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"It's like 151 rum, pineapple juice and Malibu, caribou, get them all numb" sang Tech N9ne. He did not mention the quantities, so here is the recipe. Read how to make the Caribou Lou cocktail.

Most people who start with Ubuntu Linux start with a dual boot system on which they keep MS Windows in one partition and install Ubuntu on the second partition. If you are still getting used to Ubuntu, you may wish to make MS Windows the first option in GRUB, so that MS Windows starts automatically if you don't choose to start with Ubuntu.

Rotate text in one or more cells in OpenOffice.org Calc.

Display a random smiley in a field in an OpenOffice.org Calc spreadsheet. Why? Because it is possible.

OpenOffice.org hides a small game called Star Wars Galaxy. It is the kind of videogame that people played in the 1980-ties. If you are a nostalgic retro gamer or if you are just curious, read how to start the Star Wars Galaxy game from OpenOffice.org Calc.

Know in which directory you are located from Terminal.

Sorting data with OpenOffice.org Calc is easy, unless you are used to Microsoft Excel. In MS Excel, I selected one column and expanded the selection later. In OpenOffice.org Calc, that does not work. Because of the blinding insights caused by MS Excel, it took me a while to find out how to sort with OpenOffice.org. Read how to sort data with Calc.

Most programs and commands in Ubuntu Linux have a manual. If you are working in Ubuntu's Terminal, there is a quick way to view this manual.

Did you install an application but can't you find its location? Read how to find it from Terminal.

Find a package that you can install in Ubuntu from the command line Terminal.

Synaptic provides the same features as Apt command line but it has a GUI (Graphical User Interface) so that it is easier to manager. Read how to use Synaptic Package Manager in Ubuntu

Install or uninstall a package in Ubuntu with Apt from the command line terminal. Apt is Debian's Package Manager but it is used in Ubuntu as well.

Find out what kernel version Ubuntu Linux is using.

Splitting the window in OpenOffice.org Calc allows you to view two or four portions of a sheet at once. The split screen technique is particularly handy if you want to compare different sections of a large sheet. Read how to split the window in OpenOffice.org Calc.

Clean your hard drive in order to free up your hard disk space.

If you are entering data into a database, you need to escape apostrophes, double quotes ("), backslash (\) and NUL (the NULL byte) with a backslash. This describes how to backslash entries that you store in a database,

Unfreeze rows and columns in an OpenOffice.org Calc sheet.

Lock a number of rows at the top of a sheet and/or a number of columns on the left of a sheet so that the frozen columns and rows stay visible when you scroll.

Autoplay starts reading a drive as soon as you insert media in this drive. In Windows XP, it is usually enabled for your CD/DVD drive. Read how to disable it.

In programming, it is a common error to forget closing parenthesis. Make this habit yours in order to stop forgetting to close parenthesis.

Make this your habit and never forget to attach a file to your e-mail again. It saved me from sending a lot of mails starting with "Oops".

Install the libstdc++5 library file in order to improve backward compatibility for some programs in Ubuntu.

This only works if you have a laptop: increase the brightness of your screen.

Rarely, websites are only accessible for Internet Explorer. Read how to access these websites from Ubuntu Linux with the Opera web browser.

Clean your Ubuntu desktop and stop icons linking to mounted volumes and partitions from being displayed on your desktop.

Put one of the GNOME panels in Ubuntu in another place.

Ubuntu checks the filesystem integrity once for every 30 times the filesystem is mounted. This takes a lot of time. Fortunately, most modern drives don't need to be checked at this intensity. Ready how to increase the interval at which filesystem integrity is checked in Ubuntu.

Firefox is a much better browser than Internet Explorer. Unfortunately, if you want to update windows, you may still need Internet Explorer. Don't let them push you to use IE, read how to update Windows from Firefox.

Three ways to save spreadsheets in OpenOffice.org Calc.

This Cuban highball cocktail became one of the world's most popular rum-based highballs. It is made of white rum, sugar, lime, carbonated water and mint. Here is the recipe.