Desktop Publishing News and Articles
Zotero and LibreOffice
A Better Tool for Bibliographies
If you’re working with LibreOffice and need to create a bibliography, this software makes it simple to manage your citations.
Write a Novel with Open Source Tools
First Draft
If you are looking for an open source tool to help you write your next novel, bibisco, ManusKript, and Plume Creator can help you get started.
Making PDFs More Secure in LibreOffice Writer
PDF Security
Depending on your needs, LibreOffice Writer offers varying degrees of security for PDFs.
Ebooks Almost from Scratch
Makeshift ebook tool chain
While no single tool for ebook creation exists, you can combine LibreOffice, Calibre, and some manual editing of CSS tags to produce your own ebook.
PDF Types in LibreOffice
Custom Export
With LibreOffice, you can customize the way you export PDFs.
LibreOffice Writer Versus LaTeX
Different Means to a Similar End
LibreOffice Writer and LaTeX both have their strengths and weaknesses, but at the end of the day they both produce high quality results.
Issue 230/2020
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News
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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.
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Sudo Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the sudo package gives sudo users more powers than they deserve.