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GNU Screen is a free virtual terminal multiplexer that allows a user to access multiple separate terminal sessions inside a single terminal window or remote terminal session. Persistence Similar to VNC, GNU Screen allows the user to start applications from one computer, and then reconnect from a different computer and continue using the same application without having to restart it. This makes migration between locations like work and home simple. Screen provides terminal-agnostic functionality so that users can disconnect and reconnect using different terminal types, allowing applications to continue running without being aware of the change in terminals. Multiple windows Multiple terminal sessions can be created, each of which usually runs a single application. The windows are numbered, and the user can use the keyboard to switch between them. Some GUI terminal emulators provide tabs or otherwise similar functionality to this. Each window has its own scroll-back buffer, so that out...

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PLEASE TRY THE METHOD TWO FIRST. METHOD 1 Download the installation package archive of Open Office from the below links. 32 bit US English 64 bit US English 32 bit British English 64 bit British English For a different language please download the deb archive from here http://download.openoffice.org/other.html The file will be a tar.gz file. Extract the file with this command tar xzvf  filename_you_downloaded.tar.gz If you want to remove the existing version of openoffice from your system, do it using the command given below sudo apt-get remove openoffice* Assuming you extracted the file to your desktop run the following two commands. Now get to the directory you just extracted. cd filename_you_downloadedsudo dpkg -i DEBS/*.deb cd DEBS/desktop-integration sudo dpkg -i openoffice.org3.2-debian-menus_3.2-9472_all.deb Done. you can find the open office 3,2 in Applications-->Office. OR METHOD 2 The above installs don't support upgrades as they were not installed t...

Ubuntu provides configuration of the most common touchpad options in System > Preferences > Mouse Below the some common options you would like to enable under the Touchpad tab. Edge Scrolling Enable horizontal scrolling Enable mouse clicks with touchpad

IBM has announced the launch of a new Atom-based netbook from Simmtronics that will ship with Lotus collaboration software and the Ubuntu Netbook Remix. The device, which is largely aimed at small businesses in emerging markets, will sell for $190. It is currently available in South Africa and will be expanding to other regions in the future. In an effort to erode Microsoft's dominance on the enterprise desktop, IBM began partnering with Linux distributors to offer integrated Lotus packages in 2008. Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, has gradually become IBM's primary Linux partner on the desktop. Following the launch of Windows 7 last year, IBM touted the Ubuntu and Lotus combo as an alternative, claiming that companies could save money by adopting it instead of upgrading to the latest version of Microsoft's operating system. "Canonical has a great program for engaging with hardware manufacturers for getting Ubuntu certified and delivered across various platform...