LibreOffice 3.5 New LibreOffice import filters
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more »Ardesia Testing the Ardesia sketchpad
Apr 24, 2012The Ardesia sketchpad software and compositing manager allow you to draw freehand on the desktop, so you can quickly sketch a presentation and give the audience an extra dash of information on top.
more »Calligra: The Other Office Suite Narrows the Gap
Apr 23, 2012On April 11, Calligra Suite announced its first release, version 2.4. This release takes Calligra several steps closer to being an alternative to LibreOffice, especially in its graphical applications.
more »XBMC 11.0 Available
Apr 04, 2012The XBMC team announces the release of a new and improved XBMC 11.0 (Eden) for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and iOS, as well as XBMCbuntu Final, built on the LXDE desktop.
more »Kexi vs. Glom Kexi and Glom – lean database tools compared
Mar 29, 2012Kexi and Glom aim to create databases with little overhead. We compare the power of these two tools.
more »Knoppix 7.0 Released
Mar 15, 2012Knoppix v7.0, 32- and 64-bit versions, with ADRIANE v1.4 and cellphone support.
more »Workspace: BilboPlanet Manage RSS feeds with BilboPlanet
Jun 27, 2011On the web, a planet is a tool for collecting and displaying blog posts from members of an Internet community. We show how to do this using BilboPlanet.
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