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Google Docs and Microsoft Word are quite similar. However, their differences extend beyond whether they’re usually used online or offline. Continue reading Google Docs vs Microsoft Word (2024): Which Tool Is Better?
If you’re tired of paying for Microsoft Office features you don’t use, here are free alternatives to Word you can download and start using today. Continue reading 6 Best Free Alternatives to Microsoft Word
LibreOffice 24.8, the new major release of the free Windows, macOS, and Linux office suite, is now available. This is the first to provide an official package for Windows PCs based on ARM processors. The LibreOffice advantage LibreOffice is the best op… Continue reading LibreOffice 24.8: More privacy, interoperability improvements
While I have turned to a Markdown editor to solve the enshittification issues with Microsoft Word, that’s a bridge too far for many. Sure, you could use a web-based word processor like Google Docs. But if you’re looking for a straight-up native Windows… Continue reading LibreOffice Writer is a Viable Alternative to Microsoft Word (Premium)
The Chrome zero-day exploited in the wild and patched by Google a few weeks ago has a new ID (CVE-2023-5129) and a description that tells the whole story: the vulnerability is not in Chrome, but the libwebp library, which is used by many popular applic… Continue reading Google “confirms” that exploited Chrome zero-day is actually in libwebp (CVE-2023-5129)
LibreOffice, the most widely used open-source office productivity suite, has plenty to recommend it: it’s feature-rich, user-friendly, well-documented, reliable, has an active community of developers working on improving it, and it’s free. … Continue reading LibreOffice: Stability, security, and continued development
Barracuda’s Email Security Gateway (ESG) has had a vulnerability in it for years. Tracked as CVE-2023-2868, this one was introduced back in version 5.1.3.001, and only got patched during the …read more Continue reading This Week in Security: Barracuda, Zyxel, and The Backdoor
The European Union is, once again, calling on bug hunters to delve into specific open source software and report bugs. This time around, the list of software that should be probed for weaknesses includes: LibreOffice – a free office suite Mastodo… Continue reading EU launches bug bounty programs for five open source solutions
Apache OpenOffice, one of the most popular open-source office productivity software suites, sports a RCE vulnerability (CVE-2021-33035) that could be triggered via a specially crafted document. The vulnerability has been fixed in the software’s s… Continue reading A malicious document could lead to RCE in Apache OpenOffice (CVE-2021-33035)
When it comes to open source office suites, most people choose OpenOffice or LibreOffice, and they both look suspiciously similar. That isn’t surprising since they both started with exactly the same code base. However, the LibreOffice team recently penned an open letter to the Apache project — the current keepers …read more