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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: OpenEMR, free software for medical practices
According to Jack Wallen, OpenEMR is an outstanding health records and medical practice management solution that won't break the budget.
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DIY: Powerful directory syncing for free
DirSync Pro is an outstanding tool that will have you syncing directories to ensure the safe backups of data.
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DIY: Speed up your Apache server with Varnish Cache
Varnish Cache will help to get your Apache server running 10-300 times faster without costing you a dime for a fatter pipe or fatter hardware.
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DIY: Fix offline folders that cannot sync in Windows 7
Jack Wallen admits this solution to an ugly problem isn't pretty, but in the end, your users/client will have offline folders that work in Windows 7.
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DIY: SmoothWall Express, a free firewall distribution
SmoothWall Express is an outstanding solution for any small business that needs a powerful security device and cannot afford SonicWALL.