OpenOffice goes its own way
After years of stagnation, a group of OpenOffice developers have decided to revitalize the popular open-source office suite without Oracle's help.
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LibreOffice is looking good even as a beta, but it's not a fork yet.
View ArticleThe OpenOffice fork is officially here
Good luck, Document Foundation, but Oracle is sticking with OpenOffice and has no interest in working with LibreOffice.
View ArticleOracle kicks LibreOffice supporters out of OpenOffice
Any hope that Oracle would work with LibreOffice just got vaporized as Oracle asked LibreOffice's top people to resign from the OpenOffice development community.
View ArticleUbuntu 11.04 won't be the same old Linux desktop
Besides its new Unity interface, the next desktop version of Ubuntu Linux will feature new applications-and some of them, like Banshee, won't make everyone happy.
View ArticleDay 11: Weighing LibreOffice as a Microsoft Office alternative
30 Days With Ubuntu Linux: Day 11, in which I compare LibreOffice to Microsoft Office and Google Docs.
View ArticleDay 12: VPN success, finally!
30 Days With Ubuntu Linux: Day 12, in which I finally connect to the corporate VPN from Ubuntu Linux.
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30 Days With Ubuntu Linux: Day 16, in which we compare file systems.
View ArticleTired of patent wars? Use open source instead
There are few things that sicken me more than patent wars such as the ones raging today in the software industry. I can't imagine a more colossal waste of time, energy and money, particularly when we...
View ArticleOpen Office installs vulnerable Java software
Installing the latest version of Open Office (3.3.0) may, if you're not careful, install an old, vulnerable, buggy version of Java.
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