Remove OpenOffice

How to safely remove OpenOffice.org in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS  You may be aware of some guides on the internet telling you how to do this, mainly using one of the following commands,

sudo apt-get purge openoffice.org*

sudo apt-get purge openoffice.org-* 

If you run either of the above commands the following packages will be REMOVED:

aspell* aspell-en* dictionaries-common* hunspell-en-ca* hunspell-en-us* language-support-en* language-support-writing-en* myspell-en-au* myspell-en-gb* myspell-en-za* openoffice.org-base-core* openoffice.org-calc* openoffice.org-common* openoffice.org-core* openoffice.org-draw* openoffice.org-emailmerge* openoffice.org-gnome* openoffice.org-gtk* openoffice.org-help-en-us* openoffice.org-impress* openoffice.org-math* openoffice.org-style-human* openoffice.org-writer* python-uno* wbritish*

STOP, DO NOT RUN THESE COMMANDS!

If you do, programs including Firefox will lose its ability to spell check because the above commands will erase some very useful packages (all those in green).

Fortunately you can easily reverse the damage by reinstalling the packages highlighted in green.

How to fix the damage

sudo apt-get install aspell aspell-en dictionaries-common hunspell-en-ca hunspell-en-us language-support-en language-support-writing-en myspell-en-au myspell-en-gb myspell-en-za wbritish

Lesson for next time, be cautious when following guides on the internet. Including mine, I am only human and sometimes can make typo errors or due to a lack of knowledge post garbage.

However, if you feel I have made a mistake please post a comment or email me.

So how can I safely remove OpenOffice.org in Ubuntu 10.04 (LTS) ?

sudo apt-get purge openoffice.org-base-core openoffice.org-common openoffice.org-core openoffice.org-style-human uno-libs3 ure openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-au openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-us openoffice.org-hyphenation openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us openoffice.org-l10n-common

 source: http://linuxtweaking.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-to-safely-remove-openofficeorg-in.html

eSpeak

7 Essential Free Linux Speech Tools 

Speech synthesizers are text-to-speech systems used with computers. This type of software is programmed to include phonemes and the grammatical rules of a language, so that words are pronounced correctly. This article identifies the finest open source speech synthesizers that are available for the Linux platform. This category of software is particularly useful for increasing the accessibility of the internet, but there are many other applications for speech synthesizers.

Now, let's explore the 7 speech tools at hand. For each title we have compiled its own portal page, a full description with an in-depth analysis of its features, a screenshot of the software in action, together with links to relevant resources and reviews.

Speech Tools
eSpeak	Speech synthesizer using a formant synthesis method
Simon	Flexible speech recognition software
Julius	Two-pass large vocabulary continuous speech recognition engine
Jovie	Text-to-speech system for KDE
Orca Screen Reader	Scriptable screen reader
Praat Speech Analyser	Sofware for speech analysis and synthesis
Festival	General multi-lingual speech synthesis system
ORIGINAL SOURCE

The Revolution of the Open Source World

from www.linuxb.in posted by: Saurav Modak 
 This is a guest post by Jenny Florence who is a full-time professional writer. If you would also like to write for us, have a look at this page.

The terms open source and free-soft have been thrown around greatly for the past decade or so, but do many people really understand what they relate to? Words often used to describe the open source scene may include free, non-proprietary or maybe even shareware. However, these phrases still don't really explain what it is. By definition, open source is defined as being able to see the actual source code of the program in question while closed source would mean that the only code available on the users end is in binary format. Now, you're probably thinking to yourself, "Great, now that I know what open source stands for, how exactly does it affect me?" 
 

That is a great question. It affects almost everything that is done on a personal computer today. From the freedom to search Google to the very internet used to get to your favorite webpage, the liberty of open source makes the world go round.

The Essentials

To be considered as an open source project there are generally three categories the software must adhere to. Firstly, the source code should be publicly available. This ensures that anybody can modify it to their choosing no matter who they are affiliated with. It must also be easily obtainable and not be written in a such a way that it may be difficult to decipher. Secondly, the software must be distributed freely. There is not to be any difficulty of transfer along the way from any developer who wishes to modify the software in their own way. Finally, everybody has the right to derive new works, projects and creations by modifying the source code in any way they see fit. In a layman's terms the term open source is explained very broadly - sort of like personal finances - and does not necessarily mean it is free, even though it is associated heavily with free software.

 

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