LibreOffice.

LibreOffice 3.3.1 is available now (see download links at the end of the article), for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures, and ready to be included in the upcoming Ubuntu 11.04 operating system.

It updates several language versions, it is much stable than the previous release, and it brings new colorful and beautiful icons based on company's branding guidelines.

Highlights of LibreOffice 3.3:

· ability to work with and import SVG files;
· import filter for Lotus Word Pro documents;
· import filter for Microsoft Works documents;
· easily format title pages and numbering in LibreOffice Writer;
· enhanced Navigator Tool in LibreOffice Writer;
· better ergonomics for cell and sheet management in LibreOffice Calc;
· PDF import support;
· slide-show presenter console;
· better report builder;
· comes bundled with lots of great extensions.

Important notice: to install LibreOffice you must remove OpenOffice so you cannot have both in the same time!

To remove OpenOffice, add the LibreOffice PPA and install it (currently it's version 3.3 RC2) in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx, 10.10 Maverick Meerkat and 11.04 Natty Narwhal, use the following commands:

sudo apt-get remove openoffice*.*
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libreoffice

For better compatibility with your desktop environment, also install the following package:

- GNOME:
sudo apt-get install libreoffice-gnome

- KDE:
sudo apt-get install libreoffice-kde

When removing OpenOffice, the spellchecker and the language support package are also removed. Get these packages back by installing the following package (thanks to Paul for the tip!):
sudo apt-get install language-support-en

You can replace "-en" with your language in the above command.

LibreOffice 3.3.1 sources and Ubuntu, Debian, RedHat, Fedora, openSUSE, Mandriva binary packages:



LibreOffice 3.3.1 executable for Windows:



LibreOffice 3.3.1 packages for Macintosh: