This article was written on August 08, 2008 by CyberNet.
The OpenOffice.org team makes a great productivity suite, but the developers behind the famed open source project have also tucked away a few enjoyable Easter Eggs. Several of them are your typical run-of-the-mill Easter Eggs that show the credits, but one in particular is a lot of fun.
First you’ll want to fire up OpenOffice.org Calc, and enter the following code into one of the cells:
=GAME("StarWars")
After entering that in press Enter to start playing Space Invaders! Make sure you capitalize the “S” and “W” in StarWars otherwise it won’t work.
I got a little addicted to the game once I started playing it, and managed to get to level 16 as seen in the screenshot below. Once you get to level 14 it gets a little more difficult since there are “ghost” bombers that are only visible when they’re dropping a bomb on you. So they can be rather difficult to attack.
Let us know in the comments how far you manage to get, and if you close the window you’ll need to restart OpenOffice.org Calc before being able to play again. Otherwise you’ll get a “oh no, not again” message in the cell.
More OpenOffice.org Easter Eggs [via LoCo About Ubuntu]
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Linux for Dummies, 8th Edition
This book was published in December 2003 so it’s definitely due for an update. If you’re at all interested in using OpenOffice.org, it might be a good idea to stop at a book store and take a peak at it just so you can get an idea of what it’s all about. It covers a wide variety of different topics and includes into about templates and styles, creating spreadsheets, and more.
We talk quite a bit about Ubuntu Linux here at CyberNet because it is one of the most popular distributions. Published just this year, Ubuntu Linux for Dummies will teach you how to tap into multimedia, graphics and other applications using Ubuntu, generate and mange web pages, print service, and troubleshoot problems you may be having. They’ll also explain how to run Ubuntu right from a CD-ROM and how to install it on your PC or a network server.
Given the number of readers who use Firefox, and the fact that 
While this book isn’t completely dedicated to Open Source software, it covers a lot of it from OpenOffice.org to Thunderbird, GIMP (the image editor) and even Blender. They point out how to locate the best free software out there that will work with Windows, Mac, or Linux. Sure you can spend lots of money on software, but why do it when you can get a lot of it for free that works just as well?
