The types of software included in an office suite typicallyconsist of word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, database andmuch more. For many users the office suite (together with a web browserand email client) represents the cornerstone of their computingday. A high quality office suite is therefore a necessity for anycomputingplatform. The market heavyweights in this software field are MicrosoftOffice (non-free proprietarysoftware available for Microsoft Windows and Apple's Mac OS X) andOpenOffice.org, the latter of which is released under a freelydistributable licenseand is available for Linux and many other operating systems. However,there are a number of other strong office suitesthat are available for Linux. If necessary, it is also possible to runMicrosoft Office under Linux in a number of different ways (e.g. usingvirtualisation software such as VirtualBox,VMware)or Windowscompability layers such as Wineand CrossOver Office.
This article selects 6 of our favourite office suites whichrun under Linux. Please be aware that three of the entries (GoogleDocs, ZohoOffice Suite and Lotus Symphony) are released under proprietarysoftware licenses, but all of the software listed below is available todownload for no charge. Large software corporations recognise theimportance of challenging Microsoft's dominance over the officesuite. We have software developed by Sun Microsystems, Google Inc,and IBM.
Now, let's explore the 6 Linux office suites at hand. Foreach title we have compiled its own portal page, providing a screenshotof the software in action, a full description with an in-depth analysisof itsfeatures, together with links to relevant resources and reviews.
| Office Suites | |
| Sun Microsystems' multiplatform and multilingual office suite | |
| Web-based online office suite from Google, Inc. | |
| Web-based word processor, spreadsheet, presentations, and groupware | |
| Derived from OpenOffice.org; includes patches refused by Sun | |
| Intuitive office productivity software | |
| Integrated office suite for KDE, built with KOM/OpenParts | |
| multiplatform and multilingual office suite same openOffice | |
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