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Why is Openoffice not included in the latest stable of Debian and why is it replaced by libreoffice? any insight would be great because i need openoffice for my uni work and i am having difficulties installing it.
When Sun went bankrupt and was acquired by Oracle, OpenOffice was forked and LibreOffice was the result. When LibreOffice was released, most Linux distros moved to it, because Oracle is a--er--less than enthusiastic supporter of FLOSS.
When Sun went bankrupt and was acquired by Oracle, OpenOffice was forked and LibreOffice was the result. When LibreOffice was released, most Linux distros moved to it, because Oracle is a--er--less than enthusiastic supporter of FLOSS.
You're right, of course. It was too early in the morning when I wrote "Konqueror" (KDE's file manager). I did mean Okular which is very nice indeed.
jdk
You're right, of course. It was too early in the morning when I wrote "Konqueror" (KDE's file manager). I did mean Okular which is very nice indeed.
jdk
I figured you suggested Konqueror because it is a web browser. Since KDE 4, Dolphin took over as the file manager.
I figured you suggested Konqueror because it is a web browser. Since KDE 4, Dolphin took over as the file manager.
Yes, I know that. I tried Dolphin some years ago but went back to Konqueror. As a filemanager, I prefer it to Dolphin. That's just my personal taste. I wouldn't say that one is better than the other.
jdk
Regarding pdf readers I wold prefer okular over evince, it has more features and will read more pdf's more accuratly, even if the format was meant to be universaly read. If you are using gnome it comes with additional downloads as it is kde but is worth it.
I'm with Fred Caro--I prefer Okular to any other Linux PDF reader.
For writing PDFs, you can compose the document in LibreOffice/OpenOffice, then export it to PDF format.
And, yes, Apache is now responsible for OpenOffice. When Oracle figured out it couldn't "monetize" it (as the reprehensible and morally-bankrupt phrase goes), it gave OOo to Apache.
yes, it is Apache OpenOffice, AOO
and it is what I use on Windows because I have the feeling that it is more stable.
I suppose you mean when compared to Libre Office.
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And, yes, Apache is now responsible for OpenOffice. When Oracle figured out it couldn't "monetize" it (as the reprehensible and morally-bankrupt phrase goes), it gave OOo to Apache.
So you think Open Office and Libre Office will merge back?
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