Peter
OpenOffice.org (OOo) is, of course, the free software world's complete office suite.
It's not a bad program - it is certainly perfectly usable for a lot of standard productivity tasks. It sometimes is criticised, however, for various different things. Being bloated, being too much like Microsoft Office (related?), for not being enough like Microsoft Office, for not having good enough Word compatibility...
I like OpenOffice.org. I use it on my …
JacobRegarding the previous post on the possibility of a Compiz and Beryl merge: it is happening.
http://forum.go-compiz.org/viewtopic.php?t=761
After several weeks of discussion the leaders of Compiz and Beryl have agreed that the two communities shall reunite. This decision is supported by both David and Quinn and represents the majority decision of the administrators and developers in each community.
PeterThere are a lot of different open source licences out there, and it can sometimes be a bit confusing if you're not intimate with the details of each one. So here's a quick roundup of three of the most popular licenses and the difference between them.
Just a quick disclaimer - I'm not a lawyer, so don't depend on my explanations on the licences here. All the usual disclaimers apply. …
JacobIf you own a website, chances are that you need to use a database to run many site operations. For the most part, people use MySQL.
Most hosts offer a solution to manage your database. A common choice for this is phpMyAdmin. But, for many, phpMyAdmin can be slow or feel bloated on slower connections.
Then, there is the group of people who aren't offered the luxury of phpMyAdmin …