A look at IBM Lotus Symphony

Version 3.0

IBM Lotus Symphony is a free Office Suite available on Windows, Mac and Linux. The project began in 2007 and is basically a modified version of Openoffice.org. Though active, it still uses Openoffice 3.0 as its base. The developers seem to be focusing on stability and have released 3 "fix-packs" for Symphony 3.0 last year instead of newer versions. After the Libreoffice/Openoffice split, Symphony will continue to be based on the "official" version of Openoffice maintained by Apache.

Opera : The most innovative web browser in history

Opera is a web browser known for originality. speed and innovation. Here are just some of the features that Opera has brought to web-browsing:

Tips to get you started with Lyx part 2

I wrote Tips to get you started with Lyx a year ago. I've always wanted to do a follow-up article and so here it is. For those who don't know about Lyx or LaTeX, you should check out my previous articles here and here.

How to become comfortable with vim

Vim is an extremely powerful text editor based on vi. It has been around for 20 years but one of the main problems that users have is that they have no idea what to do when they first use it:

SpiderOak : A powerful way to backup and sync your files

When it comes to a file syncing, there are quite a few options that are available on Windows, Mac and Linux. Dropbox is probably the most widely used such program. Users of Ubuntu can use Ubuntu One to sync files between Windows and smartphones. You also have lesser known but very good programs like Wuala and the upcoming Sparkleshare.

I would like to introduce you to SpiderOak, which is a powerful file syncing/sharing program available on several Linux distributions and as well as on Windows and Mac. What does SpiderOak do that the alternatives don't? Well, read on and find out.

1 year of Tux Crazy

A short update to let you know that Tux Crazy is one year old today! I started Tux Crazy in order to move from YouTube to my own website so that my content could have more depth and I'm very happy that my website is active after a year. There was a drought of updates during the summer because of the incredible amount of exams that I had to write but I decided to commit to a weekly update system in September, which is working out very well.

This past year, I've written 28 articles, with a total of around 18,000 words. I hope to write more and better articles over the next year so stay tuned.

Ubuntu 11.10 review: On the right track

v11.10

Ubuntu is seen as Open Source's answer to commercial Operating Systems such as Windows and Mac OS. It's simple, fast and seems to have been created keeping the non-geek users in mind, which is necessary if Mark Shuttleworth wants to realize the goal of 200 million users in 4 years.