edafe.org » free http://edafe.org edafe.org is the personal site of Edafe Knabe. Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:54:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Linux Outlaws 92: New User Special http://edafe.org/2009/05/linux-outlaws-92-new-user-special/ http://edafe.org/2009/05/linux-outlaws-92-new-user-special/#comments Sat, 23 May 2009 11:08:29 +0000 edafe http://edafe.org/?p=5565 “We tell you how to burn and install your first distribution, we try to explain some often used terms as well as some philosophical and political issues and we cover the basic concepts behind the OS.” Dan and Fab give an introduction to Linux for new users.
linuxoutlaws.com

]]> http://edafe.org/2009/05/linux-outlaws-92-new-user-special/feed/ 0 What exactly is LaTeX for? http://edafe.org/2009/01/what-exactly-is-latex-for/ http://edafe.org/2009/01/what-exactly-is-latex-for/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:56:06 +0000 edafe http://edafe.org/?p=4431 “Many people discover LaTeX after years of struggling with wordprocessors and desktop publishing systems, and are amazed to find that TeX has been around for over 25 years and they hadn’t heard of it.”
Peter Flynn

LaTeX is a free document preparation system that enables you to create beautifully typeset pages. It implements a set of commands designed to control TeX, the typesetting engine developed by Donald E Knuth. LaTeX stores the information about your documents as plain text, thus avoiding the risk of vendor lock-in and ensuring that your documents will still be editable twenty years from now. LaTeX processes the plain text data and, with pdfTeX working in the background, generates PDF output of the highest typographic quality—perfect for viewing on-screen or printing on paper. LaTeX runs on many platforms and is included as standard with most Linux distributions. Ready-to-run LaTeX systems are also available for Windows and Mac OS X.
miktex.org, tug.org/mactex

]]> http://edafe.org/2009/01/what-exactly-is-latex-for/feed/ 0 Ubuntu Linux is for everyone http://edafe.org/2008/10/ubuntu-linux-is-for-everyone/ http://edafe.org/2008/10/ubuntu-linux-is-for-everyone/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:18:28 +0000 edafe http://edafe.org/?p=4446 Ubuntu is a relatively new flavour of Linux. Since the release of ‘Warty Warthog’ in October 2004, it has become the most popular Linux distribution worldwide. Similar to its parent, Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu is based entirely on free software. It inherits outstanding package management and provides one-click access to thousands of downloadable applications.
Ubuntu can be installed as an application inside an existing Windows installation. This provides new users with a great opportunity to try Ubuntu at no risk to their existing setup. Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) is the latest version and available for download from today.
www.unbuntu.com

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linuxoutlaws.com

]]> http://edafe.org/2008/10/linux-outlaws/feed/ 0 OpenOffice.org becomes an even better alternative http://edafe.org/2008/10/openofficeorg-becomes-an-even-better-alternative/ http://edafe.org/2008/10/openofficeorg-becomes-an-even-better-alternative/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:45:34 +0000 edafe http://edafe.org/?p=2957 “If you are considering buying a commercial office suite, don’t do it until you have given OpenOffice.org a shot. That’s particularly true of the new version, which was released today.” Dwight Silverman summarises what’s new in OpenOffice.org 3.0.
blogs.chron.com

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