Calligra Suite - a different office suite

Calligra Suite is an office suite, part of KDE community software.  It targets mainly Linux and FreeBSD, though some preliminary support for Mac OS X and Windows exists. I have heard about it long time ago and if I recall well, it is supposed to be descendant to the KOffice. I have tested KOffice...

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How to permanently change screen resolution in Ubuntu

Today I tried Kubuntu & Ubuntu 12.10 beta2 in my Virtual Box. Then I went o the friend who has a Mac and I asked him to run Ubuntu on his Mac. Unfortunately he had'nt VirtualBox, but Parallels. When Ubuntu boots it shows that the wrong screen resolution (1920x1080) has been detected, although...

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Kubuntu 12.10 beta2 is out

The Beta2 release of Kubuntu was released yesterday. The iso file is quite large - about 1GB, so you will not be able to burn it to blank CD, instead a blank DVD should be used. My favorite way is to write it out to the USB flash dongle using simple command in konsole: sudo dd if=kubuntu-12.10-beta2-desktop-amd64.iso...

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How to install GDM instead of LightDM in your Ubuntu

If you choose to try Gnome in your Ubuntu, or just find out LightDM is not your favorite, then you can change your login manager. Here is how: in terminal type: sudo apt-get install gdm then type your password and wait for the software being installed. After that, type sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm and...

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Transform your Ubuntu 12.04 into modern Kubuntu

If you're dissatisfied with your Ubuntu Desktop 12.04, and wanna try something new, there is an easy way to transform it to Kubuntu with KDE 4.9 SC. Just open terminal and type: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports then confirm to add this new repo to your system. After that type sudo...

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