LibreOffice
LibreOffice is an open source software office suite developed
by The Document Foundation that is compatible with other major office
suites and available on a variety of platforms. It is a feature-packed
and mature desktop productivity package.
LibreOffice is a fork of OpenOffice.org. This was driven due
to doubts about whether Oracle would continue development of
OpenOffice.org. Unlike that software, LibreOffice's development is
driven by the open source community. It is planned for
LibreOffice to be included in many distributions including Ubuntu, SuSE
and Fedora.
LibreOffice 3.5.2
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Price
Free to download
Size
162MB
License
GNU LGPL v3
Developer
The Document Foundation
Website
www.libreoffice.org
System Requirements
CPU: Pentium
RAM: 256MB (512MB recommended)
Hard disk space: 1.55GB
Linux kernel 2.6.18 or higher
glibc 2.5 or higher
Gtk 2.10.4 or higher
Gnome 2.16 or higher
gail 1.8.6
at-spi 1.7
Java Runtime Environment
Support
Sites:
Documentation,
FAQ,
Mailing
Lists
Selected
Reviews:
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Advisor, Linux.com,
Techworld
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Unique features include:
- SVG image import
- Lotus Word Pro and MS Works import filters
- Improved WordPerfect import
- Dialog box for title pages
- Navigator lets one heading be unfolded as usual in a tree
view.
- "Experimental" mode that allows unfinished features to be
tried by users
- Some bundled extensions, including Presenter View in
Impress
- Colour-coded document icons
- Available in more than 30 languages
In addition to the above, LibreOffice offers the functionality of OpenOffice.org.
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LibreOffice also features in our 'Linux
Equivalents to Windows Software' section. The category
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included in that separate article.
Last Updated Saturday, April 14 2012 @ 01:29 AM EDT
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