Why you will soon be using Linux instead of Microsoft products
FREEdom
Not only are they free!
On site links
It's all about having choices
Why I like Linux:
FREEdom
Lotsa FREE Internet programs...
Not only are they free!
You have many choices!
Office suites
- OpenOffice
- KOffice
- GNOME-Office
- Siag Office
Notes:
- There are lots more FREE Internet programs for Linux.
I've only listed the ones that are available from my current Apt/Synaptic setup. - There's also a few pay for office suites for Linux
On site links
WizarDave uses and recommends
- Mozilla's Firefox browser
- Mozilla's Thunderbird email client / newsreader
Off site links
- OpenOffice
OpenOffice.org the product is a multi-platform office productivity suite. It includes the key desktop applications, such as a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, and drawing program, with a user interface and feature set similar to other office suites. Sophisticated and flexible, OpenOffice.org also works transparently with a variety of file formats, including those of Microsoft Office.
Available in over 45 supported languages with more being constantly added by the community, OpenOffice.org runs stably and natively on Solaris, Linux (including PPC Linux), Windows, Mac OS X (X11), and numerous other platforms.
WizarDave uses and recommends - KOffice
KWord - A frame-based word processor capable of professional standard documents
KSpread - A powerful spreadsheet application.
KPresenter - A full-featured presentation program.
Kivio - A Visio®-style flowcharting application.
Karbon14 - A vector drawing application.
Krita - A pixel-based image manipulation program like The GIMP or Adobe© Photoshop®.
Kugar - A tool for generating business quality reports.
KChart - An integrated graph and chart drawing tool.
KFormula - A powerful formula editor.
Kexi - An integrated environment for managing data.
Filters - Import and Export Filters for KOffice. - GNOME-Office
AbiWord, Gnumeric, and GNOME-DB for GNOME - Siag Office
A Free Office Package for Unix
Siag Office is a tightly integrated, free office package. It consists of the spreadsheet Siag, the word processor PW, the animation program Egon, the text editor XedPlus, the file manager Xfiler and the previewer Gvu.