X-Terminals are a great way to revive your old machine or make your diskless workstation that much more productive. StarOffice 5.2 may not run on your 486, but you can run it off another machine and export the display to your monitor. This is the second in a series of articles that looks at the various applications that are present in KDE and what they can do for you. It caches data off the net on your local network. A first time user may feel overwhelmed by the vast number of options available and this article will help a newbie to get familiar with usage of this tool.
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Samba is a terrific software that bridges the gap between Linux and Windows PC's on the network. File sharing and print services are a lot more transparent though it's a lot easier from the Windows end. Setup is not that difficult either. KDE is just one of the many GUI interfaces that you can use under Linux. This is the first in a three part series that reviews the various KDE applications that you will encounter.