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DIY: Try SpiderOak, a first-rate cloud sync tool
Jack Wallen ranks SpiderOak as the best cloud-based sync tools he has used. He explains what's special about SpiderOak and describes how to use it.
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DIY: Resolve formatting issues in LibreOffice Calc
If you use LibreOffice's spreadsheet application Calc, Jack Wallen's answers to a reader's problems with cell and default date formatting might help you, too.
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DIY: Manage email campaigns with phplist
Phplist is a powerful and easy to install open source tool that makes it easy for small shops to create lists and send announcements for email marketing campaigns.
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DIY: Deploy the Zimbra Desktop Client for a solid groupware experience
The open source Zimbra Desktop Client offers all of the email/calendaring/task/social networking functionalities that small businesses need to make a groupware solution useful.
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DIY: Add formulas to LibreOffice documents with LibreOffice Math
Jack Wallen explains how to add user-friendly formulas in your LibreOffice documents by installing and using LibreOffice Math.
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DIY: How to resolve LibreOffice 3.5 profile issues
In this installment of Ask Jack, a TechRepublic reader finds out how to fix the problems of LibreOffice 3.5 not displaying recent files and showing errors with some wizards.
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DIY: Let Feng Office be your open source guide to business management
Feng Office is a great business management tool for small businesses. The open source solution can track time and manage projects, documents, knowledge, and tasks.
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DIY: Get a Control key for Kingsoft Office on Android
In the latest installment of Ask Jack, a TechRepublic member wants to know how to read embedded links in the Kingsoft Office for Android app. Read Jack Wallen's answer.
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DIY: Get a free ERP accounting package in PhreeBooks
PhreeBooks is a powerful ERP system that can serve as your small company's accounting system. Learn the installation and setup configuration processes for PhreeBooks.
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DIY: Enhance your graphic design work with darktable
If Photoshop Lightroom is too pricey for your budget, you should try the open source alternative darktable. Find out what darktable is and isn't, and get the basics on using the app.
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DIY: Configure Apache with the help of Webmin
Jack Wallen describes how easy it is to configure your Apache server using the Webmin web-based GUI.
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DIY: Log in to a Windows domain from OS X
Jack Wallen answers a TechRepublic member's question about how to log in to a Windows machine from OS X using domain credentials.
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DIY: Extend your wireless range on the cheap with a second wireless access point
If your business needs to extend its wireless range but doesn't have the budget for a complex setup, Jack Wallen has the solution for you.
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DIY: Add Linux machines to a Windows domain
Jack Wallen says the answer to a TechRepublic member's question about connecting Linux boxes to a Windows domain is quite simple.
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DIY: Tiny Core Linux, a great kiosk and emergency platform
Tiny Core Linux is worth considering if you're looking for a kiosk platform, an Internet cafe OS, or an OS on a stick rescue tool.
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DIY: Rescue and recover systems with the Knoppix Linux distribution
Jack Wallen explains how you can become a rescue and recovery ninja by using Knoppix, an incredible graphical Live Linux distribution.
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DIY: Use VirtualBox to serve up virtual machines
Jack Wallen describes how to create virtual images and serve them over your network using free virtualization software called VirtualBox.
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DIY: Moodle offers course management for free
Moodle is open source course management software that Jack Wallen says is the perfect DIY project for anyone working in education. Here are Moodle installation instructions and tips.
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DIY: Create a Linux NAS device with a netbook
Jack Wallen instructs DIY enthusiasts on how to create a NAS device using a netbook that runs and supports Ubuntu Linux.
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DIY: CourseForum makes online collaboration a breeze
The CourseForum online collaboration tool is useful for schools, businesses, non-profits, and even individuals looking for an interactive forum-driven site. Learn how to install and set up the Free ve...
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Using VirtualBox VMs on your network's subnet
If you drop down from the clouds you will see there are actual virtualization solutions that can be had on the cheap. Jack Wallen demos one here.
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DIY: Burn multiple CDs at a time on the cheap
Jack Wallen answers the request for directions on how to burn multiple CDs at a time on the cheap.
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Annoucing DIY IT Guy: IT on a shoestring budget
This new blog will help those IT pros in small and mom-and-pop shops tweak their systems without breaking the bank.
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Publishing on a tight budget
The ebook industry is continuing to grow and if recent trends are a marker, that growth will be exponential. Get you and your business in on this as soon as possible.
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DIY: Free tools for removing malicious software
Fighting the malware battle really hurts when you're spending a good deal of your IT budget (if you even have an IT budget) on software to protect machines from attacks. Here's how to do it for free.
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DIY IT: Groupware on a shoestring budget
When cost is an issue, IT shops can always turn to eGroupware. In this blog, Jack Wallen runs through an eGroupware installation.
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DIY: Build your website easily with Fantastico scripts
Are you a small shop that doesn't have the budget to build a web site the normal way? Here's a tool that can make it much easier, and much cheaper, to do it yourself.
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DIY: PageKite allows you to host a site from your desktop
Interested in serving up web content from your desktop, without having to have an dedicated IP address or passing traffic through a router brings up some pretty cool possibilities? Here's a way to do ...
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DIY: Inexpensive, network-able calendaring solutions
For around $70.00 USD you can have a solid appointment/scheduling application that will run over a network or on a single machine.
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DIY: Install and use a WAMP server for an inexpensive, Windows-based web server
WAMP is very simple to install and can have you serving up robust web sites quickly.