Reviewed: KOffice 2.0
Free software is often developed with the mantra 'release early, release often'. This is a great idea, because new tools can be tested, trialled and critiqued as they're developed, rather than waiting for some arbitrary point of readiness.
Which brings us to KOffice 2.0, the latest productivity package designed specifically for KDE. Like the completely rewritten KDE 4 release, KOffice 2.0 has been let loose in a state that isn't quite ready for production use. Read on for our views of the new release from the KOffice camp...
The package consists of word processor (KWord), project manager (KPlato), spreadsheet app (KSpread) and presentation tool (KPresenter), plus two drawing editors (Karbon 14 and Krita). If you're missing Kexi or the formula editor, these are destined to return in version 2.1, but the Kivio flowchart package is currently without a maintainer, so it may not be updated to run on KDE 4.
The main release should, if things go as planned, be the first in a family of KOffice releases, with specific packages aimed at the education market, kids and other sectors. This is all possible, the developers say, because of the new modular nature of the suite's core.
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