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Yesterday I had posted information regarding Live-Document. Today I found out interesting information about another competitor “Zoho Office” fighting in the same zone.
A major downside with online Office programs (like Google Docs) is that they require an Internet connection
Live Documents: The software beats Microsoft in bringing Office tools to the Web and Google in offline functionality.
Count Live Documents among the new challengers to Microsoft Office and Google Apps.
Live Documents merges the mature functionality of Microsoft Office word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software with the collaborative tools of Google Apps into a platform that allows users to access their documents on either the desktop or the browser, according to officials with Bangalore, India-based InstaColl.
Launched Nov. 21, the suite lets users view and edit documents within any common browser (IE, Firefox, Opera) on any operating system (Windows, Linux) from any computing device (PC or handheld).
Full Article: Live Documents to Challenge Microsoft Office, Google Apps
Again some useful stuff for Linux command line lovers 😉 :
Screen
It may seem like cheating, but think of GNU Screen as a window manager for the console. I found it to be much more usable than the multiple TTYs normally spawned by Linux. Unlike the default virtual terminals, Screen allows you to begin with one shell or application and spawn new ones on demand. You can also start with a dozen or more predetermined applications as soon as you log in. Screen allows you to page between running shells and applications, cut and paste between them, log input and output from any session, and share consoles with other users or groups. When running locally, Screen can password-lock your console. Best of all, you can detach a shell or application running from Screen. As an example, using Screen I start with a top session. I then press Ctrl-a and then the d key. This detaches the top session. If I log out, then log in again a day later, my top session is still running. A simple screen -r is all it takes for me to bring it back to the foreground. That alone is reason enough for me to use Screen — particularly for systems that I administer remotely.
Pine
Long before Outlook and Evolution there was Pine for handling email. This console-based email application was conceived in 1989 at the University of Washington in Seattle. It now supports LDAP searches and address books, exhaustive mail filtering and highlighting (with color coding), multiple POP and IMAP accounts, spellcheck, and MIME attachments through configuration of helper applications. The keystroke commands, though simple, may seem daunting at first, but the speed of the application makes mastering them well worth the effort. One of my favorite features is the default signature: “This message was written with Pine. Yes, that Pine.”
Lynx
Lynx is a straightforward text Web browser that many Linux distributions include by default. It supports bookmarks, image viewing through helper applications, and color highlighting of URL links. Although Lynx does not display frames, it will allow you to select one frame from a frameset for viewing. I use Lynx in an xterm on my desktop for reading news and other interesting articles for which I don’t have the patience to put up with popup ads, bad graphics, and
moving advertisements.
Zed
I must admit that for console or xterm text processing I much prefer vi or Vim to any other CLI editor. In fact, I prefer Vim to many GUI-based word processors, and just as many people prefer Emacs. If, however, you would like something simpler, Zed is not a bad choice. It is small, fast, and provides many functions. Zed supports search and replace, multiple windows, macro programming, word wrap, text justification, and more. Although the default key sequences seem obscure, Zed provides for easy configuration of both menus and key sequences. I’d suggest it if you’d rather not learn vi or Emacs.
Here is the list of popular Linux applications …though it’s not a gold standard….
AbiWord – a standalone word processing program similar to (and compatible with) Microsoft Word. AbiWord can run on virtually any operating system and is available in numerous languages.
Apache – the most popular web server on the Internet since April 1996, and currently hosting more than 70 percent of Internet websites. Truly one of the greatest free software success stories!
Blender – highly regarded software for three dimensional modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback. See Linux Software for Artists for more complete information about art applications for Linux.
Dia – a diagram creation program similar to Microsoft’s Visio. It can be used to draw many types of diagrams and currently has special objects to help draw entity relationship diagrams, UML (unified modeling language) diagrams, flowcharts, network diagrams and simple circuits. It can load and save diagrams to a custom XML format, export diagrams to EPS (encapsulated PostScript) or SVG (scalable vector graphics) formats and can print diagrams (including those that span multiple pages).
DOSEMU – enables many MS-DOS programs to run on Linux.
Evolution – provides integrated mail, addressbook and calendaring functionality to users of the GNOME desktop.
Firefox – ranked by many as the best major web browser. Among its most useful features are small size, high speed, tabbed browsing, pop-up blocking and high resistance to viruses and other malicious code. Developed by mozilla.org as the successor to its widely acclaimed Mozilla browser.
FreeMED – an HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) compliant medical management software package that runs in a browser and aims to duplicate all of the functionality of proprietary programs such as The Medical Manager. It differs from conventional billing systems in that it is episode of care-based, and it allows the tracking of medical data in detail with preservation not just of the diagnosis but also the reasons for medical encounters.
Small compilation of free PDF (Portable Document Format) converters:
CC PDF Converter (Beta Version)
Still you can find bunch of online converters…whichever works for you 😉
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~Ruitu
Recently found the free blog service which lists you on different Blog Engines…
It covers lot of major engines including Technorati, Feedster, Feedburner etc. So start pinging guys
Free service Pingoat.com
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~Ruitu
Comm’n guys I believe it 🙂
The UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) stuff always fascinated me since my childhood 88|. Recently I came to know about the mission carried out by US Air Force. The goal was to collect UFO reports from different sources and promote more research in this area.
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Symlink/Symbolic Link : Serves as a reference for other file.
Possible Scenario’s for usage:
e.g. : /usr/local/My_Documents/My_GZip/KnowledgeExplosion to /usr/mysite
e.g: Java 1.6.1 to 1.6.11 (Changing JAVA_HOME is cumbersome)
Solution:
ln -s /usr/local/My_Documents/My_GZip/KnowledgeExplosion /usr/mysite
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At last after few days/months of hassling we have decided to roll out our new blog on the auspicious day of “Diwali”…..
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