Upgrading Ubuntu 8.10 to OpenOffice 3

• Go to System -> Administration -> Software Sources...
• Go to the second tab, "Third-Party Software," click on the "Add" button, and paste the line below...
  deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu intrepid main
• Now, click the “Close” button, then the “Reload” one and wait for the application to close!
• When the Software Sources window closes itself, an update icon will appear in the system tray...
• Click on it and update your system!
• Your open source office suite will be up-to-date from now on.
• This works on both 32 and 64 bit system.

Managing desktop effects on Ubuntu 8.10

If your PC can handle desktop effects then to install the management tool, just do:

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager