You’ve probably already heard the news. OpenOffice has officially forked into LibreOffice. This fork is thanks to the way Oracle has botched nearly everything it has touched and the OpenOffice community wants to protect the flagship product. So now, there is a fully open office suite that, in my opinion, will actually be able to [...]

Categories: Linux, Open Source, Software, Tutorials Basic

Two major announcements have been made yesterday, and I thought I pack them into one article for your convenience. First, the news that the popular bookmark synchronization service Xmarks will shut down on January 10, 2011. The very popular service allowed users to sync bookmarks between multiple browsers, for instance between Firefox, Chrome and Internet [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Open Source, Software

Being a writer requires more tools than one might think. In today’s instant-on, instant-off world, writers need immediate access to tools that enable them to look up words, save data, keep tasks, etc. When your primary tool is a word processor it’s hard to keep track of all those duties without popping in and out [...]

Categories: Advice, Linux, Mac, Software, Tutorials Basic, Windows

I do a lot with spreadsheets. And when I work in spreadsheets I work in OpenOffice. Most people know the ins and outs of spreadsheets, but many don’t realize just how powerful spreadsheets can be. Openoffice Calc holds a lot more bang for the users’ buck than you might think. For instance, did you know [...]

Categories: Knowledge, Linux, Mac, Open Source, Software, Tutorials Advanced, Tutorials Basic, Windows

A few days ago Sun Microsystems created an extension for OpenOffice which enables you to edit any MediaWiki page, which will be a blessing for those of us who are trying to maintain a Wiki. I myself prefer to edit pages online, through the normal interface, but when I am using a Wiki for personal [...]

Categories: Open Source, Software

Open Office 3.0 beta has been released by the Open Office development team and is ready to be tested by the large community. The biggest change in my opinion is the support for Microsoft Office 2007 files, you know those docx, xlsx and pptx type of files that could not be opened not long ago [...]

Categories: Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Tools, Windows

OpenOffice 2.0 is finally available for eve…

Categories: Open Source