The Document Foundation is announcing the release of LibreOffice version 4.0. Libreoffice is a forked version of OpenOffice with a very active developer community contributing to it.
During the last seven months, since the branch of LibreOffice 3.6 and during the entire development cycle of LibreOffice 4.0, developers have made over 10,000 commits. On average, one commit every 30 minutes, including weekends and the holiday season: a further testimonial of the incredible vitality of the project.
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Ubuntu: I introduced Kazam Screencaster back in 2007 when it was normal to question if screencasting was possible in Linux. Today Kazam Screencaster is a complete modern application for the Ubuntu Desktop with a sleek design. More
OpenDNS is that company that provides a free, alternative DNS service that works better than that of your Internet provider. While Windows and Mac users can use the aptly named OpenDNS Updater client to notify OpenDNS of their constantly changing dynamic IP address so they remain logged into to the DNS service, Ubuntu users need to try something else cause OpenDNS Updater has no builds for Linux, Ubuntu. More
Skype 4.1 for Linux has been released with one major feature: you can now sign into Skype using your Microsoft account and chat with your friends on Windows Live Messenger, Hotmail and Outlook.com. Codenamed “The new buddy”, Skype 4.1 by Microsoft has improved audio and video quality, and different audio streams for your sound notifications.
For better user experience Skype for Linux now has these; More
Opera Software the company that develops the Opera web browser has decided to remove Opera Unite and Opera Widgets in version 12.0 of the famous web browser. Opera Unite was a cutting-edge technology that transformed a simple computer into a powerful web server with no cost involved.
I firmly believe Opera Unite had a place in our PCs – with Unite it was damn easy to share stuff across my Ubuntu, Windows and Android handset. More