Providing software for churches and non-profits can be very difficult.
Getting the funding can be like pulling teeth!
What’s wrong with the old version?
That’s my favorite question.
I’ve got a great Microsoft Office suite that’s free, and it’s not OpenOffice!
LibreOffice is the free power-packed Open Source personal productivity suite for Windows, Macintosh and Linux, that gives you six feature-rich applications for all your document production and data processing needs: Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Math and Base. Support and documentation is free from our large, dedicated community of users, contributors and developers.
This may be exactly what you’re looking for!
Ben Miller says
I see that this is a fork from OpenOffice.org. Any idea what the differences are?
Eric Dye says
This is probably the best answer (and most concise) that I’ve found:
Libreoffice is a dedicated fork which aims to be free of Oracle’s clutches. LibreOffice beta is mostly similar to OpenOffice “as of now”, with just a few UI and branding changes, because they are based on the same source. You can expect big changes in the future as the paths are divergent. As for installing it, I’d say you can try LibreOffice without any apprehensions, though I personally recommend you to wait for a Final, stable release for pure goodness. For more details, you can go through the FAQ here.
Eric J says
Libre office also included ubuntu’s and novell’s branches which sun refused to accept.
Eric Dye says
True story.
Kevin says
Thanks for including this!
Kevin
http://opensourcechurch.com
Eric Dye says
It’s our pleasure 🙂