alternative computing

Bell ingham Technical CollegeLibrary eLearning Program

Student Technology Support Desk Gary Kartchner

Microsoft products have become the foundationfor most computer environments,

but there are alternatives for Office Suites, both for a price and free.

Apache OpenOffice

Document Foundation's LibreOffice

Kingsoft Office WPS Office Free

SoftMaker FreeOffice

SSuite Office Software

KDE Calligra

Lotus Symphony

MSWord 2013 Menu

OpenOffice 4.1 Menu

SoftMaker Office: Standard version for $79.

Corel WordPerfect Office: The Home and Student Edition is $89.

Google Docs Zoho Docs

Office Online

Think Free Office Live Documents [Subscription]

OX – [Still under development]

Just a few in alphabetical order, most offer 5-10MB free, secured storage for single users – with more ‘cloud’ storage for a price:

Google Drive Box

Bitcasa Cubby

Dropbox JustCloud SugarSync

Linux. It is Free, with several versions available - including openSUSE

Check out BTC’s Annual NorthwestLinuxFest

April 25th & 26th, 2015

Operating Systems

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Bellingham Technical College Library e-Learning Program - 2015