ODF Compatibility Open Document Format in practice
Jul 11, 2008What happens when you feed an ODT document created with OpenOffice to a word processor like AbiWord, KWord, or Writely? Read on to find out.
more »ODF Add-in The Open Document Add-in for Microsoft Office
Jul 11, 2008With a little help from the ODF plugin, Microsoft Office can open up documents saved in the free Open Document format. A short test reveals just how well it works.
more »Graphviz Graph visualization with Graphviz
Jul 10, 2008Using drawing tools to manually create graphs and diagrams can be a slow and convoluted process. The Graphviz toolbox offers a faster way. Based on a short text with the information for the graph, Graphviz quickly generates a neat drawing.
more »Cabaret Stage Editing PDF documents with Cabaret Stage
Jul 09, 2008Linux has had the ability to display PDF documents for many years, but it lacked an editing tool until now: enter Cabaret Stage.
more »TeXmacs TeXmacs – A convenient layout program for your text documents
Jul 09, 2008If you need to lay out a text document, you can opt for a WYSIWYG application, like OpenOffice, or a genuine layout system such as TeX. TeXmacs combines the advantages of both approaches: premium document quality and intuitive controls.
more »Command Line: Text Editors Editors for the shell
Jul 03, 2008More is not always better, especially at the command line. Lean text editors such as nano, JOE, and ee fit Linux novices and experts alike.
more »Workspace: txt2tags Write once, publish anywhere
Jul 03, 2008
How would you like write text using whatever text editor you like and then publish the results in a variety of formats, including (X)HTML, MoinMoin wiki, LaTeX, and SGML? txt2tags allows you to write once and publish
anywhere.
Thunderbird 3 Approaching – Linux Testers Wanted
Jul 02, 2008While Firefox 3 basks in the glory of its download records, version 3 of Thunderbird is not yet complete.
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News
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Elementary OS 5.1 Has Arrived
One of the most highly regarded Linux desktop distributions has released its next iteration.
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Linux Mint 19.3 Will be Released by Christmas
The developers behind Linux Mint have announced 19.3 will be released by Christmas 2019.
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Linux Kernel 5.4 Released
A number of new changes and improvements have reached the Linux kernel.
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System76 To Design And Build Laptops In-House
In-house designed and built laptops coming from System76.
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News and views on the GPU revolution in HPC and Big Data:
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The PinePhone Pre-Order has Arrived
Anyone looking to finally get their hands on an early release of the PinePhone can do so as of November 15.
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Microsoft Edge Coming to Linux
Microsoft is bringing it’s new Chromium-based Edge browser to Linux.
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Open Invention Network Backs Gnome Project Against Patent Troll
OIN has deployed its legal team to find prior art.
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Fedora 31 Released
The latest version of Fedora comes with new packages and libraries.
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openSUSE OBS Can Now Build Windows WSL Images
openSUSE enables developers to build their own WSL distributions.