LinuxSnap for Wednesday 7/24/13
Linux News Headlines
Apache OpenOffice 4.0 Released
On Tuesday, Apache OpenOffice 4.0 was released with a wide variety of new features, improvements, and bug fixes. Major features added include improved compatibility with Microsoft Office as well as a new sidebar borrowed from the now-defunct IBM Lotus Symphony office suite. From the release notes:
Apache OpenOffice 4.0 is now available for download from our official download page. Building upon the great success of the OpenOffice 3.4 release, which has seen over 57 million downloads, this major update brings exciting new features, enhancements and bug fixes. OpenOffice 4.0 features an innovative new Sidebar user interface, additional language support for 22 languages (including 3 new languages), 500 bug fixes, improvements in Microsoft Office interoperability, enhancements to drawing/graphics, performance improvements, etc. You can read the details of these later in these Release Notes.
One other thing that you will notice immediately, on this page, our website and in other places, is our new logo. The new logo is the result of many design iterations, collaboration among talented designers and a contest where 40 logos were rated by over 50,000 users.
Ubuntu Edge Reaches $5 Million in Funding
After just a few days in, the Ubuntu Edge crowdfunding effort has already reached $5 Million USD. In order for the campaign to be successful, fundraising will need to hit the $32 Million mark by August 22nd. For full details on the Ubuntu Edge project visit:
http://www.linuxsnap.com/ubuntu-edge-smartphone-announced/
Articles of Interest
Build your own supercomputer: First $99 Parallella boards ship – zdnet.com
LightZone – Professional-level digital darkroom software – ubuntugeek.com
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