Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 - KDE 21-06-2006 Manual page 293

manager (Base), a presentation manager (Impress), a drawing program (Draw),
and a formula editor for generating mathematical equations and formulas (Math).
Users familiar with the MS Office family of applications find a very similar appli-
cation interface and all the functionality to which they are accustomed. Because
OpenOffice.org is capable of importing data from MS Office applications, the
transition from one office suite to the other is very smooth. A Windows version of
OpenOffice.org even exists, enabling Windows users to switch to an open source
alternative while still using Windows. Find more information about OpenOffice.org
at
http://www.openoffice.org/
a short introduction to the office suite.
Planner
Planner is a project management tool for the GNOME desktop aiming to provide
functionality similar to the project management tools used under Windows. Among
its various features are Gantt charting abilities and different kinds of views of tasks
and resources. Find more information about Planner at
.com/projects/planner/.
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL is an object-relational database management system that supports an
extended subset of the SQL standard, including transactions, foreign keys, sub-
queries, triggers, and user-defined types and functions. Find more information
about PostgreSQL at http://www.postgresql.org/.
Rekall
Rekall is a tool for manipulating databases. Supported databases include MySQL,
PostgreSQL, XBase with XBSQL, IBM DB2, and ODBC. Use Rekall to generate
different sorts of reports and forms, design database queries, or import and export
data to various formats. Find more information about Rekall at
.thekompany.com/products/rekall/.
StarOffice
StarOffice is a proprietary version of OpenOffice.org and is distributed by Sun
Microsystems. It is available on multiple platforms including Windows and Solaris.
It includes certain advanced features not available with the free version (OpenOf-
fice.org). Find more information about StarOffice at
software/star/staroffice/.
and read our OpenOffice.org chapter for
http://www.imendio
http://www.sun.com/
Getting to Know Linux Software
http://www
293