6 of the Best Free Linux Office Software
For Linux to meet the requirements of the corporate desktop it
needs to have robust, supported desktop office software that is updated
on a regular basis. A well established type of business software that
helps the desktop corporate world to increase productivity is the
ubiquitous office suite. There are a number of competent office
suites available for
Linux (our article 6
of the Best Free Linux Office Suites, published in December
2010, identified the then noteworthy ones). Open source software can
meet the needs of
businesses, but there is the risk that if a major corporation possesses
copyright of the software it can decide to mothball a project at any
time.
One of the biggest controversies in the past six
months has been continuing concerns about Oracle's commitment to the
OpenOffice.org open-source application suite. The fear that Oracle may
decide to abandon the suite in the same way it dumped OpenSolaris on
the scrapheap left many leading developers of OpenOffice.org with a
dilemma. Assign copyright of their work to Oracle, or seek to go it
alone.
The risk was deemed so serious that many developers decided to
form the Document Foundation in September 2010 to manage and develop a
fork called LibreOffice. There have already been a number of
significant features added to the OpenOffice.org codebase in recent
months. However, it is likely that there will be a significant delay
before the corporate world readily embraces LibreOffice, in part
because of concerns about the Document Foundation itself. Nevertheless,
their fork is a comprehensive desktop productivity suite with a number
of significant features not found in OpenOffice.org.
Linux
also has a good selection of desktop business software that can help to
enhance an organisation's efficiency and adaptability to change. To
provide an insight into the quality of software available, we have
compiled a list of 6 of the best free office software. Hopefully, there
will be something of interest here for both the desktop corporate user
and home user.
Now, let's explore the 6 office software tools at hand. For
each
application we have compiled its own portal page, a full description
with an in-depth analysis of its features, screenshots, together with
links to relevant resources and reviews.
| Office Software |
| LibreOffice |
Feature-packed and mature office suite; fork of
OpenOffice.org |
| RedNotebook |
Daily
journal with calendar, templates and keyword searching |
| PDF
Chain |
Graphical user interface for pdftk |
| KeePassX |
Manage
your passwords in a secure way |
| gLabels |
Label, business card and media cover creation program
for GNOME |
| GoldenDict |
Feature-rich
dictionary lookup program |
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