October 19th, 2005
Beat the Rush to Download OpenOffice 2.0 Final!
By David Johnston
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Though it hasn’t officially been announced yet, the final version of OpenOffice 2.0 is circulating around the download mirrors and you can get it now before the main rush. I have downloaded and installed it and it’s a big improvement over 1.1.5 as well as the beta versions of 2.0 in that it seems faster and the user interface looks cleaner.
Beware, though, the download is a whopping 75MB (I feel sorry for you if you’re still on dialup). In case you hadn’t already heard, OpenOffice is an open-source competitor to Microsoft’s Office suite. It has programs to match almost all of the functionality offered in MS Office and is compatible with MS Office documents as well. It can also save documents as Adobe PDF files which is a great feature that is still missing from MS Office for some reason (without extra add-ons). Probably the best thing about OpenOffice, however, is the price. While you’d have to spend hundreds of dollars to get the latest version of Microsoft Office, you can download OpenOffice for free. So, if you haven’t tried OpenOffice yet, I’d highly reccomend giving this new version a look.
So far, I know that these sites have it:
sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de
ftp.snt.utwente.nl
You can find versions for Windows, Linux, and Solaris but I haven’t seen the OSX version yet. Have fun!Thanks to Digg.com for the heads’ up.
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ed3 says:
> It can also save documents as Adobe PDF files which is a great
> feature that is still missing from MS Office for some reason
> (without extra add-ons).
Ahh, an attempt to stop everyone from crying “But Sector7’s PDFcreator is free, and enables PDF creation for all applications (that are capable of printing) with just one install”…
October 19th, 2005 at 1:46 pm
David Johnston says:
Well, did it work?
October 19th, 2005 at 1:58 pm
krat3r says:
Torrents here http://borft.student.utwente.nl:6969/
October 19th, 2005 at 4:23 pm
GEEK WATCH CENTRAL says:
Download OpenOffice 2.0
RealTechNews.com reports: Beat the Rush to Download OpenOffice 2.0 Final!
October 19th, 2005 at 5:00 pm
Mike says:
DONT USE TORRENTS
Just a warning - I have been contacted TWICE by my ISP telling me that i downloaded illegal content through BiTorrent, when I havent. I have uninstalled anything to do with it and will never touch it again! It is amazing at how open you really are, even if you abuse (use) Tor!!! Hijacking is becoming commonplace…just a warning.
Mike
October 20th, 2005 at 4:02 am
Perros says:
The next version of Microsoft Office (12) will include PDF generation off the bat.
-Perros-
October 20th, 2005 at 6:13 am
Mike says:
They’ve officially announced it and the snail race to download it has started
October 21st, 2005 at 4:50 am
Dzintars says:
I haven’t tried Open Office yet, but I hope soon ….
November 8th, 2005 at 5:47 am
Ron Ingram says:
have been using Open Office for years and have been recommending it to my customers, too.
December 7th, 2005 at 1:50 pm
Thought Leadership says:
An alternative to MS Office?
You really have to check out this software…
December 30th, 2005 at 3:52 pm
lutf says:
dear Mr
I want this program to solve my ms word
February 25th, 2006 at 1:54 am
1 says:
cool
November 5th, 2006 at 4:41 pm
artist says:
cool site
November 5th, 2006 at 4:42 pm
alix says:
ds lil-mix cooooooooooooool
March 14th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
alix says:
dvoce cooooooool
March 14th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
henrywilliams says:
give me direct download link to open office
April 12th, 2008 at 12:36 am