06-25-2013
depending on your computer (i.e., RAM size, HDD size, CPU speed and number, etc.), you can always install the different os versions on a virtual machine (i.e.,
vmware player) and keep them for testing ...
you can download the various distributions either through distrowatch as suggested by alister or by googling for the operating system you want to download (i.e., "ubuntu download") ...
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
bgoffice-dict-download
BGOFFICE-DICT-DOWNLOAD(1) User Contributed Perl Documentation BGOFFICE-DICT-DOWNLOAD(1)
NAME
bgoffice-dict-download - download dictionaries for bgoffice
SYNOPSIS
# list known dictionaries
bgoffice-dict-download --list
# download a dictionary
bgoffice-dict-download --dict bg-en_dual
# explicit output file
bgoffice-dict-download --dict bg-en_dual --output=/some/where.tar.bz2
DESCRIPTION
bgoffice-dict-download is a small program to help download bgoffice dictionaries off sourceforge.net. It browses the bgoffice project
download area and follows the download links.
The dictionary is downloaded in the current directory, unless the "--output" option is used.
OPTIONS
--list
Prints the list of the known dictionaries.
--dict dictionary name
Specifies the dictionary to be downloaded. See "--list" for the known dictionaries. This option is mandatory, unless "--list" is given.
--output file
Saves the downloaded dictionary in the given file, instead of ./<dict>.tar.bz2
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright: (C) 2010 Damyan Ivanov dmn@debian.org
Permission is granted to use this work, with or without modifications, provided that this notice is retained. If we meet some day, and you
think this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in return.
perl v5.14.2 2010-12-16 BGOFFICE-DICT-DOWNLOAD(1)