OpenOffice.org 3.0 is an incremental improvement
OpenOffice.org 3.0, which is being released today, is not the great leap forward in look and feel that version 2.0 represented, but it justifies its label as a major release with dozens of changes,...
View ArticleAbiWord Version 2.6.5 Works With Word 2007 and OpenOffice Writer
AbiWord has been my favorite open source word processor for a long time, and it's now out in a new version 2.6.5, which adds some excellent features. If you haven't used this application (for Windows...
View ArticleLinux and Unix Open Source Small Business Humor
MS-bashing? Never... except maybe this one last time ;)
View ArticleBordeaux 1.6 Released with improved Application support
Steven Edwards of the Bordeaux Technology Group released Bordeaux 1.6 today. Bordeaux 1.6 comes with added support for Google's Chrome Web Browser, Google Earth, Google Picasa, Trillian and Apple's...
View ArticleMicrosoft Breaks the Law in Germany and Gets Convicted, Fined
The German competition authority, the BundesKartellamt, has fined Microsoft €9m for colluding with retailers to set the price of "Office Home and Student 2007".
View ArticleKDE's Kontact vs. GNOME's Evolution: Best Personal Info Manager?
This is a comparison of two PIM suits for Linux. The author compares several aspects of Kontact and Evolution. The interface, the applications for email, address books, calendars, tasks, memos, and...
View ArticleRunning Windows Apps on Solaris with Bordeaux 1.8.2 and Wine
By itself Wine is very usable but you need a fair amount of expertise or lots of time to get your favourite Windows application running correctly. This is why we have companies like Bordeaux Group and...
View ArticleWine 1.1.33 Released
The Wine development release 1.1.33 is now available. The source is available now, Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations. What's...
View ArticleKDE Community Releases KOffice 2.1
The KOffice team is very happy to announce version 2.1.0 of KOffice, 6 months after the platform release 2.0.0. This release brings a number of new features as well as general improvements in the...
View ArticleLibreOffice - a community fork for OpenOffice.org
The Document Foundation is a newly founded organisation with a mission: to make an office suite available as truly free software, developed within the wider community. Supported by companies like...
View ArticleWine 1.2.1 Released
The Wine maintenance release 1.2.1 is now available. The source is available now, Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations. Whats...
View ArticleKDE Announces the Calligra Suite
The KDE community today announces the start of the Calligra Suite project, a continuation of the KOffice project. The new name reflects the wider value of the KOffice technology platform beyond just...
View ArticleOffice Suite KOffice 2.3.0 Released
Krita is now ready for professional artist use. A new slide sorter view and a new shape animations feature in KPresenter. Improvements of the core engine and plugins in the support of the OpenDocument...
View ArticleMore LibreOffice Mockups: Citrus UI
Speaking of LibreOffice, WebUpd8 reader Nathan Moos mentioned some refreshing mockups called Citrus UI. Citrus tries to remain somewhat familiar while brining more logic by reorganizing things...
View ArticleCalligra Suite, the Promising Not-An-Office Suite
Once upon a time there was KOffice, all full of unrealized potential. And then it was forked as Calligra Suite. The first release of Calligra was on April 11, 2012. Is this a contender, or another...
View ArticleWhy Is Google Not Supporting The Open Document Formats?
Bhartiya writes: For ages I have been convincing people to switch from close source to open source, from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice. I have been telling people to ditch the controversial docx...
View ArticleKDE Releases Calligra Suite 2.8
The Calligra team is proud and pleased to announce the release of version 2.8 of the Calligra Suite, Calligra Active and the Calligra Office Engine. Major new features in this release are comments...
View ArticleLinux and Unix Open Source Small Business Humor
MS-bashing? Never... except maybe this one last time ;)
View ArticleBordeaux 1.6 Released with improved Application support
Steven Edwards of the Bordeaux Technology Group released Bordeaux 1.6 today. Bordeaux 1.6 comes with added support for Google's Chrome Web Browser, Google Earth, Google Picasa, Trillian and Apple's...
View ArticleMicrosoft Breaks the Law in Germany and Gets Convicted, Fined
The German competition authority, the BundesKartellamt, has fined Microsoft €9m for colluding with retailers to set the price of "Office Home and Student 2007".
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