How to install Apache OpenOffice in Ubuntu/Linuxmint/Debian derivatives

 Keywords: Apache OpenOffice, Ubuntu, Linuxmint OpenOffice is one of the most popular, open-source, cross-platform, Office Suite, available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X systems. Nowadays Ubuntu/Linuxmint comes with Libreoffice pre-installed. So if you need to use Openoffice you have to install it manually. Appache OpenOffice is not available via any repository or PPA, we have to download the. deb packages from sourceforge and install it using  dpkg command. Please follow the below steps to download and install the Apache OpenOffice. Steps to install Apache OpenOffice on 64-bit Ubuntu, Linuxmint and…

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How to install Microsoft fonts in Ubuntu/Linuxmint

Keywords: Microsoft fonts, Ubuntu ,Linuxmint A fresh installed Ubuntu/Linuxmint system does not have Microsoft fonts installed. If you need Microsoft fonts for your documentation you have to install them. Follow given steps to install Microsoft core fonts in Ubuntu and Linuxmint. Below method has been tested with Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04 and Linuxmint 17 and Linuxmint 17.01. I hope this will work with other Linux distributions also. Step: 1 Open a terminal and type following command and enter. $ sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts After enter it will ask for your…

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How to control brightness using function keys in Ubuntu / Linuxmint

Keywords: Brightness Control, Ubuntu ,Linuxmint My colleague was having issue with his HP laptop. He was not able to control the brightness of his laptop using function keys. Here are the steps to enable brightness control using function keys in Ubuntu and Linuxmint. To do that we need to edit GRUB configuration file. Below method has been tested with Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04 and Linuxmint 17 and Linuxmint 17.01. I hope this will work with other Linux distributions also. Step: 1 Open a terminal and type following command and enter.…

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