This morning I got an email about bug 37134 from the LibreOffice bug tracker. They flagged it as spam. Up until you got to the link it wasn’t spam. It did serve as a good reminder to me about just how long this bug has been open. I felt compelled to offer the developers some sage advice given my 40+ years in IT. LibreOffice is a Legacy Product Please click on the link and take … IV For A Dead HorseRead more
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Best Linux Word Processor in 2022
It’s been some time since I wrote the 2019 version of this post covering Linux word processor products. Much has changed in the world of Linux word processors and not for the better in some cases. FocusWriter This is still the tried and true project it has been for many years. Keep it simple. It’s my go-to when I have to create RTF documentation files for software projects. Why RTF? Because that form was designed … Best Linux Word Processor in 2022Read more
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Some LibreOffice and OpenOffice Differences
Regular readers of this blog will note I posted about the ham fisted decision of the Ubuntu world to force in the “O” versions of Linux Libertine fonts instead of the “G” versions which come bundled by default with LibreOffice. Some of my fellow authors and people I “know” on-line asked me to kick the tires on OpenOffice. I had a Ubuntu 18.04 Mate minimal VM set up so I decided to kick the tires. … Some LibreOffice and OpenOffice DifferencesRead more
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Secret to G fonts in LibreOffice on KDE Neon
The list of people who have been burned by this grows daily and still it won’t get fixed in Ubuntu based distros. Work with Linux Libertine in LibreOffice because that used to be the default font. Finish writing your book or other work which needs to be sent out for editing. Send it out to an editor who uses LibreOffice but uses it on Windows. “No problem” you think. “I used a standard LibreOffice font.” … Secret to G fonts in LibreOffice on KDE NeonRead more
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Best Linux Word Processor in 2019
Now that The Minimum You Need to Know About the Phallus of AGILE is out for another round of editing, I have a bit of time to experiment with word processor software on my KDE Neon 64-bit desktop. Some of you will remember that I kicked some tires back in January. Regrettably I started a free trial for the commercial version of Textmaker then didn’t do anything with it and it has something stored somewhere … Best Linux Word Processor in 2019Read more