libreoffice News and Articles

LibreOffice On Frugalware 1.4 Release

15.02.2011

Frugalware 1.4 (Nexon) is general purpose linux distribution, designed for intermediate users that is now available and using LibreOffice.

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Read ODF Documents on Android with OpenOffice Document Reader

Productivity Sauce

14.02.2011
Despite its name, the OpenOffice Document Reader (OODR) app for Android can handle not only OpenOffice.org Writer documents, but also LibreOffice and ODF files.
Android , libreoffice , OpenOffice
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LibreOffice and support for Microsoft file formats

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

04.02.2011
The support for OOXML in LIbreOffice is reviving the old debate about whether free software should be compatible with proprietary formats.
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LibreOffice 3.3 is Ready for Public Consumption

Productivity Sauce

25.01.2011
Good news for those who have been waiting for a stable release of the LibreOffice fork of OpenOffice.org. The wait is over: The Document Foundation has announced the availability of LibreOffice 3.3.
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OpenDoc Society Announces Document Foundation Membership

13.01.2011

The Document Foundation brings LibreOffice to the association that promotes best practices for office applications with its membership into the OpenDoc Society.

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Ubuntu to Evaluate LibreOffice for Natty Narwhal

03.01.2011

Ubuntu Desktop Engineer at Canonical, Matthias Klose, announces that LibreOffice is being considered as an OpenOffice replacement in the upcoming Ubuntu 11.04 release, Natty Narwhal.

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Document Foundation and KDE Join Open Invention Network

21.12.2010

KDE and The Document Foundation (LibreOffice), have joined the Open Invention Network (OIN) as licensees.

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2011 Predictions

COMMUNITY NOTEBOOK: Which projects, people, products, and events will capture our attention in 2011?

Rikki asks the Magic 8 Ball (actually, her Facebook friends) what 2011 will bring. Also, updates on Gnome and CeBIT.

CeBIT , fedora , Gnome , KDE , libreoffice , OpenOffice , openSUSE , Oracle , Programming , Python
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ROSE Blog Interviews: The Document Foundation's Jacqueline Rahemipour

ROSE Blog: Rikki's Open Source Exchange

09.11.2010
With one foot firmly planted in OpenOffice.org, Rahemipour maps out a future with LibreOffice.
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The Cold War Between OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

22.10.2010
As the battle between OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice escalates, staying neutral seems the most sensible position.
floss , free software , libreoffice , Linux New Media , Linux Pro Magazine , Mysql
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