Free for all and fun for some, a Linux distribution and open-source suite can cut your software expenses to zero (and the suite runs on Windows, too). Our home office columnist takes a look. Our team ...

Running your home office on a tight budget? There's a way to get all of your software—operating system (OS), productivity suite, scores of applications—completely free. It'll cost you, but not in the ...

The Ubuntu developers met last week in Dallas to make final design decisions about the popular Linux distribution’s features and decided to use LibreOffice for its office suite. First, Canonical ...

If you are one of the people that happens to be running a bleeding-edge 'alpha 1' version of Ubuntu Linux on your main desktop machine (and who isn't?), you may have noticed a particular change in ...

I tested out a handful of free, Linux-native writing apps over the course of a week, some of which even resembled Scrivener. While a few seemed like they might be a good fit, the best solution I found ...

Today, The Document Foundation unveiled the release and widespread availability of LibreOffice 7.5.3, which serves as the third maintenance update to the current LibreOffice 7.5 open-source and ...

In the summer of 2025, Denmark’s government put forward a major policy change in its digital infrastructure: moving away from ...

Welcome back. For today’s 30 Days With Ubuntu Linux post, I am taking a look at LibreOffice–the open source suite of productivity tools that comes installed by default with Ubuntu Linux. I examine how ...

OpenOffice.org's main development community has split off and founded LibreOffice, freeing the alternative office suite from Oracle supervision. If you'd like to make the switch on your own Ubuntu, ...

Also in today’s open source roundup: Why do some people hate the freedesktop.org project? And 10 command-line tools for data analysis in Linux LibreOffice is one of the best office suites available, ...