KOffice 2.0.0 Now Open For Firefox-Like Extensions

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday May 28, 2009 @02:00AM from the i-got-yer-extension-right-here dept.

jakeb writes "After a massive three-year development effort KOffice 2.0.0 has been released (packages for Kubuntu are available) aiming to be a lightweight, cross-platform office suite that supports third-party apps and extensions. With its new design (everything, including the core components, is a module) and bindings, you don't need to know C++ to hack on KOffice, as extensions can be written in Python or Java, among others. TechWorld has an interview with KOffice marketing coordinator Inge Wallin about the vision for an easy-to-use office suite that supports click-to-install extensions like Firefox. Will this be the key to KOffice rising above all other free office suites? The KOffice devs think so. An online repository of extensions, templates, and content for KOffice? I like the sound of that."

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AdBlock Plus by sootman · 2009-05-28 02:10 · Score: 4, Funny

Sweet! Now I can block ads in documents!

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Re:KDE 4.0 once again... by jbengt · 2009-05-28 04:37 · Score: 4, Funny

There is no versioning standard.
Ubuntu uses year.month.
Linux doesn't seem to ever change the major or minor version, using 2.6.x, seemingly for values of .x up to infinity
KDE/KOffice apparently uses:
x.0 for alpha
x.1 for beta
x.2 for release candidate
x.3 for useable
x.4 for deprecated, only working on y.0 now