Category Archives: Education

A for Artha, The Awesome offline Dictionary for Linux

Posted on February 27, 2010 by bigbrovar

One area that I have always found lacking on Linux is a good Dictionary software. I have tired quite a few free and opensource dictionary software for linux, some  very good, but non had the WOW factor to keep me using … Continue reading &ra...

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An easy way to Spilt or Merge PDF Files in Linux

Posted on April 17, 2009 by bigbrovar

I work as  the IT guy of a school that runs free software on all our computers. So far majority of our computing needs has been  met by free software. ( all of them if we exclude matlab and some … Continue reading →...

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How to install Scilab-5.1 on Ubuntu LInux

Posted on February 21, 2009 by bigbrovar

Introduction Scilab is a scientific software package for numerical computations providing a powerful open computing environment for engineering and scientific applications. Scilab is an open source software. Since 1994 it has been distributed freely ...

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How to install SGeMS on Ubuntu Hardy Heron

Posted on February 12, 2009 by bigbrovar

SGeMS is a software for 3D geostatistical modeling. It implements many of the classical geostatistics algorithms, as well as new developments made at the SCRF lab, Stanford University. SGeMS relies on the Geostatistics Template Library (GsTL) to impl...

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