Microsoft has no plans to tweak its Office productivity suite for Linux anytime soon, despite the growing popularity of open source on the desktop, according to a company executive. Speaking at the ...

SoftMaker’s FreeOffice Linux office suite is a LibreOffice look-alike that provides strong performance compatibility with Microsoft Office documents. SoftMaker, based in Germany, offers a line of open ...

SoftMaker Office could be a first-class professional-strength replacement for Microsoft Office on the Linux desktop. The Linux OS has its share of lightweight word processors and a few nearly worthy ...

Giving Linux and LibreOffice a Try for Your Home Office Free for all and fun for some, a Linux distribution and open-source suite can cut your software expenses to zero (and the suite runs on Windows, ...

If you've been following my work as of late, you'll know that I've been an increasingly big fan of Linux as my primary operating system in favor of Windows 11. I love the customization, speed, and the ...

Linux as a viable desktop operating system has been apparently coming over the horizon for so long that it would easy to dismiss as a mirage. But recently, a few developments have shown up on the ...

With increasing chatter about whether 2007 will be the "Year of the Linux Desktop," you hear considerably less about whether it's time for the Linux Office. But business desktops aren't just islands ...

Welcome back. For today’s 30 Days With Ubuntu Linux post, I am taking a look at LibreOffice–the open source suite of productivity tools that comes installed by default with Ubuntu Linux. I examine how ...

SoftMaker’s FreeOffice 2018 Linux office suite is a high-end product that provides performance and compatibility with Microsoft Office and other office suites. FreeOffice 2018, released this spring, ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is bringing its first Office app to Linux today. The software maker is ...