Kim K. has been listing OOo as the MSO alternative for years, but now
she finally is listing LO as an alternative to MSO. But, she never
listed any Linux info if the software can be used on Windows, Mac, and
Linux.
I have been working, on and off, with Linux since 1999 or 2000 when it
was taught in college for one of my degrees. He used Red Hat and
Mandrake though. I have been using OOo since it early days, but as soon
as LO came out, I switched to that. Actually I have an IBM xSeries
server from 2002 that used SUSE, but it came to be with wiped drives. I
tried openSUSE on it, but it would not work for some reason. I first
used Win 2000 and then used Ubuntu on it. It seems that Linux did not
like to deal with three SCSI drives [two originally used in a RAID
setup, maybe]. Right now it has XP on it for a loan out to a friend.
Right now, Ubuntu 10.04 is my default desktop and I use it as a dual
boot on a DELL/Vista laptop.
On 09/15/2011 10:26 PM, upscope wrote:
Thanks for the reply. Yes I've been using )) since I started with
Linux in 1999 and when openSUSE switched to LO last year I
started with it. Now running LO 3.4.2 on openSUSE 11.4 and
LO 3.4.3 on openSUSE 12.1 RC1.
On Thursday, September 15, 2011 07:34:01 PM webmaster
for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
She rarely adds Mac and never talks about Linux.
I think she is a Windows only Gal since dealing with Linux
issues over
the phone on her Saturday "live" radio show would not look
good if she
stumbles through figuring what to do on which favor of
Linux.
BUT, if you are using Linux, you are either using OOo or LO
for your
office package.
IT is the Windows users who needs to get good advice on
some other
office package than MSO.
On 09/15/2011 01:28 PM, Russ Fineman wrote:
Good comments and good to see she is promoting
LibreOffice. She did forget to mention its available for
Linux.
Some of us do not use Microsoft!!! or Mac OSX.
On Thursday, September 15, 2011 09:00:05 AM
webmaster
for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
If you never heard of Kim Komando, the digital goddess,
she has a
nationally broadcasted tech radio show, e-newsletters,
and
a column in
USA Today national newspaper.
In her "Daily Download" e-newsletter, she is promoting
LibreOffice as a
Microsoft Office Alternative.
This lady has a large following on the radio, and with her
e-newsletters. I do not read USA Today, so I do not know
how well those
articles are.
So here is another way for advertisement and promotion
for
LibreOffice.
Below is the listing in the "Daily Download" and the
online
article. I
have removed the non-LO related information and
advertising from these
so it will not be an issue.
------- from the e-newsletter ---------
A free substitute for Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office is the gold standard for productivity
software. It's
used by everyone from students to major corporations.
That
popularity is
definitely reflected in the price tag.
What if you can't afford Microsoft Office? Perhaps you
just
need
something for a short-term project and can't justify the
investment
right now. Good news: There are several free
alternatives to
Office.
Depending on your needs, some work just as well as
Microsoft's
productivity suite.
LibreOffice is an excellent alternative. It offers six
programs, and
you'll find most of them instantly familiar.
For example there's Writer, which is a Word clone. Then
there's Calc,
which is a spreadsheet like Excel. There's also Impress,
a
presentation
program similar to PowerPoint.
Those are the options you're most likely to need. A
drawing
program, a
database program and an equation program round out
the
offerings. All of
these combined make for an excellent replacement to
pricier suites.
LibreOffice is also compatible with the most popular
document formats.
It can read .DOC from Word and .XLS from Excel, for
example. That only
scrapes the surface of what it offers.
Cost: Free
Systems: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and
Mac OSX
Click Here to Download Now>>
------ NOTE her download link goes to her online article
--------
------ the online article link and the text --------
http://www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=10270&utm_medium=nl&ut
m_so>
urce=dotd&utm_content=2011-09-15-
article&utm_campaign=title
<http://www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=10270&utm_medium=nl&u
tm_>
source=dotd&utm_content=2011-09-15-
article&utm_campaign=title>
A free substitute for Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office is the gold standard for productivity
software. It's
used by everyone from students to major corporations.
That
popularity is
definitely reflected in the price tag.
What if you can't afford Microsoft Office? Perhaps you
just
need
something for a short-term project and can't justify the
investment
right now. Good news: There are several free
alternatives to
Office.
Depending on your needs, some work just as well as
Microsoft's
productivity suite.
LibreOffice is an excellent alternative. It offers six
programs, and
you'll find most of them instantly familiar.
For example there's Writer, which is a Word clone. Then
there's Calc,
which is a spreadsheet like Excel. There's also Impress,
a
presentation
program similar to PowerPoint.
Those are the options you're most likely to need. A
drawing
program, a
database program and an equation program round out
the
offerings. All of
these combined make for an excellent replacement to
pricier suites.
LibreOffice is also compatible with the most popular
document formats.
It can read .DOC from Word and .XLS from Excel, for
example. That only
scrapes the surface of what it offers.
Cost: Free
Link: www.libreoffice.org
System: Windows XP, Vista, 7, Mac OS X
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