As with all past releases, the installation is basically the same. All you have to do is download Symphony from IBM’s website (http://symphony.lotus.com/), right-click on the downloaded file and check the “Allow execution of file as program” box. Then, go to the terminal and type “cd Desktop” (default location for downloaded files) and then type “sudo ./enternameoffilehere” without the quotes. Next, the installation will begin.

After Symphony is installed, you may have noticed that the menu item in Ubuntu does not work. After looking for guides, you may have found that you need to change the owner of a folder called “Lotus”. For the beta 3 release, that folder has been renamed to “.Lotus”. The period on the front of the folder name makes the file only viewable with the “View hidden files” option checked in the “View” menu in the file manager. The folder is kept in your home folder, along with all the other hidden folders for applications.

symphonydocvp8 Preview: IBMs Lotus Symphony Beta 3

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P.S. There are quite a lot of features, including the UI, that I guess OOo can implement in their office suite … I really like’em.

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