KOffice 1.4 Fast office package for the KDE desktop
Oct 31, 2005The latest KOffice suite offers many new features – and even some new applications. We’ll show you what we found when we tried out KOffice 1.4.
more »Command Line: sed The stream editor sed
Sep 30, 2005Working with a text editor can be difficult if you need to handle frequently recurring tasks or multiple files. sed can save a lot of typing.
more »GRAMPS Managing your family tree with GRAMPS
Sep 30, 2005If you’re planning to study your family history, you’d better be ready to manage large amounts of data. Why not use your Linux box for the hard work?
more »PDF Toolkit Multifunctional tool for PDF files
Sep 30, 2005To manage the mountains of paper that cross our desks every day, we need to file, retrieve, copy, stamp, investigate, and classify documents. A special tool can help users keep on top of their electronic paperwork: pdftk – the PDF toolkit.
more »Command Line: cal and date Calendar in the command line
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more »deskTOPia: tablaunch Quick launcher for the desktop
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more »KTools: KMobileTools Accessing your mobile phone with KDE
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more »Command Line: User Accounts Command line user management
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