Ubuntu Buzz !: February 2017 : Unofficial Ubuntu Blog

Ade Malsasa Akbar Monday, February 27, 2017 at 22:08

How To Install WordPress.com Desktop Client on Ubuntu

If you are a WordPress.com blogger, and using Ubuntu, Automattic made the desktop client for GNU/Linux for you. If this sounds new for you, this so-called desktop client is similar with Thunderbird for email or Firefox for web. You can write posts without using your web browser program. The WordPress.com Desktop App is free software licensed under GNU GPL and the latest version is 2.2.0 for February 2017. This short article guides you to install it on Ubuntu at any version.

Ade Malsasa Akbar Sunday, February 26, 2017 at 22:05

eLAIX: EPUB Document Extension for LibreOffice

eLAIX is an extension to export EPUB from LibreOffice Writer. It made easy to write and export EPUB by mouse clicks. The EPUB document produced can be read on any ebook reader such as Calibre. This article explains how to download and install eLAIX in LibreOffice. eLAIX is a free software licensed under GNU GPL.

Ade Malsasa Akbar Saturday, February 25, 2017 at 22:36

A Short MATE Desktop 1.17 Review in February 2017

MATE 1.17 is a testing release, it has no official announcement like 1.16 stable release (odd = unstable, even = stable). But what made me interested is because Ubuntu MATE 17.04 includes it by default so I write this short review. The most fundamental news is about MATE Desktop is now completely ported to GTK+3 leaving behind GTK+2. You may be interested seeing few changes and I have tried Ubuntu MATE 17.04 Alpha 2 to review MATE 1.17 below. Enjoy MATE 1.17!

Ade Malsasa Akbar Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 14:53

Simple Menu Launcher for KDE Plasma 5.9

Following "United" theme, there is also "Simple Menu" launcher for KDE Plasma 5.9. It's minimal, a smaller form of full screen menu; it's also clean, showing all applications at once. Honestly, it's UI is similar to Pantheon Menu in elementary OS but including categories. If you like horizontal-oriented menu, Simple Menu is suitable for you. It's available to install from KDE Store. Thanks to Sho for creating Simple Menu.

Ade Malsasa Akbar Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at 17:54

United Desktop Theme for KDE Plasma 5.9

It is a Unity-like "United" theme by llucas for KDE Plasma 5.9. It's a new theme released at January 2017. Installing this theme gives you Unity desktop layout (vertical & horizontal panel) and Unity Ambiance's look (dark titlebar, orange close button). It's easy to install and configure. The rest of this article shows the screenshots and how to install it. Thank you llucas for creating United.

Ade Malsasa Akbar Monday, February 20, 2017 at 11:32

How To Create WLAN Hotspot on Ubuntu with KDE Plasma 5

With KDE Plasma 5, you can easily share your internet connection from LAN/USB tethering/USB modem as WLAN hotspot to another computers. Plasma Desktop gives a good GUI to set it up quickly without Terminal. You even don't need hostapd to do this. This tutorial is not limited to Ubuntu, so any GNU/Linux distro with Plasma 5 can do it. Here I use my USB tethering as source, a first laptop as hotspot (Neon & Plasma 5.9), and a second laptop as client. If you have similar devices, you can do this at home.

Ade Malsasa Akbar Saturday, February 18, 2017 at 21:20

How To Install LibreOffice 5.3 from DEBS Package in Ubuntu

If you want to install the latest LibreOffice 5.3 version, by keeping the old version, installing from official DEBS package is a very good solution (beside Flatpak). It does not delete nor upgrade the preinstalled LibreOffice, so the both versions can run simultaneously. I installed 5.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64 bit to write this article. I hope this will help you a lot.

