only rant in my life. I sometimes think you are UK based [I am - Ronnie] and if so you will understand, I hope.
End of Shipit
What a disaster! It so annoys me, these top level people of all kinds in the Linux world. They sit there with their mega mega bits per second internet connection and think it applies everywhere. NO IT DOES NOT. Even my broadband connection is throttled back e.g. it can take up to 4 minutes to download Full Circle. Upgrading is a nightmare but more on that below. I hope that the local user groups will be well publicised and I will have a look on a good speed day to see how it works and if I can participate in a small way but one has to be careful otherwise one could be way out of pocket on postage costs but lets not be negative.
Long Term Support
I used to upgrade every 6 months as new versions of Kubuntu (Desktop) and Ubuntu (Laptop) came along but this became more and more difficult, plus there were always bugs in the new release, so I am sticking with 10.04 as I need a solid reliable system so I can be confident of satisfying my customers. Please bear the LTS people in mind when writing your excellent magazine.
Ebooks
Two very useful articles. I have downloaded calibre as I wanted to get the Ubuntu books but when going to Amazon they would only continue with my purchase if I registered a kindle with them, so I gave up. This is not your fault of course, I only mention it in passing as a general interest thing.
Thanks for your excellent magazine every month. Thanks to you I am now learning python (though the very name sends shudders down my spine).
Roy Read
Music Apps
You forgot to mention MuseScore (http://musescore.org/) in the TOP 5 - MUSIC NOTATION APPS. It's a “must have” for any musician on a Linux box.
Rolando Ramos Torres
Our Pleasure!
I just wanted to express my gratitude to the Full Circle crew for publishing this outstanding magazine free of charge. I find it astonishing that something of this high quality can be created using open source tools.
As a long time casual Linux user (10+ years), I always enjoyed playing with Linux over the years but could never imagine it becoming a competitive desktop operating system, given the fact that you had to be a professional systems administrator just to get Linux installed and running let alone use it to accomplish actual work. After reading through several issues and installing Linux Mint on an old laptop, I'm convinced that in the next five years or so we may finally see a true “year of the Linux desktop”.
Neal
Ubuntu 11.04
Thank you Ed for the very good review (Full Circle Podcast). I agree with most of what you said, but as someone who has been using Ubuntu since 8.10, and a real Linux enthusiast but novice user, I have a few minor issues with Unity.
For me the key word is lack of choice, which used to be what I always loved about the whole open source culture. Why can’t we do simple things in Unity such as customising the ridiculous size of the icons? Why can’t I even remove the workspace switcher icon, which always used to be the first thing I used to do after installing any new Ubuntu distro. Now I am forced to look at that useless grey icon on the launcher for the rest of my life.
Don’t get me wrong, I really like the look and feel of Unity and the new dash. I can see how it will make finding and launching applications easier, but all I am asking for is to be able to decide which applications I want on the launcher and how big the icons should be. I am a simple man using Ubuntu to do simple everyday things, such as sending files to people via email.
So, imagine my disappointment when I also discovered that I can no longer just right click on a file in Nautilus and send it to an email recipient. I’ve spent almost an hour trying to find a solution, but to no avail. For me that is like 2 steps forward and 3 steps back.Linux Mint is starting to look like a great alternative for me now.
Many thanks again for a fantastic magazine and podcast series!
Marcel AKA @JlabrAdore