Lotus Symphony Linux Beta Review
Recently I’ve laid my hands on the new IBM’s child — Lotus Symphony (beta version). It is an office suite based on OpenOffice.org. Lotus Symphony includes text editor, spreadsheet and presentation tool. I’ve, decided to try this new IBM wonder.
Lotus Symphony is to be free of charge (but not free) competitor on the office suites market for OpenOffice.org and Star Office (and perhaps even Microsoft Office). It offers ISO26300 (Open Document Format) standard support and support for closed formats of Microsoft and old IBM formats (used in Lotus SmartSuite).
How to get beta version of Lotus Symphony?
To download the beta version of this software you should “just” enter the project’s homepage and register there (in case you don’t have a account). Whole process took me some time because the magical download applet just didn’t work. After a few unsuccessful tries I found the traditional version and downloaded it to make tests described in this article.
Installation
I had no problems with installation. The only disadvantage here is the lack of packages for different distributions. You can get the binary installer only (no execute rights, so you have to remember to use chmod). The installer unpacks automatically the installation program. You have to run this program manually using terminal (you don’t have to use chmod at this stage).
- Login or register to post comments
- Printer-friendly version
- 2219 reads
- PDF version
More in Tux Machines
- Highlights
- Front Page
- Latest Headlines
- Archive
- Recent comments
- All-Time Popular Stories
- Hot Topics
- New Members
digiKam 7.7.0 is releasedAfter three months of active maintenance and another bug triage, the digiKam team is proud to present version 7.7.0 of its open source digital photo manager. See below the list of most important features coming with this release. |
Dilution and Misuse of the "Linux" Brand
|
Samsung, Red Hat to Work on Linux Drivers for Future TechThe metaverse is expected to uproot system design as we know it, and Samsung is one of many hardware vendors re-imagining data center infrastructure in preparation for a parallel 3D world. Samsung is working on new memory technologies that provide faster bandwidth inside hardware for data to travel between CPUs, storage and other computing resources. The company also announced it was partnering with Red Hat to ensure these technologies have Linux compatibility. |
today's howtos
|
Recent comments
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago