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.
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News
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System76 Launches New AMD Threadripper Machine
System76 has added an AMD Threadripper option for their Thelio desktop lineup.
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LibreOffice 6.4 Released
The unofficial office suite for the Linux platform has performance in mind for users.
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Official Evernote Client Coming to Linux
The most widely-used note-taking app is coming to Linux.
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Thanks to Linux, Google and Valve are Bringing Steam to Chromebooks
In yet another win for desktop Linux, Google and Steam are about to up the Chromebook gaming field.
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Kubuntu Focus Laptop Now Ready for Preorder
If you’ve ever wanted a KDE-specific, Linux-powered laptop, now’s your chance.
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Dell Adds a Much-Requested Feature to the New XPS Developer Edition Laptop
Linux users are in for a treat when Dell releases the next iteration of the Ubuntu-powered XPS Developer Edition laptop.
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Bonsai Promises to Make Syncing Gnome Devices Easier
Red Hat developer, Christian Hergert has been working on a GNOME desktop syncing project with lots of promise.
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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.