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Welcome to Law Office Essentials (formerly, LF2)! Law Office Essentials (LOE) is a project which is sponsored by PekinSOFT Systems, which was started by a paralegal who had worked in the technology field in the past and decided that it was time to blend the two fields together. With this thought in mind, Sean Carrick set out to create quality law office applications for the Linux operating system. But, LOE then was altered because PekinSOFT and I decided that only supporting Linux may cause us to lose clients, who do not want to change from the operating system that they are currently using. Therefore, LOE is now being developed to be platform-independent. However, I still suggest our clients switch from Windows to either the Linux or Mac OS-X operating systems.

Why would I choose to design law office applications for the Linux operating system when there are plenty applications available for the Microsoft Windows platform? The answer is simple, attorneys are charged with maintaining their clients' information in a confidential manner. This is where Linux comes in. Linux is a more secure and stable operating system than Windows and, therefore, better able to keep your clients' information confidential. To learn more about why I chose the Linux platform, follow the "Why Linux?" link in the Navigation Menu to your left.

To learn more about why I decided to do this, please read the About LOE page by clicking on the "About LOE" link in the Navigation Menu to your left. You will discover that, not only am I a techie geek, but also a paralegal. Therefore, I understand the importance of confidentiality and want to do whatever I can to help attorneys protect it. I feel that it is a paralegal's duty to make his or her attorney(s) look good, so that's the main reason that I started LOE.

Let's talk about support. One of the biggest drawbacks to switching to Linux for most businesses is the lack of support that is available. However, this is very untrue. There is more support out there for Linux than there is for Windows. This statement can be easily proven true or false by doing a simple Google search for " Linux Support". This search will net you at least 28,200,000 hits. Each of these hits will take you to a page or two that offer support for the Linux operating system. To learn more about the support offered by LOE, click on the "Support" link in the Navigation Menu to your left.

The best part about LOE is that it is completely Open Source. This means that I will provide to you the source code of all of our software, at your request. Also, you can download a source tar-ball from our Download page. The nice part about being able to download the source code is that you can then compile our programs on your system and install them. This means that the software will take advantage of your hardware and run better and faster. Check out our Download page by following the "Download" link in the Navigation Menu to your left.

You can also help us improve both our website and our software by providing feedback through our Feedback form. Simply let us know what you are giving us feedback on and I will take it under advisement. We cannot guarantee that your suggestion(s) will be used, but I do read all feedback that I receive.

Thank you for considering Linux for Law Firms for your firm. We hope that you will decide to try us out and will find that I deliver everything that I promise. Have a wonderful day.