Ade Malsasa Akbar Friday, February 17, 2017 at 22:06

How To Install TexMaths LaTeX Extension in LibreOffice

TexMaths is a brilliant extension to integrate LaTeX in LibreOffice to produce beautiful scientific & mathematical expressions in LibreOffice document. If you are accustomed to LaTeX, but want to use LibreOffice, then TexMaths is for you. TexMath can be used in Writer, Impress, and Draw documents. So the output document will be in OpenDocument Format (.odt, .odp, .odg). TexMath is a free software by Roland Baudin based on OOoLaTeX by Geoffroy Piroux. This article introduce how to install it including an example and further references.

Ade Malsasa Akbar Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 22:28

LibreOffice Math: Sigma Equation Examples

This article provides sigma equation examples for LibreOffice Math. Below, you get the codes so you can run them in Math and alo in Writer documents. You can download the sample documents below for Math and Writer to change and share them as you wish. This article is a part of LibreOffice Math the series (Getting Started, Matrix, Integrals, Limits) to help teachers in schools and universities teach using LibreOffice.

Ade Malsasa Akbar Monday, February 13, 2017 at 16:26

Upgrade LibreOffice to 5.3 from Flatpak Package

LibreOffce 5.3 released at 1 February 2017. The 5.3 is the feature-rich and also record-breaking LibreOffice ever. The 5.3 brings the "Ribbon UI", the long awaited feature of many LibreOffice users. But how if you want to install the 5.3 without removing the current version from Ubuntu? Thanks to Flatpak, you can do it. At this February 2017 you can get the latest LibreOffice 5.3 from Flatpak package. You can either install the .flatpak package or upgrade the already installed package in your system. This article explains both. I hope this will help you a lot.

Ade Malsasa Akbar Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 20:42

Where Is The Source Code? A List from Popular FLOSS Projects

If you heard the terms free software and open source, you will grasp the idea that each of those software provides you the source code. If you are a GNU/Linux user, it's your right to ask where the source code is. But where the source code is, you ask. For popular public free software: the source code is available at each of their particular places on the internet. This article provides links to access the source code of popular free software projects such as GNU OS, Linux, KDE, LibreOffice, GIMP, until Slackware and Ubuntu. If you are new in free software, it is a good chance for you to study how the community works. Enjoy!

Ade Malsasa Akbar Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 22:58

A Short KDE Plasma 5.9 Review in February 2017

KDE Plasma 5.9 desktop environment has been released at 31 January 2017. This short review brings you short introductions about the new features in this release. The most interesting highlights are global menu, super+number task switching, and new look at Network Manager settings. This 5.9 release is a beautiful approach in both aesthetics and features for free desktop environment in the GNU/Linux world. By this review, I invite any of you the users from any OS to try KDE Plasma 5.9 and feel its beauty. I write this review based on KDE Neon 5.9 LiveCD OS and for you interested, you can get the LiveCD & the Plasma itself from the links I mentioned below.

Ade Malsasa Akbar Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at 00:20

LibreOffice Math: Square Root Equation Examples

This article provides square root equation examples for LibreOffice Math. you can copy and run all codes here in Math, and also use in Writer documents. At the end, you can download the document examples (.odf & .odt) you can study & edit later. This article is a part of LibreOffice Math the series here (Getting started, Matrix, Integral, Limit, and Trigonometry). I hope this article will be helpful for teachers in using LibreOffice at schools.

Ade Malsasa Akbar Saturday, February 4, 2017 at 23:08

LibreOffice Math: Trigonometry Equation Examples

This article provides trigonometry equation examples in LibreOffice Math. Below you can get the codes you can run in Math to show the equations. And you can download below the document files so you can study and change them. This article is a part of LibreOffice Math the series (Getting Started, Matrix, Integrals, Limits). I hope this article is helpful for teachers using LibreOffice at schools.

Ade Malsasa Akbar at 00:25

LibreOffice Math: Linear Equation Examples

This article provides linear equation examples for LibreOffice Math. You can write every code here in Math's input textbox and it shows the beautiful equation directly. And you can also write every code in LibreOffice Writer document. Finally, you can download the sample documents (.odt & .odf) below containing all equations. This article is intended for teachers so they can use LibreOffice for all mathematic documents in schools.