The GNOME desktop features a separate office suite. These programs are generally lighter and faster than the programs in the OpenOffice.org suite, and have fewer features as a result. But this may be exactly what you want. The Suite has excellent compatibility with other major Office suites, such as Microsoft Office.
The GNOME Office Suite includes the following software:
-
A word processor (Abiword),
-
A spreadsheet (Gnumeric),
-
A database management program (GNOME-DB),
-
A diagram editor (Dia),
-
Two graphics applications (Inkscape and The GIMP), and
-
A project management application (Planner).
Note: Each of these applications can also be installed separately.
To install the GNOME Office suite:
-
Install the gnome-office package from the Universe repository (see Chapter 2, Adding, Removing and Updating Applications).
-
The Office applications can then be found in the menu at Applications->Office, and the Graphics applications can be found at Applications->Graphics.
* License
