Zimbra is an open-source collaboration suite similar to Microsoft Office. The specific fetaures of Zimbra are as follows:
Integrated email, calendar, documents, VoIP
“Over the air” sync to mobile devices
Microsoft Outlook, Apple, and Linux desktop compatibility
Effortless administration
HowToForge has a tutorial that outlines how to get Zimbra up and running on Ubuntu 6.1 and Ubuntu 6.06
This guide […]
XnView is an application that allows you to quickly create many different types of photo projects including: collages, film strips, web pages, and slide shows. XnView also allows you to batch resize, convert, and rename pictures. XnView supports quite a few different languages and has an image viewer similar to F-Spot. It’s a very […]
If you’re not yet a new Linux user and you are trying to decide whether or not to make the jump, LXer gives a high level overview of what to expect when installing Debian. The article is very conceptual (it does not have any screenshots) and covers topics such as:
Know your options
How much control […]
HowToForge has an excellent tutorial that shows how to give a program your permissions when it runs. The tutorial demonstrates how to set SUID and SGID bits for a file. Don’t worry if you don’t know what that means. Check out the tutorial at HowToForge, it’s pretty simple.
Normally, when a program runs […]
I came across this post on Digg a long time ago and I only recently found the time to try the recommendations. The TVease Wiki posted several ways that you can speed up your system. The tips are specifically written for Ubuntu but should work on all distributions. I used them with […]
Occasionally I have had various files (usually log files) that are so large they can’t be opened using a normal text editor. This usually happens when the log file is in excess of 2GB. The good news is you can split extremely large files using the terminal with the “split” command.
split -bytes=1m /path/to/large/file […]
FreeEngineer.org has put together a fantastic list of terminal commands that will teach you how to use the terminal in 10 minutes. The information is very well written and excellently organized. I was able to grab quite a few good tips — I wish I had seen this list my first month with […]
Similar to the Windows “Startup” folder, if you want to launch applications when you log into GNOME, you need to go to System >> Preferences >> Sessions. Click the “Startup Programs” tab and then click “Add” button. You will then need to enter the terminal command to launch the program. The example […]
Don’t kill the messenger here, but the latest preview from Songbird appears to have DRM support. DRM is only supported in the Windows edition (no DRM support for Linux, yet). Why are we talking about DRM and Windows at New Linux User? Well, Songbird is open source and appears to be crossing […]
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